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The June 2025 Quorum summarized recent actions by the Federal Trade Commission (“Commission” or “FTC”) and Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) indicating the Trump Administration’s rejection of the anti-merger...more
A recent enforcement action by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is particularly noteworthy because of the theory of potential harm and the accepted remedy....more
The Trump administration’s recently announced settlements resolving the antitrust concerns in transactions mark a shift from the previous administration’s hostile rhetoric against settlements and remedies in merger cases. As...more
Oregon AG Dan Rayfield settled with AbbVie Inc. and Besins Healthcare, Inc. to resolve allegations that the pharmaceutical companies engaged in anti-competitive conduct relating to the sale of testosterone replacement gel in...more
In the days leading up to President Trump’s inauguration, the Biden FTC rushed to initiate major lawsuits and to tie a bow on various antitrust policy efforts. In a series of dissenting statements, the minority Republican...more
In October 2024, Blue Cross Blue Shield (“BCBS”) agreed to a $2.8 billion settlement to resolve allegations of anti-competitive practices in the health insurance market – it is reported to be the largest settlement in a...more
The District of Columbia (DC) Office of the Attorney General (OAG) recently entered into settlements with four title companies in connection with title company joint ventures that included the companies and real estate agents...more
On August 29, the DC Attorney General’s office announced settlements with four title insurance companies over their widespread use of illegal kickbacks in violation of DC’s Consumer Protection Procedures Act (CPPA). Under the...more
On April 5, 2024, the D.C. Circuit ruled that the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division could reopen an investigation of allegedly anticompetitive practices of the National Association of Realtors (“NAR”). See Nat’l Ass’n...more
The homebuying market as we know it is about to see sweeping changes. On Friday, March 15, 2024, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced a settlement with groups of home sellers, agreeing to end antitrust...more
I. Introduction - No pharmaceutical antitrust decision has had more impact than the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, a decision which officially defined the term “reverse payment...more
In 2017, three indirect-purchaser antitrust class actions were filed against Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Biotech, Inc., alleging that they engaged in anticompetitive conduct relating to the sale and marketing of J&J’s...more
On September 30, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) obtained civil monetary penalties in the amount of $263,000 from San Juan IPA, Inc. (“San Juan”), an independent physician association operating in northwestern New...more
Employers who share information with competitor employers about employee compensation, including wages and benefits, face greater risks of government investigations into violations of antitrust laws. The U.S. Department of...more
On July 11, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Kansas approved a $264 million settlement against Mylan and certain of its subsidiaries in the case In Re EpiPen (Epinephrine Injection, USP) Marketing,...more
Compliance Today (December 2020) - The Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance group has negotiated a possible settlement to sweeping antitrust lawsuits that alleged the group benefited from anticompetitive measures that...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this month that it obtained over $3 billion in settlements and judgments from civil fraud and false claims cases during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019 (FY 2019). Of this...more
Voice-assisted devices (a/k/a smart speakers) feature prominently in this week’s Update. Enjoy....more
In the Matter of Your Therapy Source, LLC – is the most recent example of federal antitrust enforcers’ increasing interest in curtailing anticompetitive conduct in employee markets, which was first announced when the Federal...more
In August 2017, Simon Property Group (“SPG”) and the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York (“NYAG”) entered into an Assurance of Discontinuance (the “Settlement”) regarding alleged anti-competitive effects...more
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Pennsylvania district court decision holding the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution prevented a private party from enjoining the state of Louisiana from bringing...more
The Second Circuit’s decision highlights that, whenever there are groups of plaintiffs that will obtain different categories of relief as a part of a settlement, both plaintiffs and defense counsel should seriously consider...more
A Second Circuit panel rejected the settlement reached between defendants Visa, MasterCard, and various banks, and plaintiffs, approximately 12 million merchants who alleged the principally identical network rules of Visa and...more
The FTC has entered into a final settlement with Drug Testing Compliance Group LLC (DTC Group) by order issued January 21, 2016, resolving an administrative case that alleged DTC Group had invited a competitor to collude with...more
On December 18, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with Keystone Orthopaedic Associates Specialists and Orthopaedic Associates of Reading, LTD, which were two of six orthopedic practices in Berks...more