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Addressing Big Tech’S Market Power: A Comparative Institutional Approach, Thomas A. Lambert
Addressing Big Tech’S Market Power: A Comparative Institutional Approach, Thomas A. Lambert
SMU Law Review
This Article provides a comparative institutional analysis of the three leading approaches to addressing the market power of large digital platforms: (1) traditional antitrust law, the approach thus far taken in the United States; (2) ex ante conduct rules, the approach embraced by the European Union’s Digital Markets Act and several bills under consideration in the U.S. Congress; and (3) ongoing agency oversight, the approach embraced by the United Kingdom with its newly established “Digital Markets Unit.” After identifying the general advantages and disadvantages of each approach, the Article examines how they are likely to play out in the context …