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DOJ in Settlement Talks with Egg Producers Over Price-Coordination Concerns

DOJ’s antitrust division is engaged in settlement talks with the nation’s largest egg producers to resolve an ongoing investigation into potential industry price coordination, sources familiar with the matter said....

Jun 10, 2026 Read Now >

Blackstone/TXNM Energy: PE Firm Likely Faces Tough Choice of Accepting Recommended Penalty or Extending Regulatory Process With Appeal

Private equity firm Blackstone (BX) probably faces a tough choice in its $11.5 billion bid for New Mexico power company TXNM Energy (TXNM): accept a utility regulator’s likely fine and order to unwind a $400 million stock purchase, or appeal that decision, extending the regulatory...

Jun 10, 2026 Read Now >

Anglo American/Teck Resources: SAMR Starts In-depth Phase 3 Review of Copper Tie-up as Market Survey Continues

China’s antirust authority has launched an in-depth phase 3 review of London-based mining giant Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) proposed acquisition of Canada’s Teck Resources (TECK), sources familiar with the matter...

Jun 10, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: SCOTUS Sides with Generic Drugmaker in Skinny Labeling Case; FDA, Congress Aim to Speed Up Investigational New Drug Applications; OpenEvidence Says Doximity Misled Pharmaceutical Advertisers; CMS to Launch GLP-1 Bridge Program in July; FDA 483s

SCOTUS rules in favor of generic drugmaker in “skinny labeling” case. On June 4, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion to reverse a previous Federal Circuit ruling in a patent case filed by drugmaker Amarin (AMRN) against its generic competitor Hikma, ruling that Hikma had not...

Jun 10, 2026 Read Now >

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: USTR Revamps China Trade Approach; Ex-DOJ Officials Call for Live Nation Breakup; Common Crawl Hit with Cease-and-Desist Warning Canada Backs Down On Streamers; Sinclair Still Has Eyes on Scripps; House Committee to Examine NFL Antitrust Exemption

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...

Jun 09, 2026 Read Now >

Antitrust Agenda: Colorado Gubernatorial Election May Lead to Shift in State’s Corporate Oversight; New York State Passes Surveillance Pricing Bill; California Antitrust Chief Paula Blizzard on Increased State Role in Merger Reviews; AAI Panelists Discuss How a State AG Challenge to Paramount/WBD Could Mirror Nexstar/Tegna

What’s next for Colorado after Gov. Polis leaves? Colorado Gov. Jared Polis last week vetoed a bill to ban corporations from setting prices and wages with surveillance data. The legislation, described by advocates as the strongest of its kind in the nation, went further than other...

Jun 08, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: Fed Vice Chair Says Fed Officials Are Defying Silicon Valley Bank Investigation; Illinois Swipe Fee Deadline Averted but Legal Fight Continues; Bessent Testifies Before House; Dems Introduce Bill to Fund CFPB

Bowman says Fed staff are defying Silicon Valley Bank investigation. Unnamed Federal Reserve officials are refusing to comply with an outside investigation into the causes of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse, Fed Vice Chair of Supervision Michelle Bowman said...

Jun 05, 2026 Read Now >

Verisign: Interisle Study Finds Malicious Actors Registered 10-20% of New Domain Names in 2025, Accounted for ‘Significant Share’ of Market

A new study by Interisle Consulting Group suggests that cybercriminal demand represents “a significant share of the domain name market”—the digital ecosystem where domain registrars and registry operators facilitate the buying, selling, and management of web...

Jun 05, 2026 Read Now >

Four Years After OTC Hearing Aid Rule, Competition in Hearing Aid Market Remains Limited Due to Deep Vertical Integration, Sources Say

In 2022, the Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule expected to increase competition in the hearing aid market by giving patients with mild-to-moderate hearing loss access to over-the-counter hearing aids, a potentially cheaper alternative to expensive prescription...

Jun 05, 2026 Read Now >

Four Years After OTC Hearing Aid Rule, Competition in Hearing Aid Market Remains Limited Due to Deep Vertical Integration, Sources Say

In 2022, the Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule expected to increase competition in the hearing aid market by giving patients with mild-to-moderate hearing loss access to over-the- counter hearing aids, a potentially cheaper alternative to expensive prescription...

