Competition at a Crossroads: A Comparative Guide to Recent White House Records on Antimonopoly Policy
October 30, 2024 — In this report, we review the records of the Trump-Pence and Biden-Harris administrations, up through mid-October 2024, in fighting to halt—and ultimately reverse—America's monopoly crisis.
The Importance of New Merger Notification Rules
October 11, 2024 — This brief explains what the HSR form is, what the changes are, and why they are important. It also addresses common misconceptions about the previous HSR form and merger approval process.
Morgan’s Monopoly Digest – October 2024
October, 2024 — August version of Economic Liberties' monthly newsletter that covers the latest with the federal antitrust agencies — the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division — and other big developments in competition policy.
Morgan’s Monopoly Digest – August 2024
August, 2024 — August version of Economic Liberties' monthly newsletter that covers the latest with the federal antitrust agencies — the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division — and other big developments in competition policy.
A Call for .Com-petition: Reining in Verisign’s Monopoly Over the Internet’s Most Popular Top-Level Domain
July 25, 2024 — Verisign is the government-designated monopoly entitled to manage top-level domains across the internet, and it has turbocharged its profitability through an automatically renewing agreement that has, over the course of two decades, increased the price for registering or renewing a .com domain name by 70%, while the true costs of maintaining the .com TLD have likely fallen.