Competition

  • September 15, 2025

    2nd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Libor Rigging Claims

    The Second Circuit on Monday affirmed the dismissal of investor lawsuits alleging multiple global banks, including UBS and Lloyds Bank, conspired to rig the benchmark interest rate Libor, which is tied to the British pound, finding the plaintiffs never showed they actually lost money from the alleged manipulation.

  • September 15, 2025

    Brands Say X Corp. Can't Prove Ad Suit Belongs In Texas

    Several big-name brands, including Nestlé and Lego, asked a Texas federal judge to deny X Corp.'s bid to conduct jurisdictional discovery in its sprawling antitrust suit accusing advertisers of boycotting X, saying the company was merely trying to conduct a "fishing expedition."

  • September 15, 2025

    Fired DOJ Deputy Says Lobbyists 'Playing Dangerous Game'

    A former top Justice Department Antitrust Division deputy, allegedly fired for opposing the "pay-to-play" settlement clearing Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks, had a warning Monday for the lobbyists he said made the deal possible: there are only so many times they can go over division leadership.

  • September 15, 2025

    Corcept Can't Escape Teva's Mifepristone Antitrust Suit

    Corcept Therapeutics must face most of Teva Pharmaceuticals' lawsuit alleging it suppressed generic competition for its brand-name medication used to treat a rare cortisol disorder, a California federal judge ruled, saying the claims are not time-barred and Teva has adequately alleged unlawful monopolization.

  • September 15, 2025

    Jordan's Racing Team Looks To Nix NASCAR's Counterclaims

    Two teams that have accused NASCAR of monopolizing premier stock car racing are trying to stop the league's counterclaims from making it to trial in December, arguing that its assertions that the teams conspired against NASCAR are unsupported by the evidence after discovery.

  • September 15, 2025

    Judge Says Key DOJ Ad Tech Expert Has Little Experience

    A Virginia federal judge signaled trouble ahead Monday for U.S. Department of Justice efforts to paint the sought breakup of Google's advertising placement technology business as technically feasible, asserting during a hearing that a key government witness appears to have little relevant experience to address the question.

  • September 15, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    Delaware's governor weighed in on a challenge to recently approved state legislation that bars damages or "equitable" relief for some controlling stockholder or going-private deals. Meanwhile, Moelis told the Delaware Supreme Court that the struck-down stockholder agreement that triggered that legislation was valid. Additionally, one of two newly funded magistrates' posts in the Chancery Court has been filled.

  • September 15, 2025

    US, China Agree On TikTok Ownership Transfer, Bessent Says

    The U.S. and China established a commercial framework for a deal with video sharing giant TikTok to transfer ownership of the app to the U.S., just days before a deadline to sell the app or shut it down, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters at a press conference in Madrid on Monday.

  • September 15, 2025

    Software Co. Defends Contempt Order Against Womble Atty

    A North Carolina federal court fairly held Womble Bond Dickinson partner Pressly Millen in contempt after he and his client made misrepresentations in a "parallel" trademark dispute abroad, U.S.-based software company Dmarcian Inc. told the Fourth Circuit on Friday.

  • September 15, 2025

    Hill-Rom Escapes Pennsylvania Hospital's Monopoly Claims

    Tower Health's Reading Hospital failed to specifically outline how hospital equipment supplier Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. allegedly monopolized the hospital bed market, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Friday in dismissing Reading's proposed class action with prejudice.

  • September 15, 2025

    Weil Adds 2 Acclaimed Trial Attys From Paul Hastings

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced on Monday that it has welcomed two prominent West Coast litigators from Paul Hastings LLP, highlighting their extensive experience in headline-grabbing cases.

  • September 15, 2025

    Paul Weiss Lands A&O Shearman Antitrust Trio In DC

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP announced Monday that it has added three antitrust attorneys from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling, including the leader of its global antitrust practice, to strengthen its ability to provide antitrust counseling to clients and advise them about merger control matters, investigations and litigation.

