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Antitrust Chronicle® – Labor & Antitrust

June 2024, Volume 1

Dear Readers, Antitrust enforcers are increasingly turning their attention to competition in labor markets, both in the context of mergers, and where, for example, noncompete agreements limit employees’ freedom to change jobs. This is true in the U.S., the EU and worldwide, and reflects a growing recognition of the monopsony...

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June

“Buy Now, Pay Later” (“BNPL”) has moved from fintech curiosity to embedded infrastructure in modern consumer markets, quietly reshaping how credit is extended, priced, and experienced. What began as a frictionless alternative to traditional lending now sits at the intersection of payments, consumer protection, and competition policy.




May

As health systems evolve beyond purely clinical data toward richer, more contextualized information environments, the integration of SDoH into AI systems raises a central tension: the same data that can improve equity and care delivery can also encode and obscure discrimination. The contributions in this issue begin to map that terrain.




April

This Chronicle explores the rapidly evolving intersection of foreign direct investment and technology, a space where traditional assumptions about openness, control, and market integration are being fundamentally reworked.


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