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From politics and an unprecedented presidential election to heightened international conflicts as well as celestial events, Michigan State University faculty experts shared their research-based commentary to provide insight and context on these events in addition to their own programs and discoveries. Here is a look at some of our top story placements and expert commentary in national, statewide and local media for 2024.

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Two judges halted the Kroger-Albertsons Merger yesterday in separate court cases concluding it would lessen competition in the market and The Associated Press reports that 鈥� the Federal Trade Commission sued to block the merger earlier this year, saying it would raise prices and lower workers鈥� wages by eliminating competition.鈥�

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A federal court has ruled that Google illegally abused its market power to suppress competition in internet search engines. ...

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President-elect Donald J. Trump has nominated a number of controversial figures to prominent positions in his Cabinet. Instead of going through the usual course of Senate approval, he may use a constitutional power called recess appointments to bypass the Senate entirely and move his nominees through quickly. Andrea Katz, an associate professor of law at Washington University in St.

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Zymo Research Corporation (Zymo Research), a leader in innovative life science solutions, announced today that it has filed claims in the United District Court for the Central District of California against Qiagen GmbH (Qiagen) alleging that Qiagen has engaged in antitrust violations and improperly interfered with Zymo Research's contractual relations.

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Last June, the Supreme Court dismissed a case that would have determined whether emergency abortion care is protected under a federal law known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act or... ...

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The American Public Health Association along with leading public health deans, scholars and organizations including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America鈥檚 Health, has filed a public health amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Braidwood Management, Inc., et al..

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Four members of the Exonerated Central Park Five, who were聽wrongfully convicted in the 1989 Central Park jogger case, appeared at the Democratic National Convention. ...

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U.S. babies died at a higher rate in the months following the Supreme Court鈥檚 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women鈥檚 Health decision, and infant mortality was highest among those born with chromosomal or genetic abnormalities, new research has found.

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In a first, a new article 鈥淥vercoming the Impact of Students for Fair Admission v Harvard to Build a More Representative Health Care Workforce: Perspectives from Ending Unequal Treatment鈥� (Millbank Quarterly) shows how a less representative health care workforce 鈥� an impact of the U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 2023 decision that banned race鈥恈onscious college admissions 鈥� is bad for America鈥檚 health.

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The Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa on Tuesday. ...

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A new study finds 鈥渓itigant shopping,鈥� or choosing plaintiffs with specific demographic attributes, can be used to shape public opinion about the U.S. Supreme Court 鈥� but it can also backfire.

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The AP reports that the DOJ contends 鈥淕oogle built, acquired and maintains a monopoly over the technology that matches online publishers to advertisers.鈥� ...

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The George Washington University Law School is hosting its annual Supreme Court Briefing in honor of Constitution Day. We will have a four expert panel to discuss the upcoming 2023-2024 Supreme... ...

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A 14-year-old has been charged in the death of two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia. Nine others were injured. ...

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Google representatives will report to Alexandria, VA on Monday to face off with the Department of Justice for their second major antitrust trial this year. ...

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A new study from the Violence Prevention Research Program at UC Davis suggests that gun-free zones may reduce the risk of mass shootings.