Antitrust laws

Targeting abuses of purchasing power helped usher in a golden age of retail in the United States - and it could again.

Prep your team on which conversations and situations to avoid when mingling with competitors.

Jean-Phillippe Vergne, coauthor of "The Pirate Organization," explains how the edge of capitalism is driven by outlaws.

Microsoft and Intel are both obvious targets for antitrust litigation; both wield considerable control in their respective segments of the computer industry....

162 million Americans don’t have reliable internet access.

How businesses can navigate the increasing uncertainty around where and how antitrust law is enforced.

The penalties for antitrust offenses are more severe than most executives think. But companies that violate antitrust laws can win amnesty by fessing...

Four new books examine the challenges associated with Big Tech's dominance: "The Every," by Dave Eggers; "The Exponential Age," by Azeem Azhar; "The Raging...

Many economists argue that monopolies stifle innovation. But before the breakup, AT&T and its R&D units constituted probably the most potent innovation...

It shouldn’t be a partisan issue.

Leveraging platforms' own data could be the key.

Regulators must shift attention from mergers to the consolidation of information.

We talk about academia versus industry, but academia is an industry.

It’s rare for these two forces to occur simultaneously.

Congress needs to make it easier to enforce IP protections.

Near the beginning of the complaint that the Justice Department, five states, and the District of Columbia filed this week in an attempt to halt the merger...

When Microsoft recently supported the Texas attorney general’s antitrust litigation against Google, it easy to point the finger and cry “hypocrite.” After all, when Microsoft was accused of monopoly and the US and European Union pursued anti-trust litigation, Microsoft — like IBM and Intel before it — claimed that its monopoly position was the product […]

Business alliances play a crucial role in addressing the climate crisis — and through greater disclosure, they might be able to gain greater legitimacy.

A study of a landmark case against Microsoft found it didn't necessarily lead to more competition or innovation.

It won't fix inequality or end political corruption.