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Senators Booker, Warren Urge FTC to Investigate Online Real Estate Market

Senators Cory Booker, D-NJ, and Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, today called on FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson to open an investigation into allegedly anticompetitive and deceptive practices in the online real estate marketplace. In a letter obtained by The Capitol Forum, Booker and Warren urge...

Oct 15, 2026 Read Now >

EU-China FSR Talks Offer Path to De-Escalation but Raise Fears of Pressure on Enforcement

While the EU’s decision to open formal discussions with China on the application of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation is seen as a potential step towards de-escalation, some experts caution that Beijing could use the talks to secure a softer approach to its...

Oct 15, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: Teva’s Korlym Generic Competed Freely, Corcept Says; BCBS Cross Allocated Market Among Subsidiaries, Licensees, Michigan AG Claims; Alignment Health Sues CMS Over Star Ratings

The Health Care Weekly is a timely analysis of competition developments, policy changes and other updates that may affect medical and pharmaceutical markets. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Corcept says Teva’s exclusive dealing claims fail. • Michigan AG accuses...

Oct 14, 2026 Read Now >

Mobility Global: Platform’s Use of Over a Billion Consumer and Vehicle Datapoints for Personalized Targeting Raises Privacy, Fairness Concerns

“We know who bought each and every one of those vehicles. We know how long they own that vehicle. We know where they were when they own that vehicle. We know when they sold that vehicle, and we know what they bought next,” boasted Mobility Global (MBGL) executive Joseph LaFeir to a...

Oct 14, 2026 Read Now >

Covetrus/MWI Animal Health: Miller Strategies Lobbies to Salvage Troubled Veterinary Supplies, Services Merger

Covetrus has hired MAGA-connected Miller Strategies to lobby for its troubled $3.5 billion plan to merge with Cencora’s (COR) MWI Animal Health, a rival distributor of medicines and services to veterinary practices, sources familiar with the matter...

Oct 13, 2026 Read Now >

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: Congress Continues to Roll Out AI Regulatory Proposals; Sports Network Bankruptcies Leave NBA, NHL Fans in the Lurch; New San Diego Consumer Unit Targets AppLovin and Roblox; CFIUS Catches BitFuFu Unfiled Bitcoin Mine Deal; Germany blocks Cosco’s Zippel purchase; EU Hybrid Deal Could Boost Chinese EV Imports

The TMT Weekly is a forward-looking tipsheet that covers tech policy across The Capitol Forum’s U.S. policy coverage universe, from Congress to the courts. If you have any feedback, feel free to email...

Oct 13, 2026 Read Now >

Mobility Global: Automotive Analytics Company’s Data and Pricing Tools May Raise Antitrust Risk

Mobility Global (MBGL) is the automotive industry’s most comprehensive data and analytics company, with visibility into the pricing, inventory, incentives, sales and consumer behavior across nearly every layer of the vehicle marketplace. But the company’s vast market intelligence,...

Oct 13, 2026 Read Now >

Life & Annuity Industry: As Election Day Nears, NAIC Letter and CRS Report Shape Congressional Debate Around Regulation of PE-owned Insurance

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) on Sept. 24 outlined in a letter steps they have already taken and are pursuing to shore up regulation of the insurance industry. The letter was in response to a Sept. 10 request for information from Senator Elizabeth Warren on...

Oct 12, 2026 Read Now >

Schneider/PTC: French Giant’s Bid Would Put U.S. Army’s Weapons Data System Under Foreign Owner with Deep China Ties

Schneider Electric’s (EPA: SU) $22.6 billion bid for Boston’s PTC (PTC) would put software that holds the U.S. Army’s weapons data under a French company with extensive operations in...

Oct 12, 2026 Read Now >

3Victors: Travel Data Analytics Company’s Competitive Benchmarking, Demand Forecasting Tools Raise Antitrust Concerns

Last week, 3Victors, a subsidiary of airline data analytics company ATPCO, announced the release of its new DemandView tool, which provides real-time, forward-looking signals about consumer demand to airlines. But the company’s tools, which provide a shared view of real-time demand and...

Oct 12, 2026 Read Now >

Antitrust Agenda: California Regulator Investigation into “Tied-House” Prohibitions Could Endanger Southern Glazer’s State Business License; Sherrod Brown’s Potential Leadership of Senate Agriculture Committee May Pressure CFTC, Polymarket, and Kalshi; NYC Looks to Pass Private Right-of-Action Antitrust Law

Welcome to The Antitrust Agenda, our weekly analysis of timing and priorities at the FTC, DOJ, and state AG offices. Key stories we’re following this week include: • California law against alcohol supplier influence over retailers may catch Southern Glazer’s red-handed. • Sherrod...

