Analysis

Mich. AG's Antitrust Suit Charts New Path For Climate Torts

By Keith Goldberg

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's antitrust lawsuit against fossil fuel companies opens a new front in climate change tort litigation, and is a riposte to red states using antitrust law to target pro-climate actions by companies.

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Justices Urged To Keep Baseball's Antitrust Shield In Play

By Hailey Konnath

Puerto Rico's professional baseball league on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to disturb the sport's century-old exemption from antitrust law, arguing that the justices have rejected similar challenges to the shield time and time again.

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Google Targets Publishers' Ad Tech Claims

By Bryan Koenig

Google asked a New York federal judge to cut out a wide swath of antitrust claims from multidistrict litigation targeting its advertising placement technology dominance, assailing in separate briefs allegations from a class of website publishers and from the Daily Mail and Gannett.

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Amex Seeks First Approval Of $17M Antisteering Settlement

By Katryna Perera

American Express Co. has asked a New York federal judge to grant the first green light to a $17.5 million settlement reached with consumers who claimed the credit card company's so-called antisteering rules caused non-Amex cardholders to pay higher charges, after a New York federal jury ordered Amex to pay $12 million to one class of consumers.

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9th Circ. Pauses Discovery Order In UFC Wage Suits

By Benjamin Morse

A Ninth Circuit panel temporarily paused a Nevada federal court's discovery order in wage suppression lawsuits against UFC after the mixed martial arts organization said the order violated attorney-client privilege and the First Amendment.

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Senate Antitrust Chair Flags Concerns In Netflix-Warner Deal

By Rae Ann Varona

Netflix's proposed $82.7 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery's studios and HBO streaming businesses risks being a "killer non-acquisition," Sen. Mike Lee has reportedly told the media giants' chief executives, expressing concern that a likely lengthy merger review could leave Warner Bros. in a weakened state.

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Southern Glazer's Wants To Compare FTC Case To Kroger

By Bryan Koenig

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits LLC urged a California federal judge Friday to give it key material from the Federal Trade Commission's successful challenge to the Kroger-Albertsons merger, sparring with the FTC on arguments that the agency is contradicting itself in a price discrimination lawsuit.

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Fubo Subscribers Defend Streaming Rate Suit Against Disney

By Matthew Perlman

A proposed class of Fubo subscribers is opposing a bid from Disney to force them to arbitrate their claims in an antitrust case alleging streaming services pay inflated rates to carry ESPN and other sports channels.

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Generics Makers Fight Cert. In Cholesterol Drug Pricing MDL

By Gianna Ferrarin

Generic-drug makers sought to defeat a bid to certify proposed classes comprising thousands of pharmacies that indirectly purchased and resold generics at the center of sprawling price-fixing litigation, telling a Pennsylvania federal court Monday that certification would result in an "unmanageable trial."

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Calif. Gaming Org. Fights Tribe's Bid To Join $700M Casino Suit

By Isaac Monterose

A District of Columbia federal judge on Monday granted the California Gaming Association's amicus brief bid to oppose a California Indian tribe's potential dismissal motion against another tribe's fight with the federal government over a $700 million casino project in Vallejo, California.

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Truck Makers Say Calif. Delaying 'Clean Trucks Pact' Fight

By Linda Chiem

Heavy-duty truck manufacturers on Monday accused California officials of trying to delay litigation over a 2023 agreement that would saddle manufacturers with stringent state emissions standards and stiff penalties for noncompliance in the coming years.

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Radio Co. Says Letting Nielsen Resume Data Tying Hurts Biz

By Matthew Perlman

Cumulus Media has urged the Second Circuit not to lift a New York federal judge's order blocking Nielsen from conditioning access to its nationwide radio ratings data on the purchase of local market data while the ratings company appeals the ruling.

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Novo Nordisk Faces Class Claims Over GLP-1 Patent Tactics

By Elliot Weld

A South Carolina drug company has launched a proposed class action against major pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, alleging it engaged in anticompetitive behavior to prolong its monopoly against generic competition for the GLP-1 drug Victoza.

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Remote Discovery Tech Co. Alleges Fraud In Del. Suit

By Jeff Montgomery

A tech company that developed self-service applications for remote data collection from smartphones has launched a seven-count suit in Delaware's Court of Chancery accusing a product reseller of copying the application's functions and features and marketing competing versions.

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Ropes & Gray Launches Antitrust Practice In Milan

By Ashish Sareen

Ropes & Gray LLP said Monday that it has launched an antitrust and foreign direct investment practice in Italy and has hired a counsel for its new office in Milan.

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Series

Adapting To Private Practice: 5 Tips From Ex-SEC Unit Chief

My move to private practice has reaffirmed my belief in the value of adaptability, collaboration and strategic thinking — qualities that are essential not only for successful client outcomes, but also for sustained professional satisfaction, says Dabney O’Riordan at Fried Frank.

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Law Student Recruiting Moves Further Off Campus

By Emma Cueto

About four-fifths of law school summer associate recruiting in 2025 happened through employer-sponsored channels, as opposed to more traditional law school-sponsored channels, with recruiting also happening increasingly early, according to research unveiled Monday by the National Association for Law Placement.

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Fla. Bar Clears Gaetz Despite US House Ethics Report

By Courtney Bublé

The Florida Bar has decided to not discipline former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who was briefly President Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, despite the House ethics committee's findings that Gaetz regularly paid for sex, including with a minor.

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Texas Law Firm-Linked Plane Crashes In Maine With Fatalities

By Lynn LaRowe

A private plane connected to Texas-based litigation firm Arnold & Itkin LLP overturned and caught fire Sunday night as it attempted to take off from a Maine airport, killing at least six people on board, according to authorities and public records.

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Indiana Judge Was Shot Through Front Door, Cop Says

By Hailey Konnath

An Indiana Superior Court judge and his wife were shot by a man standing on their front porch, through their closed front door, according to an affidavit, which noted that the suspected shooter was connected to a man with pending charges in the judge's courtroom.

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Foley & Lardner Can't Dodge Pro-Palestinian Atty's Bias Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A Chicago federal judge on Monday denied Foley & Lardner LLP's bid for an early win against claims brought by a former summer associate who said discrimination led to the firm's decision to rescind a job offer after she publicly supported Palestinians amid Israel's war with Hamas.

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Minn. Judge Probes Limits Of ICE Enforcement Actions

By Ganesh Setty

A Minnesota federal judge on Monday considered whether to preliminarily block the Trump administration from sending thousands of immigration enforcement officers to the state, questioning if the surge is a coercive federal act in violation of state sovereignty.

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Full 3rd Circ. Passes On Alina Habba DQ Challenge

By Carla Baranauckas

The Third Circuit on Monday declined to reconsider its decision blocking Alina Habba from serving as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, denying the Justice Department's petition for rehearing and leaving intact a decision that sharply curtailed the government's use of creative maneuvers to install interim federal prosecutors.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court wrapped up the week with a slate of high-stakes deal challenges, governance rulings and oversight decisions, including an emergency bid to block a $10.9 billion bank merger, a state Supreme Court reversal reshaping stockholder agreement litigation and a major opinion allowing sexual misconduct oversight claims to proceed.

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