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1/ In today’s digital economy, enforcers must keep pace. Lina Khan Samuel Levine and I explain how the FTC shifted away from “notice and choice” toward protections that address upstream drivers of data abuse in Stanford Law Review: stanfordlawreview.org/print/article/…

Terrific news. Shaoul is remarkably talented and was key to our government’s revival of antitrust enforcement these last few years.

Many talk about making government work better. Under Lina Khan, we acted — eliminating rules that bogged down pro-consumer initiatives in red tape. Without these reforms, our work to ban subscription traps, fake reviews, and junk fees would be incomplete, and likely abandoned.

Thanks to Ross Douthat for the rich discussion, exploring how monopolies can both raise prices and lower wages—but also deprive Americans of agency and control, where key decisions about people’s daily lives are dependent on the whims of distant giants.

Had a chance last week to interveiw Lina Khan about a new Stanford Law School review article by she & former FTC CP chief Sam Levine arguing they created a "durable blueprint" for #privacy enforcment using FTC Act unfairness authority. Ungated article here: mlex.com/mlex/articles/…

You may have missed the Walmart fraud settlement quietly dropped Friday. But don’t miss the fine print: $10M, and the order vanishes in 3 years. FTC sued for permanent safeguards. This deal rewards Walmart and signals that firms can profit off fraud and walk away clean.

State after state is building on FTC’s work tackling junk fees, subscription traps, and anticompetitive repair restrictions. As the federal government pulls back, states are stepping up.

I testified in the Senate this week about antitrust + deregulation. I urged Congress, Antitrust Division, and FTC to focus on the biggest, most intractable competition problems driving the cost-of-living crisis. Why? They’re uniquely suited to do it. And because regular people can’t

Government can help preserve the contestability and resilience of markets. If the government wants to focus on deregulation, it should focus on the biggest economic pain points that affect the most people—not ticky tacky process or non-economic grievance issues. 5/8

The Reagan administration defanged consumer protection, a legacy that lasted for decades. One result has been vast surveillance & rampant abuse of people’s personal data. New article Stanford Law Review with Samuel Levine & Stephanie T. Nguyen explains how we turned the page on this failed approach.

Under Lina Khan, FTC formally banned Made-in-USA fraud and obtained record-breaking judgments against violators. It’s good the new administration is talking the talk about strong enforcement. It’d be better if they brought some actual cases.