Competition Archive » August, 2025

Competition - August, 2025

315 articles

• Tennis Players Oppose Sending Antitrust Suit To Arbitration
• Fortnite Maker Says Patent Claims Too Abstract For IP Suit
• Ohio Appeals Common Carrier, Public Utility Bid For Google
• OpenAI Denied Discovery On Musk's Buy Offer, Meta's Role
• NJ Casinos Say 9th Circ. Ruling Backs Axing Price-Fixing Suit
• DOJ Targets BigLaw, Big Tech For Antitrust 'Gamesmanship'
• Calif. AG Puts Conditions On $24B Walgreens Deal
• NC Tex-Mex Chain Says Ex-Employee Defected With Recipes
• Advice For 1st-Gen Lawyers Entering The Legal Profession
• FTC Focus: When Green Goals And Antitrust Law Collide
• NeoGenomics Scores Win In Natera DNA Test Patent Suit
• Taxation With Representation: White & Case, Paul Weiss
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Tesco Sues Broadcom For £100M Over Software Licensing
• FTC Warns Google Over Alleged Partisan Gmail Spam Filters
• 'Animosity' In NASCAR Suit Raises Red Flag For NC Judge
• DOJ Right On Anti-Vax Group's AP Boycott Claims, Court Told
• Barings Denied Ex-Employee Emails In Corporate Raid Case
• World Aquatics Hit With Antitrust Claims From Pro-PED Rival
• Truist, Ex-Execs Clash In Bids To End Poaching Dispute
• FTC Unpauses Administrative Case Over Insulin Prices
• EPA Backs Truck-Makers' Bid To Block Calif. Emissions Regs
• Mylan Must Face Generic Drug Price-Fixing Claims In MDL
• Arkansas Court Dismisses Cherokee Casino License Claims
• J&J Unit Can't Shake $442M Loss In Catheter Antitrust Suit
• Trump Fires Democratic Member Of Rail Regulator
• Judge Denies La. Athlete's Bid To Halt NCAA Eligibility Rules
• Structuring Noncompetes In License And Collaboration Deals
• SC Ends Sandoz, Novartis Price-Fixing Claims For $2.4M
• NFL, Teams Defend Stay In Licensed Merch Monopoly Case
• Coaching Cheerleading Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Attys Say Fee Concerns Do Not Bar Student Aid-Fixing Class
• Waste Management Gets Initial OK For $30M Settlement
• 10 Questions For New FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty
• Former Workers Can Be Experts In FTC's Amazon Prime Trial
• FTC Calls Judge 'Fundamentally Mistaken' On Media Matters
• CoStar Says Copyright Claims Against CREXi Can't Wait
• Ruling Puts 11th Circ. At Odds With Bankruptcy Courts
• Atty Ordered To Pay $652K In Sanctions For TM Trial Conduct
• Blur Drummer Can't Bring Class Action Over Royalties
• Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Make A Deal
• Personal Injury Firm Accuses Rival Of 'Bait And Switch'
• Joseph Nocella Jr. Appointed US Attorney For EDNY
• Teradata Asks High Court To Stay Out Of SAP Tying Fight
• Standard General's Racial Bias Claims Against FCC Fall Flat
• Google Backers Cite Security, Competition To 9th Circ.
