Making Big Tech Antitrust Remedies Stick Beyond the Courtroom: A Conversation with Ron Schnell
From Ruled by Reason by American Antitrust Institute
April 7, 2026 · 1h 1m
About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges and insights from antitrust remedy implementation in the context of Big Tech, featuring insights from Ron Schnell.
In this episode of Ruled by Reason , AAI Vice President and Director of Legal Advocacy Kathleen Bradish talks with Ron Schnell, a computer scientist, startup entrepreneur, and former general manager of the Technical Committee created to monitor Microsoft's compliance with the U.S. v. Microsoft consent decrees. Their conversation explores what the antitrust bar still hasn't fully absorbed from one of the most consequential post-remedy enforcement undertakings in U.S. antitrust history. Three themes run through the conversation: the need for early and deep technical engagement in remedy implementation; the informational asymmetry between enforcer and defendant that monitors must work to overcome; and the predictable incentive problems that shape how companies respond to conduct obligations.
People in this episode
Host: Kathleen Bradish
Guest: Ron Schnell
Topics covered
- antitrust remedies
- Big Tech
- compliance monitoring
- technical engagement
- informational asymmetry
- conduct obligations
Keywords
- antitrust
- Big Tech
- Microsoft
- remedies
- compliance
- technical engagement
- enforcement
- informational asymmetry
- conduct obligations
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: American Antitrust Institute, Microsoft
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