Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy blog posts and other commentary, (Aug 7, 2025)

By WK Editorial Staff

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

• Cleary Antitrust Watch, Shareholder Engagement Considerations in light of Texas v. Blackrock, by Helena K. Grannis, Joseph M. Kay and Shuangjun Wang

• Competition on the Merits, The Real, Dark Secret About the HPE-Juniper Settlement Isn't About Lobbying, by Josh Wright

• Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog, Manufacturers’ Dilemma Falling into Exclusive-Offer Competition: A Laboratory Experiment, by D Daniel Sokol

• Insights Blog, How Trump’s AI Action Plan and Executive Orders Will Impact U.S. Technology and Federal Procurement, by Shannon Yavorsky

• StepAhead: Antitrust & Competition Insights, Consent Decrees Re-enter the Merger Enforcement Landscape: What Does This Mean for Merging Parties?, by Michael L. Weiner and Weisiyu Jiang

• Antitrust Litigation, Federal Judge Tosses Hotel Price-Fixing Lawsuit Over Insufficient Evidence Of Collusion Through Revenue Software

• Ad Law Access, Influencer Lawsuit Dismissed on Procedural Grounds, by Gonzalo E. Mon

• Advertising Law Blog, Illinois Court Rejects Text Message from Do Not Call Claims, by Scott Shaffer

• Inside Privacy, Oklahoma Substantially Amends Its Data Breach Notification Statute, by Ashden Fein, Caleb Skeath, Micaela McMurrough, Emily Pehrsson and Sierra Stubbs

• Privacy & Information Security Law Blog, CIPL Responds to Children’s Privacy Consultations from Colorado, Australia and Canada

• TCPA World, SIGNED BY SILENCE?: Court Finds Consumer Agreed to Arbitration By Failing To Respond to A Text Message– And Its A Little Odd, by Eric J. Troutman

• Rebecca Tushnet's 43(B)log, resale is not a misrepresentation of being an authorized seller under false advertising law, by Rebecca Tushnet

• Goldstein Blog, What if Your Costs Are Higher Than Expected As a Franchisee?

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: Helena K. Grannis, Joseph M. Kay and Shuangjun Wang (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP). Shannon Yavorsky (Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP). Michael L. Weiner and Weisiyu Jiang (Steptoe LLP). (Shearman & Sterling LLP). Gonzalo E. Mon (Kelley Drye & Warren LLP). Scott Shaffer (Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP). Ashden Fein, Caleb Skeath, Micaela McMurrough, Emily Pehrsson and Sierra Stubbs (Covington & Burling LLP). (Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP).

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