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When a Merger Gets Unwound (Yes, Really)

A quiet acquisition, a late intervention, and one of the few times regulators successfully unraveled a completed merger.

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May 18, 2026

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What Courts Will Need to Decide

Adjudicating competition in platform-mediated markets

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May 11, 2026

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Lessons Across FAANG

What recent antitrust complaints suggest about competition in digital markets

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May 4, 2026

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Remedies Across Platforms

How competition concerns in digital markets might be addressed

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Beyond Price: Competition in Platform Ecosystems

Apr 27, 2026

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Beyond Price: Competition in Platform Ecosystems

Competition Beyond Price in Platform Markets

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Apr 20, 2026

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Bundling the Ecosystem

How operating system integration may shape competition in software markets

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Apr 14, 2026

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Curating the Feed

How algorithmic ranking may shape competition on social media platforms

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Apr 7, 2026

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Ranking the Marketplace

How Amazon’s marketplace may shape competition by allocating demand

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The DOJ’s Healthcare Playbook: Decoding the UnitedHealth/Amedisys Merger

Apr 1, 2026

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The DOJ’s Healthcare Playbook: Decoding the UnitedHealth/Amedisys Merger

How the DOJ used the 2023 Merger Guidelines to target stealth consolidation and labor monopsony in the largest outpatient healthcare divestiture in U.S. history.

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When a Merger Gets Unwound (Yes, Really)

What Courts Will Need to Decide

Lessons Across FAANG

Remedies Across Platforms

Beyond Price: Competition in Platform Ecosystems

Bundling the Ecosystem

Curating the Feed

Ranking the Marketplace

The DOJ’s Healthcare Playbook: Decoding the UnitedHealth/Amedisys Merger

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