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On July 10, 2025, US District Judge David Dugan of the Southern District of Illinois (S.D. Ill.) granted without prejudice motions of Apple and two payment network providers to dismiss antitrust claims by a putative class of...more
We begin with developments of national significance. First, we discuss the amendments to the Competition Act which, effective June 2025, could open the door to a novel quasi-class action scheme entitling private plaintiffs to...more
In recent months, private class action lawsuits have challenged residency match programs for pharmacists and veterinarians under antitrust laws. In addition, a congressional subcommittee has begun an inquiry into the...more
On April 17, 2025, a federal district court denied a motion to dismiss the first government enforcement action brought in decades under the Robinson-Patman Act (“RPA”), a statute that prohibits price discrimination and other...more
How a common practice for healthcare payers can turn from negotiation tactic to anticompetitive collusion - What is a network rental agreement? Network rental agreements, also known as “network leasing” or “network...more
In its 19 December 2024 judgment, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) unanimously rejected Mr Le Patourel’s excessive pricing claim against BT. This was the UK’s first opt-out collective action to proceed to trial, and will...more
The year 2024 marked a milestone in the activity of the Agency for Protection and Development of Competition of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Agency or Antimonopoly Authority). As part of the implementation of the president's...more
A North Carolina federal judge on Friday denied NASCAR‘s motion to dismiss a lawsuit lodged by two racing teams that accused the organization of maintaining a monopoly, saying it is too early to determine a dismissal because...more
On November 12, 2024, Judge Michael P. Shea of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut granted in part and denied in part a joint motion to dismiss submitted by thirty-six defendant drug manufacturers...more
Picture this: At a meeting of local landlords, one participant raps his knuckles on the table and announces his grand idea for increasing the group’s collective profits. Each landlord should “independently” contract with a...more
This episode of our “Fierce Competition“ podcast looks at trends across the pond in class actions in the U.K. and focuses on the country’s new tribunal that was created specifically to hear class actions....more
Arrington v. Burger King Worldwide, Inc., No. 20-13561 (11th Cir. Aug. 31, 2022) – In October 2018, a former line cook of a Burger King franchise restaurant in Illinois, filed a class action complaint in the District Court...more
For many federal government contractors, their skilled and experienced workforce may be their most valuable asset. A recent “ice breaker” settlement of a class action lawsuit, however, demonstrates the wrong way to protect...more
United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the nation’s largest wholesale mortgage lender, announced on March 4, 2021, that it would no longer do business with mortgage brokers who also worked with Rocket Mortgage (the online loan...more
After over 8 years of hard-fought litigation, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, together with its 36 Blue Cross/Blue Shield members (“the Blues”), recently announced a proposed settlement of class action antitrust...more
On June 10th, Judge Manish S. Shah, U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, dismissed (without prejudice) a class action lawsuit against AbbVie and AbbVie Biotechnology Ltd. by consumer groups, drug...more
On September 20, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) issued a landmark antitrust class action decision in Pioneer Corp. v Godfrey which clarified several procedural questions relating to class actions. Notably, the...more
The Third Circuit recently held in In re Remicade (Direct Purchaser) Antitrust Litigation that a direct purchaser’s antitrust suit alleging overpayment for a drug purchased pursuant to a distribution agreement with a...more
Atrium Health (formerly known as Carolinas Healthcare System) scored a big victory in its defense of an antitrust class action on March 4, when the Court ruled that the plaintiffs in Benitez v. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg...more
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari in a case that will give pharmaceutical companies pause when considering whether to settle patent challenges under Hatch-Waxman. The Supreme Court’s...more