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Competition - February, 2025

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• Align Tech Deal Directs Buyers To A Monopolist, Judge Says
• T-Mobile Touts Broadband Benefits Of US Cellular Deal
• Trump Admin Cuts Raise Trade Secret Security Concerns
• NJ Out-Of-State Wine Sale Limits Are Justified, 3rd. Circ. Says
• Robotic Surgery Co. Appealing Tossed Intuitive Antitrust Case
• Amazon Sellers Don't Infringe Chair Patent, New Suits Say
• La. Regulators Ask Justices To Review Tesla Sales Ban Case
• What Reuters Ruling Means For AI Fair Use And Copyright
• Strike 2 For Ga. Baseball Player's Eligibility Bid Against NCAA
• Missouri Judge Won't Step Aside From Plastics Recycling Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Trump Admin's NIL Guidance Isn't Law, But Is A Title IX Threat
• FCA Clears CVC's £5.4B Hargreaves Lansdown Takeover
• FTC Asks To Delay In-House PBM Insulin Case
• Liquidia Challenge To UTC's Tyvaso Exclusivity Fails
• Alsup Halts 'Illegal' Firings Of Probationary Federal Workers
• Yet Another NCAA Antitrust Domino Looks To Be Teetering
• CVS Freed From Hospital's Suit Over Drug Pricing Program
• DOJ Tells DC Circ. To Keep Apple Out Of Google Case
• OpenEvidence Says Rival's Attack Targeted Its AI 'Blueprint'
• Court Reporters Group Says Antitrust Suit Must Be Tossed
• CFPB Pulls Plug On Rocket Homes Kickback Suit
• How The AI Antitrust Landscape Might Evolve Under Trump
• Polsinelli Blocked From Repping BCBS Settlement Opt-Outs
• Fried Frank Rips RICO Sanctions Bid As Intimidation Tactic
• Deputy AG And Antitrust Nominations Head To Full Senate
• IBM Closes $6.4B HashiCorp Deal After UK Nod
• Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 7-Eleven Owner Says $58B Bid Is Off Due To Financing Hitch
• Apple Comms Director's Texts Reveal Criticisms Of Judge
• Merck, Glenmark Trim United Healthcare's Zetia Antitrust Suit
• Card Shuffler Maker Inks $73M Deal To Settle Antitrust Claims
• Trump Orders Fed Agencies To Plan For Large Layoffs
• Frontier Airlines Rips Feds' DC Airport Slots Snub
• Dewberry Ruling May Lead To More Defendants In TM Fights
• COVID Plausible Cause For Tire Price Hikes, Judge Says
• No DQ For Norton Rose In Texas Competition Row, Court Says
• Top Dem Urges Trump To Leave Independent Agencies Alone
• DOJ Says RealPage Can't Ditch Antitrust Claims
• Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
• CVS Ordered To Comply With FTC's PBM Subpoena
• Justices Vacate TM Award That Put Co.'s Affiliates On Hook
• DC Judge Blocks Trump's Federal Funding Freeze
• Wage-Fixing Jury Should Hear Of DOJ Pivot, Exec Says
• Apple Litigation Director Threatened With Sanctions At Hearing
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Consumers' Qualcomm Antitrust Suit
• GoDaddy, Tech Co. Quietly Agree To Kill Antitrust Suit
• Meta Says 9th Circ. Shouldn't Touch Antitrust Cert. Denial
• Petrochemical Cos. Want Judge Out Of Plastic Recycling Row
• FTC Probing $615M Healthcare Staffing Merger
• Judge Lets RJ Reynolds, Altria Seal Docs From Juul Deal
• FTC Wins Discovery Spat In Amazon Prime Subscription Suit
• Insulet May Face Choice: $452M Award Or Stifling Rival
• Agri Stats Can't Avoid Price-Fixing Deposition, DOJ Says
• Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
• FTC Pick Concerned But Won't 'Prejudge' Censorship Claims
• Referral Co. Barred From $5.54B Swipe Fee MDL Settlement
• Competition Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
• Silicon Valley City Planners Say Landowners Can't Duck Suit
• Sports Direct, Newcastle United Settle UK Football Kit Spat
• IBM Gets UK Green Light On $6.4B HashiCorp Buy
• Google Likely Abused Dominance By Refusing EV Charge App
• Apple Exploited App Market, Developers Say In £1.5B Trial
• Telefónica's $1.2B Argentina Unit Sale Faces Antitrust Probe
• Apple Exec Had Doubts Over New App Store Fee Compliance
• US Steel, Nippon Urge Court Not To Toss Cleveland-Cliffs Suit
• CPKC Tells DC Circ. Gov't Merger Approval 'Airtight'
• 'Fraternal Duty' No Grounds For Conspiracy, 11th Circ. Told
• Charter Communications Keeps Trade Secrets Suit In Conn.
