Antitrust
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.31.22
* If Roe is overturned, the prosecutor’s veto may be the last saving grace. [NYT]
* The DOJ will be reviewing how police failed to respond to the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting. [Reuters]
* Thinking about reapplying to law school? Maybe don’t? But also, read this first. [US News]
* Apple is getting bit by another antitrust suit. [Engadget]
* Maryland is being super serial with gun purchases. [NBC Washington]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.16.22
* Abortion havens? If Roe is overturned, Native sovereignty could be a basis for continued access. [The Hill]
* Change of course: JetBlue’s offer for Spirit airlines could upset the potential Spirit/Frontier merger. Will it upset the antitrust division? [Reuters]
* If only YouTube were a website, maybe we’d have free speech? [The Verge]
* Stanford Law just waived college costs for folks with low family income. Woop woop! [Stanford Daily]
* Is it time for a federal privacy law? [NYT]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.04.22
* Oklahoma signed SB8-like bill into law quickly after the Alito leak. [NPR]
* What’s the limit? Are IUDs next on the chopping block? [The Guardian]
* Get it off your chest: Georgia removes “free speech zone” restrictions on college campuses. [Inside Higher Ed]
* UVA Law’s Innocence Project has gotten over $6M in compensation for wrongly incarcerated folks. Talk about a valuable education! [Law.Virginia]
* Spirit declines to take JetBlue’s takeover offer. I can already hear the DOJ’s antitrust division stirring. [CH-Aviation]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.02.22
* Florida is working on a “constitutional” carry thing. We need to stop the trend of just putting “bat” or “constitutional” in front of words like that to make a new product. [Tallahassee Democrat]
* Ever wonder about prosecutorial discretion? Here’s a primer. [WSJ]
* When worlds collide: Looks like the IP buffs are duking it out with the antitrust advocates again. [NEXT TV]
* Flexible or vague? A Virginian law about shorelines has homeowners swimming in uncertainty. [Bay Journal]
* Looks like Massachusetts lawmakers are hiding the ball when it comes to gambling. [Mass Live]
* Reminder: Vote on your top pick for Law Revue!!
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.24.22
* Meaning what you say: Climate change activist self-immolated in front of the Supreme Court on Earth Day. [Independent]
* Are our founding principles stronger than historical revisionism? This 1st Amendment suit against banning history will let us know. [WCGU]
* Nixing the 77%: Mississippi now requires that women be paid the same amount as men for the same work. Fanfare aplenty. [ABC News]
* …And Mississippi is also banning vaccination mandates. Being newsworthy twice in a row counts for something, right? [Clarion Ledger]
* Three’s Company: Brandeis must be overjoyed about this relapse into old antitrust jurisprudence. [Bloomberg]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.14.22
>* The DOJ helping to keep lower-wage conspiracies at bay? Yeah, that sounds good. [NYT]
* Kentucky just attacked Roe in a big way. [Reuters]
* Colorado makes cycling a little safer by allowing bikers to make rolling stops. They were probably doing that before the law but progress is progress. [9 News]
* Remember the suit about Elon not announcing his acquisition of Twitter shares earlier? Well, he wants it all now. [BBC]
* Looks like not everyone is the biggest fan of Scalia’s writing style. [Reddit]
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Government
Will Antitrust Make Lyft Take A Hike?
Something other than inflation has to explain how rides went from $5 to $17.32. -
Government
Their In-House Team Better Be Covered From A to Z
Sure would be nice if the price of Prime goes down a little because of this... -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.01.22
* The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 is up for SCOTUS review. How will the court rule on Native sovereignty? [NYT]
* It’s been 6 months since SB8 threw a wrench in how precedent is supposed to work — doctors and patients are still trying to find up. [NPR]
* There’s more than one Jackson to add to your legal vocabulary! A new law school is coming to Jacksonville, Florida. [News4Jax]
* Quite the overcharge: This ATM antitrust case comes with a $20M fee. [Reuters]
* The Highest Court: Will SCOTUS weigh in on the spotty legality of weed with a federal decision? [Insurance Journal]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.11.22
* The 5th Circuit effectively ruled that the Constitution is unconstitutional. Calling balls and strikes is one thing, but I think they just tackled the team mascot. [Slate]
* The Senate just passed a bill ending forced arbitration for workplace sexual assault claims. Hurry up with that signature, Biden! [CNN]
* Utah just made it a lot easier for about half a million folks with non-violent criminal records to move on with their lives. First Pennsylvania, now Utah. Who’s next? [Salt Lake Tribune]
* Penn Law is having a conference discussing pre-textual traffic stops and searches. Drop in — it’s virtual and you might be able to catch it live! [Penn Live]
* Been looking for something to bore your friends with the next time they try to bring up watching Euphoria? I’m sure they’ll love to hear about a review of last year’s developments in antitrust. [WSGR]
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Government
This Airline Merger May Make For The Most Okay-est Flight Of Your Life
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Technology
DIYers, Rejoice! John Deere, Not So Much
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.25.22
* If corporations are people, what’s next, rivers? Well actually… [NCRonline]
* Alabama’s attempt at redistricting was thrown out. Does the Voting Right Act still have some teeth left after all? [Reuters]
* The use of affirmative action in college admissions is probably next up on the Supreme Court’s chopping block. [USA Today]
* Woman is arrested in Texas after trying to buy someone’s child at a Wal-Mart for $500k. There are some things you just can’t roll back prices on, libertarians. [NBC News]
* Police sent the wrong guy to jail because his name was too similar to someone else’s. Guess a rose by any other name is bitter after all. [Independent]
* The “Right to Repair” movement has some executive backing. Celebrate by doing it yourself! Or paying a third-party vendor. You do you. [Vice]
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Technology
States' 3rd Amended Antitrust Complaint Against Google Looks A Lot More Damning
And Facebook could be next. -
Government, Technology
FTC Takes Meta To Task For Controlling Most Of How The World Communicates
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.13.22
* Virginia cops got caught using forged DNA reports to extract confessions. Due process, schmue process. [Associated Press]
* The FTC gets the go-ahead to try and force Meta to divest Instagram and WhatsApp. Love me some antitrust! [The Guardian]
* A court heavily influenced by big money with no binding code of judicial conduct (read: the Supreme one) will be giving their say on money’s role on politics. I’m sure their decision won’t be a blank check for oligarchs. [Esquire]
* Turns out there was a bit of electoral voter fraud in Nevada. But what’s a little forgery and disruption of democracy between friends, really? [8NewsNow]
* Students are boycotting firms based on the causes they get their money from. Will you put your heart where your billables are too? [The Nation]
* No WWJD defense: Court nixes religious exemption to vaccine mandate for school kids. [Courant]