Visa Suppressed Competition In Debit Market, Court Finds

By Katryna Perera

A New York federal judge has trimmed two antitrust suits against Visa Inc. over its use of exclusive contracts in the U.S. debit card market, axing certain state law and damages claims but also finding that the consumer plaintiffs plausibly alleged the company's conduct suppressed competition.

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Google, Epic Can't Delay Play Store Injunction Any Longer

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge has refused to push back Wednesday's deadline for Google to begin complying with a three-year injunction requiring it to open up its Play Store to competition, denying the Google and Epic Games' joint rescheduling request following the U.S. Supreme Court's recent denial of Google's bid to stay the injunction.

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Google Loses Bid To Transfer Monopolization Case To Calif.

By Matthew Perlman

A Texas federal court has refused Google's bid to transfer a case from Branch Metrics accusing the search giant of monopolizing several markets related to searching on mobile devices to California, where the companies are both headquartered.

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OpenAI Co-Founder Dodges Musk Contempt Bid, For Now

By Bryan Koenig

A California federal magistrate judge refused Wednesday to let Elon Musk tee up contempt proceedings against an OpenAI co-founder for limiting what he'd say in a court-ordered second deposition and imposing conditions on a key document in the California federal court lawsuit challenging the ChatGPT maker's transition to a for-profit structure.

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DOJ Says State AGs Can't 'Second-Guess' HPE Merger Deal

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice and Hewlett Packard Enterprise separately urged a California federal judge Tuesday not to let a dozen state attorneys general peek behind the controversial settlement clearing HPE's $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks, arguing public comment, not direct intervention, is their appropriate role.

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CMA Finalizes Updates To Simplify Phase 1 Merger Probes

By Tom Fish

The Competition and Markets Authority has finalized a series of updates to its merger control processes, aiming to make its reviews faster, clearer and more predictable to help make the U.K. more business-friendly.

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CMA Clears Healthcare Property Biz's £1.8B Assura Deal

By Dawood Fakhir

The competition regulator said on Wednesday that it has cleared the acquisition by Primary Health Properties of rival healthcare properties landlord Assura PLC for approximately £1.8 billion ($2.38 billion).

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Microsoft Says Retailer's £262M Reselling Claim Is Too Late

By Jamie Lennox

Microsoft has hit back at a retailer's £262 million ($347 million) antitrust claim alleging that the tech giant deliberately suppressed sales of aftermarket software licenses, telling a London court that its opponent waited too long to bring the case.

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Schools Point To Apple Ruling In Financial Aid-Fixing Case

By Matthew Perlman

The remaining universities being accused of fixing financial aid offerings have told an Illinois federal court that a recent decision decertifying a class of Apple consumers supports denying a class certification bid from the former students.

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Compass Loses Bid For Redfin Docs In Zillow Antitrust Suit

By Grace Dixon

A New York federal court Wednesday refused to order property listing company Redfin Corp. to turn over documents requested by brokerage Compass in its antitrust suit against Zillow Inc., finding that the request should have been made in Washington federal court instead.

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Chicago Metra Says Union Pacific's $2.3M Fees Claim Is Invalid

By Linda Chiem

Chicago's commuter rail system Metra has asked an Illinois federal judge to toss Union Pacific's lawsuit alleging Metra owes more than $2.3 million for the use of three Union Pacific-owned lines amid an ongoing contract dispute, saying a federal rail regulator still needs to determine any owed compensation.

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Conn. Med Spa Says Ex-Workers Poaching Clients, Employees

By Zak Kostro

Two former employees of a Connecticut medical spa violated their employment contract when they lured a co-worker to join them at a nearby competitor and began soliciting the spa's clients, a state court lawsuit alleges.

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FCC To Vote On Opening More C-Band For Wireless Use

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission will soon vote on advancing a plan to auction up to 180 megahertz of prime midband spectrum for advanced wireless use, after Congress cleared a path this year to revamp the upper C-band.

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The Biz Court Digest: Texas, One Year In

A year after the Texas Business Court's first decision, it's clear that Texas didn't just copy Delaware and instead built something uniquely its own, combining specialization with constitutional accountability and creating a model that looks forward without losing touch with the state's democratic and statutory roots, says Chris Bankler at Jackson Walker.

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Law School's Missed Lessons: Educating Your Community

Nearly two decades prosecuting scammers and elder fraud taught me that proactively educating the public about the risks they face and the rights they possess is essential to building trust within our communities, empowering otherwise vulnerable citizens and preventing wrongdoers from gaining a foothold, says Roger Handberg at GrayRobinson.

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The Law360 Pulse Leaderboard: A Look At The Top Firms

By Sam Bell and Xiumei Dong

What sets a law firm apart in a market full of power players? What does it take to be a well-rounded firm? Here's a peek at the 2025 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard — the firms that can demonstrate excellence on measures of prestige, responsible business, and the reach of their legal practice.

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GOP Senators Push For Judge Boasberg's Impeachment

By Courtney Bublé

Republican lawmakers are once again musing about impeaching federal judges as they investigate the probe into President Donald Trump's alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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BigLaw-Backed Pro Bono Network Aims To Fight Antisemitism

By Aebra Coe

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and the Anti-Defamation League are spearheading a new pro bono network of law firms focused on representing victims of antisemitic attacks and discrimination in legal proceedings, the law firm announced Wednesday.

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Halligan Defends Exchange With Reporter Flagged By James

By Jared Foretek

Federal prosecutors argued that special media restrictions aren't needed in their case against New York Attorney General Letitia James, after her lawyers called out U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan's texts to a reporter in a filing last week and asked the court for an order barring further media communications.

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Alston & Bird Sanctioned $10K For LinkedIn Juror Research

By Elliot Weld

A California federal judge has sanctioned Alston & Bird LLP $10,000 for conducting juror research on LinkedIn ahead of a trial in which it fended off $174 million in patent infringement claims against GoPro, saying privacy has been eroded in the age of the internet, and he considers LinkedIn research to be juror contact because of the notifications it sends to users.

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Feds Ditch Usual Mob Case Playbook In NBA Betting Scandal

By Phillip Bantz

The government's decision not to bring Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act charges in the Mafia-linked NBA gambling scandal could help avoid muddying up what appears to be a "beautifully crafted" case, experts said.

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Netflix Settles Former India Legal Director's Gender Bias Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

Netflix has settled a wrongful termination and gender discrimination suit filed by the company's former director of business and legal affairs in India, according to a Los Angeles County Superior Court filing.

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4 Ways Associates Can Ace Their Annual Review This Year

By Tracey Read

It’s year-end review time. How can associates put themselves in the best position possible to advance their careers? Here are four tips.

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Alabama Solicitor General Confirmed To Federal Bench

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 51-47 along party lines on Wednesday to confirm Alabama Solicitor General Edmund G. LaCour Jr. to the Northern District of Alabama.

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Where PTAB Institution Reviews Stand As Squires Takes Lead

By Dani Kass

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires will be maintaining the agency leader's new role of gatekeeper at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Here's what to know about his plans and the pushback on them.

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Squires To Issue Brief 'Up Or Down' Calls On Patent Reviews

By Ryan Davis

When U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires begins issuing decisions on whether to institute America Invents Act reviews of patents, he will not provide any details of his reasoning in most cases, USPTO officials said Wednesday.

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