Competition

  • October 03, 2025

    The Roberts Court At 20: How The Chief Is Reshaping America

    Twenty years after John Roberts became the 17th chief justice of the United States, he faces a U.S. Supreme Court term that's looking transformative for the country and its institutions. How Justice Roberts and his colleagues navigate mounting distrust in the judiciary and set the boundaries of presidential authority appear increasingly likely to define his time leading the court.

  • October 03, 2025

    Off The Bench: QB Wins In Court, 'Poaching' Feud Heats Up

    In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA's bid to overturn a football player's eligibility falls short, a transgender athlete wants a potential landmark U.S. Supreme Court case stopped, and a $55 million feud between two athletic conferences continues.

  • October 03, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Paul Weiss, Cravath

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, video game maker Electronic Arts agrees to be acquired by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners; online mortgage giant Rocket closes its acquisition of rival Mr. Cooper Group; and Berkshire Hathaway acquires international energy company Occidental's chemical business.

  • October 02, 2025

    Landlords Will Pay $141M To Exit RealPage Rent Pricing Case

    Renters have struck over $141 million in deals with landlord companies that were accused of using property management software RealPage's algorithms to fix rent prices and are now asking a Tennessee federal court to give those settlements its blessing.

  • October 02, 2025

    Google Fights Push To Get Reports From Gov't Monopoly Suit

    Google on Thursday pushed back against a software development company's bid to make the tech giant produce expert reports used in the federal government's lawsuit that resulted in Google being deemed a monopolist in the general search market, saying the reports had no relevance to the present case.

  • October 02, 2025

    Ad Tech Judge Sees 'Tension' In Google's Economist

    A Virginia federal judge told Google's economics expert Thursday that there's "tension" in his assertions that remedies for the company's advertising placement technology monopolies must be narrowly tailored to block the particular anticompetitive findings won by the U.S. Justice Department.

  • October 02, 2025

    Zillow Seeks Info On Compass' Anywhere Deal In Antitrust Suit

    Compass Inc. and Zillow Inc., which are battling each other in an antitrust case brought by Compass, have both asked a New York federal judge to rule on Zillow's bid to obtain documents related to Compass' $1.6 billion all-stock acquisition of Anywhere Real Estate Inc.

  • October 02, 2025

    Jordan's Team Seeks Partial Antitrust Win In NASCAR Suit

    The market for auto racing that NASCAR is accused of unjustly dominating has been clearly established and the organization's monopoly power is obvious, the two auto racing teams suing it told a North Carolina federal judge in asking for partial summary judgment in their antitrust suit.

  • October 02, 2025

    HNI Gives Enforcers More Time On $2.2B Steelcase Deal

    Workplace furnishing and residential building product manufacturer HNI Corp. has given antitrust enforcers additional time to review its planned $2.2 billion purchase of office, home and learning environment solutions maker Steelcase for potential competition concerns.

  • October 02, 2025

    Merrill Lynch Raid Suit Paused For FINRA Arbitration

    A Georgia federal judge stayed Merrill Lynch's case alleging Dynasty Financial Partners, Charles Schwab and a dozen former employees conspired to start a new firm with Merrill's staff and confidential information one day after denying the company's bid for an injunction.

  • October 02, 2025

    Pac-12's Antitrust Suit Over Exit Fees Can Go On, Judge Says

    The Mountain West Conference cannot escape a lawsuit over its demand for $55 million in "poaching" fees from the Pac-12 for luring away five universities, with a California federal judge ruling that there are plausible claims that the exit fees violate antitrust laws.

  • October 02, 2025

    National Security Vets, App-Devs Back Google In Epic Fight

    A group of former national security officials and scholars is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the district court injunction requiring Google to distribute third-party app stores and allow app developers to provide alternate payment links directly to users, saying the order creates serious national and cybersecurity risks.

  • October 02, 2025

    NJ Says RealPage Price-Fixing Claims Meet 'Cartel' Standard

    The New Jersey government defended its price-fixing claims against RealPage Inc. and multiple landlords in federal court, arguing that the defendants' collusion to jack up rents represents "cartel conduct in its most traditional form."

  • October 02, 2025

    Court Warned Of Harm From Delaying Medical Device Merger

    A D.C. federal court refused to pause the Federal Trade Commission's case challenging Edwards Lifesciences Corp.'s planned acquisition of JenaValve Technology Inc. during the government shutdown after the companies argued that "time is of the essence" for a new lifesaving medical device.

  • October 02, 2025

    Cravath, Kirkland Lead Berkshire's $9.7B OxyChem Buy

    Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is set to acquire energy giant Occidental's chemical business, OxyChem, in a $9.7 billion all-cash megadeal built by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

  • October 01, 2025

    FTC Halts Fraud Complaints, Spam Call Help Amid Shutdown

    The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that none of its mechanisms for reporting fraud, including identity theft, will be available to consumers while the federal government is shut down, nor will the National Do Not Call Registry be operational for consumers or telemarketers.

  • October 01, 2025

    Tyson Inks $85M Deal To Exit Consumers' Pork Antitrust Suit

    Pork consumers asked a Minnesota federal court Wednesday to greenlight an $85 million settlement resolving their claims against Tyson Foods Inc. in major antitrust litigation alleging pork producers conspired with data firm Agri Stats Inc. to inflate pork prices by limiting the supply in the U.S. market.

  • October 01, 2025

    Economist Says Google's Ad Tech Fix Enough To Boost Rivals

    Google's expert economics witness urged a Virginia federal judge Wednesday not to break up the search giant's advertising placement technology business, arguing the company's counterproposal would free up rivals without the "market reengineering" threatened by the Justice Department's proposed remedies.

