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Trials & Mixed Outcomes Defined Antitrust Enforcers' 2025
U.S. antitrust enforcers took three high-profile cases against major technology platforms to trial this year, and that was just part of a government campaign that alleged a range of transgressions — including monopolistic conduct, algorithmic price-fixing and anticompetitive agreements — and netted one high-profile victory and several major setbacks.
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January 06, 2026
FTC Urges DC Circ. To Unblock Media Matters Probe
The Federal Trade Commission told the D.C. Circuit the agency's investigation into left-leaning watchdog Media Matters for America is about potential collusion in the advertising industry, not retaliation for reporting on Nazi content, and said a lower court was wrong to block the probe.
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January 06, 2026
Zillow, Redfin Fight FTC's Bid For More Discovery Time
Zillow Group Inc., Zillow Inc. and Redfin Corp. are urging a Virginia federal court to reject a bid for more discovery time filed by the Federal Trade Commission and multiple states for their combined antitrust suit against the two property listing companies.
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January 05, 2026
Lumen Says Telecom Charged It Tariffs For Toll-Free Calls
Lumen, a trio of telecommunications carriers, filed a federal lawsuit in Colorado on Wednesday against telecom carrier Onvoy LLC alleging the Minnesota-based firm is improperly charging it tariffs on toll-free calls.
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January 05, 2026
3rd Circ. Won't Reconsider Burford German Arbitration Fight
The Third Circuit has denied litigation funder Burford Capital's request that the appeals court revisit its decision dismissing on jurisdictional grounds the funder's bid to arbitrate a dispute relating to German antitrust litigation.
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January 05, 2026
Groups Urge FCC To Deny $6.2B Nexstar-Tegna Merger Deal
Public interest groups, labor organizations and satellite companies are asking the Federal Communications Commission not to grant TV station giant Nexstar's request to approve its $6.2 billion plan to merge with rival Tegna in a deal that would breach the agency's national ownership cap.
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January 05, 2026
Fed. Circ. Examines Timing Of $452M Trade Secrets Suit
A Federal Circuit panel delved into the statute of limitations for trade secrets cases Monday, pressing an attorney for a South Korean company seeking to reverse a verdict that prompted a $452 million jury award to explain why the clock should start when a plaintiff suspects misappropriation rather than when it is actually discovered.
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January 05, 2026
Quince Moves To Toss Williams Sonoma's False Ad Suit
Quince urged a California federal court on Friday to dismiss Williams-Sonoma Inc.'s lawsuit that accuses the online retailer of trying to dupe consumers into believing its goods are the same as Williams Sonoma's products at discounted prices, saying Williams Sonoma's complaint cuts out "key context" regarding Quince's ads.
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January 05, 2026
Naval Architecture Firm Resolves Engineers' No-Poach Claims
A naval architecture and marine engineering firm has settled claims it participated in an illegal conspiracy to suppress wages alongside some of the country's biggest warship makers, according to recent federal court filings.
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January 05, 2026
Express Scripts Wants FTC Atty Views On Insulin Prices
Express Scripts is seeking to force an attorney from the Federal Trade Commission to sit for a deposition in the agency's case accusing pharmacy benefit managers of inflating insulin prices, saying the commission's own attorneys acknowledge that manufacturers cause higher prices.
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January 05, 2026
Chancery Rejects BankUnited's Employee Poaching Claims
The Delaware Chancery Court has denied BankUnited's attempt to block former executives and rival Customers Bank from recruiting employees and pursuing business in the title-services market, finding that the lender failed to show it was likely to win on any of its contract or fiduciary-duty claims.
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January 05, 2026
Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
Prolonged Federal Trade Commission reviews forced the abandonment of two mergers, the U.S. Department of Justice sparred with Live Nation and defended a merger settlement, and both agencies agreed to let multibillion-dollar transactions move forward. Here, Law360 looks at the major merger review developments from December.
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January 05, 2026
Dish Hits Disney With Antitrust Counterclaims In Sling TV Row
Dish Network hit back Friday in New York federal court against ESPN and Disney in a breach of contract dispute over Dish's limited access passes on Sling TV, filing antitrust counterclaims accusing Disney of forcing it to carry less desirable channels in order to gain access to the "must-have" ESPN.
