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Algorithmic Software Facilitated Price Fixing with Jonathan Rubin
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Algorithmic Software Facilitated Price Fixing with Jonathan Rubin

Algorithmic Software Facilitated Price Fixing with Jonathan Rubin

July 3rd, 2024|Categories: ELP|Tags: algorithmic bias, antitrust, antitrust law, antitrust litigation, collusion, emerging litigation, emerging litigation podcast, Emerging Technologies, hb litigation, jonathan rubin, legal podcast, Legal Tech, litigation podcast, MoginRubin, price fixing, software, Tom Hagy|

Everyone knows that price fixing is against the law, chiefly Section 1 of the federal Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. Competitors may not collude to set prices. However, there are relatively new price-calculation tools that some companies maintain take them out of the equation. With these tools, shared across an industry, firms do not have to directly swap private information with competitors. Instead, they feed their data to a third-party which uses algorithms to come up with prices. In this episode, we discuss what algorithmic or software-facilitated pricing is, what the law says about price collusion, how this new pricing mechanism violates the law, and recent developments in litigation. Our guest highly regarded antitrust attorney Jonathan Rubin, Partner and Co-Founder of MoginRubin LLP.

Class Certification After Olean v. Bumble Bee with Jonathan Rubin of MoginRubin LLP

July 19th, 2022|Categories: Emerging Issues Webinars, Emerging Litigation & Risk, Featured On-Demand, HB Emerging Law Notes, HB Risk Notes, HB Tort Notes, New Webinars|Tags: antitrust, class actions, class certification, emerging litigation, emerging litigation podcast, Expert Witnesses, hb litigation, jonathan rubin, litigation articles, MoginRubin|

Featured Speaker Jonathan focuses his practice exclusively on antitrust and competition law and policy. As a litigator, he has led trial teams in major antitrust cases in courts throughout the country. As a thought-leader in competition law, he has published in influential academic journals and has spoken to numerous professional groups, including the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission, the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association, the University of Wisconsin, and the American Antitrust Institute. Jonathan has also made several appearances before congressional committees. More About Rubin On Demand Registration Class Certification After Olean v. Bumble Bee Produced by Strafford Thursday, August 11, 2022 1:00pm-2:30pm EDT, 10:00am-11:30am PDT Regular price: $247 Register here and get 50% off Expert Testimony, Uninjured Class Members, and Article III Standing This CLE course will discuss the ramifications arising from the [...]

FTC’s Case Against Facebook Will Test the Flexibility of U.S. Antitrust Law

December 10th, 2020|Categories: HB Emerging Law Notes, HB Risk Notes|Tags: anti-competition, antitrust, facebook antitrust, Jennifer Oliver, jonathan rubin, MoginRubin, Sherman Act|

MoginRubin LLP Washington, DC | San Diego FTC's Case Against Facebook Will Challenge the Adaptability of U.S. Antitrust Law Society leads, and the law follows. This is especially true in antitrust, where industries and markets undergo constant change brought about by innovation and changing consumer behavior. Confronted with ever evolving commercial circumstances, the courts face a constant struggle to keep up. With the filing of the antitrust cases against the Facebook “monopoly” by the Federal Trade Commission and 47 state attorneys general, U.S. antitrust faces one of its most significant tests since the case of U.S. v. Microsoft, now 20 years old. In the intervening decades, the Internet has spawned a new category of industry, “demand aggregators.” These businesses seek to grow market share not just by capturing supply, but also demand. The power of the dominant digital platforms—Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, [...]