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 […]
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.
Psystar claims Apple’s restrictions on third-party hardware makers violate U.S. antitrust laws. Woah, that’s absolutely ridiculous.
The airline industry charges lower prices today than a decade ago, despite substantial consolidation and massive, billions-per-year operating losses. As a matter of economics, those facts teach that the market is highly competitive. Some antitrust Neanderthals may disagree, but they are reading from a hymnal that no longer has much spiritual resonance.
The data to establish that Internet ads are a subset of a broader advertising market — one in which, almost by definition, Google is not a “dominant” or even large player — may be there. Now it’s up to the advocates, economists and enforcement officials to figure out the answer.
I’ve been working on the Microsoft antitrust case since 1998, and now … finally … the whole thing may be coming to a resolution.