The Institute for Technology, Law & Policy (ITLP) Research Group is happy to announce a new mini-series: The Anatomy of a Tech Antitrust Case. This series is spearheaded by ITLP-affiliated faculty member and leading antitrust lawyer, Jennifer Dixton, and is a collaboration between ITLP and the Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2i2).

Hear from the experts about what goes into investigating, litigating, and crafting remedies in today's biggest tech monopolization and merger cases.

The second installment will feature Californian Deputy Attorney General Stephen Smerek. Stephen Smerek is a first-chair trial attorney with nearly thirty years of experience investigating and litigating complex commercial disputes in California and throughout the United States.

Part 2 of the series will explore the role of the state enforcer.  This discussion will explore why states are interested in "Big" and "Little" Tech and how they investigate and litigate these cases, sometimes with limited resources.  This discussion also will consider how proposed changes to California's antitrust law aimed at single-firm conduct could affect enforcement in "Big"  and "Little" Tech cases.

The ITLP Research Group (IRG) is a fortnightly meeting of tech law and engineering faculty and students, visiting scholars, and tech and society researchers from across the UCLA community. The IRG provides a forum to present and discuss new scholarship and works-in-progress at the intersection of technology, law, and policy.

UCLA students and faculty interested in joining IRG for Fall 2025 can request invitation by submitting this form: bit.ly/IRG_Fall2025

November 20, 2025 | 3:30-4:30pm | DataX (Murphy Hall)