Competition

  • June 09, 2026

    Eli Lilly Wins Order Halting Alleged Trulicity Fraud

    A Florida federal judge signed off Tuesday on a preliminary injunction pausing a prescription cost share program purportedly for Church of God in Christ members that pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. says is actually a fraud scheme to resell GLP-1 drug Trulicity on the secondary market.

  • June 09, 2026

    McKesson, Rite Aid Trust Clash Over Ch. 11 Claims Transfer

    McKesson locked horns Tuesday in New Jersey bankruptcy court with a trust created by Rite Aid's first Chapter 11 plan over whether the medication supplier must hand over antitrust claims against pharmaceutical companies.

  • June 09, 2026

    DOI About-Face Stokes Yearslong Cherokee Land Rights Fight

    The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians has for years been tied up in litigation with its sister tribe, the Cherokee Nation, over land rights, healthcare and more. Now, a recently withdrawn U.S. Department of the Interior memo over rights to 2.63 acres of land is again stoking tensions.

  • June 09, 2026

    Ohio Appeals Court Agrees: Google Not A Common Carrier

    An Ohio appeals panel sided with Google and against a state attorney general's efforts to designate the company a common carrier subject to neutrality controls on its search results, affirming a lower court's rejection of the lawsuit because Google doesn't transport property and doesn't serve users "indifferently."

  • June 09, 2026

    Biopharma Founder's Nonsolicit Clause Void Under Calif. Law

    A biopharmaceutical company's co-founder prevailed Monday in convincing North Carolina's business court that nonsolicitation restrictions in his contract were void after they were deemed unenforceable under California law.

  • June 09, 2026

    Trading Card Grading Company Wants Antitrust Case Tossed

    Collectors Holdings Inc. is looking to toss a proposed class action over its purchase of two rival trading card grading companies, telling a California federal court that the acquisitions were made to meet demand, not maintain a monopoly.

  • June 09, 2026

    House Report Says NFL Misused Sports Antitrust Exemption

    The National Football League has stretched its use of the antitrust exemption beyond what Congress intended when lawmakers created it 65 years ago, according to a new report from the House Judiciary Committee.

  • June 09, 2026

    The Law360 400: A Look At The Top 100 Firms

    The race to build the legal industry's largest law firm accelerated in 2025, with major firms leaning on mergers, lateral hiring and strategic expansion to climb the ranks of the Law360 400.

  • June 09, 2026

    Booking.com Faces £2B Collective Claim Over Inflated Prices

    A former legal director at the Competition and Markets Authority said Tuesday that he plans to bring a £2 billion ($2.7 billion) opt-out collective action against Booking.com on behalf of millions of U.K. consumers, alleging they paid inflated prices for travel accommodation.

  • June 09, 2026

    Paramount's $110B Deal For Warner Bros. Faces UK Probe

    Britain's competition watchdog said Tuesday that it has launched a formal probe into Paramount Skydance's $110 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. after it sought initial views on the acquisition in April.

  • June 08, 2026

    Archer Can't Ditch Trimmed Joby Air Taxi Trade Secrets Suit

    A California federal judge has said Joby Aviation can forge ahead with a pared-down lawsuit alleging rival electric air taxi developer Archer Aviation misappropriated its trade secrets, but has tossed Archer's "shotgun pleadings" counterclaims alleging Joby misclassified imports to evade tariffs and concealed its China ties.

  • June 08, 2026

    Warranty Seller Wins Injunction For Rival's Deceptive Calls

    An Illinois federal judge has enjoined a Chicago-area extended auto warranty service's rival from violating trademark and competition laws in a dispute over its allegedly deceptive customer calls and web impersonation, saying the company is likely to prove the conduct was illegal.

  • June 08, 2026

    States Preparing To Challenge Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal

    The New York Attorney General's Office is among state enforcers preparing to file a lawsuit challenging Paramount Skydance Corp.'s $110 billion deal for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., the office confirmed to Law360 Monday.

  • June 08, 2026

    Epic Games Skirts TM Suit Over Fortnite Messaging Tech

    A North Carolina federal judge ended a patent dispute between a California technology company and Fortnite-maker Epic Games Inc., finding that patent claims related to the game's player-to-player messaging options were directed to an "abstract idea" under U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

  • June 08, 2026

    Georgia Justices To Hear Atty's Claim Of Shady Solicitation

    The Georgia Supreme Court is set to consider a lawsuit filed by a Gainesville personal injury attorney against rivals he accused of stealing clients from other lawyers through dubious solicitation practices.

  • June 08, 2026

    Class Attys Want $11.6M In Fees From $35M Teva Inhaler Deal

    Berman Tabacco, Sperling Kenny Nachwalter LLC, Hilliard Shadowen LLP and five other firms have asked a Massachusetts federal judge for $11.55 million in attorney fees from a $35 million antitrust settlement resolving claims that Teva abused patent protections to delay generic competition for its QVAR asthma inhalers.

  • June 08, 2026

    Texas Tech QB Wins Eligibility Despite Gambling Admission

    A state judge on Monday declared Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby eligible to play in the 2026 college football season, finding that the player was unjustly harmed by the NCAA's decision to ban him after he admitted to sports betting.

  • June 08, 2026

    UK Launches Probe Into EBay's $1.2B Depop Deal

    Britain's competition watchdog said Monday that it has initiated a formal probe into eBay's planned $1.2 billion acquisition of Depop, an online marketplace for used apparel, after seeking initial views on the deal.

  • June 08, 2026

    Council Beats Property Biz Claim Over Redevelopment Grants

    The U.K.'s antitrust tribunal tossed out a property developer's claim on Monday that a local council abused a dominant market position by awarding a £3.7 million ($5 million) grant to a rival as part of a town center redevelopment program.

