The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has trained its sights on one of Silicon Valley’s most familiar deal structures: the “acquihire.” In a Bloomberg podcast interview, FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson said …
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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Hikma v. Amarin to answer a narrow question. It may end up saying far more about how policymakers misunderstand pharmaceutical markets. On its …
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The App Store Accountability Act (ASAA) promises to protect children online—but it would do so by imposing sweeping mandates on everyone else. Panic over doomscrolling, brainrot, gambling, pornography, online predators, …
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Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, recently declared that “50% of all entry-level lawyers, consultants, and finance professionals will be completely wiped out within the next 1–5 years.” That’s a remarkable …
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) have opened a joint public inquiry into whether to update antitrust guidance for collaborations among competitors. That’s good news. …
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Geopolitical shocks rarely just move markets. They move policy—and not always in good ways. Fuel prices are climbing sharply across Europe following military escalation in the Middle East and disrupted …
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Ahead of tomorrow’s Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee hearing, a group of former federal antitrust enforcers sent an open letter to the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) and the full Judiciary Committee …
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When competition authorities expand their legal toolkits, the most consequential policy choices often do not appear in the statute. They emerge later—in enforcement guidelines, presumptions, and priorities that determine how …
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Over the last few decades, antitrust scholars and practitioners have scrutinized the role of platforms—particularly intermediaries—in the internet economy. Many intermediary platforms also compete in the markets they facilitate. That …
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In a recent podcast, New York Times journalist Ezra Klein hosted lawyer Tim Wu and writer Cory Doctorow for a conversation titled “We Didn’t Ask for This Internet.” They ran …