2025 was a handoff year for American antitrust. Would “MAGA Antitrust” embrace Biden’s populist direction or dismantle it?On one hand, new leadership rejected Biden-era regulatory ambitions. “…
Overview· On 30 January 2026, the FTC sent warning letters to 42 major U.S. law firms raising potential antitrust concerns regarding their participation in the…
The GENIUS Act, short for Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, is here. The Act legitimises the US stablecoin market by establishing the first comprehensive federal…
This article makes a modest pitch: The Trump‑Vance Administration should hire venture capitalists (“VCs‑in‑Residence”) in antitrust agencies to help predict the trajectory of emerging technologies.…
In her first economic policy speech as Presidential Candidate, Kamala Harris pledged to introduce a federal ban on price gouging in the food sector. Claiming that prices failed to return to pre-…
The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023 (PERA), introduced by Senators Thom Tillis and Chris Coons, aims to broaden the scope of patentable subject matter in the U.S. This Act addresses…
The FTC first proposed to ban essentially all employer-employee non-competes throughout the US while I was a Commissioner. At that time, many -- including me – expressed concern that the FTC did not…
On July 14, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission, announced the withdrawal of two antitrust policy statements related to enforcement in healthcare markets: Statements of Antitrust Enforcement Policy in…
* This entry is a re-post of the contributor’s CCM Blog post, find link here.
On 24 January 2023 the U.S. Department of Justice (‘DoJ’), joined by multiple U.S. States including California and…
Competition law mainly deals with microeconomic issues. Price theory orients its application, with price, supply, demand, and information being important parameters. However, microeconomics does not…