• PBMs To Challenge FTC Case At 8th Circ., But Without Pause
• Tax Software Co. Says Rival Is The Real Trade Secrets Thief
• Placement Co. Hit With False Ads Suit Over Referral Model
• Antitrust In Retail: Rude Awakening For FTC In Tempur Sealy
• Atty Faces $190K Demand After Losing Malicious Litigation Trial
• Competition Group Of The Year: WilmerHale
• Apple Antitrust Ace Returns To Latham In Bay Area
• NCAA Blasts Baseball Player's Bid For More Eligibility
• How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
• High Court Declines To Review Reach Of Trade Secrets Law
• Justices Won't Rehear Case Against NY Broadband Price Cap
• NY Judge Extends Block On DOGE's Treasury Access
• FTC's Holyoak Has Her Eyes On DeepSeek
• Apple Can Claw Back Mistakenly Produced Docs In Epic Fight
• Drugmakers Slam 'Untimely' Claims In Employers' Antitrust Suit
• MSN Calls Novartis' Entresto Delisting Protest 'Disingenuous'
• Eli Lilly Has Exclusivity Over Weight Loss Drug, FDA Says
• US Steel-Nippon Merger Should Not Have Been Blocked
• Exxon Can't Dodge RICO Claims In Puerto Rico Federal Court
• 'Unsupported Conclusions' Doom Ad App Suit Against Google
• Off The Bench: White House Hosts PGA Tour-LIV Golf Summit
• Biden-Era M&A Data Shows Continuity, Not Revolution
• What Travis Hill's Vision For FDIC Could Portend For Banks
• 10 Issues To Watch In Aerospace And Defense Contracting
• Will Independent Federal Agencies Remain Independent?
• Competition Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein
• Latham Promotes 19 Counsel To Partner In US, Europe & Asia
• Stellantis Loses €770M Auto Parts Cartel Claim
• Tesco Follows Rivals With Salmon Farmer Competition Claim
• Mastercard Wins Green Light For £200M Swipe Fee Settlement
• 4 Banks To Pay £100M To Settle UK Bond Trading Probe
• DOJ Says Job Protections For ALJs Are Unconstitutional
• Generic-Drug Group Rallies Behind Appeal In Entresto Fight
• 3rd Circ. Rejects Appeal In Dog Magnet Design Spat
• DOJ Keeps Focus In Agri Stats Case Off Specific Data
• Amazon Says FTC 'Stonewalled' Discovery In Antitrust Case
• Schwab Antitrust Settlement With Investors Gets Initial OK
• NCAA Wins First Round In Latest Fight Over Athlete Eligibility
• What To Expect From The New FCC Chair
• Drug Buyers Get OK On $275M Sandoz Antitrust Settlement
• Tenn. Player Says NCAA Waiver Denial Ends College Career
• No Deal In Sight For DOJ's Case Against Amex GBT Merger
• FCPA Shake-Up May Open Bribery Loophole
• Competition Group Of The Year: Cravath
• Exploring China's 1st Administrative Merger Control Ruling
• Ex-Heritage Pharma CEO Disciplined Over Price-Fixing Case
• Sen. Warren Wants DOJ To Probe Disney-FuboTV Deal
• Musk's X Seeks Cash At $44B Valuation, Plus More Rumors
• Conflicts Should Block Mastercard Settlement, Innsworth Says
• Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• PVC Pipe Giant Atkore Discloses DOJ Grand Jury Probe
• FTC 'Independence' When Dissent Can 'Get You Fired'
• Judge Won't Halt PBM Case Over Attack On FTC Independence
• 3D Printing Co. Escapes Chancery Suit Over $575M Merger
• Democrats Say DOGE Took 'Trove' Of Musk Rivals' CFPB Data
• Syngenta, Corteva Can't Duck Ark. AG Antitrust Claims
• How Southern Calif. Fires Can Affect National, Local Pricing
• Faegre Drinker Adds White & Case Antitrust Pro In SF
• Buyers Say Berkshire Unit's Threats Raised Prices
• Competition Group Of The Year: Winston & Strawn
• Pot Consultant Says Ex-Partner Breached NDA, Swiped Client
• Mastercard Deal Does Not Need To Be Perfect, Tribunal Told
• Equifax Can't Duck Employment Verification Monopoly Claims
