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SCOTUS Weyerhauser Opinion Released

TOTM Justice Thomas’ opinion is available here. Read the full piece here.

Justice Thomas’ opinion is available here.

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Antitrust & Consumer Protection

The Unconvincing Antitrust Case Against Wal-Mart

TOTM I recently picked up a copy of the July Harper’s Magazine to read an essay by Barry C. Lynn entitled, “Breaking the Chain: The Antitrust . . .

I recently picked up a copy of the July Harper’s Magazine to read an essay by Barry C. Lynn entitled, “Breaking the Chain: The Antitrust Case Against Wal-Mart.” If you can’t tell from the title, the basic point is that antitrust authorities should break up Wal-Mart and put an end to the immense havoc that the retail giant has caused the economy. There is very little in the way of actual analysis in the article. It is mostly hand waving about retail consolidation without economic coherence, with some dramatic parade-of-horribles-type hyberbole mixed in.

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Antitrust & Consumer Protection