Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy blog posts and other commentary, (May 7, 2026)

By WK Editorial Staff

The week’s most insightful, intriguing, or entertaining blog posts regarding antitrust and trade regulation issues.

• Constantine Cannon Antitrust Group Blog, Constantine Cannon Files Amicus Brief Supporting Anthropic in AI Copyright Case

• The Antitrust Attorney Blog, Beyond the DOJ Complaint: Potential Exclusionary Conduct Theories in the Apple Ecosystem

• WSJ Opinion, Spirit Airlines and the Antitrust Left A case study in how Lina Khan’s theories about competition failed in the real world, by The Editorial Board

• StepAhead: Antitrust & Competition Insights, Fuel Prices and Competition Law: The Bundeskartellamt Steps Up, by Robert Klotz and Lucia Rama

• CPI Blogs, When Courts Meet Code: Judicial Review of Competition and DMA Decisions,

• Worth Weil Antitrust, Scale on up! The European Commission publishes its revised Merger Guidelines, by Niklas Maydell, Jenine Hulsmann and Chris Chapman

• Ad Law Access, Washington AG Targets Grocery Stores Over BOGO Offers, by Gonzalo E. Mon

• Advertising Law Blog, NEWSLETTER: Advertising, Marketing & Promotions - May 7, 2026, by Andrew B. Lustigman, Scott Shaffer and Mary L. Grieco

• All About Advertising Law, U.S. vs. UK Contract Law in Advertising Agency Agreements Explained, by Barry Benjamin

• Inside Privacy, Three notable changes to the UK ICO’s guidance on cookies, and a hint of a more permissive approach to advertising cookies in the future, by Paul Maynard

• Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Blog, Maryland Enacts First-of-its-Kind Ban on Surveillance Pricing for Grocery Sales

• TCPA World, QUIET HOUR KILLER: Court Holds TCPA Quiet Hours Claims Cannot be Brought By Plaintiff Who Voluntarily Provided Their Phone Number to Caller, by Puja "Queenie" Amin

• National Leading Franchise Law And Commercial Litigation Firm, The “Item 19” Reality Check: What the Numbers Don’t Tell You

• Goldstein Franchise Blog, Goodwill, Relational Governance, and Deterrence in Franchising and Dealer Channels: Integrated Theory, Explanations, and ROC Guide, by Jeffrey M. Goldstein

Have you seen (or written) a blog post that fits the bill? Send a note to ALD@wolterskluwer.com, with a link to the suggested post.

Attorneys: Constantine Cannon Antitrust Team (Constantine Cannon LLP); Bona Law PC (Bona Law PC); Robert Klotz and Lucia Rama (Steptoe LLP); Niklas Maydell, Jenine Hulsmann and Chris Chapman (Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP); Gonzalo E. Mon (Kelley Drye & Warren LLP); Barry Benjamin (Venable LLP); Paul Maynard (Covington & Burling LLP); (Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP); Zarco Einhorn Salkowski, P.A. (Zarco Einhorn Salkowski, P.A.); Jeffrey M. Goldstein (Goldstein Law Firm, PLLC.).

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