The doing it Alone Star State: The Tipline for 1 June 2023

Texas might have California beat in size, but it can hardly say the same for setting regulatory standards. With lawmakers in the nation’s capital in a constant deadlock, the Golden State has taken the progressive lead on everything from the environment to privacy. Now Sacramento has its sights trained on competition policy, with legislators boosting bills that would break up Live Nation/Ticketmaster and require Big Tech companies to pay news publishers for their content. Also in Tipline, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher hires from Novartis and the Federal Trade Commission must respond to Axon’s constitutional claims by next week.