Chris DeMuth Jr.

Jan 11, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Chris DeMuth Jr.

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Apr 16, 2024 | truthonthemarket.com | Eric Fruits |Kay Jebelli |Allan Fels |Chris DeMuth Jr.

In this “Age of the Administrative State,” federal agencies have incredible latitude to impose policies without much direction or input from Congress. President Barack Obama fully pulled off the mask in 2014, when he announced “[w]e are not just going to be waiting for legislation,” declaring “I’ve got a pen, and I’ve got a phone.” Subsequent presidents have similarly discovered that they had pens and phones, too. But that’s not how things are supposed to work.

Apr 15, 2024 | truthonthemarket.com | Gregory J. Werden |Brian Albrecht |Allan Fels |Chris DeMuth Jr.

Through laudable competition on the merits, Google achieved a usage share of nearly 90% in “general search services.” About a decade later, the government alleged that Google had maintained its dominant share through exclusionary practices violating Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The case was tried in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. last fall, and the parties made post-trial filings this year.

Apr 15, 2024 | truthonthemarket.com | Brian Albrecht |Allan Fels |Chris DeMuth Jr. |Dirk Auer

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent complaint challenging the proposed merger of the supermarkets Kroger Co. and Albertsons Companies Inc. has important implications for antitrust enforcement in labor markets. Central to the FTC’s case is how it chooses to define the relevant markets, and particularly the commission’s focus on unionized grocery workers. The complaint alleges that the combined firm would dominate these markets, substantially lessening competition for unionized labor.

Apr 12, 2024 | truthonthemarket.com | Lazar Radic |Allan Fels |Chris DeMuth Jr. |Dirk Auer

A year after it was created by the Government of India’s Ministry of Corporate Affairs to examine the need for a separate law on competition in digital markets, India’s Committee on Digital Competition Law (CDCL) in February both published its report recommending adoption of such rules and submitted the draft Digital Competition Act (DCA), which is virtually identical to the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA).