Competition

  • October 03, 2025

    The Roberts Court At 20: How The Chief Is Reshaping America

    Twenty years after John Roberts became the 17th chief justice of the United States, he faces a U.S. Supreme Court term that's looking transformative for the country and its institutions. How Justice Roberts and his colleagues navigate mounting distrust in the judiciary and set the boundaries of presidential authority appear increasingly likely to define his time leading the court.

  • October 03, 2025

    Off The Bench: QB Wins In Court, 'Poaching' Feud Heats Up

    In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA's bid to overturn a football player's eligibility falls short, a transgender athlete wants a potential landmark U.S. Supreme Court case stopped, and a $55 million feud between two athletic conferences continues.

  • October 03, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Paul Weiss, Cravath

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, video game maker Electronic Arts agrees to be acquired by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners; online mortgage giant Rocket closes its acquisition of rival Mr. Cooper Group; and Berkshire Hathaway acquires international energy company Occidental's chemical business.

  • October 02, 2025

    Landlords Will Pay $141M To Exit RealPage Rent Pricing Case

    Renters have struck over $141 million in deals with landlord companies that were accused of using property management software RealPage's algorithms to fix rent prices and are now asking a Tennessee federal court to give those settlements its blessing.

  • October 02, 2025

    Google Fights Push To Get Reports From Gov't Monopoly Suit

    Google on Thursday pushed back against a software development company's bid to make the tech giant produce expert reports used in the federal government's lawsuit that resulted in Google being deemed a monopolist in the general search market, saying the reports had no relevance to the present case.

  • October 02, 2025

    Ad Tech Judge Sees 'Tension' In Google's Economist

    A Virginia federal judge told Google's economics expert Thursday that there's "tension" in his assertions that remedies for the company's advertising placement technology monopolies must be narrowly tailored to block the particular anticompetitive findings won by the U.S. Justice Department.

  • October 02, 2025

    Zillow Seeks Info On Compass' Anywhere Deal In Antitrust Suit

    Compass Inc. and Zillow Inc., which are battling each other in an antitrust case brought by Compass, have both asked a New York federal judge to rule on Zillow's bid to obtain documents related to Compass' $1.6 billion all-stock acquisition of Anywhere Real Estate Inc.

  • October 02, 2025

    Jordan's Team Seeks Partial Antitrust Win In NASCAR Suit

    The market for auto racing that NASCAR is accused of unjustly dominating has been clearly established and the organization's monopoly power is obvious, the two auto racing teams suing it told a North Carolina federal judge in asking for partial summary judgment in their antitrust suit.

  • October 02, 2025

    HNI Gives Enforcers More Time On $2.2B Steelcase Deal

    Workplace furnishing and residential building product manufacturer HNI Corp. has given antitrust enforcers additional time to review its planned $2.2 billion purchase of office, home and learning environment solutions maker Steelcase for potential competition concerns.

  • October 02, 2025

    Merrill Lynch Raid Suit Paused For FINRA Arbitration

    A Georgia federal judge stayed Merrill Lynch's case alleging Dynasty Financial Partners, Charles Schwab and a dozen former employees conspired to start a new firm with Merrill's staff and confidential information one day after denying the company's bid for an injunction.

  • October 02, 2025

    Pac-12's Antitrust Suit Over Exit Fees Can Go On, Judge Says

    The Mountain West Conference cannot escape a lawsuit over its demand for $55 million in "poaching" fees from the Pac-12 for luring away five universities, with a California federal judge ruling that there are plausible claims that the exit fees violate antitrust laws.

  • October 02, 2025

    National Security Vets, App-Devs Back Google In Epic Fight

    A group of former national security officials and scholars is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the district court injunction requiring Google to distribute third-party app stores and allow app developers to provide alternate payment links directly to users, saying the order creates serious national and cybersecurity risks.

  • October 02, 2025

    NJ Says RealPage Price-Fixing Claims Meet 'Cartel' Standard

    The New Jersey government defended its price-fixing claims against RealPage Inc. and multiple landlords in federal court, arguing that the defendants' collusion to jack up rents represents "cartel conduct in its most traditional form."