Jun 05, 2026 Read Now >

Compass Inc: Following Anywhere Acquisition, Company Pressures ‘Preferred’ Photographers in Boston Area for Rebates

The January acquisition of Anywhere Real Estate gave Compass (COMP) several major real estate brands, including Century 21, Coldwell Banker, Sotheby’s International Realty, and Better Homes, making it the country’s largest real estate brokerage by agent...

Jun 04, 2026 Read Now >

Union Pacific/Norfolk Southern: DOJ Economist Leading Review is Skeptical of Transcontinental Rail Benefits, Sources Say

Union Pacific (UNP) is facing a fresh obstacle to its $71.5 billion effort to create the nation’s first transcontinental railroad by acquiring rival Norfolk Southern (NSC): the DOJ economist leading the antitrust division’s analysis of the deal has previously expressed skepticism of...

Jun 04, 2026 Read Now >

Bayer: Commitment to DOJ on Loyalty Programs is Opaque and Insufficient, Market Participants Say; ‘The Damage Has Already Been Done’

Bayer CropScience’s (BAYN) commitments to DOJ that purport to end anticompetitive restrictions in the company’s loyalty programs has industry participants doubtful about its enforceability, transparency, and...

Jun 04, 2026 Read Now >

Labor Weekly: Delivery Drivers Can Dodge Certain Arbitration Clauses, Supreme Court Rules; Pivotal Labor Board Nominee Gets Senate Hearing Date; Polis Vetoes Bill to Ban Surveillance Wages and Pricing

Supreme Court rules delivery and rideshare drivers can litigate claims, aren’t bound by forced arbitration. The Supreme Court ruled last week that a distributor transporting products without crossing state lines was engaged in interstate commerce and therefore qualified for exception...

Jun 04, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: Whistleblower Suit Accuses Corcept of Off-Label Marketing; CMS Finalizes Long-Awaited Rule on NSA Dispute Process; Democrats Seek Congressional Disapproval of WISeR; FDA Publishes More Draft Guidance on Reducing Animal Testing; Optum Close to Settling FTC Insulin Case; MultiPlan, Insurers Face Price-Fixing Lawsuit in AZ; FDA 483s

Recently-unsealed whistleblower lawsuit accuses Corcept of off-label marketing. Originally filed in February 2017 on behalf of the United States of America, almost 30 states, and unnamed insurance policyholders, the just-unsealed lawsuit alleges that Corcept (CORT) engaged in off- label...

Jun 03, 2026 Read Now >

Zillow: Democratic Reps Urge FTC Probe of Real Estate Giant’s Referral Practices

Two Democratic lawmakers last week urged Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson to investigate Zillow (Z) and other real estate platforms over their referral practices, according to a letter obtained exclusively by The Capitol...

Jun 02, 2026 Read Now >

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: Survival of Texas App Store Accountability Act Could Encourage Other States; FCC Poised to Lift Ownership Cap; Vietnam Trade Probe Could Trigger Increased Tariffs on Electronics; Student-athletes Left Out of Cruz-Cantwell NCAA Antitrust Discussion; Vermont Passes Privacy Measure, But Will Governor Sign?

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...

Jun 02, 2026 Read Now >

Medline: Company Receives Warning Letter from FDA Over Bacterial Contamination in Infant Surgical Wipes

Earlier today, the FDA published a warning letter that the agency sent to Medline (MDLN), citing the company for several systemic failures in how it has responded to bacterial contamination in its ReadyPrep Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) antiseptic wipes, which are used to prepare...

Jun 02, 2026 Read Now >

Antitrust Agenda: Paxton’s Pending Departure Leaves Hole in State AG Antitrust Lineup; California Antitrust Law That Disregards Federal Sherman Act Precedent Passes State Assembly; Potential Room for Overlap Between Climate Enthusiasts and Competition Policy Advocates

Will Paxton’s replacement continue his antitrust and anti-Big Tech work? When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton exits office in January 2027, he’ll leave a considerable hole in state antitrust and anti-Big Tech enforcement—and it’s not yet clear that his successor will be able or...

