NEW: The Federal Trade Commission is suing Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, the largest alcohol distributor in the US, for illegal price discrimination under the Robinson-Patman Act. news.bloomberglaw.com/antitrust/ftc-…

"Once a staple of antitrust enforcement, Robinson-Patman cases were largely abandoned by the FTC and Justice Department in the 1980s..."

A flip in party control of the White House is expected to upend a Biden administration policy that largely opposed settlements to resolve merger investigations, with big consequences for corporate dealmakers. blawgo.com/dW99xqB

I sat down with DC Circuit executive Betsy Paret, who retires this month to her farm in Vermont after 18 years in her role, about her tenure, what’s next, and who’s easier to persuade between judges & her farm’s alpacas (spoiler: it’s the judges). news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/re…

If you gamble or spend your time arguing on X, you’re well served by current offerings. But no amount of player podcasts can replace the work of the old SI or even ESPN ~15 years ago. journalism helped frame the leagues and players in culture and its decay is bad for all involved

Life after top DOJ position? 🤣 news.bloomberglaw.com/antitrust/top-… BLAW story via Justin Wise

Congressional Republicans insisted they will continue their push to regulate the largest technology companies in the world, despite warming relations between industry leaders and Trump - Oma Seddiq news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

Scoop w/ Justin Wise: Corporate executives on eve of trial over foreign bribery accusations are asking DOJ No. 2 Emil Bove for dismissals in light of Trump EO pausing overseas bribery enforcement. Jones Day, other firms immedately go straight to the top. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fo…

SCOOP: Trump DOJ No. 2 Emil Bove empowers 2 political aides w/ substantial authority over ethics & employee discipline decisions previously reserved for most senior career official. One is a former Trump defense attorney, another is a '21 law school grad news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/tr…

Scoop: Interim DC US Attorney Ed Martin plans to crack down on threats against DOGE workers and judges, an initiative he's calling "Operation Whirlwind" — an apparent reference to Schumer's remarks against conservative SCOTUS justices. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/to…

Google is incorporating AI into all office software products and making users pay higher rates for it even if they don’t want the AI feature. The architect of the price hike is the same executive whose testimony lost Google its search case last year levernews.com/googles-new-pr…

Scoop w/ Justin Wise: Trump's DOJ plans to dismiss a Biden-era civil case related to sexual abuse of migrant children. “The United States is turning its back on children who are being abused in our country,” said a former civil rights division official. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/us…

New: The US plans to drop a Biden-era lawsuit alleging sexual abuse at the US's largest housing provider for migrant kids. Move follows a direct plea by prominent Supreme Court litigator Lisa Blatt to Trump DOJ leaders. w/Suzanne Monyak news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/us…

The Trump Justice Department has dropped another Biden-era lawsuit. Suzanne Monyak and I reported earlier on how the move followed a pitch by prominent Supreme Court litigator Lisa Blatt. Blatt argued the case risked incentivizing illegal immigration. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/us…

Scoop: Employees with the Justice Department’s civil rights division have been offered another chance to take deferred resignations, as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to slash the federal workforce. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/do…

Our deep dive on Trump's interactions with the legal system during his first 100 days, including Big Law, judges, and the Justice Department. "It is all building up to a big Supreme Court test," a former Obama admin official said. w/ Roy Strom & Justin Wise

My latest for The Capitol Forum

Alina Habba, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, was blocked from handling cases by a district court judge who said her appointment was invalid bloomberg.com/news/articles/…