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The Trade Desk: Platform Offers Audience Segments Targeting Specific Health Conditions, Religious Beliefs, and Political Views

Advertising technology giant The Trade Desk (TTD) helps marketers target millions of consumers through audience data segments uploaded by third-party providers. A Capitol Forum investigation found that hundreds of these segments appear to denote potentially sensitive characteristics—...

Sep 03, 2026 Read Now >

KKR and Kuvare: KKR and Kuvare Life Insurers File Conflicting Sworn Accounts of the Same Reinsurance Deal, $542 Million Apart on the Money Set Aside for Policyholders

Kuvare Holdings-owned Guaranty Income Life Insurance Company and KKR-owned (KKR) Commonwealth Annuity and Life Insurance Company are telling their respective state regulators materially different stories about the same $542 million reinsurance deal—and they’ve been doing so for at...

Sep 02, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: Florida AG Accuses PBMs of Price-Fixing; Acquisitions of Pending Pharma IP Should Face Antitrust Scrutiny, FTC Says; FDA Targets Online Peptide Sellers; Medicare DME Moratorium Ends; Dialysis Giants Comment on ESRD Proposal; Update on FDA Warnings About Clinical Trial Disclosures

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: • Prime Therapeutics, Express Scripts engaged in price-fixing, Florida AG says....

Sep 02, 2026 Read Now >

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: A Look at Potential Midterm Outcomes; Canada Could Target Energy and Critical Materials in Trade War; White House Looks to Shield Bulk-Power Equipment from Outside Interference; California Strips Private Right of Action from Privacy Act

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: Some interesting...

Sep 01, 2026 Read Now >

Merger Monthly: States’ Decision Not to Sue Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery on Labor Monopsony Shows Limits—So Far—of Legal Arguments; Outlook for Key Transactions, Including Boston Scientific/Penumbra, Cintas/UniFirst and Union Pacific/Norfolk Southern

Spend just a moment researching the entertainment industry, and one thing becomes clear: Behind- the-scenes movie and television workers are...

Sep 01, 2026 Read Now >

Antitrust Agenda: Fearing Tunney Act Scrutiny After HPE-Juniper Process, Companies Could Favor ‘Fix-it-First’ Strategy; White House Involvement in DOJ-Live Nation Settlement Could Emerge in Tunney Act Discovery; Consumers Overcharged More Than $11 Billion for Live Events, Per New Analysis; California COMPETE Act Passes, Giving AG Bonta Another Antitrust Enforcement Tool

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: • With rising scrutiny of DOJ settlements by Tunney Act discovery, merging companies may opt for “fix-it-first”...

Aug 31, 2026 Read Now >

Ligado Networks: Laura Loomer Calls Out Pentagon Official Steve Feinberg Over Alleged Conflict of Interest

President Donald Trump confidante and online provocateur Laura Loomer contends there is self- dealing involved in the government’s settlement talks with Ligado Networks centered around Deputy Defense Secretary Steve...

Aug 28, 2026 Read Now >

San Francisco Judge Denies California AG’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction Against Amazon’s Pricing Tactics, But Leaves Door Open for Per Se Scrutiny; Asks Parties to Consider Changing Trial Schedule

A San Francisco judge has rejected the California attorney general’s request for a preliminary injunction over alleged price-fixing by Amazon (AMZN), ruling that a trial will be necessary to determine whether the ecommerce giant’s conduct constitutes price fixing or violates...

Aug 28, 2026 Read Now >

Cintas/UniFirst: FTC Deepens Merger Investigation Through Expansive CIDs

FTC staff have in recent months issued civil investigative demands (CIDs) to third-party industry participants as the agency deepens its investigation into Cintas’ (CTAS) proposed $5.5 billion acquisition of uniform rental rival UniFirst (UNF), sources familiar with the matter...

Aug 27, 2026 Read Now >

CRH/Arcosa: Building Materials Supplier Tie Up Pulled and Refiled Pre-merger Paperwork in Early August

CRH (CRH) refiled their pre-merger notification form with the FTC and DOJ in early August, a spokesperson for CRH said, adding that the move is not expected to affect the parties’ plan to close their transaction by the first quarter of...

