Katie Van Dyck

As private equity buys into the $40 billion youth sports industry, everyday families are being priced out.

"We have this affordability crisis, and youth sports are one of those things that’s becoming an activity only for the wealthy,”
@capitolkvd.bsky.social tells @lukewgoldstein.bsky.social

For those keeping track, the first half of our motion has already been granted, and ILSR is officially an Intervenor in FTC v. Pepsi. Good start!

I was thrilled to file this motion yesterday. Public access to court filings is a foundation of our democracy. Don't let the powerful hide behind protective orders. Force them to play by the rules and justify every single redaction.

Defying Supreme Court orders, w/ a complicit Congress, is not just a constitutional crisis. It is a constitutional failure. We're officially in an autocracy. Time to start disciplining lawyers who defy court orders. Revoke licenses and court admissions, deny PHV apps, enforce the rule of law.

What antitrust immunity looks like.

Imagine the NFL doing this with Mahomes and State Farm or the NBA with LeBron and Nike.

I guess college sports tradition is a junior Deloitte accountant deciding how much Buddy Garrity can pay the new tight end for local TV spots.

#NIL #NCAA

Trump's Big Speech, Trade War Roller Coaster, and Elon v. Jon Stewart Podcast Episode · Pivot · 03/07/2025 · 1h 18m

@karaswisher.bsky.social nails it on Pivot this week talking about oligarchy and innovation. Hint: the former kills the latter.

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Please, please, please. Tell me there are alternatives to the Lexis/Westlaw duopoly for law journals. Please, please, please. Don’t point point me to Fastcase.

I hope Congress doesn't lose sight of why we have these laws. Giving the NCAA an exemption would be unprecedented, trap athletes in a ridiculous free labor system, and upend 135 years of U.S. competition and labor policy.

The courts know this conduct is wrong. The public knows it's wrong. Our audience knew it was wrong.
We won the debate, with 66% voting in our favor, against the Big East commissioner and the head of the National Sports Law Institute.

What the NCAA wants is broad, and it's not limited to antitrust immunity. They want to be excused from the FLSA and Title IX too.

Amateurism is a myth, the market is broken, and a $17.5 billion business doesn't need protection. The athletes working long hours and traveling back and forth across the country—with no bargaining power, no monetary compensation, and few health and safety regs—do.

ICYMI: Watch me and Jim Cavale argue, at last week’s AEI Debate, against an antitrust exemption for the NCAA.

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On Thursday, I'm participating in a debate at the American Enterprise Insitute, arguing against an antitrust exemption for the NCAA. No doubt that this will be a spirited discussion. Learn more and sign up here: www.aei.org/events/aei-e...:

Thank you Judd! The media sowed chaos and confusion yesterday. DealBook this morning still calls it a “buyout package”. But it’s really a poker game putting a lot of federal employees in a tough spot. Those who don’t read the “Fork” closely could easily be deceived into something they don’t want.

Hi Bill!👋🏻

🏆The 5th Cir. rejected wholesale Illumina's appeal. Its reading of sec. 7 eschewed overly formalistic "hard metrics" and self-serving promises in favor of common sense and embraced "the purpose of Section 7—'to arrest anticompetitive tendencies in their incipiency.'" Huge win 🏆

🚨🚨Officially no settlement in Epic v. Google. This went all the way up to Pichai. The future of the Google Play Store is going to a jury. ⚖️⚖️

NCAA prez Charlie Baker really stirred things up in the business of college sports today. As I said on the other site, his proposal isn't perfect. But it is a textbook example of how vigorous antitrust enforcement leads to better working conditions and a fair economy.

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And for my first substantive post…

A jury cracked open the egg cartel. Yea antitrust!

BREAKING: Jury Finds Egg Producers Liable In Price-Fixing Scheme www.law360.com/articles/176...

Hello Bkuesky! Going to give this a go and see what happens. Who should I follow? What groups should I join? That’s a thing here right?