Posted inAntitrust Laws and Competition Issues Knowles, Beyonce Movies Swift, Taylor How Beyoncé and Taylor Swift Struck a New Kind of Movie Deal A recent change in antitrust law made it easier for the singers to bypass big movie studios when seeking distribution for their concert films. Posted by By Ephrat Livni and Michael J. de la Merced
Posted inAntitrust Laws and Competition Issues Computers and the Internet Google Inc Justice Department Microsoft Corp Nadella, Satya Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Search Engines Smartphones Suits and Litigation (Civil) Web Browsers Microsoft C.E.O. Testifies That Google’s Power in Search Is Ubiquitous Satya Nadella, the chief executive of Microsoft, is the government’s biggest-name witness in its landmark antitrust case against Google. Posted by By David McCabe and Cecilia Kang
Posted inAntitrust Laws and Competition Issues Buffett, Warren E Federal Trade Commission NVIDIA Corporation Penguin Random House Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Starbucks Corporation What Is a ‘Moat’? Company leaders talk a lot about “moats.” That can sometimes invite regulatory scrutiny, as it did with Amazon, which was sued this week. Posted by By Talmon Joseph Smith
Posted inAntitrust Laws and Competition Issues E-Commerce Federal Trade Commission internal-storyline-no Khan, Lina Lina Khan Finally Takes On Amazon Over Its Market Power The F.T.C. chair, who published an influential law school paper on the e-commerce giant, is now fighting the company over its market dominance. Posted by By Andrew Ross Sorkin Ravi Mattu Bernhard Warner Sarah Kessler