The western imperialist and racist underpinnings of the idea that a non-western state -- even one with whose politics we deeply disagree -- must by definition be incapable of making strategic decisions that are both smart and possibly in western interests run deep.

Professor Elettra Bietti will discuss Regulatory Competition, the European Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Innovation as an expert panelist at the Stigler Center’s 2024 Antitrust and Competition Conference this Friday. Register to receive the livestream link. chicagobooth.edu/research/stigl…

How about no aid to Israel? Netanyahu attacked Iran, how is this our problem?

Everyone in the foreign policy ‘community’ is taking crazy pills.

'Just about any conceivable use of force in the Middle East can be justified under an Article II self-defense theory. Which means that a lot rests on the president’s, and his subordinates’, prudence.' lawfaremedia.org/article/the-mi…

People who never lived in countries on which territory war was conducted should refrain from commenting on whether war would be “good”.

While some of us here discuss the goals of antitrust law, others of us have family members trying to flee famine and war. Please help if you can.

If every one that followed me donated $15 this week we could pay to get my cousin Nisrene & her family on the evacuation list. 🤲🏽 It will cost $15,000 for the evacuation process.
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Such a great conference, thanks Gaia Bernstein for organizing! And great to talk about addictive tech with Neil Richards Zephyr Teachout Brett Frischmann

The call fo abstracts is open to join the workshop in in Amsterdam at Amsterdam Law School in October!

My article 'Target(ed) Advertising,' forthcoming in UC Davis Law Review, is available on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… It evaluates the empirical evidence on targeted advertising and proposes reform to mitigate its harms. Comments welcomed.

Live-tweeting on today's CLIC event by our alexandra j. roberts

cc. David A. Simon Elettra Bietti

Six Reactions to the Proposed TikTok Ban in the US including #FairMusE_eu 's advisor Elettra Bietti
Have a read on the The LPE Project blog.
lpeproject.org/blog/six-react…

Yesterday I taught my first-last Contracts' class🥂

Today! Ignacio Cofone 📙🎤 NUSL CLIC ⚖️ @[email protected] @NUSL

Looking forward to this discussion in Chicago!

🚨🔥NEW PAPER🔥🚨
Hot off the press by Bob Lande, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, & I on “The Forgotten Anti-Monopoly Law.” We unearthed a long-dormant law, a potent ban on harmful M&A. I’m biased but it may be the most important #antitrust paper of the year. Short 🧵w/ highlights: (1/x)

Wow! House E&C just announced a major legislative hearing with just about every big data privacy and kids' online safety bill under consideration for next week

'So many more meritorious reform proposals which had a real chance to address tech platforms’ power never made it through the House.'

ICYMI, Anupam Chander and Elettra Bietti shared some of their reactions to the proposed TikTok ban The LPE Project

lpeproject.org/blog/six-react…