Honored to be in @lpeproject.bsky.social about the need for a power analysis in affordability politics. Narrow technocratic or deregulatory "affordability" misses the point: affordability is about confronting power dynamics at the core of the cost of living crisis. lpeproject.org/blog/afforda...

The 2nd Trump admin delivered the final blow to the myth of the “neutral” state. The state was never neutral, nor can it ever be. Yet the lie endured. The public now sees clearly that the state picks winners. Politicians can no longer hide behind a veil of false neutrality. Good!

One cannot simultaneously be supportive of the rule of law and the rule of reason.

On an ITIF webinar, Diana Moss of the euphemistically named Progressive Policy Institute said "Antitrust is…not some broad policy tool to attack myriad political, economic, and social problems." She is flatly wrong. See my two recent remarks for details👇 danielhanley.substack.com/p/recovering...

All nonfiction books should use footnotes (i.e., citations at the bottom of each page). Not end-of-chapter notes or end-of-book notes. Just straight up footnotes. Everything else is just so frustrating and cumbersome for the reader.

The DOJ's decision to approve the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger is a complete dereliction of duty. The states and private parties must (once again) step in and uphold the rule of law. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

Hi! I’m Alexis, and I’m running for U.S. Congress to represent #MD06. I’m a technologist, finance nerd, former regulator, and queer mom of 2. I’m not afraid of holding bullies accountable & my experience makes me uniquely qualified to do just that in Congress.

Appreciate Bill saying this. Hopefully, all the talent the DOJ is losing goes to state offices and plaintiffs’ firms. globalcompetitionreview.com/gcr-usa/arti...

Simply put, my opponents won't (& may be can't) read the legislative history, statutory text, or jurisprudence. ICLE says (while also calling my org’s argument “bizarre”) that “Tampa Electric explicitly prescribed a rule of reason analysis.” No it didn’t. It's that simple folks.

If the liberal SCOTUS justices were actually liberal they would ALWAYS provide a concurring or dissenting opinion covering a purposive approach to statutory interpretation and not just leave the conservative justices free to to use textualism without any rebuttal.

Emanuel Celler viewed the publishing of Bork and Bowman’s 1963 article in Fortune Magazine as a sign of the declining quality of Yale Law School. He’s not wrong.

Brown Shoe, Philadelphia National Bank, Von’s Grocery, Procter & Gamble, and Ford-Autolite were good decisions that effectuated Congress’s legislative directive with Section 7. Besides enacting bright-line rules, a renewed anti-merger policy would adhere to these decisions.

Friendly reminder “there is no systematic empirical evidence that RPA enforcement will lead, or ever has led, to higher prices for consumers” www.promarket.org/2022/10/10/t...

Uncle Sam Pays $40,000 for an $8 Knob: The Case For Military Right To Repair, by @F2RNews open.substack.com/pub/fighttor... #righttorepair @warren.senate.gov

The most disappointing aspect of the antitrust field is how shallow the thinking is among academics. Most spend their time writing about inconsequential technical issues rather than how the law can and should be used to improve our lives affirmatively. It's pathetic.

Legal Accountability Center’s complaint against Brendan T. Carr, a Washington D.C. and Maryland-licensed attorney currently serving as the Chair of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) legalaccountability.org/actions/comp...

A perfect visualization of the enshittification of Google search. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Yes. State *and* local officials can supplement law enforcement while the federal government abdicates its fiduciary responsibilities. globalcompetitionreview.com/gcr-usa/arti...

Terrific news. More states should be doing this. globalcompetitionreview.com/gcr-usa/arti...

Law students would likely be shocked to find just how frequently the mainstream antitrust profession treats Circuit Court decisions as more controlling than Supreme Court rulings, a stance that blatantly contradicts the fundamental structure of our legal system.

A new article in the New England Journal of Medicine says what people like me have been saying for years: mergers are harmful and more rigorous enforcement is needed. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

It was a pleasure and a privilege to speak at Denver Law Review’s incredibly well-run, informative, and timely symposium on antitrust. A video recording of the symposium will be published in the coming weeks. I will also share my remarks soon.

Looking forward to speaking at Denver Law Review’s Volume 103 Symposium, Beyond Profit: Antitrust Regulation, Market Structure, and the Boundaries of Corporate Power this Friday. Details below. I will be publishing my remarks after the event.

