antitrust and competition
How Regulators and PwC Fooled Reporters—Again
Is the PCAOB really investigating PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for its role in the Mattel auditing mess? I may be wrong, but I seriously doubt it....
How Google and Facebook Made Digital Advertising Markets Increasingly Opaque to Protect Their Dominance
According to the British Competition and Markets Authority, barriers to entry are so high that not even Amazon is a real threat to Google...
The States Must Appeal the Decision to Allow the Sprint/T-Mobile Deal
A close review of the court ruling that approved the $26 billion mega-merger reveals a number of mistakes in Judge Victor Marrero’s reasoning, which...
The Amazon of Health Care: How CVS Is Evolving From a Drug Store Chain into a Tech Platform
CVS is built on a dominant chain of drug stores, but it is now trying to turn itself into a "uniquely powerful platform" for...
The Only Regulation Mark Zuckerberg Likes Is No Regulation
In an op-ed and a white paper, Facebook's CEO argues that "private companies should not make so many decisions alone when they touch on...
Facebook’s Enduring Control Over Social Media Markets
According to the British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Facebook accounts for 75 percent of the UK’s social media market. Over the past 10 years,...
Antitrust Law’s Current Stance Toward Workers Violates Its Original Purpose to Balance Power With Powerful Firms
Antitrust law’s present-day bias against democratic cooperation and in favor of top-down corporate control has contributed more broadly to the institutional weakness and perceived...
The Chicken/Egg Problem With Google Search That Prevents Competition
Google controls the British search market, according to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority. Its 90 percent market share and profits from general search are...
With the Court Approval of the T-Mobile/Sprint Merger, the Dominant Doctrine in Antitrust Has Jumped the Shark
New York Judge Victor Marrero allowed two major mobile companies to merge in an already concentrated telecom industry, ensuring that prices will rise and...
Google’s and Facebook’s Grip on Digital Advertising Markets
Since July 2019, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority has been conducting an extensive investigation of the digital advertising market. In its preliminary report on...