• PE Firm Escapes Patients' Anesthesia Antitrust Claims
• Blacklist Suit Blocked By Illegal Biz Ties, Justices Told
• 'Belief' Insufficient For Trade Secrets Claims, NC Biz Judge Says
• Feds Look To Dismiss Calif. Tribe's $700M Casino Dispute
• Annual Report Shows CFIUS Extending Its Reach In 2024
• A New IP Game Plan For College Football Players
• HPE's Trump-Tied Lobbyists Cast 'Pall' Over Merger Review
• From Clerkship To Law Firm: 5 Transition Tips For Associates
• Texas Injury Firm Says Ex-Atty's Rival Firm Copied Slogan
• Court Asked To Reconsider Burford Capital Arb Fight Ruling
• White & Case-Led EchoStar Sells Spectrum To AT&T For $23B
• Dick's Sporting Goods Gets $2.4B Foot Locker Deal Cleared
• Shipbuilders Push To Escape Revived No-Poach Claims
• DOJ Antitrust Whistleblowers May Find Ally At The Post Office
• Build-A-Bear, Kelly Toys Settle TM Suit Over Stuffed Toys
• Epic Says Google Ought To Pay Up For Play Store Fight
• Ticket Resellers Flag Case Challenging FTC's Bots Probe
• DOJ Wants $10.5M From Convicted Nursing Exec For Fraud
• X Sues Apple, OpenAI For Cutting 'Anticompetitive' Deal
• Economists Say FCC Copper Line Phaseout Needed
• Epic's 9th Circ. Case Against Apple Draws Amicus Support
• Associates Can Earn Credibility By Investing In Relationships
• Perkins Coie Grows Litigation Group With Ex-Calif. Deputy SG
• Generic-Drugs Group Asks 9th Circ. To Nix Pay-For-Delay Law
• 3 Firms Steer $18.4B Keurig Dr Pepper, JDE Peet's Coffee Deal
• Basketball Player Misses Shot At NCAA Early Waiver
• WVU Athletes Win Injunction Against NCAA Eligibility Rule
• Startup Accelerator Backs Epic In Apple Case At 9th Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Revives Some Rate-Rigging Claims Against Banks
• The Fallout Of Drake's Defamation Suit Against UMG
• OpenAI Wants $10M In Atty Fees After Win In Trademark Case
• FTC Can't Pause Order Blocking Media Matters Probe
• Motorola Wins Contempt Order Over Hytera Subsidiary Sale
• Filing Clarifies FTC, DOJ's Passive Investment Stance
• Lessons From 7th Circ.'s Deleted Chat Sanctions Ruling
• Developer Ends £2.4M Claim Against Demolition Cartel
• Sky Loses Fight To Avoid Telling Customers Of Contracts' End
• UK Launches Formal Probe Into Getty-Shutterstock Merger
• Cannabis Cos. Face $2.9M IT Judgment After Unable To Pay Attys
• FTC Warns Tech Cos. To Honor Data Vows In Foreign Dealings
• 1st Circ. Rejects Flyers' $34M Fee Bid In JetBlue-Spirit Case
• Aerospace Co. Must Face Ex-Exec's Claim Of Wrongful Firing
• Nikola SPAC, Related Settlements Reach $33.75M In Del.
• Home Depot's $5.5B GMS Deal Gets DOJ Clearance
• GTCR Deal A 'Smokescreen' For Coatings Merger, FTC Says
• Tire Cos. Resist Bid To Add EU Probe Info to Price-Hike Suit
• Epic Says Google Can't Dodge App Store Trade Libel Claims
• Minor Leaguers Ask Justices To Kill MLB Antitrust Exemption
• Sometimes Int'l Competition Should Trump Antitrust Concerns
• Chinese Fiberglass Imports Face Steep Early Duties
• Alston & Bird Hires Former FTC M&A Overseer In DC
• UK May Scale Back CPO Regime Amid Pressure From BigTech
• Quilting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Visa Deal Does Not Bar Other Swipe Fee Claims, Judge Rules
• Civil Rights Org. Urges FCC Not To Ditch Nat'l Ownership Cap
• Cannabis Co. Infringed Extraction Patents, Suit Says
• 9th Circ. Told Apple, Google CEO Meeting Aids Antitrust Claim
• Envestnet Didn't Preserve Data In IP Suit, Special Master Says
• Wash. AG Wins $28M In Fees In Kroger-Albertsons Deal Fight
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Chinese Wire Duties Amid Commerce Flub
• Schools Say Fee Concerns Doom Financial Aid Fixing Class
• Yacht Brokerage Fights Judge's Exclusion Reading
• Google To Pay $35M For Australian Search Antitrust Violations
• Device Co. Pans FTC's Resistance To $945M Heart Valve Deal
