Competition

  • December 17, 2025

    Anker, Ugreen Near Peace In Mobile Power Bank Patent Suit

    Electronics-makers Anker and Ugreen have reached a tentative agreement to end Anker's intellectual property claims accusing its rival of infringing a patent for a mobile power bank and marketing "virtually identical" products to consumers.

  • December 17, 2025

    DOJ Says Live Nation Can't Avoid Jury In Antitrust Case

    The Justice Department wants a New York federal judge to force Live Nation to face a jury next year on allegations it bought, coerced and leveraged its way to live performance dominance, arguing in a newly unsealed brief that there are too many factual disputes to upstage the lawsuit.

  • December 17, 2025

    Korean Food Chain Stole Family Spring Roll Recipe, Suit Says

    Korean food conglomerate CJ Group has been accused of stealing a family spring roll recipe that dates to the 1950s and marketing its versions as knockoff frozen spring roll products in a suit seeking $100 million in damages.

  • December 17, 2025

    High Court Seals End To NAR Optional Rule Antitrust Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court again declined to review antitrust claims centered on Zillow's adoption of an optional National Association of Realtors rule, which a defunct brokerage claimed was necessary after a district court reading of Seventh Circuit precedent deepened an existing split.

  • December 17, 2025

    DOJ Weighs In On Apple Watch Antitrust Claims

    The Justice Department filed a statement of interest in the private smartphone monopolization case against Apple to urge the court to reject several arguments supporting the tech giant's bid to nix claims that it restricts the capabilities of competing smartwatches.

  • December 17, 2025

    Judge Tosses Suit Fighting Rail Project's Buy America Waiver

    A D.C. federal judge said an Alstom unit had no viable path to challenge a Buy America waiver allowing a Siemens unit to supply trains for Brightline West's high-speed passenger rail project linking Las Vegas and Southern California.

  • December 17, 2025

    The Top Trademark Decisions Of 2025

    The U.S. Supreme Court vacated a trademark infringement award that reached nearly $47 million and found nonparties couldn't be on the hook for the amount, while the Federal Circuit reproached a trademark tribunal for its handling of a man's attempt to register the F-word. Here are Law360's picks for the biggest trademark decisions of 2025.

  • December 17, 2025

    Warner Bros. Board Rejects 'Inferior' Paramount Bid

    Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. said Wednesday that its board has determined Paramount Skydance Corp.'s $108.4 billion hostile offer is not a "superior proposal" to the company's pending $82.7 billion agreement with Netflix. 

  • December 17, 2025

    Greencore's £1.2B Bakkavor Deal To Complete After CMA OK

    Irish food manufacturer Greencore said Wednesday that it expects its £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) acquisition of rival Bakkavor to complete in January after the U.K.'s competition authority abandoned its probe amid antitrust fixes proposed by the sides.

  • December 16, 2025

    FTC Retaliation Suits To Be Heard By Different Judges

    A D.C. federal judge has unassigned herself from a suit brought by an antidisinformation nonprofit that says the Federal Trade Commission slapped it with subpoenas as revenge for naming conservative outlets top disinformation risks, agreeing that the matter isn't similar enough to another suit currently before her.

  • December 16, 2025

    Judge Blocks T-Mobile From Using Tool To Scrape AT&T Data

    A Texas federal judge blocked T-Mobile from using a price tool to scrape data from AT&T's website, saying that without a temporary restraining order T-Mobile would likely continue to enter into AT&T's password-protected software without permission.

  • December 16, 2025

    Pepsi Boosted Prices For Walmart Rivals, Antitrust Suit Says

    A proposed consumer antitrust class action against Pepsi and Walmart was filed in New York federal court on Monday, days after an unsealed Federal Trade Commission lawsuit abandoned by the Republican-controlled FTC showed the agency previously accused the soda giant of giving Walmart discounts denied to the retailer's rivals.

  • December 16, 2025

    Miami Dealer Unlikely To Get Quick Win Against Porsche

    A Florida state judge said Tuesday that she is inclined to deny a Miami luxury car dealer's request for a quick win on its claim that Porsche violated a state dealer protection law by withholding inventory over a disagreement to build a new facility.

  • December 16, 2025

    Cuban-Born Wrestler Claims NCAA Denied Him College Career

    An international wrestling champion who defected from Cuba in 2022 has accused the NCAA of robbing him of a chance to compete at a U.S. college because his years attending school in his home country counted against his eligibility.

