LeGrand Law Files an Amicus Brief on Behalf of Scholars of Law and Economics

LeGrand Law recently filed an amicus brief on behalf of eighteen scholars of antitrust law and economics in the Google search antitrust case pending in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The scholars urge the Court to reject far-reaching remedies that could harm innovation and consumers without meaningfully increasing competition.

The scholars who joined the brief work at leading universities and research institutions, and include a Nobel prize winner. They have decades of experience studying the competitive dynamics of digital markets and the appropriate scope of antitrust remedies. The amicus brief critiques the broad remedies proposed by the plaintiffs — including the complete divesture of Chrome. The scholars discuss the need for narrowly tailored remedies that address specific conduct found to be anti-competitive without forcing the court to act as a central planner — “a role for which [courts] are ill-suited.” Verizon Commc'ns, Inc. v. Law Offices of Curtis Trinko, 540 U.S. 398 (2004) at 408.