Antitrust Law in the New Economy: Google, Yelp, LIBOR, and the Control of Information

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Mark R. Patterson

Antitrust Law in the New Economy

Google, Yelp, LIBOR, and the Control of Information

Mark R. Patterson

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Harvard University Press
01 February 2017

E-commerce: business aspects; Competition law & Antitrust law; Consumer protection law; Taxation & duties law

"Markets run on information. Buyers make decisions by relying on their knowledge of the products available, and sellers decide what to produce based on their understanding of what buyers want. But the distribution of market information has changed, as consumers increasingly turn to sources that act as intermediaries for information-companies like Yelp and Google. Antitrust Law in the New Economy considers a wide range of problems that arise around one aspect of information in the marketplace: its quality.

Sellers now have the ability and motivation to distort the truth about their products when they make data available to intermediaries. And intermediaries, in turn, have their own incentives to skew the facts they provide to buyers, both to benefit advertisers and to gain advantages over their competition. Consumer protection law is poorly suited for these problems in the information economy. Antitrust law, designed to regulate powerful firms and prevent collusion among producers, is a better choice. But the current application of antitrust law pays little attention to information quality.

Mark Patterson discusses a range of ways in which data can be manipulated for competitive advantage and exploitation of consumers (as happened in the LIBOR scandal), and he considers novel issues like ""confusopoly"" and sellers' use of consumers' personal information in direct selling. Antitrust law can and should be adapted for the information economy, Patterson argues, and he shows how courts can apply antitrust to address today's problems."

By: Mark R. Patterson
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 630g
ISBN: 9780674971424
ISBN 10: 0674971426
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 February 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark R. Patterson is Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law.

Reviews for Antitrust Law in the New Economy: Google, Yelp, LIBOR, and the Control of Information

A fascinating and truly innovative book that offers a much-needed, fresh view of information markets. Proposing a new (and broad) understanding of information power as market power, Mark Patterson cuts through the sometimes pointillistic discussions of the new digital challenges in the established boxes of false advertising and consumer protection law and offers new solutions to a wide range of difficult issues under the regime of antitrust law. Controversial issues like manipulated search results, ratings, misleading information on comparison sites, or the deliberate maintenance of uncertainty on the validity of patents suddenly appear in a new light. While testing the limits of antitrust law, this book will significantly advance the debate on the right legal framework for digital markets--both in Europe and in the United States.--Heike Schweitzer, Free University of Berlin