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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My colleague @sisco.bsky.social with the scoop www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Andreessen Horowitz Focus of DOJ Probe Over Board Directors
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is the focus of a Justice Department antitrust probe over whether its investment partners are improperly serving on the boards of competing artificial intellig...
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Some news! I'm pausing the antitrust beat to work on Bloomberg's stellar national team, covering CA through Nov. Pumped to cover the worlds best state. Still covering the Paramount deal. Also particularly interested in all things housing joshsisco.75 on signal. Grateful for all ideas and tips!
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
With @sisco.bsky.social: The TransDigm-Stellant deal is at least the third merger that the antitrust division has recommended challenging, only to face resistance from Woodward — a defense attorney who represented President Donald Trump’s valet before joining DOJ.
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US Merger Suits Stall Under DOJ Boss Who Opposes Blocking Deals
A nearly $1 billion takeover by a defense supplier that Pentagon officials previously faulted for overcharging the military may serve as the latest test of how light a touch the US Justice Department ...
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Scoop w @leahnylen.bsky.social The FTC is bearing down on Amazon with a potential lawsuit that could be worth tens of billions of dollars over allegedly misleading advertisers www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Amazon Faces Billions in Penalties From Potential FTC Ad Suit
Amazon.com Inc. is facing a possible lawsuit from the US Federal Trade Commission that may lead to billions of dollars in civil penalties, over claims the e-commerce giant mislead advertisers, accordi...
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Scoop from Friday: The FTC is launching an antitrust probe of semiconductor company Arm. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Arm Holdings to Face US Antitrust Probe Over Chip Tech
Arm Holdings Plc is facing an antitrust investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission over the UK company’s licensing of its semiconductor technology, part of ongoing global scrutiny of the busines...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
New from @sisco.bsky.social @allisonmcneely.bsky.social and me:
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DOJ Won Access to KKR’s Emails With Lawyers in Probe of PE Deals
Federal prosecutors won the rare ability to review communications between KKR & Co. and its lawyers as part of a criminal investigation into whether information about the private equity firm’s dea...
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
this link has supposedly highly secret information that should be sealed but is included in a publicly available court document for all to see by the people who want it to be secret storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
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Live Nation Can ‘Gouge’ Fans on Fees, Ticketing Executives Boast
Two Live Nation Entertainment Inc. executives bragged about the high fees the company charges fans at its venues, joking in internal messages that the company is “robbing them blind” and that “these p...
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Scoop! DOJ and Live Nation near settlement mid-way through landmark antitrust trial www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Live Nation Nears DOJ Settlement That Avoids Ticketmaster Sale
Live Nation Entertainment Inc. is close to settling a federal antitrust lawsuit accusing the company of illegally monopolizing the live music industry that would stop short of a divestiture of the com...
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English” my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Antitrust investigators are at your office and your ceo is worried. Have you tried physically fighting them?
Screenshot of an article headlined China Deepens PDD Probe After Fistfights With Regulators
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
scoop from me and @leahnylen.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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FTC’s Ferguson Eyed by White House to Oversee New Fraud Unit
Trump administration officials are eyeing Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson for a role overseeing a newly created Justice Department unit focused on combatting nationwide fraud, accord...
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
DOJ staff conducting a years-long criminal antitrust probe of Live Nation & its CEO over early covid collusion recently advised that the dept not file charges. The investigation however remains ongoing, with a new team of prosecutors giving the case file fresh eyes. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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DOJ Staff Advised Against Live Nation Covid Antitrust Charges
Prosecutors that were conducting a criminal antitrust probe into music industry giant Live Nation Entertainment Inc. recommended several months ago that the Justice Department not file charges against...
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Never gonna click on this just gonna let my imagination read me the rest of the story
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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 14/10/2025
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
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Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Let’s make this the standard for dismissing all court filings everywhere including judges opinions
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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FTC Probes Whether Ticketmaster Does Enough to Stop Resale Bots
Live Nation Inc.’s Ticketmaster is being probed by the US Federal Trade Commission over whether it’s done enough to keep bots from illegally reselling tickets on its platform.
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
New from me: The Federal Trade Commission is nearing a potential lawsuit or settlement with Ticketmaster over alleged violations of the BOTS Act, a law meant to stop widespread ticket scalping. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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FTC Probes Whether Ticketmaster Does Enough to Stop Resale Bots
Live Nation Inc.’s Ticketmaster is being probed by the US Federal Trade Commission over whether it’s done enough to keep bots from illegally reselling tickets on its platform.
