Hanqing Chen

senior correspondent at @capitol_forum // signal: hanqing.chen03 • via @dealreporter, @asahi, @propublica etc. grew up on coffee and late nights @nyunews

[The Capitol Forum @Capitol_Forum]

DOJ in Settlement Talks with Egg Producers Over Price-Coordination Concerns
https://t.co/BIMoJxRmj4

h/t @KristaKBrown
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[The Capitol Forum @Capitol_Forum]

Cintas/UniFirst: Deal Proponents, Opponents Step Up White House Lobbying as HSR Waiting Period Expiration Looms
https://t.co/hn9vySOAl7

h/t @joshkosman & @saniya_rao
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[The Capitol Forum @Capitol_Forum]

Union Pacific/Norfolk Southern: DOJ Economist Leading Review is Skeptical of Transcontinental Rail Benefits, Sources Say
https://t.co/JLgWW4VdUb

h/t @joshkosman
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[The Capitol Forum @Capitol_Forum]

Compass Inc: Following Anywhere Acquisition, Company Pressures 'Preferred' Photographers in Boston Area for Rebates
https://t.co/VCBrOLQcGu

h/t @KristaKBrown
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[rat king 🐀 @MikeIsaac]

“opposing our megamerger is antisemitic” is an instant hall of fame line lmao

[ProPublica @propublica]

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[AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @AZAGMayes]

MultiPlan and major insurance companies across Arizona allegedly conspired to keep payments to providers low in a scheme to pad their profit margins.

Full press release here: https://t.co/sy0dfFrNWd

[Sacha Sloan @sloan_sacha]

Exclusive: California’s attorney general has conflict-of-interest concerns about Paramount’s hiring of a star trial lawyer who is also representing state enforcers in their suit against Live Nation.

@Capitol_Forum subscribers saw it on Friday:

[The Capitol Forum @Capitol_Forum]

State Attorneys General Probing Soybean and Corn Seed Industry
https://t.co/ygdopmXo92

h/t @papscun & @TeddyDowney
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[Hanqing Chen @HanqingC]

@writingistough congrats!!!!

[The Capitol Forum @Capitol_Forum]

IonQ/SkyWater: FTC Fields Third Party Complaints; PsiQuantum Weighs Switching Amid 'Serious' Deal Concerns; QuamCore Plans to Stay
https://t.co/kGptqAg62F

h/t @HanqingC
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[The Capitol Forum @Capitol_Forum]

NextEra/Dominion: Watchdogs and State Senator Call for Virginia Regulator's Recusal From Review of Largest-Ever U.S. Utility Merger
https://t.co/rdsrpgQXet

h/t @jaarbutus & @MaxBerengaut
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[Rebecca Kern @rebeccamkern]

We wrote that NCAA antitrust exemption bill was coming in early June for @Capitol_Forum - but sound like it could come as soon as this week. With @joshkosman

[Dan Papscun @papscun]

DOJ says Bayer has committed to cease potentially anticompetive loyalty program provisions in its corn + soybean biz.

I reported for @Capitol_Forum in Dec. that the same loyalty programs locked indie seed companies into sourcing from Bayer even if they'd rather buy elsewhere.

[Sacha Sloan @sloan_sacha]

Days after my @Capitol_Forum colleagues broke news of a criminal price-fixing probe into software provider Claritev, the company confirmed in an SEC filing that it has received a grand jury subpoena from DOJ "in connection with an investigation regarding health insurance":

[The Capitol Forum @Capitol_Forum]

DOJ Launches Criminal Antitrust Probe into Claritev
https://t.co/SygGeuYGfb

h/t @HanqingC, @LisaEpst, @Chris_Kane_, & @saniya_rao
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[Rebecca Kern @rebeccamkern]

With @joshkosman, @jbliss1987 and Nate Soderstrom - FCC’s Adam
Candeub is the top candidate to lead the DOJ antitrust division. He wa interfered for the role by the White HouseC as well as Adam Cella and Michael Murray. For @Capitol_Forum

[The Capitol Forum @Capitol_Forum]

Cintas/UniFirst: FTC Staff Probing $5.5 Billion Uniform Rental Deal; Evaluating National Customers, Bidding Data
https://t.co/ztEXIPZRTs

h/t @saniya_rao
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[The Capitol Forum @Capitol_Forum]

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: EC Leaning Toward Phase 1 Clearance, Sources Say
https://t.co/EHOrReAoQ6

h/t @JavierespBX
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[The Capitol Forum @Capitol_Forum]

Merger-Related Lobbying Ticks Up as Antitrust Agency Advocacy Slips; Union Pacific Spends More to Boost Support for Norfolk Southern Deal
https://t.co/AGfes8FLUA

h/t @jaarbutus
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