A Day of Reckoning for Tech Giants? Here's Another View
Hogan Lovells' Logan Breed is among those antitrust lawyers who think the Federal Trade Commission's task force will trouble the technology giants. Also, in another sign the FTC is flexing its regulatory muscles, the trade commission has sent letters to seven big internet service providers demanding information on their data collection and privacy practices.
April 03, 2019 at 03:09 PM
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While some antitrust practitioners are skeptical of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's announcement that its Bureau of Competition is convening a task force to monitor competition among the tech giants including Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Facebook and others, as reported last month, that view is hardly universal.
And since then, the FTC also announced it has demanded information from seven big broadband internet service providers last week on their data collection and privacy practice and procedures.
Hogan Lovells' Logan Breed is among the antitrust lawyers who think the FTC task force will be consequential and isn't mere window-dressing in response to political pressure.
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