  • October 01, 2025

    Quantum Can't Nix FTC Order Over $5.2B Natural Gas Deal

    Quantum Energy Partners is not going to be allowed out from under a consent order it inked with the Federal Trade Commission that had allowed a $5.2 billion oil and gas deal with EQT Corp. to go through, the agency has announced.

  • October 01, 2025

    HP Ditches Antitrust Suit Over Third-Party Ink, For Now

    HP customers accusing the printer maker of illegally using a firmware update to block them from using third-party ink cartridges in their machines have not outlined a viable antitrust claim to pursue, but they can try again, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.

  • October 01, 2025

    Eli Lilly's Drug Suit Slammed As 'Anti-Competitive' Move

    Eli Lilly and Co.'s lawsuit accusing a compounding pharmacy of unlawfully selling untested weight loss drugs should be tossed because the drugmaker didn't show its advertising was deceptive or harmful, the defendant told a Texas federal court this week.

  • October 01, 2025

    Temu Antitrust Claims Nixed, Copyright Claims Get Go-Ahead

    Major fast fashion company Shein has convinced a D.C. federal judge to slim down a lawsuit brought by its main rival Temu, which accuses Shein of spamming it with copyright takedown requests.

  • October 01, 2025

    States Accuse Zillow, Redfin Of Deal To End Competition

    A coalition of states followed their federal counterparts with an antitrust lawsuit in Virginia federal court Wednesday accusing Zillow of paying Redfin more than $100 million to stop competing for the sale of rental housing advertisements on their listing services.

  • October 01, 2025

    Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

    The Federal Trade Commission put the final tweaks on its deal allowing a $13.5 billion merger of marketing companies to move ahead and pushed its bid to block a merger in the medical device coatings industry, while U.K. enforcers launched a number of merger probes.

  • October 01, 2025

    6th Circ. Axes NCAA Appeal After Waiver Keeps QB Playing

    The NCAA's appeal of the injunction that allowed Vanderbilt University's Diego Pavia to play football this season was dismissed Wednesday by a unanimous Sixth Circuit panel that raised several ongoing antitrust concerns about college sports.

Expert Analysis

  • And Now A Word From The Panel: Back In Action

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    A lack of new petitions at the May hearing session of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation caught many observers' attention — but a rapid uptick in petitions scheduled to be heard at this week's session illustrates how panel activity always ebbs and flows, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Learning From Failure

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    While law school often focuses on the importance of precision, correctness and perfection, mistakes are inevitable in real-world practice — but failure is not the opposite of progress, and real talent comes from the ability to recover, rethink and reshape, says Brooke Pauley at Tucker Ellis.

  • AI Infrastructure Growth Brings Unique IP Considerations

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    The explosive rise of artificial intelligence has triggered an equally dramatic transformation in the supporting infrastructure required to meet growing AI demand, and the technology used in these data centers has its own intellectual property considerations to navigate, says Vincent Allen at Carstens Allen.

  • Legal Ops, Compliance Increasingly Vital To Antitrust Strategy

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    With deal timelines tightening and disclosure requirements intensifying, legal operations and compliance teams are becoming critical drivers of premerger strategy, cross-functional alignment and regulatory credibility, says Alexander Lima at Wesco International.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: From ATF Director To BigLaw

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    As a two-time boomerang partner, returning to BigLaw after stints as a U.S. attorney and the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, people ask me how I know when to move on, but there’s no single answer — just clearly set your priorities, says Steven Dettelbach at BakerHostetler.

  • New DOJ Penalty Policy Could Spell Trouble For Cos.

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    In light of the U.S. Department of Justice’s recently published guidance making victim relief a core condition of coordinated resolution crediting, companies facing parallel investigations must carefully calibrate their negotiation strategies to minimize the risk of duplicative penalties, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Rule 23 Class Certification Matters In Settlements, Too

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Trump v. CASA Inc. highlighted requirements for certifying classes for litigation in federal court, but counsel must also understand how Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure may affect certifying classes for settlement purposes, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Opinion

    DOJ's HPE-Juniper Settlement Will Help US Compete

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    The U.S. Department of Justice settlement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise clears the purchase of Juniper Networks in a deal that positions the U.S. as a leader in secure, scalable networking and critical digital infrastructure by requiring the divestiture of a WiFi network business geared toward small firms, says John Shu at Taipei Medical University.

  • Series

    Playing Baseball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing baseball in college, and now Wiffle ball in a local league, has taught me that teamwork, mental endurance and emotional intelligence are not only important to success in the sport, but also to success as a trial attorney, says Kevan Dorsey at Swift Currie.

  • What Cos. Must Note From EU's Delivery Hero-Glovo Ruling

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    The European Commission’s recent landmark decision in Delivery Hero-Glovo, sanctioning companies for the first time over a stand-alone no-poach cartel agreement, underscores the potential antitrust risks of horizontal cross-ownership between competitors, say lawyers at McDermott.

  • Building Better Earnouts In The Current M&A Climate

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    In the face of market uncertainty, we've seen a continued reliance on earnouts in M&A deals so far this year, but to reduce the risk of related litigation, it's important to use objective standards, apply company metrics cautiously and ensure short time periods, among other best practices, say attorneys at White & Case.

  • Managing Risks As State AGs Seek To Fill Enforcement Gap

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    Given an unprecedented surge in state attorney general activity resulting from significant shifts in federal enforcement priorities, companies must consider tailored strategies for navigating the ever-evolving risk landscape, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion

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    In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.

  • A Look At Trump 2.0 Antitrust Enforcement So Far

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    The first six months of President Donald Trump's second administration were marked by aggressive antitrust enforcement tempered by traditional structural remedies for mergers, but other unprecedented actions, like the firing of Federal Trade Commission Democrats, will likely stoke heated discussion ahead, says Richard Dagen at Axinn.

  • Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss

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    Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

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