Antitrust
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Understanding The DOJ’s Landmark Ruling Against Google: A Conversation With Richard Finkelman
Finkelman, a managing director and AI expert at BRG, shares some insights about this recent court ruling.
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Google Loses Big Antitrust Fight, Which Will Mean What, Exactly?
From the yeah,-but-now-what? dept
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Maybe Don’t Tweet That Destroying Evidence Subject To Lit Hold Is A Good Idea?
Former Jones Day lawyer offers thoughts on Google opinion and gets a little in over his head.
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Elon Musk Says Advertisers Are Doing The RICO If They Don’t Give Him Money
Free speech absolutist explains that ‘free speech’ means ‘forcing everyone to give him money.’
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* While Sam Alito rewrote laws to help oil and gas exploit more land, his wife was… making land deals with oil and gas companies. But I guess that’s okay because his wife’s money isn’t “adjacent” to him because the couple is not physically “continuously connected.” [The Intercept]
* Law professor who feels persecuted because law schools hire other professors to teach classes about racism is going after a law school for having a “students of color” outreach program. By the end of the week, he’s probably going to have the Supreme Court’s backing on that one. [NY Post]
* So many of the problems facing Ron DeSantis could be solved by taking 10 minutes to read the Constitution. [CBS News]
* California’s ban on using public funds to travel to states with pro-bigotry laws on the books has hurt Black academics who can’t travel to conferences in those states. Which was the obvious outcome. Unless California plans to put resources behind bidding on and hosting all of these national conferences, the policy is always going to turn out this way. [Los Angeles Times]
* The FTC plans to file a sweeping antitrust suit against Amazon in a few weeks. It took a lot longer to deliver than a Prime package, but it’s worth the wait. [Bloomberg Law News]
* UK law firms worried that ChatGPT might be writing job applications. Oh no! How will firms survive once AI learns to write “I think my greatest weakness is that I care too much about the work.” [Law.com International]
* “Privacy Suit Says AI Could ‘Decide To Eliminate The Species.'” Or worse: cover letters. [Law360]
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* Department of Justice likely to get involved in PGA/LIV merger. Weird how spending major Biglaw dollars calling one of them a monopoly might backfire when you try to merge with them. [Law360]
* After inviting thorough mocking of their legal acumen, Harlan Crow’s lawyers at Gibson Dunn back away from original “let’s just do contempt” offer and suggest a meeting with Senate staffers. [NBC News]
* Speaking of… comparing Clarence Thomas to the “lowliest” federal worker is a stark reminder that John Roberts is running a cesspool of ethical compromise. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Batman defeats Italian designer in trademark dispute. Not that it matters… that guy will break out of Arkham and be designing clothes again within a couple months. [Reuters]
* “There Is One Group the Roberts Court Really Doesn’t Like.” Take a guess! It’s fun because there’s at least three or four groups it could be! [New York Times]
* Move over law firms, legal technology vendors poised to become next fashionable cyber target. [Legaltech News]
* A dive into K-Pop and contracts. [LegalCheek]
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The Missed Opportunities Of The Khan FTC Are Glaring
From the missed opportunities department.
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* Twitter who signed agreements committing them to private arbitration cannot pursue a class action against the company. Though the judge noted a few members of the proposed class had opted out of that agreement so the case lives on for the moment. Musk still unaware of the ruling because it’s buried under all the crap in the “For You” feed. [Reuters]
* The UK has blocked Scotland’s gender recognition law. Because post-Brexit the smartest thing England can do is further alienate Scotland and Northern Ireland. [CNN]
* FTC blows dusts off antitrust rule book like discovering ancient lore in an enchanted dungeon. Will address big box retailers getting massive discounts from manufacturers to maximize profit over smaller competitors. [Bloomberg]
* Tensions may be developing between Supreme Court justices. Amazing what happens when one wing of the Court fully abandons the law to be politicians. [The Atlantic]
* Over a third of legal workers hate their boss. Congratulations lawyers! I’d have expected a much higher number. [LegalCheek]
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What To Do When Free Speech No Longer Pays The Bills?
Antitrust and Constitutional law scholars, you’re up!
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Before You Read This Antitrust Article, Check And See Which Browser You’re Using
If you are reading this in Opera, this is me calling you a nerd.
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They’ve Got You Mapped From A To Z: Amazon’s Acquisition Sets Off Antitrust Radars
I’ve heard of wanting to be a fly on the wall, but a Roomba on the floor?
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Google Is Trying To Left Swipe Tinder From The App Store
Please don’t make me have to switch to Hinge.
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DIYers, Rejoice! John Deere, Not So Much
Now when a Biglaw firm gives you iPods instead of a raise, you can fix them yourself!
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States’ 3rd Amended Antitrust Complaint Against Google Looks A Lot More Damning
And Facebook could be next.
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FTC Takes Meta To Task For Controlling Most Of How The World Communicates
I have a sneaking suspicion Zuckerberg doesn’t ‘Like’ this one bit.
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Recent Antitrust Push Is Weirdly Narrow, Pretends Telecom And Banking Don’t Exist
Kind of missing a big part of the problem.