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October 08, 2025
Jones Day, Kirkland Guide TopBuild's $1B Insulation Biz Buy
TopBuild Corp., an installer and distributor of insulation and related building materials in North America, said Wednesday it has acquired Specialty Products and Insulation for $1 billion in cash, with Jones Day advising TopBuild and Kirkland & Ellis LLP guiding SPI.
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October 08, 2025
'I Don't Want To Be A Referee,' Google Search Judge Says
A D.C. federal judge faced the prospect Wednesday of years more involvement in the U.S. Justice Department's case against Google's search monopoly, saying during a hearing that he's trying to balance avoiding being a "referee" for his remedies decision while preventing "misuses" of data sharing and search syndication mandates.
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October 08, 2025
Judge OKs Amazon's Evidence Clawback In Antitrust Suits
Amazon can claw back certain documents it handed over during discovery in a series of antitrust lawsuits alleging the company's merchant policies artificially raised market prices, a Seattle federal judge has ruled, rejecting objections raised by consumers suing the e-commerce giant.
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October 08, 2025
Del. Judge May Have Mallinckrodt Choose: Injunction Or $10M
A Delaware federal judge said he might ask Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals to choose between getting a competitor's inhaled nitric oxide treatment enjoined, or receiving the entire $9.5 million a jury determined it's owed for infringement.
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October 08, 2025
NCAA Denies It Has NIL Data Rutgers Football Player Seeks
The NCAA cannot turn over name, image and likeness information on a Rutgers University athlete bidding to continue playing football this season because the organization does not receive or have access to it, an attorney told a New Jersey federal judge.
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October 08, 2025
NASCAR Antitrust Case Judge Agrees To Settlement Talks
A North Carolina federal judge is asking NASCAR and two of its teams to appear in his courtroom with their chosen mediator after the private stock car racing company requested a judicial settlement conference to try to resolve their antitrust fight ahead of trial.
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October 08, 2025
DOJ Asks For Stay In PVC Antitrust Case Amid Criminal Probe
The U.S. Department of Justice is asking an Illinois federal court to pause discovery in a case accusing polyvinyl chloride pipe manufacturers of using a commodity pricing service to exchange information and fix prices while a grand jury investigates the alleged activity.
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October 08, 2025
Landlord Loses Bid To Depose DC In RealPage Case
A District of Columbia Superior Court judge has rejected a landlord's bid to depose D.C. for the city's rent price-fixing suit against property management software company RealPage Inc. and multiple landlords.
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October 07, 2025
Bausch And Teva Blocked Cheaper IBS Drug, Retailers Say
A slew of retailers on Tuesday accused Bausch Health Cos. Inc. and Teva Pharmaceuticals of working together to keep the generic version of an irritable bowel syndrome drug off the market until 2028, forcing the retailers and other purchasers of the drug to pay monopoly prices.
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October 07, 2025
Mortgage Giants Shared Data To Fix Rates, Homeowners Say
A proposed class of homeowners has launched a sweeping class action against Rocket Mortgage, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and more than two dozen other mortgage lenders, accusing them of conspiring through Optimal Blue's pricing software to secretly share sensitive data and fix mortgage rates nationwide, allegedly inflating costs and deepening the U.S. housing affordability crisis.
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October 07, 2025
Cabinetry Co. Refiles $3.6B Merger To Give FTC More Time
Kitchen cabinet and vanity manufacturer American Woodmark Corp. has withdrawn and refiled its intent to merge with MasterBrand in a $3.6 billion deal in order to give the Federal Trade Commission more time to scrutinize the deal for competition concerns.
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October 07, 2025
Chanel, The RealReal Fail To Reach Settlement In TM Feud
Fashion house Chanel and used-items retailer The RealReal Inc. have told a Manhattan federal judge they haven't been able to reach a settlement on Chanel's claims of trademark infringement despite, as The RealReal's attorneys put it, significant efforts being expended to try to reach a compromise.
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October 07, 2025
Marijuana Vape Antitrust Actions Consolidated In Calif.
Five proposed antitrust class actions brought by buyers of CCell brand cannabis vape accusing the Chinese manufacturers and U.S. distributors of organizing a price-fixing scheme will be consolidated in California federal court, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has determined.
