Competition

  • March 31, 2025

    Buyer Class Of Surgical Robots Is Certified In Antitrust Fight

    A California federal judge on Monday certified a class of thousands of hospitals alleging Intuitive Surgical monopolized the market for robotic surgical tools by blocking third-party repairs and tying services to robot purchases, finding the case raises common antitrust questions that can be resolved on a classwide basis.

  • March 31, 2025

    NCAA Says Tennis Prize Money Class Cert. Bid Too Narrow

    The NCAA is urging a North Carolina federal judge not to certify a class of college tennis players suing the organization over their inability to accept prize money from outside tournaments, saying the disputed rules do not affect a broad class of student athletes.

  • March 31, 2025

    Caterpillar Escapes $100M Contract Breach Verdict

    A Delaware federal court on Monday vacated $100 million in damages awarded to a defunct equipment importer that accused Caterpillar of interfering with a contract, and also refused to order a new trial for antitrust claims against the manufacturer.

  • March 31, 2025

    Wireless Cos. Warn Of Economic Losses In Call For Spectrum

    The wireless industry is ramping up calls for Capitol Hill to allow more midband licensed spectrum, pointing to a new report showing that failure to clear more airwaves could cost the U.S. more than $1.4 trillion in economic growth over a decade.

  • March 31, 2025

    Low-Power TV Stations Seek Looser Rules For 5G Broadcast

    Low-power TV broadcasters have asked the Federal Communications Commission to let them voluntarily transmit 5G broadcast signals and, in turn, ease requirements to carry programming channels.

  • March 31, 2025

    DOI Rescinds Gaming Eligibility In $700M Calif. Casino Project

    The Department of the Interior has temporarily suspended a gaming eligibility determination for a California tribe's $700 million casino and gaming resort project, saying Secretary Doug Burgum is concerned that the agency didn't consider additional evidence regarding the 160-acre parcel's restored lands exception.

  • March 31, 2025

    South Dakota Moves To Halt NCAA NIL Settlement Rollout

    South Dakota asked a state court on Monday to stop the NCAA from putting in place a $2.78 billion settlement with athletes in their class action over name, image and likeness compensation, one week before a scheduled hearing for final approval in California federal court.

  • March 31, 2025

    Colo. Firm Says Former Atty Uses Google Ads To Steal Clients

    A prominent Colorado personal injury law firm has sued a former employee for trademark infringement, accusing the lawyer of purchasing Google ads so prospective clients searching for the Franklin D. Azar & Associates firm are directed to a phone number and website for his lesser-known law firm instead.

  • March 31, 2025

    DOJ Seeking Steep Costs To Make Challengers Think Twice

    The U.S. Department of Justice is quickly implementing President Donald Trump's plan to seek huge sums of money from litigants whose cases impede his agenda but ultimately prove unsuccessful, court records show.

  • March 31, 2025

    Developer Sues Construction Co. For £2.4M Cartel Losses

    A building developer has sued a construction company for almost £2.4 million ($3.1 million) at the Competition Appeal Tribunal over alleged losses resulting from a demolition and asbestos removal services cartel that spanned five years.

  • March 31, 2025

    Justices Reject Gas Price-Fixing Claims Over Trump Oil Pact

    The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review a bid to revive a proposed class action alleging price-fixing between major oil producers as part of a 2020 deal among Russia, Saudi Arabia and President Donald Trump's administration to cut production.

  • March 28, 2025

    Judge Blocks Bid To 'Hijack' $44M Ga. Realtor Settlement

    A Georgia federal judge on Friday rejected a bid by the plaintiffs who brought a series of landmark fee inflation claims against the National Association of Realtors and major brokerages to intervene in a similar Peach State action, putting their bid to block an alleged lowball settlement on ice.

  • March 28, 2025

    DOJ Alleges Missing Docs In Agri Stats Price-Fixing Case

    The U.S. Department of Justice asked a Minnesota federal judge to force Agri Stats Inc. to produce more information in a case alleging the company's industry reports facilitate price-fixing by chicken, pork and turkey producers, raising concerns over widespread discovery failures and "facially unsupported privilege claims."

