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Competition - October, 2025

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• Pfizer Sues Metsera, Novo Nordisk Over $9B Buyout 'Bribe'
• Drugmakers Can't End States' Dermatology Price-Fixing Suits
• Amgen Again Challenges Colo. Price Cap For Arthritis Drug
• Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• UK Energy Customers Suffer Setback In Power Cables Case
• OpenAI Opposes 'Cookie-Cutter' Google Search Fixes
• PVC Pipe Makers Say Price 'Conspiracy' Is 'Basic Economics'
• Federal Action Sought To Boost Low Earth Orbit Satellites
• CREXi Can't Get CoStar's Copyright Claims Put On Hold
• Alphabet Investors Seek Class Cert. In Google Probe Suit
• CFIUS Trends May Shift Under 'America First' Policy
• Getty Inks AI Pact As Regulators Eye $3.7B Shutterstock Deal
• Students Defend Law School Application Fee Antitrust Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Davis Polk
• 3rd Circ. Preview: BMW, MiLB And Sandoz Top Nov. Lineup
• RealPage, Landlords Flag 'Fatal Deficiencies' In Antitrust Suit
• Apple Denied Preliminary Issues Trial In £785M Class Action
• Apple, Google Fight Bids To Depose CEOs In Antitrust Suit
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Antitrust Suit Against Psychiatry Board
• Med Robot Co. Tells 9th Circ. Not To Revive 'Disfavored' Suit
• State AGs Target 'Anticompetitive Recycling Practices'
• Defamation Litigation Roundup: Drake, IRS, Greenpeace
• Agri Stats, Pork Producers Push To Pause Price-Fixing Case
• Google Tells Justices Epic Order Makes Court Central Planner
• Takeda Fails In Bid To Avoid IBS Drug Antitrust Trial
• NC Judge Won't Order CEO's Arrest In Pool Company Dispute
• AT&T Sues Watchdog Over Luke Wilson Ad Cease And Desist
• Justices' LabCorp Punt Leaves Deeper Class Cert. Circuit Split
• 3 Firms Steer $9B Terex-REV Specialty Equipment Deal
• Novo Nordisk Bids $9B For Metsera, Jeopardizing Pfizer Deal
• Wachtell, Debevoise Help AIG Buy $2.1B Stake In Insurer
• Practicing Stoicism Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Compass Loses Bid For Redfin Docs In Zillow Antitrust Suit
• Visa Must Face Cardholders' Antitrust Claims, Judge Says
• Conn. Med Spa Says Ex-Workers Poaching Clients, Employees
• DOJ Says State AGs Can't 'Second-Guess' HPE Merger Deal
• Google Loses Bid To Transfer Monopolization Case To Calif.
• OpenAI Co-Founder Dodges Musk Contempt Bid, For Now
• Chicago Metra Says Union Pacific's $2.3M Fees Claim Is Invalid
• Google, Epic Can't Delay Play Store Injunction Any Longer
• FCC To Vote On Opening More C-Band For Wireless Use
• The Biz Court Digest: Texas, One Year In
• Schools Point To Apple Ruling In Financial Aid-Fixing Case
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Educating Your Community
• Microsoft Says Retailer's £262M Reselling Claim Is Too Late
• CMA Finalizes Updates To Simplify Phase 1 Merger Probes
• CMA Clears Healthcare Property Biz's £1.8B Assura Deal
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive IPhone Web App Antitrust Suit
• Basketball Player Adds Failed NCAA Appeal To Antitrust Suit
• Judge Tosses NASCAR's 'Cartel' Counterclaim Against Teams
• Comcast Wants Early Appeal For Ad Market Antitrust Ruling
• Engineer Must Give Shipbuilders No-Poach Witness Names
• Va. Justices Urged To Restore Record $2B Trade Secrets Win
• Fed. Circ. Won't Send Background Check Patent Fight To Okla.
