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Law and Power | Daniel Hanley | Substack
Explaining antitrust law, antimonopoly, the consequences of concentrated corporate power, and how the law distributes power in our society. Click to read Law and Power, by Daniel Hanley, a Substack pu...
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Hi new followers, I am a senior legal analyst at the Open Markets Institute, where I write about antitrust law and how to make our economy fairer. I occasionally write in my newsletter Law and Power on Substack. Elated to build a new community here on Bluesky. danielhanley.substack.com
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I’m excited to announce that today @openmarkets.bsky.social and Mission:data are jointly releasing a new report co-authored by Michael Murray,
Sandeep Vaheesan, Katherine Wyszkowski, and myself. A Thread and links below. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Sandeep Vaheesan, Katherine Wyszkowski, and myself. A Thread and links below. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Report - Utilities Are Blocking Virtual Power Plants, Driving Up Costs and Undermining Grid Reliability — Open Markets Institute
The Open Markets Institute and Mission:data Coalition published a joint report, “ Fair and Open Markets for Virtual Power Plants, " on how investor-owned utilities are stifling the growth of virtual p...
www.openmarketsinstitute.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I’m excited to announce that today @openmarkets.bsky.social and Mission:data are jointly releasing a new report co-authored by Michael Murray,
Sandeep Vaheesan, Katherine Wyszkowski, and myself. A Thread and links below. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Sandeep Vaheesan, Katherine Wyszkowski, and myself. A Thread and links below. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
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In collaboration w/ @groundwork.bsky.social & @moreperfectunion.bsky.social, we convened hundreds of volunteers from across the country to investigate Instacart’s AI-assisted pricing experiments at popular grocery stores like Target & Kroger. Read our full investigation below:
Instacart’s AI-Enabled Pricing Experiments May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill, CR and Groundwork Collaborative Investigation Finds - Consumer Reports
Exclusive: Instacart’s AI pricing may be inflating your grocery bill.
www.consumerreports.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In collaboration w/ @groundwork.bsky.social & @moreperfectunion.bsky.social, we convened hundreds of volunteers from across the country to investigate Instacart’s AI-assisted pricing experiments at popular grocery stores like Target & Kroger. Read our full investigation below:
I’m excited to announce that today @openmarkets.bsky.social and Mission:data are jointly releasing a new report co-authored by Michael Murray,
Sandeep Vaheesan, Katherine Wyszkowski, and myself. A Thread and links below. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Sandeep Vaheesan, Katherine Wyszkowski, and myself. A Thread and links below. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Report - Utilities Are Blocking Virtual Power Plants, Driving Up Costs and Undermining Grid Reliability — Open Markets Institute
The Open Markets Institute and Mission:data Coalition published a joint report, “ Fair and Open Markets for Virtual Power Plants, " on how investor-owned utilities are stifling the growth of virtual p...
www.openmarketsinstitute.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I’m excited to announce that today @openmarkets.bsky.social and Mission:data are jointly releasing a new report co-authored by Michael Murray,
Sandeep Vaheesan, Katherine Wyszkowski, and myself. A Thread and links below. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Sandeep Vaheesan, Katherine Wyszkowski, and myself. A Thread and links below. www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
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You have two bids for Warner brothers. Both are illegal. The fact that one deal is extremely illegal doesn’t make the other deal legal
December 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
You have two bids for Warner brothers. Both are illegal. The fact that one deal is extremely illegal doesn’t make the other deal legal
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Growing backlash — It turns out a lot of people are not happy with their local school district and city spending millions with Amazon under sham contracts that specify dynamic pricing and shutout competing local suppliers.
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Growing backlash — It turns out a lot of people are not happy with their local school district and city spending millions with Amazon under sham contracts that specify dynamic pricing and shutout competing local suppliers.
A good heuristic to determine if antitrust scholarship is worth reading is if there is a favorable citation to Senator Sherman's quote about not tolerating "a king over...the necessaries of life." 21 Cong. Rec. 2457 (1890).
December 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A good heuristic to determine if antitrust scholarship is worth reading is if there is a favorable citation to Senator Sherman's quote about not tolerating "a king over...the necessaries of life." 21 Cong. Rec. 2457 (1890).
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We too often look at prices when talking about affordability & not enough at wages. As Harold Meyerson explains, had the bottom 90% earned the same share of national income they did in 1975, by 2023 they would have made an additional $79 trillion!
prospect.org/2025/12/03/7...
prospect.org/2025/12/03/7...
The $79 Trillion Heist - The American Prospect
We’re in an affordability crisis because workers aren’t being paid at the same levels they earned in the past.
prospect.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
We too often look at prices when talking about affordability & not enough at wages. As Harold Meyerson explains, had the bottom 90% earned the same share of national income they did in 1975, by 2023 they would have made an additional $79 trillion!
prospect.org/2025/12/03/7...
prospect.org/2025/12/03/7...
Given the recent Epic Games ruling and controlling law, Google’s (attempted) move to kill all alternative methods of installing apps on Android and to require all applications to go through its exclusive system would violate antitrust laws.
tuta.com/blog/google-...
tuta.com/blog/google-...
Google wants to kill Android freedom: Say Goodbye to installing independent apps | Tuta
Google's plans have the potential to stop you from downloading independent apps and destroy platforms like F-Droid.
tuta.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Given the recent Epic Games ruling and controlling law, Google’s (attempted) move to kill all alternative methods of installing apps on Android and to require all applications to go through its exclusive system would violate antitrust laws.
tuta.com/blog/google-...
tuta.com/blog/google-...
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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Meet the Big Money backers of the so-called "Abundance" movement.