  • March 28, 2025

    Failed Software Secrets Case Costs MasterCard Unit $2.8M

    A federal judge in Utah has ordered a MasterCard unit to cough up over $2.8 million in legal fees for "aggressively" litigating an "objectively specious" trade secrets suit against two McKinsey consultants who went on to found one of MasterCard's only serious rivals in a corner of the business analytics software market.

  • March 28, 2025

    Carriers Challenge Midco's 'Unsubsidized Competitor' Status

    Two Minnesota telecoms say the FCC must take seriously their petitions to strip a rival of its "unsubsidized competitor" status and adjust their federal deployment aid because the companies have gone through the trouble of individually checking thousands of addresses to back their claims.

  • March 28, 2025

    NY Ski Resort Co. Appealing Court's Antitrust Ruling

    A New York ski resort operator told a state court on Friday that it's appealing the state's victory in its antitrust suit, which alleged that the operator purposefully closed a local competitor after acquiring it.

  • March 28, 2025

    AIG Trade Secrets Row With Insurance Startup Gets Trimmed

    A New Jersey federal court narrowed a trade secrets theft suit brought by AIG units against a new insurer founded by former senior executives, calling claims of interference with contract, breach of fiduciary duty and unauthorized access of AIG's computers unsupported Friday.

  • March 28, 2025

    PE Firm Hits Back Against Medical Device Coating Challenge

    Private equity firm GTCR BC Holdings LLC told a Federal Trade Commission in-house judge Friday the commission has a warped view of the medical device coatings market, as the firm fights a bid to block its $627 million acquisition of Surmodics Inc.

  • March 28, 2025

    Chinese Pool Parts Supplier Can't Undo False Ads Verdict

    A Chinese pool parts supplier can't reverse a jury verdict for false advertising and deceptive business practices, a North Carolina federal judge has said, finding the company tried to bring new arguments that weren't raised at trial.

  • March 28, 2025

    13 Drugmakers Seek Dismissal Of Aetna's Price-Fixing Claims

    Thirteen pharmaceutical companies asked a Connecticut state judge to throw out health insurer Aetna Inc.'s suit alleging that they conspired to fix the prices of more than 100 generic medications, with most saying the Constitution State is not the proper forum for the claims.

  • March 28, 2025

    Kroger, Albertsons Appeal Block Of $24.6B Merger

    Kroger and Albertsons say they plan to appeal a Washington state judge's ruling that blocked the $24.6 billion merger of the grocery chains and determined the state could collect legal costs for prevailing in its Consumer Protection Act suit opposing the deal.

  • March 28, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen sparkling winemaker Nyetimber hit a rival distillery with an intellectual property claim, Newcastle United's former owner Mike Ashley target the club's ex-vice president for damages tied to a fraudulent investment, and a real estate agency file a legal claim against law firm Winston & Strawn LLP. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • March 28, 2025

    Off The Bench: NCAA Wages, Coach Hacking, Tennis Tension

    In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA fires its latest salvo against paying wages to college athletes, the legal fallout from hacking allegations against a former University of Michigan football coach intensifies, and the men's tennis tour fights back against claims of intimidation.

  • March 28, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Upholds Janssen's Patent Case Win Over Mylan

    The Federal Circuit declined on Friday to undo a lower court ruling that kept Mylan Laboratories Ltd. from releasing a generic version of Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s schizophrenia drug Invega Trinza, rejecting Mylan's challenge to a finding that the generic drug would cause physicians to infringe a patent covering its dosing regimen.

  • March 28, 2025

    'We Didn't Have A Precedent': Lawyers Test New Regime

    As part of a series of interviews with lawyers, class representatives and litigation-funders to mark the 10-year anniversary of the collective proceedings order regime, Law360 spoke to Boris Bronfentrinker and Ricky Versteeg — lawyers on opposite sides of the courtroom — about the watershed Mastercard swipe fees case.

