Firsts and Seconds: The Tipline for 10 January 2019

Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s first opinion at the Supreme Court decided that the gateway issue of arbitration in antitrust cases should be decided by arbitrators and not judges. In other news, the Federal Trade Commission trial against Qualcomm is in recess until tomorrow, but Apple is denying claims by the chipmaker that it broke their business patent agreement by responding to requests by FTC investigators.