Tensions Surround Appeals System for Meta, TikTok and Other Big Tech Content Moderation library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9mm2bp2... #$GOOG #$GOOGL #$META

Exclusive Dealing Claims Would Succeed More Often if Plaintiffs Test Longstanding Supreme Court Precedent, According to New Legal Paper library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9mhzp14... #$AAPL #$GOOG #$GOOGL

Narrowed COMPETE Act Passes Judiciary Committee as Fight over Private Right of Action Looms library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9mhtgxg... h/t @sachasloan.bsky.social

Universal Health Services: Former Employee Accused of Sexual Assault in Washington Had Suspended Nursing License in Britain; Former Employees Raise Concerns Regarding Background Check Process #$UHS library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9mhqem8...

Issa Says He Plans to Unveil Anti-Piracy Bill This Week, Signaling Regained Momentum of Yearslong Bipartisan Effort library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9mfznm9... h/t @rebeccamkern.bsky.social & @joshkosman.bsky.social

(1/2) Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: KIDS Act Passes House But Faces Tougher Reception in Senate; Smaller Satellite Services Vie for Market Share; New Rules on De Minimus Strengthen Enforcement; +

The European Antitrust Agenda: European Commission Defends 'Call-In' Powers; EU Executive's IT Department Breaking Up with Contentious Broadcom Unit library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9mdfy3p... #$AMZN #$AVGO #$GOOG #$GOOGL #$MSFT #$NET #$NVDA #$SAN #$SNY #$TEVA #$UCG #$UNCFF #$UNCRY

Somnigroup/Leggett & Platt: FTC Cleared Deal Without Contacting Major Industry Participants library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9mcy905... h/t @sachasloan.bsky.social #$LEG #$SGI

(1/2) Antitrust Agenda: FTC Loses Independence from White House; Candeub at DOJ Antitrust Division; Primary Victories Continue Economic Policy Shift for Democrats, Open Markets Event Hears; An Interview with Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield on His Office's Antitrust Expansion; +

Merger Monthly: Union Pacific/Norfolk Southern as the Archetypal Trump-era Merger Review; Outlook for Key Transactions Including Cintas/UniFirst, Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery, and Skyworks/Qorvo library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9mc67q4... #$BSX #$BX #$CTAS #$IONQ #$NPSCY #$PSKY #$SKYT #$WBD

Tomorrow at 11:00 am ET: Join us for a conference call with @carterd.bsky.social, Senior Fellow for Antimonopoly and Finance at @demandprogress.bsky.social, to discuss his recent article, Visa and Mastercard: The Original Gangsters of Electronic Collusion. RSVP: thecapitolforum.com/events/?utm_...

EU Digital Rules Need Fine Tuning as Microsoft, Amazon Edge Toward Cloud 'Gatekeeper' Status, Experts Say library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9mc73y9... #$AAPL #$AMZN #$GOOG #$GOOGL #$META #$MSFT

(1/2) Financials Friday: CFPB Cracks Down on Consumer Complaints; Housing Agency Pushes Fannie and Freddie to Expand Into Mobile Home Lending; Senators Clash Over Credit Card Cap; +

Live Nation: Lack of Detail in Company's Account of Pre-Settlement Communications With Government Could Violate Court Order for Disclosures library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9m4xwgu... h/t @colecahill.bsky.social & @pdmcleod.bsky.social #$LYV

EU Not Yet Ready to Open China Hybrid Probe Despite Rising Imports, Sources Say library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9m2wh5m... h/t @joannasopinska.bsky.social

California's COMPETE Act Faces Uncertain Path Through Senate Judiciary Committee library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9m2jq18... h/t @sachasloan.bsky.social

(2/2) Broad Uber Sexual Assault Liability Under Spotlight in Shareholder Suit #$AMZN #$UBER library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9m2dqr6... h/t @danpapscun.bsky.social and @colecahill.bsky.social

(1/2) Labor Weekly: Amazon Bargaining Order Likely Tees up Death of Cemex Precedent; State Labor Enforcers, House Dems Oppose Joint Employer Revisions

USMCA Update: Canada Appears Open to a Deal with the U.S. to Allow U.S. Airlines to Enter Consolidated Canadian Market #$AC #$ACDVF #$ALK #$DAL #$UAL library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9m2d1tb...

JD.com/Ceconomy: EC Quizzes Third Parties on Consumer Electronics Market library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9m0pm48... #$JD #$MTTRY

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: California AG Bonta Warns Deal Would Limit Voices in Journalism, Entertainment Content library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9kzvekn... h/t @saniyarao.bsky.social #$NFLX #$NXST #$PSKY #$WBD

A class-action lawsuit filed this week alleges that Kalibrate’s AI-driven pricing technology helped coordinate gasoline prices in violation of California antitrust laws. Our subscribers knew the risks. We first reported on Kalibrate in June 2025, raising concerns about its pricing software.

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: EC Set to Clear Merger Following Concessions library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9kz5507... h/t @javierespft.bsky.social #$NFLX #$PSKY #$WBD

UPM-Kymmene/Sappi: EU Prepares Charge Sheet Against Paper Venture As Companies Stress Sector Decline, Sources Say library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9ky2z5c... h/t @javierespft.bsky.social

Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said. (Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: Updates on Kids Online Safety Act Negotiations; Comcast Campaigns Against Nexstar/Tegna; Senate Dems Propose Ex-Im Revamp, Bosch Settles Over Huawei Shipments; xAI Faces Canadian Scrutiny library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9kxuv7n... #$AAPL #$AMZN #$AVGO #$GOOGL #$META #$NXST

How much productivity growth is needed to justify today's AI investment boom? Join our conference call with Jessica Wachter on June 25 at 2:30 p.m. ET to discuss the economics of the AI transition. Register: thecapitolforum.com/events/?utm_...