Reminder to Dems and progressives: touting a policy as “pro-competition” or “pro-business” is uninspiring and misses the mark on what a progressive policy project aims to do. We are trying to create a more democratic, inclusive, & responsive political & economic system.

Looking forward to the panels at the ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting today. If you’re attending, feel free to reach out or come say hello!

Excited to share a draft of my forthcoming article, “Parker Immunity as a Wellspring of Democratic Governance,” to be published in volume 106 of the Denver Law Review.

Last week, I had the privilege of speaking to the Harvard Law School Antitrust Association. I argued that corporations control our lives with impunity, & that antitrust law is vital to tackling this problem & enhancing the public's economic & political liberty. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I’m running for Congress! ❤️✌🏻

I am immensely excited and grateful for the opportunity to speak @hls.harvard.edu on March 11. I will be discussing how antitrust is shapes power and democracy. If you are a current HLS student, please come to the event and say hello. hls.harvard.edu/events/the-r...

The first draft of my effort to theorize the political/coalitional characteristics of student debt is out for review. It's really the first step in an effort to think through how to design a free college program with durable long-term coalitions

The Post layoffs are an incalculable loss for local journalism, and one that we won't recover from anytime soon. But as billionaires destroy beloved institutions, it’s our job to build new ones. The @51st.news can't fill this void alone, but I think we owe it to DC to try. 51st.news/dc-bezos-was...

The final version of Tara Pincock and I's paper detailing the intrinsic fairness foundations in antitrust law was just published in the latest online version of the Washington & Lee Law Review. Enjoy! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The follow-up question for journalists should be: is Intel still on track to build the manufacturing facilities that Congress appropriated that money to fund ?

Recall that, in buying an equity stake in Intel, the Trump admin removed the conditions placed on the Biden CHIP grants requiring Intel to use it to boost domestic manufacturing Intel then announced they planned to pay off their debts with the $ www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

Yet another letter from members of congress urging the FTC and DOJ to enforce the Robinson-Patman Act. Good! www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/re... (this is, by my count, the fifth letter from lawmakers advocating for RPA enforcement).

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Ever wonder about how PE took over so many public service sectors? Look no further than this classic cycle: "Privatize services, let private companies run amok, and then declare that the gov't is the problem. Then, privatize more services..." and repeat.

Katharina Pistor’s new book The Law of Capitalism and How to Transform It is fantastic and a must read. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Crassly dipping my toe onto this platform with self-promotion: My book, Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy now has a beautiful cover, and a release date: April 20th. So you'll have something to enjoy with your 4/20 Taco Bell order! bookshop.org/p/books/chai...

🚨 New report out today from Garphil Julien and me on the hidden risks of US dependence on Chinese manufacturers of active pharma ingredients (API) — the basic inputs for making our essential medicines 🧵 1/

1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.

To give credit to where credit is due, in January, @basel.bsky.social did a great job unearthing this problem. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-priv...

Private equity: is there anything it can't ruin? (gift link)

📢 Join us Dec. 15 at 1 p.m. ET for a talk with @danielahanley.bsky.social (@openmarkets.bsky.social) and Katherine Wyszkowski & Michael Murray (Mission:data) on the antitrust risks posed by U.S. electric utilities and their control over consumer energy-usage data. thecapitolforum.com/events/?utm_...

I’m excited to announce that today @openmarkets.bsky.social and Mission:data are jointly releasing a new report co-authored by Michael Murray, Sandeep Vaheesan, Katherine Wyszkowski, and myself. A Thread and links below. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

In collaboration w/ @groundwork.bsky.social & @moreperfectunion.bsky.social, we convened hundreds of volunteers from across the country to investigate Instacart’s AI-assisted pricing experiments at popular grocery stores like Target & Kroger. Read our full investigation below:

I’m excited to announce that today @openmarkets.bsky.social and Mission:data are jointly releasing a new report co-authored by Michael Murray, Sandeep Vaheesan, Katherine Wyszkowski, and myself. A Thread and links below. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

You have two bids for Warner brothers. Both are illegal. The fact that one deal is extremely illegal doesn’t make the other deal legal