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California is about to run a live-fire experiment in antitrust—and the working hypothesis appears to be that decades of case law and economic learning were optional. In January, I published a short post—“Rewriting Antitrust, California Style”—that touched on the inner workings (machinations?) of the California Law Review Commission (CLRC). I flagged concerns about the staff’s … California Dreamin’ or an Antitrust Nightmare?
Not all trade barriers are created equal. The ones that matter most do not sit at the border. They sit inside markets, shaping who can compete—and who cannot—before competition even begins. The recently released 2026 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE) catalogs foreign barriers to U.S. exports, foreign direct investment, and electronic … The Barriers Behind the Border
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has trained its sights on one of Silicon Valley’s most familiar deal structures: the “acquihire.” In a Bloomberg podcast interview, FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson said the agency plans to scrutinize how acquihires are structured—looking for features that could bring them within merger law and trigger Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) reporting thresholds. … Acquihires and Antitrust: When Buying the Team Isn’t Buying the Company
