FTC Sues To Block Playground Equipment Deal

By Matthew Perlman

The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block private equity-backed playground equipment maker PlayPower's planned acquisition of rival BCI Burke, alleging the move will drive up prices while decreasing quality and innovation.

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Justices Remand 3rd Circ. Arbitration Ruling

By Caroline Simson

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated and remanded a Third Circuit decision dismissing on jurisdictional grounds a bid by litigation funder Burford Capital to arbitrate a dispute relating to German antitrust litigation.

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Prior 5th Amendment Pleadings Complicate Mylan Testimony

By Bryan Koenig

Mylan can use deposition testimony from one current and one former executive in next year's price-fixing trial, a Connecticut federal judge ruled Friday, but state attorneys general can bring up the company "pulling the strings" in the witnesses' decision to testify after originally invoking the Fifth Amendment.

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Amazon Seeks To Nix 'Project Nessie' Claims From FTC Suit

By Rachel Riley

Amazon urged a Washington federal judge Friday to pare down the Federal Trade Commission's landmark antitrust lawsuit by axing claims related to its fulfillment business and an algorithm-based pricing tool known as Project Nessie, as the FTC sought to narrow one of the e-commerce giant's defenses.  

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Proskauer Says It Didn't Drop Reddit To Defend Perplexity

By Lauren Berg

Proskauer Rose LLP and Perplexity AI are urging a New York federal judge to allow the law firm to represent the artificial intelligence company in Reddit's suit over alleged data scraping, balking at the social media platform's argument that its one-time law firm can't represent its current opponent.

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Compass Retaliates With MLS Suit In Listing Access Fight

By Nate Beck

Brokerage Compass shot back at the country's second-largest multiple listing service in California federal court with a lawsuit arguing that rules prohibiting home marketing methods off the online platform are costing the company millions in lost revenue and lost commissions for agents, along with hampering its own home listing platform. 

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EU Says PE Firm KKR May Have Misled Merger Review

By Dawood Fakhir

The European Union antitrust enforcer escalated a case against KKR on Monday over its $23.7 billion acquisition of NetCo in 2024, alleging that the private equity firm might have provided incorrect or misleading information during the EU merger review process.

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Ad Giant Promises Separate Data Access In FTC Merger Deal

By Bryan Koenig

France's Publicis Groupe SA must guarantee five years of access to "standalone" products of data collaboration platform LiveRamp Holdings Inc. under a Federal Trade Commission settlement Monday clearing the advertising buying giant's $2.2 billion purchase.

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NY, Pa. Secure Divestments For Road Repair Cos. Merger

By Matthew Perlman

New York and Pennsylvania said on Monday they reached a settlement allowing Colas Inc. to move ahead with its planned purchase of Suit-Kote Corp., conditioned on the sale of several facilities over concerns about competition for municipal road repair contracts.

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UK Gov't Move To Rescue TalkTalk Prompts Questions

By Najiyya Budaly

The government's move to introduce a measure to push through BT's rescue of TalkTalk on public interest grounds, a deal that would merge two of the country's four biggest broadband providers, has left lawyers wondering about the government's ability to amend laws for a single transaction.

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Canada Gov't Cuts Data Access Deal With Brokers Association

By Isaac Monterose

Canada's antitrust authority and the Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers have entered into a 10-year consent agreement that resolves the government's claims against the nonprofit, which the authority accused of wrongfully restricting its members' access to real estate data.

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Class Counsel Seeks $12M Fee In Polyurethane Pricing Case

By Matthew Santoni

Attorneys from Hartley LLP, Hausfeld LLP and Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti LLP are seeking nearly $12.6 million in fees and $6.7 million in expenses for settling four cases in a multidistrict litigation alleging chemical companies conspired to fix the prices of key ingredients for polyurethane, counsel have told a Pennsylvania federal court.

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Tyson Must Face Turkey Buyers' Claims In Price-Fixing Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

An Illinois federal judge on Monday issued a sweeping summary judgment order in antitrust litigation over price-fixing allegations against turkey producers and a data collection company, ruling that direct-action plaintiffs can take some claims against Tyson and another company to trial while granting summary judgment to other defendants.

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Puerto Rico Towns Say Climate Suit Deadline Creates 'Trap'

By Keith Goldberg

Puerto Rico municipalities have told the First Circuit that a lower court dismissing as untimely their antitrust and racketeering lawsuit saying energy companies concealed the climate change dangers of fossil fuel products "presents a trap" for any such claims.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week blocked Cloudflare Inc. from completing a restructuring meant to preserve its founders' voting control, while Tower Semiconductor Ltd. accused Intel Corp. of backing out of a semiconductor manufacturing agreement and social media company Triller Group Inc. challenged its removal from Nasdaq.

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Weil Hires Ex-Paul Weiss Antitrust Partner In NY

By Matt Perez

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP said Monday it has hired an antitrust partner formerly of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP in its New York office.

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Redgrave Hires DOJ Vet, Ex-Hopper Deputy GC

By Matt Perez

E-discovery and information law firm Redgrave LLP has hired as a partner a former U.S. Department of Justice attorney and former deputy general counsel and head of government relations at travel technology company Hopper Inc., the firm announced Monday.

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DOJ Or Trump: Judge Asks Who Is Deciding Golf Course Plan

By Jared Foretek

Trump administration lawyers continued to insist at a hearing Monday there is no final plan to remake East Potomac Golf Course, and they changed their tune about whether one would require environmental review, despite new social media posts from the president announcing that work on the overhaul would begin "immediately."

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Wood Smith, Charlesbank Capital Ink Pioneering MSO Deal

By Emma Cueto

Insurance defense firm Wood Smith Henning & Berman has inked a deal to take investment from middle market investment firm Charlesbank Capital Partners via a managed services organization, according to an announcement Monday, the largest U.S. firm to announce such a move.

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Arizona Court Approves State's First Non-ABA Law School

By Emma Cueto

The Arizona Supreme Court has approved the state's first law school not accredited by the American Bar Association, citing the need to increase the number of lawyers per capita in the state and provide more affordable options for legal education.

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Court Denies Gov't Bid To DQ Susman Godfrey In ABA's Suit

By Andrea Keckley

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has denied the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to disqualify Susman Godfrey LLP from representing the American Bar Association in its lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's executive orders against multiple major law firms. 

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Trump Taps DOJ Official, Federal Prosecutor For Judgeships

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump on Monday nominated a senior U.S. Department of Justice attorney for a Nebraska federal judgeship and an assistant U.S. attorney for a seat on the Northern District of Indiana bench.

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Rogoff Tells 9th Circ. His Firing Furthers Trump's 'Evil' Plan

By Ben Adlin

Roger Rogoff urged the Ninth Circuit to affirm a lower judge's order reinstating him as Seattle's top federal prosecutor, asserting in a filing Friday that he's entitled to keep the court-appointed U.S. attorney position until President Donald Trump fills the role with a Senate-confirmed nominee.

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What The Justices Won't Hear: A Roundup Of Cert Denials

By Taylor Bowie

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up cases from Google, a U.S. Navy contractor, and other appellate hopefuls on Monday, according to an order list.

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