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October 07, 2025
NCAA Seeks Toss Of Tenn. Basketball Player's Antitrust Suit
The NCAA is asking a Tennessee federal judge to toss the antitrust lawsuit of a basketball player hoping to skirt the organization's eligibility rules, arguing the Sixth Circuit has already indicated the bylaw is not commercial in nature.
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October 07, 2025
Apple Seeks To Toss IPhone, Watch Buyers' Antitrust Suits
Apple has asked a New Jersey federal court to toss multidistrict antitrust litigation brought by iPhone and Apple Watch buyers, arguing that while they "try in vain to invent" theories about how Apple charges monopoly prices the inflation-adjusted price of the latest iPhone is nearly the same as the first model.
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October 07, 2025
Premera Defends IBS Drug Antitrust Claims Against Takeda
Health insurers and self-insured employers represented by Premera Blue Cross urged a Massachusetts federal judge not to nix a series of state law antitrust claims from the broader certified class action accusing Takeda Pharmaceutical of paying Par Pharmaceuticals to delay generic competition to anticonstipation drug Amitiza.
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October 07, 2025
NASCAR Seeks Judge-Led Settlement Talks In Antitrust Row
Just eight weeks before a highly publicized antitrust battle between NASCAR and two of its teams heads to trial, the private stock car racing company asked a North Carolina federal court for a judicial settlement conference, noting the parties have "exhausted" alternative options.
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October 07, 2025
DOJ Backs Patent Rights In Disney's Streaming Antitrust Case
The U.S. Department of Justice urged a Delaware federal court to ensure wireless technology company InterDigital's patent rights are protected when it assesses Disney's antitrust case accusing the company of monopolizing video streaming technology.
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October 07, 2025
Comcast Wins PTAB Fight Against Entropic Receiver Patent
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has found that an Entropic Communications LLC television receiver patent challenged by Comcast is invalid, about a month after the board found that claims in two other patents were also unpatentable.
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October 07, 2025
Price-Fixing Judge Rejects Recusal Bid As Insincere
A Minnesota federal judge on Tuesday refused to recuse himself from consolidated private price-fixing litigation against a raft of pork producers, saying the defense's claims of bias due to one of his clerks' internships for plaintiff firms are a "fabricated" claim of impropriety.
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October 07, 2025
Zillow Can See Anywhere Deal Docs In Compass Antitrust Suit
A New York federal judge partially approved real estate listings company Zillow Inc.'s discovery motion in brokerage Compass Inc.'s antitrust suit over Zillow's listings policy, ruling that Compass must provide Zillow with specific documents related to its $1.6 billion all-stock acquisition of Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
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October 07, 2025
Bondi Declines To Discuss James Comey Indictment
Appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi deflected when questioned on the recent indictment of former FBI Director James Comey and other controversies involving the U.S. Department of Justice.
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October 07, 2025
Willkie Adds Ex-Asst. Solicitor General As Group Head
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has added a former assistant to the solicitor general as its new firmwide chair of appeals and strategic motions practice group, the firm announced Tuesday.
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October 07, 2025
Class Reps Vie To Bring Rival Ad-Price Claims Against Google
A former judge and a competition law scholar on Tuesday fought to bring rival multibillion-pound class actions against Google over allegedly unfair advertising pricing practices, each arguing at a London tribunal that they would be the better candidate to take on the tech giant.
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October 07, 2025
Europe Clears €1.4B Buyout Of Irish Hotel Group
Irish hotel group Dalata said Tuesday that Europe's competition authority has given the green light to a €1.4 billion ($1.6 billion) planned takeover of the company, paving the way for the deal to be sanctioned by an Irish court.
Expert Analysis
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Ruling Puts 11th Circ. At Odds With Bankruptcy Courts
While an Eleventh Circuit majority recently found in BenShot v. 2 Monkey Trading and Lucky Shot USA that corporate debtors, like individuals, face certain exceptions to discharge under a nonconsensual Subchapter V plan, the ruling not only reverses the lower court, but opposes the holdings of many other bankruptcy courts, say attorneys at McDermott.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Make A Deal
Preparing lawyers for the nuances of a transactional practice is not a strong suit for most law schools, but, in practice, there are six principles that can help young M&A lawyers become seasoned, trusted deal advisers, says Chuck Morton at Venable.
