Tagged: exclusionary conduct

DOJ Charges Visa with Monopolization and Exclusionary Conduct in the Debit Card Market

DOJ Charges Visa with Monopolization and Exclusionary Conduct in the Debit Card Market

The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division has been aggressively pursuing civil enforcement actions.  While criminal enforcement of antitrust laws has been depressed, DOJ has found success in pursuing civil and merger enforcement.  DOJ recently won a significant victory against Google for its monopolization of the search market. DOJ has now turned its attention outside of technology markets by filing suit against Visa for its dominance of...

DOJ’s Monopolization Claims Against Google (Part II of III)

DOJ’s Monopolization Claims Against Google (Part II of III)

The Justice Department’s landmark monopolization case against Google is interesting.  The case represents yet another attempt to apply well-established antitrust principles in a rapidly-changing, dynamic technology market. The government has a good record in monopolization cases in the high-tech sector.  Its case against Microsoft was hard fought and established several important principles to high-tech monopolists.  Google’s Monopoly Google controls approximately 90 percent of the United...