• Trump Exec Order Expands Control Over Independent Agencies
• Net Neutrality Supporters Want 6th Circ. Redo On FCC Rule
• Discover Can't Get Judge To Rethink Decision In Risk Case
• OCC's Hood Eyes Mergers, Fintech In Agenda Preview
• IPhone Buyers Can't Get Apple DOJ Docs Before Discovery
• Policyholders Win Bid To Preserve Records For Antitrust Suit
• Pepsi, Frito-Lay Accused Of Favoring Chains With Chip Prices
• Ferguson, DOJ Keep Biden-Era Merger Guides For 'Stability'
• U. Of Ga. Athlete Joins Fight Against NCAA Eligibility Rules
• Pot Co. Alliance Adds Class Claims To DC Dispensaries Suits
• Calif. Insurance Chief Asks State Farm To Justify Rate Hikes
• DOJ's Visa Suit Shows Pitfalls Of Regulating Innovative Tech
• Compliance Boss Took $9M In Clients, Investment Firm Says
• Competition Group Of The Year: Covington
• Corp. Transparency Act's Future Under Treasury's Bessent
• UK Probes French Aerospace Group's Planned $1.8B Takeover
• Merger Of Poultry Feed Suppliers Gets Provisional UK Nod
• CMA Wants Answers From Tile Biz Over £9M Deal To Buy Rival
• Uber Starts Antitrust Food Fight With DoorDash
• FTC Political Appointees Told To Break Up With 'Leftist' ABA
• FTC's Ferguson, PBMs Agree: Nix Leader Removal Safeguards
• 'Not For Sale': OpenAI Rebuffs Musk's $97.4B Takeover Bid
• Trump Aims To End Limits On President's Power To Fire
• CVS Wins Arbitration In Medicare Fee Antitrust Suit
• NHL, CHL Ask Court to Toss Junior Players' Antitrust Lawsuit
• Judge Upholds Pay-For-Delay Ban Law, But Only In Calif.
• Nippon Order Tests Gov't Control Over Foreign Investments
• A Look At A Possible Corporate Transparency Act Exemption
• Off The Bench: Trans EO, Cards Arbitration, NASCAR Revs Up
• Inconsistent Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice
• Tenn. Baseball Player Denied Early Waiver From NCAA Rules
• Heineken Can Face €160M Antitrust Claim In Netherlands
• Judge Leaves Curbs On DOGE Treasury Access After Hearing
• 4 Takeaways From 1st Opinion On AI Training And Fair Use
• Apple Pushes DC Circ. To Intervene In Google Remedies Case
• Expect Continued Antitrust Enforcement In Procurement
• Mallinckrodt Fails To Halt Airgas' Generic Nitric Oxide Drug
• Artists, AI Image Cos. At Odds Over Scale Of Depositions
• NASCAR Asks 4th Circ. To Quash Injunctions In Antitrust Row
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: Defaulted Notes, EB-5 Investor Fraud
• Takeaways From Oral Argument In High Court Trademark Case
• Profs Back Hotel Guests In 3rd Circ. Algorithmic Pricing Case
• Mass. Auto Telematics Data Law Not Preempted, Judge Says
• In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege
• Musk Says He'll Drop OpenAI Bid If It Scraps 'For Profit' Plans
• OpenAI Says Musk Takeover Bid 'Exposes' Intent Behind Suit
• Arkansas Looks To Dismiss Cherokee Gambling License Suit
• DOJ Removes For-Cause Protection For FTC, Other Agencies
• RealPage Wants DC Sanctioned For Tactics In Antitrust Suit
• 4th Circ. Keeps Class Cert. Nixed In Coupon Service Case
• Cannabis Vape Cos. Accused Of Price-Fixing Scheme
• Poultry Producers Can't Dodge Bid-Rigging Claims In MDL
• Roofing Co. Buyout Bid Heats Up With Board, Antitrust News
• NFL Unlawfully Keeping Teams Off Bluesky, Suit Says
• Albertsons To Face Reduced Claims Over Tech Theft
• House Antitrust Chair Wants To Override Merger Overhaul
• Improving Comms Between Trial Attys And Tech Witnesses
• Nippon-US Steel Redo Under Trump Could Be A Win-Win
• Gail Slater Plans Antitrust 'Scalpel' To Protect Competition
• Fried Frank Faces Sanctions Bid Over RICO Suit
• Meta User Antitrust Suit Gets Nov. 17 Trial Date
