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Competition - August, 2026

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• AGs, WGA Slam Paramount's Bid For $1.9B Merger Suit Bond
• Perrigo Settles Antitrust Suits Over Baby Formula Market
• Valve's 15K Antitrust Arbitrations Will Stay On Ice, Judge Says
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Eye Drop Antitrust Suit Despite Dissent
• Controversial Tweak To Calif. Antitrust Law Heads To Newsom
• FTC, AGs Say Amazon Pocketed $20B With Fraudulent Auctions
• Judge Trims Claims In Insurance Software Trade Secret Case
• Tech Biz Challenges ICE's $95M Sole-Source Blockchain Award
• Ford, Bronco Builder Rev Up TM Fight Over Custom Builds
• Sony, Warner Music Sue Anthropic Over 'Brazen' IP Theft
• Baird Sues Colo. Firm Over Alleged Adviser-Poaching Scheme
• Quinn Emanuel Scoops Up Antitrust Pro From Kirkland In DC
• LA County Says State Farm Botched Fires Claims Handling
• Juul Sublicense Ends Reynolds' Altria Vape Royalty Tab
• Domino's Seeks To Deliver Noncompete Suit To Arbitration
• ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox ID'd For Extra EU Digital Safeguards
• 'Kentucky Hammer' Pushes To Duck Antitrust Suit
• Kirkland Lands Gibson Dunn State AG Co-Leader In Houston
• Paul Hastings Hires Longtime FTC Mergers Atty In DC
• AT&T Says Charter Is Misleading Consumers With 'Fiber' Claims
• Mylan, Lannett, Others Can't Split Up Humana Generics Trial
• NCAA Fights NC State Football Player's Demand For Eligibility
• Amazon Beats Calif. AG's 'Ill-Conceived' Injunction Bid
• Dealership Owners Say GM Sabotaged Them After Purchase
• DOJ Says KKR's $250M Deal Will Deter HSR Violations
• Fla. Says PBMs Fixed Prices For Prescription Drugs
• Drug Rulings Clarify Pricing Test And Penalty Reviews
• Google To Pay £260M To End UK Play Store Collective Action
• Binance.US Beats Sherman Claims, Rest Sent To Arbitration
• Ugg-Maker Beats Rival Footwear Co.'s Antitrust Suit, For Now
• Chamber Says FTC's Meta Appeal Trying To 'Rewrite' Law
• Full Play Owners To Pay $50M To Exit FIFA Bribery Dragnet
• 5th Circ. Backs FDA, Pharma Cos. In GLP-1 Shortage Fight
• Ex-USI Manager Denies Enticing Clients To Rival Brokerage
• Sod Co. Seeks Sanctions Over Missing Trade Secrets Files
• UEFA Eyes Criminal Case Over Abandoned World Cup Sale
• Dems Want DOJ, FTC To Look At Sysco's $29B Jetro Buy
• DOJ Can't Get Rethink On Apple Peek Into Fed Phone-Buying
• Youth Basketball Tournament Escapes Hotel Antitrust Claims
• FTC IonQ Review Unearths A Divide In Vertical Merger Remedy
• Uber Beats Defamation Claims In Philly RICO Fight
• Womble Bond Asks To Drop Dutch Software Client Over Rift
• Taekwondo Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• KKR To Pay 'Record' $250M To End DOJ Merger Notice Suit
• Iowa, Montana Ask Justices To Stop Paramount Merger Case
• French Auto Co. Says Marelli Can't Hire Ex-CEO After Ch. 11
• Detroit Can't Fully Shake Telecom's Fiber Access Suit
• Libertarian Org. Tells 9th Circ. Not To Let Canadian Sue Google
• Humana Keeps Conspiracy Claims Against Mylan, Lannett
• Ill. Aid-Fixing Trial Delayed As 7th Circ. Review Proceeds
• Ill. Judge OKs Direct Buyers' Last Turkey Deals, Striking Trial
• Samsung, Apple Warn Against Google Payment Ban
• DOJ Flags Breach Of Internal Policies In Apple Suit
• 3rd Circ. Hotel Ruling Flags Key Issues In Dynamic Pricing
• Sports Betting Tech Co. Opposes Sportradar's Arbitration Bid