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
With @sisco.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Amazon, Google Probed by FTC Over Search Advertising Practices
The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google misled advertisers that place ads on their websites, according to people familiar with the matter.
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rat king 🐀 👑 @mikeisaac.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
in 2010 scientists who sequenced ozzy's DNA discovered he was literally a drug-doing super mutant and i think thats beautiful rip prince of darkness
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
1996, I just turned 15. ozzy did the ozz fest, at that point a one off festival w sepultura slayer danzig etc. I begged my dad to take me. He was miserable and I think he left worried for my future. It was the coolest thing I ever saw and I definitely howled at the moon RIP to a fucking legend
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
New from me: profiled Andrew Ferguson, President Trump's head of the Federal Trade Commission. Friends and adversaries call him a brilliant lawyer and savvy political operator. Where they differ is over the perception that he is carrying water for the White House. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump's FTC Chairman Is Becoming MAGA’s Answer to Lina Khan
Andrew Ferguson is maintaining the agency’s focus on tech giants and putting new muscle behind longstanding conservative complaints.
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Scoop: Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired her personal ethics chief, Joseph Tirrell. Without explanation, she removes DOJ's career ethics office director who advised the most senior political appointees (such as Todd Blanche, Kash Patel) on conflicts. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Bondi Fires Her Personal Ethics Chief as DOJ Purge Continues
Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired her personal ethics adviser, removing the Justice Department’s top official responsible for counseling the most senior political appointees, according to two peopl...
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
New from me: profiled Andrew Ferguson, President Trump's head of the Federal Trade Commission. Friends and adversaries call him a brilliant lawyer and savvy political operator. Where they differ is over the perception that he is carrying water for the White House. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump's FTC Chairman Is Becoming MAGA’s Answer to Lina Khan
Andrew Ferguson is maintaining the agency’s focus on tech giants and putting new muscle behind longstanding conservative complaints.
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
“wants to create a new jersey mango syndicate that sets a minimum price for the fruit” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/d...
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It’s Indian Mango Season, and the Cutthroat Selling Frenzy Is On
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Josh Eidelson @josheidelson.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I’ll be off (and mostly offline) until July 28. In the meantime, check out this @businessweek.bsky.social feature investigation about the subminimum wage for workers with disabilities - Trump just scrapped Biden’s proposal to end it www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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It’s Legal to Pay US Workers With Disabilities as Little as 25¢ an Hour
Whether it stays that way is up to Trump.
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
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Trump Eyes Nominating FTC Commissioner for Utah US Attorney
President Donald Trump is preparing to nominate Melissa Holyoak, a Republican on the Federal Trade Commission, to be the US Attorney for Utah, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
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Google’s Plan to Buy Security Firm Wiz Gets Antitrust Review
Justice Department antitrust enforcers are reviewing whether Google’s planned $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz Inc. would illegally limit competition in the marketplace, according ...
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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Apple Loses Bid to Pause Court Order on App Store Changes
Apple Inc. lost its request to pause a court order requiring it to let App Store developers steer users to the web to purchase in-app items without paying a commission.
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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Trump’s Merger Watchdogs Will Be More Open to Approving, Negotiating Deals
Antitrust watchdogs will be more open to approving acquisitions under President Donald Trump, according to the US Justice Department’s head of merger enforcement.
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
And its a wrap on the DOJ's Google search antitrust case, as closing arguments end. Next stop likely August with a ruling that could force the company to sell Chrome, license critical data, and bar $20b + in annual payments to Apple w @davey.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Google Search Judge Zeroes In on AI Power in Trial Resolution
The federal judge who will decide how to limit Google’s monopoly in search is considering its advantage in artificial intelligence, and aiming to minimize harm to the other players in the market with ...
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
scoop w @lucasshaw.bsky.social DOJ has been investigating possible bid rigging between entertainment companies Oak View and Legends over the development of the Moody Center, a major arena in Austin. No charges yet www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Entertainment Firms Oak View, Legends Face DOJ Antitrust Probe
The US Justice Department has been investigating whether live entertainment companies Oak View Group LLC and Legends colluded over bidding to develop a large arena in Texas, according to people famili...
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Chicago by a mile
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
New: The DOJ is probing Google's deal with chat bot company Character.AI. The government is examining whether the transaction, in which Google hired some of the company's key employees and got a technology license, was structured to avoid a formal merger review. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...?
