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How did she get that job? She wrote a paper that provides a new legal basis for antitrust enforcement in the U.S. that allows for different theories from the c
by gamblor956 3y ago
How did she get that job?
She wrote a paper that provides a new legal basis for antitrust enforcement in the U.S. that allows for different theories from the currently prevailing "consumer harm" doctrine.
Who did she know?
Her paper on antitrust was a huge deal in the legal world. It would be more accurate to ask, "who knew her?" and the answer would be pretty much everybody in the legal community.
What the actual hell is this?
It was an attempt to block a merger. Which was slightly more successful than the last FTC action against Microsoft...which led to them unbundling IE for a few years. And that failure was back when the FTC was full of experienced lawyers coming off decades of actively pursuing antitrust cases.
Like I don't care about her ideological positions or wtv, but has she actually succeeded in any anti trust case? Cuz I have been rage clicking through her history, and while her academic record is impressive, I see nothing successful during her tenure at the ftc.
The FTC hasn't had a successful major antitrust case in decades...
- SpaceManNabs 3y ago> She wrote a paper that provides a new legal basis for antitrust enforcement in the U.S. that allows for different theories from the currently prevailing "consumer harm" doctrine. That is my point. This is nearly purely all academic experience. No experience in managing such a large system like the FTC. How is she supposed to manage people? > Her paper on antitrust was a huge deal in the legal world. It would be more accurate to ask, "who knew her?" and the answer would be pretty much everybody in the legal community. From what I understand talking to Columbia Law school grads in anti trust, it was just riding a populist wave. I don't know too much so I will take your word for it. > The FTC hasn't had a successful major antitrust case in decades... No, but they have done deals, something Lina Khan said she should consider more when she was getting roasted at that congressional hearing. On the other points: I don't know enough about this space to talk on the other points which is why I was asking those questions.
- gamblor956 3y agoNo, but they have done deals, something Lina Khan said she should consider more when she was getting roasted at that congressional hearing. The FTC has continued doing deals the entire time. They're just not covered in the tech news because they don't affect tech.
- SpaceManNabs 3y agoThen why did she make that statement?
- gamblor956 3y agoBecause they could consider doing more deals than they already are...
- Manuel_D 3y agoI'm not sure why writing that paper would make her any more qualified. If she had actually demonstrated that her new arguments around antitrust actually held up in court, that would make her more qualified. But as far as I can tell, it was her willingness to pursue cases against "big tech" that got her picked not experience in actually pursuing cases. If anything, the fact that her cases are failing left and right is casting a lot of doubt on the validity of her ideas on antitrust. The lesson is that a popular academic legal paper does not translate into success in real courts.
- gamblor956 3y agoIf anything, the fact that her cases are failing left and right is casting a lot of doubt on the validity of her ideas on antitrust. The lesson is that a popular academic legal paper does not translate into success in real courts. Her academic background is not at fault here. The FTC hasn't had any success at antitrust the past several decades despite being led by experienced lawyers due to a judicial change in antitrust doctrine. There are plenty of people commenting on this thread that weren't even born the last time the FTC had a major antitrust victory.