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Competition - July, 2023

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• Bored Ape Rip-Off Is No Warhol, NFT Co.'s Prez Testifies
• Hate Speech Watchdog Rips Twitter's 'Bogus' False Ad Claims
• Crane School Fights Arbitrating Google, Apple Collusion Suit
• NFL Says 'Sunday Ticket' Buyers Can't Prove Antitrust Claims
• Buyers Want Rethink On Rabobank Chicken Price-Fixing Case
• Full DC Circ. Won't Revisit 'Catch-22' Toss Of FERC Challenge
• OnlyFans Escapes Porn Stars' Blacklisting Suit
• Judge Now Says Injury Firm's TM Suit Can't Survive At All
• DeSantis Calls To Revoke Normal Trade Relations With China
• Microsoft Seeks UK Merger Block Rethink, Citing New Deals
• Senate Hearing Highlights Antitrust Hazards In PGA-LIV Deal
• Telefonica Hit With $5.5M Fine Over Formula 1 Agreement
• Indivior Ruling May Affect Rebate Wall Litigation
• Cable Group Blasts Broadcaster Effort To Regulate Streamers
• Investors With ESG Aims Should Heed Antitrust Reporting Rules
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Deceptive Ads Suit Against Zillow
• Pierre Cardin, Licensee May Have Restricted Sales, EU Finds
• American, JetBlue Alliance Gets Permanently Grounded
• Coalition Fights Push For New FCC Retransmission Rules
• Judiciary Committee Accuses Khan Of Obstructing FTC Probe
• Epic, Match Ask To Split Google Claims From Antitrust Trial
• Ex-Athletes Flunked Antitrust Test, Ivy League Schools Claim
• Split 4th Circ. Upholds NLRB Order In Union Dock Work Row
• Former Chief Scientist Stole IP, Colorado Hemp Co. Alleges
• Md. Hemp Sellers Say State's Pot Law Created Monopoly
• Energy Payments Provider Lodges $221M Antitrust Claim
• US Antitrust Approach Toward ESG Clashes With EU Stance
• Libor Investors Ask Justices To Decide When Claims 'Foreign'
• NCAA Can't Ax, Transfer Volunteer Coaches' Antitrust Suits
• Accreditor Says Lumber Org. Can't Sue On Behalf Of Members
• Domestic Cos. Seek 3rd Round Of Mattress Tariffs
• Merger Guidelines' Broad Tack Ignores Recent Precedent
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Solar Co. Raided Competitor's Employees, Conn. Suit Says
• What's Causing EU-US Impasse On Steel And Aluminum
• Senate Dems Press For Sept. Vote On FCC Nominee Gomez
• Kroger-Albertsons Judge Rips Atty's 'Weak' Merger Challenge
• 5 AGs Urge JPML To Group Gov't Insulin Pricing Suits
• Senate Panel OKs Event Ticket-Pricing Bill To Block Junk Fees
• 9th Circ. Too Easy With Apple Pause, Epic Tells Justices
• WTO Sides With Costa Rica In Dominican Steel Trade Dispute
• FTX Customers Say Crypto Banks Helped SBF Steal $8B
• Rep. Jim Jordan Trying To 'Harass' FTC Staffers, Khan Says
• Europe's Antitrust Enforcer Probing Microsoft Over Teams
• FTC Won't Challenge $4.7B L3Harris-Aerojet Deal
• Atty's Comments About Del. Suit Not Defamatory, Judge Says
• Tyson Can't Block NY AG's COVID Price-Gouging Probe
• Tegna Deal's Handling Not 'Inappropriate,' FCC Chief Says
• Parsing FTC's Intercontinental-Black Knight Merger Challenge
• Mallory Gives Plaintiffs A Better Shot At Justice
• FTC Cuts Deal Ending Surescripts Monopoly Case
• Vivendi To Sell Gala Magazine As Part Of EU Antitrust Fix
• Ex-Fed Atty Ducks Prison For Steering Contracts To Spouse
