In his return to the White House, President-elect Trump inherits an aggressive antitrust enforcement regime from the Biden administration – an enforcement regime that was born and developed in many respects during Trump’s...more
11/15/2024
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Antitrust Violations ,
Big Tech ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Election Results ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Controls ,
Merger Reviews ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Required Forms ,
State Attorneys General ,
Trump Administration
Pennsylvania has been front and center in coverage of the 2024 election cycle. But it is not only the next President that the citizens of the Commonwealth may effectively decide. ...more
On September 16, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a United States District Court’s dismissal of a proposed class action by gasoline consumers against several energy companies in D’Augusta v. American Petroleum...more
10/1/2024
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Class Action ,
Conspiracies ,
Dismissals ,
Judicial Review ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
OPEC ,
Political Question Doctrine ,
Price Manipulation ,
Price-Fixing ,
Russia ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Sherman Act ,
The Clayton Act ,
Trump Administration
At the end of January, Attorneys General Jonathan Skrmetti of Tennessee and Jason Miyares of Virginia filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee alleging that the NCAA’s newest name,...more
2/29/2024
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
College Athletes ,
Colleges ,
Educational Institutions ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
Recruitment Incentives ,
Recruitment Policies ,
State Attorneys General ,
Student Athletes ,
Universities
At the end of January, attorneys general Jonathan Skrmetti of Tennessee and Jason Miyares of Virginia filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee alleging that the NCAA’s newest name,...more
2/8/2024
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Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
College Athletes ,
Colleges ,
Football ,
Letters of Intent ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
State Attorneys General ,
Student Athletes ,
Universities
On Jan. 26, 2023, twenty-four states sued the Department of Labor to block a new rule allowing retirement plans to consider environmental, social, and governance concepts (known as ESG) when administering plan assets. The...more
In a decision that stunned no one (yet will garner plenty of headlines), a federal district court granted a motion to dismiss filed by Major League Baseball (MLB) on the basis of its storied antitrust immunity. Coming almost...more
On May 23, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), at the prompting of President Joe Biden, announced that it will launch a civil investigation into the ongoing shortage of baby formula throughout the country. The FTC is...more
Almost one year has passed since the Supreme Court’s unanimous antitrust decision in NCAA v. Alston. That well-publicized decision affirmed the District Court’s rejection of the NCAA’s limits on education-related compensation...more
4/27/2022
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Antitrust Provisions ,
College Athletes ,
Employment Contract ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Franchise Agreements ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Price-Fixing ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Rule-of-Reason Analysis ,
Student Athletes
Attendees at this year’s Spring Meeting may have been surprised by an unexpected panel: an overview of the status of the law related to the legalization of marijuana and antitrust issues facing the nascent industry. However,...more
It has been a busy several months for antitrust regulators and the tech giants whose alleged conduct has recently drawn their ire. Just a few weeks ago, Google formally became the subject of a European investigation into its...more