#AntiTrust

Hal Singer

HalSinger

Eradicating racial inequities is an overarching policy agenda for the Biden administration. All policy levers, including antitrust, should be deployed in furtherance of that agenda. Antitrust is one of several

Asheesh Agarwal

AsheeshKAgarwal

What does Judge Garland’s selection for Attorney General mean for antitrust policy? He has been neither especially pro-plaintiff nor pro-defendant, nor interested in using antitrust law to achieve other social

John Newman

johnmarknewman

Merrick Garland's scholarly work on antitrust and state action is super solid. And prescient! He correctly saw back in 1987 that in the wrong hands, antitrust could become a deregulatory

Tech Inquiry

tech_inquiry

We have written @POTUS a letter expressing our dismay at the potential selection of Renata Hesse as AAG of the antitrust division at DOJ:https://techinquiry.org/RenataHesseConcerns.pdftldr: Her work defending Google from an

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

1. @amyklobuchar just introduced a major antitrust bill, so here are my thoughts. This bill reads to me reads more an announcement she's taking over the antitrust subcommittee than a

Big Pharma Cheats

PharmaCheats

This is why I'm opposed to Renata Hesse for DOJ Antitrust. She represents an entire generation of weak enforcement. Also, she shut down the Microsoft breakup remedy to gain favor

Stacy Mitchell

stacyfmitchell

I've resigned my fellowship at Yale's Thurman Arnold Project. The director, Fiona Scott Morton, revealed that she’s a paid adviser to Amazon & Apple. I think that makes it hard

David McCabe

dmccabe

New: Mark Zuckerberg will make the case to the House tm that Insta and WhatsApp are better for consumers b/c Facebook bought them, raise threat of China and say that

Ben Cannatti

bencannatti

Former U.S. Attorney/Deputy Assistant AG/Constitutional lawyer @harrylitman pens a piece yesterday addressing gov't moves against tech. Among the issues he raises... 1/6 "According to various news reports, the department is

Jason Kint

jason_kint

Lol. Where G/FB lobby couldn’t make “triopoly” into a thing, now they’re hoping “pentopoly” takes off. There are two major antitrust lawsuits here right now. We originally isolated the “duopoly”

Joshua Wright

ProfWrightGMU

There is nothing remotely conservative, nor sensible, in Sen. Hawley's view that the 1A entitles him to a book. I am happy to see that view widely rejected. The same

Alicia Jessop

RulingSports

The NCAA's petition to the Supreme Court in the Alston case has been granted. The Court will decide whether the NCAA's amateurism bylaws violate federal antitrust law. This is a

DHH

dhh

What do you mean Standard Oil has a monopoly? You could heat your house with a wood-burning fireplace. Or keep your horse instead of getting a car! And the railroads?

David Reaboi

davereaboi

Let’s say a US city or state decided to do something that would outrage leftist sensibilities. And in response, Jeff Bezos cuts off Amazon delivery to the city or state,

Tara Lachapelle+

taralach

A career Justice Dept official says AG William Barr directed improper antitrust reviews of marijuana industry mergers because of his personal animus toward cannabishttps://www.axios.com/whistleblower-barr-directed-faulty-antitrust-reviews-o

Alec Stapp

AlecStapp

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