Dan Papscun

Bayer: DOJ Deepens Corn and Soybean Seeds Probe By Issuing CIDs to Agriculture Giants, Independent Seed Companies
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Bayer: Corn and Soybean Giant Operates Loyalty Programs That Lock in Merchants, Discourage Purchasing From Competitors, Independent Seed Companies Say library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/94vj84k...

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the real administrative procedures act was all the friends we made along the public comment periods

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DOJ Investigating Anticompetitive Practices in Seeds Industry Dominated by Bayer, Corteva, Syngenta and BASF $BASFY $BAYRY $BAYZF $BFFAF $CTVA library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/85n708t...

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Apparently the main upside to Acela (and it’s not much of one) is that when there are track issues or other delays, the Acela gets first priority over other trains in line

Alcohol Industry Sees Broader FTC Probe Under Depression-Era Law The Federal Trade Commission’s petition for a federal court to force Total Wine to comply with an agency investigation opens a window into its broader probe of the alcoholic beverage industry under ...

NEW: I took a second look at the FTC's filing against Total Wine from Friday evening.

Here are some takeaways about the agency's Robinson-Patman investigation into the wine + spirits industry, and how it's looking to apply the price-discrimination law.

Courtroom ‘Hot Tub’ Puts Google Trial Experts to Stress Test Antitrust lawsuits can live and die on the strength of Ph.D. economists. Courts face the crucial task of weeding out which of those expert witnesses can appear before a jury.

Antitrust lawsuits can live and die on the strength of Ph.D. economists.

Courts face the crucial task of weeding out which of those expert witnesses can appear before a jury.

Enter the legal “hot tub.”

From Bloomberg Law's @danpapscun.bsky.social

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FTC Has Funds to Stay Open for Three Weeks in a Federal Shutdown The Federal Trade Commission has funding to continue operations for three weeks if the government fails to avert a shutdown by Sept. 30, but will furlough staff and ask to pause litigation if the stal...

EXCLUSIVE: The FTC has three weeks of funding if the government fails to avert a shutdown by Sept. 30. After that, ongoing lawsuits and rulemaking are very likely to go on ice.

Don't try to sneak by with deals, though: HSR review doesn't stop for anyone.

Senate GOP Seeks to Turn FTC Nominations Into Referendum on Khan Senate Republicans took advantage of a nomination hearing for the Federal Trade Commission to take aim at the agency’s embattled chief and nail down commitments on artificial intelligence.

Senate Republicans took advantage of a nomination hearing today for the Federal Trade Commission to take aim at the agency’s embattled chief and nail down commitments on artificial intelligence and Section 230.

Google Chat Deletions Hang ‘Sword of Damocles’ Over Search Trial Evidence of self-destructing company chats stands to play a central role in the US Justice Department’s blockbuster antitrust showdown with Alphabet Inc.‘s Google.

Your timeline is probably flooded with stories about Tuesday’s Google search trial. Here’s my contribution, on a slightly different tack:

An as-yet undecided sanctions motion over Google’s deletion of evidence has hung a “Sword of Damocles” over the case.

Striking Hollywood Workers Flock to FTC to Probe Consolidation Dozens of striking Hollywood writers and actors are going beyond the picket line to the next frontier of advocacy against consolidation in entertainment: the federal regulations docket.

NEW: Striking Hollywood writers and actors—from shows like Hawaii Five-0, Parks and Rec, and The Big Bang Theory—are going beyond the picket line to the next frontier of advocacy against consolidation in the industry: the federal regulations docket.
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