regulatory policy

14 Jul

State Antitrust Enforcement Challenges Federal Deal Approvals

hightechz.net0 CommentsBusiness, Trendingantitrust enforcement, deal-making, media merger, regulatory policy, state attorneys general

When States Become the Last Antitrust Cops Standing The Trump administration just waved through a $110 billion media merger. Within days, twelve state attorneys general sued to block it. Welcome to the new frontier of antitrust enforcement—where Washington's blessing means almost nothing if state-level legal challenges stand in the way. Per TechCrunch, the states allege that consolidating Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery would harm movie theaters, cable distributors, and audiences. California, New York, and ten other states aren't waiting for federal courts to act. They're moving on their own, treating state antitrust law as a parallel enforcement track that can…

18 Jun

AI Gets Grid Fast Lane While Workers Face Investigations

hightechz.net0 CommentsBusinessai infrastructure, Data Centers, power grid, regulatory policy, worker rights

AI Gets a Grid Fast Lane — Workers Get Investigated The federal government just handed AI data centers a golden ticket to America's power infrastructure, while simultaneously Amazon workers who dared speak out about those same data centers now face internal investigations. The juxtaposition isn't accidental. It's a window into how infrastructure policy operates when capital has a seat at the table and labor doesn't. Here's what's happening: regulators are moving fast to solve a real problem—AI buildout is outpacing grid capacity. But the solution they've chosen reveals something uncomfortable about whose problem actually gets solved. Photo by Matthew Henry…