A leading antitrust scholar has been working for two tech giants and not disclosing it in her work.
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As the Revolving Door Swings
Big Tech could be forestalling platform regulation in a stealthy way.
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Unsanitized: There Is No Flood of COVID Lawsuits Against Businesses
Also, how coronavirus deaths are proceeding. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 16, 2020.
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3M: Monopoly, Misrepresentation, and Malpractice
Hundreds of thousands of troops suffered hearing loss from 3M’s faulty battlefield earplugs. They allege that the company and its private equity–fueled acquisition falsified data and knowingly hid evidence.
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The Facebook Boycott and Corporate Co-Optation
Big business tries to divert a protest movement into meaningless symbols.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Decisive Tax Defeat for the Multinationals?
Altera, owned by Intel, just lost a major case on corporate offshore tax evasion. It could signal the end of ‘transfer pricing’—the most common and flagrant way big companies avoid taxes.
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The Section 230 Fight Ended Six Months Ago
Lawmakers demanding an end to the liability shield for Big Tech should have thought about that when they enshrined it in the new version of NAFTA.
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Amazon’s Private Government
A new patent cements the company’s aims to use its power over sellers to consolidate control.
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Big Tech Finds Competent Defenders Hard to Come By
You don’t want the guy who said there would be 500 total deaths from COVID-19 in the United States as your champion.
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Verizon and AT&T Partner With Pro–Police Militarization Lobbying Group
The National Sheriffs’ Association, which counts the telco giants as ‘platinum partners,’ lobbies Congress to make the Defense Department’s 1033 military equipment transfer program permanent.