Oct 12, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: Community Banks Sue To Block Administration From Chartering Crypto Companies as Banks; Congress May Target Compass Over Private Listings Next Year; Fed Officials Call For Market Stress Preparation; Largest U.S. Mortgage Lender Drops Credit Score Minimums; Warren Launches ‘Trumpflation’ Tracker

Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Community Bankers sue to block Trump Administration from chartering crypto...

Oct 09, 2026 Read Now >

Cintas/UniFirst: FTC Staff Scheduling Third-Party Investigational Hearings, Focusing on National Accounts

FTC staff reviewing Cintas’ (CTAS) proposed acquisition of uniform rental rival UniFirst (UNF) is scheduling investigational hearings with third parties, sources familiar with the matter said, indicating that the agency’s leadership will have the option, if it chooses, to challenge...

Oct 09, 2026 Read Now >

DOJ Antitrust Division’s Acting Head of Litigation Set to Leave Agency

George “Chip” Nierlich, the acting director of litigation for DOJ’s antitrust division, is set to leave the department this week, according to sources familiar with the...

Oct 08, 2026 Read Now >

Aquarian/Brighthouse: $2.8 Billion Reinsurance Discrepancy Involves New York Affiliate, Could Complicate Merger Review in That State; Massachusetts Regulator Still Waiting for Final Merger Application as December 6 Deadline Looms

Two life insurers owned by Brighthouse Financial (BHF) report that they’ve shifted a combined $3.44 billion of annuity policyholder promises to a third Brighthouse insurer. Yet, the receiving insurer only reports taking on $679 million of those...

Oct 08, 2026 Read Now >

Labor Weekly: DOJ Intervenes Against Meatpacking Wage-Fixing Settlement; Lyft Reaches Largest-Ever California Settlement in State’s Misclassification Case; Labor Opposition to Union Pacific/Norfolk Southern Mounts; Sonderling Confirmed to Post Atop DOL

Welcome to the Labor Thursday, our weekly overview of competition and labor market issues. Key stories we’re reporting on this week include: • The DOJ’s Antitrust Division intervened in JBS’s settlement of a wage-fixing lawsuit, calling for structural relief currently absent...

Oct 08, 2026 Read Now >

Antimonopoly Groups Push for Corporate Probes, Antitrust Bills if Jamie Raskin Takes House Judiciary Committee Gavel Next Year

Antimonopoly advocates are taking Representative Jamie Raskin at his word when he says he plans to conduct aggressive investigations into the Trump administration’s handling of antitrust...

Oct 07, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: Liquidia Drug Marketing for Lung Condition Found to Violate Rival’s Patent After ‘At-Risk’ Launch; CMS Slashes Scope of GLOBE Pricing Model; FDA Seeks Input on Psychedelic Made From Tree Bark; Medline Hospital Bed Recall Tops 1 Million; GAO Report Says Vertical Integration in Pharmacy Saves Patients Money; FTC Presses Hospitals to Post Prices; HHS Seeks to Speed Drug Trials

The Health Care Weekly is a timely analysis of competition developments, policy changes and other updates that may affect medical and pharmaceutical markets. Key stories we’re following this week include: • District Court patent ruling threatens commercial status of Liquidia’s...

Oct 07, 2026 Read Now >

Life & Annuity Industry: Regulators Seek Visibility into Potential Solvency Risks Posed by Funding Agreement-Backed Notes

The rapid emergence of funding agreement-backed notes (FABNs), which have helped to fuel life insurers’ investments in private credit, is drawing scrutiny from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), with new disclosure rules set to take effect at the end of the year...

Oct 07, 2026 Read Now >

Raising Red Flags: A Closer Look at RH’s Pattern of Overly Optimistic Guidance

Raising Red Flags is a new accounting-focused newsletter from The Capitol Forum’s Corporate Investigations team. If you would like to receive future editions and do not currently subscribe to Corporate Investigations, please contact your TCF account representative to learn...

Oct 07, 2026 Read Now >

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: FCC’s Carr Pushes Back on Raskin Charge Regarding Paramount; AI Agents Like Muse Raise Privacy, Safety Concerns; Third Circuit Gives Hope for AI Copyright Claims; Senators Seek to Hold AI Firms Liable for Hacking Incidents; Belgium Panel Kills Chinese Copter Deal; Brazil Presidential Race Hold Major Trade Implications

The TMT Weekly is a forward-looking tipsheet that covers tech policy across The Capitol Forum’s U.S. policy coverage universe, from Congress to the courts. If you have any feedback, feel free to email editorial@thecapitolforum.com. In this edition: • Media Outlook: FCC Chair Brendan...

