Abstract
Antitrust litigation in state and federal courts against the so-called ‘Big Tech’ companies is currently ongoing between coalitions of state attorneys general, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and four large American technology companies: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. In this paper, I review the complaints and the criteria that will be used by judges and juries to assess whether Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google engaged in anticompetitive conduct. The courts will use the consumer welfare standard, rule of reason analysis, and other legal precedents in antitrust law and competition policy to prove harm. In each case, litigants will be asked to present evidence and develop theories of market definition, market concentration, market structure, and exclusionary agreements for different components of the digital economy.
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Sarah Oh Lam,
A Review of 'Big Tech' Antitrust Litigation in the Federal Courts,
28
Rich. J.L. & Tech
469
(2024).
Available at:
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/jolt/vol28/iss3/2