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ARTICLE · 01 MARCH 2019

Competition/Antitrust Law

Last year began with two linked and dramatic headlines from The Economist newspaper: "How to tame the tech titans – Competition in the Digital Age," (January 20, 2018)

CanadaAntitrust/Competition Law

More enforcement in the digital economy

Last year began with two linked and dramatic headlines from The Economist newspaper: "How to tame the tech titans – Competition in the Digital Age," (January 20, 2018), followed by an article titled, "Coping with techlash". We expect similar headlines and concerns in 2019, but anticipate the concerns to go beyond the "tech titans", as competition lawyers and policy makers try to come to grips with the impact of the digitalization of the economy on antitrust/competition analytical frameworks. There is a sense that regulators do not sufficiently understand the digital transformation, including the proliferation of online platforms and networks, the use of pricing algorithms, Big Data and the ecosystem surrounding the leading technology companies. This has become significant enough that the US Federal Trade Commission launched a series of hearings in the latter half of 2018 and into 2019, on the topic of "Competition and Consumer

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