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February 05, 2025
Judge Found 'Vertical' Mattress Deal Won't Hurt Competition
U.S. District Judge Charles Eskridge rejected the Federal Trade Commission's bid to pause Tempur Sealy's planned $5 billion purchase of Mattress Firm after finding a merger of the mattress supplier and retail chain would likely increase competition, if it has any impact at all.
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February 05, 2025
Ryanair Loses €1B TAP State Aid Challenge
Low-cost Irish airline Ryanair has lost yet another attempt to stop state aid from being delivered to its rivals in the airline industry after a European Union court on Wednesday batted away its challenge to a €1.2 billion ($1.249 billion) aid package for the parent company of TAP Air Portugal.
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February 05, 2025
College Baseball Player Seeks Pause Of NCAA Eligibility Rule
A college baseball player on Wednesday asked a Massachusetts federal court to temporarily pause the NCAA's five-year rule that the organization cited in denying him one more year of eligibility, in yet another lawsuit challenging the regulation.
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February 05, 2025
6th Circ. Urged To Revive Allergy Co.'s Antitrust Claims
An allergy company tried Wednesday to persuade a noncommittal Sixth Circuit panel to revive an antitrust suit it brought against health insurance companies it says worked together to push it out of the market.
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February 05, 2025
Proskauer Fights Another DQ Bid In NJ Hospital Antitrust Suit
A New Jersey federal magistrate judge was right to allow Proskauer Rose LLP to continue as counsel for RWJBarnabas Health Inc. since the firm's prior advice to CarePoint Health on its use of COVID-19 relief funds is unrelated to the antitrust lawsuit currently playing out between the two companies, according to the firm.
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February 05, 2025
NC Software Co. Says DQ Of Rival's Atty Shouldn't Stall Trial
An attorney being kicked off a bitter copyright case over source code shouldn't delay the fast-approaching trial, a U.S. software company told a North Carolina federal judge, arguing that its Dutch rival is trying to use the loss of its preferred counsel as a stalling tactic.
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February 05, 2025
FTC Tries To Plug Holes In Massive Merger Review Overhaul
Antitrust practitioners call it a solution in search of a problem, but the Federal Trade Commission says an imminent overhaul to merger notification requirements will be a worthwhile front-loading of information necessary to plug gaps in its reviews.
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February 05, 2025
Cleveland-Cliffs Wants 'Un-American' US Steel Suit Tossed
Cleveland-Cliffs and its CEO have asked a Pennsylvania judge to toss a lawsuit filed against them by Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel, calling the suit "un-American" while claiming that the plaintiffs' "sputtering disapproval" of the defendants' statements doesn't hold up in court.
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February 04, 2025
Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action
February is off to a rip-roaring start in several circuits, and there's plenty more action ahead, including a moment of truth for judiciary policymaking that has managed to anger both the defense and plaintiffs bars. We'll explore all that in this edition of Wheeling & Appealing, which also includes an appellate quiz pegged to recent presidential news.
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February 04, 2025
McKesson, Others Beat Indirect Drug Reseller Price-Fix Suit
A Pennsylvania federal judge permanently tossed antitrust claims from indirect generic-drug resellers who alleged distributors like McKesson Corp. and AmerisourceBergen colluded with manufacturers to fix prices of many medications, writing Monday the plaintiffs fail to show the existence of such an agreement between drugmakers and distributors.
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February 04, 2025
JBS Inks $83.5M Deal Over Ranchers' Beef Price-Fixing Claims
One of the nation's biggest meat producers has reached an $83.5 million deal to end claims it conspired with others in the industry to suppress the price ranchers are paid for raising feeder cattle.
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February 04, 2025
OpenAI Judge Rips Musk's 'Broad' Bid To Block For-Profit
A California federal judge indicated Tuesday she'll likely deny Elon Musk's bid to preliminarily block OpenAI Inc. from transitioning into a for-profit enterprise, criticizing Musk's filings for being vague and broad and saying she'll toss some claims, while adding "something is going to trial in this case."
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February 04, 2025
Google Gets OkCaller's 'Incoherent' Antitrust Claims Tossed
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday tossed for good antitrust claims from the company behind reverse phone number lookup website OkCaller.com, saying the newly amended suit does not rectify the previous problems, or if it does, the court cannot decipher the "incoherent" arguments.
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February 04, 2025
Swimmers Again Seek Cert., With 9th Circ's Reversal In Hand
Professional swimmers have again asked a California federal judge to certify hundreds of competitors accusing swimming's international governing body of organizing a group boycott against an upstart league, now armed with a Ninth Circuit decision that both revived their case and said class certification was improperly denied.
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February 04, 2025
Sen. Mike Lee To Head Antitrust Subcommittee
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, a frequent critic of the Federal Trade Commission, will serve as chairman of the Senate subcommittee on antitrust and consumer protection issues, with Sen. Corey Booker, D-N.J., taking over the ranking member role.
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February 04, 2025
Axon Gets Cities' Antitrust Case Largely Tossed
A New Jersey federal judge dismissed the bulk of a class action brought by local governments accusing Axon of monopolizing the Taser and body camera markets, ending claims related to the Taser market but allowing claims that Axon has maintained a monopoly in the body-worn camera market to continue on.
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February 04, 2025
NCAA Says Wis. Football Player's Suit Claims 'False Dilemma'
The NCAA is pushing back against a University of Wisconsin football player's request for a temporary injunction against its allegedly anticompetitive eligibility rule, arguing the rule achieves the exact opposite by giving more students the opportunity to play.
