Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen
@leahnylen.bsky.social
I cover antitrust. Currently reporting for Bloomberg News. Former Politico, MLex, CQ. Email me at lnylen2 at bloomberg.net. On Signal: leahnylen.88. Opinions are my own (obvi).
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👋🏻 new followers. I’m Leah. I’m a journalist who’s spent the past decade covering monopolies, price-fixing, mega-mergers and legal efforts to rein them in.
A dispatch from today’s closings in US v Google (ad tech) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Google Judge Signals Concerns Over DOJ-Backed Ad Exchange Sale
The judge overseeing the US Justice Department’s antitrust case over Google’s ad tech monopolies said she is concerned about how long a forced sale of the company’s advertising exchange might take and...
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
A dispatch from today’s closings in US v Google (ad tech) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I read some books and wrote an essay for Bloomberg Weekend:
Don’t Expect AI To Disrupt Google’s Monopoly on Search
A judge said artificial intelligence would upend Google’s dominance, but two new books argue that monopolies rarely fix themselves.
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I read some books and wrote an essay for Bloomberg Weekend:
Meta wins; FTC loses in antitrust case
Meta Wins FTC Antitrust Trial Over Instagram, Whatsapp Deals
Meta Platforms Inc. won a key lawsuit Tuesday after a federal judge ruled that the company’s acquisitions of the photo-sharing app Instagram and messaging service WhatsApp don’t violate US antitrust l...
www.bloomberg.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Meta wins; FTC loses in antitrust case
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Congrats to my friend @ellenhuet.bsky.social, whose book, Empire of Orgasm, comes out TODAY. What started as some dogged reporting about an SF wellness company, turned into a vivid tale about a full-on sex cult. Get it now!
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Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
bookshop.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Congrats to my friend @ellenhuet.bsky.social, whose book, Empire of Orgasm, comes out TODAY. What started as some dogged reporting about an SF wellness company, turned into a vivid tale about a full-on sex cult. Get it now!
bookshop.org/p/books/empi...
bookshop.org/p/books/empi...
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NEW: DOJ has been in settlement talks with Michael Flynn -- Trump's first national security adviser seeking $50M for his prosecution by ex-special counsel Robert Mueller -- and Stefan Passantino, a Trump I White House lawyer who accused the House Jan. 6 committee of privacy violations
bit.ly/4hWdolc
bit.ly/4hWdolc
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW: DOJ has been in settlement talks with Michael Flynn -- Trump's first national security adviser seeking $50M for his prosecution by ex-special counsel Robert Mueller -- and Stefan Passantino, a Trump I White House lawyer who accused the House Jan. 6 committee of privacy violations
bit.ly/4hWdolc
bit.ly/4hWdolc
The US Justice Department closed a years-long antitrust probe into the meatpacking industry during the Covid-19 pandemic just weeks before President Donald Trump demanded a fresh investigation,
DOJ Closed Meat Probe Just Before Trump’s Investigation Demand
The US Justice Department closed a years-long antitrust probe into the meatpacking industry during the Covid-19 pandemic just weeks before President Donald Trump demanded a fresh investigation, accord...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The US Justice Department closed a years-long antitrust probe into the meatpacking industry during the Covid-19 pandemic just weeks before President Donald Trump demanded a fresh investigation,
From my colleague @lauranahmias.bsky.social (with a little assist from me): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Lina Khan Wants to Amplify Mamdani’s Power With Little-Used Laws
Former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said she’s exploring ways to maximize New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s executive authority through little-used laws already in place.
www.bloomberg.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
From my colleague @lauranahmias.bsky.social (with a little assist from me): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The TunneyAct-related hearing in US v HP set for Nov. 18 at 10amPT will be live streamed:
cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/j/160208161...
Webinar ID: 160 208 1619
Password: 144322
cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/j/160208161...
Webinar ID: 160 208 1619
Password: 144322
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November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The TunneyAct-related hearing in US v HP set for Nov. 18 at 10amPT will be live streamed:
cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/j/160208161...
Webinar ID: 160 208 1619
Password: 144322
cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/j/160208161...
Webinar ID: 160 208 1619
Password: 144322
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"artistic"
translation: he has seen your memes, and he loves them
translation: he has seen your memes, and he loves them
Sandwich Guy thanks everyone for their support, “emotional, spiritual, artistic or financial.” Intones, “Let us not forget that the great seal of the United States says…‘ out of many, one.’…You all have a right to live a life that is free.”
November 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"artistic"
translation: he has seen your memes, and he loves them
translation: he has seen your memes, and he loves them
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We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
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Lina Khan, as she is announced as being part of Zohran Mamdani’s transition team:
“I think what we saw last night was New Yorkers not just electing a new mayor, but clearly rejecting a politics where outside corporate power and money too often.”