Expert Analysis

  • Back To The Future? Antitrust Enforcement Under Trump 2.0

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    While the transition to the second Trump administration's antitrust policy should be accompanied by less uncertainty, we're unlikely to get a full sense of the true focus and tenor of competition enforcement under Trump 2.0 before late next year, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity

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    Cases can appear complex for several reasons — due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources — but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Corporate Liability Issues To Watch In High Court TM Case

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    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a trademark dispute between Dewberry Group and Dewberry Engineers next week, presenting an opportunity for the court to drastically alter the fundamental approach to piercing the corporate veil, or adopt a more limited approach and preserve existing norms, say attorneys at Bracewell.

  • Trending At The PTAB: Collateral Estoppel Continues Evolving

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    We are starting to see brighter lines on collateral estoppel involving Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings, illustrated by two recent cases that considered whether collateral estoppel should apply to factual findings on prior art from the PTAB in a later district court litigation, say attorneys at Finnegan.

  • Antitrust in Retail: Handbag Ruling Won't Go Out Of Fashion

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    Although a New York federal court’s recent decision to enjoin a proposed $8.5 billion merger between the owners of Michael Kors and Coach applied noncontroversial antitrust interpretations, several notable aspects of the opinion stand out as likely candidates for further discussion in future merger litigation, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • Series

    Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.

  • Takeaways From DOJ's Intervention On Pricing Algorithm Use

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    A recent U.S. Justice Department amicus brief arguing that a Nevada federal judge wrongly focused on the nonbinding aspect of software company Cendyn Group's pricing algorithm underscores the growing challenge of determining when, if ever, pricing algorithms are legal, say attorneys at Rule Garza.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review

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    For attorneys — new ones especially — there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Expect More State Scrutiny Of PE In Healthcare M&A

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    While a California bill that called for increased antitrust scrutiny of many healthcare private equity transactions was recently vetoed by the governor, state legislatures are likely to continue introducing similar laws, particularly if the Trump administration eases federal enforcement, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • How Boards And Officers Should Prep For New Trump Admin

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    In anticipation of President-elect Donald Trump's proposed tariffs and mass deportation campaign, company officers and board members should pursue proactive, comprehensive contingency planning to not only advance the best interests of the companies they serve, but to also properly exercise their fiduciary duty of care, say attorneys at Winston & Strawn.

  • Navigating 4th Circ.'s Antitrust Burden In Hybrid Relationships

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    The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to review the Fourth Circuit's Brewbaker decision, a holding that heightens the burden on antitrust prosecutors when the target companies have a hybrid horizontal-vertical relationship, but diverges from other circuits, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

  • Opinion

    FTC Actions In Oil Cases Go Against Its Own Rulemaking

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    Two recent Federal Trade Commission actions concerning the oil and gas industry appear to defy its own merger guidelines, with allegations that fall far short of the commission's own standard — raising serious questions about the agency's current approach, say attorneys at Clifford Chance.

  • Series

    Flying Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer — and a better person — because it taught me I can conquer difficult goals when I leave my comfort zone, focus on the demands of the moment and commit to honing my skills, says Ivy Cadle at Baker Donelson.

  • 9th Circ.'s High Bar May Limit Keyword Confusion TM Claims

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    A recent Ninth Circuit ruling that a law firm did not infringe upon a competitor’s trademarks by paying Google to promote its website when users searched for the rival’s name signals that plaintiffs likely can no longer win infringement suits by claiming competitive keyword advertising confuses internet-savvy consumers, say attorneys at Mitchell Silberberg.

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    Circus Arts Make Me A Better Lawyer

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    Performing circus arts has strengthened my ability to be more thoughtful, confident and grounded, all of which has enhanced my legal practice and allowed me to serve clients in a more meaningful way, says Bailey McGowan at Stinson.

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