Market Structures

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Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan joins Jon Stewart to discuss her work with the “small but mighty” government agency in protecting Americans against ...

March 21, 2024 the United States filed an antitrust complaint against Apple. The filing is a new approach to antitrust and hinges on mostly how Apple chose to design the iPhone from the very start.

There are a lot of arguments put forward for antitrust laws, but they all have problems.

United Airlines announced Friday that they are raising their baggage fees, becoming the fourth airline in recent weeks to do so.

The agency alleges that the merger would lead to higher prices for customers.

A combined Capital One and Discover would create the No. 1 US credit card company by loan volume.

American Airlines Group Inc. is raising the cost to check bags, just as an annual report shows the amount airlines collected from such fees last year grew to an estimated $33.3 billion.

It’s the latest of many abandoned acquisitions as regulators in the US and Europe increasingly crack down on Big Tech dealmaking.

etBlue and Spirit argued that the merger would be the only way for them to compete with the Big Four airlines.

Supermarket chain Kroger's proposed acquisition of rival Albertsons is now expected to close in the first half of Kroger's fiscal year 2024.

The past two decades have seen mountains all over succumb.

Today's five biggest airlines have gobbled up 45 others since 1960.

The Adobe x Figma breakup is one of many recent acquisition attempts that have landed in the regulation hot seat in what appears to be an era of heightened antitrust enforcement.

Google’s app store practices violate US antitrust law and the search giant has illegally operated a monopoly in Android app distribution, a federal jury said Monday evening.

Alaska Air on Sunday announced it will buy Hawaiian Airlines for $1.9 billion.

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EU antitrust regulators said on Monday Amazon's $1.4 billion acquisition of robot vacuum maker iRobot may squeeze out rival robot cleaners on its online marketplace.

Amusement parks Six Flags and Cedar Fair are merging in an $8 billion deal that creates a theme park powerhouse as consumers look to slow their spending.

On Sept 26, 2023 the Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general sued Amazon.com, Inc. alleging anticompetitive and unfair strategies to illegall...

The US government and 17 states are suing Amazon in a landmark monopoly case reflecting years of allegations that the e-commerce giant abused its economic dominance and harmed fair competition.

The lawsuit alleges that Amazon artificially drove up prices for consumers and locked sellers into using the marketplace through coercive tactics.

British competition regulators has signaled that Microsoft’s restructured $69 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard is likely to receive antitrust approval.

It’s the government’s biggest antitrust case since the DOJ took on Microsoft in 1998.

Google’s dominant search engine market share has prompted the U.S. Justice Department to file a lawsuit over anticompetitive practices.

Creators say they struggle to gain a foothold in a font market dominated by Monotype

A Game Theory Problem

The Credit Card Competition Act of 2023 could change the way we swipe.

Gaming is big business, on track to be worth $321 billion by 2026, which is why Lina Khan and the FTC have their sights set on the sector.