• Colo. Judges Iffy On Forced Disclosures In Crocs' Mexico Spat
• College Athlete NIL Bills Sent To Congress Before Recess
• DC Circ. Backs Visa, Mastercard ATM Fee Antitrust Classes
• 6th Circ. Has Doubts About Harm In Wastewater Antitrust Suit
• Mastercard Users, Retailers Can't Apply EU Clocks To UK
• Meta Tells 2nd Circ. Photo App Waited Too Long To Sue
• UK Latest Enforcer To Cut Marketplace Deal With Amazon
• FERC Order Affirms Increased Scrutiny Of Investor-Utility Ties
• DOJ Loses Bid For 5-Year American And JetBlue Monitoring
• Steel Co. Asks High Court To Review President's Tariff Powers
• DOD, Commerce Sign Deal To Boost US Semiconductors
• Firms Vie To Lead Price-Fixing Suit Against Fragrance Giants
• Air Cooling Co. Wants $9M After Rival's Absence In IP Case
• 6th Circ. Doubts Safelite Ads Cracked Windshield Repair Biz
• Microsoft Asks 9th Circ. To Reject Gamers' Activision Appeal
• Novartis Direct Buyers' Attys Get $42M In Drug Delay Case
• The Case For Quantifying The Impact Of 'Dark Patterns'
• These Firms Have The Most Diverse Equity Partnerships
• PE Firm Says CMA Cherry-Picks Laws For Fining Drugmakers
• Meta Says Porn Stars Can't Say 'Oops' After Dropping Claims
• Pooper Trooper Raises Stink Over Rival Pet Waste Co.'s TM
• On Deck In JPML: Insulin Pricing, Bard Catheters, Southwest
• Eli Lilly Resets Merger Review Clock On $2.4B Deal
• Apple Says Amazon Pact Prevents Counterfeits
• Apple, Amazon Hit With £500M Claim For Price Collusion
• Ga. Judge Tosses Concrete Co.'s Prosecutorial Objections
• CFIUS Clampdown Will Deter Allied-Country Investment
• $1B Class Action Brings Apple App Maker Litigation To UK
• The Biggest Antitrust Developments So Far In 2023
• RealPage, Landlords Can't Avoid Antitrust Case, Tenants Say
• Forex Ruling Signals 'Permissive' Approach To Class Actions
• Law360's Diversity Snapshot: What You Need To Know
• Libor-Rigging Case Against Ex-Rabobank Trader Dropped
• Amazon Lowers Price Of IRobot Offer Amid Regulatory Battles
• EU Probing Vivendi Actions In Lagardère Deal
• Orange Juice Producer Loses Bid To Slim Down Cartel Claim
• Truck Buyer Group Can't Be 2nd Class Rep In Cartel Claim
• Class Rep Wins Appeal To Revive £2.7B Forex Action
• DC Public Schools Can't Ditch Telecom's Bidding Challenge
• Commerce Can Revisit German Steel Duties, Trade Court Says
• Software Co. Tells NC Court Ex-Partner Is Stalling
• Rabobank, Lloyds, Other Banks Reach $101M Libor Deal
• 'Losing Two Is OK,' FTC's Khan Says
• Library Of Congress Asks DC Circ. To Keep Fair Use Suit Axed
• Korean Steel Co. Says Tariffs As Flawed As Remanded Duties
• US Mushroom Grower Says Dutch Co. Deserved Duties
• Judge Temporarily Halts IQVIA Deal At FTC's Behest
• Why Seminole Tribe Sports Betting Ruling Is A Net Positive
• China Cries Foul On Japan's New Chip Export Curbs
• Texas Man Says Feds May Have Breached Atty-Client Privilege
• Strategies For Conducting More Effective Plea Negotiations
• Realtor Group Wants DOJ's Antitrust Suit Revival Bid Tossed
• Burford Continues Push For Sysco Sub In Chicken Price Suit
• Courts Can Overturn Deficient State Regulations, Too
• Software Co.'s Ex-Affiliate Says Abitron Dooms Injunction
• Top Trade Policy Moves Of 2023: Midyear Report
