Competition

  • November 18, 2025

    Sheppard Mullin Antitrust Leader Returns To King & Spalding

    The former leader of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's healthcare antitrust team is returning to King & Spalding LLP, a firm where he worked for more than a decade, helping clients through deal reviews by the Federal Trade Commission, an agency where he once worked as an attorney.

  • November 18, 2025

    Judge Punts FTC Suit Over Meta's Instagram, WhatsApp Buys

    A federal antitrust campaign against major technology platforms suffered a significant blow Tuesday with a D.C. federal judge's rejection of a Federal Trade Commission suit accusing Meta Platforms of illegally monopolizing social media through its purchases of WhatsApp and Instagram.

  • November 18, 2025

    Greencore To Sell Food Site After CMA Pressure Over Deal

    Greencore said Tuesday that it has agreed to sell its chilled soups and sauces manufacturing site to another foods company in a move to remedy concerns raised by the competition regulator over its £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) Bakkavor takeover.

  • November 18, 2025

    5 Firms Aid Paints, Coatings Biz Merger To Create $25B Giant

    AkzoNobel NV, owner of paints-maker Dulux, and Axalta Coating Systems said on Tuesday that they will combine their operations in an all-share deal to create a $25 billion coatings company in a merger of equals.

  • November 17, 2025

    X Asks 9th Circ. To Let It Litigate Media Matters Suit In Ireland

    X Corp. urged the Ninth Circuit on Monday to scrap an injunction blocking it from continuing to litigate its Irish-law defamation case against Media Matters in Ireland, arguing that the left-leaning watchdog waited too long to invoke a California forum-selection clause in X Corp.'s terms of service.

  • November 17, 2025

    DOJ Defends HPE Merger Deal As 'Prudent Compromise'

    The Justice Department told a California federal judge to pay no heed to the "politicians and advocacy groups" opposing the controversial settlement clearing Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks, arguing their concerns about improper lobbying influence are outside the scope of the court's review.

  • November 17, 2025

    Holyoak Leaves FTC For Interim US Atty In Utah

    Melissa Holyoak left the Federal Trade Commission on Monday to become Utah's interim U.S. attorney, leaving the FTC down to two commissioners, both Republicans, in the Trump administration's latest use of interim U.S. attorney appointments.

  • November 17, 2025

    Ky. Fights To Keep Its RealPage Battle In Play

    Kentucky pushed back against several landlords' bid to escape an antitrust suit naming them alongside property management software company RealPage Inc., arguing in federal court that it provided direct evidence supporting its allegation of a conspiracy between the parties.

  • November 17, 2025

    SAP Proposes Fixes Amid EU Antitrust Probe

    German software giant SAP has offered a set of commitments to European enforcers who raised concerns over maintenance and support services for the company's business management software.

  • November 17, 2025

    Ohio Asks To Revive Google Common Carrier Case

    The Ohio Attorney General's Office told a state appeals court that Google's search engine meets all the requirements to be declared a common carrier, arguing that a lower court misapplied the law by failing to see information as a good that can be transported.

  • November 17, 2025

    Law School Admission Council Pushes To Toss Antitrust Suit

    The Law School Admission Council is continuing its push to toss a proposed class action accusing it of fixing application fees with its member schools, saying in a Pennsylvania federal court filing last week that the applicant's opposition to its dismissal motion "entirely fails to engage with the incoherence at the core of his case."

  • November 17, 2025

    TotalEnergies, Partners Fined €187M For Fuel Depot Collusion

    A French competition regulator revealed Monday that it has imposed fines totaling almost €187.5 million ($217.4 million) against the owners of Corsican oil depots, including fuel giant TotalEnergies, for colluding to reserve the use of the only two fuel stores on the Mediterranean island for themselves.

  • November 14, 2025

    FTC To Make Valvoline, Greenbriar Divest 45 Oil Shops

    The Federal Trade Commission said Friday that it will require Valvoline Inc. and Greenbriar Equity Group LP to divest 45 quick oil change shops to resolve antitrust concerns surrounding the automotive services company's planned acquisition of Breeze Autocare from the private equity firm for $625 million.