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Annual Report Shows CFIUS Extending Its Reach In 2024
The recently released 2024 annual report from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States reveals record civil penalties and enhanced internal capabilities, illustrating expanding jurisdiction and an increasing appetite for enforcement actions, says Nathan Fisher at StoneTurn.
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A New IP Game Plan For College Football Players
For college stars navigating their first season under the newly implemented settlement in House v. NCAA and new NFL recruits, securing trademark rights isn't just a savvy business move — it's essential for building and protecting a personal brand that can outlast their playing days, says Ryan Loveless at CM Law.
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From Clerkship To Law Firm: 5 Transition Tips For Associates
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Transitioning from a judicial clerkship to an associate position at a law firm may seem daunting, but by using knowledge gained while clerking, being mindful of key differences and taking advantage of professional development opportunities, these attorneys can flourish in private practice, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Associates Can Earn Credibility By Investing In Relationships
As the class of 2025 prepares to join law firms this fall, new associates must adapt to office dynamics and establish credible reputations — which require quiet, consistent relationship-building skills as much as legal acumen, says Kyle Forges at Bast Amron.
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Opinion
The Fallout Of Drake's Defamation Suit Against UMG
Hip-hop duo Clipse's recent comeback was caught in the undertow of the ongoing Drake v. Universal Music Group defamation litigation, which points to the troubling possibility that if labels can be held liable for promoting allegedly defamatory lyrics, they may preemptively sanitize content to avoid lawsuits, says Henry Williams IV at Gordon Rees.
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Filing Clarifies FTC, DOJ's Passive Investment Stance
The antitrust agencies' statement of interest filed in Texas v. Blackrock clarifies that certain forms of corporate governance engagement are permissible under the "solely for investment" exemption, a move that offers guidance for passive investors but also signals new scrutiny of coordinated engagement, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Lessons From 7th Circ.'s Deleted Chat Sanctions Ruling
The Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Pable v. Chicago Transit Authority, affirming the dismissal of an ex-employee’s retaliation claims, highlights the importance of properly handling the preservation of ephemeral messages and clarifies key sanctions issues, says Philip Favro at Favro Law.
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Opinion
Sometimes Int'l Competition Should Trump Antitrust Concerns
The U.S. Justice Department's approval of HPE's $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks shows that a merger that significantly enhances innovation and competitiveness may serve consumer and national interests despite marginally increasing industry concentration, says John Reeves at Reeves Law.
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Series
Quilting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Turning intricate patterns of fabric and thread into quilts has taught me that craftsmanship, creative problem-solving and dedication to incremental progress are essential to creating something lasting that will help another person — just like in law, says Veronica McMillan at Kramon & Graham.
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A Look At Robinson-Patman Enforcement In The MLM Industry
The Federal Trade Commission's recent focus on price discrimination in high-profile speeches and litigation suggests a renewed interest around Robinson-Patman Act enforcement, particularly in multilevel marketing, making it an apt time for direct sellers to audit their pricing, say Katrina Eash at Winston & Strawn and Juliet Belling Warren and Branko Jovanovic at Edgeworth Economics.
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What 2 Profs Noticed As Transactional Law Students Used AI
After a semester using generative artificial intelligence tools with students in an entrepreneurship law clinic, we came away with numerous observations about the opportunities and challenges such tools present to new transactional lawyers, say professors at Cornell Law School.
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State AGs Are Turning Up The Antitrust Heat On ESG Actions
Recent antitrust developments from red state attorneys general continue a trend of environmental, social and governance scrutiny, and businesses exposed to these areas should conduct close examinations of strategy and potential material risk, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Rebuttal
BigLaw Settlements Should Not Spur Ethics Deregulation
A recent Law360 op-ed argued that loosening law firm funding restrictions would make BigLaw firms less inclined to settle with the Trump administration, but deregulating legal financing ethics may well prove to be not merely ineffective, but counterproductive, says Laurel Kilgour at the American Economic Liberties Project.