• Skadden, Davis Polk Advise On Formation Of $22B Chip Giant
• Curaleaf Asks For Quick Action On NJ Pot Shop Union Rule
• Monopolization Claims Against SAP Survive Dismissal
• 7 Areas To Watch As FTC Ends Push For A Noncompete Ban
• 2nd Circ. Upholds $54M Award To Citgo In Oil Cargo Dispute
• Tax Software Co. Denies Poaching Rival's Workers
• 5 Crisis Lawyering Skills For An Age Of Uncertainty
• Kirkland, V&E Steer Close Of EnCap's $2B Continuation Fund
• Salmon Producers Deny Price-Fixing In Tesco Collusion Claim
• CMA Tightens Leniency Rules For Cartel Whistleblowers
• Google Liable Again As DOJ's Ad Tech Win Extends To MDL
• Minn. Court Blocks Immediate Appeal In Pork Price-Fixing Suit
• Apple Gets Class Decertified In App Store Antitrust Case
• Porsche Can't Escape $300M Suit By Miami Dealer
• Defunct Biz Asks 3rd Circ. To Revive $100M Caterpillar Win
• Dems Say $6.2B Nexstar-Tegna Deal Breaches Ownership Cap
• X Gets AI Developer's Deplatforming Case Sent To Texas
• Judge OKs Class Notice In NCAA Tennis Prize Money Row
• Teva To Pay $35M In Suit Over Delayed Generic Inhalers
• Delta, Aeromexico Ask 11th Circ. To Halt Feds' JV Split Order
• AGs Call Landlord Deals In RealPage MDL 'Weak'
• AbbVie Defends Challenge Of Colorado's Discount Drug Law
• Anticipating FTC's Shift On Unfair Competition Enforcement
• Korean Developers Defend Google Play Store Antitrust Claims
• QB's Eligibility Suit Resumes After NCAA's Appeal Tossed Out
• Compliance Tips Amid Rising FTC Scrutiny Of Minors' Privacy
• Compass Pushes For Redfin Docs In Zillow Antitrust Fight
• It's Time For The Judiciary To Fix Its Cybersecurity Problem
• Top FTC Atty In Meta And Amazon Cases Joins WilmerHale
• Feds Push To Keep Challenge To Calif. Truck Rules Alive
• UK Raises Antitrust Concern Over £1.2B Greencore Deal
• EU Clears American Axle's £1.2B Buy Of UK Car Parts Biz
• Financial Services Co. Sues To Stop 'Corporate Raiding'
• WordPress TM Suit Accuses Web Host Of Sowing 'Confusion'
• 11th Circ. Revives Edible Arrangements TM Suit
• Private Schools Aid-Fixing Suit Abandoned After Dismissal
• Off The Bench: NBA Gambling Woes, Golfer's $50M Trial Win
• 'Rehashed' Arg Sinks Wholesaler Bid To Revive Antitrust Suit
• Why This Popular Class Cert. Approach Doesn't Measure Up
• CMA Concerned Over Aramark Deal For Scottish Catering Co.
• EU Adviser Backs Email Seizures Without Court Approval
• FPI's $3M Deal Gets Initial OK In Yardi Price-Fixing Suit
• UK Class Action Regime Comes Of Age With Apple Ruling
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Top Calif. Judge Warns Attys On AI, Eyes Antitrust Changes
• Judge Stays Discovery In Berkshire Subsidiary Antitrust Case
• NC Judge Dubious Of NASCAR's 'Cartel' Counterclaims
• Split DC Circ. Won't Lift Block On FTC's Media Matters Probe
• Triumph Tries Again To Dump Pork Price-Fixing Claims
• Parody Defendants Are Finding Success Post-Jack Daniel's
• Considering Judicial Treatment Of The 2023 Merger Guidelines
• Columbia University Wants Out Of Sportswear Trademark Suit
• Avadel, Jazz Settle Sleep Disorder Drug Claims
• Yelp's Tying Claim Against Google Can Move Ahead
• Shipbuilders' Discovery Demands Go Too Far, Engineer Says
• Teva, Cephalon Can't Upend €60M Fine In Pay-For-Delay Case
• Apple Loses UK Class Action Over App Store Charges
• Writing Novels Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• CMA Probes £723M Unite-Empiric Student Housing Merger
• 3rd Circ. Says Burford Can't Arbitrate German Discovery Fight
• 'Forthright' Yardi Source Code Production Beats Rent Suit
• Apple, Google Found To Hold 'Strategic Market Status' In UK
• Energy Secretary Urges EU To Rethink Sustainability Rules
• NCAA, Tennis Players Can't Reach Deal In Prize-Money Suit
• Presidential Firing Limits Fight Builds At High Court
• Privilege 'Dramatization' Won't Shield 7K Docs In Ads MDL
• SDNY OpenAI Order Clarifies Preservation Standards For AI
• What's At Stake In Justices' Merits Hearing Of FTC Firing
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: COVID Coverage, A Suspect Signature
• X Defends Antitrust Case Over Apple's Deal With OpenAI
• Broadcast Distributors Decry Blackout Of Nexstar Stations
• Mass. Cannabis Lab's Suit Against Rivals Trimmed
• Apple Slams 'Fatally Broad' App Store Injunction At 9th Circ.
