Jan 17 2025 Topics Administrative Law & Regulation • Corporations, Securities & Antitrust • Labor & Employment Law Blog Post Parting Shots: The FTC’s Outgoing Leadership Expands Antitrust Exemptions for Labor Activity to Independent Contractors Alexander T. MacDonald Earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission issued new enforcement guidance on “protected labor activity”...
Jan 7 2025 Topics Administrative Law & Regulation • Corporations, Securities & Antitrust • Financial Services Blog Post Will Consumer Protection Without The Consumer Welfare Standard Stand? Jeff Stier Give the Biden Administration credit. In its final months, it has led a blitz of...
Oct 25 2024 Topics Corporations, Securities & Antitrust • Law & Economics • Litigation Blog Post United States v. Apple: A Triumph of Politics Over Economic Analysis Lawrence J. Spiwak The Department of Justice’s recent antitrust suit against Apple has garnered significant attention, but a...
Sep 23 2024 Publication Federalist Society Review Predistribution, Labor Standards, and Ideological Drift: Why Some Conservatives Are Embracing Labor Unions (and Why They Shouldn't) Alexander T. MacDonald Common ground isn’t always a good thing. For example, consider the growing popularity of “predistribution.”...
Sep 11 2024 Topics Corporations, Securities & Antitrust • Federal Courts • Property Law Blog Post DOJ Can’t Prosecute AI for Price Fixing Unless There’s Price Fixing Jeff Stier Among the Biden administration’s attempts to lower the cost of living, actions addressing housing costs have been...
Jul 19 2024 Topics Corporations, Securities & Antitrust • Founding Era & History • Jurisprudence Blog Post The Concern for Human Flourishing at the Core of Antitrust Law Kevin Frazier Antitrust law did not start in 1890. Though judges, scholars, and government officials often describe...
May 1 2024 Topics Corporations, Securities & Antitrust • Federal Courts • Law & Economics Blog Post The FTC’s Weak Case Against Amazon Lawrence J. Spiwak Late last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), joined by seventeen state attorneys general, filed...
Mar 29 2024 Topics Federal Courts • Labor & Employment Law Blog Post Franchise With That? McDonald’s No-Poach Agreements Receive Antitrust Scrutiny Elizabeth K. Dorminey A case from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has brought antitrust...
Apr 17 2023 Topics Corporations, Securities & Antitrust • Labor & Employment Law Blog Post News The FTC’s Indefensible Position on Collective Bargaining Alexander T. MacDonald In remarks last week at the University of Utah School of Law, FTC Commissioner Alvaro...
Jan 24 2023 Topics Administrative Law & Regulation • Corporations, Securities & Antitrust • Labor & Employment Law Blog Post News The FTC’s Ahistorical Attack on Noncompetes Alexander T. MacDonald Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new rule banning most employee...
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Parting Shots: The FTC’s Outgoing Leadership Expands Antitrust Exemptions for Labor Activity to Independent Contractors
Earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission issued new enforcement guidance on “protected labor activity”...
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Will Consumer Protection Without The Consumer Welfare Standard Stand?
Give the Biden Administration credit. In its final months, it has led a blitz of...
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United States v. Apple: A Triumph of Politics Over Economic Analysis
The Department of Justice’s recent antitrust suit against Apple has garnered significant attention, but a...
Predistribution, Labor Standards, and Ideological Drift: Why Some Conservatives Are Embracing Labor Unions (and Why They Shouldn't)
Alexander T. MacDonald
Common ground isn’t always a good thing. For example, consider the growing popularity of “predistribution.”...
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DOJ Can’t Prosecute AI for Price Fixing Unless There’s Price Fixing
Among the Biden administration’s attempts to lower the cost of living, actions addressing housing costs have been...
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The Concern for Human Flourishing at the Core of Antitrust Law
Antitrust law did not start in 1890. Though judges, scholars, and government officials often describe...
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The FTC’s Weak Case Against Amazon
Late last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), joined by seventeen state attorneys general, filed...
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Franchise With That? McDonald’s No-Poach Agreements Receive Antitrust Scrutiny
A case from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has brought antitrust...
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The FTC’s Indefensible Position on Collective Bargaining
In remarks last week at the University of Utah School of Law, FTC Commissioner Alvaro...
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The FTC’s Ahistorical Attack on Noncompetes
Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new rule banning most employee...