• State AGs Sidelined From Sandoz Price-Fixing Deal
• 4th Circ. Won't Rethink $190M TM Verdict Against Vivint
• $2.8B BCBS Antitrust Deal Approved With $759M For Attys
• A Look At Robinson-Patman Enforcement In The MLM Industry
• Consumers Seek Clarification On Stay In NFL, Fanatics Suit
• Ex-Meta Worker Can't Keep Job During Whistleblowing Claim
• Chamber Scorns Bid To Unseal FTC's Dropped Pepsi Complaint
• Las Vegas Sun Asks 9th Circ. To Revisit Order Voiding Deal
• Sony, PlayStation Gamers Revive Bid For $7.85M Settlement
• CoStar Gets Support For 9th Circ. Antitrust Ruling Redo Bid
• FCC Democrat Poised To Sue If Trump Seeks Her Removal
• Chancery Dings Marsh McLennan Over Defection Suit Conduct
• FCC Expected To Move Soon On Media Ownership Regs
• Live Nation Customers Seek Antitrust Class Certification
• TriZetto Wants Nearly $18M In Atty Fees In Trade Secret Fight
• CMS Defeats 'Hair's Breadth' Star Rating Challenge
• Insurers Avoid Coverage For Alleged $8.5M Judgment Scheme
• NASCAR Fights Jordan Team's 3rd Bid For Injunction
• Generic-Drug Makers To Pay $71M To End Price-Fixing Claims
• FTC Fights Order Blocking Media Matters Probe
• What 2 Profs Noticed As Transactional Law Students Used AI
• State AGs Are Turning Up The Antitrust Heat On ESG Actions
• Mich. Judge Keeps Eagles Player In NCAA Fight On Field
• FTC Targets Ticket Resellers Over Eras Tour Sales Meltdown
• Colo. AG Blasts FCC's T-Mobile, Skydance Approvals
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Fired DOJ Antitrust Deputy Warns Of Lobbyist Influence
• Life Sciences Data Rivals Settle Trade Secrets Battle
• Infosys Can't Ax Trade Secrets Suit Over Healthcare Software
• Fried Frank Escapes Sanctions Over Flawed RICO Patent Suit
• Ohio State Court Finds Google Is Not A Common Carrier
• BigLaw Settlements Should Not Spur Ethics Deregulation
• IYO Asks 9th Circ. To Reject OpenAI's Bid To Ax TM Injunction
• 8th Circ. Should Reaffirm False Commercial Speech's Nature
• Amazon Accused Of Inflating Prices In New UK Class Action
• 'Alarm Should Ring': Judge Blocks FTC's Media Matters Probe
• NJ Watchdog Fights File Disclosure In Hospital Antitrust Suit
• Schwab Defends Antitrust Settlement From Iowa AG Objection
• DOJ Ramps Up Assault On Calif. Truck Emissions Standards
• Amazon Keeps Damages Expert For FTC's Prime Case
• How Big Pharma Has Responded To FTC Delisting Demands
• Unpacking Ore. Law's Limits On PE Healthcare Investment
• Reggie Bush Didn't Sign NIL Rights Away, Court Told
• 9th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Vegas Casino Room Rate Case
• Wholesalers Want Final OK For $51M AstraZeneca Settlement
• 5 Ways Lawyers Can Earn Back The Public's Trust
• Google Asks 9th Circ. To Rethink Play Store Antitrust Ruling
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive 3M Worker's Noncompete Dispute
• Healthcare Co. Exec, GC Revealed Trade Secrets, Court Told
• Duke Energy Seeks To Merge 2 Carolinas Utilities
• Rumble's Ad Boycott Suit Tossed For Now
• Beef Consumers Settle With Cargill In Price-Fixing MDL
• Cargill's $4M Deal Advances In Turkey Price-Fix Case
• Minn. Telecom Officials Decry Push For Fed Preemption
• HCA Settles Antitrust Claims Over Mission Health Contracts
• Boston Firm Says Personal Injury Rival Stole 'Secret Sauce'
• AP Says DOJ Can't Turn Info Sharing Into Views Suppression
• Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: August Lessons
• AGs' Dermatology Price-Fixing Case Not A Copy, Judge Says
• Hiking Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Trump Axes Biden Competition Order And Eases Rocket Regs
• David Protein Tees Up Bid To Toss Ingredient Antitrust Suit
• FTC Closes Antitrust Probe Of Calif. Truck Emissions Pact
• NY Blasts Ski Resort Owner's 11th-Hour Antitrust Remedy
• Construction Equipment Antitrust Cases Centralized In Ill.