• Anesthesia Giant Cuts Deals To End Hospital Antitrust Cases
• Judge Sends Solar Co.'s Panama Grid Access Row To Trial
• Comcast Can't Yet Defeat Ad Market Power Abuse Claims
• FTC's Holyoak Thinks US Enforcers Should Stick To US Law
• Judge Trims Pharma Co. Claims Against Ex-Employees
• NASCAR Drivers Demand Say In Antitrust Settlement Talks
• UK Enforcer Backs Private Immunity For Reporting Cartels
• Regeneron, Rival End Patent Fight Over Eye Med Biosimilar
• Football Players Urge Judge To Rethink Tossing $50M NIL Suit
• Southern Glazer's Settles Online Alcohol Co. Antitrust Suit
• Compliance Steps To Take As FCRA Enforcement Widens
• 6 Shifts In Trump Tax Law May Lend A Hand To M&A Strategy
• Chamber Survey Says Overhaul Doubled Merger Filing Burden
• 9th Circ. Urged To Revive 5-Hour Energy Price Bias Suit
• Vivid Seats Faces Class Action Claiming 'Drip Pricing' Tactics
• Calif. Credit Cardholders Can't Get Swipe Fee Case Do-Over
• Judge Blocks Ohio Ban On NIL For High School Athletes
• OpenAI Says It Owes Musk Nothing In For-Profit Move
• Jack Nicklaus Wins $50M In Fla. Defamation Trial
• Ski Equipment Makers Targeted In EU Antitrust Probe
• Radio Co. Challenges Nielsen's National-Local Data 'Tying'
• Navigating The SEC's Evolving Foreign Private Issuer Regime
• AI-Driven Marketing Biz Says Ex-Workers Lifted Trade Secrets
• UK Steps Up Antitrust Probe Into Getty-Shutterstock Merger
• How Calif. Law Cracks Down On Algorithmic Price-Fixing
• UK Clears $24.2B Global Payments Deal For Worldpay
• UK Retailers Add To £675M Salmon-Farming Cartel Claim
• Justices Won't Review Optional NAR Rule In Zillow Case
• Justices Won't Review Merck's Immunity From Vaccine Claims
• Nursing Exec Denied New Trial On Wage-Fixing Claims
• Fragrance Co. Cuts $26M 'Icebreaker' Deal In Price-Fixing Suit
• Altria, Juul May Face Certified 'Frankenstein' Antitrust Class
• Charter-Cox Deal Called Rational, Given Cable Biz Decline
• Major Banks Colluded For 30 Years To Fix Rates, Suit Says
• Cornerstone, Peoples Bank To Form $3.1B Texas Lender
• Federal Courts To Scale Back Operations Amid Shutdown
• 2 Deals Totaling $2.5M Advance In Meat Industry Wage Case
• Hermes Bags Antitrust Win That Clarifies Luxury Tying Claims
• DaVita, Fresenius Seek Dismissal Of Dialysis Price-Fix Suit
• Train Operators Cleared Of Abuse In Ticket Class Action
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• High Court, Not A Single Justice, Should Decide On Recusal
• Fed. Judge Keeps X's Suit Against Apple, OpenAI In Texas
• Schools Look To Duck Early Admissions Antitrust Case
• Jack Nicklaus Tells Jury He Wanted 'Freedom' Back After Pact
• Justices Told Presidential Firing Limits Rely On 'Soured' Logic
• Generics Makers Urge 3rd Circ. To Nix Price-Fixing Classes
• Chamber Says Justices Must Address No-Poach Ruling
• Research Exec Faked Data, Worked For Rivals, $10M Suit Says
• Jazz Denied Preferred Drug Royalty Rate, But Still Gets Boost
• High Court's FCC Broadcast Rulings Criticized As 'Outdated'
• FTC's Consumer Finance Pivot Brings Industry Pros And Cons
• Amazon Ruling Marks New Era Of Personal Liability For Execs
• CMA Calls For Reforms To UK Veterinary Market
