Antitrust
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Gamers Turn Court Landmark Antitrust Case Into A ‘Party’
This is why we can’t have nice things.
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Judge Not Impressed By Parler’s Attempt To Force Amazon To Put It Back Online
From the Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200 Dept.
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10 State AGs Join Forces, Will Sue To Stop T-Mobile Sprint Merger
Renewed fight over industry consolidation.
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Evolve the Law Podcast: Tim Wu
Acclaimed author Tim Wu has written a little book about bigness. He breaks down “The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age” with Ian in this week’s ETL podcast.
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* It’s the first day of the bar exam in a number of jurisdictions. These young lawyers have suggestions for your last month of freedom. [Young Lawyers Advisory Board]
* Jeff Sessions is withholding funding from local law enforcement. Just the latest example of Dummy the House Elf’s curious interpretation of being “tough on crime.” [NJ.com]
* Now Trump will meet with Mueller? Oh, he’ll talk to Mueller about anything but obstruction. So I guess they could discuss the weather. [Time]
* Stormy Daniels is getting a divorce. [NY Times]
* After a dicey back and forth with the ABA, NCCU has retained its accreditation. [News & Observer]
* The EU keeps fining American companies. American companies keep right on monopolizin’. [The Economist]
* Jonathan Turley goes all “get off my lawn” about Millennials and free speech. Magistrate Judge James Donohue points out that Millennials might appreciate free speech more if they had any reason to believe people like Turley weren’t trying to turn it into a pay-to-play right. [Courthouse News Service]
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The European Union Is A Foe… To Google, It Seems
EU hits Google with a $5 billion antitrust fine.
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* Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the Bomb Cyclone that buried the East Coast. Is AI the answer to how businesses survive such natural disasters? [Recode] * If your New Year’s resolution was to finally launch that startup, you’ll want to avoid these common mistakes. [Inc.com] * The Florida […]
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* Was your firm disabled by a cyberattack? Probably not if you’re still reading this. [Am Law Daily]
* All these “classified intelligence” headlines miss the point. It’s not like Trump told them the nuclear codes or anything — he warned them about a possible terror plot. The problem is that haphazard handling of secrets could mess up future intelligence gathering and put sources at risk. And, of course, that Trump’s going to address a burgeoning national security scandal on Twitter. [Courthouse News Service]
* If you think movie theaters are a racket, well, the Department of Justice thinks that’s worth looking into. [Law.com]
* Dean Erwin Chemerinsky explains why firing James Comey didn’t spark a constitutional crisis — but that’s about the only good thing he has to say about the administration. [Newsweek]
* German law enforcement’s search of local Jones Day offices was legal. VW plans to turbocharge an appeal. [Reuters]
* This may come as a shock, but Arizona Summit Law School isn’t doing well. [Arizona Central]
* Conan has to go to trial on joke theft allegations. [New York Times]
* What to know about the Supreme Court’s latest arbitration decision. Besides “y’all are screwed,” of course. [Law360]
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The Weird Antitrust Questions Of A Google Chrome Ad Blocker
Google may be poking the antitrust bear.
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Intellectual Property, Technology, Trademarks
Apple News That Only Kind of Relates to the New iPad
One morning last week, I walked past dozens of loyal Apple customers lined up to buy the new iPad 2. I scoffed as I walked by, my old, beat-up iPod nano playing in my ears. I also had the misfortune of walking past the same store later in the evening. A sign in the doorway […]