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This is pretty noteworthy, I think. Slater met w/ Teamsters pres a couple weeks ago, now with rank + file. Shows that the Biden and first Trump admins’ focus on labor market harms (and potentially antitrust solutions) is alive and well.

If it weren't for the tariffs, this would be one of the biggest stories in the world right now. From Bloomberg economist David Wilcox:

Did not have The Onion does Robinson-Patman on my bingo card

WaPo just published a letter from Mahmoud Khalil, currently in an ICE detention facility in Louisiana. Gift link in following post.

Instagram's founder testifying against Meta in trial today on what motivated Zuckerberg to try and slow down Instagram's growth in an attempt to help Facebook: "There were real human emotional things going on there."

BREAKING: Judge Wilken will NOT approve the House settlement as currently written, finding that issues regarding "immediate implementation" of the roster limits preclude final approval.

A Wall Street regulator has $1.6 bln in a rainy day fund and Department of Government Efficiency wants to grab it. The cash is in a surplus account at the OCC and it's meant to help police big banks. In recent weeks, DOGE has asked whether it can grab the loot. Exclusive news The Capitol Forum

New: The US Department of Labor will no longer enforce a Biden-era rule that makes it harder for companies to use independent contractors, as it works to cancel the regulation. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

NEW: How the Roster Resistance brought $2.8B House v. NCAA settlement to a standstill. “We got to get some of these attorneys on the field sometime, so they learn you don’t have it in the bag until the clock says zero.” -Camden Dempsey For Sportico👇 sportico.com/leagues/colleg…

NEW — UnitedHealth Group still under DOJ monopolization investigation, but resource constraints are delaying the timing of a potential monopolization suit until the second half of 2025.

A video game glitch. A bootlegged jersey with the wrong number. The best day of someone’s life. Briefly wore the bog hat… to write about the birth of the Derek Law fan club. Story below ⬇️

Companies use earnings calls to invite rivals to collude and to cajole rivals into *not* competing on price, exhibit 173. Kudos to Max Berengaut at The Capitol Forum for capturing this gem in the trash bag industry. The FTC can police this conduct under Section 5 of the FTC Act.

a $20/hr min wage in CA led to a wage "increase of 8 to 9 percent for workers...no negative effects on fast-food employment; and price increases of about 1.5 percentor about 6 cents on a four-dollar hamburger. fast-food establishments grew faster in CA than in the rest of the U.S

"Last year, Uber drivers made an average of $513 a week in gross earnings, a 3.4% decline from the previous year, even as they worked six minutes more a week on average. For drivers in Los Angeles, average hourly earnings on Uber are down 21%." nytimes.com/2025/05/14/tec…

The Worker Protection Act received unanimous support from Colorado’s Democratic legislators and was backed by the state’s labor movement. On Friday, Gov. Jared Polis vetoed it. My latest with The American Prospect: prospect.org/labor/2025-05-…

SCOOP: Politico's unionized newsroom will show down with bosses in a first-of-its-kind battle over AI wired.com/story/politico…

BREAKING: #SCOTUS allows Trump to fire labor board members. Apparent 6-3 decision with all liberal justices in dissent. Court says more harm from denying POTUS right to remove officials than from those officials staying in office. Doc: documentcloud.org/documents/2595…

The Supreme Court’s “The Federal Reserve is a uniquely structured, quasi-private entity that follows in the distinct historical tradition of the First and Second Banks of the United States." t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by its shirt.

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