• Traveling Solo Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Keysight Completes £1.2B Purchase Of Telecoms Biz Spirent
• UK Open To Behavioral Remedies During Merger Reviews
• Jack Smith And Other Ex-DOJ Staffers Slam Trump Purge
• Valve Seeks To Toss 'Overlapping' $21M Arbitration Fee Suit
• Judge Won't Block Mich. Medicaid Mental Health Restructure
• States Want To Keep Eye On $14B HPE-Juniper Deal Review
• Some Sugar Producers Escape Info Sharing Claims
• Cal Poly Athletes Told Objections To NIL Deal Don't Hold Water
• Newsmax Says It Can Refile Fox Antitrust Fight In Wisconsin
• AGs Concerned About Landlord Settlements In RealPage Case
• 9th Circ. Lets Alaska Flyers Redo Hawaiian Merger Case
• Buckle Up And Be Nice: Philly Biz Court Judges Share Tips
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Client Service
• Apple Judge May Decertify Antitrust Class, But Not Toss Case
• Sirius XM Can't Yet Ditch Proposed Class Action Over Pricing
• Skinny Labels, Orange Book Take Center Stage In IP Talks
• NC Court Denies Early Ruling In Hospital Antitrust Case
• Exec Tells Fla. Jury He Wanted To Protect Nicklaus Brand
• 6th Circ. Won't Revive Allergy Tester's Antitrust Case
• ​​​​​​​Visa, MasterCard To Pay Combined $199.5M In Fraud Risk Suit
• How The FTC Is Stepping Up Subscription Enforcement
• Microsoft Bullied OpenAI Into Cloud Deal, Antitrust Suit Says
• EU Fines Fashion Brands €157M For Price Maintenance
• Law Firm Seeks Court Order To End Trademark Dispute
• Steam Owner Seeks To Block £656M Class Action Over Fees
• Apple Can't Appeal £853M CPO Funding Deal At UK Top Court
• Motorola To Face £650M Class Action In 1st Public Sector CPO
• Delta, Aeromexico Say USDOT Erred In Blocking Partnership
• DOJ Can't Pause Review Of UnitedHealth Deal Amid Shutdown
• Musk Accuses OpenAI Ex-Exec Of Subpoena 'Cat And Mouse'
• Elf Bar Will No Longer Sell In Calif., Ending Altria Unit Suit
• FERC's $1B Penalties Would Doom Energy Co., NC Judge Told
• $8B EV Trade Secrets Case Best Left To Israel, 5th Circ. Says
• Infosys' Counterclaims Against Competitor Tossed For Now
• Apple Faces Class Cert. Bid In Mobile Wallet Antitrust Case
• Atty's Due Process Claims Challenging Disbarments Trimmed
• Curaleaf Says NJ's Pot Shop Union Requirement Bucks NLRA
• Back Where We Started: Life After FTC's Noncompete Ban
• How Trump Admin. Is Shifting Biden's Antitrust Merger Enforcement
• Conn. AG Nets Bid-Rigging Deal With Moving Companies
• DOJ Scrutiny Sparks Change To $500M Material Analysis Deal
• Nonprofit Asks 9th Circ. To Rethink Vegas Price-Fixing Case
• Amazon Gets Massive Antitrust Class Action Trial Delayed
• Google Trims Price Comparison Site's Competition Claim
• Adapting To Private Practice: 3 Tips On Finding The Right Job
• CMA Probes Belgian Food Co.'s Purchase Of Bakery Biz
• UMG Beats Drake's 'Not Like Us' Diss Track Defamation Suit
• 9th Circ. Probes Buyers On HIV Drug Antitrust Claims
• X, XAI Say Texas Best, Fastest Court For OpenAI-Apple Suit
• Photo Editing Software Co. Faces Patent Infringement Suit
• Judge Seeks NCAA Ruling's Impact On Tenn. Player's Suit
