Jonathan Kanter Hailed for Tackling Ticketmaster Monopoly
Credit to Jonathan Kanter, one of the greatest AAGs in US history, for bringing the case against ticketmaster
Jury Finds Ticketmaster Monopoly Abuse, DOJ Settlement Pathetic
Ticketmaster abused its monopoly says jury - monster win for state antitrust ; shame on the Justice Department for settling for peanuts https://t.co/ZsHAmlbSri
Soon We'll Nostalgically Recall This LLM Golden Era
Believe it or not -- I sense we are going to look back at this time as the "good old days" of LLMs (before they became either impossibly expensive, driven by advertising interests or other enshitiffication)
Author’s “Age of Extraction” Shortlisted for Donner Prize
Happy to say that my book "the Age of Extraction" has been short-listed for The Donner Prize -- award given to best public-policy book by a Canadian (I'm a dual-citizen) https://t.co/iV3sumzR7F
Agency Heads Cash Multi‑Million Lobbying Jobs From Regulated Firms
This has nothing to do with "the vast majority of normal people." This is about heads of agencies who take multi-million-dollar do-nothing lobbying jobs with the entities they used to regulate -- and it is actually a problem
Uber Fares Often Higher for Women, Repeat Trips?
[Price gouging] I've anecdotally heard friends complaint that their uber prices are always higher than a partner for exactly the same trip -- anyone experience this and notice a pattern? (Some say gender raises prices; some say doing...
Extending Tax Deduction Deadline to April Boosts Giving
If you could make charitable deductions until April instead of having to remember in December I feel like there would a significant boost in the giving spirit
ChatGPT Struggles with Raw Text Extraction, Claude Outperforms
Been using ChatGPT versus Claude to scrape text out of public domain documents (district court opinions) for a book. I thought it would be a similar experience, but ChatGPT is MUCH WORSE -- it keeps editing the text,...
WSJ Urges Antitrust Crackdown on Lucrative Industry Fox Must Negotiate
Am I hallucinating or did I just read a WSJ editorial (not op-ed) calling for increasing antitrust scrutiny of a highly profitable industry. (It does happen to be one that Fox Corp. is forced to bargain with) https://t.co/L6pyj5xLJX
Flat‑fee Model Could Disrupt Amazon’s Marketplace Dominance
The empower ride app (regulatory qs aside) is interesting for platform power Qs as it has a flat fee model for drivers. Could imagine the same thing for a marketplace app that would challenge Amazon marketplace
Absurd Trademark Lawsuit Demands Immediate Dismissal
Been a while since I paid attention to trademark law but if this absurd lawsuit isn't dismissed quickly something has obviously gone very wrong https://t.co/tHuAd9B53l
LA Trial Pivots Legal Focus to Public Health
Here is the long-term significance of today's Los Angeles social media trial victory: it is a move away from a conversation about speech and innovation, and toward bringing public health concerns decisively to the legal forefront. Read...
Merger Oversight Corruption Threatens DOJ Independence
It is easy to become numb to the corruption afflicting the US government, but corruption of merger oversight is a big deal -- “If you don’t approve this settlement, I will destroy you. I will destroy your job at the...
Free or Cheap Casebooks Offer Affordable Alternatives to $300 Texts
If you teach law students, seems worth taking a look at the list of free or inexpensive casebooks before assigning the $300+ books -- here's a list https://t.co/Ik1kJuoofB
Amtrak Beats Driving to Airport From NYC
From NYC, the amtrak to Boston for whatever reasons is less than a car to the airport. (The regional, my personal preference).