Aug 27, 2026 Read Now >

Chemed: Vitas Healthcare Misdiagnosed Dementia Patients and ‘Fudged’ Evaluation Scores in Order to Admit Them into Hospice; Expert Who Reviewed Internal Documents Says They Warrant Federal Investigation

An ongoing Capitol Forum investigation of VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of Chemed (CHE) and the largest hospice provider in the nation, has found that the company is enrolling patients into hospice that do not meet Medicare guidelines and recording inaccurate diagnoses to avoid scrutiny...

Aug 26, 2026 Read Now >

Hanwha Group/Austal USA: Bid for U.S. Navy Shipbuilder Could Face Heavy Seas, Including Whether Trump’s Anger at South Korea Will Complicate Deal

South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Group’s (KRX: 000880) $1.2 billion bid earlier this month to acquire the U.S operations of Australia’s Austal Limited (ASX: ASB) could be complicated by geopolitics and the Department of Defense’s tough new attitude toward foreign acquisitions of...

Aug 25, 2026 Read Now >

Super.com: Cash Advance Feature Could Expose Company to Scrutiny, Raise Consumer Protection Concerns, Experts Say

Super.com’s cash advance offering, “Super.com Cash,” resembles Earned Wage Access (EWA) products that have faced private litigation and federal enforcement, as well as scrutiny from California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) for allegedly failing to...

Aug 25, 2026 Read Now >

Democratic Lawmakers—Including Warren and DeLauro—Back Federal Funding of State Antitrust Enforcement

Several Democratic lawmakers—including Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Rosa DeLauro, the likely Appropriations Committee chair if her party takes control of the House next year—say they would support federal funding for state antitrust enforcement...

Aug 20, 2026 Read Now >

CFIUS Review Slowdown Extends Beyond DHS-Led Cases, Sources Say, Citing Staffing and Leadership Gaps; Heavier Reliance on Outside Contractors for Risk Assessments

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is experiencing a broader slowdown in merger reviews than the shutdown-driven backlog at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alone would explain, according to sources familiar with the...

Aug 20, 2026 Read Now >

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: Judge Prepares Parties for Open Court Proceedings; No Limit to Number of Witnesses

U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín today laid out her expectations for transparent court proceedings regarding the scheduled March trial on the lawsuits to block Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) proposed $81 billion Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD)...

Aug 19, 2026 Read Now >

Maude Monthly: Insulet Omnipod Lots Outside of Recall Appear to Be Showing Same Defects; Medline Reports Thousands of Backlogged Reports; ConvaTec Subsidiary Discloses Hundreds of Deaths but Little Investigation of Their Causes

Adverse-event reports for Insulet Corporation’s (PODD) Omnipod 5 insulin pump that describe the specific defect behind two recalls earlier this spring reached an all-time monthly high in July, according to a Capitol Forum analysis of the FDA’s Manufacturer and User Facility Device...

Aug 18, 2026 Read Now >

Capitol Forum Analysis of July MAUDE Data

The information contained in this report is compiled from the FDA’s Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database. The MAUDE database contains reports of deaths, injuries, and malfunctions relating to the use of medical devices and is updated monthly with reports...

Aug 18, 2026 Read Now >

NextEra/Dominion: Virginia State Utility Regulator Who’s Former Employee of Buyer Won’t Recuse Herself from Deal Review

The chair of the Virginia utility regulator whose previous employment at NextEra Energy (NEE) has raised conflict-of-interest questions declined to recuse herself from the review of the renewable energy company’s $66.8 billion acquisition of Dominion Energy...

Aug 18, 2026 Read Now >

Western Union/International Money Express: Deal Faces Open-Ended Review by California Financial Regulator

Western Union (WU) faces an open-ended review by California’s financial regulator of the company’s proposed $500 million acquisition of rival International Money Express...

