Rule the roost: The Tipline for 13 June 2023

The days of House Judiciary holding blockbuster hearings proposing regulations to rein in corporate power appear to be over. The Republican-led subcommittee on the administrative state, regulatory reform and antitrust is holding its first competition-focused hearing of the session and the aim is to roll back slaughterhouse regulations rather than pass new ones. Also in Tipline, the Federal Trade Commission seeks an emergency pause on Microsoft/Activision Blizzard and Nasdaq proposes its biggest-ever acquisition.