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Keynote speech by Mark R. Meador (U.S Federal Trade Commission)

In this new episode, Mark R. Meador (U.S Federal Trade Commission) gave a keynote speech during the Tech Antitrust Conference that occurred in Palo Alto on the 15th of January 2026.

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Key takeaways of Mark Meador speech Innovation and Antitrust: Bridging the Silicon Valley–Washington Divide

- Both DC and Silicon Valley operate within their own “bubbles,” which creates mutual misunderstanding and leads each side to see the other as either obstructionist or naïve.

- The debate is often reduced to a false binary of regulation versus innovation, instead of evaluating each case on its merits.

- Not all regulation is harmful and not all innovation is beneficial, so the focus should be on distinguishing wise innovations from harmful ones.

- Technology’s promise has not always translated into societal benefit, as the internet democratized knowledge but much of its use has become passive consumption (e.g., short-form video).

- AI represents a pivotal inflection point, with the potential to drive breakthroughs in medicine, science, and defense or to deepen social harm and mistrust if left unchecked.

- Antitrust enforcement is crucial because competitive markets drive better innovation and prevent the concentration of power that undermines consumer welfare.

- Acqui-hire practices pose a real competitive threat, as large firms may acquire startups primarily to commandeer talent and reduce competition, creating “buy and kill” dynamics.

- Antitrust law is not outdated—its principles remain applicable, but the challenge is applying them effectively in real-time with modern market data and economic insights.

- Enforcement must follow “regular order,” with predictable, fair, and transparent processes to avoid politicized or arbitrary enforcement.

- The shared mission is serving the American public, and both regulators and tech companies must build trust and show how their actions benefit ordinary people, not just elites.

DOCUMENTATION

Daniel Gilman, The US District Court for the District of Columbia rejects monopolization claims in the personal social networking sector (Meta), 2 December 2025, e-Competitions December 2025, Art. N° 130444

Ethan Wham, The US DoJ begins the remedies phase in the monopolization case regarding a tech firm’s digital advertising services (Google Ad Tech), 19 September 2025

Ben Rudofsky, Raiber Y. Muhiddin, Meredith Stonitsch, The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirms prohibitory and affirmative remedies to address monopolisation by an app store in a private enforcement action (Epic Games / Google), 31 July 2025

Daniel Gilman, The US FTC pursues a monopolization case over historic acquisitions in the social networking market (Meta), 14 April 2025

Daniel Gilman, Jonathan Barnett, Walid Chaiehloudj, Kai-Uwe Kühn, Miroslava Marinova, Geoffrey Manne, Bilal Sayyed, Ioannis Stefatos, Gregory Werden, Courtney Radsch, Karina Montoya, The Google Search decision: The merits, fate, and potential impact of the U.S. District Court’s decision on the question of liability, January 2025

Jody Boudreault, Hugh Hollman, The US District Court for the District of Columbia rules in favor of a Big Tech, rejecting FTC claims of social media monopoly through acquisitions (Meta), 18th November 2025, e-Competitions November 2025, Art. N° 130122

Daniel Gilman, Jonathan Barnett, Walid Chaiehloudj, Kai-Uwe Kühn, Miroslava Marinova, Geoffrey Manne, Bilal Sayyed, Ioannis Stefatos, Gregory Werden, Courtney Radsch, Karina Montoya, The Google Search decision: The merits, fate, and potential impact of the U.S. District Court’s decision on the question of liability, January 2025

Bradley Weber, Taylor Levesque, Cloud and Competition Policy: Part VIII - Cloud service-AI partnerships: The FTC’s Section  6(b) Report and its antitrust implications in the Trump  2.0 administration, August 2025

Justin P. Murphy, Trump 2.0 : What to expect in antitrust enforcement, 4 February 2025

 

Interview of Daniel Guarnera (U.S. Federal Trade Commission) by Peter Mucchetti & Timothy Lyons (Clifford Chance)

In this new episode, Peter Mucchetti & Timothy Lyons (Clifford Chance) interview Daniel Guarnera (U.S. Federal Trade Commission) during the Tech Antitrust Conference that occurred in Palo Alto on the 15th of January 2026.

