Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen
@leahnylen.bsky.social
"There is no democracy without journalism." Covering antitrust, currently at Bloomberg News and “making people feel uncomfortable.” Former Politico, MLex, CQ. Email me at lnylen2 at bloomberg.net. On Signal: leahnylen.88. Opinions are my own (obvi).
And this, my friends, is why, out of all social media platforms, I am most afraid of Nextdoor
Elizabeth Lopatto@lopatto.bsky.social · 44m agoI have never posted on Nextdoor but it remains my favorite social network because of the out-of-pocket shit people are willing to say under their government names. here's one woman's story of the real-world consequences of pissing off all your neighbors www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/the-villain-...
Senate Judiciary held a hearing for the new antitrust division nominee, Adam Candeub, today. It didn't go that well. Candeub dodged questions from R and D senators on the First Amendment, saying his job as the general counsel of the FCC precluded him from answering.
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FTC Takes Closer Look at Merger of Vet Products Distributors
The US Federal Trade Commission is taking a closer look at a proposed $3.5 billion acquisition that would combine two of the leading national suppliers of veterinary products, according to people fami...
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US FTC, Utah Sue Hims & Hers Health in Federal Court
The Federal Trade Commission, Utah and Los Angeles County sued Hims & Hers Health Inc. Wednesday for allegedly misleading consumers about its products and sharing their private health information ...
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FTC Split Lets IonQ-SkyWater Quantum Deal Close Without Changes
IonQ Inc. will close its $1.8 billion acquisition of semiconductor foundry SkyWater Technology Inc. later this week after the Federal Trade Commission was unable to decide whether to impose conditions...
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In a few minutes, the TRO hearing on the lawsuit by California and other states challenging the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal. Zoom details here: cand.uscourts.gov/judges/amo/m...
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I love this story (and also hate it). www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/t...
Someone Used A.I. to Write an Unauthorized Biography of Me. I Don’t Recommend Reading It. (Gift Article)
Someone used A.I. to write my biography. Thousands more of those books are polluting Amazon. Who is behind all this drivel?
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And the Paramount case has now been transferred to Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín in Oakland with a hearing on the states request to block the deal from closing next week scheduled for tomorrow at 10 am
Paramount has filed a motion seeking to force Judge Casey Pitts to recuse from the antitrust case brought by California and other states since he served as legal counsel to the Writers Guild in litigation before joining the bench.
As Acting AG Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing kicks off this morning, a look at the criticism he faced from a federal judge in Miami just two days ago for how he handled DOJ's deal to settle President Trump's $10B lawsuit against the IRS buff.ly/SRuBbS2 The hearing is live here: buff.ly/lvGSzUK
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Writers Guild Sues Paramount Over Warner Bros. Deal
The Writers Guild of America sued Paramount Skydance Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Tuesday, alleging the $110 billion merger would harm competition in the markets for film and television writi...
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it will never not be funny that Jeff Kessler is the lead trial attorney for the state AGs in the LiveNation antitrust trial AND the lead trial attorney for the ParamountSkydance antitrust trial against the state AGs
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DOJ’s Claritev Probe Intensifies With New Information Demands
The US Justice Department is expanding an antitrust investigation into data analytics firm Claritev Corp. over allegations it helped insurers illegally coordinate on lowering out-of-network reimbursem...
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal Challenged by California, States
A group of 12 states sued Paramount Skydance Corp. Monday seeking to block its $110 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., alleging the blockbuster Hollywood deal would leave viewers with hig...
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"Gift Article" 💔 "The End of Reading is Here" "A study analyzing 236,000 responses to the American Time Use Survey found that the proportion of Americans who read for pleasure on any given day fell from 28 percent in 2004 to 16 percent in 2023." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The End of Reading Is Here
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.
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With @sisco.bsky.social: The TransDigm-Stellant deal is at least the third merger that the antitrust division has recommended challenging, only to face resistance from Woodward — a defense attorney who represented President Donald Trump’s valet before joining DOJ.
US Merger Suits Stall Under DOJ Boss Who Opposes Blocking Deals
A nearly $1 billion takeover by a defense supplier that Pentagon officials previously faulted for overcharging the military may serve as the latest test of how light a touch the US Justice Department ...
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Supreme Court Expands Trump’s Power to Fire Federal Bureaucrats
The Supreme Court has handed President Donald Trump sweeping power to bend much of the federal regulatory state to his will, a major expansion of executive branch influence that will enable him to fir...
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Slaughter is an earthquake: SCOTUS has overturned a 90-year-old precedent that facilitated much of modern governance by granting many agencies meaningful independence from the president. Now SCOTUS crushes that independence ... for seemingly every agency except the Federal Reserve.
And there is it. Supreme Court overrules Humphrey's Executor, ruling president must be able to fire anyone: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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This is also a pet peeves of mine with SCOTUS. I still remember when I found out that the EU courts tells reporters what day to expect a ruling on a case (and my colleagues were all confused about why I thought that was novel)
Balls & Strikes@ballsandstrikes.org · last mo.The Supreme Court treats opinion release days like state secrets because the justices are terrified of being perceived as fallible and human
Can't help but read this as foreshadowing for Slaughter, where the court is likely to overrule its 1935 precedent on independent agencies. (That plus the fact they're saving it for last)
Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last mo.Sotomayor, dissenting, cuts to the chase: "Today’s decision marks yet another low point in this Court’s esteem for its precedents." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Bonta Calls DOJ’s Statement Clearing Paramount Deal ‘Shameless’
California Attorney General Rob Bonta criticized the Trump administration for clearing Paramount Skydance Corp.’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., as several states mull a poss...
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NEW: Unsealed records detail a secret court fight between Google and DOJ over what the company protested was a "grossly overbroad" warrant in 2023 to identify hundreds of users based on their search histories in connection with the 2021 DC pipe bombs investigation www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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FTC Sues Nonprofit Alleging Deception Over Youth Trans Care
The US Federal Trade Commission and several states sued the leading professional association focused on transgender healthcare Wednesday, alleging the group deceived parents about the medical necessit...
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Amazon Faces Billions in Penalties From Potential FTC Ad Suit
Amazon.com Inc. is facing a possible lawsuit from the US Federal Trade Commission that may lead to billions of dollars in civil penalties, over claims the e-commerce giant mislead advertisers, accordi...
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