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January 05, 2026
Aetna Drug Price-Fixing Suit Against Pharma Cos. Paused
A judge has paused Aetna Inc.'s Connecticut Superior Court lawsuit accusing nearly two dozen pharmaceutical companies of fixing the prices of generic drugs, refusing drugmakers' bids to dismiss the case but agreeing to put it on hold pending the outcomes of similar cases in other jurisdictions.
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January 05, 2026
Airline Industry Group Challenges Michigan Sick Leave Law
A national airline trade group is challenging a Michigan law requiring employers to provide workers with earned sick time, telling a Michigan federal court that the measure is preempted by federal law and weakens the airlines' collective bargaining agreements.
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January 05, 2026
No More Rush, Wrestler Says In Dropping NCAA Injunction Bid
The Cuban-born wrestler challenging the NCAA's ruling that his eligibility has expired has dropped his attempt to compete this season, telling an Iowa federal judge that the season will end before a ruling on his injunction request could be made.
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January 05, 2026
Perplexity Says Reddit Data-Scraping Claims Not Directed At It
Perplexity AI Inc. has told a New York federal judge it should be released from a suit where Reddit Inc. likened the AI startup and three data-scraping companies to bank robbers, saying the social media site had only made allegations of improper data procuring against the scraping companies and not Perplexity itself.
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January 05, 2026
Ind. Sues Eli Lilly Over 'Grossly Inflated' Insulin Prices
Indiana's attorney general on Monday announced a state court suit against Eli Lilly alleging it schemed to artificially inflate the price of insulin, saying the litigation follows two years of ultimately unsuccessful attempts to resolve the matter without litigation against the drug manufacturer.
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January 05, 2026
ITC Probing Claims Of Unfairly Priced Mexican Strawberries
The U.S. International Trade Commission announced Monday that it is investigating allegations made by a coalition of Florida farms that imported Mexican winter strawberries are being sold at less than fair value.
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January 05, 2026
Insurer Says AAA Flouting Exclusivity Pact In Mass.
Massachusetts insurer MAPFRE has alleged in a state court complaint that AAA Northeast is violating a joint marketing agreement valued at more than $200 million a year in order to sell its own affiliated insurance product.
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January 05, 2026
BlueScope Working With HSF Kramer To Evaluate $8.8B Bid
BlueScope Steel said Monday it is reviewing a roughly 13.2 billion Australian dollar ($8.8 billion) takeover proposal from a consortium led by SGH Ltd. and U.S.-based Steel Dynamics Inc., noting that it is working with law firm Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP on the matter.
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January 02, 2026
Trump Tells HieFo To Divest Chip Assets, Citing Security Risks
President Donald Trump on Friday ordered California-based high-efficiency photonics company HieFo Corp. to divest digital chips and wafer assets it bought from Emcore Corp., saying a Chinese citizen's control of HieFo poses national security risks.
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January 02, 2026
McDonald's Resolves Long-Running No-Poach Antitrust Case
McDonald's has resolved yearslong antitrust litigation brought by workers over the fast-food chain's past use of no-poach provisions in its franchise agreements, according to a brief notice filed in Chicago federal court.
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January 02, 2026
Turkey Antitrust Judge Urges Deal Talks 'One Last Time'
The Illinois federal judge overseeing consolidated antitrust litigation against poultry producers has urged the parties to "one last time" consider settling, citing the cost, time and resources associated with the dispute and saying they shouldn't "be stubborn about their positions."
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January 02, 2026
Ticketmaster Accused Of Monopoly Tactics By Ex-Startup
Titan of the concert and venue industry Ticketmaster and its owner Live Nation have been slapped with an antitrust lawsuit by a shuttered startup that claims it had to sell itself for parts after the larger companies' anticompetitive practices drove it out of the ticketing business.
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January 02, 2026
AGs Get DOJ-HPE Docs, But Not Internal Gov't Comms
The U.S. Department of Justice and Hewlett Packard Enterprise must produce all the communications between them discussing the settlement resolving a DOJ merger challenge, a California federal judge ruled Wednesday, giving a coalition of Democratic attorneys general an important but not unlimited peek into the controversial deal.
Editor's Picks
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What To Expect From The Competition Appeal Tribunal In 2026
With a new president at the helm, potential government reform and a crowded trial calendar, lawyers say the next 12 months will see a Competition Appeal Tribunal with a more disciplined judicial culture.
