Commentary

Expert Economist Testimonies Are Challenged More Often in Antitrust Cases

In a new working paper, Edoardo Peruzzi shows that under the Daubert standard for admissibility of expert witness, economists face more frequent challenges in antitrust litigation than in other legal domains, like patent or labor law. Additionally, plaintiffs’ experts are more likely to face a Daubert challenge than defendants’ experts.

What’s Ahead For The U.K.’s Industrial Policy Under Labour

The United Kingdom has struggled to implement long-term industrial policies in recent decades, writes Diane Coyle, a trend the new Labour Party promises to...

On This Inauguration Day, Can We Still Agree on What It Means To be American?

Polarization has sundered American politics and the crucial exchange of ideas and opinions underpinning its democracy. Karthik Ramanna writes that on this inauguration day,...

The TikTok Ban Is a Case Study in American Political Economy 101

Utsav Gandhi relates recent developments in the American government’s ban on TikTok and shows how the case maps over broader debates about conflicts between...

Did the Mouse Outfox the Fox? The Fubo Settlement, Disney, and the Death of the Venu Sports-Streaming Venture

Reviewing the literature pioneered by Richard Gilbert and David Newbery, Steven Salop finds that the recent settlement between sports-streaming services Fubo and the Venu...

The Trends and Cases That Will Define European Antitrust in 2025

Four antitrust and competition experts predict the trends and cases that will define European antitrust in 2025. Enforcement of the Digital Markets Act in 2025 Marco...

The Trends and Cases That Will Define United States Antitrust in 2025

Three antitrust experts predict the trends and cases that will define United States antitrust in 2025. AI competition Robin Feldman, University of California Law San Francisco 2025...

Massachusetts Lawmakers Just Made It Harder for Trustbusters To Break Up the Live-Nation Ticketmaster Monopoly

Diana Moss writes that a new Massachusetts economic development bill with a provision for limiting the transferability of tickets to live events has succumbed...

Unconditional Revenue-Sharing By Google Would Still Be Anticompetitive Monopolization

Steven C. Salop argues that as part of any remedy outcome from the Google Search case, Google cannot be permitted to enter agreements with...

The Trends and Cases That Defined European Antitrust in 2024

Three antitrust experts review the trends and cases that defined European antitrust and competition in 2024. Apple’s unfair trading conditions and the Digital Markets Act Alessia...

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