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Let's talk antitrust: Discussing recent cases and emerging competition issues
Recent cases and judgments have shone a light on some emerging themes and trends that companies will want to consider as part of their risk management framework.
On June 12, 2020, just three days shy of the 100th anniversary of the infamous lynchings of three African-Americans in Duluth, Minnesota, and less than three weeks after the brutal murder of George Floyd at the hands (and knees) of Minneapolis police officers, the Minnesota Board of Pardons granted the state’s first-ever posthumous pardon. It went to the one individual convicted of the trumped-up charges of rape that had resulted in the lynchings a century earlier.
In granting a posthumous pardon to Max Mason, Minnesota joined the growing list of jurisdictions that have turned to this historically-rare remedy as a means of redressing injustices—most commonly racial—of the past. This Article, based in large part on the petition submitted to the Minnesota Board of Pardons, explores the historical backdrop of the Duluth Lynchings and the wrongful conviction of Mr. Mason, the evolution of posthumous pardons, and discusses how posthumous pardons may in the future play a more prominent role in bending the arc of the moral universe towards justice.
Read the full University of St. Thomas Law Journal article, "Righting wrongs through posthumous pardons: Max Mason, the Duluth Lynchings and lessons for the future."
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Recent cases and judgments have shone a light on some emerging themes and trends that companies will want to consider as part of their risk management framework.
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After a lacklustre finish to 2022 when compared to the vintage year for M&A that was 2021, dealmakers expected 2023 to see the market continue to cool in most sectors, in response to the economic headwinds of rising inflation (with its corresponding impact on financing costs), declining market valuations, tightening regulatory scrutiny and increasing geopolitical tensions.
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On 18 September 2023, the CMA published its Initial Report (Initial Report) on AI Foundation Models (FM), supplemented in April 2024 with the publication of its “Update Paper” focused on potential antitrust risks associated with FMs and a “Technical Update Report” providing more detail on the development on FMs (collectively the “Reports”). Below, we consider these CMA publications.
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