Boeing whistleblowers keep suddenly dying.

NEW: FTC sent warning letters to AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk, Boehringer Ingelheim, Covis Pharma, Glaxo-Smith Kline, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., and Amphastar Pharmaceuticals disputing the accuracy of their patents on the FDA's Orange Book.

There is an epidemic of comparing flaws in criminal justice system to antitrust enforcement, as Christine Wilson just did at FedSoc panel

breaking news, former Republican FTC commissioner Christine Wilson wants you to be bound by noncompete agreements (live from the federalist society panel)

Why I'm resigning from The Intercept
kenklippenstein.com/p/why-im-resig…

Um wow how am I here?

So Axios held two parties around WH Correspondent's Dinner week. Their cosponsor was Live Nation, which is under an antitrust investigation.
And even the COCKTAIL NAPKINS were lobbying.
prospect.org/power/2024-04-…

Luke Goldstein Something else I'm not sure a lot of people know - RP maintains a credentialing business (tradesmen, etc.) for a fee. This allows access to their member properties. Contractors have to charge more then. Price passed on to consumer. Total price cartel.

YIMBYs openly say rent hikes need to be much higher (to attract capital investment) and expect to be celebrated for their keen market insights. They miss where power really lies in housing 👇

Free Ippei ! he did nothing wrong !

Normally a defendant would do this during the defense portion of the trial.... but Google has waited to do it in briefs. When DOJ can't counter. When the public can't understand. It's risky but, for this case, very clever.

I'll do a separate thread on the secret exhibits.

RealPage is absolutely cooked. The defense will be they're merely generating 'recommendations' for price hikes. In docs from the DC lawsuit, we can see that is a total ruse. RP's contracts explicitly impose compliance rates on landlords and punish any deviation.

“Public pension funds are now the largest backers of private equity.” Rachel Phua breaks down how workers’ money is used by private equity firms to hurt other workers: prospect.org/labor/2023-10-…

Important story from Luke Goldstein on how the ADL and other groups supported expanding warrantless surveillance SPECIFICALLY to spy on antiwar protesters. Luke explains how the government can use the expanded FISA law to do it
prospect.org/blogs-and-news…

No, seriously, Uber is deciding what driver gets what job based on their weight, whether they ever missed a payment, what political associations they have.

Algorithmic wage discrimination should be made illegal before it becomes the dominant business model.

FTC Commissioner Bedoya Signals Interest in Union Neutrality as Merger Remedy and Previews Speech on Workplace Surveillance $ACI $KR $MSFT

h/t Jeff Bliss & Dan Papscun

library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/7mgm49yr4…

'Despite these concerns and after a bitter debate...President Biden signed a reauthorization of FISA Section 702 with new and expanded powers for surveillance'

Somehow, somewhere, we all know that this must be Trump's fault. Couldn't possibly be the Dems suck on civil liberties

🚨More staff moves afoot in John Fetterman’s office. Adam Jentleson is stepping down as COS into an advisor role. Krysta Juris will assume the position as new COS.

Prior to joining Sen. office, Juris worked at Meta for 4+ years, as did Fetterman’s most recent comms hire.