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
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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
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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
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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
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