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A&O Shearman

After Twenty Years, In Re Rail Freight Ends With Summary Judgment For Defendant Rail Companies After Judge Finds Inadequate...

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On June 24, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted defendant rail companies’ motion for summary judgment on a Sherman Act Section 1 claim. In a lengthy and sweeping multi-district...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Cement and Concrete Admixture Price Fixing Conspiracy Allegations Not Strong Enough to Survive Motion to Dismiss

Judge Lewis Liman in the Southern District of New York recently dismissed antitrust complaints brought by direct and indirect purchasers against six major suppliers of concrete admixtures, cement additives, admixtures for...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Federal Court Permits MultiPlan Antitrust MDL to Proceed: Court Upholds Federal and State Antitrust and Consumer Protection...

On June 3, 2025, Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a sweeping ruling in In re MultiPlan Health Insurance Provider Litigation, largely denying motions to dismiss...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Class Action Grounded: Court Finds Insufficient Factual Basis for Airline Capacity Constraint Suit

The Ontario Superior Court recently refused to certify a class action against four international airlines. The plaintiff alleged that the airlines conspired to constrain capacity for transborder travel between the United...more

King & Spalding

MultiPlan Algorithmic Pricing Antitrust Claims Survive Motion to Dismiss

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On June 3, 2025, Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied motions to dismiss antitrust claims in a multidistrict litigation (MDL) against MultiPlan, Inc. and...more

Kerr Russell

Yes, Dentists Are Subject to Antitrust Law

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The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) historically have been active in the health care industry, with many prosecutions of physicians and dentists for antitrust violations. These...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … Potential Antitrust Exposure of Tariff-Related Pricing Changes

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As companies face mounting cost and supply pressures from rising tariffs, pricing managers are under growing pressure to adjust pricing strategies in fast-moving and uncertain conditions. As recently reported by the Wall...more

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California District Court Grants Software Company’s Motion To Dismiss In Algorithmic Price Fixing Case

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On March 21, 2025, Judge Jeffrey S. White of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted defendant software company’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims of price-fixing under the Sherman...more

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Fourth Circuit Affirms Denial Of Class Certification In Coupon Services Price Fixing Case

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On February 12, 2025, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina not to grant class certification in a 17-year-old lawsuit accusing...more

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New York federal court denies class certification for antitrust plaintiffs for the second time on predominance grounds

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For the second time, a New York federal district judge denied a motion for class certification filed by caustic soda purchasers, ruling that the plaintiffs had failed to meet the predominance requirement under Federal Rule of...more

ArentFox Schiff

Health Care Providers Should Seriously Consider Claims Under Two Antitrust Class Actions

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Now is the time for health care providers to consider participating in the recent Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) antitrust class action settlement and the newly filed antitrust cases alleging widespread price fixing for...more

Mogin Law LLP

The Evolving Role of “Agreement” in U.S. v. RealPage

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A clear case of horizontal price fixing. Private antitrust plaintiffs are increasingly bringing cases alleging that the use of a common, commercially available pricing algorithm by multiple competitors constitutes price...more

Morgan Lewis

US Supreme Court Will Not Weigh In on Class Certification, Representative Evidence Questions

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The US Supreme Court denied a certiorari petition seeking to resolve circuit court splits relevant to the litigation of class action matters, including if and when class certification is appropriate where a significant...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Antitrust Litigation Opportunity for Funds

Funds — through their portfolio companies — may have a significant antitrust opportunity against the major U.S. railroad companies. ...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Big Food Price-Fixing Update: Court Certifies Three Putative Classes in Packaged Seafood Litigation

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What started out as a proposed merger between two of the largest packaged seafood manufacturers spawned a lengthy criminal investigation into antitrust violations in the tuna industry by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Antitrust Litigation Update for Health Care Providers - June 2019

2018 saw a significant upswing in antitrust litigation against health care providers; 27 cases were filed in 2018 versus 17 in 2017. In the latest Antitrust Update for Health Care Providers, we discuss what caused the notable...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Beware of Antitrust Risks When Settling Lawsuits With Competitors

Bad press. Burdensome and costly document and data collections. Unpredictable outcomes. The sometimes-slow pace of justice. It’s easy to understand why parties often prefer early settlement to fighting a lawsuit through trial...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Federal Court Opinion Reminds Health Care Providers to Assess the Antitrust Risks of Competitor Affiliations

The Attorney General of the State of Washington (the State) scored another victory last week in its federal antitrust challenge to Franciscan Health System’s (Franciscan) affiliations with two competing physician practices,...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

2017 Statute of Limitations Roundup: Courts Disagree About Applicability of “Continuing Violation” Doctrine in Antitrust Actions

2017 saw three notable decisions concerning the applicability of the “continuing violation” doctrine in antitrust cases. We discuss below three cases that have taken different approaches in their treatment of this...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Recent Developments in Antitrust Scrutiny of Healthcare-Provider Transactions

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As the trend of acquisitions of physician practices and mergers of hospitals continues, so does antitrust scrutiny of these deals. There was activity this week in three different proposed transactions that caught the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The World in US Courts: Orrick's Quarterly Review of Decisions Applying US Law to Global Business and Cross-Border Activities

Alien Tort Statute (ATS)/Political Question Doctrine/Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act (FSIA)/ Act of State Doctrine - District Court Dismisses ATS Claim Where Alleged Conduct in US was not Directly Linked to Injuries...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Antitrust & Competition Newsletter - April 2015

U.S. Supreme Court Holds That State Action Immunity Does Not Apply to State Boards If the Board Is Controlled by Active Market Participants - On Feb. 25, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court held, in a 6-3 decision, that a state...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Antitrust and Competition Newsletter - April 2014

Shanghai High People’s Court Rules That Resale Price Maintenance Agreement Constitutes Monopolistic Agreement - The Shanghai High People’s Court recently made available its Aug. 1, 2013 final judgment overruling the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Antitrust and Competition Newsletter - December 2013

Japan’s METI Submits Amicus Brief in the TFT-LCD Litigation Seeking to Limit the Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Antitrust Laws - On Oct. 31, 2013, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry submitted a brief in...more

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