On August 15, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit raised the bar for bringing antitrust claims against companies that provide or use pricing algorithms. The decision begins to clarify an area of antitrust...more
8/19/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Collusion ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Sherman Act ,
Software
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) failure to obtain a preliminary injunction to block Tempur Sealy’s $4 billion proposed acquisition of Mattress Firm is yet another loss in a string of failed vertical challenges by the...more
2/6/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Vertical Mergers