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July 13, 2026
Loctite maker Henkel's planned $725 million acquisition of Liquid Nails would create a construction adhesives market behemoth with a "staggering" 80% retail share, the Federal Trade Commission told a Manhattan federal judge Monday as it challenges the deal.
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July 13, 2026
A dozen Democratic attorneys general on Monday sought to block Paramount Skydance's proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing in a California federal court challenge that the deal threatens competition for film distribution and basic cable.
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July 13, 2026
Power cable giant Nexans cannot challenge an order to pay the developers of the London Array wind farm £10.6 million ($14.2 million) over inflated high-voltage cable prices, as a London appeals court has ruled that Nexans' participation in a cartel had to be taken as a "hard fact."
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July 10, 2026
"Luxury lookalike" retailer Quince has asked a California federal judge to order Deckers Outdoor Corp. to pay $1.8 million in legal fees and costs in what it called an "exceptional" case after a jury found Deckers' design patent for its Ugg Classic Ultra Mini Boot was invalid.
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July 10, 2026
A California federal judge has scheduled an early July 2027 trial date in DirecTV and a coalition of states' lawsuit seeking to stop Nexstar Media Group Inc.'s integration with rival broadcast company Tegna Inc.
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July 10, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission are confronting claims that federal antitrust enforcement is petering out even as the agencies' dockets in 2026 include actions against hospital systems' demands on insurers, rental home listings, protein industry data and criminal prosecutions.
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July 10, 2026
Three groups told the Federal Communications Commission that Verizon failed to address shortcomings in the agency's decision to approve its $1 billion takeover of onetime rival UScellular's spectrum in a June filing.
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July 10, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice urged a Ninth Circuit panel to reject a Las Vegas home nursing executive's appeal of its first-ever criminal wage-fixing conviction, defending its trial characterization of a leniency deal with a cooperating company and the inclusion of the executive's statement likening nurses to prostitutes.
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July 10, 2026
The Fourth Circuit on Friday wiped out a contempt order against a Womble Bond Dickinson partner that temporarily barred him from practicing in the Western District of North Carolina, characterizing the sanction as "extreme" and "overtly punitive."
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July 10, 2026
An insurance broker urged a Texas federal court to dismiss it from litigation alleging a group of insurers conspired to set unreasonable terms for surety bonds, arguing an oil company behind the suit failed to demonstrate the broker had a role in what the company alleged was a scheme.
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July 10, 2026
College athletes looking to monetize their name, image and likeness under a historic antitrust settlement have asked a California federal judge to relax oversight of third-party brand deals, arguing that increased scrutiny is undermining the agreement.
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July 10, 2026
The past week in London has seen lawyer Ian Rosenblatt launch legal action against music mogul Simon Cowell, Boohoo face a fresh investor claim after previously facing allegations that it feigned ignorance of labor abuses in its supply chain, and an ex-Tory MP and his chief of staff sued by their former employer. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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July 10, 2026
The European Union said Friday that it has preliminarily found Meta Platforms Inc.'s Instagram and Facebook breach the bloc's landmark Digital Services Act because of design features they say encourage addictive use, particularly among children and vulnerable adults.
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July 09, 2026
The D.C. Circuit said Thursday it is not going to block the Federal Communications Commission's approval of Nexstar's $6.2 billion acquisition of Tegna while everyone from satellite companies to cable groups to state enforcers sue to stop the merger they say will harm competition.
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July 09, 2026
An Ohio state judge on Thursday preliminarily blocked the National Collegiate Athletic Association from enforcing its newly approved eligibility rules against 24 college basketball players who claim that the rules unjustly exclude them by barring athletes who began college in 2022 from playing a fifth season.
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July 09, 2026
The NCAA's recent change in traditional eligibility limits, amid ongoing state and federal lawsuits from athletes seeking compensation, continues to dominate the college sports landscape as the second half of 2026 begins.
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July 09, 2026
Fragrance ingredient-makers accused of fixing prices are asking a New Jersey federal court to nix the claims, arguing that a hybrid relationship among suppliers is not illegal on its face and would need to be analyzed for its impact on competition.
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July 09, 2026
Regeneron has told a Delaware federal judge there is new reason to preserve its $407 million win against Amgen over cholesterol drug bundling after a California federal judge found in an analogous case that the plaintiff need not prove the defendant had monopoly power over every item in a bundle.
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July 09, 2026
A North Carolina federal judge refused Thursday to tee up trial in the Federal Trade Commission case accusing Syngenta and Corteva of using loyalty rebate schemes to block competition from rival generic pesticides, preferring to wait until he's heard, and likely ruled on, company motions to nix the allegations.
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July 09, 2026
A California federal judge has thrown out a suit accusing Japanese audio tech giant Roland Corp. of infringing a patent on a device used to tune guitars and other musical instruments, finding the claims aren't patent eligible.
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July 09, 2026
The Third Circuit Thursday appeared skeptical of Caterpillar Inc.'s argument that a lower court's decision to vacate $100 million in damages awarded to a defunct equipment importer should stand, suggesting the heavy equipment maker's argument would foreclose new businesses from ever receiving lost profits.
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July 09, 2026
Three college football players who are part of a suit challenging the NCAA's now updated eligibility rules want a Tennessee federal court to reverse itself and allow them to play this season, arguing that the new five-year rule unjustly excludes them.
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July 09, 2026
Retired U.S. Circuit Judge Paul R. Michel is backing Amgen against Sandoz's Fourth Circuit appeal, arguing in an amicus brief that the final say over now-nixed allegations of blocked biosimilar competition to arthritis drug Enbrel came when Amgen successfully sued Sandoz for patent infringement.
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July 09, 2026
Google filed a trademark infringement suit in Florida federal court Thursday alleging an electronics accessories company is selling counterfeit charging devices bearing its "Google" mark and had gone so far as to unsuccessfully apply for a "blatant imitation of Google's G logo" trademark at one point, before abandoning it.
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July 09, 2026
When Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr. quietly took over direct oversight late last month of the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, there was no formal announcement, no White House action or U.S. Senate consultation, and little to signal what lies ahead.