UK antitrust watchdog’s reputation faces key test with drug case ruling
June 18, 2026
| Simon Zekaria
The UK competition regulator’s reputation is jeopardized by an appeal court ruling over its bid to challenge a setback in its long-running case against Pfizer and Flynn Pharma over drug pricing. The Competitio... (more story)
Procompetitive role of patents often overlooked, US antitrust, IP expert says
June 16, 2026
| Melissa Ritti
A new report warns that the erosion of intellectual property rights could undermine one of the United States' key strengths — its ability to generate and commercialize new technologies — by making it harder fo... (more story)
Generic drugmakers' deals with US DOJ complicate Humana bellwether case
June 15, 2026
| Chris May
As Humana moves toward the first trial in massive generic drug price-fixing litigation, deals between the US Department Justice and drugmakers to resolve criminal charges have raised questions about how limite... (more story)
Former US DOJ prosecutor warns of antitrust focus on AI collusion, whistleblowers
June 12, 2026
| Khushita Vasant
Algorithmic collusion and anticompetitive conduct involving AI will be a key area of enforcement for the US Department of Justice over the next decade, and companies using these tools should be mindful of the ... (more story)
Innsworth ruling clarifies UK antitrust court control over claim funders’ returns
June 12, 2026
| Simon Zekaria
Decisions on how third-party litigation funding returns are treated in the UK's antitrust collective action regime are now squarely with judges at the specialist Competition Appeal Tribunal. The High Court bac... (more story)
US Third Circuit zeroes in on fair use, not copyrightability, in Ross appeal
June 11, 2026
| Melissa Ritti and Emma Whitford
Judges on the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit spent much of Thursday's oral argument probing whether Ross Intelligence built a market substitute for Westlaw and whether its use of Thomson Reuters’ co... (more story)
X petition could drive changes to 20-year US FTC consent orders
June 11, 2026
| Mike Swift
Claiming that 15 years of "onerous regulatory oversight is enough," X has asked the US Federal Trade Commission to terminate by the end of this year the 20-year privacy consent order it agreed to in 2022, befo... (more story)
Trump faces regulatory squeeze from ranchers over beef imports
June 10, 2026
| Bradley Dress
The Trump administration is struggling to balance pressure from both ranchers and consumers as it seeks to increase beef imports to better manage a struggling market that is becoming a key issue ahead of the m... (more story)