DOJ’s Case Against RealPage Should Be Dismissed with Prejudice
The Biden-Harris Administration should stop wrongly blaming others for its own disastrous policies. For example, in 2023 the DOJ filed statements of interest in lawsuits in Atlantic City and Las Vegas which falsely alleged that hotel-casinos and their A.I. room pricing software vendors illegally fixed hotel room prices.
Read MoreHow regulators gerrymander antitrust law
Imagine if Congress, for some odd reason, wanted to punish Chuck Norris. It might pass a tax bill that only pertains to “martial artists who are ranch owners retired from acting careers in film and television.” Not only would that be unwise (this is Chuck Norris we’re talking about), it also would be unconstitutional to use seemingly objective definitions meant to single out one person. The Constitution wisely forbids such bills of attainder.
Read MoreKhan Farewell Tour
October is proving to be a busy month for Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan. As she completes her term, Khan’s calendar has the feel of a political farewell tour.
Read MoreThere Is Much More U.S. Ruin Care of Lina Khan and Jonathan Kanter
In the late Middle Ages, artisans melted down florins, the Florentine coin of pure gold, to apply it as gold leaf for floating halos over the heads of the saints. Today, if you are Lina Khan, you just go to Leslie Stahl.
Read MoreThe FTC Weaponizes Legitimate Concerns About Data Privacy
The Federal Trade Commission scored a PR victory with a report last week that accuses prominent social media and video streaming companies of lax privacy controls, especially in how they handle the data of children and teens.
Read MoreThe FTC Waves Off the Consumer Benefits of the Kroger-Albertsons Deal
On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission, under the direction of Chair Lina Khan, argued its case to block the merger between grocery chains Kroger and Albertsons before Judge Adrienne Nelson in a federal court in Portland.
Read MoreIs RealPage’s algorithm really an antitrust violator?
Having failed to pass legislation that would force America’s leading digital companies to open their source codes to foreign competitors and dictatorial regimes, Sen. Amy Klobuchar now has a new brainchild – the Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act.
Read MoreHow Harris and Khan Are Planning a Department of Groceries
By Robert H. Bork, Jr. September 3, 2024 Have you ever shopped for groceries at a Walmart, a Trader Joe’s, an…
Read MoreWhat Khan’s Non-Compete Loss Tells Us About the Fate of the Harris Price-Control Plan
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan is always shopping for the right judge to validate her eccentric, extra-statutory theories of antitrust as a way to regulate everything. Yet in case after case, Khan keeps coming up snake eyes.
Read MoreHarris Economic Plan to Fight Inflation Will Cause More Inflation
Vice President Kamala Harris doubled down today in her Raleigh, North Carolina, speech on the same strategy that gave Americans inflation. Her plan promises more inflation, only this time with food shortages. Harris would do that by putting the government in charge of approving food prices, while extending the Biden budget blowout.
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