Oracle scion David Ellison wants to combine two of the largest movie studios and streaming networks, along with dozens of cable stations.
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DOJ Insider Blows the Whistle on Pay-to-Play Antitrust Corruption
Roger Alford, former number two at the Justice Department Antitrust Division, speaks out. Here’s what was important in what he said.
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UnitedHealth Merger Approval Again Shows Lobbyist Power
Today on TAP: Another merger settlement allows consolidation in health care; UnitedHealth’s lobbyist was MAGA’s biggest firm.
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The Second Gilded Age Is Resembling the First
It’s the return of rotten boroughs, railroad barons, and constant graft.
Posted inLaw and Justice
DOJ Does MAGA Lobbyist Bidding Again, Shutters Another Antitrust Case
Pam Bondi’s old lobbying firm, Ballard Partners, pushed to move through a business travel merger. Bondi’s DOJ did it, in a way that avoids judicial scrutiny.
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The Law That Could Blow Open Trump Antitrust Corruption
Lobbyist meddling to get a critical merger case approved could face sunlight thanks to a 1974 law called the Tunney Act, which allows a judge to investigate the outcome.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Cane Sugar in Coke Will Not Save Us
Big food and drink companies know exactly how to play Trump and RFK Jr.
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Deregulation Swings the Pendulum Toward Financial Crash
The Federal Trade Commission’s decline is a symptom of a public policy designed primarily to protect asset prices.
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UnitedHealth Has 2,694 Subsidiaries and Affiliates. Is It Too Big to Manage?
This behemoth conglomerate might just be too monstrous for its own good.
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Trump’s Steel Deal
Today on TAP: The sudden announcement allowing Nippon Steel to buy U.S. Steel is all rhetoric and no enforceable commitments.