Read Lina Khan's essay in Foreign Policy - based on her recent speech at Carnegie Endowment - on how competition, not bowing to monopolists, protects the US innovation edge, our economic resilience, and fortifies American global leadership 🇺🇸👇🏻

foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/20/lin…

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George Callas Unsurprisingly, I think Ambassador Tai has a point here -- why should the US negotiate hard for big pharma when big pharma produces abroad and puts it IP abroad? (as a sector it also primarily pays tax abroad) ...

FTC Chair Lina Khan blocked the Nvidia-Arm merger in 2022. Now Nvidia is a $1T+ company and Arm is surging....

woah, most redactions just now removed in the New Mexico attorney general’s complaint vs instagram and facebook. it is even more shocking, infuriating and stomach turning to see what has now been lifted (in yellow).

“a 2021 presentation estimated 100,000 children per day...” /1

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The more we know about the business practices of Big Tech, the harder it will be to excuse their behavior.

New study by Consumer Reports and The Markup shows that thousands of companies monitor each FB user. THOUSANDS! For each of us. This is insane.

themarkup.org/privacy/2024/0…

“Spirit is a small airline. But there are those who love it. To those dedicated customers of Spirit, this one’s for you. Why? Because the Clayton Act, a 109-year-old statute requires this result –- a statute that continues to deliver for the American people,” Young wrote.

Huge congratulations to my DOJ colleagues who worked so hard for this victory 🎉🙌👏

Google/Fitbit. 'But they won't use Fitbit data for ads!'

All good then.

People – not Big Tech’s algorithms – should decide what they see and share online. The European Commission should learn from Coimisiún na Meán’s example, and give everyone in Europe the freedom to decide.
iccl.ie/2023/the-europ…

Epic Games won an antitrust lawsuit against Google on Monday, in a landmark decision where a jury found Google broke competition laws in how it ran its app store, challenging how Big Tech companies can govern their marketplaces. wapo.st/41lnaVG

Full report here iccl.ie/digital-data/a…

Important comment here about *direct evidence* of monopoly power. Easy to get bogged down in dueling expert testimony over relevant markets and market share, or we can just look at a monopolist’s ability to engage in anticompetitive conduct without consequence.

Justice Department Sues Agri Stats for Operating Extensive Information Exchanges Among Meat Processors

Agri Stats Suppresses Competition by Organizing and Managing Scheme to Share Competitively Sensitive Information Among Protein Processors
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Most of the Google trial will not be audio-streamed outside of the courthouse. But the opening states will be. If you’re interested in listening, there’s a phone number you can call for dial-in access. Opening statements start at 9:30 AM ET.

Watch live today at 2:00pm ET: Justice Department to Announce Antitrust Enforcement Action

justice.gov/live

'Ideally we want more than three or four players in any sector' - @sally_hubbard joins Kathryn to discuss her book Monopolies Suck.
rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

Delighted to share that Sally Hubbard, Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice will speak at the 4th Annual Data Privacy Conference USA! She'll be discussing the complex interplay between privacy and competition.

Join us in D.C.👇

#DataUSA22