Oct 06, 2026 Read Now >

Antitrust Agenda: Highlights of Capitol Forum Event on Congressional and State Attorney General Antitrust Enforcement; How Corteva Settlement Affects Crop Protection Market; Potential Committee Chairs for Next Congress; New Model for RPA Damages in Southern Glazer’s Settlement

Welcome to The Antitrust Agenda, our weekly analysis of timing and priorities at the FTC, DOJ, and state AG offices. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Heightened antitrust action from Congressional Democrats. • Elections experts express high confidence in Democrats...

Oct 05, 2026 Read Now >

Merger Monthly: In Aftermath of Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery Settlement, AGs Still Pose Regulatory Risk in Other Cases; Question Is Which States Will Lead

Skeptics of states’ attempts to flex their antitrust muscle might think that the Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery settlement was to be expected from under-funded and under- staffed enforcers subject to political...

Oct 02, 2026 Read Now >

Antitrust Agenda: How the Wave of New Democrat House Members May Shape the Next Congress; John Deere Faces State Legislature Push for Farmer Control Over Data; Lawmakers Consider Whether Utility Rate of Return Should Be Set by Markets; Live Nation’s Collection of Amphitheaters Could See State and Local Government Pushback; State AGs Look to Rein in Pharmacy Benefit Managers

*A select excerpt: State AGs using antitrust lawsuits to rein in PBMs. Florida AG James Uthmeier last week filed another antitrust lawsuit against pharmacy benefit managers—his second in less than a month—in a growing bipartisan effort to use antitrust laws to lower drug prices. The...

Oct 02, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: SEC Guidance Boosts Private Credit Lawsuits; Banking Regulators Split on American Express Oversight; Pulte Gives FICO Competitor Big Leg Up; Watchdog Finds No Criminality in Fed Renovations; Illinois Court Expands Injunction Against Swipe Fee Bill

Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week include: • SEC guidance boosts private credit lawsuits. • Trump’s comptroller...

Oct 02, 2026 Read Now >

LifeStance Health: Company Charges Medicaid Patients Missed-Appointment and Copay Fees That Medicaid Rules Prohibit, According to Employees and Patient Complaints

LifeStance Health (LFST), a national operator of outpatient mental health clinics, routinely bills Medicaid beneficiaries for no-show fees, late-cancellation fees, and copays that are generally not allowed under Medicaid regulations, according to a Capitol Forum...

Oct 02, 2026 Read Now >

Cintas/UniFirst: Representatives of Democratic, GOP State AGs Question Critic About Deal’s Competitive Impact During Virtual Meeting

Representatives of at least eight state attorneys general asked a critic of Cintas’ (CTAS) proposed acquisition of rival uniform rental company UniFirst (UNF) during a virtual meeting this week about the $5.5 billion deal’s impact on competition, sources familiar with the matter...

Oct 01, 2026 Read Now >

Labor Weekly: New York City on Track to Ban Amazon DSP Program by New Year; Judge Denies New Jersey Request to Start Discovery in Amazon DSP Case Early; Union Pacific/Norfolk Southern Should be Blocked, Farmers Union Says; NCAA Antitrust Shield Passes Senate, Headed for Potential Lame-Duck House

Welcome to Labor Thursday, our weekly overview of competition and labor market issues. Key stories we’re following this week include: • New York City last-mile delivery legislation would require direct delivery driver employment, prohibit Amazon DSP system and open door to...

Oct 01, 2026 Read Now >

Eli Lilly: Jurisdictional Issues Raised by Seventh Circuit Threaten Eli Lilly’s Plans to File Retatrutide as a Biologic, Sources Say; Outcome Could Shorten Exclusivity Period and Allow Pharmacies to Compound Knockoff Next-Gen Weight Loss Drug

Eli Lilly (LLY) is battling with the Food and Drug Administration in court over the status of its next-generation GLP-1 weight-loss drug,...

Oct 01, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: CMS Probes PBM Vertical Integration, Specialty Drug Pricing; FDA Issues Warning Letter Amid GLP-1 Compounding Crackdown; UNH Texas Unit Received $24.4 Million in Medicare Advantage Overpayments, Audit Finds; State AGs Dispute CMS Authority to Implement Health Care Provider Tax Rule

The Health Care Weekly is a timely analysis of competition developments, policy changes and other updates that may affect medical and pharmaceutical markets. Key stories we’re following this week include: • CMS probes pharmacy vertical integration, specialty drug pricing in request...

