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Monopoly
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The Antitrust Attorney Blog
Which Software Developers Should Consider a Direct Action Against Google Following the $700 Million Google Play Settlement?
By Bona Law PC
Author: Luis Blanquez The class chapters of the Google Play fight are closing. A federal court gave final approval in 2026 to the $700 million settlement resolving the claims of…
Truth on the Market
Four Patents and a Time Machine: CareFirst and the Perils of Backdated Antitrust
By Alden Abbott
Four patents can carry a lot of antitrust baggage—especially when they come tucked inside a portfolio of more than 500. In CareFirst of Maryland v. Johnson & Johnson, health insurer…
@theBar
Continuing the Trustbusting Saga Against Live Nation
A federal District Court for the Southern District of New York found Live Nation — the leadinglive entertainment and marketing company — and Ticketmaster (Live Nation’s subsidiary andthe largest “primary…
The Antitrust Attorney Blog
How Phhhoto v. Meta Turned the Nascent Competitor Theory into a Weapon Against Big Tech
Author: Luis Blanquez A federal court recently handed antitrust plaintiffs something they have lacked for two decades: a monopolization theory against a dominant platform that survives a motion to dismiss.…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Google appeals landmark ruling that Google had a monopoly on Search!
By Peter Vogel
The NewYorkTimes.com reported that “Google asked a federal appeals court on Friday to reverse a landmark ruling that branded the company a monopolist in online search.” The May 22, 2026…
Texas Agriculture Law Blog
April Monthly Round Up
We are back with a number of important agricultural law issues in the news for the month of April! Photo by Matthew Lancaster / A vibrant field of bluebonnets under…
Truth on the Market
‘Market Power in Antitrust: Economic Analysis after Kodak,’ by Benjamin Klein
In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services that a firm without market power in photocopiers might still possess market power in photocopier…
Truth on the Market
The Great AI Monopoly That Wasn’t
By Mario Zúñiga
Predictions of AI-driven monopoly have outpaced the evidence. Several years into the generative AI boom, regulators have investigated, firms have invested, and markets have shifted—yet durable market power and demonstrable…
Truth on the Market
Keeping Titans in Quarantine
Antitrust law once imposed a simple rule on dominant firms: stay in your lane. That idea fell out of favor. Unfortunately, its logic did not. The clearest example comes from…
Regulatory Oversight
State AGs Reject Federal Live Nation Deal and Press Ahead
By Chris Carlson, Clayton Friedman, Ashley L. Taylor, Jr., William LaRosa
State attorneys general (AGs) from across the political spectrum have refused to join the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) midtrial settlement with Live Nation. The bipartisan multistate coalition vowed to…