Jun 01, 2026 Read Now >

Paramount Skydance/Warner Brothers Discovery: States Increasingly Persuaded Merger Would Harm Competition in Blockbuster Movie Market

A group of state attorneys general reviewing Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is increasingly convinced that the $81 billion deal would harm industry workers, movie theater operators and streaming services by combining two of the...

Jun 01, 2026 Read Now >

Medline: FDA, Industry Experts Raise Concerns Over Company’s Oversight of Contract Manufacturers and Ability to Monitor Device Malfunctions

A Capitol Forum investigation has found that poor oversight of its suppliers and post-market surveillance practices by the medical device company Medline (MDLN) is leading to patient harm and delayed recalls of dangerous products. Over the last several years, FDA inspectors have...

Jun 01, 2026 Read Now >

NextEra/Dominion: Watchdogs and State Senator Call for Virginia Regulator’s Recusal From Review of Largest-Ever U.S. Utility Merger

The chair of the Virginia utility regulator that would review NextEra Energy’s (NEE) $66.8 billion acquisition of Dominion Energy (D) should recuse herself because of previous employment at the acquirer, utility and consumer watchdogs...

May 26, 2026 Read Now >

Universal Health Services: Sexual Assaults and Runaways Persist at South Carolina Facility Despite Federal Sanction

This article contains descriptions of sexual assault. Last year, government inspectors placed multiple immediate jeopardies (IJs) on Three Rivers Behavioral Health, a psychiatric facility operated by Universal Health Services (UHS) in West Columbia, South Carolina, after finding the...

May 26, 2026 Read Now >

Antitrust Agenda: FTC, DOJ Officials Discuss Ways to Discourage Late Remedy Proposals; State AGs Formally Ask for Live Nation to Divest Ticketmaster Over Monopoly Concerns; Small Business Administration May Add Antitrust Focus; Harvard Law Professor Asks Congress to Regulate Supreme Court, Consider Adding Justices

FTC workshop discusses how to incentivize merger settlement negotiations. At the FTC’s “Eleventh-Hour Antitrust Remedy Proposals and Litigating the Fix” workshop last week, FTC and DOJ Antitrust Division officials, a U.S. district court judge and several former agency officials...

May 26, 2026 Read Now >

Senators Close to Releasing Bill That Would Allow NCAA Schools to Pool Media Rights

Senators Maria Cantwell, D-WA, and Ted Cruz, R-TX, are closing in on introducing a bill that will provide colleges and universities with an antitrust exemption so they can pool media rights to obtain greater broadcasting revenues, two sources told The Capitol...

May 22, 2026 Read Now >

Ocean Carriers Breaking Federal Law to Raise Profits Amid Iran War, Industry Groups Claim

Major ocean carriers are using Iran-war-related disruptions as cover to charge fees that exceed their increased costs in defiance of U.S. shipping laws. The practice mirrors the carriers’ behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Red Sea crisis, when carriers exploited disruptions...

May 22, 2026 Read Now >

Cintas/UniFirst: Cintas Hires Trump-Linked Miller Strategies for Merger Lobbying

Cintas (CTAS) has hired Trump-connected lobbying firm Miller Strategies to navigate antitrust scrutiny of its proposed $5.5 billion acquisition of uniform rental rival UniFirst (UNF), according to newly filed federal...

May 22, 2026 Read Now >

Corteva: Justice Department Filing Highlights Unique Seed Industry Consolidation Vulnerabilities

A Department of Justice filing in a legal battle that could determine whether competitors can break into the concentrated seeds industry underlined the patent system’s role in entrenching dominant players at the top of the...

May 19, 2026 Read Now >

DOJ Launches Criminal Antitrust Probe into Claritev

DOJ’s antitrust division has launched a criminal price-fixing investigation into Claritev (CTEV), previously known as MultiPlan, a pricing intermediary that major health insurers use to set reimbursement rates for out-of-network medical claims, sources familiar with the matter...