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DOCUMENTATION

Daniel Gilman, The US District Court for the District of Columbia rejects monopolization claims in the personal social networking sector (Meta), 2 December 2025, e-Competitions December 2025, Art. N° 130444

Ethan Wham, The US DoJ begins the remedies phase in the monopolization case regarding a tech firm’s digital advertising services (Google Ad Tech), 19 September 2025

Ben Rudofsky, Raiber Y. Muhiddin, Meredith Stonitsch, The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirms prohibitory and affirmative remedies to address monopolisation by an app store in a private enforcement action (Epic Games / Google), 31 July 2025

Daniel Gilman, The US FTC pursues a monopolization case over historic acquisitions in the social networking market (Meta), 14 April 2025

Daniel Gilman, Jonathan Barnett, Walid Chaiehloudj, Kai-Uwe Kühn, Miroslava Marinova, Geoffrey Manne, Bilal Sayyed, Ioannis Stefatos, Gregory Werden, Courtney Radsch, Karina Montoya, The Google Search decision: The merits, fate, and potential impact of the U.S. District Court’s decision on the question of liability, January 2025

Jody Boudreault, Hugh Hollman, The US District Court for the District of Columbia rules in favor of a Big Tech, rejecting FTC claims of social media monopoly through acquisitions (Meta), 18th November 2025, e-Competitions November 2025, Art. N° 130122

Daniel Gilman, Jonathan Barnett, Walid Chaiehloudj, Kai-Uwe Kühn, Miroslava Marinova, Geoffrey Manne, Bilal Sayyed, Ioannis Stefatos, Gregory Werden, Courtney Radsch, Karina Montoya, The Google Search decision: The merits, fate, and potential impact of the U.S. District Court’s decision on the question of liability, January 2025

Bradley Weber, Taylor Levesque, Cloud and Competition Policy: Part VIII - Cloud service-AI partnerships: The FTC’s Section  6(b) Report and its antitrust implications in the Trump  2.0 administration, August 2025

Justin P. Murphy, Trump 2.0 : What to expect in antitrust enforcement, 4 February 2025

 

Interview of Gustavo Augusto Freitas de Lima (CADE) by Stavroula Vryna (Clifford Chance)

In this new episode, Stavroula Vryna (Clifford Chance) interviews Gustavo Augusto Freitas de Lima (CADE) before the Tech Antitrust Conference that occured in Palo Alto on the 15th of January 2026.

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DOCUMENTATION

Italian Competition Authority, The Italian Competition Authority orders a Big Tech company to suspend the terms excluding competing AI Chatbots from WhatsApp (Meta), 24th December 2025, e-Competitions January 2026 - I, Art. N° 130696

Daniel Gilman, The US District Court for the District of Columbia rejects monopolization claims in the personal social networking sector (Meta), 2 December 2025, e-Competitions December 2025, Art. N° 130444

Jéssica Nemeth, Sara Routsi, Beyond traditional M&A : Antitrust perspectives on acqui-hires, contracts, and minority stakes in tech and pharma, 1st December 2025, Concurrences N° 12-2025 , Art. N° 130135

David Parker, Kotryna Drasutyte, Robert Scherf, Dante Quaglione, Edmond Lee, Bethany Kirkpatrick, Big Tech & Dominance: An overview of EU and national case law, 5 September 2025

Stavros Makris, Filip Lubinski, Antitrust and complex democracy: Reclaiming markets from technofeudalism, July 2025

Volodymyr Bilotkach, Mergers & Joint Ventures: An overview of EU and national case law, 10 January 2025

 

Interview of Cani Fernández Vicién (Spanish Competition Authority) by Aleksander Tombiński (Clifford Chance) and Elena Zoido (Compass Lexecon)

In this new episode, Aleksander Tombiński (Clifford Chance) and Elena Zoido (Compass Lexecon) Interview Cani Fernández Vicién (Spanish Competition Authority) before the Antitrust Horizon: Meet the Enforcers workshop.

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1. David Parker, Kotryna Drasutyte, Robert Scherf, Dante Quaglione, Edmond Lee, Bethany Kirkpatrick, Big Tech & Dominance: An overview of EU and national case law, 5 September 2025, e-Competitions Big Tech & Dominance, Art. N° 126896

2. Amelia Mora, Martin Seegers, The EU Court of Justice rules that the limitation periods for cartel damages claims start only after the final decisions of national competition authorities (Nissan Iberia), 4 septembre 2025, e-Competitions September 2025 - II, Art. N° 128629

3. Scott Eisman, Mary Helen Wimberly, The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit denies the Government’s motion for a stay and orders the reinstatement of a Democratic FTC Commissioner in a dispute over President Trump’s removal without cause (Slaughter / Trump), 2 September 2025, e-Competitions September 2025 - II, Art. N° 128606

4. Stephen Calkins, Politicization of antitrust: Part II - Politics and communication by antitrust enforcers, July 2025, Concurrences N° 7-2025, Art. N° 126302

5. Oliver Latham, Sam Marden, Politicization of antitrust: Part III - The politician and the judge: Implications for competition policy , July 2025, Concurrences N° 7-2025, Art. N° 126331

6. Stavros Makris, Filip Lubinski, Antitrust and complex democracy: Reclaiming markets from technofeudalism, July 2025, Concurrences N° 7-2025, Art. N° 126683

