I believe that Bitcoin is the enemy of tyranny and the greatest invention of the 21st century.

Blockchain is an emerging technology that is already changing the way companies do business. Despite its nascent and novel nature, companies using blockchain technology, as well as suppliers...

In the United States, mergers and acquisitions involving companies of a certain size must be reviewed by one of the competition authorities—the Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Justice.

On January 12, 2026, Apple and Google announced a multi-year deal—reported at roughly $1 billion a year—under which a custom Google Gemini model will run as the backend...

Late last month, Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater gave her first major policy address, entitled "The Conservative Roots of America First Antitrust Enforcement."

On December 23, 2022, the U.S. Congress passed an omnibus spending bill incorporating the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act.

Do you or your competitor have a monopoly in a particular market? If so, your conduct or their conduct might enter Sherman Act, Section 2 territory, which we call monopolization.

In my last post, I discussed how California's newly enacted AB 1340—which allows independent contractor gig drivers to form a "union" and engage in sectoral bargaining against rideshare companies such as Uber and Lyft—likely does not provide the federal antitrust immunity that it purports to provide.

Law school exams are all about issue spotting. Sure, after you spot the issue, you must describe the elements and apply them correctly.

On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its usual annual announcement to increase the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act thresholds.

A company using a blockchain––or perhaps even the blockchain itself––, with a sizeable share of a market, could be a monopolist subject to U.S. antitrust laws. But monopoly by itself isn't illegal.

We see many antitrust issues in the distribution world—and from all business perspectives: supplier, wholesale distributor, authorized retailer, and unauthorized retailer, among others.

A California-focused antitrust newsletter from a former AG attorney offers law firms and corporate counsel a strategic business development opportunity by providing substantive insights into state competition enforcement trends and AG division activities.

On January 14, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its usual annual announcement to increase the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act thresholds. The 2026 thresholds will take effect 30 days after publication...

This article addresses the basic procedure for handling an appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Every Pricer in Priceville liked Christmas a lot. But the Government, eastward in DC, did NOT! The Government hated the whole of the season! Please don't ask us why. No one quite knows the reason.

A federal judge in New York certified two classes of cryptocurrency buyers against Tether and Bitfinex in a landmark case alleging market manipulation through unbacked stablecoin issuance. The certification order narrowed the plaintiff classes while preserving key causation defenses for summary judgment, fundamentally reshaping how crypto companies should approach class action litigation risk.

If you are an executive or general counsel of any business, whether a startup or Fortune 100, you will at some point hire and interact with outside antitrust counsel.

Both the United States and Türkiye operate competition regimes that target the same broad categories of harm: cartels, anticompetitive mergers, and abuse of market dominance.