Antitrust Law in the New Economy - Google, Yelp, Libor, and the Control of Information

In the information economy, sellers can distort the truth about their products, and online intermediaries have incentives to skew the facts they provide to buyers. Mark Patterson discusses ways data can be manipulated for competitive advantage and consumer exploitation, and shows how courts can apply antitrust law to address these problems.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Mark R. Patterson is Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law.

Zusammenfassung

In the information economy, sellers can distort the truth about their products, and online intermediaries have incentives to skew the facts they provide to buyers. Mark Patterson discusses ways data can be manipulated for competitive advantage and consumer exploitation, and shows how courts can apply antitrust law to address these problems.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mark R Patterson, Mark R. Patterson, Patterson Mark R.
• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9780674971424
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97142-4
• Seiten: 336
• Themen: Belletristik > Geschenkbücher, Alben, Immerwährende Kalender, Postkartenbücher; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Handels-, Wirtschaftsrecht; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / E-Commerce / General, LAW / Taxation, LAW / Consumer, LAW / Antitrust, E-commerce: business aspects, Taxation and duties law, Consumer Protection Law, Competition law / Antitrust law, Taxation & duties law