DOJ Scraps Criminal Antitrust Fragrances Probe

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice told a New Jersey federal judge Monday that it had closed its criminal probe looking for an anticompetitive conspiracy among fragrance giants, meaning its continued presence in private price-fixing litigation against the companies was no longer necessary.

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5th Circ. Tosses Challenge To La. 340B Discount Drug Rule

By Mark Payne

A Fifth Circuit panel upheld on Monday a Louisiana law that allows the state to stop prescription drug manufacturers from blocking safety-net healthcare providers from contracting with outside pharmacies to dispense discounted medicines under the federal 340B Discount Drug program. 

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Insurers Sued Over Nix Of $4M Coverage In Competition Fight

By Mark Payne

A Florida luxury vehicle company locked in a lawsuit with a competitor alleging deceptive trade practices was wrongfully denied insurance coverage under a directors and officers policy, forcing the auto company to fork out more than $4 million in defense costs, it told a Florida federal court. 

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Sports Flooring Makers Want Antitrust Merger Suit Tossed

By Alex Lawson

A manufacturer of flooring for sporting events has asked a Utah federal judge to toss an antitrust suit from several of its distributors, casting doubt on claims that its recent acquisition of a competing company is an anticompetitive power play.

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Competition Group Of The Year: White & Case

By Bryan Koenig

White & Case LLP scored early wins against algorithmic price-fixing litigation on behalf of hotel chain Four Seasons and netted a nearly $407 million judgment for client Regeneron against Amgen, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Competition Groups of the Year.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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EU Moves To Block Meta's WhatsApp Restriction On AI Rivals

By William Janes

The European Union's competition regulator revealed Monday it plans to impose restrictive measures on Meta over suspicions that the tech giant has breached antitrust rules by excluding third-party artificial intelligence apps from WhatsApp.

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Weil Helps Advent, FedEx Buy Poland's InPost For €7.8B

By Najiyya Budaly

A consortium that includes U.S. private equity firm Advent International LP and FedEx Corp. said Monday that it has agreed to buy InPost for €7.8 billion ($9.2 billion) to back the growth in Europe of the Polish parcel locker company.

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Italian Biathlete Lodges Appeal Of Olympic Doping Ban

By Alex Lawson

Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler, who was booted from the Olympic team last week after a positive doping test, has appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, asserting that the test result arose from a contamination issue.

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Nuclear Power Workers Defend Wage-Fixing Suit

By Bryan Koenig

Former nuclear power plant workers urged a Maryland federal judge not to let Constellation Energy, DTE Energy, Duke Energy, NextEra Energy and others duck a proposed class action alleging a wage-fixing conspiracy that allegedly spanned "100% of the nuclear power generation labor market."

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Fed. Circ. Sends Blood Pump Patent Fight Back To Mass.

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit on Monday reversed a lower court's ruling that Abiomed Inc. hasn't infringed five patents on blood pump systems and methods, while backing the part of the decision that cleared the medical device technology company of allegations it infringed a different patent.

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Commerce Probing Claims Of Mattress Duties Evasion

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce is opening three investigations into claims that Mexican, Malaysian and Polish exporters are dodging antidumping duties on mattresses following complaints by domestic companies such as Serta Simmons Bedding and Tempur Sealy International, the agency said Monday.

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DOJ's Antitrust Deputy Chief Rejoins Baker McKenzie

By Rae Ann Varona

A former Baker McKenzie partner and global chair of its antitrust and competition practice is coming back to the law firm after serving on the leadership team of the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust division, the firm announced Monday.

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2 Arnold & Porter M&A Attys Join WilmerHale In Silicon Valley

By James Mills

WilmerHale continues boosting its dealmaking team with attorneys from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, announcing Monday that two technology mergers and acquisitions experts are joining its Silicon Valley office in Palo Alto, California.

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Fried Frank Hires Pillsbury M&A, PE Head

By Andrea Keckley

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced Monday that it has hired the former head of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's mergers and acquisitions and private equity practices, touting his transactional experience across a wide range of industries.

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Tips For Financial Advisers Facing TRO From Former Firm

The Eighth Circuit's recent decision in Choreo v. Lors, overturning a lower court's sweeping injunction after financial advisers moved to a new firm, gives advisers new strategies to fight restraining orders from their old firms, such as focusing on whether the alleged irreparable harm is calculable, say attorneys at Kutak Rock.

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Circuit Split Brewing Following 5th Circ.'s No-Bond Ruling

By Britain Eakin

The Fifth Circuit's split ruling blessing the Trump administration's mandatory immigration detention policy won't be the final say on the matter, but it could supercharge efforts to concentrate detained immigrants there while other circuits weigh the policy's legality.

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Fla. US Attys Push Back Against Sanctions In Habeas Case

By Rae Ann Varona

The U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida and an assistant U.S. attorney have urged an Orlando federal judge not to sanction them for the government's response to a noncitizen's habeas petition, saying any shortcomings were an "unintentional oversight."

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Ex-McDermott Atty Fights 'Harassing' Subpoena In Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

A Black attorney accusing McDermott Will & Schulte LLP of firing her for calling out racial bias has urged an Illinois federal court to reject the firm's bid to get employment records from her previous employer, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, saying the request serves no other purpose than to harass her.

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Kirkland Joins Growing Number Of Firms Launching In Tenn.

By Andrea Keckley

Kirkland & Ellis is joining a long line of firms setting their sights on Tennessee, announcing Tuesday that it would set up shop in Nashville with a team of former Butler & Snow LLP and King & Spalding LLP litigators.

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Amazon Calls FTC Allegations Of Hidden Documents 'Reckless'

By Bryan Koenig

Amazon.com assailed the Federal Trade Commission for accusing it of using auto-deleting Signal chats and improper privilege claims to hide evidence of rules that created an artificial pricing floor across online retail stores, asking a Washington federal judge to appoint a special master to handle the "inflammatory, close-of-discovery filings."

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Tom Goldstein To Testify At Tax Trial Wednesday

By Jared Foretek

SCOTUSblog co-founder Thomas Goldstein will take the stand in his tax fraud trial Wednesday, after the government rested its case with an IRS agent tallying up $3.6 million that she said went unreported on his 2016 tax return.

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Senate Confirms Burrows As DOJ Policy Chief

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate voted 52-46 on Tuesday to confirm Daniel Burrows, a White House official and former chief deputy attorney general of Kansas, to lead the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Policy.

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Lewis Brisbois, Ex-Paralegal Bring Dueling Suits Over Firing

By Adrian Cruz

Days after being sued to compel her to arbitrate her claims against the firm, a former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP paralegal hit her ex-employer with a defamation suit claiming its actions tarnished her reputation and cost her a job at another firm.

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DOJ Pushes To Revive Comey, James Indictments

By Emily Sawicki

Criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James were brought under a validly serving interim U.S. attorney and, therefore, never should have been dismissed, the U.S. Department of Justice argued in its opening brief in its consolidated appeal before the Fourth Circuit.

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