by William Markham | Apr 22, 2015 | Antitrust Litigation and Counseling
Here are some key facts to support my analysis of the merger of Comcast and Time-Warner: If the merger were permitted to proceed (even with the promised divestitures), the combined company would have more than 30% of all television subscribers and 33% of all internet...
by William Markham | Apr 18, 2015 | Antitrust Litigation and Counseling
I am strongly opposed to this proposed merger and think that the Department of Justice will likely act to enjoin it. The court case should be thrilling business drama, and I hope that this time the good guys win. (I am sure that the executives at Comcast and...
by William Markham | Dec 17, 2014 | Antitrust Litigation and Counseling
After predictably losing at trial in the e-book case, Apple has brought an appeal that apparently received a grave, serious hearing of its seemingly frivolous, non sequitur challenges, which were rightly rejected with little ceremony by Judge Coates during the...
by William Markham | Oct 22, 2014 | Antitrust Litigation and Counseling
My recent discussion of what to do about Amazon begs a more fundamental question: Is it unlawful monopolization when a firm employs openly predatory or anti-competitive tactics in order to acquire or preserve a monopoly position, even if the firm does not afterwards...
by William Markham | Oct 22, 2014 | Antitrust Litigation and Counseling
In this note I continue to consider Amazon’s recent heavy-handed treatment of Hachette and other book-publishers by “burying” their books in its system so that customers cannot find them, and by delaying the delivery of these books to the few determined customers who...