EU Faces Pressure to Extend Probe to Protect Transformer Makers, Sources Say library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9kwjk1g... h/t @joannasopinska.bsky.social #$ALO #$ALSMY #$SBGSF #$SBGSY #$SIE #$SIEGY #$SU

The European Antitrust Agenda: Portugal Assesses Gun-Jumping Fine; Italy Tests Limited Member State Role in EU Digital Rules library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9kvgard... #$ABF #$AMZN #$ASBFF #$GOOG #$GOOGL #$GRAL #$ILMN #$META #$MSFT #$NVDA #$SIE #$SIEGY #$TYIDY

(1/2) Antitrust Agenda: FTC Set to Settle Southern Glazer's Robinson-Patman Act Case, Zeroing Out RPA Litigation Efforts; Screwworm Spread Shows How Imports Won't Fix U.S. Cattle Industry, Experts Say; White House UFC Sponsor Looks for USPS Contract; +

(1/2) The Asia Antitrust Agenda: SAMR Lays Out Enforcement Achievements, Priorities; Apple to Submit Financial Data in India Probe; Korea Whistleblowers to Get Bigger Payouts; Malaysia Targets Bid Rigging in Food; +

What Is AI, Legally Speaking? EU Wrestles with How to Apply Digital Rules to Chatbots library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9ku30yf... #$AAPL #$AMZN #$BABA #$BIDU #$BKNG #$GOOG #$GOOGL #$META #$MSFT

Baker Hughes/Chart Industries: EC Clearance Anticipated After Parties Submitted Remedies on Friday, Sources Say library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9krq8ug... h/t @javierespft.bsky.social #$BKR #$GTLS

Stride Learning, Inc: Ongoing Problems in Texas Raise Doubts About Company's Ability to Respond to School Performance Concerns to Maintain Contracts library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9kgpe79... h/t @lisaepst.bsky.social #$LRN

(1/2) Labor Weekly: HSR Changes Aimed at Acquihires Would Harm Innovation, Labor Mobility, Tech Groups Say; Minerals, Gold Mine Newest Target of USCMA Rapid Response Mechanism; Labor Board Orders Milestone Whole Foods Union Bargaining; +

Cosco/Zippel: Deal Would Give China Control of Rail Corridors Vital to Defense Mobility Infrastructure of Germany and NATO library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9kgaybq... h/t @janosallamm.bsky.social

(1/2) Acadia Healthcare: CMS Issues Immediate Jeopardy Citation to Youth Hospital Under Ongoing Federal Investigation and Facing Multiple Sexual Assault Lawsuits; +

EU Needs Plan to Counter Potential Chinese Retaliation Over Trade Curbs, Diplomats Say library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9kfmyh8... h/t @joannasopinska.bsky.social & @janosallamm.bsky.social

Zillow: Republican Lawmaker Joins Democratic Colleagues in Criticizing Platform's Referral Practices library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9ke3u5p... h/t @joshkosman.bsky.social #$CSGP #$NWS #$NWSA #$Z #$ZG

(1/2) Health Care Weekly: CMS to Crack Down on State Medicaid Project Approvals; House Advances Efforts to Cancel WISeR; White House Sends Warnings to 519 Hospitals for Not Posting Prices, with UHS Hospitals Topping List; CVS Settles Allegations of Improper Insulin Reimbursements; +

Use of AI in Drug Development Raises Novel Patentability Questions library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9kdpajt... #$ABBV #$AZN #$BABA #$BBIO #$BIDU #$CI #$CVS #$GSK #$INSP #$IRON #$LLY #$MRK #$MSFT #$NYXH #$RXRX #$SAN #$SDGR #$SNY #$SPRY

Medline: Poor Quality of Nitrile Gloves May Exacerbate Possible Shortages and Price Increases library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9kdny50... #$MDLN

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: Paramount May Have to Ditch Joint Venture to Clinch Phase 1 Clearance, Sources Say library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9kdbdch... h/t @javierespft.bsky.social #$NFLX #$PSKY #$WBD

(1/2) Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: L.A. County Report Likely to Add Fuel to States' Challenge of Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger; Coupang Hit with Record Penalty Despite U.S. Pressure; Defense Contractors Face Ban on Chinese Parts; +

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: DOJ Political Leadership Curbed Staff Review, Blocking Party Depositions and Data Demands, Limiting Third-Party Engagement library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9kbr2dj... #$NFLX #$PSKY #$WBD

Join us on June 18 at 3:00 p.m. ET for a conference call with Erie Meyer of Columbia Law School on AI Liability, Public Safety, and the Role of State Attorneys General. 👉 Register here: thecapitolforum.com/events/?utm_...

The European Antitrust Agenda: OHB Pushes Against EU Satellites Merger; Privacy Proponents Fear Cookie Consent Cleanup Tool on Chopping Block library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9k9cj0y... #$AAPL #$BKR #$EADSF #$EN #$FINMF #$GOOG #$GOOGL #$GTLS #$HO #$META #$ORANY #$PSKY #$THLLY #$WBD

(1/2) Antitrust Agenda: Who's Attending the Seaside Resort Retreat Featuring 19 State AGs; California Affordability Squad Ramps Up; The Pro-Industry Advisors Who Help Dictate USTR and USDA Policy; +

A new issue of The Forum is out now! Featuring: • Erie Meyer on holding AI companies liable • Chris Jones on the antitrust tool that lowers prices • John Pendleton on why nuclear won’t save the AI buildout Read the latest issue and subscribe: thecapitolforum.com/the-forum/?u...

Stanley Woodward Holds onto Department's No. 3 Post, Signaling Continued Light-Touch DOJ Antitrust Enforcement library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9k19dfw... h/t @joshkosman.bsky.social