In an article by Dr Cristina Caffarra, Professor Gregory S Crawford, and Dr Helen Weeds published by the CPI Antitrust Chronicle, the authors summarize key considerations in recent vertical media mergers in the U.S. and EU and show how AT&T/TW deviated from these in important ways: in failing to consider that the integrated entity might foreclose over-the-top video providers in its role as ISP, in its ready grant of efficiency claims, and in its evisceration of the use of bargaining models in vertical merger analysis.
Antitrust issues in e-commerce
Furthermore, the growth of technology has significantly affected antitrust and competition analysis. The importance of innovation, the dynamic nature of the...