Daniel Hanley

@danielahanley
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Senior Legal Analyst at the Open Markets Institute.
Opinions are my own.
Bloghttps://danielhanley.substack.com/
Yes. State *and* local officials can supplement law enforcement while the federal government abdicates its fiduciary responsibilities.
https://globalcompetitionreview.com/gcr-usa/article/mamdani-asks-wall-street-regulator-halt-western-union-merger
Law students would likely be shocked to find just how frequently the mainstream antitrust profession treats Circuit Court decisions as more controlling than Supreme Court rulings, a stance that blatantly contradicts the fundamental structure of our legal system.
A new article in the New England Journal of Medicine says what people like me have been saying for years: mergers are harmful and more rigorous enforcement is needed. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2516842

Sotomayor apologizing for politely speaking the truth about the right on the same day Thomas insults half the country is such a perfect commentary on the asymmetry in politics.

Cowering liberals think this is a manners contest while conservatives are waging an ideological war.

Looking forward to speaking at Denver Law Review’s Volume 103 Symposium, Beyond Profit: Antitrust Regulation, Market Structure, and the Boundaries of Corporate Power this Friday.

Details below.

I will be publishing my remarks after the event.

Reminder to Dems and progressives: touting a policy as “pro-competition” or “pro-business” is uninspiring and misses the mark on what a progressive policy project aims to do. We are trying to create a more democratic, inclusive, & responsive political & economic system.
Looking forward to the panels at the ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting today. If you’re attending, feel free to reach out or come say hello!
Last week, I had the privilege of speaking to the Harvard Law School Antitrust Association. I argued that corporations control our lives with impunity, & that antitrust law is vital to tackling this problem & enhancing the public's economic & political liberty. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6434242
I am immensely excited and grateful for the opportunity to speak at Harvard Law School on March 11. I will be discussing how antitrust is shapes power and democracy. If you are a current HLS student, please come to the event and say hello.
https://hls.harvard.edu/events/the-role-of-antitrust-law-from-technocratic-to-democratic/
The Role of Antitrust Law: From Technocratic to Democratic - Harvard Law School

HLSAA invites you a to a lunch talk with Daniel Hanley, Senior Legal Analyst of Open Markets Institute. Lunch will be provided. Daniel will discuss how antitrust law influences our democracy. Antitrust is often treated as a technical area of law, but at its core, it is about power—who holds it, how it is exercised, […]

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