• Pot Distributor Again Files Counterclaims In Contract Dispute
• CMS Hires Competition Pro From Clifford Chance In London
• CMA To Probe Cash Management Co.'s $6.6B Buy Of ATM Biz
• Papermakers' €1.4B JV Plan Faces EU Competition Pushback
• DPAs At Hand For Argentine Media Co. Bosses In FIFA Case
• Publishers Say Google Would Gut Web Traffic To Win AI Race
• DC Circ. Won't Revive Standard General's FCC Bias Suit
• Pot Shop Seeks Quick Win Against Jushi On Antitrust Claims
• Ex-Taro Exec Slips Some Generics Price-Fixing Claims
• AIDS Org 'Had Its Chance' To Sue Express Scripts, Judge Says
• Pharmacy Asks Court To Toss Novo Nordisk Semaglutide Suit
• Investor Says Vail Resorts Conspired To Fix Ski Pass Prices
• FDA Must Revisit Xifaxan Generic Exclusivity, DC Circ. Says
• No Partial Appeal Before Trial For Ex-Under Armour Supplier
• Elite Schools Get 7th Circ. Appeal In Aid-Fixing Case
• Turkey Buyers' Cost-Saving Deals Get OK In Price-Fix Fight
• Insurer Gets $2 In Damages In Trade Secret, Contract Case
• Judge Concerned About Misinformation In RealPage Case
• Calif. Judge OKs $2.25M Settlement In Crab Price-Fixing Suit
• Calif. Tribe Says County Tanked $12M Airport Land Deal
• What To Know As Legal Duty To Consider AI Takes Shape
• 5th Circ. Revives Architect's IP Claims In Fractured Ruling
• Google Says Publishers Can't Get 'Fake Privilege' Discovery
• 2nd Circ. Says Nielsen Unbundling Order Starts Tuesday
• 'Time Bubble' Doesn't Warrant 'RAW' TM Retrial, Judge Says
• DOJ Backs Biotech Co. Against Red Cross At 1st Circ.
• Insurance Broker Says Rival Poached 18 Employees
• What Cos. Should Do During Stay Of Nasdaq Delisting Rule
• NC Dental Review Change Counters Tougher National Trend
• DirecTV Opposes Nexstar's High Court Bid In Fee Case
• Interference Cross-Claims Tossed In Pot Sale Contract Suit
• Zillow Avoids Trial As Redfin Agrees 'To Reenter Market'
• Butterball Signs $34M Price-Fixing Deal With Turkey Buyers
• DC Circ. Voids Block On OMB Funding Freeze
• Australian Enforcer Sues Subaru Over Right To Repair
• Dish Says Media Co. Gaia Infringed Streaming Patents
• OhioHealth Faces Suit Over Insurance Contract Terms
• Meta Tells DC Circ. To Reject FTC Appeal
• Apple Paid $17B Taxes To Ireland In 2025, Mostly Due To ECJ
• CoStar Hit With New Antitrust Class Action In Va.
• Rocket Mortgage Points Judge Toward Zillow's Win In Wash.
• Bio-Techne Gives FTC More Time On $11.3B Merck Deal
• FTC Faces Off Against Zillow-Redfin Rental Listings Deal
• Renters Accuse Compass Of Monopolizing NYC Unit Listings
• EU Closes Pratt & Whitney Probe After Contract Changes
• Calif. High School NIL Limitations Survive Antitrust Challenge
• FTC Slams Amgen's Antitrust Shield Argument At 4th Circ.
• 11th Circ. Saves Delta-Aeromexico Joint Venture
• 9th Circ. Sides With NLRB In Wash. Terminal Union Work Fight
• 11th Circ. Denies YouTube Bid For Atty Fees In Copyright Fight
• Ticket Buyers Ask 2nd Circ. To Nix Live Nation Arbitration
• Deutsche Bank Freed From Fed's 2017 Forex-Rigging Order
• Trade Groups Back Apple In 9th Circ. Class Decert. Fight
• Expect More Probes After 3rd Circ. Algorithmic Pricing Ruling
• CREXi Drops 9th Circ. Challenge To Quinn Emanuel DQ
• Under Armour Fights Ex-Supplier's Bid For Antitrust Appeal
• AmEx Waived Arbitration By Refusing Fees, 1st Circ. Says
• Jury Finds Okla. Highway Contractor Guilty Of Price-Fixing
• Ex-SMU Basketball Player Challenges NCAA Transfer Rules