  • September 12, 2025

    Wabtec Wants Caterpillar Unit's Antitrust Claims Axed Again

    Caterpillar subsidiary Progress Rail is trying "yet again" to "turn what are, at most, contract disputes into an antitrust lawsuit" after its claims against rail giant Wabtec over its 2019 merger with General Electric's transportation unit failed the first time around, a Delaware federal court has been told.

  • September 12, 2025

    Albertsons Loses Bid For Docs On Kroger CEO's Exit

    The Kroger Co. does not have to turn over documents to Albertsons Cos. Inc. concerning former Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen's abrupt exit, the Delaware Chancery Court ruled Friday, saying that personal conduct that prompted McMullen's resignation wasn't relevant to Albertsons' litigation claims over the grocery chains' failed $25 billion merger.

  • September 12, 2025

    Dentons Ducks Chinese Vape-Maker's Hacking Suit

    Dentons has officially escaped allegations it helped the founder of vape distributor Next Level sabotage and usurp manufacturer Avid Holdings' brand, in part by hacking into its founder's laptop to access confidential information, according to newly filed documents.

  • September 12, 2025

    FCC Faulted For Changes In Broadband Inquiry's Scope

    By no longer measuring factors like broadband affordability, the Federal Communications Commission has unacceptably trimmed its yearly look at the state of deployment, just like the old vaudeville joke about "blue plate specials" devoid of food, an advocacy group said.

  • September 12, 2025

    DOJ Says It Rejected Info-Sharing In Wayne-Sanderson Talks

    The U.S. Department of Justice sought to show a Maryland federal judge a key document from its settlement talks with Wayne-Sanderson Farms, arguing it underscores that the poultry producer wanted to keep sharing wage information, only for the company to be told no.

  • September 12, 2025

    9th Circ. Rejects Rethink, Unpauses Google Play Store Order

    The countdown for Google to open up the Play Store is ticking down again after the Ninth Circuit again affirmed district court monopolization findings.

  • September 12, 2025

    Amazon Says FTC Can't Subpoena Corporation For Prime Trial

    Amazon has told a Seattle federal judge that the Federal Trade Commission can't subpoena the company itself for a testimony at an upcoming trial over allegations that it tricked customers into Prime subscriptions and prevented them from undoing their membership, arguing subpoenas that do not name individuals "skirt the rules."

  • September 12, 2025

    John Deere Rival Won't Get Redo On Safeguards In FTC Case

    An Illinois federal court on Thursday refused a bid from a Deere & Co. competitor asking for reconsideration of an order denying a bid to block the distribution of confidential information produced during the Federal Trade Commission's right-to-repair investigation into the farming equipment company.

  • September 12, 2025

    Jury Awards Mallinckrodt $9.5M In Nitric Oxide Patent Suit

    A Delaware federal jury awarded Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals almost $9.5 million on Friday, finding that French industrial gas company Airgas Healthcare infringed patents covering its inhaled nitric oxide treatment.

  • September 12, 2025

    Hytera Fights Motorola's Contempt Bid Over Subsidiary Sale

    Hytera Communications Corp. has urged an Illinois federal judge to reject Motorola Solutions' bid to hold it in contempt for using subsidiary sale funds to pay off lenders instead of paying Motorola what it's owed under a trade secrets judgment, arguing it shouldn't be punished for conducting ordinary business.

  • September 12, 2025

    9th Circ. Won't Rethink Rejection Of Vegas Newspaper Pact

    The Ninth Circuit refused to reconsider a panel's decision finding that a long-standing arrangement between the Las Vegas Sun and the Las Vegas Review-Journal is unlawful because the rival newspapers needed approval from the U.S. attorney general.

  • September 12, 2025

    Snoop Dogg's Ice Cream Brand Battles 'Swizzle' TM Claim

    Rapper Snoop Dogg's ice cream brand is seeking a Connecticut federal judge's help to dodge a claim that its use of the word "Swizzle" is an act of trademark infringement, asking for the court to declare that Edible Arrangements is illegally trying to create a monopoly.

  • September 12, 2025

    In Fees Fight, OpenAI Rival Says TM Case Not Exceptional

    Nothing "stands out" from a successful trademark case brought by OpenAI against Open Artificial Intelligence Inc., the latter company told a California federal judge, urging the court to deny OpenAI's request to make it pay $10 million in attorney fees.