7. Andreas Heinemann, Interoperability as a catalyst for competition and innovation, July 2025, Concurrences N° 7-2025, Art. N° 126292

Compendium of International Cartels - Antonio Capobianco (OECD) and Ariel Ezrachi (University of Oxford)

Join us for an engaging discussion with Antonio Capobianco (OECD) and Ariel Ezrachi (University of Oxford) on the key themes explored in the Compendium of International Cartels book, published by Concurrences. In this insightful conversation, they examine algorithms and collusion, exploring how algorithms may facilitate tacit or explicit coordination, and examining why enforcement remains limited and what challenges regulators face in addressing algorithmic collusion.

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Compendium of International Cartels - Despina Pachnou (OECD) and Maria Jaspers (European Commission)

Join us for an engaging discussion with Despina Pachnou (OECD) and Maria Jaspers (European Commission) on the key themes explored in the Compendium of International Cartels book, published by Concurrences. In this insightful conversation, they examine leniency programs, exploring both their usefulness in detecting cartels and the challenges associated with them.

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Compendium of International Cartels - Ori Schwartz (OECD) and Juliette Enser (CMA)

Join us for an engaging discussion with Ori Schwartz (OECD), editor of Compendium of International Cartels, and Juliette Enser (CMA) on the key themes explored in the book, published by Concurrences. In this insightful conversation, they examine international cooperation and how to enhance enforcement and improve cooperation in cartel investigations.

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Innovation Paradox in Merger Control, Gönenç Gürkaynak (ELIG Gürkaynak) and Frédéric Jenny (OECD)

Join us for an engaging discussion with Gönenç Gürkaynak (ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law (Istanbul)), author of Innovation Paradox in Merger Control, and Frédéric Jenny (OECD) on the key themes explored in the book, published by Concurrences. In this insightful conversation, they examine the complex interplay between innovation and competition policy, highlighting the challenges merger control faces in fostering innovation while ensuring market fairness.

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Track Record and Future Prospects- Nils Wahl (European Court of Justice) on Global Merger Control Conference

In this new episode, Nils Wahl (European Court of Justice) delivers a Closing speech on Track Record and Future Prospects at the Global Merger Control conference in Paris on December 6th, 2024.

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1. Muriel Chagny, Étienne Chantrel, Faustine Viala, Illumina/Grail : Halting the practice of Article 22... What comes next? (AFEC, Paris, September 17, 2024), November 2024.

2. Harry Robins, David R. Brenneman, Joshua Goodman, Qian (Susan) Zhu, Damos Anderson, Bernard W. Archbold, John Ceccio, The US FTC issues changes to its pre-merger notification form under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, 10 October 2024.

3. Guillaume Fabre, Bastien Thomas, Nicolas Chavonnand Valades, Concentrations in the digital sector: Interplays between the DMA and EU merger control, September 2024

4. Iveta Stoyanova, Luis Moscoso Del Prado, The EU Commission publishes a FSR brief recapping the first 100 days of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, 22 February 2024.

6. Madani Bah, David Tayar, Oligopolistic markets: The Court of Justice of the European Union overturns the judgment of the General Court annulling the Commission’s decision to prohibit a merger in the telecoms sector, in a very severe ruling that sets out the standard of proof that the Commission must meet when prohibiting a merger (CK Telecoms UK Investment), 13 July 2023.

7. Maren Tamke, Josef Hainz, Jean-Nicolas Maillard, Emmanuelle van den Broucke, Paul Lemmen, The EU Court of Justice confirms the ex post application of abuse of dominance rules to non-notifiable mergers (Towercast), 16 March 2023.

The Future of Competition Enforcement in Mexico: Insights on the Cofece Reform and Its Impact with Aleksander Tombiński (Clifford Chance) and Andrea Marvan Saltiel (COFECE)

In this new episode, Aleksander Tombiński (Clifford Chance) interviews Andrea Marvan Saltiel (COFECE) on The Future of Competition Enforcement in Mexico: Insights on the Cofece Reform and Its Impact. This discussion occurred at the Tech Antitrust conference in Palo Alto on January 16th, 2025.

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1. Andrea Marván Saltiel, Lucia Ojeda, Andrea Marván Saltiel (COFECE): Navigating institutional change in Mexico, February 2025.

2. Mexican Competition Authority, The Mexican Competition Authority undergoes a transitional period prior to the replacement of Cofece with a new agency, 6 January 2025.

3. Mexican Competition Authority, The Mexican Competition Authority announces its position on the Organic Simplification Proposed Reform which includes the dissolution of the Federal Economic Competition Commission as an autonomous constitutional body, 23 August 2024.