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May 01, 2024 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter

Newsletter Congressional Oversight Criminal Justice Department of Justice Ethics in Government

Merrick Garland’s Delay May Mean Justice Denied

Last week, the Supreme Court mulled over whether the former president (the “very stable genius” who pushed a “miracle cure” for COVID later tied to 17,000 avoidable deaths) should be prescribed his own miracle cure: presidential immunity for the crimes he is charged with committing while in office.

April 16, 2024

Vishal Shankar

Blog Post Anti-Monopoly Congressional Oversight Consumer Protection Department of Justice FTC Housing Revolving Door

Meet RealPage’s Revolving-Door Lobbyists

The scandal-plagued software company has hired a trio of Capitol Hill insiders to fend off regulatory scrutiny from Congress.

April 11, 2024 | The American Prospect

Andrea Beaty Emma Marsano

Op-Ed Corporate Crackdown Department of Justice

Justice’s Slow Prosecution of Trump Is Just the Start of Their Sluggishness

The top leadership at DOJ, including deputy attorney general Lisa Monaco, has failed to take available steps to hold white-collar criminals accountable.

March 21, 2024

Jacob Plaza Vishal Shankar

Blog Post Anti-Monopoly BigLaw Department of Justice FTC Housing Revolving Door Tech

RealPage Enlists Ex-FTC Revolvers From BigLaw Firm Gibson Dunn To Fight Tenant Lawsuits

Facing an existential legal threat, the scandal-plagued software company has hired price-fixing monopolists’ favorite lawyers.

March 08, 2024 | The American Prospect

Andrea Beaty

Op-Ed Anti-Monopoly Department of Justice Ethics in Government Revolving Door

Biden’s Trustbusters Face Hurdles From Within

Despite successes in fighting corporate power, the message is muddled.

March 08, 2024

Vishal Shankar

Hackwatch Newsletter 2024 Election Anti-Monopoly Catherine Rampell Consumer Protection Department of Justice Department of Transportation FTC Housing

A Decade-Long Week And SOTU Thoughts

This week’s Hack Watch recaps some economic stories you may have missed, plus our initial reaction to Biden’s big speech.

March 05, 2024

Henry Burke Jeff Hauser Andrea Beaty

Press Release Anti-Monopoly Corporate Crackdown Department of Justice

The Revolving Door Project Commends Price “Strike Force,” Calls On Biden Administration To Continue Cracking Down On Corporate Greed

Price Gouging Has Been Enabled Through Decades Of Unchecked Corporate Consolidation. The Strike Force Will Protect Consumers From Unfair Pricing And Unbridled Corporate Power.

March 01, 2024

Andrea Beaty Vishal Shankar

Hackwatch Anti-Monopoly Department of Justice Housing Media Accountability

Departing RealPage Exec’s Flimsy Rant Against Rent Control

As he leaves the scandal-plagued firm, Jay Parsons offers one last defense of rent-gougers.

February 15, 2024

Julian Scoffield Vishal Shankar

Newsletter Corporate Crackdown Department of Justice Executive Branch Housing

An RDP Love Letter To Picking Fights and Good Punditry

Cracking down on corporate abuses is what government should be for.

December 15, 2023

Vishal Shankar Andrea Beaty

Hackwatch Anti-Monopoly Department of Justice Economic Policy FTC Housing Media Accountability

Bidenomics Needs A Corporate Crackdown On Rent-Gougers

The RealPage scandal gives Biden a real opportunity to rally working-class support for his reelection campaign.

December 05, 2023 | The American Prospect

Ananya Kalahasti

Op-Ed Department of Justice Health Intellectual Property Revolving Door

The Department of Justice’s Legal Love Letter to Moderna

This story has been retracted.

October 26, 2023

Andrea Beaty

FOIA Request Press Release

Anti-Monopoly Department of Justice Tech

RELEASE: Watchdog Group Requests Communications Between DOJ Officials And Google Defender Paul Weiss

Following news coverage that Yelp and the News/Media Alliance filed an unsuccessful motion to take BigLaw firm Paul Weiss off Google’s defense team in the adtech antitrust case brought by the DOJ, the Revolving Door Project submitted a Freedom of Information Act Request for communications between Paul Weiss and key Department of Justice officials. The American Prospect featured the request in their coverage of Google’s attempts to remove DOJ Antitrust Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter from the case, as well as Paul Weiss’ potential conflicts.