Expert Analysis

  • A Look At Trump 2.0 Antitrust Enforcement So Far

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    The first six months of President Donald Trump's second administration were marked by aggressive antitrust enforcement tempered by traditional structural remedies for mergers, but other unprecedented actions, like the firing of Federal Trade Commission Democrats, will likely stoke heated discussion ahead, says Richard Dagen at Axinn.

  • Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss

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    Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine

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    The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • A Rapidly Evolving Landscape For Noncompetes In Healthcare

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    A wave of new state laws regulating noncompete agreements in the healthcare sector, varying in scope, approach and enforceability, are shaped by several factors unique to the industry and are likely to distort the market, say attorneys at Seyfarth.

  • Biotech Collaborations Can Ease Uncertainty Amid FDA Shift

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    As concerns persist that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's reduced headcount will impede developments at already-strapped biotech companies, licensing and partnership transactions can provide the necessary funding and pathways to advance innovative products, say attorneys at Troutman.

  • Series

    Playing Mah-Jongg Makes Me A Better Mediator

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    Mah-jongg rewards patience, pattern recognition, adaptability and keen observation, all skills that are invaluable to my role as a mediator, and to all mediating parties, says Marina Corodemus.

  • Tips For Business Users After 2 Key AI Copyright Decisions

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    Because two recent artificial intelligence copyright decisions from the Northern District of California — Bartz v. Anthropic and Kadrey v. Meta — came out mostly in favor of the developers using the plaintiffs' works to train large language models, business users should proceed with care, says Chris Wlach at Acxiom.

  • FTC Staff Cuts Unlikely To Curb Antitrust Enforcement Agenda

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    While Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson's recent commitment to reducing agency staff may seem at odds with the Trump administration's commitment to antitrust enforcement, a closer analysis shows that such reductions have little chance of derailing the president's efforts, say attorneys at Squire Patton.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Navigating Client Trauma

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    Law schools don't train students to handle repeated exposure to clients' traumatic experiences, but for litigators practicing in areas like civil rights and personal injury, success depends on the ability to view cases clinically and to recognize when you may need to seek help, says Katie Bennett at Robins Kaplan.

  • Yacht Broker Case Highlights Industry Groups' Antitrust Risk

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    The Eleventh Circuit recently revived class claims against the International Yacht Brokers Association, signaling that commission-driven industries beyond real estate are vulnerable to antitrust challenges after the National Association of Realtors settled similar allegations last year, says Miles Santiago at the Southern University Law Center and Alex Hebert at Southern Compass.

  • Opinion

    4 Former Justices Would Likely Frown On Litigation Funding

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    As courts increasingly confront cases involving hidden litigation finance contracts, the jurisprudence of four former U.S. Supreme Court justices establishes a constitutional framework that risks erosion by undisclosed financial interests, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

  • Takeaways From EU's Review Of Merger Control Guidelines

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    The European Commission’s newly launched consultation on the European Union’s merger guidelines will explore whether and how merger control should consider key policy objectives, such as innovation, investment incentives and security, say lawyers at Latham.

  • How Attys Can Use AI To Surface Narratives In E-Discovery

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    E-discovery has reached a turning point where document review is no longer just about procedural tasks like identifying relevance and redacting privilege — rather, generative artificial intelligence tools now allow attorneys to draw connections, extract meaning and tell a coherent story, says Rose Jones at Hilgers Graben.

  • Capital One Deal Approval Lights Up Path For Bank M&A

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    The federal banking regulators' recent approval of Capital One's acquisition of Discover signals the agencies' willingness to approve large transactions and a more favorable environment generally for bank mergers under the Trump administration, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

  • New FCPA Guidance Creates 5 Compliance Imperatives

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    In light of new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act guidelines that mark a fundamental shift in enforcement priorities, companies should consider several specific steps to ensure compliance, from enhanced due diligence to robust whistleblower protections, says Andrew Wirmani at Reese Marketos.

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