Aug 18, 2026 Read Now >

Settlement of Ligado Networks Suit Against U.S. Still Possible Despite Company Seeking Discovery

A settlement of Ligado Networks’ $39 billion suit against the U.S. government is still possible despite the company on Friday saying that it would seek discovery in the litigation, sources familiar with the matter...

Aug 17, 2026 Read Now >

California Senate Panel Strips from COMPETE Act Private Plaintiff’s Right to Sue Under Legislation

A California Senate committee has stripped from the COMPETE Act, which would make monopolization illegal under the state’s antitrust law, a provision that would have allowed private plaintiffs to sue under the statute, removing what supporters saw as a pillar of the...

Aug 17, 2026 Read Now >

A Closer Look at FDA’s Next Steps Following Advisory Committee’s Recommendation to Legalize Compounding for Wellness Peptides

On July 23 and 24, an advisory committee voted to recommend that the Food and Drug Administration allow compounding pharmacies to work with six non-FDA-approved peptides— protein building blocks that proponents such as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior praise...

Aug 14, 2026 Read Now >

Privacy Policy: Data Brokers Begin Deletion of Over 470,000 Californians’ Personal Information as High Fines, Enforcement Expected

This month, hundreds of data brokers must begin deleting the personal information of more than 470,000 residents who registered with California’s Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP)—a first-of-its-kind online tool that could impose unprecedented fines on noncompliant companies...

Aug 14, 2026 Read Now >

KKR: KKR Life Insurer Would Have Been Taken Over by Iowa Regulators Years Ago but for a Long-Standing Accounting Maneuver Propping It Up

Concerns about the life insurance and annuity industry have focused largely on the riskiness of insurers’ investments as they’ve moved policyholder money into private, illiquid...

Aug 13, 2026 Read Now >

Chemed: Hospice Subsidiary VITAS Healthcare Overutilizing Intensive Services at Medicare’s Expense; Company Has Long History of Improper Billing Practices

As the Trump Administration continues its crackdown on hospice fraud, a Capitol Forum investigation has found that VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of Chemed (CHE) and the largest hospice operator in the country, may be systematically overbilling Medicare by tens of millions of dollars...

Aug 13, 2026 Read Now >

As SpeedX Gains Ground Delivering Packages for SHEIN and Temu, Sources Say It’s Cutting Corners on Safety and Pay

Four sources with direct knowledge of the daily operations at the logistics startup SpeedX raised concerns with The Capitol Forum about long hours, a lack of overtime pay, unsafe conditions, and injuries among warehouse...

Aug 12, 2026 Read Now >

Fertitta Entertainment/Caesars Entertainment: Icahn Running Out of Options to Best Offer for Casino Chain

Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn is running out of options for besting Fertitta Entertainment’s $17.6 billion bid for Caesars Entertainment (CZR), sources familiar with the matter...

Aug 12, 2026 Read Now >

Super.com’s Allegedly Deceptive Billing and Subscription Practices Draw Widespread Customer Complaints, May Raise Consumer Protection Concerns

Financial services and travel booking company Super.com may be engaging in deceptive billing and subscription tactics, according to widespread consumer complaints. The alleged practices, which resemble allegations in the federal government’s lawsuit against Uber (UBER) for its Uber One...

Aug 11, 2026 Read Now >

Blackstone/TXNM Energy: Leading Candidates for New Mexico Governor, Both Deal Critics, Could Influence Delayed Review If Either Elected

Private equity giant Blackstone (BX), in its bid for utility TXNM Energy (TXNM), will almost certainly face a critic in the New Mexico governor’s chair when the state’s regulator decides next year whether to allow the $11.5 billion...

Aug 11, 2026 Read Now >

DOJ Antitrust Chief of Staff Sara Matar Heads to White House Counsel’s Office

Sara Matar, the DOJ antitrust division’s chief of staff, is starting a new job today as an associate in the White House Counsel’s Office, according to a source familiar with the...

Aug 10, 2026 Read Now >

Aquarian/Brighthouse: Spotlight Shines on Accounting Maneuvers at Delaware-Regulated Brighthouse Reinsurer

The proposed sale of Brighthouse Financial (BHF) to Aquarian Holdings has turned the spotlight on a little-understood dynamic in the life and annuity industry, in which certain states have allowed insurers to transfer massive amounts of risk to affiliated reinsurers without any public...

