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May 12, 2025
Calif. Tribe Can't Halt Decision On $700M Casino, Feds Say
The U.S. Department of the Interior has urged a D.C. federal court to reject a California tribe's bid to temporarily block the department's decision to rescind gambling eligibility for a $700 million casino project.
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May 12, 2025
Will Justices Finally Rein In Universal Injunctions?
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to address for the first time Thursday the propriety of universal injunctions, a tool federal judges have increasingly used to broadly halt presidential orders and policy initiatives, and whose validity has haunted the high court's merits and emergency dockets for more than a decade.
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May 09, 2025
J&J Co.'s Catheter Policy Limited Choices, Doc Testifies
The chief of cardiovascular medicine at healthcare network HonorHealth took the stand Friday in Innovative Health's antitrust case against Johnson & Jonhson unit Biosense Webster, telling a California federal jury that Biosense's refusal to provide clinical support for hospitals that used third-party reprocessed catheters limited physician choice.
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May 09, 2025
FTC Says Amazon Hid Doc Calling Bezos 'Dark Arts Officer'
The Federal Trade Commission has urged a Seattle federal court to impose punitive sanctions on Amazon in the commission's lawsuit accusing the e-commerce giant of trapping consumers into Prime subscriptions, saying Amazon withheld tens of thousands of documents in bad faith by baselessly claiming the documents were privileged.
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May 09, 2025
Pathology Lab Urges 8th Circ. Not To Revive Antitrust Claims
Iowa Pathology Associates told the Eighth Circuit a lower court was right to toss a rival lab's case accusing it of monopolizing the market because the claims are really about the lab's failure to attract enough clients from the competing practice to achieve its expected profits.
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May 09, 2025
Split 4th Circ. Revives Naval Engineers' No-Poach Case
A split Fourth Circuit panel Friday revived a putative class action accusing major shipbuilders and naval engineering consultants of an illegal "no-poach" conspiracy, with the majority holding that just because the alleged conspirators never formalized their purported agreements in writing, it doesn't mean the conspiracy can't be unlawful.
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May 09, 2025
Energy Group Backs States' BlackRock Coal Investments Suit
An energy industry advocacy group backed Texas and several other states' claims that BlackRock Inc. and other investment groups took advantage of their large holdings in publicly traded energy companies to drive up coal prices.
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May 09, 2025
Google AI Fixes Are About Tomorrow, DOJ Tells Judge
The U.S. Department of Justice closed out a D.C. federal court trial seeking to force Google to sell the Chrome browser and prop up rival search engines, with expert testimony arguing Friday that the proposed search monopolization remedies should include artificial intelligence, regardless of what generative AI is like today.
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May 09, 2025
4th Circ. Digests 'Unappetizing' Relief For Jordan's NASCAR Team
The Fourth Circuit on Friday seemed poised to unravel a federal court's injunction allowing two NASCAR teams, including one co-owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan, to continue racing as chartered teams while they pursue antitrust claims against the organization, with one judge saying the teams "can't have your cake and eat it too."
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May 09, 2025
Souter's Clerks Remember Him As Humble, Kind And Caring
Former clerks of retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter are heartbroken over the death of a man many of them remember more for his conscientiousness, humility, kindness and disdain for the spotlight than for his undeniable brilliance as a jurist.
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May 09, 2025
Vaping Co. Reaches Deal In Infringement Suit Against Rival
Florida-based e-cigarette manufacturer VPR Brands has come to terms with the rival it slapped with a patent infringement lawsuit last year for allegedly making and selling vapes that infringe its patented "electronic inhaler" atomizer system.
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May 09, 2025
Insulet Seeks $30M In Atty Fees, Costs After Trade Secret Win
After winning a nearly $60 million judgment in a trade secrets lawsuit against South Korean company EOFlow Co. Ltd., medical device company Insulet Corp. has told a Massachusetts federal judge that it should be granted a little over $30 million in attorney fees and litigation costs in light of the rival's "remarkable" misappropriation of its technology for a wearable insulin patch pump.
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May 09, 2025
Off The Bench: Latest NIL Deal Fix, More WWE Court Troubles
In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA tries again to get its multibillion-dollar compensation settlement approved, two sets of accusers draw Vince McMahon's history of misconduct at the WWE into their complaints, and the men's tennis tour was ordered to stop threatening players over joining an antitrust suit.
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May 09, 2025
Hiker And 'Raconteur': Atty Recalls 50-Year Bond With Souter
Behind a towering legal legacy was a man who loved to hike mountains, could recall details of things he read decades ago and was always there for those he cared about, a New Hampshire attorney said as he reflected on a lifelong friendship with U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter.
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May 09, 2025
A Look At David Souter's Most Significant Opinions
The retired Justice David Souter defied simple definition, viewed as a staunch conservative until he co-wrote an opinion upholding abortion rights in 1992. He did not hew to partisan lines, but reshaped the civil litigation landscape and took an unexpected stand in an extraordinarily close presidential election.
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May 09, 2025
CMA Weighs Viagogo Bid To Buy Back IP From StubHub Sale
The U.K.'s competition watchdog said Friday it has launched a consultation into a request from online ticket reseller Viagogo to reacquire the rights to some non-British domain names and trademarks from its former business StubHub International.
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May 09, 2025
Justice Souter Was An Unexpected Force Of Moderation
Justice David Souter, who saw the high court as a moderating force apart from the messiness of politics, subverted the expectations of liberals and conservatives alike during his 19 years on the bench.
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May 09, 2025
Caterpillar Fails To Bulldoze Challenge To UK Dumping Probe
A subsidiary of Caterpillar has failed to challenge U.K. government decisions over an anti-dumping investigation, after a London judge ruled Friday that the Texan construction equipment giant's legal challenge had become "plainly academic."
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May 09, 2025
Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter Dies At 85
Retired Justice David H. Souter, who served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1990 to 2009, has died at 85, the court announced Friday.
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May 08, 2025
J&J Unit's Encryption Tech Stalled Rival, Antitrust Jury Told
An Innovative Health executive told California federal jurors considering its antitrust claims Thursday that Johnson & Johnson unit Biosense Webster added encryption technology to its catheters to prevent reuse, hindering Innovative's ability to reprocess the catheters and delaying its entry into the market for years.
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May 08, 2025
DC Circ. To Decide If Zero Is Less Than 40 In DCA Slot Fight
The D.C. Circuit wasn't convinced by the U.S. Department of Transportation's arguments Thursday morning as it worked to convince the panel that the agency hadn't wrongfully excluded Frontier Airlines from new slot exemptions at one of Washington, D.C.'s main airports.
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May 08, 2025
Casinos' Market Too Broad In Monopoly Suit, Ill. Judge Hears
Card shuffler giant Light & Wonder argued Thursday that an Illinois federal judge shouldn't let a group of casinos take the company to trial claiming it used fraud and sham litigation to secure a monopoly because they "cannot, did not and will not" define a relevant market for their case.
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May 08, 2025
OCC Axes Biden-Era Bank Merger Rule In Latest Reversal
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency moved Thursday to roll back a Biden-era rule intended to dial up its scrutiny of proposed bank mergers, a reversal that comes amid a parallel repeal effort by Republicans in Congress.
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May 08, 2025
Instagram Head Says App 'Blends' Friends And Entertainment
The head of Instagram didn't shy away Thursday from Federal Trade Commission arguments about how Meta functions as a social media platform, testifying in D.C. federal court that sharing with friends and family is a key function, but part of a blended approach also focused on entertainment.
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May 08, 2025
Universities Look To End Financial Aid-Fixing Claims
Elite universities accused of conspiring to limit their financial aid offerings have told an Illinois federal court the undisputed evidence shows they compete vigorously for students, have expanded their financial aid programs and reduced student costs.
