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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · 13d

and also another episode of 'The EU overregulates while the US innovates.'

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Euractiv @euractiv.com · 15d

Ribera comes out against AI ‘stop the clock’

EU's competition chief cautioned against the bloc rolling back on legislative initiatives or backtracking on existing rules at an event on Tuesday

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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · 25d

Antitrust people might remember Hipster Antitrust and the dismissive commentary, e.g. www.pymnts.com/cpi-posts/an...

Will the same magazine now feature Gangster Antitrust?

Antitrust Chronicle® – Hipster Antitrust | PYMNTS.com

Dear Readers, I was pleased to be asked to guest edit the April 2018 Antitrust Chronicle® on Hipster Antitrust. The consumer welfare standard in antitrust is an important part of antitrust law and pra...

www.pymnts.com

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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Sep 13

More shenanigans in US antitrust. How moving from technocratic decision-making to shambles takes only one quick step.
www.antitrustinstitute.org/work-product...

AAI Files Tunney Act Comments Questioning Unusual HPE/Juniper Settlement - American Antitrust Institute

AAI has filed Tunney Act comments urging the District Court for the Northern District of California to conduct additional discovery before considering whether it can approve the Department of Justice’...

www.antitrustinstitute.org

Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Sep 10

It seems to have been an ABA event, funding unclear from the website, program also hard to find

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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Aug 28

Unbearable: every step of Biden's FTC enforcement was criticized by many commentators. Current Executive acts egregiously, latest here: www.wsj.com/politics/pol..., and so-called thought leaders remain silent.

Exclusive | Trump Fires Board Member of Regulator Weighing Rail Merger

The termination is a continuation of a firing spree as the president seeks to expand his control over independent government agencies.

www.wsj.com

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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Aug 19

And what is remarkable is that no 'thought leader' is saying much, while every step by Lina Kahn was criticised.

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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Aug 16

Do they reveal that Alaska will be part of the USSR?

www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...

Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit

Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.

www.npr.org

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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Aug 16

Media Matters for America v FTC lnkd.in/e5Fzm8HT

In brief, FTC stifled freedom of expression. More specifically, the freedom of expression of a non-profit research center who 'has helped document instances of white nationalism, antisemitism and neo-Nazi rhetoric.'

FTC cast: see 8-10 and 40-42.

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Aug 14

Given the complexity and pace of the modern economy, non-enforcement is the superior strategy lest we forego efficiency gains.

Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Division has reinstated a willingness to settle merger reviews with targeted and well-crafted consent decrees that meet the Executive’s goals such as eliminating DEI initiatives.

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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Aug 14

America First Antitrust focuses on empowering American firms operate in markets, not enabling regulators and bureaucrats to rein in anticompetitive practices… We are unleashing the new American Golden Age through antitrust non-enforcement that removes regulatory burdens on firms.

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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Division will use this opportunity to continue its work to recalibrate and modernize the Federal approach to competition policy to suit the needs of the Executive.

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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Aug 14

Today, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division salutes the President’s decision to revoke Executive Order 14036
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/state...
a tongue-in-cheek thread rephrasing what this really means.

Statement on Revocation of Biden-Harris Executive Order on Competition

Today, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division salutes the President’s decision to revoke Executive Order 14036. The Division will use this opportunity to continue its work to recalibrate and m...

www.justice.gov

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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Aug 14

We are unleashing the new American Golden Age through antitrust non-enforcement that removes regulatory burdens on firms.

Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Division will use this opportunity to recalibrate the Federal approach to competition policy to suit the needs of the Executive.

America First Antitrust focuses on empowering American firms operate in markets, not enabling regulators and bureaucrats to rein in anticompetitive practices…

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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Aug 14

Given the complexity and pace of the modern economy, non-enforcement is the superior strategy lest we forego efficiency gains.

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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Division has reinstated a willingness to settle merger reviews with targeted and well-crafted consent decrees that meet the Executive’s goals such as reducing DEI initiatives.

