On March 17, 2025, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a Texas district court decision dismissing antitrust claims brought by steel manufacturer JSW Steel against a group of... Read more »
Santa Clara, CAVolunteer coaches for Divison 1 baseball have requested a California federal judge to certify their proposed antitrust class action against the National Collegiate Athletic Association. They argue that the NCAA’s... Read more »
On October 7, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the district court’s denial of summary judgment for Merck. The appeals court held that the Noerr-Pennington doctrine gave... Read more »
San Francisco, CAOn September 3, Tamenang Choh and Grace Kirk, one a former and the other a current student-athlete at Brown University, withdrew their objection to a $2.78 billion settlement proposed by... Read more »
UNITED STATES New Merger Guidelines Released The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and US Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) issued their updated Merger Guidelines on December 18, 2023. The new guidelines... Read more »
The Spanish antitrust regulator, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y de la Competencia (CNMC), has joined the proposed “State Pact” for protecting Spanish children from harmful content online and in social media. The... Read more »
The DOJ and State Attorneys General continue to apply federal (and state) antitrust laws to what they deem to be anticompetitive conduct by employers in the labor markets. Recently, contingent workforce arrangements... Read more »
A US jury decided Monday that Google’s current app store policies violate Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act as well as the California Cartwright Act. Sometime next year, there will... Read more »
* Donald Trump set to testify in New York. Be there, will be wild. [Reuters] * Stroock files notice that it’s laying off roughly 140 people in New York. [Bloomberg Law News]... Read more »
The Attorney General for the District of Columbia (DC) Brian Schwalb announced on Wednesday a lawsuit against 14 of the city’s largest landlords. The complaint alleges that these landlords colluded with RealPage,... Read more »