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FTC has a chance for a do-over in its ‘fiasco’ antitrust case against Facebook, legal experts contend
Bhaskar Chakravorti comments on a pair of rulings that dismiss the FTC's antitrust lawsuits against Facebook, via an article in MarketWatch.
The FTC's setback in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Monday could have a silver lining: A pair of rulings that dismiss the agency's and state's antitrust lawsuits against Facebook FB, -1.45% could ultimately lead to a revised - and stronger - complaint, experts says.
Newly appointed FTC chair Lina Khan, an expert on Big Tech dominance and prescriptive measures, has the "Chance to re-write the charge against Facebook by putting her ideas into practice," Chakravorti said.
Alden Abbott, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University who was general counsel of the FTC until January, said the initial complaint was based on narrow antitrust laws.
"The FTC can appeal, it could refile with more details showing Facebook is a monopoly power, or it can bring in an administrative complaint and pursue a cease and desist," Abbott told MarketWatch.
Facebook, which applauded Monday's decisions as a recognition of "Defects in the government complaints filed against Facebook," has hardly been the worse for wear since the FTC filed its initial lawsuit in December.
Not only must it refine its complaint against Facebook, but it must do so anticipating where antitrust law is headed.