Newman’s Own: The Tipline for 27 October 2023

John Newman has returned to the University of Miami School of Law after two years of service as deputy director of the Federal Trade Commission’s bureau of competition. But he is hardly the first Newman to take up the Neo-Brandeisian cause. Movie star Paul Newman once unsuccessfully sued Universal Pictures for wage-fixing and lobbied on Capitol Hill for the vertical breakup of Big Oil. In non-Butch Cassidy news, the US Department of Agriculture passes a rule that says it will enhance competition for organic label products.