The current pas de deux between politicians and commentators over whether the FTC should sue Google under the antitrust laws may not be right, but is completely unexceptional in Washington, DC.
FTC Overreaching And A Commentary Bitch-Slap
Category Archives: Regulation
Why An FTC Case Against Google Is A Really Bad Idea (Part III)
[This series of posts dissects the threatened FTC antitrust case against Google and concludes that a monopolization prosecution by the federal government would be a very bad idea. We divide the topic into five parts, one policy and four legal. Check out Part I and Part II.] Antitrust law is characterized by rigorous, fact-intensive analysis, so much so that the prevailing jurisprudence […]
Should the FTC Sue Google Over Search?
Last week I participated in a “parliamentary” debate, sponsored by TechFreedom, on the Federal Trade Commission’s anticipated lawsuit against Google for monopolization. The dialog is interesting, if I say so myself!!
Why An FTC Case Against Google Is A Really Bad Idea (Part II)
The core proposition in any attack on Google for unlawful monopolization, because the necessary premise is that Google’s dominant share — estimated at from 65 to 80% — of Web searches is the foundation of its alleged monopoly. But here the antitrust analysis begins to break down.
Business Disruption Begets Legal Disruption
When industries are transformed by disruptive new technologies and business models, the law itself can be in for a game-changing, forced makeover.
Search Neutrality: Antitrust As (Bad) Social Policy
According to the New York Times, Texas attorney general Greg Abbott has launched an antitrust investigation of Google, based on the concept that deviations from “search neutrality” are anticompetitive and unlawful. Texas Attorney General Investigates Google Search | NYTimes.com. The examination involves the fairness of Google search results, a concept called search neutrality. Some companies worry Google […]
Net Neutrality Is Dead; Long Live Net Neutrality
In the aftermath of a devastating appellate loss for the FCC on network neutrality, the agency and Congress face a dizzying array of alternatives and options.
Turn it UP!
This is paternalistic regulation at its worse.