antitrust and competition
The DOJ Knows What To Do About Those Seed Mergers. Will It Reverse Them?
Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater recently gave a speech repudiating the laissez-faire antitrust enforcement policy of past administrations. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has ordered antitrust agencies to investigate how price-fixing has raised food prices. If the administration is serious about bringing food prices down for Americans, it should begin by addressing the costs farmers face. For that reason, Slater should investigate and possibly challenge the mergers between large seed sellers that occurred during Trump’s first term in office, writes Peter Carstensen.
Nvidia’s Quasi-Merger With Groq Raises Unique Remedy Concerns
Alexandros Kazimirov discusses how Nvidia’s quasi-merger with Groq resembles a familiar pattern of regulatory evasion that Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have adopted with emerging artificial intelligence companies. He notes that his proposed remedy that was available to antitrust enforcers in the large language model market is not applicable to chip manufacturers like Nvidia.
How FTC v. Meta Reshapes the Debate on Social Media and First Amendment Protections
Mihir Kshirsagar argues that the evidence presented in FTC v. Meta shows that discussions about the application of First Amendment protections to social media must go beyond the binary set in Moody v. NetChoice between treating them as common carriers or editorial agents. Rather, a commercial conduct framework is needed to understand how speech operates on platforms designed to maximize user attention and ad revenue.
EU’s Aggressive Labor Competition Policy Clashes with Judicial Reality and Benefits No-One
In recent research, Christian Bergqvist argues that the European Union’s approach to wage-fixing, no-hire, and no-poach agreements reveals a lack of nuance that may end up harming competition.
The Apple-Amazon Brand-Gating Agreement Raised Prices for Consumers Without Improving Quality
In new research, Muxin Li and Ksenia Shakhgildyan examine the 2018 “brand gating” agreement between Apple and Amazon and how it impacted competition and consumer welfare on Amazon’s platform.
The Clayton Act Does Not Allow an Efficiency Defense
Robert H. Lande and Mark Glick respond to recent articles by Nancy Rose & Jonathan Sallet and Herbert Hovenkamp debating the role of an...
The Trends That Will Define US Antitrust in 2026
Four experts predict the trends that will define United States antitrust and competition in 2026.
The Trends That Will Define European Antitrust in 2026
Four experts predict some of the trends that will define European competition in 2026.
The Trends That Defined US Antitrust in 2025
Four experts reflect on some of the trends that defined United States antitrust and competition in 2025.
The Trends That Defined European Antitrust in 2025
Four experts reflect on some of the trends that defined European competition in 2025.
