Two-Sided Platforms

Two-sided platforms are products or services that connect two different groups of consumers across one platform and feature "indirect network effects" (explained in this practice note) that link the two sides of the platform together. The Supreme Court recently addressed, in Ohio v. American Express, the issue of how to apply traditional antitrust principles in cases involving two-sided platforms.

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