Sep 30, 2026 Read Now >

Corebridge Financial/Equitable Holdings: Merger of Equals Could Attract Close Insurance Regulator Scrutiny

Equitable Holdings (EQH) and Corebridge Financial (CRBG) seek to become one company with a combined 12 insurers and reinsurers, over 12 million customers and $1.5 trillion assets under management by the end of the...

Sep 30, 2026 Read Now >

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: Rep. Jayapal Plans to Introduce New Framework That Would Treat AI Companies Like Banks; SHEIN Looks to Diversify Customer Base After Losing Trade Exemptions; Wildcat Says It has Edge in Fight Over Austal USA; Newsom Vetoes Privacy Bill; Alabama Meta Deal Could Become New Model; Amazon, FTC Prep for Economics Hearing

The TMT Weekly is a forward-looking tipsheet that covers tech policy across The Capitol Forum’s U.S. policy coverage universe, from Congress to the courts. If you have any feedback, feel free to email editorial@thecapitolforum.com. In this edition: • Congress Outlook: Representative...

Sep 29, 2026 Read Now >

Antitrust Agenda: How the Wave of New Democrat House Members May Shape the Next Congress; John Deere Faces State Legislature Push for Farmer Control Over Data; Lawmakers Consider Whether Utility Rate of Return Should Be Set by Markets; Live Nation’s Collection of Amphitheaters Could See State and Local Government Pushback; State AGs Look to Rein in Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Welcome to The Antitrust Agenda, our weekly analysis of timing and priorities at the FTC, DOJ, and state AG offices. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Tomorrow: The Capitol Forum event on state and congressional antitrust enforcement. • The secondary election outcomes...

Sep 28, 2026 Read Now >

Corteva v. Inari: Agriculture Firms Settle Billion-Dollar Seed Tech Infringement Case In Midst of Trial

Corteva Agriscience (CTVA) and Inari Agriculture said in a legal filing late Sunday they had reached a settlement over alleged corn and soybean seed intellectual property infringement as the case’s trial was about to begin its second...

Sep 28, 2026 Read Now >

Corteva v. Inari: Experts, Corporate Leadership Detail Infringement Damage, Years of Work Necessary to Produce New Corn and Soybean Tech

Lawyers for Corteva AgriScience (CTVA) this week sought to illustrate to a Delaware jury how the alleged infringement committed by the upstart Inari Agriculture cost the company massive sums of money and years of research intended to protect corn and soybean plants from disease and pests...

Sep 25, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: State AGs Could Target Realtors as Fees Remain Unchanged Two Years After Settlement; Kalshi Applies for Margin Trading; New York Files Second Bombshell Prediction Market Suit, This Time Against Polymarket; Subprime Auto Lender Agrees to $710 Million Settlement

Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Real estate commissions remain unchanged two years after settlement,...

Sep 25, 2026 Read Now >

As Delivery Firm UniUni Prepares to Go Public, Employees Raise Concerns Over Driver Pay and Safety

Logistics and delivery company UniUni, which plans to launch an IPO later this year, does not pay its drivers overtime or for hours spent sorting packages each day, according to four former employees, a strategy that has allowed UniUni to dramatically undercut legacy delivery companies on...

Sep 25, 2026 Read Now >

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: Judge Asks if Settlement Would Prevent Antitrust Harms, Zeroes in on Compliance Exemptions

A federal judge today questioned a California official about whether the proposed settlement to resolve the states’ suit against Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) planned $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) would address the antitrust harms the plaintiffs...

Sep 24, 2026 Read Now >

Labor Weekly: DoorDash Forks Over $132 Million in NYC Settlement Over Driver Pay; Amazon Hit with Another Lawsuit Challenging its Labor Market Power Over Deliveries; Congressional Dems Call for DOL Investigation into Allegedly Astroturfed Public Comments

Welcome to Labor Thursday, our weekly overview of competition and labor market issues. Key stories we’re following this week include: • DoorDash settles accusations of underpayment to delivery workers in New York City, admitting that its payment calculations were improper. • A new...

Sep 24, 2026 Read Now >

Fox/Roku: DOJ Leadership Generally Supportive of Deal, But Complications Remain

DOJ leaders are generally supportive of the proposed Fox/Roku merger but find the $22 billion deal is more complicated than it appears, a source familiar with the matter...