• Being In A Band Made Me A Better Lawyer
• Danone Wins Antitrust Clearance For Huel Acquisition
• FTC Asks Court To Keep Trans Health Suit In Texas
• Pro-Business Foundation Backs J&J's Stelara Antitrust Win
• 8th Circ. Backs $1B Broker Commissions Settlement
• Pa. Judge Rejects $360M Offset In Generics Antitrust Case
• Apple Makes App Store Policy Changes In Europe
• DOJ Touts 'Targeted' Probes In Sales Software Merger OK
• Canadian Enforcers Move To Block Nortera's Green Giant Deal
• Paramount Judge Urges Parties To Be 'More Reasonable'
• Paramount Viewers Stuck With Bringing Amended Suit
• 6 Key Takeaways From CFIUS Annual Report
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Surviving A Long Trial
• AAMC Gouges Med Residency Applicants, Antitrust Suit Says
• 5th Circ. Rejects Texas Water Case Against River Authority
• Cyber Policies Don't Cover Antitrust Claims, Insurers Say
• Publishers Target Google's 'Fake Privilege' In Ad Tech MDL
• 2nd Circ. Lets Stand Cumulus' Nielsen Data Unbundling Order
• Sportradar Wants Altenar To Arbitrate Data Monopoly Case
• Aetna Says It Doesn't Use Repricing Tools In Antitrust Case
• Booking.Com £1.8B Claim Cleared For Service Abroad
• ​​​​​​​Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Equity To Sell Boston Towers To Satisfy Antitrust Concerns
• Altria Tells 4th Circ. ITC Patent Cases Are Unconstitutional
• Experts See Looming Legal Disputes Over FCC Party Balance
• Law Firm's Challenge To 2021 Statute Falls Short, Judge Says
• JPMorgan Loses State Trade Secret Claims In Data Suit
• Big Banks Reach $86.4M Deal In Mexican Bond-Rigging Suit
• Blue States Say FTC Can't Regulate Trans Youth Health
• Papa John's Workers Get Approval For $5M No-Poach Deal
• Paramount Wants AGs, WGA To Pay $1.9B Merger Suit Bond
• Medtronic Rival Seeks Injunction After $382M Antitrust Win
• Hartford HealthCare Told To Double-Check Privilege Claims
• Atty Says Case Against 'Kentucky Hammer' Should Survive
• FTC Gets $725M Liquid Nails Deal Blocked
• Reed Smith Hires Antitrust Atty From Paul Weiss
• Biotech Asks 1st Circ. To Undo Red Cross Antitrust Immunity
• Simon & Simon Gets Some Loss Records In Uber, FedEx Suit
• Apple Says No To Rethink Of Fed Phone Buying Subpoena
• Mexico OK Leaves AGs, WGA Last Paramount Deal Obstacle
• Texas Justices Pass On Atty's Bid To Undo Exxon Sanctions
• App Co. Asks Court Not To Let Apple 'Drag' It Across Country
• Corteva To Pay $3.1M In Ark. AG's Pesticides Antitrust Suit
• Dem Says FCC Ignores Affordability In New Broadband Report
• ITC Revives Juul Case Against Altria, Scrubs Invalidity Ruling
• NY AG Says 2nd Circ. Ruling Doesn't Back Pricing Law Case
• Charter-Cox Tie-Up Gets Last Needed OK With Calif. Approval
• Ex-Under Armour Ally Wants Pause For Appeal Of Cut Claims
• Cumulus Asks 2nd Circ. For Help With Nielsen Data Order
• Calif. Tribe Failed To Show Harm Over 40-Acre Land Transfer
• Ski Pass Buyers Defend Antitrust Case Against Vail, Alterra
• Anti-DEI Group Asks FTC To Probe Law Fellowship Program
• DirecTV Says Tegna Board Issue Proves Injunction Is Needed
• Supreme Court's Apple App Store Pause Lifted After 24 Hours
• 'Anticompetitive Friction': Google Must Fix App Store Search
• Customers Can't Depose Google, Apple CEOs, 9th Circ. Says
• 9th Circ. Revives $140M Robo-Surgery Antitrust Case
• CIBC Deal Ends Hedge Fund's Pharma Stock Spoofing Suit
• J&J Says No To Reviving Stelara Case
• Nike Agrees To End Appeal Of TM Fee Award At 3rd Circ.
