Josh Sisco
@joshua_sisco
Covering antitrust @business jsisco6 at bloomberg dot net. DM for signal.
I profiled Andrew Ferguson, President Trump's head of the Federal Trade Commission. Friends and adversaries call him a brilliant lawyer and savvy political operator. Where they differ is over the perception that he is carrying water for the White House. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Happy 135th anniversary of the Sherman act of 1890 to all who celebrate
At 00:50 sat am DOJ, HPE & Juniper settled the gov's merger challenge less than two weeks before trial, with a divestiture and licensing promise. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Hetal Doshi, DOJ's head antitrust litigator under Biden's DOJ, is running for CO AG. She's vying to replace Phil Weiser, another ex ATR official, who is running for gov She's also the 2nd sr Biden ATR official to run for office. Maggie Goodlander won a NH congress seat last year
Today, I’m announcing my campaign for Colorado Attorney General. I haven’t spent my career in politics. I’ve been a longtime public servant focused on protecting people. But some moments demand action — and for me, this is that moment. hetaldoshiforag.com
And its a wrap on the DOJ's Google search antitrust case, as closing arguments end. Next stop likely August with a ruling that could force the company to sell Chrome, license critical data to rivals, and bar $20b + in annual payments to Apple w @daveyalba bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
scoop w @Lucas_Shaw DOJ has been investigating possible bid rigging between entertainment companies Oak View and Legends over the development of the Moody Center, a major arena in Austin. No charges yet bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The DOJ has been conducting a criminal investigation of Live Nation and AEG for collusion in response to COVID. This is on top of the civil case against Live Nation. The concert promoter says this is all bogus. No charges yet. Scoop w/ @joshua_sisco bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
NEW: The US is conducting a criminal antitrust investigation into pricing strategies by TP-Link, a California-based router maker with links to China whose equipment now dominates the American market bloomberg.com/news/articles/… with antitrust king @joshua_sisco
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