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...
by William Markham | Oct 11, 2014 | Antitrust Litigation and Counseling
To my earlier comments about Amazon in my blog, I add the following points. I have waded into these troubled waters after reading disheartening accounts of Amazon’s shoddy treatment of book publishers, whose books are consigned to the netherworld of Amazon’s site...
