Rethinking Antitrust

#33: Examining the Ruling in the DOJ’s Ad Tech Antitrust Case

Episode Summary

A district court has found that Google willfully engaged in a series of anticompetitive acts to acquire and maintain monopoly power in the publisher ad server and ad exchange markets for open-web display advertising. Is the district court’s decision likely to withstand appellate scrutiny? What remedies might the DOJ seek? What factors will constrain the court’s remedy decision?  On the latest episode, we replay our webinar with Washington Legal Foundation examining the ruling’s impact on Google and on the FTC/DOJ big-tech litigation docket.

Episode Notes

A district court has found that Google willfully engaged in a series of anticompetitive acts to acquire and maintain monopoly power in the publisher ad server and ad exchange markets for open-web display advertising. Is the district court’s decision likely to withstand appellate scrutiny? What remedies might the DOJ seek? What factors will constrain the court’s remedy decision?  On the latest episode, we replay our webinar with Washington Legal Foundation examining the ruling’s impact on Google and on the FTC/DOJ big-tech litigation docket.

Links

Bilal Sayyed, TechFreedom (Moderator)

Giovanna Massarotto, University of Pennsylvania

Derek W. Moore, Rule Garza Howley LLP