NEW: I took a second look at the FTC's filing against Total Wine from Friday evening. Here are some takeaways about the agency's Robinson-Patman investigation into the wine + spirits industry, and how it's looking to apply the price-discrimination law.
The Federal Trade Commission’s petition for a federal court to force Total Wine to comply with an agency investigation opens a window into its broader probe of the alcoholic beverage industry under ...
Antitrust lawsuits can live and die on the strength of Ph.D. economists. Courts face the crucial task of weeding out which of those expert witnesses can appear before a jury. Enter the legal “hot tub.” From Bloomberg Law's @danpapscun.bsky.socialnews.bloomberglaw.com/antitrust/co...
Antitrust lawsuits can live and die on the strength of Ph.D. economists. Courts face the crucial task of weeding out which of those expert witnesses can appear before a jury.
EXCLUSIVE: The FTC has three weeks of funding if the government fails to avert a shutdown by Sept. 30. After that, ongoing lawsuits and rulemaking are very likely to go on ice. Don't try to sneak by with deals, though: HSR review doesn't stop for anyone.
The Federal Trade Commission has funding to continue operations for three weeks if the government fails to avert a shutdown by Sept. 30, but will furlough staff and ask to pause litigation if the stal...
Senate Republicans took advantage of a nomination hearing today for the Federal Trade Commission to take aim at the agency’s embattled chief and nail down commitments on artificial intelligence and Section 230.
Senate Republicans took advantage of a nomination hearing for the Federal Trade Commission to take aim at the agency’s embattled chief and nail down commitments on artificial intelligence.
Your timeline is probably flooded with stories about Tuesday’s Google search trial. Here’s my contribution, on a slightly different tack: An as-yet undecided sanctions motion over Google’s deletion of evidence has hung a “Sword of Damocles” over the case.
Evidence of self-destructing company chats stands to play a central role in the US Justice Department’s blockbuster antitrust showdown with Alphabet Inc.‘s Google.
NEW: Striking Hollywood writers and actors—from shows like Hawaii Five-0, Parks and Rec, and The Big Bang Theory—are going beyond the picket line to the next frontier of advocacy against consolidation in the industry: the federal regulations docket. news.bloomberglaw.com/antitrust/st...
Dozens of striking Hollywood writers and actors are going beyond the picket line to the next frontier of advocacy against consolidation in entertainment: the federal regulations docket.