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Antitrust
New Klobuchar Bill Would Kill M+A Activity
By: Tom Hebert Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) has introduced the “Platform Competition and Opportunity Act,” a bill that would prevent a handful of targeted companies from making any new acquisitions of smaller companies. This bill is companion legislation to H.R. 3826, sponsored by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). Photo Credit:…
Antitrust
Sen. Klobuchar’s “Antitrust” Bill is A Trojan Horse for Big Government
By: Tom Hebert Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) has introduced the “American Innovation and Choice Online Act,” companion legislation to Rep. David Cicilline’s (D-R.I.) House version. Several Senate Republicans, motivated by concerns over Big Tech censorship of conservatives, have cosponsored the Klobuchar bill. Photo Credit: Lorie Shaull from St Paul,…
Antitrust
Coalition Urges Senate Republicans to Reject Democrat Antitrust Trap
Americans for Tax Reform and a coalition of 30 conservative and free market groups and activists wrote a letter in opposition to the Senate Democrat plans to pass a package of European-style antitrust regulations. Even though the left labels this effort as “antitrust reform,” these bills are hardly antitrust bills.
Antitrust
Senate Republicans Should Reject Jonathan Kanter
By: Tom Hebert and Joseph Murgida Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a confirmation hearing on Jonathan Kanter’s nomination to lead the DOJ antitrust division. If approved, Kanter’s nomination would seal a major victory for the left in their crusade to upend American antitrust law. Kanter has railed against…
Antitrust
Top FTC Aide Confirms The Left’s Antitrust Crusade Goes Beyond Big Tech
By: Tom Hebert A top aide to Federal Trade Commissioner Lina Khan has confirmed the obvious – no industry is safe from the left’s antitrust crusade. In a May interview with The Marker, FTC attorney adviser Shaoul Sussman says that Congress has made its mind up when it comes to breaking up…
Antitrust
OCC, ATRF Submit Comments to CMA on Facebook/Giphy Merger
Americans for Tax Reform Foundation International Advocacy Manager Andreas Hellmann and Open Competition Center Executive Director Tom Hebert recently submitted comments to the United Kingdom’s Competition and Market Authority (CMA) calling on them to stop weaponizing their investigation into the Facebook-Giphy merger. This investigation is another unfortunate development in a…
Antitrust
Far-Left Rep. Jayapal Forecasts Harmful Senate Antitrust Agenda
By: Tom Hebert In an interview last week, far-left Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) forecasted possible Senate antitrust companion legislation to the Cicilline antitrust package that was drafted with little input from rank-and-file Republican members. The left’s antitrust agenda would vastly empower unelected Biden bureaucrats and screw up the goods and services…
Labor
Weil Doesn’t Deserve a Second Chance On American Labor
Originally Published in The Hill on 08/17/21 03:31 PM EDT By: Tom Hebert The Senate is soon expected to vote on the nomination of David Weil to serve as administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor. Weil, who previously held the post under President Barack…