“I think what we saw last night was New Yorkers not just electing a new mayor, but clearly rejecting a politics where outside corporate power and money too often.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Lina Khan, as she is announced as being part of Zohran Mamdani’s transition team:
“I think what we saw last night was New Yorkers not just electing a new mayor, but clearly rejecting a politics where outside corporate power and money too often.”
“I think what we saw last night was New Yorkers not just electing a new mayor, but clearly rejecting a politics where outside corporate power and money too often.”
Helping Mamdani's transition on economic policy issues: former FTC Chair Lina Khan www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Fresh off of a historic election victory, Mamdani names his transition team
A slate of women leaders with experience across three New York City administrations will help smooth the path for the political novice.
www.politico.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Helping Mamdani's transition on economic policy issues: former FTC Chair Lina Khan www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Tariffs, Trump, and furry unicorn yoga balls: Must-read from @gregstohr.bsky.social on this week's blockbuster action in the US Supreme Court buff.ly/gsBVs1a
Trump Battles Tiny Toymaker Over Tariffs in Landmark Supreme Court Case
A Chicago-area toy company is among the businesses arguing to the justices this week that most of the president’s tariffs should be struck down.
www.bloomberg.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Tariffs, Trump, and furry unicorn yoga balls: Must-read from @gregstohr.bsky.social on this week's blockbuster action in the US Supreme Court buff.ly/gsBVs1a
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Media Matters won again in court. A federal appeals court panel split 2-1 to uphold the district court decision to stay the FTC probe into its reporting on advertiser practices on social media. Our previous story on the lower court's ruling: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Judge blocks FTC probe into liberal media watchdog
Media Matters won a preliminary injunction on First Amendment grounds after a judge found the agency was retaliating against its reporting on Elon Musk’s X.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Media Matters won again in court. A federal appeals court panel split 2-1 to uphold the district court decision to stay the FTC probe into its reporting on advertiser practices on social media. Our previous story on the lower court's ruling: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Today’s 9th Circuit argument in Epic-Apple was a bit of a bear www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Apple’s Fight With Epic Over Opening App Store Returns to Court
Apple Inc. is back before a US federal appeals court Tuesday contesting an order forcing it to open its lucrative mobile App Store to links to cheaper payment options.
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Today’s 9th Circuit argument in Epic-Apple was a bit of a bear www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Cali just banned bosses from requiring workers to repay them if they quit: www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/u...
Staffing agencies have sued hundreds of healthcare workers for quitting or refusing work, sometimes seeking five figures, I reported in this investigation: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Staffing agencies have sued hundreds of healthcare workers for quitting or refusing work, sometimes seeking five figures, I reported in this investigation: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.gov.ca.gov
October 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Cali just banned bosses from requiring workers to repay them if they quit: www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/u...
Staffing agencies have sued hundreds of healthcare workers for quitting or refusing work, sometimes seeking five figures, I reported in this investigation: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Staffing agencies have sued hundreds of healthcare workers for quitting or refusing work, sometimes seeking five figures, I reported in this investigation: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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"The court is required to continue its constitutional functions"
US judges so far have rejected the Justice Department’s requests to delay more than a dozen legal challenges to Trump administration policies as the government shutdown enters its second week:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US judges so far have rejected the Justice Department’s requests to delay more than a dozen legal challenges to Trump administration policies as the government shutdown enters its second week:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"The court is required to continue its constitutional functions"
US judges so far have rejected the Justice Department’s requests to delay more than a dozen legal challenges to Trump administration policies as the government shutdown enters its second week:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US judges so far have rejected the Justice Department’s requests to delay more than a dozen legal challenges to Trump administration policies as the government shutdown enters its second week:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
from my colleagues in Brussels
OpenAI Warns EU Antitrust Watchdogs of Big Tech’s Data Dominance
OpenAI has raised concerns with European Union antitrust enforcers over potentially harmful conduct by the likes of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc.
www.bloomberg.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
from my colleagues in Brussels
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Like a spy thriller, but it's a plane load of H1-B holders rushing to fly back to the U.S. to meet a (maybe, confusing) White House deadline. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Like a spy thriller, but it's a plane load of H1-B holders rushing to fly back to the U.S. to meet a (maybe, confusing) White House deadline. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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New @businessweek.bsky.social feature: On a budget of $1 per American, NIOSH conducts or funds most US research on how to keep workers alive & well. The Trump Administration decided to blow it up.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Based on interviews with 40+ current/recent staff throughout NIOSH
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Based on interviews with 40+ current/recent staff throughout NIOSH
How Trump Broke Corporate America’s Most Valuable Consultant
Businesses are begging the White House and RFK Jr. to rethink their massive cuts to Niosh, a workplace research agency that saves the US billions of dollars a year.
www.bloomberg.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
New @businessweek.bsky.social feature: On a budget of $1 per American, NIOSH conducts or funds most US research on how to keep workers alive & well. The Trump Administration decided to blow it up.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Based on interviews with 40+ current/recent staff throughout NIOSH
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Based on interviews with 40+ current/recent staff throughout NIOSH
