Monopolization

Bundled discounts are common marketing schemes that normally benefit consumers and competition; however, courts and commentators have found certain circumstances when they might be illegal…

In our annual forecast of the year ahead for Canadian competition and foreign investment review law, the Davies Competition Law and Foreign Investment Group outlines the “Top 10″ key issues and…

On November 12, 2013, the European Commission published a summary of its December 20, 2012 decision (the “Decision”) accepting commitments offered by members of the Thomson Reuters group (“Thomson…

Some U.S. Supreme Court watchers may have been disappointed that the Court on the last day of the October 2011 term--according to the Court’s calendar--did not decide the fate of President Obama’s…

Some of Google’s critics analogize Google’s conduct today to that of Microsoft’s during its heyday of the 1990s:  Like Microsoft, Google is big.  Like Microsoft, Google has hampered the opportunities…

Today Google announced that the FTC had opened an investigation of its search practices.  This is an issue I have given considerable thought to.  In an article I just released—Internet Search…

How far can a competitor go in an effort to convince a local government to block a potential rival from setting up shop in its area without running afoul of the antitrust laws? Last week, the U.S…

Microsoft Corporation has filed a formal complaint with the European Commission (EC) against Google Inc. as part of the EC's ongoing antitrust investigation into the search engine company. In a March…

Claims that E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company attempted to wield, and did wield, monopoly power over the U.S. para-aramid fiber market in violation of Sec. 2 of the Sherman Act should not have been…