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A Massachusetts federal court recently granted summary judgment in favor of a motorcycle manufacturer and dismissed claims by a dealer who argued the manufacturer’s internet sales policy breached the dealer agreement between...more
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and State Democratic Senator Melissa Hurtado want a bigger hammer to enforce California’s Cartwright Act, a key tool in prosecuting antitrust cases. The bill, SB 763, would raise the...more
On February 19, 2025, the Competition Authority filed an indictment against leading retail chains, including Victory and Yochananof, and against some of their senior officers. ...more
West Virginia Attorney General (AG) Patrick Morrisey announced a total $17 million settlement agreement with pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer and Ranbaxy after more than a decade of litigation regarding the companies’ alleged...more
The Federal Trade Commission’s suit alleging U.S. Anesthesia Partners (USAP) and Welsh Carson, a private equity fund that owns 23 percent of USAP and controls two of 14 board seats, engaged in an anticompetitive scheme to...more
On November 10, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a policy statement (the “Policy Statement”) radically expanding the FTC’s interpretation of prohibited “unfair methods of competition” under Section 5 of the FTC...more
You received a Civil Investigative (CID) from the Federal Trade Commission related to a consumer protection matter. Now what?...more
In a novel decision, the Tokyo District Court held that a restaurant review platform's unilateral change to its rankings algorithm violated a Japanese antitrust law that prohibits abuse of "superior bargaining power." The...more
Here are last week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US - Supermarket Chains Agree to Divest Stores Over...more
State AGs File Another Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google - Thirty-six states and the District of Columbia filed the fourth antitrust lawsuit against Google since October 2020, claiming that Google’s Play store unlawfully...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
Notable Cases - Here are a few of the major cases of interest within the state Attorneys General community that are receiving significant press coverage. ...more
The Situation: Overruling its precedent, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") may not seek restitution under FTC Act Section 13(b) because the statute,...more
On August 21, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held in FTC v. Credit Bureau Center, LLC, 2019 WL 3940917 (7th Cir. 2019) that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) lacks authority to obtain monetary...more
Two recent Circuit Court opinions have significantly undermined the FTC’s powers under Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA). These pivotal decisions may ultimately require the U.S. Supreme Court to...more
Read the latest news on antitrust, competition, and economic regulation in this summer edition of our quarterly ACER newsletter. ...more
On July 31, the FTC published its settlement with Therapy Source, LLC; its owner, Sheria Yarbray; and Neeraj Jindal, the former owner of a competing staffing company — Integrity Home Therapy (collectively, the respondents)....more