• FCC Waives Local Radio Ownership Cap In East Texas
• OpenAI, Microsoft Beat Musk's RICO Claims In For-Profit Fight
• Media Matters Judge 'Troubled' By FTC Subpoena Args
• UFC Fights Sanctions Bid, Cites Massive Document Dump
• SPAC Behind EV Maker Nikola, Shareholders Strike Settlement
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Negotiation Skills
• AI Company Denied A Brief In Multiple Listing Service Dispute
• Fanatics Loses Bid For Bar On Boies Schiller In Antitrust Row
• Parker-Hannifin Seeks Toss Of $900M Trade Theft, Antitrust Suit
• Delta, Aeromexico Defend Partnership From Antitrust Scrutiny
• Google Wants Epic Order Paused For Potential High Court Bid
• Amazon's 'Dark Patterns' Expert Nixed From FTC Prime Suit
• 2nd Circ. Rules Dormant Commerce Clause Covers Marijuana
• FTC Skeptical Of 'Partial' Sale For GTCR Merger Fix
• DOJ Whistleblower Program May Fuel Criminal Antitrust Tack
• Google Gets $34.5B Chrome Offer Amid Antitrust Fight
• Roche Settles Trade Secrets Suit With Stanford And Profs
• Bar Exam Reform Must Expand Beyond A Single Updated Test
• Kirkland Hires Longtime Skadden Antitrust Atty In NY
• Software Co. Says Exec's New AI Job Breaches Noncompete
• NC Judge Rejects NASCAR's Sanctions Bid In Antitrust Fight
• Petition Seeks FCC Files On Trump-Skydance Meeting
• Disney Accuses InterDigital Of Monopolizing Video Tech
• Feds Charge Mexican Businessmen In Pemex Bribery Scheme
• Consumers Say Vape Makers Can't Escape Price-Fixing Suit
• Shepherds' Wage-Fixing Suit Survives Another Dismissal Bid
• GTCR Says Sale, Market Nix FTC Med Tech Merger Concerns
• Hospital Groups Back Challenge Of Merger Notice Overhaul
• What To Watch In Mega Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Tie-Up
• DOJ Touts Merger, Rental Algorithm Deals, Eyeing More
• Deere Tractor Rivals Get Some Safeguards In FTC Case, MDL
• Amazon Must Reveal Research Funding Info In Antitrust Suits
• House Lawmakers Probe Antitrust In Sports Broadcasting
• Liberty Mutual Nabs FCPA Declination, Will Disgorge $4.7M
• A Simple Way Courts Can Help Attys Avoid AI Hallucinations
• Court Sends German Burford Funding Dispute To Arbitration
• Losing Bidder On Mass. Pike Plazas Wants Docs Released
• Greystar Cuts Deal To Exit DOJ's RealPage Price-Fixing Suit
• Vape Maker Must Arbitrate Claims Of Distributor Misconduct
• FTC Maintains Support For Right-To-Repair In Med Robot Case
• Advocates Won't Ask Justices To Revive Net Neutrality Rules
• Colleges, Universities Sued Over Early Admissions Offers
• Papa John's No-Poach Deal Barely Clears Initial Hurdle
• Home Depot Gives DOJ More Time To Review $5.5B GMS Deal
• Latest T-Mobile Deal Suggests DOJ-FCC Spectrum Tension
• Iowa PBM Law Challengers Seek Wider Block At 8th Circ.
• Brokerage Urges 10th Circ. To Revive NAR Antitrust Suit
• Warner Bros. Faces TM Trial Over 'Ugliest House' Show
• Tenn. Athletes Lose Bid To Pause NCAA Eligibility Rules
• Rising Star: Proskauer's Stephen Chuk
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Alston & Bird, Orrick
• UK Clears Boeing's $4.7B Spirit Aero Deal For Take-Off
• KKR Tries To Steer NHS Landlord Away From Rival £1.8B Bid
• NY AG, Ski Resort Square Up Over Resort Divestiture
• Amazon, DC AG Get Antitrust Trial Delayed To May 2027
• Google Wants Epic's Claims Tossed After Samsung Deal
• FTC Urged To Investigate Meta's $14.3B Scale AI Investment
• 'Cardiac Pack' IP Suit Is Decades Too Late, NC Judge Says
• Vast Amazon Customer Class Greenlit In Price-Fixing Case
• Michigan AG Fights Bid To Pause PBM Price-Fixing Suit
• HPE-Juniper Judge Shuns More Direct Comment On DOJ Deal
• Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Rishi Satia
• 7th Circ. Backs $75M In Chicken Price-Fixing Settlements
• Antitrust Scrutiny Heightens In The Cannabis Industry
• CoStar Asks Full 9th Circ. To Revisit Antitrust Ruling For Rival
• UK Gov't Reviews Opt-Out Class Action Regime
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: Divorce Dust-Ups And Judicial Rebukes
• Creating Botanical Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Lobby Group Intervenes Over Stagecoach Settlement Funds