Sep 24, 2026 Read Now >

Corteva v. Inari: In Seed Patent Trial Set to Impact Industry’s Future, Corteva Seeks to Illustrate Grand Plot While Inari Highlights Cracks in the Foundations

Corteva Agriscience (CTVA) went to trial today in its lawsuit against Inari Agriculture that accuses the biotech startup of infringing on several corn and soybean seed patents—a dispute that raises sector-defining issues including public access to inventions and barriers to entry in a...

Sep 23, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: Corcept Seeks Dismissal of Off-Label Marketing Whistleblower Suit; Medicare ACCESS Program to Cover More Chronic Conditions; FDA Launches Accelerated Investigational Drug Review Program; Agencies Announce Fresh Steps to Curb Animal Testing; Abbott Settles Federal Claims of Formula Contamination

The Health Care Weekly is a timely analysis of competition developments, policy changes and other updates that may affect medical and pharmaceutical markets. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Corcept Therapeutics says alleged off-label drug promotion doesn’t...

Sep 23, 2026 Read Now >

KKR/Global Atlantic: Reinsurance Business Draws Mutuals, Traditional Life Insurers into Private Equity’s ‘Insurance as Asset Class’ Model

A vast web of reinsurance transactions has reshaped who stands behind Americans’ life insurance and retirement promises, with traditionally conservative corners of the industry increasingly dependent on the success of private equity firms and their investment strategies, a Capitol Forum...

Sep 23, 2026 Read Now >

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: House Democrats Demand White House Action on AI; USTR Sets Enforcement Priorities; South Korean Legislature Cracks Down on Coupang and Other Retailers; Treasury Slaps Russian Bank with Further Sanctions, but They May Not Make a Difference; DOJ Loses IP Rights Advocate

The TMT Weekly is a forward-looking tipsheet that covers tech policy across The Capitol Forum’s U.S. policy coverage universe, from Congress to the courts. If you have any feedback, feel free to email editorial@thecapitolforum.com. In this edition: • Congress Outlook: House Democrats...

Sep 22, 2026 Read Now >

Antitrust Agenda: Minnesota AG Announces Investigation into Fertilizer Industry; Adam Candeub’s Written Responses to Judiciary Committee Questions; Institutional Investor Common Ownership of Competitors is a Plus Factor, District Court Finds; Colorado AG Phil Weiser on Opportunities for State AGs Next Congress

Welcome to The Antitrust Agenda, our weekly analysis of timing and priorities at the FTC, DOJ, and state AG offices. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Minnesota Attorney General probing fertilizer industry. • DOJ Antitrust Division nominee Adam Candeub’s responses...

Sep 21, 2026 Read Now >

Medline: Following FDA Warning Letter, Prior Inspections, and Recalls Related to Contamination, Company Receives FDA 483 Over Microbial Testing Practices at Mundelein Facility

In the wake of recent FDA scrutiny of microbial contamination in Medline (MDLN) products and several related recalls, FDA investigators found during a July inspection that the company has substandard processes for testing drug products for microbial contamination at its Mundelein,...

Sep 21, 2026 Read Now >

Paramount/Warner Bros. Discovery: Negotiators in Settlement Discussions Reach Advanced Stage Navigating Between Contrasting Economic Goals

Paramount Skydance (PSKY) and the California attorney general’s discussions to settle a suit to block the studio’s proposed Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) acquisition have reached an advanced stage as negotiators work within the parameters of the parties’ contrasting economic goals,...

Sep 19, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: Enova Abandons Federal Banking Charter; Warren Pitches Reviving Crypto Bill in a Democratic Congress; Senate Advances Trump’s CFPB Nominee; Corpay Agrees to $100 Million Deceptive Practices Fine; Zillow Loses Chicago Access in Private Listings Fight

Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Enova shelves attempt to gain federal banking charter. • Warren says a...

Sep 18, 2026 Read Now >

Wildcat Is No Wild Card: DOD’s New Stance on Foreign Ownership of Defense Contractors Could Favor American Bidder for Austal USA

Wildcat Infrastructure’s American ownership could provide its sudden bid for Austal USA a major regulatory advantage over rival suitor Hanwha Defense USA, a unit of South Korea’s Hanwha Group (KRX:...

Sep 18, 2026 Read Now >

Kone/TK Elevator: DOJ Staff Asking Third Parties About Rivalry Among Big 4, Competition for Aftermarket Services

DOJ staff investigating elevator maker Kone’s proposed acquisition of rival TK Elevator are asking industry participants about whether the €29.4 billion ($34 billion) deal would limit customer options in both new construction and some services in local U.S. markets, sources familiar...

Sep 18, 2026 Read Now >

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