China watching the US import EU regulations designed to hobble its own tech sector

Suggesting that AICOA promotes “free market competition” is nuts.

Pretty persuasive piece here. Both the frequency with which law schools are granting accommodations on curved exams and the generosity of those accommodations are troubling. Unjust, in fact. jamesgmartin.center/2026/06/…

Tampa Electric instructed courts to assess exclusive dealing by defining the relevant market (product and geographic) and determining whether the foreclosure occasioned by the challenged agreement is substantial. It added: “To determine substantiality in a given case, it is necessary to weigh the probable effect of the contract on the relevant area of effective competition, taking into account the relative strength of the parties, the proportionate volume of commerce involved in relation to the total volume of commerce in the relevant market area, and the probable immediate and future effects which preemption of that share of the market might have on effective competition therein.” The Court may not have used the magic words “rule of reason,” but that’s a rule of reason assessment.

This will be essential reading for antitrust folks. Most excited!

Respectfully disagree. Yes, in the 50ish years since consumer welfare became dominant, lots of judges and academics have said things we now know to be wrong. But even pure IO economics has transformed greatly in that time. Antitrust is economic policy, so its decisions should be guided by economics. But 2/3rds of antitrust populism is utterly incompatible with modern economics, and most of the rest is dubious at best. The “mainstream” school of thought will always be criticized whenever anything goes wrong. But antitrust is hard and mistakes are inevitable. The question is whether antitrust populism would do better. But we’ve already run that experiment. The first half of the 20th century showed that nebulous moral ideas are not a good basis for deciding antitrust cases.

The roar when this kid walks out on Faurot field is gonna be insane.

Two absolute super stars here.

Maybe it’s a Michigan thing, but I can assure folks there’s no “Fuentes Fed Soc” at Mizzou Law. I assume this esteemed professor doesn’t mean to smear the entire organization.

This is a colossal failure on the part of the Biden admin (and antitrust hawks generally). The government stopped Spirit from merging with JetBlue over concerns about ticket prices. So instead the low-price company will just shut down instead. A total faceplant.

In a new amicus brief, @profthomlambert, @DanielJGilman1, and @geoffmanne urge the Third Circuit to reject an antitrust strike suit against Hill-Rom. Full brief below ⬇️