• Dems Pledge To Stay On Sidelines As UPS Strike Looms
• New Merger Guidelines 'Want To Turn Back The Clock'
• ​​​​​​​FTC Says To Ignore Its Previous Guidance About PBMs
• 9th Circ. Revives Flextronics Panasonic Antitrust Suit
• 'Econ 101' Can't Keep Rabobank In Chicken Price-Fixing Suit
• Adult Film Stars Slam OnlyFans Sanctions Bid In Blacklist Suit
• AbbVie Gets Amicus Backing In 2nd Circ. Bystolic Suit
• Lawmakers Say Ford Battery Deal With Chinese Co. Is Risky
• Trade Court Backs Push For Higher Duties On Thai Mattresses
• Panel OKs Bill To Study Developing Drugs Without Patents
• CoStar Rival Gets Pathway To Appeal Rejected Counterclaims
• Acquitted Ex-Forex Trader Seeks DOJ Antitrust Docs, Again
• Hip Hop Photog Says Leafly Infringed Snoop Dogg, Tupac Pics
• FTC Tries To Cut Amgen, Horizon's Constitutional Challenge
• LKQ, Uni-Select Deal Could Hurt Car Parts Supply, UK Says
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Tales From The Trenches Of Remote Depositions
• FTC Pauses In-House Challenge Of Microsoft, Activision Deal
• 9th Circ. Partially Kicks Back 5-Hour Energy Antitrust Suit
• Failed Ad Startup Wasn't A Shell For Exec's Fraud, Judge Says
• Ill. Judge Doubts Private T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Challenge
• US Sanctions More Russian Energy, Industrial Players
• Taylor Swift Fans' Live Nation Antitrust Suit Stays Federal
• Judge Questions Peers For Soliciting Junior Atty Arguments
• Conn. Justices Revisit Challenge To Drug Recovery Center
• Fiat Chrysler Can't Get Indian Car Sales Banned In Jeep IP Row
• Athenahealth Iced Software Firm Out Of Deal, Suit Says
• Shkreli Not Aided By Top Court's 'True Threat' Case, AGs Say
• Illinois Cases To Watch In 2023: A Midyear Report
• Bipartisan Bills Would Monitor Foreign-Owned Farmland
• 2023 Is Far From Done With Government Merger Cases
• JetBlue, American Decry DOJ 'Overreach' After Deal Breakup
• What's New In The DOJ-FTC Proposed Merger Guidelines
• Minn. Noncompete Ban May Add To Nat'l Venue Choice Tangle
• Sidley Adds Weil Antitrust Partner In DC
• Back To Drawing Board For Artists' IP Suit Against Stability AI
• Taylor Swift Tour Comes Up In Vertical Merger Hearing
• FTC Judge Calls Simultaneous In-House, Fed Cases 'A Waste'
• Denver Airport Co. Says Losing Bidder Hasn't Proved Bribery
• FTC Says Hospital Deal's Evasion Of Scrutiny Hurts Antitrust
• NYT Says LIV, PGA Tour Merger Belies Effort To Seal Docs
• Attys Must Pay $7K Sanctions For Witness Coaching In IP Row
• ChatGPT Can't Predict The Future Of Antitrust And AI (Yet)
• Pa. Justices OK Per-Person Test For Damages Fairness
• Consumers' $2.9M Deal With Harrison Poultry Gets Initial OK
• Microsoft, Activision Push Deadline Again Amid UK Concerns
• Broker Refiles Antitrust Suit Against Phoenix Suns Owner
• Ex-Deloitte Worker Who Beat IP Rap Gets Lighter Bail Package
• UK To Probe Investor's £242M Deal To Buy Pensions Provider
• UK Scrutinizing Bloomberg's Bid For Fintech Co.
• More Deals Would Face Gov't Lawsuits Under Draft Guidelines
• Broadcom's $61B VMware Deal Provisionally Cleared By UK
• NFL, Fanatics Win Bid To Arbitrate Merch Monopoly Claims
• Meta Judge Rips 'Kitchen Sink' Suit Over Apple Ad Changes
• Calif. Justices Open Door To Nonprofits, Unions Suing Cos.