  • December 16, 2025

    NCAA Escapes Former Villanova Star's Antitrust Suit

    A Villanova University basketball player who sank a buzzer-beating shot to win the 2016 championship missed the window to bring an antitrust lawsuit accusing the NCAA of unlawfully limiting his ability to earn money, a New York federal judge has ruled.

  • December 16, 2025

    Property Management Co. Faces AI Platform Antitrust Suit

    Artificial intelligence-driven insurance compliance service provider Beagle Labs Inc. has hit AppFolio with antitrust claims in federal court, alleging the property management software company told customers Beagle created cybersecurity risks in order to drive them toward AppFolio's in-house products.

  • December 16, 2025

    PVC Pipe Buyers Defend Price-Fix Conspiracy Claims

    Polyvinyl chloride pipe purchasers say they've alleged more than enough to show a Chicago federal judge that certain manufacturers participated in a plausible and illegal price-fixing conspiracy, urging the court to let their consolidated action proceed to discovery.

  • December 16, 2025

    Split 2nd Circ. Panel Revives DirecTV Case Against Nexstar

    A split Second Circuit panel on Tuesday revived DirecTV's antitrust case that accuses Nexstar Media Group of using a pair of broadcast station owners to demand excessive retransmission fees.

  • December 16, 2025

    Va. Judge Advances Most Claims In Stelara Antitrust Case

    A Virginia federal judge has allowed health insurer CareFirst's anticompetition and patent fraud claims against Johnson & Johnson to move forward in a case alleging anticompetitive behavior in relation to the immunosuppressive drug Stelara, while letting the pharmaceutical giant escape some claims of misrepresentation.

  • December 16, 2025

    Fired Top Antitrust Official Warns Of 'Politicization'

    The former No. 2 at the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division until he was terminated this year testified Tuesday about the "politicization" of antitrust enforcement.

  • December 16, 2025

    'Take It Or Leave It' Defines Network-Affiliate Ties, FCC Told

    The major TV affiliates' groups have urged the Federal Communications Commission to tackle what they call the "seriously out of balance" relationship that has developed between major national networks and local broadcasters that carry their programs.

  • December 16, 2025

    NC Cardboard Box Salesman Freed From Trade Secrets Suit

    A corrugated packing manufacturer can't hold on to its lawsuit alleging a former star salesman defected to a close competitor with its trade secrets after a North Carolina Business Court judge ruled the complaint is too vague.

  • December 16, 2025

    Visa, Mastercard Say Merchants Too Late To Join Class Action

    Visa and Mastercard told Britain's antitrust tribunal Tuesday that a number of merchants should not be allowed to join collective proceedings accusing them of unfairly imposing interchange fees on retailers after the deadline to opt in.

  • December 16, 2025

    Omni Bridgeway Taps New Antitrust, Arbitration Leaders

    The Australia-headquartered litigation funding firm Omni Bridgeway has hired new leaders for its arbitration and antitrust initiatives in the U.S., who bring experience working at the U.S. Department of Justice, the International Court of Justice and a number of law firms to the team in Washington, D.C.

  • December 16, 2025

    Apple, Amazon Accused Of Collusion In £900M Class Action

    Apple and Amazon have been hit with a £900 million ($1.2 billion) collective action at a U.K. tribunal on behalf of more than 10 million consumers who allegedly overpaid for Apple's products because of unlawful collusion between the two technology giants.

Expert Analysis

  • 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.

  • Series

    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.

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    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.

  • Identifying And Resolving Conflicts Among Class Members

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    As the Fifth Circuit's recent decision in Nova Scotia Health Employees' Pension Plan v. McDermott International illustrates, intraclass conflicts can determine the fate of a class action — and such conflicts can be surprisingly difficult to identify, says Andrew Faisman, a clerk at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

  • AI Evidence Rule Tweaks Encourage Judicial Guardrails

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    Recent additions to a committee note on proposed Rule of Evidence 707 — governing evidence generated by artificial intelligence — seek to mitigate potential dangers that may arise once machine outputs are introduced at trial, encouraging judges to perform critical gatekeeping functions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

  • Train Ticket Class Action Shows Limits Of Competition Law

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    The Competition Appeal Tribunal's recent judgment in Gutmann v. London & Southeastern Railway, Govia Thameslink Railway and First MTR South Western Trains Ltd. restates the important principle that a high bar is required to demonstrate an abuse of dominance, providing welcome clarification for consumer-facing businesses that competition law is not intended to serve as a general vehicle for consumer protection, say lawyers at Freshfields.

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