• UnitedHealth Selling Home Health Branches In DOJ Deal
• Gray TV Urges FCC To Stick With Next-Gen Transition
• Insulin Collusion Needn't Be 'Clever' To Exist, 2nd Circ. Says
• Valve Won't Pay $21M Arb. Fee In Antitrust Fight, Gamers Say
• 7th Circ. Reverses Class Cert. In Wis. Gas Price-Fixing Suit
• State AGs Want Final OK For $39M Apotex Price-Fixing Deal
• Texas Developers' Antitrust Claims Don't Hold Up, Judge Says
• Vivint Asks 4th Circ. To Rethink Affirming $190M TM Verdict
• Rising Star: Skadden's Evan R. Kreiner
• DOJ, Google Get OK For 2-Week Ad Tech Remedies Trial
• FTC Challenges $945M Heart Valve Deal
• Feuding Flag Football Organizations Settle TM Dispute
• FTC Focus: Surprising Ways Meador And Khan Sound Alike
• Compliance Is A New Competitive Edge For Mortgage Lenders
• CMA Clears $13B Omnicom-Interpublic Merger
• Law, Medical School Orgs Face Application Fee Antitrust Suits
• Apple Looks To Nix Consumer Antitrust Case, Decertify Class
• Fed. Circ. Presses Brita On Bid To Revive Water Filter Patent
• Ex-USPTO Heads, Judges Oppose Anti-Patent Thicket Bill
• FCC Asked To Reconsider Paramount-Skydance Deal
• Google Ad Exchange Rival Follows DOJ With Antitrust Suit
• NAB Says Streamers' Success Makes 39% Cap Outdated
• Noncompete Forecast Shows Tough Weather For Employers
• Yacht Listing Co. Tells 11th Circ. Sellers Agree To Arbitrate
• Advocacy Org. Wants FTC's Full, Dropped Pepsi Complaint
• The Legal Education Status Quo Is No Longer Tenable
• The Int'l Compliance View: Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Unpacking Notable Details From FTC's 'AI Washing' Cases
• Gas Breaks Can't Justify Russian Fertilizer Duties, Fed. Circ. Told
• Rising Star: Clifford Chance's Danielle Morello
• Amazon, DC AG Seek To Delay Antitrust Trial To May 2027
• Teva Settles Claims Over Delayed Generic Asthma Inhalers
• Property Co. Backs Calif. Tribe In $700M Casino Row
• Pharma Startup Claims Lupin Stole Inhaler Trade Secrets
• CMA Launches In-Depth Probe Of Catering Services Merger
• 9th Circ. Says Rival Vegas Newspapers' Deal Was Not Legal 
• Sandwich Seller Owes $32K For Breaching Noncompete Pact
• Archery Trade Group Accused Of Price-Fixing In Colo. Suit
• Consumers Want Fees Of $49M From $203M In Chicken Deals
• Chamber Wants FTC's Merger Notice Overhaul Nixed
• GTCR Says Buyer In Place For Potential FTC Divestiture Deal
• 'Cardiac Pack' Says Ohio NIL Ruling Doesn't Apply To NC Suit
• Google Says Term Limits Only Needed For Some Search Fixes
• Davis Polk, Skadden Steer HNI's $2.2B Steelcase Acquisition
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Antitrust Considerations Amid Cricket's US Expansion
• Womble Bond Adds 20 Attys From Shuttering Nashville Firm
• Rising Star: Cleary's Blair Matthews
• Anthropic Asks 9th Circ. To Review Authors' Class Cert.
• Conn. Justices Block Rehab Center's Bid To Halt Rival Permit
• E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Relevance Redactions
• Amphenol Buys CommScope's Cable Biz In $10.5B Deal
• Manufacturer Seeks To Toss Marijuana Vape Antitrust Suit
• Marsh McLennan Sues In Del. Claiming Mass 'Poach'
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Class Cert. In VRDO Suit Against Banks
• Texas Judge Says States Can Pursue BlackRock Coal Suit
• $34M Milk Price-Fixing Deal Wins Preliminary Approval
• Dems Want Probe Of DOJ's HPE-Juniper Settlement
• Amazon Customers Seek Massive Class In Antitrust Suit
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Section 1983 Has Promise After End Of Nationwide Injunctions
• 9th Circ. Pauses Google Play Store Order In Antitrust Row
• 'Reverse Acquihires' Multiply Inside Regulatory Gray Zone
• Pennsylvania Legislation To Watch For The Rest Of 2025
• Latham Adds Veteran Antitrust Litigator From Cravath
• Trump's 2nd Term Puts Merger Remedies Back On The Table
• NC Legislation Highlights Of The 1st Half Of 2025
• J&J Unit's Catheter Rival Scores Injunction After $442M Win
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Wachtell, Latham
• BT Customers Lose Bid To Revive £1.3B Unfair Pricing Claim