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Google Faces Antitrust Investigation Over Deal for AI-Fueled Chatbots
The Justice Department is probing whether Alphabet Inc.’s Google violated antitrust law with an agreement to use the artificial intelligence technology of a popular chatbot maker, according to people ...
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
omfg they just boarded like 100 kids going home from dc after a school trip ahead of everyone on this flight paused the boarding bc of weather and now they're making them all get off the plane five minutes later
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Scoop from me and @lucasshaw.bsky.social: The DOJ has been conducting a criminal antitrust investigation of Live Nation and AEG into whether the companies colluded early in the pandemic over refund policies and negotiations with artists for cancelled shows. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Scoop from me and @lucasshaw.bsky.social: The DOJ has been conducting a criminal antitrust investigation of Live Nation and AEG into whether the companies colluded early in the pandemic over refund policies and negotiations with artists for cancelled shows. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
By @sisco.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Apple Failed to Open App Store to Competition, Judge Rules
Apple Inc. violated a court order requiring it to open up the App Store to third-party payment options and must stop charging commissions on purchases outside its software marketplace, a federal judge...
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
How am I supposed to work when I see this just a few feet away
Black and white dog passed out on a couch underneath a pillow
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
holy smokes apparently a may 5 filing is not fast enough, so Judge Brinkema is ordering Google and DOJ to come to a May 2 hearing to tell her in person what remedies they want in the ad tech case
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
From yesterday: DOJ and Google agree (!) on remedy schedule for ad tech. Proposals by May 5, hearing Sep 22 This is to decide whether a break up of Google's ad tech business is warranted after a judge ruled Google illegally monopolized part of the market. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Developing story: A state judge in Wisconsin was arrested Friday by federal agents after an investigation into whether she obstructed an immigration arrest. Her first federal court appearance as a defendant is happening now. buff.ly/XyLAdI3
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Wisconsin Judge Arrested in Obstruction Probe Over Immigration
A state judge in Wisconsin was arrested Friday by federal agents after an investigation into whether she obstructed an immigration arrest last week.
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Scoop w Kate O'Keeffe. DOJ opened a criminal antitrust probe ofUS wifi router supplier, China-linked TP-Link systems. DOJ examining if TPlink undercut competitors to drive them out of the market, harming natsec in the process. Commerce Dep also has a natsec probe www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Router Maker TP-Link Faces US Criminal Antitrust Investigation
The US is conducting a criminal antitrust investigation into pricing strategies by TP-Link Systems Inc., a California-based router maker with links to China whose equipment now dominates the American ...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Two tech giants — Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc. — were stung hard in antitrust trials in different rooms of the same federal courthouse this week -- a reflection of rare bipartisan enthusiasm. From my colleagues @sisco.bsky.social @austincarr.bsky.social and Riley Griffin
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Meta, Google Hammered in Court in Sign of Rare Left-Right Unity
Two tech giants — Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc. — were stung hard in antitrust trials in different rooms of the same federal courthouse this week. It’s a reflection of rare bipartisan enthusia...
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Day two of the FTC v Meta trial, w/ @kurtwagner.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Zuckerberg Testifies on Emails About Instagram, WhatsApp Deals
Mark Zuckerberg returned to federal court on Tuesday to answer questions about his acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, which are at the center of a federal antitrust lawsuit that seeks to unwind t...
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Seems like a lot of secret info about my bunker that I want to stay secret www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Secret Tunnels, Bunkers and Arsenals: The ‘Panic Industry’ Is Booming
Fortifying the American home has become big business, selling an endless supply of paranoia.
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Josh Sisco @sisco.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Over under on whether there’s a narc hiding in here
Cannabis amnesty box at Chicago o hare airport
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ProMarket @promarket.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Joining us April 11 at #StiglerAntitrust25: Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in DOJ Antitrust Division Roger Alford and @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social's Doha Mekki in conversation with @sisco.bsky.social. Don’t miss it! Register now for the livestream at chicagobooth.edu/StiglerAntitrust25.
2025 Antitrust and Competition Conference
Economic Concentration and the Marketplace of Ideas
Fireside Chat | April 11

Roger Alford, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Doha Mekki, University of California Berkeley
Josh Sisco, Bloomberg (Moderator)

Watch the Livestream
chicagobooth.edu/StiglerAntitrust25 | #StiglerAntitrust25
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