Enforcers Defend Google Search Win, Seek Payment Ban

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice and state enforcers urged the D.C. Circuit not to disturb a trial court's ruling that found Google illegally maintained its search monopoly, while also asking the appeals court to consider banning Google from paying to be the default search engine.

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3rd Circ. Revives Atlantic City Hotel Dynamic-Pricing Suit

By Matthew Santoni

A Third Circuit panel Wednesday revived a proposed class action accusing Atlantic City casino-hotels of illegally inflating room prices with software that allegedly shared private occupancy and pricing information among them.

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Meta Fails To Cut Novel Damages From Facebook Data Claim

By Joanne Faulkner

Meta lost on Wednesday its appeal seeking to prevent millions of Facebook users from seeking so-called user damages for the use of their personal data as part of a landmark competition claim.

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Amicus Briefs Back Decertification In Juul, Altria Antitrust Suit

By Mike Curley

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 14 states led by Iowa, and legal interest groups are urging the Ninth Circuit to throw out class certification in antitrust litigation against Altria and Juul, joining the companies in arguing that the trial court misapplied California law to apply to other states.

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Nexstar Says Tegna Board Members Don't Violate Injunction

By Matthew Perlman

Nexstar Media Group told a California federal court that Tegna remains independent, despite concerns from DirecTV and a coalition of states that the companies violated an injunction preventing them from merging fully when Nexstar took over Tegna's board.

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IonQ OK'd For $1.8B SkyWater Merger After FTC Ends Review

By Gina Kim

IonQ announced on Tuesday it scored final regulatory approval following an early termination notice by the Federal Trade Commission in its acquisition of U.S.-based semiconductor foundry SkyWater Technology and that it is aiming to close the deal Friday, which will allow both companies to serve the full quantum ecosystem. 

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EU Opens Inquiry Into €42M Renewables Award

By Caroline Simson

Europe's executive branch has opened an investigation to determine whether a €42.2 million ($48 million) arbitral award issued to renewable energy investors in 2024 after Romania nixed financial incentives for such projects violates the bloc's state aid rules, according to a notice Wednesday.

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Major Banks Face Fresh Bid For Opt-In FX-Rigging Claim

By Eddie Beaver

A competition law consultant sought Wednesday to revive his proposed foreign exchange-rigging class action against major banks, arguing that material changes since its rejection as an opt-out action warrant a fresh opt-in bid.

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Apple, Amazon Beat Bid To Revive IPhone Sales Antitrust Suit

By Rachel Riley

A Washington federal judge has declined to reinstate a proposed class action accusing Apple and Amazon of illegally limiting iPhone and iPad sales, standing by her previous conclusion that Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP failed to promptly seek the approval of two substitute plaintiffs after the original lead consumer abandoned the case.

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J&J Says Cancer Drug Study Sinks Bayer's False Ad Claims

By Gianna Ferrarin

Johnson & Johnson told a New York federal court that a peer-reviewed scientific journal's publication of a study on the active ingredient in its prostate cancer drug must end Bayer's claims the pharmaceutical giant made false and misleading claims about the drug's efficacy.

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Health Economist's Report Cleared For Generic-Drug MDL

By P.J. D'Annunzio

The Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation over generic-drug price-fixing claims has ruled that Humana's health economist's expert report can be admitted into evidence, rejecting several pharmaceutical companies' argument that his findings were based on a flawed methodology.

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3rd Circ. Won't Undo Jury Award In Fudge Trade Secret Case

By Adam Lidgett

The ex-wife of a chocolatier lost her challenge to a jury's finding that she misappropriated his secret recipe for "Chocolate Moonshine" fudge, after the majority of a split Third Circuit on Wednesday said there was enough evidence behind the jury's conclusions.

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'96 Telecom Act Needs Overhaul To Cut Regs, Think Tank Says

By Christopher Cole

A free-market-oriented think tank called Wednesday for a legislative redo of the 1996 Telecommunications Act in order to slash regulations tied to outdated technologies and adjust the industry's regulatory regime to new market conditions.

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Noncompete Laws Show States Focusing On Bans, Healthcare

The first half of 2026 confirms that state legislatures are driving the most consequential changes in noncompete law, including a few state bans and several healthcare-specific laws, making a one-size-fits-all approach increasingly untenable for multistate employers, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

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And Now A Word From The Panel: MDL Judge Selection

To understand how the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation selects particular judges to preside over MDL proceedings, it helps to consider not only how much experience on the federal bench a judge has, but also whether they have specifically managed any prior MDLs, says Alan Rothman at Sidley Austin.

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Advocacy Group Says Law Firm Fellowship Program Biased

By Patrick Hoff

A legal advocacy group said Thursday it had lodged U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charges against a nonprofit and law firms including Jones Day, White & Case and Morgan Lewis, claiming Muslim and Middle Eastern students were getting unlawful preference in a fellowship program.

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DA Says Trump's NY Hush Money Conviction Must Stand

By Frank G. Runyeon

New York prosecutors told a state appellate court that President Donald Trump's 34-count felony conviction for falsifying business records is "unaffected" by the U.S. Supreme Court's watershed presidential immunity decision and should be upheld.

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Bronx Legal Aid Organization's Union Rejects New Pay Offer

By Andrea Keckley

The Bronx Defenders' executive director said on Thursday that the union representing the organization's over 300 attorneys and staff has rejected an updated offer on wages, with both sides still at odds over the prospect of separate salary scales for lawyers and social workers.

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2 Traders Admit Guilt In Stolen BigLaw Info Scheme

By Chris Villani

Two men pled guilty Thursday in Massachusetts federal court to their roles in a sweeping scheme to trade on inside information stolen from huge corporate law firms about upcoming deals.

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Roundup

Pa. Paraquat, Gov. Shapiro's Neighbors: A Midyear Report

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Mass tort and antitrust cases advanced this year in Pennsylvania, where attorneys await Philadelphia's first paraquat trial and more developments in the class action against the Law School Admissions Council over test fees.

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Trump May Renominate Blanche If GOP Holdouts Block Vote

By Courtney Bublé

With Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., still on the fence about acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's confirmation to be attorney general, President Donald Trump said Thursday he might renominate Blanche next year when the two senators are no longer serving in the Senate.

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Linklaters' Legal AI Leader Coming To NY For US M&A Work

By Jake Maher

Linklaters LLP is moving the firm's first dedicated AI lawyer from London to its New York office to work with the U.S. mergers and acquisitions team on an AI-native capability, according to an announcement on social media Thursday.

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ABA Eyes Nixing School DEI Standards To Sway Trump Admin

By Emma Cueto

The American Bar Association is poised next week to eliminate the first of multiple diversity-related law school standards, a controversial move that it hopes will allow it to remain an accreditor despite an uncertain outcome in the face of a Trump administration increasingly wary of the association's role in legal education.

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Judiciary's Bid To Control Courthouses Gets Senate Push

By Courtney Bublé

A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill on Thursday that would create a pilot program for the federal judiciary to obtain direct authority to maintain its buildings, which the judiciary says is desperately needed.

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