Expert Analysis
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Critical Steps For Navigating Intensified OFAC Enforcement
The largely overlooked SkyGeek settlement from the end of 2024 heralds the arrival of the Office of Foreign Assets Control's long anticipated enhanced enforcement posture and clearly demonstrates the sanctions-compliance benefits of immediately responding to blocked payments, says Jeremy Paner at Hughes Hubbard.
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Poetic Justice? Drake's 'Not Like Us' Suit May Alter Music Biz
Drake v. Universal Music Group, over Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us," represents a pivotal moment in the intersection of music, law and corporate accountability, raising questions about the role of record labels in shaping artist rivalries and the limits of free speech, says Enrico Trevisani at Michelman & Robinson.
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AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex
Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.
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Managing Transatlantic Antitrust Investigations And Litigation
As transatlantic competition regulators cooperate more closely and European antitrust investigations increasingly spark follow-up civil suits in the U.S., companies must understand how to simultaneously juggle high-stakes multigovernment investigations and manage the risks of expensive new claims across jurisdictions, say lawyers at Paul Weiss.
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IP, Licensing, M&A Trends To Watch In Life Sciences This Year
2025 promises to continue an exciting trajectory for the life sciences industry, with major trends ranging from global harmonization of intellectual property to cross-border licensing activity and an increase of nontraditional financial participants in the mergers and acquisition space, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law
In an era where technology is rapidly evolving and artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, it’s worth asking if the law — both substantive precedent and procedural rules — can keep up with the light speed of innovation, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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FTC Focus: Avoiding 'Gun Jumping' Violations
The Federal Trade Commission's recent record $5.6 million "gun jumping" enforcement action against XCL Resources, EP Energy and Verdun Oil sends a clear message about the seriousness of violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act's premerger requirements, and highlights compliance tips such as avoiding premature integration of operations, say attorneys at Proskauer.
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Drug Pricing Policy Trends To Expect In 2025 And Beyond
Though 2025 may bring more of the same in the realm of drug pricing policy, business as usual entails a sustained, high level of legal and policy developments across at least six major areas, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering
Andi Mazingo at Lumen Law, who was diagnosed with autism about midway through her career, discusses how the legal profession can create inclusive workplaces that empower openly autistic lawyers and enhance innovation, and how neurodivergent attorneys can navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with disclosing one’s diagnosis.
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Top 10 Healthcare And Life Sciences Issues To Watch In 2025
Under the new Trump administration, this coming year may benefit some healthcare and life sciences stakeholders, while creating new challenges for others amid an increasingly complex regulatory environment, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Why Trump's FTC May Not U-Turn On Robinson-Patman
The Federal Trade Commission's recent revival of Robinson-Patman Act enforcement may well be here to stay under the Trump administration — albeit with some important caveats for businesses caught in the government's crosshairs, say attorneys at Reed Smith.
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4 Keys To Litigating In An Active Regulatory Environment
For companies facing litigation influenced by government regulatory action — a recent trend that a politically charged atmosphere will exacerbate — there are a few principles that can help to align litigation strategy with broader public positioning in the regulatory and oversight context, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.
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Documentary Filmmaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Becoming a documentary filmmaker has allowed me to merge my legal expertise with my passion for storytelling, and has helped me to hone negotiation, critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are important to both endeavors, says Robert Darwell at Sheppard Mullin.
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Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations
In the ongoing debate over whether courts should require disclosure of litigation funding, funders and plaintiffs tend to argue against such mandates, but voluntarily disclosing limited details about a funding arrangement can actually confer certain benefits to plaintiffs in some scenarios, say Andrew Stulce and Marc Cavan at Longford Capital.
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Del. Dispatch: Lessons From Failed Albertsons-Kroger Merger
The allegations in Albertsons' lawsuit against Kroger following the grocery stores' blocked merger demonstrate how a target company can best ensure that a buyer timely and effectively complies with its obligations to pursue the necessary regulatory approvals for a deal, say attorneys at Fried Frank.