RealPage, Landlords Partially Duck NJ Antitrust Suit

By Grace Dixon

A New Jersey federal court partially dismissed the state attorney general's antitrust suit against RealPage Inc. and 10 of the state's largest landlords, which alleges the parties colluded to raise rents and force residents to overpay for housing.

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Arbitration Association Must Face Suit Over Consumer Monopoly

By Caroline Simson

An Arizona federal judge ruled Tuesday that the American Arbitration Association must face a proposed class action accusing it of monopolizing the consumer arbitration services market, saying the suit provided sufficient allegations to "plausibly infer" that the institution engages in anticompetitive conduct.

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NAR Ducks Another Membership Rules Antitrust Suit

By Matthew Perlman

A Michigan federal court tossed a case challenging rules requiring brokers to be members of the National Association of Realtors and its local affiliates in order to access multiple listing services, saying courts have been reaching the same result in similar cases for over 40 years.

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AGs Put $10M Price Tag On Beating Kroger-Albertsons Merger

By Jared Foretek

The nine attorneys general who successfully sued to block Kroger's failed $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons requested over $10 million in attorney fees and litigation expenses Tuesday, arguing that the scale of the litigation and the more than $1 billion the grocery chains spent fighting it justified the amount.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Bryan Koenig

The Justice Department allowed Live Nation to keep Ticketmaster while state attorneys general continue to sue, a $14 billion Boston Scientific deal drew Federal Trade Commission scrutiny, state enforcers challenged Nexstar's purchase of Tegna, and a threatened FTC challenge forced the abandonment of a laser eye surgery deal.

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Meta Loses Bid To Toss Photo App's Antitrust Case

By Matthew Perlman

A New York federal court has refused to toss a defunct photo-sharing app's antitrust case accusing Meta Platforms Inc. of using its monopoly in personal social networking to drive the app out of business, after the Second Circuit revived the case.

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Ill. Judge Clears Card Shuffler Antitrust Claims For Trial

By Celeste Bott

An Illinois federal judge largely denied cross motions for summary judgment in a suit alleging a gambling product company used sham patent litigation to shove competitors out of the automatic card shuffler market, and certified a class of casinos and other buyers claiming they suffered antitrust injuries as a result.

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Rocket Mortgage Seeks Toss Of Homebuyers' Antitrust Case

By Isaac Monterose

Rocket Companies Inc., subsidiary Rocket Mortgage LLC and other Rocket subsidiaries are urging a Michigan federal court to toss a proposed antitrust class action from homebuyers who claim the Rocket companies illegally provide business leads to real estate agents who tell homebuyers to pick Rocket to finance home purchases despite competing services that are better.

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Collision, Samsung Criticize Government's IP Injunction Take

By Dani Kass

Wireless communication network patent owner Collision Communications and alleged infringer Samsung Electronics both pushed back on the federal government's arguments in its intervention in their $445.5 million Eastern District of Texas litigation, which it used as a forum to encourage the use of injunctions.

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Buyer Says Seller Undermined $58M Food Business Sale

By Jarek Rutz

A worldwide food importer and distributor has filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Chancery Court accusing a former business owner of selling his food distribution company for $58 million and then unlawfully undermining the business through deception, obstruction and direct competition.

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Realtek Denied $1.5M In Fees For Semiconductor Patent Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

A Texas federal judge has denied Realtek Semiconductor Corp.'s request for $1.5 million in attorney fees despite it being a prevailing party in a patent infringement suit, saying the accusing company's agreement with a Realtek rival to sue Realtek for $1 million did not make the case "exceptional" enough for the legal fees.

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4th Circ. Upholds Prior Settlement Bars Clear Touch TM Suit

By Adam Lidgett

The Fourth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that it won't undo a lower court's decision tossing interactive technology products company Clear Touch Interactive Inc.'s federal intellectual property claims against a former reseller, saying the case was blocked by an earlier settlement agreement between the parties.

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FCC Strives For 'Supremacy' In US Drone Manufacturing

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission's leadership wants the public to weigh in on how regulators can help the U.S. private sector reach global dominance in drone manufacturing and operations.

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White & Case Expands In Brussels With Amazon Hire

By Ashish Sareen

White & Case LLP has recruited a senior in-house lawyer at Amazon for its office in Brussels, the law firm's latest technology-focused hire globally.

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Key Takeaways From The 2026 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting

Last week's American Bar Association Spring Meeting revealed an antitrust landscape defined by heightened friction and tension — between federal and state enforcers, domestic and international regimes, competing political visions, and traditional enforcement tools and novel challenges, say attorneys at Skadden.

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ABA Suit Over Trump's Crackdown On Firms Moves Forward

By Emily Sawicki

A D.C. federal judge has ruled the American Bar Association may pursue a challenge to the Trump administration's series of executive orders targeting law firms, finding the organization plausibly alleged the orders posed a "realistic threat" to its members.

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Khalil Seeks Bove's 3rd Circ. Recusal Over Ex-DOJ Roles

By Lauren Berg

Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident targeted for deportation, asked a Third Circuit judge, U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove, to recuse himself from en banc review of a decision allowing for Khalil's detention, saying Wednesday the judge was likely involved in decisions related to the case while at the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Sidley Beats Malpractice Suit Over Ex-Atty's Tax Scheme

By Chart Riggall

Sidley Austin LLP defeated a suit from a family of business magnates who said they were duped into a tax sheltering scheme by an ex-attorney, after a Georgia federal judge ruled the family should have suspected they were in legal trouble long before they filed their suit.

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Why Trump's Pursuit Of NY AG Is More Than Just 'Awkward'

By Phillip Bantz

Through its relentless pursuit of criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, the Trump administration has further opened itself up to allegations of vindictive and selective prosecution — with potentially far-reaching implications for a grand jury system that has traditionally given the government the benefit of the doubt, experts say.

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Analysis

Wheeling & Appealing: April's Most Notable Oral Arguments

By Jeff Overley

April is the coolest month, at least for appellate aficionados, featuring numerous important arguments with famous litigants, including U.S. senators, delivery apps Grubhub and Uber Eats, impresario Sean "Diddy" Combs, prediction platforms Kalshi and Robinhood, and a political giant known as the Velvet Hammer.

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Judiciary Seeks More Security Funding Amid Threat Surge

By Courtney Bublé

Court security is a top concern for the federal judiciary in its recently released budget request for fiscal 2027.

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Trump Announces Texas, Ohio, Florida Judicial Picks

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced four judicial nominees for Texas, Ohio and Florida. 

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of March

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the third month of 2026 included high-profile appointments at the NAACP, Walmart and Marriott Vacations. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from March.

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Hub Hires: Reed Smith, Manatt, MoFo, Foley Hoag

By Chris Villani

March provided some madness in the Boston legal scene. Reed Smith launched its first-ever office in the Hub, Manatt hired a former Microsoft executive and Federal Trade Commission member, and Foley Hoag snagged a longtime K&L Gates insurance attorney.

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