Bill Baer

U.S. President Joe Biden, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin participate in an expanded bilateral meeting with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in (not pictured) at the White House, in Washington, U.S. May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

The Biden administration takes an overdue first step to foster competition

Saturday, July 10, 2021

CEO of Google and Alphabet Sundar Pichai testifies remotely during the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing 'Does Section 230's Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?', on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., October 28, 2020. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS

Addressing Big Tech’s power over speech

Bill Baer and Caitlin Chin

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

FTC Commissioner nominee Lina M. Khan testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Photo by Graeme Jennings/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

TechTank Podcast Episode 18: What to expect from the Biden administration on antitrust regulation and Big Tech

Nicol Turner Lee, Bill Baer, Tom Wheeler, and Nancy Rose

Monday, May 3, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee hearingon Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 10, 2020. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

How Senator Klobuchar’s proposals will move the antitrust debate forward

Monday, February 8, 2021

A woman is typing on Google search engine from a laptop and iPhone. Editorial credit: PK Studio / Shutterstock.com

What’s behind the US Justice Department’s antitrust case against Google?

Bill Baer and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

A mobile phone user looks at the icons of the mobile apps of Alphabet Inc's Google on his smartphone in Beijing, China, 16 January 2018.Alphabet Inc's Google said on Tuesday (16 January 2018) it has made "no changes" to its mapping platform in China, denying an earlier media report that claimed it was re-launching the function in China, where many of its services are blocked. Japan's Nikkei reported earlier that Google had set up a China-specific version of the Google Maps website for the first time in eight years and introduced a map application for Chinese iPhones for the first time. Google, however, stated that the Google Maps browser has been available in China for many years while there is no Maps application offered in the country.No Use China. No Use France.

Assessing the DOJ lawsuit against Google

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

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What to expect on tech policy in the next presidential administration

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Improving antitrust law in America

Thursday, October 1, 2020

Congressional staffers confer as Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testifies via video conference during a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law on "Online Platforms and Market Power", in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 29, 2020. Graeme Jennings/Pool via REUTERS

The tech antitrust hearings are over: What’s next for enforcement?

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

U.S. Justice Department building in Washington, DC.

Think the DOJ’s Antitrust Division is immune from political meddling? Think again.

The Washington Post Wednesday, June 24, 2020