Aug 07, 2026 Read Now >

Despite Strong U.S. Public Support for Banning Kids from Social Media, Big Tech is Fighting Back, Raising Issues About Age Verification and Privacy

As Australia, the UK, Canada and other countries move forward with social media bans or restrictions on users 16 and under, similar efforts in the U.S. are stalled, and Big Tech companies like Meta (META), X, Google (GOOG) and Snap (SNAP) have been lobbying against federal legislation by...

Aug 06, 2026 Read Now >

Fox/Roku: Companies, at DOJ’s Request, Pull and Refile HSR Paperwork, Giving Department Grappling with Staff Departures More Time to Review Deal

Fox (FOX) and Roku (ROKU) pulled and refiled the HSR paperwork yesterday on their proposed merger following a request from DOJ, which is contending with staff departures, to give the department more time to review the $22 billion deal, sources familiar with the matter...

Aug 06, 2026 Read Now >

Firearms Industry’s Minimum Advertised Price Policies Could Draw Antitrust Scrutiny, Advocacy Group Argues

Gun industry giants are allegedly using “minimum advertised price” (MAP) policies to keep firearm prices artificially high, in a potential violation of antitrust law, a new report from a gun control advocacy group argues. Large retailers and manufacturers have used MAPs, which set a...

Aug 06, 2026 Read Now >

Publicis/LiveRamp: FTC Asks Industry Participants Whether Customers Have Alternatives to Leading Ad Data Clearinghouse

FTC staff attorneys investigating French advertising giant Publicis Groupe’s (PUB) proposed $2.2 billion acquisition of data clearinghouse market leader LiveRamp (RAMP) are asking third-party industry participants whether the target’s customers could find alternatives post merger,...

Aug 04, 2026 Read Now >

Ligado Networks Critics Fear Government Will Approve Settlement of Company’s $39 Billion Suit and AST SpaceMobile Transaction as Package Deal

Critics of Ligado Networks said they fear the government will tie a potential settlement of the company’s $39 billion suit against the U.S. to Ligado’s plan to use its L-band spectrum to establish a cellular phone network, sources familiar with the matter...

Aug 04, 2026 Read Now >

Merger Monthly: An Emerging Whole-of-(State)-Government Approach to Competition Policy in California, New York; Outlook for Key Transactions Including Boston Scientific/Penumbra, Cintas/UniFirst and Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery

President Joe Biden early in his term signed executive order 14036 establishing a “whole-of- government” approach to promoting competition. Among other things, the order directed agencies with overlapping jurisdiction “to cooperate fully in the exercise of their oversight...

Aug 03, 2026 Read Now >

Live Nation: Judge Hears Arguments on Motions to Set Aside Jury Verdict; Remedies Phase Remains on Hold

Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) was back in a Manhattan courtroom on Friday, seeking to persuade a federal judge to set aside a jury verdict in April that found that the company operates an illegal monopoly in the live events and ticketing...

Jul 31, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: New York Sues Kalshi for $36 Billion; Dodd Says Prediction Market Rules Violate Intent of Dodd-Frank; CFPB Nomination Stalls; Community Banks Line Up to Oppose ‘Skinny’ Fed Accounts for Fintechs; Former CFPB Official Tapped to Lead New Jersey Consumer Affairs Division

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: • New York brings bombshell Kalshi lawsuit led by fired CFTC enforcers. •...

Jul 31, 2026 Read Now >

Labor Weekly: Upstart Rideshare Firms Challenge Uber-Lyft Dominance; New Jersey Reaches Settlement With Trucking Firm Over Driver Misclassification; Sonderling, DOL Secretary Nominee, Advances Out of Committee

Welcome to Labor Weekly, our weekly overview of competition and labor market issues. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Rideshare insurgents and autonomous vehicle ride platforms expanding into more markets, risk destabilizing Uber-Lyft dominance. • Trucking companies...