• Alphabet Investors Can't Revive Suit Over $9B EU Antitrust Hit
• J&J Unit Launches 6th Challenge To Drug Price Negotiations
• Chinese Vape Maker Urges Court To Bar Fla. Co.'s 'Elfbar' Use
• Biggest Energy-Related Rulings Of 2023: Midyear Report
• 7 Trials To Watch In The Second Half Of 2023
• Google Ad Tech Case Bound For Texas, AGs Tell 2nd Circ.
• Venable Adds Ex-DOJ Antitrust Prosecutor As Partner In DC
• Building Supplier Can't Use Rival's Trade Secrets In NC Market
• CBD Co. Wants Counterclaims Nixed In Epidiolex Patent Row
• Justice Kagan Denies Bid To Halt Activision Deal
• Judge Nixes Damages From $45M Natera False Ad Verdict
• Apple Gets Epic Loss Paused As 9th Circ. Judge Rips Appeal
• Judge Won't DQ Paul Hastings, Says Coke Knew Conflict Risk
• Amazon Brass Wants Consolidated Stockholder Suits Tossed
• Trade Court Clears Way For Korean Pipe Anti-Dumping Duties
• Gamers Ask Justices To Halt Microsoft's $69B Activision Buy
• Colo. Judge Won't Block State Pot Vendor In Fee Dispute
• 'Ultra-Fast Fashion' Giant Accused Of Choking Off Rival
• Court Won't Toss Monopolization Case Over Securities IDs
• Microsoft, Sony Cut Call Of Duty Deal After FTC Court Loss
• Block Inc. Sues Visa, Mastercard Over Interchange Fees
• FTC Moves To Block IQVIA Deal Over Health Ad Concerns
• Astellas Says Drug Price Negotiation Law Is 'Unconstitutional'
• FTC Follows DOJ, Withdraws Hospital Antitrust Safety Zones
• US Chip Group Says More China Restrictions May Fuel Harm
• Ways To Balance ESG Initiatives And Antitrust Risks
• FTC Seeks Pause Of $28B Amgen Deal Amid Challenge
• NYSE Owner, Black Knight 1 Step Closer To $11.7B Deal
• McKesson Investor Attys Get $35M For $141M Price Fix Deal
• 9th Circ. Won't Pause Microsoft-Activision Merger
• Del. Chancery Dumps On Both Sides In Trash Co. Secrets Suit
• 10th Circ. Revives Pilgrim's Pride Investors' Price-Fixing Suit
• Crocs' Crowing Over Patent Deal Defamed Shoe Co., Suit Says
• DC Circ. Voids FERC Approval Of Southeast Energy Exchange
• Challenging Standing In Antitrust Class Actions: Timing
• CBP To Tack On Security Tariffs For Steel Product Imports
• Level Up Lawyers' Business Development With Gamification
• Attys Want $16.8M For Societe Generale Rate-Rigging Deal
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Competition Regulator Clears Vehicle Salvage Merger
• Eli Lilly Buying Obesity Drugmaker Versanis In Near-$2B Deal
• Judge 'Hesitant' To Block Colo. Pot Tracking Vendor Over Fee
• Live Nation Fights Uphill To Arbitrate Antitrust Suit
• Law Firm Says Businesses Falsely Claim Ties To Its IP Atty
• FTC Nears Deal To End Surescripts Monopoly Case
• Bipartisan Bill Would Expand CFIUS Reach To Farmland
• Khan Denies FTC Is 'Harassing' Musk, Losing On Purpose
• Commerce's Mexican Duty Review Faces USMCA Challenge
• Mallory Ruling Leaves Personal Jurisdiction Deeply Unsettled
• Pot Cos. Say Curaleaf Broke Contract With Colo. Withdrawal
• FTC Wants Stop To Microsoft, Activision Deal Pending Appeal
• Chicken Cos. Object To Sysco-Burford Swap In Price-Fix Suits
• What The ESG Divide Means For Insurers And Beyond
• Shkreli Argues 'True Threat' Case Backs Lifting Pharma Ban
