Merger Reviews in Labor Markets: How Antitrust Merger Review Divides Labor, Vol. 55

Labor markets have historically been considered irrelevant with antitrust merger reviews. However, recent developments suggest that this may change. The complaint by the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) against the merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster was the harbinger of such change.

J.D. Candidate, Cornell Law School 2023. I would like to thank my family for their love and support. I would like to express my gratitude for everyone I met and befriended at Cornell Law School for wam memories I made in Ithaca. A special thanks to Professor George Hay for his review of this Note and Professor Eleanor Wilking for her support when I most needed it. Lastly, I would like to thank the editors of this Note for their hard work. Any remaining errors are my own.