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2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Antitrust & Competition
Fierce Competition Podcast | Below-Threshold Mergers: Global Antitrust Scrutiny
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The latest on: NFL Anti-Trust decision; Record Labels Sue Over Generative AI; Copyright Office clarifies Termination Rights, Royalties, Transfers, Disputes, and the MMA.
Fierce Competition Podcast | Antitrust Challenges in Organized Sports: How They Play Out in the EU, UK and US
Examining E-Discovery in Competition Law
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Sues the FTC Over Power Grab
The New FTC Rule Explained: Will Your Non-Compete Be Enforceable?
The FTC Issued a New Rule to Ban All New Noncompete Agreements
Podcast: Key Changes in Finalized Antitrust Merger Guidelines – Diagnosing Health Care
Fierce Competition Podcast | Takeaways From the Illumina-Grail Merger Challenge Saga
AGG Talks: Antitrust and White-Collar Crime Roundup - Analyzing the Latest Updates in the Litigation Against Trump
Navigating Power Allocation and Customer Choice in a Regulated Landscape - Energy Law Insights
Fierce Competition Podcast | Letter From London: The Rise of UK Class Actions and the Competition Appeal Tribunal
Fierce Competition Podcast | Private Equity Under the Antitrust Microscope
The Supreme Court has been asked to review the Fourth Circuit’s Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC v. NTE Carolinas II opinion endorsing the controversial “monopoly broth” theory, which permits the aggregation of independently lawful...more
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
On May 15, 2025, a federal jury in Delaware district court determined that Defendant Amgen Inc. (“Amgen”) violated antitrust and tort laws, and awarded $406.8 million in damages to Plaintiff Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc....more
Under the old guard of the prior administration, private equity was repeatedly under fire for alleged “flip and strip” tactics that were supposedly “at odds with competition.” Now, with new enforcers in place, a different...more
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
Companies in a wide range of industries commonly develop incentive programs for vendors, including preferred vendor or loyalty programs, to increase sales or establish loyalty. Acceptance of the terms and conditions of these...more
In recent years, both private plaintiffs and the government have increasingly scrutinized businesses’ use of “algorithmic pricing” software, leading to a wave of antitrust lawsuits and enforcement actions. These softwares,...more
Firms across industries face mounting antitrust scrutiny from enforcers, legislators, and the plaintiffs’ bar. Sports teams and leagues are no exception. As the volume of sports commerce expands globally, so too does scrutiny...more
On April 25, U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi ordered the NCAA not to enforce its Five-Year Rule against Rutgers University cornerback Jett Elad. The impact of name, image, and likeness (NIL) agreements on the new world...more
Competition is the essence of sports. It fuels the players and the thrill of it entices fans to cheer for their favorite players, purchase memorabilia, and watch games. Outside of the games, however, players and coaches are...more
On March 20, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s order to dismiss a consumer antitrust lawsuit filed against Amazon. In the lawsuit styled Hogan v. Amazon.com, Inc., the consumer-plaintiffs...more
On April 14, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) obtained a high-profile “wage-fixing” conviction under the Sherman Act against a former executive of multiple home health care agencies (“HHAs”). A federal jury convicted...more
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
The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and state antitrust authorities have plausibly alleged that Live Nation engaged in illegal tying and coercion of performing artists, a federal judge in the Southern District...more
A bipartisan coalition of five AGs reached a final settlement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to resolve allegations that the organization’s restrictions on future student-athletes’ ability to...more
As the second Trump administration reaches its 60-day mark, it is a good time to take stock of the US antitrust agencies’ actions. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) have...more
A bipartisan coalition of 38 AGs and the DOJ has submitted a revised proposed final judgment in their antitrust lawsuit against Google, following a U.S. District Court ruling that Google violated the Sherman Act by...more
On February 26, 2025, Judge Mia Perez of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s Sherman Act and Clayton Act claims, though the plaintiff had...more
On February 25, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the United States District Court for the Northern District of California’s rejection of unlawful tying, exclusive dealing, and unfair competition claims...more
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
On January 15, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Minnesota, and Illinois filed a lawsuit against Deere & Company (Deere). The complaint, which Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona have since joined, accuses Deere of creating...more
On Nov. 12, the U.S. Supreme Court declined certiorari for the U.S. v. Brewbaker decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, leaving undisturbed the ruling that heightens the burden on antitrust prosecutors...more
Advertisers began pulling their ads from the microblogging site, then called Twitter, shortly after Elon Musk took the company over in October 2022. Within a month at least six major companies had stopped advertising on the...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
As CERAWeek begins in Houston, dealmakers in the energy sector will surely be asking how the second Trump Administration antitrust enforcers will treat energy deals. As a prelude, no industry has a longer history with...more