• FCC To Probe How To Help Independent Video Programmers
• ECJ Backs Broader Approach To Antitrust Watchdog's Powers
• Ex-News Anchor Wants $11M Music Pirating Judgment Nixed
• Plant Protein Biz Seeks Trade Probe Into Chinese Pea Protein
• FTC Investigating ChatGPT Developer Over Data Practices
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive DOJ's Sugar Merger Challenge
• UK Deepens Probe Into Adobe's $20B Figma Deal
• FTC Will Appeal Lost Bid To Block Microsoft's Activision Deal
• Hytera Can't Duck $49M Royalty After Radio Code Misuse
• GOP Rep. Subpoenas State Dept. For China Sanction Info
• Gamers Press Bid To Pause Activision Deal After FTC Loss
• BBC, WaPo, AP Want Latest Anti-Vax Antitrust Suit Tossed
• Game Maker Asks For Order Canceling Rival's 'Pa. Skill' TM
• BP Nabs Lesser $10.75M FERC Fine Over Price-Fixing Claims
• Lawmakers Advance FCC Nominees To Senate Floor
• Commerce To Probe China Steel Rod Tariff Dodge
• LIV, PGA Tour Resist NY Times Bid To Unseal Docs
• Feds Ordered To Redo Russian Fertilizer Duties, Again
• 5 Ways Firms Can Rethink Office Design In A Hybrid World
• Broadcom's $61B VMware Deal Conditionally Cleared By EU
• Illumina Fined €432M For Closing Grail Deal Without EU OK
• Alcoa Tells Jurors Rival's IP Theft Cost $200M In Boeing Sales
• 5 Questions Raised By NY's Potential Ban On Noncompetes
• Where The FTC Went Wrong Against Microsoft-Activision
• Express Scripts Fights Acthar Antitrust Class Cert. Bid
• Judge Denies Interim Counsel Bid In Hotel Price-Gouging Suit
• Building Supplier Says Rival Is Diverting Clients In NC Market
• NY Enforcers Warn Of Delay In Ski Operator Antitrust Case
• $12M Natural Gas Price-Fixing Deal Gets Final Approval
• Sens. Told 'Existential Threat' Forced PGA Tour-LIV Deal
• Dems Warn Of Potential Perils From L3Harris-Aerojet Deal
• Congress Should Curb FTC Pattern Of Consent Order Abuse
• Bar Score Is Best Hiring Metric Post-Affirmative Action
• Boies Schiller Adds Longtime WilmerHale Litigator In DC
• Microsoft Bid To Close Activision Deal Clears Key FTC Hurdle
• UK Probes Arcelik, Whirlpool European Appliance Deal
• EU-US Data Transfer Deal Finalized, But Will It Stick Around?
• Ring Impostor Should Pay Amazon $425K, Judge Recommends
• Burford Affiliate Fights To Sub For Sysco In Price-Fixing Suits
• Amazon, Audible Attacked Over Auto Subscriptions Again
• Mexico Urges US To Temper Use Of Trade Deal's Labor Tool
• Dye & Durham Loses Appeal Of Blocked Spin-Off Plan
• Nano Heats Up Stratasys Bidding War With New $1.6B Offer
• House GOP Expand Anti-ESG Campaign To BlackRock, Others
• European Union Signs Free Trade Deal With New Zealand
• Court Orders Commerce To Explain Korean Duty About-Face
• Paul Hastings Hires Hunton Andrews Antitrust Co-Chairs
• Medtronic Wants Fed. Circ. To Rethink Catheter IP Decisions
• Dozens Of Real Estate Cos. Want Out Of RealPage MDL
• Cerelia Says CMA Order To Sell Dough Brand Under Proofed
• Rising Star: White & Case's Kevin Adam
• Delaware Judge Axes Novartis Patent On Heart Failure Drug
• Judge Allows Tweak To Notice In $48M TV Price-Fixing Deal
• EU Mulls Countermeasures In Indonesian Nickel Fight
• Farmers Insurance Limiting Property Policy Sales In Calif.