• Connell Foley Can't Refute DQ Bid, NJ Investment Firm Says
• Navigating Title IX Compliance In The NIL Era
• NYSE Plans To Launch New Exchange In Texas
• $180M Deals In Poultry Process Wage-Fixing Row Get First OK
• National Bank Act Rulings Facilitate More Preemption Analysis
• Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• UK Clears £2.55B BlackRock Bid For Data Biz Preqin
• Trump Tells Agencies To Plan 'Large-Scale' Cuts With Musk
• Orion Telescope Partly Revives $4M Fraudulent Transfer Suit
• Logan Paul Co. Won't Fight Messi's Absence In Drink IP Suit
• 5th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Jones Act Competition Suit
• MSN Urges Fed. Circ. To Reinvalidate Novartis' Entresto IP
• FTC Says Small Stores Pay Southern Glazer's Up To 67% More
• Split 3rd Circ. Keeps Merck Vaccine Antitrust Panel Immunity
• FTC Bureau Heads Include DOJ Alum With Big Tech Mandate
• End 'Cableopoly' Over Broadband Consumers, 5G Groups Say
• Preparing For Stricter Anti-Boycott Enforcement Under Trump
• FTC Chair Commits To 'Long Overdue' Merger Filing Revisions
• HPE Says Juniper Deal Is Needed To Compete With Top Players
• New DOJ Leaders Should Curb Ill-Conceived Prosecutions
• DC Circ. Won't Pause Google Search Case For Apple Appeal
• Wiley Brings On Longtime FTC Atty As Counsel
• Hausfeld Adds Litigator In Philly
• BT Fends Off Customers' Bid To Revive £1.3B Class Action
• Tips For Pharma-Biotech Overlap Reporting In New HSR Form
• Complying With Calif. Price-Gouging Law After LA Fires
• Judge Backs Thomson Reuters In 1st AI Ruling On Fair Use
• Automakers Lose Fight To Block Mass. 'Right To Repair' Law
• Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay
• Merrill Lynch Objects To New Discovery Bid In Stock Loan Suit
• GOP Sens. Restart Effort To Get Lawmaker OK For Major Regs
• Apple Urges 9th Circ. Not To Revive Web App Antitrust Suit
• Gov't Defends Approval Of CP-KCS Rail Merger To DC Circ.
• FTC Can't Get Cap On Meta's Up To 86 Antitrust Trial Witnesses
• Grayscale Beats Bitcoin Rival's $2M Unfair Practices Suit
• Calif. Residents Say Co. Can't Prove Price-Fixing Conspiracy
• Apple Pushes DC Circ. To Pause Google Search Case
• Congress Must Consider Accurate Data About Patent Thickets
• UnitedHealth Says Fed Suit Imperils Deal's Many Benefits
• Jazz Pharma Drops Last Defendant From Epidiolex Patent Suit
• Aerospace Co. Seeks To Toss Ex-Exec's Amended Claims
• Trump Buyout Plan Still On Hold As Unions Cite 'Confusion'
• DC Judge Won't Stop Shein's Copyright Takedowns On Temu
• Investor Urges US Steel To Dump Deal After Trump Comments
• Ex-FTC Commissioner's Accusers Call Damages Bid 'Fiction'
• Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example
• Tennis Players Bid For Class Cert. In NCAA Prize-Money Feud
• SEC Motion Response Could Reveal New Crypto Approach
• Copyright Office Seeks Info On Performance Rights Groups
• Nippon-US Steel Merger Targeted By Consumers In Calif.
• DOJ Tells DC Circ. Not To Delay Google Search Fix For Apple
• 5th Circ. Pauses Suit Over CFPB's Small Biz Lending Rules
• Wis. Football Player Gets Additional Year Of Eligibility
• Ousted CMA Chair Says 'Misinformation' Remains A Challenge
• OpenAI Can't Avoid Reverse TM Confusion Claim, Judge Says
• John Deere Tractor Rivals Seek Info Safeguards In FTC Case
• Fed. Circ. Considers Some Testing For Avadel Sleep Drug
• Steel Cases Test Executive Authority, Judicial Scope
• Off The Bench: Trump Bans Trans Athletes, NCAA Falls In Line
• Agribusiness Co., Ex-Worker Settle Stolen Clients Claims
• Will 4th Time Be A Charm For NY's 21st Century Antitrust Act?
• Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines
• Dem Sens. Re-Introduce Bill To Stop Algorithmic Price-Fixing
• In Microchip Feud, Fed. Circ. Says PTAB Error Was 'Harmless'
• Judge Questions Firm's Candor In Apple, Amazon Docs Row
• SEC 'Exposes Lunacy' Through Its Dueling Suits, PE Firm Says
• Jeld-Wen Appealing Forced Factory Sale To 4th Circ., Again
• Earthlink Investors' Attys Score $28M In Merger Suit
• Sam Altman Calls Musk's Claim Of Ban On Rivals 'False'
• Drug Cos. Urge Full Fed. Circ. To Hear Teva Orange Book Row
• Amazon Patent Suit Was Wrongly Sent To Calif., Tech Co. Says
• UnitedHealth Drops Bid To Toss Home Health Deal Challenge
• JPMorgan's State Trade Secret Data Row Claim Axed, For Now
• FTC GOP Focusing On Merger 'Friction,' AI, 'Censorship'
• UFC Fighters Get Final Approval For $375M Settlement
• Texas' Google Ad Tech Trial Delayed From March To August
• How FTC Consumer Protection May Fare Under Reg Freeze
• Critical Steps For Navigating Intensified OFAC Enforcement
• Pot Co. Jushi Can't End Rival Shop's Antitrust Claims
• Poetic Justice? Drake's 'Not Like Us' Suit May Alter Music Biz
• Judge Puts Atty On Hook For Fees For Conduct In TM Trial
• Harvard Biotech Patent Case Ends With Mid-Trial Deal
• AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex
• Trump's Federal Worker Buyout Plan Put On Hold
• XPO Says Ex-Account Execs Poached Its Customers For Rival
• Managing Transatlantic Antitrust Investigations And Litigation
• California Tribes Sue Feds Over 'Massive' Casino Project
• Dems Want Probe Of RealPage Role In Military Rent Hikes
• Schwab To Add Oversight To End TD Ameritrade Buy Suit
• RealPage Says Missing Market Power Dooms Antitrust Suit
• Judge Found 'Vertical' Mattress Deal Won't Hurt Competition
• IP, Licensing, M&A Trends To Watch In Life Sciences This Year
• Ryanair Loses €1B TAP State Aid Challenge
• College Baseball Player Seeks Pause Of NCAA Eligibility Rule
• 6th Circ. Urged To Revive Allergy Co.'s Antitrust Claims
• When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law
• FTC Focus: Avoiding 'Gun Jumping' Violations
• Proskauer Fights Another DQ Bid In NJ Hospital Antitrust Suit
• NC Software Co. Says DQ Of Rival's Atty Shouldn't Stall Trial
• FTC Tries To Plug Holes In Massive Merger Review Overhaul
• Cleveland-Cliffs Wants 'Un-American' US Steel Suit Tossed
• Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action
• McKesson, Others Beat Indirect Drug Reseller Price-Fix Suit
• JBS Inks $83.5M Deal Over Ranchers' Beef Price-Fixing Claims
• OpenAI Judge Rips Musk's 'Broad' Bid To Block For-Profit
• Google Gets OkCaller's 'Incoherent' Antitrust Claims Tossed
• Swimmers Again Seek Cert., With 9th Circ's Reversal In Hand
• Sen. Mike Lee To Head Antitrust Subcommittee
• Axon Gets Cities' Antitrust Case Largely Tossed
• NCAA Says Wis. Football Player's Suit Claims 'False Dilemma'
• Auto Cos., Mass. AG Make Final Case In 'Right To Repair' Fight
• Drug Pricing Policy Trends To Expect In 2025 And Beyond
• Apple Asks DC Circ. To Pause Google Search Case For Appeal
• Cherokee Nation, Group Spar Over Ark. Casino License Docs
• Southern Glazer's Wants FTC Unfair Pricing Suit Canned
• 'Is This A Joke?' Judge Denies Atty Fees For Grocery Patrons
• Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering
• Salmon Farmers Fight To Gut Retailers' £675M Cartel Case
• Google Fights Uphill To Scrap Antitrust Verdict At 9th Circ.
• Texas' Bid To Launch Stock Exchange Moves Forward
• DOJ Poised To Prosecute Threat-Makers Against DOGE
• Trump Names Head Of NLRB's Los Angeles Office Acting GC
• OpenAI, Microsoft Aim To Ax Musk's For-Profit Change Suit
• PharmacyChecker's Legality Weighed In 9th Circ. Appeal
• Top 10 Healthcare And Life Sciences Issues To Watch In 2025
• Jury Rejects $500M Antitrust Case Against MLS, US Soccer
• NCAA Settles College Baseball Coaches' Wage-Fix Suit
• Trial Court Won't Pause Google Search Case For Apple Appeal
• Why Trump's FTC May Not U-Turn On Robinson-Patman
• 4 Keys To Litigating In An Active Regulatory Environment
• Kroger, Albertsons No-Poach Suit Back In Colo. Court
• NCAA Hit With New Suits As NIL Settlement Trudges Ahead
• US Steel, Nippon Say Election Politics Blocked $14.9B Deal
• Documentary Filmmaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Goodwin Hires Kirkland Antitrust Partner In DC