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.

Gatekeeping the Ecosystem

Platform governance and downstream competition in mobile software distribution

The Ticketmaster Case Reveals a Myth About Antitrust Power New post

States vs. Feds in Antitrust—What Ticketmaster Actually Shows

Defaults, Data, and Dominance

How Google’s distribution agreements may shape competition in search

Distribution as Discrimination

How the Loss of Direct-Store-Delivery May Weaken Grocery Competition in New York City

The Antitrust Case Against Ticketmaster

How the U.S. government’s lawsuit against Live Nation could reshape the concert industry.

The Invisible Toll Booth in Your Wallet

How the DOJ’s case against Visa Inc. could determine whether America’s payment system evolves through competition — or remains governed by an unseen tax on every transaction.

Steam Under Scrutiny: What the Valve Antitrust Case Means for Games, Developers, and Players

The Apple E-Books Case: How a Contract Changed an Entire Market

United States v. Lopez: The DOJ’s First Criminal Wage-Fixing Trial Victory

The End of “Take It or Leave It”: NASCAR, 23XI Racing, and the Antitrust Settlement That Could Reshape Sports Franchising

Why the FTC Is Challenging Henkel’s Liquid Nails Deal

Two Hypothetical Media Megadeals, Two Very Different Antitrust Nightmares

With lessons from past blocked and challenged mergers

Why the Penguin Random House–Simon & Schuster Merger Was Blocked

FTC v. Whole Foods Market, Inc. — Antitrust Analysis of the Wild Oats Merger

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FTC on the Proposed Acquisition of iRobot by Amazon

The FTC’s PepsiCo Case—and Why Economists Remain Skeptical

Opinion

FTC v. PepsiCo and the Unsealed Robinson-Patman Complaint:

Price Discrimination, Trade Promotions, and the Future of Secondary-Line Enforcement

Bui v. Cargill: The Canadian Beef Price-Fixing Case Explained

Netflix plans to acquire Warner Bros. for around $82.7 billion

Equitable Bank has agreed to buy President's Choice Bank for about $800

Fairstone Bank to acquire National Bank's Commercial Operations for $1.9 billion

The Canadian Commissioner of Competition will end his term on December 17, 2025