Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet went on a buying spree in 2021 despite D.C.’s vow to take on Big Tech
Both of those deals carry unusual importance because they’re two of the first big cases out of the gate, said Kovacic. “It’s an enormous advantage to win your first cases,” he said. “To show you can do it. To show it’s not just talk.” The relatively short amount of time enforcers have to take action during their terms also puts a “fierce sense of urgency” into the FTC, which understands that it must build on precedent to change the…