Competition/Antitrust

If the character Edward Cullen of the ubiquitous Twilight saga taught us anything (aside from the fact that Robert Pattinson’s hair can do no wrong), it is that being a heretic can be cool. In the series, the Volturi—the Vampiric Council—operates as an authoritative government dictating the terms of vampire life: encouraging slaughter of humans, forbidding certain romance, and eventually seeking the destruction of Edward and Bella’s baby. Cullen went against these vampire norms to protect his loved ones, doing so in a way that made many hearts flutter.

A federal judge ruled that Google must make changes to address its advertising technology monopoly but would not need to break up that business, as the company staved off the most extreme measures to curb its power. Judge Leonie M. Brinkema, who sits on the U.S.

Four principles have guided much of the United States’ approach to communications policy and have helped to enable the vibrant and prosperous digital ecosystem we benefit from today

The Federal Trade Commission, joined by five states, notified a court that the agency will file a stipulated order that resolves its litigation against Zillow and Redfin and restores competition in the online platforms that renters use to find apartments and property managers use to list rentals. The order eliminates the key term in a 2025 agreement betwee

Charter Communications and Cox Communications have completed a $34.5 billion merger that creates the world's largest cable operator, with about 70 million homes and businesses passed and roughly 38 million customers across 45 US states.

Federal broadband funding is doing more than expand service. It is also changing the competitive landscape in the communities receiving it. Nearly 43% of federally funded served locations in non-BEAD areas now have access to more than one broadband provider. That is meaningful progress for rural communities that have historically had limited choice, creating the potential for better pricing, stronger service and more bundled offers for consumers. A funded area is no longer just a future build opportunity. It may already be, or soon become, a contested market.

President Donald Trump nominated D. Adam Candeub, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General. Candeub has served as the General Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission since January 2025. Since 2004, Candeub worked as a professor of law at Michigan State University where he focused on competition, regulatory, and antitrust matters. Previously, he served in government at both the Commerce Department and Justice Department.

The proposed $81 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery hit its first significant speed bump when a federal judge in California granted a temporary restraining order that prohibits the companies from closing the deal.

In today's broadband debate, fiber has often been described as “future-proof” and “the gold standard” while other technologies, such as low-Earth orbit satellite systems have been dismissed as temporary solutions. Fiber is unquestionably one of the greatest communications innovations ever developed. It is expected to continue playing a key role in supporting AI, cloud computing, advanced manufacturing, and wireless networks. But 250 years of communications history teach us that no technology should be insulated from competition or presumed to be the final word in innovation.

A group of 12 states led by Democratic attorneys general sued to block Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion deal to buy Warner Bros.