Charles Tiefer Quoted in NY Times Article - G.O.P. Demands on Prosecutor in Trump Case Test Limits of Oversight Power WASHINGTON — The demand by House Republicans for information from a local prosecutor in New York about his criminal investigation into former President Donald J. Trump is pushing an already escalating fight over the scope [...]
Amanda Lewis' Senate testimony quoted in Politico. CGL's Amanda Lewis is quoted in the article 'Washington prepares for war with Amazon'. Politico reports "The Biden administration is planning to take action soon on at least three of its half-dozen investigations of Amazon — moves that could lead to a blitz of litigation to rein in [...]
Amanda Lewis’ testimony from the Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust and Consumer Rights of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Amanda Lewis testified before the Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust and Consumer Rights of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Ms Lewis urged Congress to move quickly to pass both AICOA and OAMA (Open App Markets Act) into law. [...]
CGL's Amanda Lewis testified before the Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust and Consumer Rights of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Hearing entitled, Reining in Dominant Digital Platforms: Restoring Competition to Our Digital Markets. Full testimony to follow. Link to committee website
Charles Tiefer publishes expanded Holman Rule essay in The Conversation How the ‘Holman rule’ allows the House to fast-track proposals to gut government programs without debate or much thought at all. Link to full article
CGL's Charles Tiefer writes about the Holman Rule in the Los Angeles Times The slim Republican majority in the House of Representatives recently voted to give itself a streamlined way to fire civil servants and shut down federal programs it doesn’t like – outside the standard process of review and debate. The Holman Rule lets [...]
CGL's Amanda Lewis serves as co-founder and Director of U.S. Competition Policy for a new coalition called the Responsible Online Commerce Coalition (ROCC). ROCC is a trade association for businesses that rely on Amazon and other large online commerce platforms to reach their customers. Founded by leading U.S. and European antitrust experts, ROCC is working [...]
Jonathan W. Cuneo inducted into The American Antitrust Institute’s Private Antitrust Enforcement Hall of Fame.At the 2022 AAI Awards ceremony in Washington, DC, Jonathan W. Cuneo, founding partner of Cuneo Gilbert Laduca LLC, was inducted into the AAI Hall of Fame. AAI President Diana Moss noted, in announcing the award, that “Jon Cuneo is an iconic [...]
CGL brought a series of class actions against operators of toll roads throughout the state of California, alleging that that those entities improperly shared drivers’ Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) in violation of California law. Two of the four cases have been settled and two more are currently in active litigation. These cases include: In re [...]
In Re: Family Dollar Stores, Inc., Pest Infestation Litigation, MDL 3032 (Western District of Tennessee). Alleges that various products sold at Family Dollar stores located in the states of Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Mississippi, pose health and safety risks as the result of being shelved in Family Dollar’s West Memphis, Arkansas distribution facility [...]