On July 8, 2025, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), in partnership with the United States Postal Service (USPS) and U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG), announced the launch...more
7/28/2025
/ Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Bid Rigging ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Price-Fixing ,
Reporting Requirements ,
USPS ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
With President Joe Biden's departure, aggressive antitrust enforcers at the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will hand over the reins to incoming Trump...more
1/13/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Division ,
Biden Administration ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Deregulation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Horizontal Mergers ,
Mergers ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Technology ,
Trump Administration
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Oct. 23, 2024, issued its final "open banking" rule. Starting for some institutions as early as 2026, financial service providers must, upon a consumer's request, make...more
Pharmaceutical manufacturers are increasingly finding themselves defending decisions to list in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Orange Book patents that they assert are associated with their products. The...more
6/25/2024
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
FTC Act ,
Manufacturers ,
Orange Book ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Section 2 ,
Section 5 ,
Sherman Act ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals
The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 28, 2024, weighed in for the third time in recent months in support of plaintiffs in class action lawsuits challenging the defendants' use of software to...more
4/25/2024
/ Algorithms ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Division ,
Caesars ,
Casinos ,
Class Action ,
Conspiracies ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hotels ,
Popular ,
Pricing ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Rental Property ,
Rental Rates ,
Sherman Act
The "Birkin" name is well known around the world – it is synonymous with exclusivity and high-end luxury. From storylines in "Sex and the City" and "Gilmore Girls" to mentions in lyrics from the likes of Jay-Z and Beyoncé,...more
3/25/2024
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Cartwright Act ,
Class Action ,
Distributors ,
Fashion Branding ,
Fashion Design ,
Fashion Industry ,
Monopolization ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Sherman Act ,
Unfair Competition Law (UCL) ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
As Holland & Knight observed previously, the Biden Administration's antitrust enforcers have trained their sights on private equity firms and their portfolio companies, including in a Sept. 21, 2023, lawsuit challenging one...more
3/8/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Asset Management ,
Biden Administration ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Health Care Providers ,
Horizontal Merger Guidelines ,
Popular ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Public Comment ,
Request For Information
On May 13, 2019, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of iPhone owners who are suing Apple. The iPhone owners claim that Apple, through its App Store, has established a monopoly and uses that power to charge consumers more for...more
Is a federal court determining foreign law required to treat as conclusive a submission from a foreign government interpreting its law? The U.S. Supreme Court confronted this question in a case involving price-fixing claims...more
6/18/2018
/ Animal Science Products Inc v Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co Ltd ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Application of Foreign Laws ,
China ,
Comity ,
Exports ,
FRCP Rule 44.1 ,
Judicial Deference ,
Price-Fixing ,
Question of Law ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Sherman Act