The Capitol Forum

Attention football fans: Starting in a little under an hour is the Capitol Forum's conference call on the NFL's antitrust exemption, why the cost of watching NFL games is rising so much, and the DOJ's antitrust investigation into the league. Sure to be very interesting.

The European Antitrust Agenda: Google's Proposals to Dodge Digital Rule Fines Leave Publishers Wanting; EU Requests More Information on Mining Deal library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9hj1p1dkj… h/t @JavierespBX, @pianese_barbara, @catstupp, @JoannaSopinska, & @lydimcg $AAL $AAUKF $GOOG $GOOGL $MA $META $V

Senators Close to Releasing Bill That Would Allow NCAA Schools to Pool Media Rights library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9hbefnay1… h/t @rebeccamkern & @hannahcmpbell

NIC MAP: Senior Housing Data Platform's Aggregated Competitor Data, Information Sharing Practices Could Lead to Antitrust Scrutiny library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9hb68a8zc… h/t @sloan_sacha & @brockhrehor

@CapitolKVD @Capitol_Forum This discussion draws on @CapitolKVD’s latest for the Economic Populist: How an Obscure Law Lets Sports Leagues Rob Fans Blind Read it here: economicpopulist.substack.com/p/how-an-obscu…

TODAY: @CapitolKVD is joining @Capitol_Forum for a can't-miss discussion on how the Sports Broadcasting Act set the stage for fans to be robbed blind 👇

Cintas/UniFirst: Cintas Hires Trump-Linked Miller Strategies for Merger Lobbying library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9hav8481w… h/t @saniya_rao $AMWD $CMPGY $CPG $CTAS $HPE $MBC $NSC $NXST $UNF $UNP

Universal Health Services: Police Reports, State Inspections Show Chaos and Failure to Protect Patients at Ohio Psychiatric Facilities $UHS library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9haquh8hw…

Next week’s conference calls: 🗓️ Tue, May 26: Katherine Van Dyck on sports media costs & antitrust 🗓️ Thu, May 28: Matthew Scherer on AI spending & bubble risks 🗓️ Fri, May 29: Weekly Tech Policy Briefing Series with Teddy Downey & Sacha Sloan 👉 RSVP: thecapitolforum.com/events/?utm_so…

Loyal Source C&P Exams Sometimes Exclude Required Testing at the Expense of Veterans and Potentially the VA, Sources Say library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9haq6k0v1… h/t @AliceTrace67285 $LDOS $MMS $UNH

Private Equity and Life Insurers: New Research Finds Growing Exposure to Risky Assets Raises Fees for Asset Managers Without Improving Insurers' Yields; Reporting Practices Obscure Riskiness of Private Credit Assets library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9h8q619wh… h/t @kimgeiger & @LisaEpst $BNT $EQH $GL $MCO $PRU $SPGI

U.S. Refiner Capacity Shortage Further Stresses Gasoline Prices, Inflates 'Crack Spread' library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9h8cpmd9d… h/t @MaxBerengaut $MPC $VLO

Labor Weekly: Amazon Settlement Designed to Sweep Allegations Under the Rug, Teamsters Say; DOL Rules and SCOTUS Decision Could Curb Noncitizen Truckers, Expose Brokers to State Tort Liability; Nuclear Power Wage-Fixing Plaintiffs Reach Settlement library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9h88x0u71… h/t @papscun & @ColeCahill $AAPL $AMZN $D $DG $KNX $NEE

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: CMA Holds Talks With Paramount Skydance CEO library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9h86j0dcv… h/t @pianese_barbara & @JavierespBX $NFLX $PSKY $WBD

Starting soon! RSVP to join us: thecapitolforum.com/events/?utm_so…

EU Weighs Wider Outbound Investment Oversight After China-Netherlands Dispute Over Nexperia library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9h83be0q4… h/t @JoannaSopinska

Days after my @Capitol_Forum colleagues broke news of a criminal price-fixing probe into software provider Claritev, the company confirmed in an SEC filing that it has received a grand jury subpoena from DOJ "in connection with an investigation regarding health insurance":

🎙️ New episode of The Brussels Beat @JavierespBX speaks with Werner Stengg and his son Jakob about their dystopian AI novel, Europe’s digital rules, AI regulation, and whether policymakers are keeping up with future generations. ▶️ Watch now: youtube.com/watch?v=ZfKshT…

Health Care Weekly: HHS OIG Says Royalty Payments to Orthopedic Surgeons May Violate AKS; OpenPayments Analysis; Update from AMA on Inspire V Billing; CMS Freezes Hospice, Home Care Enrollments; CMS Withholds Medicaid Funds from CA; HHS OIG Report Details Vertical Integration in Part D; FDA 483s library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9h5nbw1rm… h/t @AliceTrace67285 $ADUS $AMRX $ATEC $AVAH $CAH $CI $CNC $CORT $CSL $CSLLY $CTEV $CVS $ELV $FMCQF $FME $FMS $FRE $GMED $GSK $HIMS $HUM $INSP $JNJ $LIN $LLY $MOH $NEOG $OFIX $PFE $PNTG $RHHBY $ROG $SAN $SHL $SNY $SYK $TAK $TEVA $TMO $UNH $VERA $VTRS $ZBH

📣 This Friday at 11am ET, investigative journalist @JuliaAngwin joins us to discuss her NYT essay, “Meta Is Dying. It’s About Time.” We’ll explore Meta’s AI spending, slowing growth, metaverse bets, regulatory pressure, and more. RSVP: thecapitolforum.com/events/?utm_so…