  • November 14, 2025

    Judge Again Rejects Title IX, Class Rep Objections To NIL Deal

    The NCAA's $2.78 billion settlement with college athletes who sought compensation for their name, image and likeness survived objections from seven athletes who lodged various claims of discrimination and inadequate representation for future athletes.

  • November 14, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Clears New Trial On Unicycle Infringement Damages

    The Federal Circuit on Friday ordered a new trial to determine whether Inventist Inc. should receive lost profits after a jury determined Ninebot Inc. infringed its unicycle patent, saying key information was left out that could have impacted the jury's $800,000 award.

  • November 14, 2025

    Buyer Defends Antitrust Claims Against Berkshire Subsidiary

    A Nebraska-based insulation company has urged a Colorado federal judge to keep alive the company's proposed antitrust class action against a Berkshire Hathaway-owned firm, arguing its claims are timely and plausibly show the subsidiary illegally monopolized calcium silicate insulation.

  • November 14, 2025

    Consumers Want 9th Circ. To Recertify Apple IPhone Class

    Apple users want the Ninth Circuit to restore the certification of their antitrust class accusing the technology giant of trapping them within the App Store, arguing a California federal judge improperly front-loaded the identification of individual members, when all that matters is that "nearly 200 million" users were harmed.

  • November 14, 2025

    Crypto Firm Founder Gets 5 Years For $9.4M Fraud Scheme

    An Oklahoma federal court has ordered the co-founder of a cryptocurrency investment firm to serve five years in prison and pay more than $1.1 million for his role in a fraud conspiracy that involved making false promises of returns to thousands of investors via social media posts.

  • November 14, 2025

    Google Offers EU Ad Tech Fixes Without Breakup

    Google tried to mollify European Union antitrust enforcers Friday with the promise of "immediate product changes" to its advertising placement technology business, while arguing against "a disruptive break-up" called for when the European Commission fined the technology giant €2.95 billion ($3.5 billion).

  • November 14, 2025

    Drug Buyers Defend Class Cert. In 3rd Circ. Generics Case

    Direct purchasers and end-payers in the sprawling multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing of generic drugs are fighting requests from Actavis and Mylan to undo class certification in the cases, arguing to the Third Circuit that the litigation is a classic example of a class action matter.

  • November 14, 2025

    Junior Hockey Players Fight Wage Case Dismissal In Appeal

    Junior hockey players have asked the Ninth Circuit to reverse a lower court toss of their wage suppression suit against the National Hockey League and Canadian leagues, arguing that the territorial reach of U.S. antitrust laws gives United States federal courts jurisdiction.

  • November 14, 2025

    Target Faces 2nd Copyright Suit Over Infant Sleepwear Design

    A Colorado-based baby clothing company told a federal court Friday that Target infringed its registered copyright on several infant sleepwear products, which the company says comes after the retail giant had already been told to pay it $1.2 million in another copyright lawsuit.

  • November 14, 2025

    FCC Urged To Add Tribal Window To C-Band Sale

    A public interest group has urged the Federal Communications Commission to add a tribal priority window as the agency develops a plan required by Congress to auction off rights to upper C-band spectrum.

  • November 14, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Paul Hastings, Sidley

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Pfizer Inc. completes its acquisition of obesity drug developer Metsera Inc., motion and controls technologies company Parker-Hannifin Corp. acquires Filtration Group Corp., and fund administrator JTC PLC backs a cash offer in the billions from British private equity shop Permira.

  • November 14, 2025

    Mobile Phone Giants To Face £3.3B Overcharging Class Action

    The Competition Appeal Tribunal approved on Friday a £3.3 billion ($4.4 billion) collective action alleging that the U.K.'s biggest mobile phone companies abused their market dominance to rip off longstanding customers at the end of their contracts.

Expert Analysis

  • What Employers Can Learn From 'Your Friends & Neighbors'

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    The new drama series "Your Friends and Neighbors," follows a hedge fund firm manager who is terminated after an alleged affair with an employee in another department, and his employment struggles can teach us a few lessons about workplace policies, for cause termination and nonsolicitation clauses, says Anita Levian at Levian Law.

