Joshua Wright, a former law professor at George Mason University and antitrust consultant for major tech companies like Google, Amazon, Qualcomm, and Facebook, is at the center of a scandal involving multiple affairs with students and colleagues. Wright, who was once considered an indispensable figure in the tech industry, saw his career unravel following a retaliatory lawsuit in 2021 after ending an affair with Elyse Dorsey. The Wall Street Journal published a three-part series detailing Wright's misconduct and questioning why he was not fired sooner despite his actions.
Last week's monopoly round-up is chock full of news, with some thoughts on what the Josh Wright scandal implies about antitrust. It's not just about Wright, but the entire corrupt edifice of academia, big law, and Google. https://t.co/WYozf9Cxab
πΊπΈ Professor's Affairs Went Unpunished β«Joshua Wright enjoyed a career as the cleverest mind in antitrust lawβuntil his past caught up with him β«@BrodyMullinsDC #frontpagestoday #USA @WSJ πΊπΈ https://t.co/X5nwHVrlqo
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The ledes in the three part series on Google and Facebookβs fixer are incredible. Part 1: Joshua Wright, the tech industry's indispensable fixer, was summoned to his boss's office in late 2019 and asked a question that set the course for his fall. /1
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.@WSJ Three-Part Series On Former @georgemasonlaw Professor Joshua Wright Part Two: For Years, an Esteemed Law Professor Seduced Students. Was He Too Important to Fire? https://t.co/YUPNbuqXHR https://t.co/OXFaZB1j5S
tfw your absolutely unhinged retaliatory lawsuit against women you admit to sleeping with while they were your students, RAs, and direct reports leads @WSJ to print a 3-part expose showing the world your true colors @JoshWright1977 #metoo #metoolaw https://t.co/x3pzIhWeeq
For a time, Joshua Wright juggled a wife, three mistresses and a well-paid career as a law professor and antitrust consultant for Google, Amazon, Qualcomm and Facebook. He might have kept it going. But in 2021, Wright ended an affair with Elyse Dorsey. https://t.co/n9hIf68JoJ