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Antitrust Division and U.S. Postal Service Make First-Ever Whistleblower Payment: $1M Awarded for Reporting Antitrust Crime (US Department of Justice)
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/antitrust-division-and-us-postal-service-award-first-ever-1m-payment-whistleblower-reporting
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p157#a260129p157

Michigan Sues Oil Giants, Saying They Collude to Make Energy Costlier https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/climate/michigan-oil-companies-lawsuit-antitrust-affordability.html

Michigan Sues Oil Giants, Saying They Collude to Make Energy Costlier
The lawsuit accuses the companies of raising prices by working against solar and wind power and by downplaying the risks of climate change.

corporate_directors: Global corporate directors (2016)
Bipartite network of directors and the companies on whose boards they sit, spanning 54 countries worldwide, constructed from data collected by the Financial Times (c. Sept. 2016). Person nodes are annotated with age and gender. Company nodes are annotated with their country, sector, industry, and number of employees.
This network has 356638 nodes and 377060 edges.
Tags: Economic, Governance, Unweighted, Metadata

US Senator Elizabeth Warren calls a potential Paramount-WBD merger an "antitrust disaster" and questions the influence of the Trump White House on the deal (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/elizabeth-warren-paramount-warner-b…

Elizabeth Warren Calls Paramount-WBD Deal An “Antitrust Disaster,” Questions Trump Influence
The senator questioned the influence of the Trump administration.

NBA Landing spots for Giannis Antetokounmpo; Browns hire Todd Monken as next coach

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/giannis-antetokounmpo-nba-trade-deadline-browns-todd…

Hey, FTC is appealing the Meta (Facebook/Insta/WhatsApp) antitrust case: https://apnews.com/article/ftc-meta-appeal-antitrust-752463c7783ba14b00b686fe0c933f88
(Disclosure: I’m an expert witness for FTC in this litigation.)

FTC says it will appeal Meta antitrust decision
The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday it will appeal the November ruling in favor of Meta in its antitrust case against the social media giant. The FTC said it continues to allege that, for more than a decade, Meta has illegally maintained a monopoly in social networking through anticompetitive conduct. The FTC says Meta bought the significant competitive threats it identified in Instagram and WhatsApp. Meta prevailed over the existential challenge to its business that could have forced the…

Russia’s new “anti-drone” solution – dressing soldiers like giant penguins #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/29/russias-new-antidrone-solution-dressing.html

🤯 Why is Michael Jordan suing Nascar? The blockbuster antitrust trial, explained
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/06/michael-jordan-nascar-antitrust-lawsuit-explained

Why is Michael Jordan suing Nascar? The blockbuster antitrust trial, explained
Michael Jordan’s lawsuit claims Nascar holds too much control over teams and money. Here’s what the trial is about and why its outcome could change everything

eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.

eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.