• BeFrugal Marketing Firm Says Exec Steered Clients To Rival
• Strategies For Defending Banks In Elder Abuse Cases
• 7th Circ. Denies Rehearing In Harley-Davidson Warranty Case
• Pet Owner Keeps State, But Not Fed., Elanco Tick Meds Suit
• Mich. Ruling Narrows Former Athletes' Path To NIL Recovery
• Brokerage Urges 10th Circ. To Revive NAR Antitrust Suit
• Painting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Golf Execs Deny Discrediting Jack Nicklaus In NY Lawsuit
• 5th Circ. Wary Of TitleMax Affiliate's Aim To Skip Usury Case
• Jones Day, Kirkland Guide TopBuild's $1B Insulation Biz Buy
• 'I Don't Want To Be A Referee,' Google Search Judge Says
• Judge OKs Amazon's Evidence Clawback In Antitrust Suits
• Del. Judge May Have Mallinckrodt Choose: Injunction Or $10M
• NCAA Denies It Has NIL Data Rutgers Football Player Seeks
• NASCAR Antitrust Case Judge Agrees To Settlement Talks
• What's At Stake At High Court For Presidential Removal Power
• Courts Are Still Grappling With McDonnell, 9 Years Later
• DOJ Asks For Stay In PVC Antitrust Case Amid Criminal Probe
• Landlord Loses Bid To Depose DC In RealPage Case
• Bausch And Teva Blocked Cheaper IBS Drug, Retailers Say
• Mortgage Giants Shared Data To Fix Rates, Homeowners Say
• Cabinetry Co. Refiles $3.6B Merger To Give FTC More Time
• Chanel, The RealReal Fail To Reach Settlement In TM Feud
• Marijuana Vape Antitrust Actions Consolidated In Calif.
• NCAA Seeks Toss Of Tenn. Basketball Player's Antitrust Suit
• Apple Seeks To Toss IPhone, Watch Buyers' Antitrust Suits
• Premera Defends IBS Drug Antitrust Claims Against Takeda
• NASCAR Seeks Judge-Led Settlement Talks In Antitrust Row
• DOJ Backs Patent Rights In Disney's Streaming Antitrust Case
• Comcast Wins PTAB Fight Against Entropic Receiver Patent
• Price-Fixing Judge Rejects Recusal Bid As Insincere
• Zillow Can See Anywhere Deal Docs In Compass Antitrust Suit
• Bondi Declines To Discuss James Comey Indictment
• Willkie Adds Ex-Asst. Solicitor General As Group Head
• Class Reps Vie To Bring Rival Ad-Price Claims Against Google
• Hybrid Claims In Antitrust Disputes Spark Coverage Battles
• Europe Clears €1.4B Buyout Of Irish Hotel Group
• NASCAR Pans Antitrust Suit As 'Frontal Assault' On Charters
• SAP Expands Celonis Fight With Delaware Patent Suit
• Dish, AT&T Must Give Up Docs In T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Case
• Pioneer Couldn't Deliver Gas During Storm, Court Hears
• ​​​​​​​Broadcasters Say FCC Can Nix Nat'l Ownership Cap. It's Iffy
• Nokia, Ericsson Lose PTAB Challenge To Wireless Patent
• Supreme Court Isn't Pausing Google Play Store Order
• Pa. Hospitals Ink $28.5M Deal In No-Poach Deal Antitrust Fight
• Womble Bond Atty Tells 4th Circ. He Didn't Mislead Dutch Court
• Google Judge Anticipates 'Fine-Tuning' Ad Tech Remedies
• Justices Asked To Narrow Honest Services Fraud In FIFA Case
• Protecting Sensitive Court Filings After Recent Cyber Breach
• DOJ Settlement Offers Guide To Avoiding Key Antitrust Risks
• DOJ Antitrust Ace, Whistleblower Joins HSF Kramer
• Baseball's Antitrust Exemption Escapes High Court Review
• Qualcomm Accused Of Driving Up Phone Prices At £480M Trial
