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Combating "gamesmanship" remains top of mind for the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division as it reviews mergers, according to a New York speech Thursday from acting head Omeed A. Assefi warning parties against "altering" merger notification material or trying to "play games with documents and data."
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June 01, 2026
Microsoft has been hit with a proposed class action in Washington federal court by two gamers who claim the tech giant broke federal antitrust law by striking a price-matching deal with video game developer Valve Corp. for PC games sold in their respective digital storefronts.
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June 01, 2026
Cornell University and several other elite schools are now facing a certified class action accusing them of conspiring to fix the amount of financial aid they gave out after the Illinois federal judge overseeing the case certified a 74,000-strong class Monday.
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June 01, 2026
A Federal Circuit panel Monday questioned whether OpenSky Industries LLC should be punished for allegedly extorting VLSI Technology LLC by threatening to challenge its patent, or if any misconduct would be covered under a doctrine meant to protect those petitioning the government.
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June 01, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice defended its antitrust case accusing OhioHealth Corp. of blocking competition through its contracts with insurers, telling an Ohio federal court the health system is depriving consumers of lower-cost health plans.
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June 01, 2026
A North Carolina federal judge questioned why a proposed $2 million settlement agreement between the NCAA and a class of tennis athletes challenging the organization's prize-money rules did not provide relief for enrolled students playing the sport for their schools.
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June 01, 2026
A Texas federal judge on Friday ordered Elon Musk's X Corp. to offer up 20 of its employees for extra depositions in its antitrust suit against Apple and OpenAI, saying that since the court granted X more depositions, "sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."
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June 01, 2026
An artificial intelligence mapping software company sought to throw out a competitor's lawsuit accusing it of copying thousands of the firm's property maps, telling a Colorado federal judge the competitor never identified which maps had allegedly been infringed.
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June 01, 2026
A D.C. federal judge imposed limits on the data Google can access from would-be rivals seeking its search data and syndicated search results, agreeing with the U.S. Department of Justice that the company can't access every piece of information submitted to a technical committee overseeing its monopolization remedies.
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June 01, 2026
A real estate brokerage asked a Virginia federal court to allow proceedings to continue in its antitrust case against CoStar, noting that, although the parties agree that similar cases should be consolidated with the Virginia case, the suit need not be frozen in the meantime.
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June 01, 2026
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday allowed brokerage Hanna Holdings to ask the Third Circuit to review a March decision largely rejecting its attempt to escape claims from homebuyers that its allegiance to National Association of Realtor rules drove up the cost of purchases.
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June 01, 2026
More than two dozen state attorneys general have thrown their support behind the Federal Trade Commission's bid to revive its lawsuit accusing Meta of monopolizing social networking through its purchases of WhatsApp and Instagram.
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June 01, 2026
Cognizant TriZetto Software Group and Infosys Ltd. have filed dueling motions to block depositions of each other's top executives in a trade secret lawsuit over allegations that Infosys misused confidential access to TriZetto's healthcare software to build competing products.
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June 01, 2026
Antitrust lawyers are optimistic that European Union merger reforms will be more favorable toward transactions' potential efficiencies and benefits, but they are waiting to see if that new leniency is granted in practice.
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June 01, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a challenge to a Third Circuit decision that wiped out a nearly $45 million false advertising award against Natera Inc., preserving a ruling that said proof of actual consumer deception is required to support damages.
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June 01, 2026
A national grant-making charity said Monday that it will distribute £3.9 million ($5.3 million) in unclaimed damages from a class action against rail operator Stagecoach to 16 legal and consumer advice organizations across Britain.
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May 29, 2026
An attorney for Spotify urged a California federal judge Friday to dismiss a proposed class action from the rapper RBX alleging the streaming service allows billions of fraudulent bots to elevate some performers at the expense of others, saying no "special relationship" exists between the parties to support the negligence claim.
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May 29, 2026
A DNA sequencing startup will have to rejigger its antitrust lawsuit against Illumina after a California federal judge said it hasn't shown that the industry giant has entered exclusive agreements and hasn't adequately asserted that Illumina priced its offerings below cost, among other failings.
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May 29, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit said Friday it would not grant Citadel Securities' request to block a new options exchange from going live, ruling the IEX exchange does not unfairly discriminate against high-frequency traders that profit off lags in the marketplace.
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May 29, 2026
X Corp. on Friday called an attempt by Apple Inc. and OpenAI to conduct more than 10 depositions "simply opportunism at its most brazen," saying that the court should deny the defendants' bid to get more discovery in X's sweeping antitrust suit.
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May 29, 2026
Suirui Group, Suirui International and Jupiter Systems have appealed a D.C. federal court order granting the government's motion for a preliminary injunction in an ongoing battle to force it to divest itself of Jupiter Systems.
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May 29, 2026
Sacramento business and political leaders have started a campaign to bring a Major League Baseball expansion team to the area, unveiling plans to build a stadium and mixed-use development next to the temporary minor league home of MLB's Athletics.
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May 29, 2026
The Ohio attorney general has urged a federal judge not to dismiss prescription drug price-fixing claims against Express Scripts, its Cigna parent and fellow pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics, arguing the companies are trying to fight his state law antitrust claims by invoking federal law standards that do not apply.
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May 29, 2026
Corteva Inc. is nearing a settlement in a proposed class action by farmers over a pesticide rebate program, that is also being challenged by federal enforcers, that allegedly paid distributors not to carry cheaper generic rivals.
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May 29, 2026
A Colorado paleontology and cultural resources consulting company sued a former managing partner in state court, alleging he failed to generate sales after receiving approximately $208,100 in guaranteed payments and later left to work for a direct competitor.
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May 29, 2026
Brokerages HomeServices of America Inc. and Douglas Elliman Inc. asked a Florida federal court to pause an antitrust suit brought by a proposed class of homebuyers because separate Illinois federal court settlements could be granted final approval.