Google and Meta Show Courts Favoring Behavioral Remedies Over Breakups, With Margin Effects Unquantified
The shift to behavioral remedies leaves revenue impacts uncertain, as firms must now police contracts rather than divest assets.
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Google/Wiz clearance signals possible pivot toward remedies in FTC and DOJ vertical tech merger review
The FTC’s October 24 notice, following a June DOJ review, suggests regulators may now favor negotiated remedies over blocking deals.
AI’s Trust Deficit Is Becoming an Investor Liability
Americans trust Washington to regulate artificial intelligence even less than they trust the companies selling it. U.S.
The Antitrust Scrutiny of Cloud Bundling Is Following the Same Script as the 1990s Browser Case
The Microsoft-Azure-OpenAI and AWS-Anthropic partnerships are drawing antitrust attention that follows the same pattern as the 1990s Microsoft browser case. The remedy then was unbundling. The remedy here could reshape enterprise software distribution.
California’s Antitrust Break With Washington Could Add a New State-Level Veto to Tech M&A
California is considering an antitrust regime that would no longer rise and fall with Washington’s interpretation of competition law.