  • Robinson-Patman Enforcement May Fizzle Out After PepsiCo

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    After securing an early Robinson-Patman Act victory against the largest wine and spirits distributor in the U.S., the Federal Trade commission's voluntary dismissal of its own enforcement action against PepsiCo throws into doubt the future of the federal statute that prohibits price discrimination and other anticompetitive practices, say attorneys at V&E.

  • Series

    Running Marathons Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    After almost five years of running marathons, I’ve learned that both the race itself and the training process sharpen skills that directly translate to the practice of law, including discipline, dedication, endurance, problem-solving and mental toughness, says Lauren Meadows at Swift Currie.

  • 5 Ways In-House Counsel Can Stay Ahead Of New HSR Rules

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    Now that the Trump administration’s new Hart-Scott-Rodino Act rules have been in effect for several months, in-house counsel should consider several practice pointers that can help spearhead management of M&A-related antitrust risk, say attorneys at Squire Patton.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Supporting A Trial Team

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    While students often practice as lead trial attorneys in law school, such an opportunity likely won’t arise until a few years into practice, so junior associates should focus on honing skills that are essential to supporting a trial team, including organization, adaptability and humility, says Lucy Zelina at Tucker Ellis.

  • Recent Complex Global Deals Reveal Regulatory Trends

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    An analysis of six complex global deals that were completed or abandoned in the last year suggests that, while such deals continue to face significant and lengthy scrutiny across the U.S, U.K. and European Union, the path to closing may have eased slightly compared to recent years, say attorneys at Weil.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: From US Attorney To BigLaw

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    When I transitioned to private practice after government service — most recently as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia — I learned there are more similarities between the two jobs than many realize, with both disciplines requiring resourcefulness, zealous advocacy and foresight, says Zach Terwilliger at V&E.

  • Employer-Friendly Fla. Law Ushers In New Noncompete Era

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    Florida's CHOICE Act is set to take effect July 1, and employers are welcoming it with open arms as it would create one of the most favorable environments in the country for the enforcement of noncompete and garden leave agreements, but businesses should also consider the nonlegal implications, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • The Ins And Outs Of Consensual Judicial References

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    As parties consider the possibility of judicial reference to resolve complex disputes, it is critical to understand how the process works, why it's gaining traction, and why carefully crafted agreements make all the difference, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • Opinion

    The BigLaw Settlements Are About Risk, Not Profit

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    The nine Am Law 100 firms that settled with the Trump administration likely did so because of the personal risk faced by equity partners in today's billion‑dollar national practices, enabled by an ethics rule primed for modernization, says Adam Forest at Scale.

  • Current Antitrust Zeitgeist May Transcend Political Parties

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    The Trump administration's "America First" antitrust policy initially suggests a different approach than the Biden administration's, but closer examination reveals key parallels, including a broad focus on anticompetitive harm beyond consumer welfare and aggressive enforcement of existing laws, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

  • Opinion

    Courts Must Revitalize Robust Claim Construction

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    Two Federal Circuit decisions from earlier this year illustrate the rarity of robust claim construction and the underused reverse doctrine of equivalents — a dual problem that prevents courts from clearly delineating and correctly cabining the scope of rights conferred by patent claims, say attorneys at Klarquist Sparkman.

  • State Tort Claims May Help Deter Bribes During FCPA Pause

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    As the U.S. pauses Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement, companies that lose business due to competitors' bribery should consider using state tortious interference suits to expose corruption, deter illegal practices and obtain compensation for commercial losses, says Jason Manning at Levy Firestone.

  • Google Ad Tech Ruling Creates Antitrust Uncertainty

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    A Virginia federal court’s recent decision in the Justice Department’s ad tech antitrust case against Google includes two unusual aspects in that it narrowly construed U.S. Supreme Court precedent when rejecting Google's two-sided market argument, and it found the company liable for unlawful tying, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.

  • Series

    Brazilian Jiujitsu Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Competing in Brazilian jiujitsu – often against opponents who are much larger and younger than me – has allowed me to develop a handful of useful skills that foster the resilience and adaptability necessary for a successful legal career, says Tina Dorr of Barnes & Thornburg.

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