  • June 05, 2026

    Epic Fights Apple's Bid For High Court Sanctions Review

    Epic Games told the U.S. Supreme Court there's no need for high court review of a California federal court's contempt order against Apple for violating a ban on company policies that barred app developers from steering users to outside payment options.

  • June 05, 2026

    Paramount Criticizes Consumers' Antitrust Suit As Unserious

    Paramount Skydance has asked a California federal judge to toss a consumer antitrust challenge to its pending $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying the lawsuit lacks essential elements to state a claim and criticizing the opposition for treating the litigation like a "sport" rather than a "serious matter."

  • June 05, 2026

    Judge Rejects Objectors' Bid For More Equity In NIL Proposal

    A California federal magistrate judge has turned down a group of athletes' objection to a proposed addition to the $2.78 billion settlement with the NCAA that the group said would disproportionately benefit men in major revenue college sports.

  • June 05, 2026

    4th Circ. Upholds Sanctions For Late Copyright Damages Info

    The Fourth Circuit affirmed a ruling that excluded a software company's damages evidence and granted summary judgment to its competitor, saying in a published opinion Friday that the plaintiff's repeated failure to disclose its damages calculation justified sanctions that effectively doomed its copyright, false advertising and contract claims.

  • June 05, 2026

    Zillow Can't Force Compass To Turn Over MLS Conversations

    An Illinois federal judge rejected Zillow's attempt to force Compass and a Midwest multiple listing service to disclose their communications with each other, finding the request was "unduly burdensome."

  • June 05, 2026

    Health Funds Ink $5.5M Generic Drug Deal With Breckenridge

    A proposed class of end-payers who allegedly overpaid for generic drugs have asked a federal court for preliminary approval of a $5.5 million settlement with Breckenridge Pharmaceutical Inc., though notifying class members and seeking final approval would wait until the process could be combined with another settlement, the plaintiffs said Thursday.

Expert Analysis

  • M&A Midmarket Shows Resilience Amid 2025 Challenges

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    Midmarket mergers and acquisitions showed a slight decline in volume but climbed in value for much of 2025, particularly in the private equity space, indicating that the middle market M&A environment is cautious but steady heading into 2026, say attorneys at Stoel Rives.

  • Del. Dispatch: Key 2025 Corporate Cases And Trends To Know

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    The Delaware corporate legal landscape saw notable changes in 2025, spurred by amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, ubiquitous artificial intelligence fervor, boardroom discussion around DExit, record shareholder activism activity and an arguably more expansive view of potential Caremark liability, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

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    Nature Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Nature photography reminds me to focus on what is in front of me and to slow down to achieve success, and, in embracing the value of viewing situations through different lenses, offers skills transferable to the practice of law, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing.

  • How Cos. Can Roll With NY's New Algorithmic Pricing Rules

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    Despite uncertainty from New York’s new ban on artificial intelligence and computer algorithms for setting rents, and efforts to further restrict individualizing prices based on consumers' personal data, property managers, software providers and merchants can take several steps to stay compliant, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving

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    Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady.

  • Opinion

    A Uniform Federal Rule Would Curb Gen AI Missteps In Court

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    To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.

  • Netflix Caps 2025 M&A Deals That Will Test Antitrust Strategy

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    The 2025 media consolidation trend culminated in Netflix's $82.7 billion Warner Bros. Discovery announcement, but the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice is likely to question whether remedies short of blocking the deal could credibly preserve competition, says Brian Pandya at Duane Morris.

  • Calif. AG's No-Poach Case Reflects Tougher Antitrust Stance

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    This month, California’s attorney general resolved the latest enforcement action barring the use of no-poach agreements, underscoring an aggressive antitrust enforcement trend with significant increases in criminal and civil penalties, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • 2025 Noncompete Developments That Led To Inflection Point

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    Employers must reshape their approaches to noncompete agreements following key 2025 developments, including Delaware's rejection of blue-penciling and the proliferation of state wage thresholds, say attorneys at Gunderson Dettmer.

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    The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Integrating Practice Groups

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    Enacting unified leadership and consistent client service standards ensures law firm practice groups connect and collaborate around shared goals, turning a law firm merger into a platform for growth rather than a period of disruption, says Brian Catlett at Fennemore Craig.

  • Opinion

    Supreme Court Term Limits Would Carry Hidden Risk

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    While proposals for limiting the terms of U.S. Supreme Court justices are popular, a steady stream of relatively young, highly marketable ex-justices with unique knowledge and influence entering the marketplace of law and politics could create new problems, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

  • Navigating A Sea Change In Rent Algorithm Regulation

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's proposed settlement of the RealPage lawsuit represents a pivotal moment in the regulation of algorithmic rent-setting, restraining use of these tools amid a growing trend of regulatory limits on use of algorithmic data and methodologies in establishing housing rental prices. say attorneys at Wilson Elser.

  • Calling The AI Witness In 2026's Merger Reviews

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    Organizations that anticipate facing a second request or merger clearance review in 2026 should collect artificial intelligence artifacts as part of discovery, and distinguish between human-generated and machine-generated materials, says Sean McDermott at FTI Consulting.

  • Series

    Knitting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Stretching my skills as a knitter makes me a better antitrust attorney by challenging me to recalibrate after wrong turns, not rush outcomes, and trust that I can teach myself the skills to tackle new and difficult projects — even when I don’t have a pattern to work from, says Kara Kuritz at V&E.

  • Series

    The Biz Court Digest: Welcome To Miami

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    After nearly 20 years in operation, the Miami Complex Business Litigation Division is a pioneer upon which other jurisdictions in the state have been modeled, adopting many innovations to keep its cases running more efficiently and staffing experienced judges who are accustomed to hearing business disputes, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

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