• High Court Won't Review NYC Bus Tour Antitrust Case
• Justices Won't Review Live Nation's Arbitration Terms
• High Court Refuses To Review Revived SAP Tying Claims
• High Court Turns Down 6 Patent Cases At Start Of Term
• Justices Won't Review Blacklisting Case Against LegitScript
• Justices Deny Aviation Co.'s Appeal Over TM Trial Rights
• Justices Skip TM Dispute Over Pink Color In Hip Implants
• Up First At High Court: Election Laws & Conversion Therapy
• Google Ad Tech Judge: 'We Don't Know' Breakup Buyer
• Meta Gets Facebook Ad Overcharging Suit Tossed, For Now
• 4 Top Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Term
• 6th Circ. Will Hear Ohio PBM Fight Arguments In December
• Huntington's $1.9B Veritex Deal Gets Final Fed Approval
• Video Platform Rumble Defends Claims In Google Ad Tech MDL
• Nurse Staffing Exec Says Jury Misled In Wage-Fixing Case
• 'Clean Slate' For Broadcast Rules Needed, Think Tank Says
• OpenAI Looks To Ditch XAI's Trade Secrets Theft Suit
• The Roberts Court At 20: How The Chief Is Reshaping America
• Off The Bench: QB Wins In Court, 'Poaching' Feud Heats Up
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Paul Weiss, Cravath
• Landlords Will Pay $141M To Exit RealPage Rent Pricing Case
• Google Fights Push To Get Reports From Gov't Monopoly Suit
• Ad Tech Judge Sees 'Tension' In Google's Economist
• Zillow Seeks Info On Compass' Anywhere Deal In Antitrust Suit
• Jordan's Team Seeks Partial Antitrust Win In NASCAR Suit
• HNI Gives Enforcers More Time On $2.2B Steelcase Deal
• Merrill Lynch Raid Suit Paused For FINRA Arbitration
• Pac-12's Antitrust Suit Over Exit Fees Can Go On, Judge Says
• National Security Vets, App-Devs Back Google In Epic Fight
• NJ Says RealPage Price-Fixing Claims Meet 'Cartel' Standard
• Court Warned Of Harm From Delaying Medical Device Merger
• Cravath, Kirkland Lead Berkshire's $9.7B OxyChem Buy
• Judging Figure Skating Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• FTC Halts Fraud Complaints, Spam Call Help Amid Shutdown
• Tyson Inks $85M Deal To Exit Consumers' Pork Antitrust Suit
• Economist Says Google's Ad Tech Fix Enough To Boost Rivals
• Quantum Can't Nix FTC Order Over $5.2B Natural Gas Deal
• HP Ditches Antitrust Suit Over Third-Party Ink, For Now
• Eli Lilly's Drug Suit Slammed As 'Anti-Competitive' Move
• Temu Antitrust Claims Nixed, Copyright Claims Get Go-Ahead
• States Accuse Zillow, Redfin Of Deal To End Competition
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• 6th Circ. Axes NCAA Appeal After Waiver Keeps QB Playing
• OpenAI Blasts X's Suit Over Apple Deal As 'Lawfare' Campaign
• Va. Biz Group Calls Charter, Cox Tie-Up Good For Consumers
• Female Athletes' NIL Deal Challenge Could Be Game Changer
• Atty Asks 3rd Circ. For New Trial In Malicious-Litigation Case
• What Ethics Rules Say On Atty Discipline For Online Speech
• 4 Steps To Designing Effective Survey Samples For Trial
• InterDigital Wants Disney's Video Tech Antitrust Case Tossed
• EU Clears Prada's €1.25B Deal To Buy Versace
• Antitrust Watchdog Reviews DLA Piper-Led S&P Merger Deal
• Google Ad Tech Judge Says Court Order Is 'Elephant In Room'