Policy impact modeling
2026-04-26
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Big Tech Antitrust 2026: From Liability to Remedy
Five active US monopolization cases, EU DMA enforcement entering year two, and a global remedy convergence around interoperability mean the operative question is no longer whether platforms will be constrained but how the constraints reprice equity, M&A, and capex.
The 2024 and 2025 dockets converted a decade of platform competition theory into operative law. Judge Amit Mehta's August 2024 liability ruling in United States v. Google held that Google's exclusive default search agreements with Apple, Mozilla, and Android OEMs violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 USC 2, and the April 2025 remedies...