Who is Behind the Growing Abundance Movement? | Revolving Door Project
Who is behind the fast-growing abundance movement? Who are the billionaires and media figures helping it gain popularity?
therevolvingdoorproject.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Meet the Big Money backers of the so-called "Abundance" movement.
Corporations want our entire society to bend to their will. Delaware gave corporations basically everything just short of complete control and has an entire legislative apparatus devoted to appeasement—and that's apparently just not enough. www.wsj.com/opinion/why-...
Opinion | Why Coinbase Is Leaving Delaware for Texas
We’re reincorporating in a state whose legal climate is far friendlier to business.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Corporations want our entire society to bend to their will. Delaware gave corporations basically everything just short of complete control and has an entire legislative apparatus devoted to appeasement—and that's apparently just not enough. www.wsj.com/opinion/why-...
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A govt shutdown is like a strike in the sense that before you start it you MUST have a concrete idea of what your leverage is and what will cause your opponent to fold. Ironically the Dems' strongest leverage point was probably "fucked up Thanksgiving travel" and they folded just before it came.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A govt shutdown is like a strike in the sense that before you start it you MUST have a concrete idea of what your leverage is and what will cause your opponent to fold. Ironically the Dems' strongest leverage point was probably "fucked up Thanksgiving travel" and they folded just before it came.
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Chuck Schumer's inability to say whether he voted for the Democratic nominee in a general election in his city is the final straw for @ryanlcooper.com.
prospect.org/2025/11/06/c...
prospect.org/2025/11/06/c...
Chuck Schumer Is Not Fit to Lead the Democratic Party - The American Prospect
The Senate leader doesn’t just betray his own party, he’s also terrible at leading it. In Trump’s second term, facing a full-on authoritarian attack on America’s democracy and constitutional structure...
prospect.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Chuck Schumer's inability to say whether he voted for the Democratic nominee in a general election in his city is the final straw for @ryanlcooper.com.
prospect.org/2025/11/06/c...
prospect.org/2025/11/06/c...
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The Supreme Court once again butchers equity and the law of stays in the course of making the world a worse place. And Justice Jackson is once again there to call them out on it with an opinion that will be a must-teach in any Remedies class
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The Supreme Court once again butchers equity and the law of stays in the course of making the world a worse place. And Justice Jackson is once again there to call them out on it with an opinion that will be a must-teach in any Remedies class
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
FYI. We don’t have to accept efficiency as a synonym for firing workers. We can block/limit job-cutting strategies and incentivize firms to pursue efficiency built on skill and human input.
November 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
FYI. We don’t have to accept efficiency as a synonym for firing workers. We can block/limit job-cutting strategies and incentivize firms to pursue efficiency built on skill and human input.
I think the AWS outage is a warning shot. It’s clear the cloud must be regulated as a public utility and Signal must be updated to support decentralized, user-operated servers to break free from dominant cloud providers.
What do others think?
What do others think?
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I think the AWS outage is a warning shot. It’s clear the cloud must be regulated as a public utility and Signal must be updated to support decentralized, user-operated servers to break free from dominant cloud providers.
What do others think?
What do others think?
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Concerning, bc it indicates that the extent of the concentration of power in the hands of a few hyperscalers is way less widely understood than I’d assumed. Which bodes poorly for our ability to craft reality-based strategies capable of contesting this concentration & solving the real problem. 2/
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Concerning, bc it indicates that the extent of the concentration of power in the hands of a few hyperscalers is way less widely understood than I’d assumed. Which bodes poorly for our ability to craft reality-based strategies capable of contesting this concentration & solving the real problem. 2/
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
Reminder: SCOTUS asked the Solicitor General for their input on the Duke Energy Carolinas lawsuit—a incredibly important case that could kneecap yet another aspect of Section 2.
www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-f...
www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-f...
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC v. NTE Carolinas II, LLC
www.scotusblog.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Reminder: SCOTUS asked the Solicitor General for their input on the Duke Energy Carolinas lawsuit—a incredibly important case that could kneecap yet another aspect of Section 2.
www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-f...
www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-f...
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There's been endless talk about an AI bubble, but less about exactly how, why, and how much it's a bubble. So I turned to the framework put forward by scholars Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch, authors of "Bubbles and Crashes," for assessing tech bubbles.
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All
I talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubbles—and applied their test.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
There's been endless talk about an AI bubble, but less about exactly how, why, and how much it's a bubble. So I turned to the framework put forward by scholars Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch, authors of "Bubbles and Crashes," for assessing tech bubbles.
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
I cannot think of a more perfect moment for Linux and Apple than right now. Software developers should use Microsoft’s purposeful abandonment of Windows 10 (and the hundreds of millions of PCs that still run it) to free themselves from the company’s control. www.tomshardware.com/software/ope...
Microsoft's decision to axe Windows 10 is driving Apple PC sales growth — users buy Macs instead of AI PCs despite Microsoft’s push for Copilot+ PCs | Tom's Hardware
Frustrated Windows 10 users are jumping ship to macOS.
www.tomshardware.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I cannot think of a more perfect moment for Linux and Apple than right now. Software developers should use Microsoft’s purposeful abandonment of Windows 10 (and the hundreds of millions of PCs that still run it) to free themselves from the company’s control. www.tomshardware.com/software/ope...
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Many excellent amicus briefs in the Scotus tariff cases. Do they attest to the belief the system still works - or is it because no matter how small the hope scotus will do the right thing it’s still hope? Let me highlight some
October 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Many excellent amicus briefs in the Scotus tariff cases. Do they attest to the belief the system still works - or is it because no matter how small the hope scotus will do the right thing it’s still hope? Let me highlight some