June 24, 2024
Antitrust Lessons from Labor
Competition law encompasses both product markets and input markets: that is, it protects buyers but also sellers. Recently, antitrust in the United States has paid increased attention to workers as...
June 24, 2024
Heightened Antitrust Scrutiny in Labor Markets: The Turkish Competition Authority’s...
Competition law enforcement in labor markets is gaining global attention, particularly regarding no-poaching and wage-fixing agreements, which can limit competition for the labor. The Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) has emerged...
June 24, 2024
Why the Connected Economy Isn’t
The 2,000 members of the Marubo tribe were among the most disconnected people on Planet Earth. A people whose roots span many centuries, they live in a part of the...
June 24, 2024
CE 100 Index Gains 0.5% as Online Betting Names Pay...
The CE 100 Index was 0.5% higher this past week, boosted by the fortunes of the “Have Fun” group, which jumped 3.3%. Within that segment, DraftKings surged 7.9% and Flutter...
June 24, 2024
Synapse Trustee McWilliams Details New Challenges in Latest Status Report
It’s one step up and two steps back in the case of Synapse Financial’s bankruptcy, with the court-appointed trustee reporting progress Friday (June 21) in recovering and distributing customer funds....
June 21, 2024
Banking as a Service Faces ‘Slowdown’ as FIs Wait for...
For the banking as a service (BaaS) firms, the Synapse bankruptcy, the cease-and-desist order against Evolve, and the wait for regulatory clarity are all proving to be headwinds for the...
June 21, 2024
Thredd CEO Counts on Regulators to Address Vulnerabilities of Banking...
The relationships between FinTechs, banks and neobanks has been placed under a harsh spotlight with the recent revelations around the Synapse bankruptcy. The reaction from the industry so far has...
June 20, 2024
FTC Backs PTO’s New Patent Settlement Rules for Enhanced Antitrust...
This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its endorsement of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (PTO) newly proposed regulations aimed at increasing transparency and antitrust oversight in patent...
June 20, 2024
XiFin CFO on Planning Your Work, Then Working the Plan
Over the past 10 years, more change has occurred than over the previous 50. Technological innovation has transformed business functions, operating models, roles, responsibilities, and nearly every element of the...