• DOJ's HPE Merger Settlement Approved Over State Objections
• Judge Tosses Suit Over Pharmacy Match Program, For Now
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Lipitor Pay-To-Delay Case
• 7 States Urge Feds To Reject $85B UP, Norfolk Southern Deal
• Cheer Competition Organizers Settle Antitrust Fight
• DirecTV Says Nexstar Suit Discovery Damning But Incomplete
• DOJ Backs X Corp.'s 5th Circ. Advertiser Boycott Appeal
• Lilly Claims 6 Vendors Illegally Sold Obesity Drug Candidate
• What To Know As DOJ Antitrust Biz Review Letters Return
• Glenmark Will Pay $15.3M To End Humana's Price-Fixing Claims
• Simon & Simon Seeks Loss Records In Uber, FedEx Suit
• Visa, Mastercard Get Joiner Cutoff In Swipe Fees Claim
• Going To Hardcore Shows Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Parties Reset Review Clock For Fertitta's $17.6B Caesars Buy
• NCAA Age Rule Illegally Cuts Athletes' Careers, Suit Says
• Colleges Say Wealth Bias Evidence Would Prejudice Jury
• Apple Gets Brief Pause In App Store Case From High Court
• PayPal Wins Final Dismissal Of Merchant Rules Antitrust Suit
• Raskin Asks Ellison To Speak To Congress About Merger
• 10th Circ. Says NAR Antitrust Suit Came Too Late
• Spotify Urges Permanent Toss Of Rapper's Bot-Streaming Suit
• Trump Pick Sets Stage For More Fights Over FCC's Power
• 'Core' Generics Leader Must Face Most AG Price-Fix Claims
• Tekion Can't Update CDK Dealer Software Monopoly Claims
• Avoiding Sponsor Conflicts As NCAA Patch Rule Takes Effect
• NCAA, Big Ten Can Move OSU Alum's NIL Pay Suit To Ohio
• Corteva Gets More Counterclaims Tossed In Seed Patent Suit
• Crabbers Say Seafood Co. Is Part Of Dungeness Price 'Cartel'
• RealPage Points To 2nd Circ. Ruling In NY Pricing Law Case
• Apparel Co. Loses Coverage Bid For Adidas Trademark Suit
• Cumulus Can't Yet Enforce Tying Injunction Against Nielsen
• Heated Cholula Fans Say McCormick Ruined Famous Sauce
• Microsoft Fights Gamer Suit Over 'Garden-Variety' Valve Deal
• FTC Tells DC Circ. No Harm From Dropped NewsGuard Probe
• NCAA Denied Pause On Eligibility Ruling Amid Appeal
• Hemp Co. Vireo Aims To Toss Ownership Contract Claims
• Drugmakers Lose 2nd Bid To Appeal Ex-Prosecutor DQ Rebuff
• CREXi Can't Stay CoStar Case For Quinn Emanuel DQ Appeal
• Michel, Startups Back Injunction Bid In Samsung Patent Case
• Tennessee Player's NCAA Antitrust Suit Put On Hold
• Verisk Told It Can't Abandon $2.35B AccuLynx Deal
• UWM Sues REIT For Over $500M, Claiming Merger Sabotage
• Rising Star: Wilkinson Stekloff's Roxana Guidero
• Fox Gives DOJ More Time To Review $22B Roku Deal
• Calif. AG Says Paramount Deal Challenge Is About Antitrust
• Simon & Simon Can Shield Some Info In Uber, FedEx Suit
• PayPoint Faces £1.5M Bill After Rival's Minimal Antitrust Win
• Mass. Judge Lets Early-Decision Antitrust Suit Proceed
• Dow, Huntsman Cut $20M Deal To End Price-Fixing Suit
• Colo. Pot Co. Says Sales Director Disloyal, Worked For Rival
• DOJ, Tenn. Require Plant Sales For CRH's $134M Asphalt Deal
• Glenmark's $29.6M Generics Price-Fixing Deal Gets 1st OK
• FTC Abandons Disparate Impact For Discrimination Cases
• Shippers, Rivals Want UP, Norfolk Southern Deal Rejected
• Football Player's Suit Targets NCAA Eligibility Review
• NCAA, Athletes Clash Over Meaning Of Colo. Eligibility Ruling
• Deal Ends Chip Patent Case After Kawasaki's $48M Trial Win
• CoStar Fights CREXi Bid To Stay Suit Over Quinn Emanuel DQ
• 5 Antitrust Lessons On Bundled Discounts After Medtronic
• Rising Star: Winston Taylor's Matt Huppert
• Eli Lilly Launches Attacks On Tirzepatide Generics
• 18 State AGs Urge Feds To Block OppFi's BNC Bank Acquisition
• Trump Picks FCC Lawyer As Agency's 3rd Republican
• Nexstar Execs Can't Be On Tegna Board, Judge Clarifies
• X Corp. Asks 5th Circ. To Revive Advertiser Boycott Suit
• Sherwin-Williams Unable To Can Co.'s Fireproof False Ad Suit
• Judge Says Comcast's Fight For Viamedia Docs Is Over
