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Comment: Adobe-Figma theories of harm in Europe echo US FTC’s Meta-Within competition theories

By Flavia Fortes ( November 28, 2023, 15:50 GMT | Comment) -- The legal theories used by the European Commission in its statement of objections against Adobe’s acquisition of Figma echo the competition theories used by the US Federal Trade Commission in its failed challenge of Meta’s buyout of Within: actual and perceived potential competition theories. If the US Department of Justice is aligned with its European counterpart and would attempt to use that approach, it would mean US officials get a second chance to prove those theories of harm in the digital market in court.The legal theories used by the European Commission in its statement of objections against Adobe’s acquisition of Figma echo the same competition theories used by the US Federal Trade Commission in its failed challenge of Meta’s buyout of Within: actual and perceived potential competition theories....

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