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February 04, 2025
Auto Cos., Mass. AG Make Final Case In 'Right To Repair' Fight
The stagnated four-year battle over a Massachusetts law requiring vehicle manufacturers to provide open access to vehicle telematics software saw its final salvos Tuesday as attorneys for an automotive industry group and the state clashed over the merits of the federal preemption case.
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February 04, 2025
Apple Asks DC Circ. To Pause Google Search Case For Appeal
Apple has asked the D.C. Circuit to pause the remedies phase of the landmark monopolization case targeting Google's search dominance, arguing it needs to intervene to protect its contracts with Google that are worth billions of dollars each year.
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February 04, 2025
Cherokee Nation, Group Spar Over Ark. Casino License Docs
A federal district court is set to determine if the officers of a ballot issue committee backing an Arkansas amendment that revoked a Cherokee Nation business' casino license and the public affairs firm must hand over documentation in the dispute.
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February 04, 2025
Southern Glazer's Wants FTC Unfair Pricing Suit Canned
Southern Glazer's asked a California federal judge Monday to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's first price discrimination lawsuit in 25 years, arguing that even if the "mistaken economic theory" undergirding it holds true, dissents from the FTC's Republicans illustrate why the case fails anyway.
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February 04, 2025
'Is This A Joke?' Judge Denies Atty Fees For Grocery Patrons
A California federal judge had so little tolerance for shoppers claiming victory and seeking attorney fees from the abandoned Kroger-Albertsons merger that in tossing their motion and underlying lawsuit he noted with incredulity, "Plaintiffs are actually making these arguments."
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February 04, 2025
Salmon Farmers Fight To Gut Retailers' £675M Cartel Case
A group of salmon producers fought on Tuesday to keep a £675 million ($843 million) cartel claim brought by several of the U.K.'s largest supermarkets out of Britain, arguing at a London tribunal that the case should be heard in Norway.
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February 03, 2025
Google Fights Uphill To Scrap Antitrust Verdict At 9th Circ.
A Ninth Circuit panel appeared skeptical on Monday of Google's bid to throw out Epic Games' antitrust trial win and injunction requiring Google to open its Play Store to rivals following Epic Games' partial antitrust loss against Apple, with each judge doubting that the Apple ruling is necessarily preclusive.
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February 03, 2025
Texas' Bid To Launch Stock Exchange Moves Forward
As the owner of the new Texas Stock Exchange LLC gears up to begin trading by next year, capital markets attorneys are closely watching how the company plans to penetrate a market long dominated by two New York-based juggernauts.
Expert Analysis
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4 Employment Law Areas Set To Change Under Trump
President Donald Trump's second term is expected to bring significant changes to the U.S. employment law landscape, including the potential for updated worker classification regulations, and challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion that are already taking shape, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Recent Suits Show Antitrust Agencies' Focus On HSR Review
The U.S. Department of Justice's suit this month against KKR for inaccurate and incomplete premerger filings, along with other recent cases, highlights the agency's increasing scrutiny of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act compliance for private equity firms, say attorneys at Willkie.
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Private-Bidding Compliance Lessons From Siemens Plea Deal
Siemens Energy’s recent wire fraud conspiracy guilty plea shows that U.S. prosecutors are willing and able to police the private, domestic bidding market to protect the integrity of the competitive marketplace, and companies will need a robust compliance program to mitigate these risks, say attorneys at Foley Hoag.
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FTC Report On AI Sector Illuminates Future Enforcement
The Federal Trade Commission's report on cloud service providers and their partnerships with developers of artificial intelligence's large language models suggests that the agency will move to rein in Big Tech with antitrust enforcement to protect startups, say attorneys at Squire Patton.
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Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.
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Algorithm Price-Fixing Ruling May Lower Antitrust Claims Bar
A Washington federal court's refusal to dismiss Duffy v. Yardi Systems, an antitrust case over rent prices allegedly inflated by revenue management software, creates an apparent split in the lower courts over how to assess such claims, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.
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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
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How FTC Sent A $5.6M Warning Against Jumping The Gun
The Federal Trade Commission's recent record $5.6 million "gun jumping" action against Verdun Oil, for allegedly exerting control over EP Energy before the mandatory waiting period under U.S. antitrust law expired, warns companies that they must continue to operate independently during review, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.
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Predicting Where State AGs Will Direct Their Attention In 2025
In 2025, we expect state attorneys general will navigate a new presidential administration while continuing to further regulate and police financial services, artificial intelligence, junk fees and antitrust, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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A Look At FDA's Plans To Establish New OTC Drug Category
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recently finalized rule, creating a new over-the-counter pathway for drugs when patients satisfy certain conditions, may be useful for off-patent drugs with established safety records, though switching to OTC comes with additional costs and considerations, say attorneys at Skadden.
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Chancery May Have Raised Bar For Books, Records Requests
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently approved the denial of a books and records demand against Amazon, raising important questions about what evidence and purpose a stockholder is required to show to succeed on such a request, say attorneys at Selendy Gay.
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FTC Privacy Enforcement Takeaways From 2024
In 2024, the Federal Trade Commission distinguished three prominent trends in its privacy-related enforcement actions: geolocation data protections, data minimization practices, and artificial intelligence use and marketing, say Cobun Zweifel-Keegan at IAPP and James Smith at Dechert.
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Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win
Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.
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Mass Arbitration Procedures After Faulty Live Nation Ruling
Despite the Ninth Circuit's flawed reasoning in Heckman v. Live Nation, the exceptional allegations of collusive conduct shouldn't be read to restrict arbitration providers that have adopted good faith procedures to ensure that consumer mass arbitrations can be efficiently resolved on the merits, says Collin Vierra at Eimer Stahl.