• Judge Tosses Nuclear Power Wage-Fixing Case, For Now
• Judge Sets Feb. Trial In States' Generics Price-Fixing Suit
• Justices' FTC Ruling Weakens Qui Tam's Constitutional Base
• FTC-Deere Deal Tells Cautionary Tale On Repair Access Limits
• Paramount Gets Private Warner Deal Challenge Tossed
• LIV Announces New Investor To Replace Saudis, Plans Return
• Agri Stats Deals Close Out Pork Trial
• FCC Lifts 39% Broadcast Ownership Cap In Controversial Vote
• Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Zachary Johns
• Shein Eyes $40B Valuation Via Hong Kong IPO, More Rumors
• Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk Antitrust Suit Tossed By Texas Judge
• Being A Sommelier Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Innsworth Drops Merricks Arbitration Claim After £63M Payout
• Va. Judge Sinks General Dynamics' Fee Bid For No-Poach Suit
• Judge OKs $35M Teva Deal In Delayed Generic Inhalers Suit
• Grocery Chains Accuse Refined Sugar Cos. Of Price-Fixing
• Drug Cos. Can't Trim Humana's Price-Fix Claims In Bellwether
• DOJ Pulls ISS Letter, Signals Possible Antitrust Enforcement
• Bang Energy's Ex-CEO Gets Loan Approval To Fund Defense
• CREXi Wants 9th Circ. To Undo Quinn Emanuel CoStar Row DQ
• Takeda Says Rebates, Subsidies Cut $885M IBS Drug Verdict
• Judge Tosses 'Free' Wi-Fi Calling Fraud Claim Against Carriers
• Judge Backs Magistrate Judge's Order On 3rd-Party NIL Deals
• Senate Panel Presses DOJ Antitrust Pick On Independence
• Aetna, Others Hit Pharma Cos. With Xifaxan Pay-To-Delay Suit
• Conn. Atty To Fork Over $3,500 For AI Errors In Taco TM Beef
• Card Grading Merger Suit Tests Antitrust In Niche Market
• Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Lindsey Bohl
• Revive Rx Can't End Eli Lilly's Suit Over Tirzepatide Drugs
• Fed. Circ. Told Injunction Against Samsung Is Warranted
• Google £5B Search Ads Class Action Gets Green Light
• Callaway Must Face Rival Golf Co.'s False Ad Suit, Judge Says
• AGs Can't Yet Get Discovery Into Live Nation's DOJ Deal
• 5th Circ. Hints Texas App Age-Check Law Needs More Review
• Google Accused Of Antitrust Behavior In Ad Tech Practices
• Paramount-Warner Merger Challenges Get March 2027 Trial
• Search Rival, Advocates Back DOJ Against Google In DC Circ.
• Ex-Team Owner Says PR Baseball League Can't Escape Suit
• Ace Hardware Seeks To Escape Price-Fixing Suit
• BofA, Other Banks Plan To Settle Mexican Bond-Rigging Case
• Athletes In Colo. Suit Claim NCAA Is Flouting Eligibility Order
• Paramount CEO Says Warner Challenge Is About Politics
• Why A Class Was Certified In Financial Aid Info-Sharing Case
• Rising Star: King & Spalding's Lohr Beck
• Hogan Lovells Adds Arnold & Porter Antitrust Atty In SF
• Broadcom Fails To Pause EU Demand For US-Privileged Docs
• $15M Deal In PVC Pipe Price-Fixing Case Gets Initial OK
• Amazon Delivery System Suppresses Wages, NJ AG Says
• AGs, WGA Want April Merger Trial, Paramount Wants Nov.
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Google Rival's Antitrust Suit
• Legal Questions Michigan Is Still Facing In 2026
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Football Strength Coaches Sue NCAA To Lift Hiring Cap
• NCAA Fights To Unwind Athletes' Eligibility Expansion
• Sandoz Settles States' Generics Price-Fixing Cases For $450M
• Hormel Inks Turkey Price-Fix Deal, Butterball Urged To Settle
• Mackinac Island Spurns 'Clandestine' Talks With Ferry Cos.
• FTC Deadlock Means Quantum Chips Merger Goes Untouched
• GOP Sens. Back FCC Cellphone 'Unlocking' Rules
• Wanhua To Pay $7.75M To End Polyurethane Price-Fixing Case
• Ball Aerospace Says Ex-Employees Stole Trade Secrets
• Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Alison Deich
• FTC Focus: Enforcing Vertically Integrated Operating Systems
• China's New Outbound Investment Rule Reshapes Deal Risk
• Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40