Ok correction, the FTC. FTC filed it, then there would have been litigation over what stayed redacted between the FTC and Amazon, with the judge playing referee.
A working paper is indeed hanging around, in the sense that I'm typing up section III at home in my PJs at the moment. Should be ready for the Spring law review cycle (Feb 2025) and up on SSRN then.
Google has unmistakably become lower-quality over the years for what I use it for. Reminds me of what @superwuster said about long-term monopolists in The Curse of Bigness.
"What if we had a competitive market where there was a real alt to Google that costs less in terms of attention, and was a bit more elegant to use to get to the information that I wanted?" says @HawAllensworth.
"...That’s what antitrust is trying to do."
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Google decision hot take: When I saw Mehta list "Reduced Incentives to Invest and Innovate" as an anticompetitive effect, alongside "Foreclosure" I got a little verklempt.
Is the tide finally turning?
My article for the New York Review of Books on medical licensing boards' (lacking) response to the opioid crisis is out! Moonlighting as a journalist has kept this law prof busy.
I had a blast and learned a lot from debating @profthomlambert -- Thank you, Thom, for making the trip and making our kickoff of the "Respectfully Dissent" debate series at @vanderbiltlaw a huge success!
The FTC passed up on the chance to stop the Instagram-Facebook merger in 2012. What does that mean in 2021?
Nothing.
@johnmarknewman and I explain why in our new piece out in the Atlantic.