Bryan Koenig

Reporter @law360 Opinions are mine but wit is for the world. Twitter refugee now at

[Bryan Koenig @bkoenig94]

This is what I expect to be my very last post on this particular hellsite. If you want occasional posts on #antitrust, #fitness, general #nerdery and whatever else comes to mind, check me out at https://t.co/wVKTykfBv5 #goodbyetwitter

[ProPublica @propublica]

For decades, Justice Clarence Thomas has secretly accepted luxury trips from a major Republican donor, newly obtained documents and interviews show.

The extent and frequency of these apparent gifts to Thomas has no known precedent in modern SCOTUS history... 🧵👇

[Katie Buehler @bykatiebuehler]

UPDATE: Along with the lawsuit, the Justice Department also filed a settlement agreement in which Activision Blizzard (@ATVI_AB) agreed to drop the cap. The settlement agreement must be approved by a federal judge.
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@DrGem2015 @FTC @illumina @GrailBio @EU_Commission I don't care if you praise FTC Chair Lina Khan or criticize her. I cover what the FTC does, its wins & its losses, plain & simple. But leave the dog-whistle racism out of it. There's no "the" in front of her name. She's not a central Asian conqueror from the 12th century

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The @FTC predictably reversed an in-house judge who rejected an agency challenge to @illumina's @GrailBio reacquisition, which is already facing a @EU_Commission order against the deal. https://t.co/ZMtGP7RM5Y

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@FTC @illumina @GrailBio @EU_Commission Worth remembering: the commissioners authorized suit in the 1st place, which was then handled by staffers in front of an agency admin law judge, who rejected the challenge. The 1st round of appeals goes to the same commission. Illumina plans to further appeal to fed court

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@Google @Law360 Details here: https://t.co/uFwtgaySEy

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NEW: A California federal judge just sanctioned @Google for failing to preserve evidence in the Android app distribution case, faulting the co. for its default policy to delete chats (which should've been discoverable) after 24 hours. Story soon @Law360

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@JusticeATR @Law360 DOJ only started pursuing these kinds of cases criminally in last few years, after previously pursuing them with civil charges that don't come with jail time. Their only wins have come from guilty pleas and a jury that convicted on lying to investigators, NOT antitrust charge

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The @JusticeATR batting avg in no-poach/wage-fixing criminal charges remains Zero in cases that went to the jury after a Maine fed jury acquitted home health agency operators accused of wage-fixing

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@JusticeATR Background here from my @law360 colleague Cara Salvatore https://t.co/2tAHnUzYCo

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@ChristieSmythe

[Bryan Koenig @bkoenig94]

@ChristieSmythe @KevinTDugan @BobVanVoris @KlasfeldReports @ReRosenberg @Smerelman @nateraymond @CescaAntonelli @MattGoldstein26 @kajawhitehouse @jruss_jruss @AndrewKeshner Naturally I'm having trouble finding the court. But my impression was you could take notes, just not a full and complete transcript of the whole thing. Also, if this is of any help: https://t.co/bJLehUc3Yg

[Bryan Koenig @bkoenig94]

@ChristieSmythe @KevinTDugan @BobVanVoris @KlasfeldReports @ReRosenberg @Smerelman @Bill__Donahue @nateraymond @CescaAntonelli @MattGoldstein26 @kajawhitehouse @jruss_jruss @AndrewKeshner I agree. But never underestimate a court's desire for control *just because.* I'm doing some research on different court procedures and I came across at least 1 rule forbidding observers from taking down a full, verbatim transcript

[Bryan Koenig @bkoenig94]

@ChristieSmythe @BobVanVoris @KlasfeldReports @ReRosenberg @Smerelman @Bill__Donahue @nateraymond @CescaAntonelli @MattGoldstein26 @KevinTDugan @kajawhitehouse @jruss_jruss @AndrewKeshner Weird. Assuming the whole thing was in open court and they didn't have to close the courtroom for anything, I'm having trouble understanding how they could redact any of it. In DC at least, you can physically go to the courthouse to read transcripts before the 90 day period

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@Law360 And here: https://t.co/UBKUIAapsS

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In with a long delay, out without firing a shot? @JusticeATR just dropped its appeal of its loss challenging the @UHC/@Change_HC merger. Without so much as filing its opening brief. And this after the dept waited a month & a half to say it'd appeal at all

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Background from @Law360 here: https://t.co/XgsO48yStV

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A Q for #lawtwitter I've been mulling since the Va fed judge castigated @Google's lawyers last week for so much as asking to bring electronics into the court, where they're flatly banned ("that doesn't happen in my courtroom"). Are there any other courthouses so restrictive?