Ventilator Maker’s 2012 Merger Spurs Query From FTC Official (1)

Bloomberg Law, here. 

Startup Acquisitions, Error Costs, and Antitrust Policy

K. Bryan, E. Hovenkamp, here. 

The U.S. Tried to Build a New Fleet of Ventilators. The Mission Failed.

NYTimes, here. 

Mark Lemley: Innovation in tech suffers when we focus on the “exit”

Recode Decode, here. 

Google acquires Pointy, a startup to help brick-and-mortar retailers list products online, for $163M

TechCrunch, here.

FTC Challenges Illumina’s Proposed Acquisition of PacBio

FTC, here. 

High-Priced Acquisitions of Tech Startups Do Not Always Stimulate More Innovation

Pro-Market, here. 

Embraer investor wants EU to block "killer" Boeing deal

Reuters, here. 

Kill Zone

S. Kamepalli, R. Rajan, L. Zingales, here. 

ICN’s Merger Working Group held a teleseminar on digital mergers

J. Neely, here.

Big Tech Acquisitions and the Potential Competition Doctrine: The Case of Facebook

M. Glick, C. Ruetschlin, here. 

Recent developments at the CMA

CMA, here. 

Competition in Digital Technology Markets: Examining Acquisitions of Nascent or Potential Competitors by Digital Platforms

Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights (US), Video here. 

Justice Department Sues to Block Sabre's Acquisition of Farelogix

DOJ, here. 

Google discloses last year's acquisition of mobile learning app Socratic as it relaunches on iOS

TechCrunch, here. 

How Facebook Is Changing to Deal With Scrutiny of Its Power

NYTimes, here. 

U.S. FTC Probes Facebook's Acquisition Practices-WSJ

NYTimes, here. 

TECH-OVER: AN OVERVIEW OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS IN DIGITAL MARKETS

Lear, here. 

Petre warns on ACCC tech report

Innovationaus, here. 

Student Challenge Quadriptych – “Shaping Competition Policy in the Era of Digitisation”

CPI, here.