• Don't Subject Streamers To Cable-Style Regulations, FCC Told
• Antitrust Enforcers Must Have More Funding
• Ski Operator Says NY Enforcers Only Got Docs From 1 Rival
• Biofuel Producer Owes $17M After Failed Ethanol Patent MDL
• Novo Nordisk Hits Pharmacies With Suits Over Ozempic
• DOJ's Merger Record Improves & Other Early 2023 Highlights
• Ghosting In BigLaw: How To Come Back From Lack Of Feedback
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell Lipton, Gibson Dunn
• Rising Star: Dechert's Julia Chapman
• EU Must Keep State Aid As Tax Ruling Oversight, Judge Says
• South African Watchdogs Clear Microsoft-Activision Deal
• 8th Circ. Tosses Provider's FCC Fraud Suit Against Competitor
• Tour Bus Co. Says Rival 'Judge Shopping' With Antitrust Case
• EU Flags Concerns Over Amazon's $1.7B Roomba Maker Deal
• OnlyFans Seeks Porn Star Sanctions For 'Conspiracy Theory'
• Epic Says Apple's App Store Appeal Not 'Certworthy'
• Nonprofit ESG Collabs Should Beware Antitrust Risks
• Car Carriers Get OK To Fight Limits On Class Member Contact
• Utility Hits Payments Provider With £46M Antitrust Claim
• Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Megan Granger
• FIS Selling Worldpay Stake To PE Firm GTCR In $18.5B Deal
• Hayes Gets Another Crack At Appealing Libor-Rigging Verdict
• Generic-Drug Makers Challenge Minn. Price Control Law
• Disney Wants Discovery Pause In Streamers' Antitrust Suit
• FTC Drops Case Over Altria's Unwound Juul Investment
• How A 3-Firm 'Joint Effort' Beat A $3.6B Pharma Antitrust Suit
• Fed. Circ. Revives Bovine Sperm Sorting Patent Feud
• JetBlue Exits American Pact, Won't Appeal Antitrust Ruling
• Gambling Co. Eyes Ax Of Card Shuffler's Antitrust Suit, Again
• North American Trade Talks To Center Growth, Not Tiffs
• Biggest Transportation Rulings: Midyear 2023 Review
• Organ Transplant Co. Sues Donor Network In Antitrust Dispute
• Steps To Success For Senior Associates
• Chinese Official Defends Restrictions On Metals Used In Tech
• Consumers Say Mastercard Fees Trickled Down As Trial Starts
• Takeaways From DOJ's New Approach To Bank Mergers
• Cleary Adds Shearman Antitrust Partner In DC
• 5 Sports & Betting Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2023
• Can M&A Bounce Back After Dismal First Half Of 2023?
• Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Eyitayo St. Matthew-Daniel
• Rising Star: Robins Kaplan's Ben Steinberg
• Waymaker Found Path To Penile IP Win Via Defendant Exam
• Chicken Price-Fixing Case Pared Down As Trial Approaches
• FTC Wades Into Medtronic Surgical Device Antitrust Spat
• Brita IP Win Dampened By Commission Review
• Biden Nominates Va., Utah SGs To Federal Trade Commission
• 3 Takeaways From The Supreme Court's Session
• Law360 Podcasts Untangle A Week Of Blockbuster Rulings
• Apple Taking Epic App Store Case To High Court
• The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• Jackson Debuts As Chattiest Justice
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Legal Profession Must Do More For Lawyers With Disabilities
• Rail Coupler Co. Drops Atty Misconduct Appeal In Trade Probe
• UK Wants Phone 'Fuel Finder' To Locate Better Prices
• What To Watch In Mass. Courts In The 2nd Half Of 2023
• Pfizer, Seagen Merger Tops Largest M&A Deals Of 2023
• Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review
• Servier Fails To Revive Defense In NHS Antitrust Suit
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• PGA Tour Officials Agree To Testify To Senate About LIV Deal
• Rising Star: O'Melveny's Brian P. Quinn