Tag Archives: Volume 79

Chasing the Bag: FTC Seeks to Block Merger Between Purveyors of “Accessible Luxury” Handbags

ALEJANDRO OTERO—As the hip crowd gathered around the runway in Chelsea for New York Fashion Week, the case for the future of the fashion industry began in Lower Manhattan. On September 9, 2024, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York began hearing arguments in the FTC’s case against the merger […]

United States v. Google LLC: A Guide to the Future of Antitrust Law in Big Tech

KATIE BARKER—On August 5, 2024, Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in United States v. Google LLC that Google illegally maintained a monopoly in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act. In his 277-page opinion, Judge Mehta found that Google monopolized the general search services […]