A day later and much has already been said about the Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger. Bloomberg’s Matt Klein thinks it will be a good thing. Matt Ylgesias is skeptical (and I’m jealous he beat me to the Lord of the …read more
Although the parties reached a $7.25 billion class action settlement of the antitrust suit brought by merchants against Visa and MasterCard over swipe fees, the case is far from over.
The protracted legal battle centers on allegations by merchants that Visa …read more
Six months ago in Can the FTC Be a Fair Umpire? I wrote about the concerns arising from the Federal Trade Commission’s dual role as prosecutor and final decision maker in its administrative …read more
Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From Competition Bulletin: Abuse of dominance: no commercial gain, no abuse? “Is it necessary for there to be some commercial benefit to be gained by a dominant undertaking from its conduct before that conduct can be condemned as abusive? No, says Mrs Justice Rose in Arriva the Shires Ltd v London Luton Airport Operations Ltd [2014] EWHC 64 (Ch). The case involved a claim by Arriva […]”