May 14, 2026 Read Now >

Live Nation: Democrats Plan Hearing on Controversial DOJ Settlement, Which Could Preview Oversight They’ll Conduct If Mid-Terms Return Them to Power

Democratic congressional leaders are planning a Monday hearing in Washington, D.C., to examine the alleged political maneuvering that led to DOJ’s settlement with Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), sources familiar with the matter said. The hearing could provide a glimpse of the future...

May 13, 2026 Read Now >

FCC General Counsel Candeub Emerges as Leading Contender for Top DOJ Antitrust Post

Adam Candeub, the Federal Communications Commission’s general counsel, has emerged as a leading candidate to be nominated to lead DOJ’s antitrust division, sources familiar with the matter said. Candeub as well as Adam Cella, a senior House GOP counsel, and Michael Murray, a...

May 08, 2026 Read Now >

Roblox: Additional Child Exploitation Lawsuits Consolidated in State and Federal Court as Attorneys Say Thousands of Similar Cases Being Investigated

Thousands of potential cases of child sexual exploitation allegedly facilitated by gaming platform Roblox (RBLX) are still under investigation, according to plaintiffs’ attorneys, as federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) against the company continues to...

May 08, 2026 Read Now >

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: State AGs Ask Movie Theater Owners About Sitting for Depositions, Testifying in Court

A group of Democratic state attorneys general have taken another step toward challenging Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) proposed Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) acquisition by asking movie theater owners if they’d be willing to sit for depositions and testify in court about what the...

May 06, 2026 Read Now >

Medline: In Rare Move, FDA Revokes Regulatory Approval for Several Medical Devices Sold by Company

The FDA has revoked the regulatory approvals for several medical devices sold by Medline (MDLN), according to recent updates on the agency’s recall database. 22 Medline devices and kits are being recalled under a recall posted last week, with the reason for the recalls listed as “the...

Apr 24, 2026 Read Now >

House Judiciary Panel Counsel Cella, Paul Hastings Partner Murray Emerge as Early Contenders to Become DOJ Antitrust Head

Adam Cella, a senior House GOP counsel, and Michael Murray, who served at DOJ during President Donald Trump’s first term, have emerged as early contenders to take over the department’s antitrust division, sources familiar with the matter said. Cella is chief counsel for the House...

Apr 20, 2026 Read Now >

Private Equity Investment in Clinical Trial Sites Raises Potential Antitrust, CPOM Concerns

Private equity’s growing interest in clinical trial sites and services raises questions about how increased consolidation will impact the cost and sustainability of pharmaceutical research and development (R&D), and this trend could implicate both antitrust law and state Corporate...

Apr 17, 2026 Read Now >

European Proposals for Social Media Bans Create Pressure on VPNs

Plans to restrict children’s access to social media have been sprouting around Europe in the last few months, raising questions about whether kids could easily get around such bans. The attention is making virtual private network (VPN) providers...

Apr 16, 2026 Read Now >

IonQ/SkyWater: Quantum Computing Tie-up Draws Industry Questions Over Foundry Access, Information Firewalls, But DOD Support Could Ease Antitrust Path

Quantum computing chipmaker IonQ’s (IONQ) pending $1.8 billion acquisition of specialty foundry SkyWater Technology (SKYT) raises red flags about post-merger access to SkyWater’s R&D-friendly manufacturing platform, industry sources...

Apr 16, 2026 Read Now >

LeadsOnline: Former Employee Voices Monopoly Concerns, Citing Anticompetitive Mergers, Price Increases

LeadsOnline, a private equity–backed provider of crime data and forensic tools, has acquired such firm control of the markets in which it operates that a former account executive says the company may need to be broken...

Apr 16, 2026 Read Now >

Medline: Company Apparently Did Not Disclose Systemic Problems Identified in Multiple FDA Inspections in Year Prior to IPO

Last December, Medline (MDLN), one of the largest suppliers of medical and surgical products in the country, went public in the biggest IPO of the year, raising over $6 billion. In the 12 months prior to the IPO, Medline received four Form 483 inspection...