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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Aug 12

While the past years have seen a slew of social media posts against Neo-Brandeis antitrust, I see much less criticism against America First Antitrust.
This piece starts to fill that gap: www.promarket.org/2025/08/11/t...
Rule of law ignored.

Weaponizing Antitrust and Regulation Will Hurt US Consumers - ProMarket

Diana Moss reviews four recent examples of the Trump administration weaponizing antitrust and regulation to stifle opposing ideological and political viewpoints.

www.promarket.org

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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Jun 27

This appeared on my feed just before a post asking 'what if international law did not exist?'
Well, it seems that now, in one country, all law, whatever source, has nearly ceased to exist.

Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · Jun 27

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in dissent, on the Court's ruling on universal injunctions and birthright citizenship:

"The Court’s decision to permit the Executive to violate the Constitution with respect to anyone who has not yet sued is an existential threat to the rule of law."

JUSTICE JACKSON, dissenting. I agree with every word of JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR’s dissent. I write separately to emphasize a key conceptual point: The Court’s decision to permit the Executive to violate the Constitution with respect to anyone who has not yet sued is an existential threat to the rule of law.

Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · Jun 27

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in dissent, on the Court's ruling on universal injunctions and birthright citizenship:

"The Court’s decision to permit the Executive to violate the Constitution with respect to anyone who has not yet sued is an existential threat to the rule of law."

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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Jun 18

link to report: cerre.eu/publications...

A Competition Policy for Cloud and AI

A Competition Policy for Cloud and AI - CERRE

cerre.eu

Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Apr 2

Would be nice to read a news story where the so-called Le Pen judgment (lesjours.fr/ressources/d...) was explained.
Noting: the number of defendants implicated; the clear motivations for the sentencing; the criminal and the civil claims.
The harm caused is palpable. Focus on this, please.

lesjours.fr

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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Mar 31

This was a fun chat, thanks to the panellists for sharing their insights.

😂Funniest take: DMA is 1 year old, too soon to tell if it will be a footballer or... a lawyer!

👉Important take: is the balance between enforcement and regulatory dialogue right?

✏️CERRE's take: cerre.eu/publications...

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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Mar 20

So much for freedom of expression: www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Unlikely to recommend any PhD student to apply for a study visit in the US. The risk factor is too high.

Bit by bit, globalization is eroded.

Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »

Le ministre de la recherche français a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines. Le chercheur du CNRS aurait subi un contrôle aléatoire à son arrivée, avant q...

www.lemonde.fr

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Sarah Perez 💙 @sarahp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Mar 13

Move over, Apple: Meet the alternative app stores coming to the EU https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/move-over-apple-meet-the-alternative-app-stores-coming-to-the-eu/

techcrunch.com

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Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition @mpi-inno-comp.bsky.social · Jan 31

📢 Call for Papers: Fairness as a Principle of #European #Law

The European Law Group invites abstract submissions for the 4th Max Planck Conference for Early Career European Scholars on 4 and 5 September 2025 in Munich by 1 April 2025.
@maxplancklaw.bsky.social

www.ip.mpg.de/en/the-insti...

Call for Papers: Fairness as a Principle of European Law - Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

The Max Planck European Law Group invites abstract submissions for the Fourth Max Planck Conference for Early Career European Scholars on 4 and 5 September 2025 in Munich. The conference will bring to...

www.ip.mpg.de

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Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Jan 23

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has published helpful guidance on "consent or pay" models for digital platforms. ico.org.uk/for-organisa...

Why give Meta free advice on how to comply? (see example A at the end)

Consent or pay

ico.org.uk

Giorgio Monti @gmonti.bsky.social · Jan 23

We are moving to an era of strategic antitrust by first eroding the independence of competition agencies. Next will come the shaping of policy. Merger free for all? (but then not much change) No more findings of dominance might be next?

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