Limiting Antitrust Misinformation by Increasing Agencies’ Transparency
The antitrust debate gives us an opportunity to think about ways to improve the U.S. competition system. In this sense, […]
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Antitrust in 60 Seconds: No-Poach Agreements
The 60-Second Read: Wage-fixing agreements, like price-fixing agreements, are a violation of antitrust laws. This applies not only to literal […]
Measures of Success at the Antitrust Agencies
In 1996, then-Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition Bill Baer gave a speech defending the FTC’s budget titled “The […]
Entrepreneurial Efficiencies and Vertical Mergers: Q&A with Prof. D. Daniel Sokol
According to D. Daniel Sokol, Professor of Law at the University of Florida College of Law and Senior Of Counsel […]
When It Comes to the Music Consent Decrees, Process Is Key
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has begun to enforce its new agenda that includes, among other things, terminating legacy consent […]
Further Uncertainty Awaits Music Marketplace in Wake of Second Circuit Decision
In a non-precedential summary order on December 19, the Second Circuit affirmed a decision interpreting the BMI consent decree, which […]
Music Consent Decree Battle Takes a Turn as DOJ Brief Charts New Path Forward
On August 31, the Department of Justice made an interesting strategic move that turned a fight over consent decree language […]
Consent Decrees and the Music Industry: An Antitrust and Copyright Explainer
As DisCo has covered before, a major legal battle is being waged in the music industry. The battle concerns the […]
DOJ Decision on Consent Decrees and Fractional Licensing Good News for Competitive Music Marketplace
Today the Department of Justice announced it would make no changes to the antitrust consent decrees that govern coordinated action […]
On Heels of DOJ Antitrust Contempt Action, Congress Told to Roll Back Antitrust Protection in Music Licensing
Less than a week after agreeing to pay $1.75 million to the Department of Justice to settle an investigation into […]