  • October 02, 2025

    Court Warned Of Harm From Delaying Medical Device Merger

    A D.C. federal court refused to pause the Federal Trade Commission's case challenging Edwards Lifesciences Corp.'s planned acquisition of JenaValve Technology Inc. during the government shutdown after the companies argued that "time is of the essence" for a new lifesaving medical device.

  • October 02, 2025

    Cravath, Kirkland Lead Berkshire's $9.7B OxyChem Buy

    Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is set to acquire energy giant Occidental's chemical business, OxyChem, in a $9.7 billion all-cash megadeal built by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

  • October 01, 2025

    FTC Halts Fraud Complaints, Spam Call Help Amid Shutdown

    The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that none of its mechanisms for reporting fraud, including identity theft, will be available to consumers while the federal government is shut down, nor will the National Do Not Call Registry be operational for consumers or telemarketers.

  • October 01, 2025

    Tyson Inks $85M Deal To Exit Consumers' Pork Antitrust Suit

    Pork consumers asked a Minnesota federal court Wednesday to greenlight an $85 million settlement resolving their claims against Tyson Foods Inc. in major antitrust litigation alleging pork producers conspired with data firm Agri Stats Inc. to inflate pork prices by limiting the supply in the U.S. market.

  • October 01, 2025

    Economist Says Google's Ad Tech Fix Enough To Boost Rivals

    Google's expert economics witness urged a Virginia federal judge Wednesday not to break up the search giant's advertising placement technology business, arguing the company's counterproposal would free up rivals without the "market reengineering" threatened by the Justice Department's proposed remedies.

  • October 01, 2025

    Quantum Can't Nix FTC Order Over $5.2B Natural Gas Deal

    Quantum Energy Partners is not going to be allowed out from under a consent order it inked with the Federal Trade Commission that had allowed a $5.2 billion oil and gas deal with EQT Corp. to go through, the agency has announced.

  • October 01, 2025

    HP Ditches Antitrust Suit Over Third-Party Ink, For Now

    HP customers accusing the printer maker of illegally using a firmware update to block them from using third-party ink cartridges in their machines have not outlined a viable antitrust claim to pursue, but they can try again, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.

  • October 01, 2025

    Eli Lilly's Drug Suit Slammed As 'Anti-Competitive' Move

    Eli Lilly and Co.'s lawsuit accusing a compounding pharmacy of unlawfully selling untested weight loss drugs should be tossed because the drugmaker didn't show its advertising was deceptive or harmful, the defendant told a Texas federal court this week.

  • October 01, 2025

    Temu Antitrust Claims Nixed, Copyright Claims Get Go-Ahead

    Major fast fashion company Shein has convinced a D.C. federal judge to slim down a lawsuit brought by its main rival Temu, which accuses Shein of spamming it with copyright takedown requests.

  • October 01, 2025

    States Accuse Zillow, Redfin Of Deal To End Competition

    A coalition of states followed their federal counterparts with an antitrust lawsuit in Virginia federal court Wednesday accusing Zillow of paying Redfin more than $100 million to stop competing for the sale of rental housing advertisements on their listing services.

  • October 01, 2025

    Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

    The Federal Trade Commission put the final tweaks on its deal allowing a $13.5 billion merger of marketing companies to move ahead and pushed its bid to block a merger in the medical device coatings industry, while U.K. enforcers launched a number of merger probes.

  • October 01, 2025

    6th Circ. Axes NCAA Appeal After Waiver Keeps QB Playing

    The NCAA's appeal of the injunction that allowed Vanderbilt University's Diego Pavia to play football this season was dismissed Wednesday by a unanimous Sixth Circuit panel that raised several ongoing antitrust concerns about college sports.

Expert Analysis

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    Judging Figure Skating Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Judging figure skating competitions helps me hone the focus, decisiveness and ability to process complex real-time information I need in court, but more importantly, it makes me reengage with a community and my identity outside of law, which, paradoxically, always brings me back to work feeling restored, says Megan Raymond at Groombridge Wu.

