Judge Calls FTC's Boycott Subpoenas 'Exceedingly Broad'

By Bryan Koenig

The Federal Trade Commission battled Wednesday with the latest challenger to its administrative subpoenas examining an alleged advertising boycott of conservative voices in front of a D.C. federal judge who offered few hints about whether she'll temporarily block the information demands but did call them extremely broad.

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CVS Beats Antitrust Suit Over 340B Drug Program, For Good

By Gina Kim

CVS Health Corp. permanently defeated a proposed antitrust class action alleging it forced hospitals in a discount drug program to use its third-party administrator for savings, when a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Tuesday that hospitals aren't required to contract with CVS and can pick Walgreens or other participating pharmacies to contract with.

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Google Agrees To More Android Changes In Deal With Epic

By Matthew Perlman

Google and Epic Games offered a California federal court a new proposal Wednesday to modify an injunction issued in a monopolization case over the distribution apps on Android devices, while also reaching a broader agreement on global changes to the mobile operating system.

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Buyers Finalize $58M Generic-Pricing Deal With 3 Drugmakers

By Matthew Santoni

Purchasers of certain generic drugs asked a Pennsylvania federal court for final approval of settlements worth a total of at least $58 million with Glenmark Pharmaceutical Inc., Greenstone LLC and Pfizer Inc. over claims the companies colluded with others to keep drug prices high.

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CoStar Wants High Court Review Of Antitrust Counterclaims

By Isaac Monterose

CoStar Group Inc. and CoStar Realty Information Inc. made another attempt to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to review the revived antitrust counterclaims lodged by CoStar's business rival, Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc.

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Tyson Escapes Feed Ingredient Co.'s Antitrust Claims

By Matthew Perlman

Tyson Foods defeated an antitrust case in Georgia federal court accusing it of driving American Proteins Inc. out of the poultry rendering market in the Southeast, after the court found a lack of harm to American Proteins and no evidence of a conspiracy.

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Colo. Judge Dismisses Builder's Housing Fees Suit

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado federal judge has dismissed a Denver home builder's complaint against the city contending fees and restrictions required through two ordinances violate the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment.

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Sandoz Parent Targets Walmart, Southwest Generic Drug Suits

By Bryan Koenig

Sandoz parent company Sandoz AG contested generic drug price-fixing complaints from Southwest Airlines, Walmart, Walgreen and United Healthcare, arguing that the direct action plaintiffs cannot pursue the company in the wider Pennsylvania federal court multidistrict litigation because the Swiss firm is too far removed from its Sandoz Inc. subsidiary.

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Volkswagen Sued Over Direct-To-Consumer Scout EV Offers

By Rae Ann Varona

Volkswagen offering to sell new electric Scout vehicles directly to customers is a "blatant" breach of its legal and contractual obligations to dealerships, two dealerships alleged in a putative class action filed in Virginia federal court that claims Volkswagen has already made at least $15 million from online reservation deposits on Scout's website.

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Senator Asks DOJ To Reassess NFL's Antitrust Exemption

By Nadia Dreid

It cost nearly $1,000 all said to watch every single National Football League game this season, between cable packages and streaming services, and one senator is wondering whether it's time for the U.S. Department of Justice to take another look at the league's antitrust immunity.

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Compliance Takeaways Amid Subscription Practices Scrutiny

The Federal Trade Commission's prioritization of enforcement regarding deceptive billing and cancellation practices in recurring subscriptions, and new click-to-cancel rulemaking expected on the horizon, carry key takeaways for companies using recurring subscriptions to sell products or services, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

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Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: In Court, It's About Storytelling

Law school provides doctrine, cases and hypotheticals, but when lawyers step into the courtroom, they must learn the importance of clarity, credibility, memorability and preparation — in other words, how to tell simple, effective stories, say Nicholas Steverson and Danielle Trujillo at Wheeler Trigg, and Lisa DeCaro at Courtroom Performance.

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Judge Questions DOJ Stance In ABA's Intimidation Suit

By Jared Foretek

A Susman Godfrey LLP attorney told a district judge that the Trump administration's recent double-reversal on its executive orders targeting law firms proved that attorneys fighting government action face a real and ongoing threat and urged the judge not to toss a suit from his client, the American Bar Association, to end the "Intimidation Policy."

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DOJ Seeks Power To Block State Bar Probes Of Agency Attys

By Jake Maher

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to pause and review state-level ethics complaints against its attorneys to combat what the agency called "weaponization" of ethics processes, a proposal that drew concerns from ethics scholars for overstepping states' authorities.

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Analysis

Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action

By Jeff Overley

If this month's circuit calendars were a March Madness bracket, we'd struggle to pick the top-seeded showdown. Big Pharma against the False Claims Act, or big business against President Donald Trump's visa fees? A big bank's view of "human life wagers," or en banc review in a State Farm class action?

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Bondi Subpoenaed To Testify On DOJ's Epstein Investigation

By Lauren Berg

The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday voted to subpoena U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into deceased child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with five Republicans joining their Democratic colleagues to compel Bondi's testimony.

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Analysis

Trump's FCA Expansion Plan Heightens Compliance Risk

By Sarah Jarvis

In light of the Trump administration's record False Claims Act enforcement haul, companies should be especially mindful of a planned expansion in the scope of enforcement and the false compliance certification risks that may bring, attorneys say.

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SEC, PCAOB Auditor Enforcement Plummeted In 2025

By Sarah Jarvis

Both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board saw decreases in accounting and auditing enforcement activity in 2025, including sharp decreases in SEC settlements and PCAOB fines for auditing actions.

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Comey, James Urge 4th Circ. To Reject Indictment Revival Bid

By Emily Sawicki

Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James have urged the Fourth Circuit not to revive criminal indictments filed against them last year in the Eastern District of Virginia, arguing they were fatally flawed because they were brought by a federal prosecutor who was not lawfully in that position.

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Appeals Panel Debates NJ's Duty In Prosecutor Ethics Case

By George Woolston

A New Jersey appellate panel on Wednesday weighed whether it was in the state's best interest to represent an assistant prosecutor in an ethics proceeding, questioning how a prosecutor is different from any other attorney called before the disciplinary board.

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