Today on TAP: The antitrust agencies propose that companies actually give them the information they need to decide whether their mergers are legal.
antitrust
Posted inEconomic Policy
Will Katherine Tai Prevail Over the Corporate Undertow?
The U.S. trade representative is one of Biden’s most inspired appointees. She faces fierce resistance as she tries to carry out her president’s trade agenda.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Intra-Administration Fight on Bank Mergers Breaks Open
The Justice Department’s antitrust chief signaled that he would override banking regulators if necessary if a proposed merger harmed the public.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Attacks on Lina Khan’s Ethics Reveal Copious Amounts of Projection
Before the Federal Trade Commission chair got there, the agency was brimming with conflicts of interest, including from her loudest critics.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Ticketmaster Offers to Exploit Concertgoers More Transparently
The ticket broker’s new ‘all-in’ pricing pledge is an effort to stave off antitrust enforcement.
Posted inTAP
The California Gang Overturns Democrats’ Antitrust Consensus
Today on TAP: The likely new Democratic leader on the House Antitrust Subcommittee shows that the fight on corporate power is far from over.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Biden’s Judicial Nominees Struggle With Antitrust
A review of answers submitted by the nominees reveals a lack of a nuanced understanding of the core legal issues in competition policy.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
PGA Golf Is the Latest in a Long Line of Sports Monopolists
The involvement of Saudi funding might force antitrust enforcers to act this time, however.
Posted inBooks
Days of Plunder
Two new books call ‘private equity’ what it actually is, but neither offers much hope for emancipation from our eternal hostile takeover.
Posted inWorking in America
Unions Pursue Monopsony Case Against Pennsylvania Hospital Network
The case against UPMC could serve as a model for labor-related antitrust enforcement.
