New Article: "Building Power for Health: The Grassroots Politics of Sustaining and Strengthening Medicaid" maximinlaw.wordpress.com/2024/09/29/new… via Ezra Rosser

McBurney writes that under the Georgia Constitution, strict scrutiny applies to abortion regulations. He effectively describes Georgia abortion law as treating women like "collectively owned community property."

In my new paper in CPI, I argue that refusals to deal operate as an anti-coercion mechanism, preventing corporations from forcing dependent firms to comply with their unilateral demands, & I explain why this principle needs to be revived. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

The Janet Steiger Fellowship was instrumental in shaping my path toward a career in antitrust law. I encourage all law students to apply for this incredible internship opportunity. Applications are now open. americanbar.org/groups/antitru…

I look forward to presenting my new project Pro-Feminist Health Antitrust at the antitrust conference organized by BYU Law School. My work explores the antitrust dimension of the maternal mortality crisis in the US which disproportionately harms black women. SLU LAW SLU Health Law

Really looking forward to seeing more on this important work!

I'm thrilled to announce the release of a new report on AI and competition policy by Open Markets Institute and Mozilla, co-authored by @maxvonthun and me. static1.squarespace.com/static/5e449c8…

This is an incredible article about Mayor Pete, Tim Wu, flying, government, how ideas change lives. Seriously: put aside 20 minutes, get a cup of coffee, and learn about the antitrust revolution in action. politico.com/news/magazine/…

“In 2022 and 2023, we saw record-high egg prices. Now, according to Farm Action, this price increase was because dominant egg producers used inflation and avian flu as cover to extract profit margins as high as — wait for it — 40 percent on a dozen eggs.”

1. The conventional explanations for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining—fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

It was a pleasure to receive an email from SSRN that my paper "the Healing power of Antitrust" forth in Northwestern University Law Review is one of the most downloaded paper in multiple categories including Antitrust, Poverty and Inequality and Public Health: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/topten/to….

Excited and honored to be taking the helm at Roosevelt Institute. Our economy should work for the many, not just the few. The Roosevelt community has been instrumental in the fight for shared prosperity, and I can't wait to jump back in in this new capacity. Let's get to work!

Elizabeth Wilkins is amazing. She played an absolutely central role in Lina Khan's FTC (actually, multiple leadership roles simultaneously, so make that plural) and is brilliant, forward thinking, engaged, just awesome.

I reviewed Professor Leslie's excellent article "Pharmacy deserts and Antitrust law". My essay illustrates the racial & health disparities pharmacy deserts cause. It also explains why telemedicine fails to cure them. Thank you BU Law Review :

ProMarket just published my blog on FTC's non-compete rule & how non-competes exacerbate racial & health disparities. A big thank you to the wonderful editors #antitrust #noncompetes #racialdisparities #healthinequities

If you’re passionate about fighting corporate power and a rising 2L, then make sure you apply for Open Markets Institute' Louis Brandeis Law & Political Economy Fellowship. Spend 10 weeks researching & drafting cutting-edge research with the best people in the business. Link and process 👇

New research shows that mergers are increasing the market power of agricultural firms, driving up prices, reducing exports, and increasing imports in the agricultural sector. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.111…

A big thank you to the outstanding editors of Northwestern University Law Review for their outstanding work and the amazing surprise!

Cal-Maine, the dominant egg producer, wants to use the monopoly profits it has extracted though inflated egg prices to buy a breakfast food manufacturer. This is a merger that should be blocked. fooddive.com/news/cal-maine…