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Antitrust Cases Ahead: Live Nation, Middleman On Trial
The U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission enter 2026 with decisions to make about how to regroup after coming up short in major cases against Google and Meta Platforms.
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Merger Settlements Keep Rolling, With A Hitch
The U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission took a more business friendly approach to merger reviews in 2025 than the previous administration, with a string of settlements allowing deals to move ahead without a challenge.
Expert Analysis
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Key Trends In Healthcare Antitrust In 2025
The healthcare industry braced for significant antitrust enforcement shifts last year driven by a change in administration, and understanding the implications of these trends is critical for healthcare organizations' risk management and strategic decision-making in the year ahead, say attorneys at Michael Best.
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Preparing For Congressional Investigations In A Midterm Year
2026 will be a consequential year for congressional oversight as the upcoming midterm elections may yield bolder investigations and more aggressive state attorneys general coalitions, so companies should consider adopting risk management measures to get ahead of potential changes, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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What 2025 Enforcement Actions Show About FERC's Priorities
A review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's 2025 enforcement record suggests that this year, the commission will persist in holding market participants to their commitments, and continue active market surveillance and close cooperation with market monitors, says Ruta Skucas at Crowell & Moring.
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Top 5 Antitrust Issues For In-House Counsel To Watch In 2026
With Trump administration enforcement policy having largely taken shape last year, antitrust issues that in-house counsel should have on the radar range from scrutiny of technology-assisted pricing to the return of merger remedies, say attorneys at Squire Patton.
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4 Developments That Defined The 2025 Ethics Landscape
The legal profession spent 2025 at the edge of its ethical comfort zone as courts, firms and regulators confronted how fast-moving technologies and new business models collide with long-standing professional duties, signaling that the profession is entering a period of sustained disruption that will continue into 2026, says Hilary Gerzhoy at HWG Law.
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Navigating AI In The Legal Industry
As artificial intelligence becomes an increasingly integral part of legal practice, Law360 guest commentary this year examined evolving ethical obligations, how the plaintiffs bar is using AI to level the playing field against corporate defense teams, and the attendant risks of adoption.
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A 6th Circ. Snapshot: 3 Cases That Defined 2025
With more than a thousand opinions issued this year, three rulings from the Sixth Circuit stood out for the impact they'll have on the practice of civil procedure, including a net neutrality decision, a class certification standards ruling and an opinion about vulgarity in school, say attorneys at Ice Miller.
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How Fractional GCs Can Manage Risks Of Engagement
As more organizations eliminate their in-house legal departments in favor of outsourcing legal work, fractional general counsel roles offer practitioners an engaging and flexible way to practice at a high level, but they can also present legal, ethical and operational risks that must be proactively managed, say attorneys at Boies Schiller.
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Changes In Crypto, Cybersecurity Defined NY Banking In 2025
The major takeaways from 2025 in New York banking policy involve updated guidance, regulations and requirements primarily affecting innovation and digital banking, in areas such as cybersecurity, virtual currencies, and buy now, pay later programs, say attorneys at Steptoe.
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M&A Midmarket Shows Resilience Amid 2025 Challenges
Midmarket mergers and acquisitions showed a slight decline in volume but climbed in value for much of 2025, particularly in the private equity space, indicating that the middle market M&A environment is cautious but steady heading into 2026, say attorneys at Stoel Rives.
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Del. Dispatch: Key 2025 Corporate Cases And Trends To Know
The Delaware corporate legal landscape saw notable changes in 2025, spurred by amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, ubiquitous artificial intelligence fervor, boardroom discussion around DExit, record shareholder activism activity and an arguably more expansive view of potential Caremark liability, say attorneys at Fried Frank.
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Series
Nature Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Nature photography reminds me to focus on what is in front of me and to slow down to achieve success, and, in embracing the value of viewing situations through different lenses, offers skills transferable to the practice of law, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing.
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How Cos. Can Roll With NY's New Algorithmic Pricing Rules
Despite uncertainty from New York’s new ban on artificial intelligence and computer algorithms for setting rents, and efforts to further restrict individualizing prices based on consumers' personal data, property managers, software providers and merchants can take several steps to stay compliant, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving
Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady.
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Opinion
A Uniform Federal Rule Would Curb Gen AI Missteps In Court
To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.