Jul 30, 2026 Read Now >

Figure Technologies: Balance in Non-Accrual Status Skyrockets as Figure Takes Troubled Loans onto Balance Sheet

Figure Technologies (FIGR), known for its fast-growing home equity line of credit (HELOC) origination business, reported a sharp spike in non-accrual loans on its balance sheet for the first quarter of the year, a signal that the credit quality of the loans originated by the company’s...

Jul 30, 2026 Read Now >

Pave: Compensation Benchmarking Service Provides Customers Access to Sensitive Non-Public Salary Data, Raising Questions About Potential Collusive Effect

Pave, a compensation benchmarking service, gives over 9,000 companies access to sensitive non- public salary and bonus data, a Capitol Forum investigation found. The platform’s features, including monthly data refreshes and the ability to benchmark against custom peer groups, could...

Jul 30, 2026 Read Now >

FDA’s Forthcoming Proposal Could Make Direct-to-Consumer Pharma Ads Prohibitively Long and Expensive to Run; Some Scenarios Could Make Some Current Ads Over Ten Minutes Long

An anticipated proposal from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could make direct-to- consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical ads so lengthy as to be cost-prohibitive, according to The Capitol Forum’s analysis and conversations with sources. In some scenarios, a stringent interpretation of...

Jul 30, 2026 Read Now >

Hims & Hers Health: FTC, Utah, and California Sue Hims & Hers Over Deceptive Billing and Privacy Practices

Today, the FTC, as well as regulators in California and Utah, filed a lawsuit against the telehealth provider Hims & Hers Health (HIMS), alleging that the company enrolled consumers in prescription subscriptions without their consent, obstructed cancellations, and shared sensitive...

Jul 29, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: FDA Compounding Advisory Committee Votes Favorably on Six Peptides; Updates on CMS’ Implementation of SDP, Provider Tax Law; Judge Dismisses NSA Case Against HaloMD in GA; CVS Accused of 340B Spread Pricing; OpenAI Faces Unlicensed Practice of Medicine Suit; FDA 483s

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: • FDA opens pathways for compounded peptides. • CMS receives comments on SDP...

Jul 29, 2026 Read Now >

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: Commerce Committee to Mark Up Kids Online Safety Act; Public Interest Groups Prepare Suit Challenging Lifting of Broadcast Cap; European Grocery Chains Adopt Sovereign Payment System to Compete with Visa and Mastercard; Trump-aligned Lobbying Group Drops Micron; FCC Launches Enforcement Action Against Drone-maker with Chinese ties; California Audits Gig Economy Platforms

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...

Jul 28, 2026 Read Now >

Despite Trump Threats to Pull Out of USMCA, Expected ‘Arrangements’ This Year—Plus Political and Economic Pressure—Should Leave Agreement in Place

President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw the United States from its trilateral trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, but the agreement remains in place and the administration is likely to avoid a full withdrawal even as it pushes to secure new concessions by the end of the...

Jul 28, 2026 Read Now >

Life and Annuity Industry: KKR- and Apollo-Backed Insurers, Heavily Invested in Private Credit, Have Little Cushion to Stave off Regulatory Action if Investments Take Write-Downs

A Capitol Forum analysis of statutory filings indicates that three life insurers owned by private equity giants KKR (KKR) and Apollo Global Management (APO) have remarkably little room to absorb losses on their most subjectively-valued investments before depleting capital thresholds to...

Jul 27, 2026 Read Now >

Antitrust Agenda: While Children Lose SNAP Benefits Due to State Cost Sharing, Equifax Stands to Benefit; Lina Khan Appointed to NYC Economic Development Commission, Expert Discusses Her Next Steps; House Debates Resale Ticketing Reform; NJ Bans Algorithmic Housing Rental Price Fixing; Bipartisan Resolution Directs FTC to Investigate Fire Trucks

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: • Equifax’s alleged monopoly over work and income verification may benefit from states having to pay for SNAP. • Lina...

Jul 27, 2026 Read Now >

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