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FTC Moves to Protect Workers from Anticompetitive Agreements by Issuing Action Against Gateway Services

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The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) non-compete rule may be effectively dead, but the agency’s focus on non-compete agreements is very much alive. In February, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson launched a Joint Labor Task Force...more

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NCAA Volunteer Coach Victory: Key Takeaways from a Successful Antitrust Class Certification

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Eastern District of California Judge William B. Shubb certified a class of thousands of former NCAA Division I volunteer coaches who had sued the NCAA for anticompetitive compensation prohibitions. Originally published in...more

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Federal Court Orders Remedies in Google Antitrust Case, Rejects DOJ Call for Breakup

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The US District Court for the District of Columbia issued, on September 2, 2025, a landmark ruling in the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust case against Google, imposing significant remedies to address the company’s...more

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Algorithmic Price-Fixing Cases Reflect Exacting Pleading Standard

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Last month, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed an antitrust lawsuit challenging several hotel chains’ use of AI software to suggest allegedly supra-competitive room rates. Dai v. SAS...more

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Google is an Illegal Monopoly, Federal Court Rules

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Following a nine-week bench trial starting in September 2023 and closing arguments in May 2024, District of Columbia district court judge Amit Mehta ruled on August 5, 2024, that Google illegally maintained its monopoly in...more

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Florida Cancer Center Admits to Violating U.S. Antitrust Laws, Agrees to Pay More Than $120 Million in Penalties

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In the first case of its kind, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that it had entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Use of a Common Agent Can Raise Antitrust Concerns

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Providers that are not financially or clinically integrated must keep separate operations. This can extend to the use of a common agent for the non-integrated providers. The U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade...more

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DOJ Settles “Anti-Steering” Antitrust Case Against Atrium Health

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The United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division announced on November 15 that it was settling its antitrust lawsuit against Atrium Health (formerly known as Carolinas Health System)....more

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Nonprofits: Beware of Antitrust Troubles

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On June 12, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey denied a motion to dismiss a class action against the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) in Talone v. American Osteopathic Association (No....more

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Antitrust Implication of Recent FTC Patent Related Agreement

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In recent years, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has refocused its efforts on the interplay between the patent system and antitrust law, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry. While most of this focus has manifested...more

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