Apr 16, 2026 Read Now >

Dismissal of News Publisher Suit Against Google’s AI Summaries Is Setback, Not Death Knell, For Parallel Penske Case; European Regulators Eye Opt-outs

Google’s (GOOG) victory over a lawsuit from two local news publishers accusing the company of leveraging its search monopoly to misappropriate online news content is a clear setback for Penske Media Corporation’s parallel lawsuit before the same judge: U.S. District Judge Amit...

Apr 16, 2026 Read Now >

Google: EFF Asks California, New York to Investigate Google’s Failure to Notify User of ICE Subpoena Despite Company’s Promises

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is asking the California and New York attorneys general to investigate Google (GOOG) for deceptive trade practices after alleging that the company broke its promise to give users advanced notice before providing their information to law...

Apr 16, 2026 Read Now >

DOJ Antitrust Chief Assefi and Dhillon, Department’s Civil Rights Head, Consider Leaving for Private Practice; Dhillon’s Departure Hinges on Whether She Gets No. 3 Post

More personnel changes may be in store at DOJ following Attorney General Pam Bondi’s firing. Omeed Assefi, the department’s acting antitrust head, is considering leaving for private practice, sources familiar with the matter said. And Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for...

Apr 14, 2026 Read Now >

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: Booker Schedules Wednesday Hearing on Deal Featuring Labor, Media Witnesses

This article has been updated to include Paramount Skydance’s response to Booker’s invitation for CEO David Ellison to testify. Senator Cory Booker, a critic of Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), has scheduled a hearing today on the $81...

Apr 13, 2026 Read Now >

Volvo Car, Polestar—European Automakers with Chinese Ties—Face Ban from U.S. Market Over Wireless Connection Rule

Volvo Car (VOLCAR-B) and Polestar (PSNY)—two automakers with ties to Chinese ownership—face potential exclusion from the U.S. market under a national security rule covering virtually every modern vehicle that targets not just where cars are built or who writes their software, but who...

Apr 09, 2026 Read Now >

Privacy Policy: California Data Broker Registry Reveals Dozens of Brokers Selling Consumers’ Data to Foreign Actors, Law Enforcement, Federal Government

Last week the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) published its 2026 Data Broker Registry, revealing that dozens of brokers have sold or shared consumers’ personal data to the federal government, law enforcement, and even foreign adversary countries over the past...

Apr 01, 2026 Read Now >

Merger Monthly: With FCC, DOJ Aid, Nexstar’s Rush-Close Strategy Worked—Until it Didn’t; Outlook for Key Transactions Including Boston Scientific /Penumbra, Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery, and Providence Equity Partners/Cantaloupe

Nexstar’s (NXST) March 19 decision to close its $6.2 billion purchase of Tegna over pending lawsuits from eight state attorneys general and DirecTV was one of the most aggressive maneuvers by an acquiring party in recent memory. But the more consequential story may be what deal...

Apr 01, 2026 Read Now >

Antitrust Agenda: HPE/Juniper Tunney Act Hearing Set for 1pm ET Today; State Attorneys General Group Signals Need for Companies to Cooperate on Merger Investigations; Analysis of Past Comments from Fertilizer Executives Amid Price Spikes; Acting DOJ Antitrust Division AAG Omeed Assefi Talks Press Criticism

Preview of HPE/Juniper hearing. U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts of the Northern District of California will hear arguments today on whether to approve under the Tunney Act DOJ’s motion to finalize its settlement in the Hewlett Packard Enterprise/Juniper Networks case. At 1:00 p.m....

Mar 24, 2026 Read Now >

Paramount/Warner Bros. Discovery: Democratic AGs Seek Outside Counsel for Anticipated Suit Against Merger

A group of Democratic state attorneys general preparing an antitrust suit to block Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) proposed $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is searching for outside counsel to litigate the case, sources familiar with the matter said. The search is ongoing,...

Mar 20, 2026 Read Now >

Live Nation: State AGs Present Settlement Counterproposal, Await Company’s Response

The coalition of 33 states continuing the monopolization lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) delivered today a counterproposal for a settlement to the company earlier this week, their counsel told the judge overseeing the trial. Live Nation confirmed it’s reviewing the offer...

Mar 20, 2026 Read Now >

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