  • Female Athletes' NIL Deal Challenge Could Be Game Changer

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    A challenge by eight female athletes to the NCAA’s $2.8 billion name, image and likeness settlement shows that women in sports are still fighting for their share — not just of money, but of respect, resources and representation, says Madilynne Lee at Anderson Kill.

  • What Ethics Rules Say On Atty Discipline For Online Speech

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    Though law firms are free to discipline employees for their online commentary about Charlie Kirk or other social media activity, saying crude or insensitive things on the internet generally doesn’t subject attorneys to professional discipline under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, says Stacie H. Rosenzweig at Halling & Cayo.

  • 4 Steps To Designing Effective Survey Samples For Trial

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    The Federal Trade Commission's recent move to exclude a defense expert's survey in FTC v. Amazon on the basis of flaws in the survey sample design highlights that ensuring survey evidence inclusion at trial requires following a road map for effective survey sample design, say consultants at Compass Lexecon.

  • Junior Attys Must Beware Of 5 Common Legal Brief Mistakes

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    Junior law firm associates must be careful to avoid five common pitfalls when drafting legal briefs — from including every possible argument to not developing a theme — to build the reputation of a sought-after litigator, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.

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    Power To The Paralegals: How And Why Training Must Evolve

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    Empowering paralegals through new models of education that emphasize digital fluency, interdisciplinary collaboration and human-centered lawyering could help solve workforce challenges and the justice gap — if firms, educators and policymakers get on board, say Kristine Custodio Suero and Kelli Radnothy.

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    Playing Softball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My time on the softball field has taught me lessons that also apply to success in legal work — on effective preparation, flexibility, communication and teamwork, says Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty.

  • And Now A Word From The Panel: Choosing MDL Venues

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    One of the most interesting yet least predictable facets of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's practice is venue — namely where the panel decides to place a new MDL proceeding — and its choices reflect the tension between neutrality and case-specific factors, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.

  • What Novel NIL Suit Reveals About College Sports Landscape

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    A first-of-its-kind name, image and likeness lawsuit — recently filed in Wisconsin state court by the University of Wisconsin-Madison against the University of Miami — highlights new challenges and risks following the NCAA’s landmark agreement to allow schools to make NIL deals and share revenue with student-athletes, say attorneys at O'Melveny.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Time Management

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    Law students typically have weeks or months to prepare for any given deadline, but the unpredictability of practicing in the real world means that lawyers must become time-management pros, ready to adapt to scheduling conflicts and unexpected assignments at any given moment, says David Thomas at Honigman.

  • How Hyperlinks Are Changing E-Discovery Responsibilities

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    A recent e-discovery dispute over hyperlinked data in Hubbard v. Crow shows how courts have increasingly broadened the definition of control to account for cloud-based evidence, and why organizations must rethink preservation practices to avoid spoliation risks, says Bree Murphy at Exterro.

  • Pemex Bribery Charges Provide Glimpse Into FCPA Evolution

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    A recently unsealed indictment against two Mexican nationals for allegedly bribing officials at Pemex, Mexico’s state-owned oil company, reveals that Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement is adapting to new priorities, but still remains active, and compliance programs should continue apace, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • Assessing Potential Ad Tech Remedies Ahead Of Google Trial

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    The Virginia federal judge tasked with prying open Google’s digital advertising monopoly faces a smorgasbord of potential remedies, all with different implications for competition, government control and consumers' internet experience, but compromises reached in the parallel Google search monopoly litigation may point a way forward, say attorneys at MoloLamken.

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    Writing Musicals Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My experiences with writing musicals and practicing law have shown that the building blocks for both endeavors are one and the same, because drama is necessary for the law to exist, says Addison O’Donnell at LOIS Law.

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    Adapting To Private Practice: From Va. AUSA To Mid-Law

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    Returning to the firm where I began my career after seven years as an assistant U.S. attorney in Virginia has been complex, nuanced and rewarding, and I’ve learned that the pursuit of justice remains the constant, even as the mindset and client change, says Kristin Johnson at Woods Rogers.

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