HPE Fights State AGs' Bid To Block Juniper Integration

By Matthew Perlman

Hewlett Packard Enterprise told a California federal court that even though it has already combined with Juniper Networks, state enforcers are seeking to temporarily break up the companies while the court mulls a U.S. Department of Justice settlement over the $14 billion wireless networking deal.

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Syngenta, Corteva Face Class Cert. Bids For $2B In Damages

By Bryan Koenig

Pesticide companies Syngenta and Corteva are facing damages claims of more than $1.2 billion and $883 million claim, respectively, according to class certification bids filed by farmers looking to represent the hundreds of thousands of pesticide buyers allegedly harmed by rebate programs that paid distributors to forgo cheaper generics.

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Sports Floor Distributors Say Acquisition Cut Their Profits

By Elaine Briseño

A group of 16 distributors have challenged the sole ownership of two of the largest manufacturers of indoor and outdoor sports courts, saying that placing them under the same parent company created a monopoly ultimately resulting in lower sales and revenues.

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NAR, Brokerages Fight Antitrust Suit Renewal In 10th Circ.

By Grace Dixon

The National Association of Realtors and three brokerages are urging the Tenth Circuit not to revive a residential brokerage startup's antitrust suit, arguing that Homie Technology Inc. once flourished thanks to the same NAR rules it now claims are anticompetitive.

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MVP: Milbank's Fiona Schaeffer

By Christine DeRosa

Fiona Schaeffer, the head of Milbank LLP's U.S. antitrust practice, represented U.S. Steel in its $14.9 billion merger with Nippon Steel Corp., among other matters, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Competition/Antitrust MVPs.

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Intel Wins €140M Fine Cut But Can't Shake EU Abuse Finding

By Matthew Perlman

A European court ruled in favor of competition enforcers on Wednesday, upholding a ruling of abuse of dominance against Intel Corp. but slashing the fine by €140 million ($163 million).

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Final Shipping Companies Settle CAT Cartel Claim For £54M

By Joanne Faulkner

Lawyers representing millions of motorists who were allegedly charged inflated delivery prices have agreed a £54 million ($71 million) settlement against the final two vehicle shipping companies left in an opt-out class action before a trial judgment could be published.

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Publisher Says Camelot's £70M Lottery Subsidy Was Unlawful

By Ronan Barnard

Publishing group Northern & Shell argued at a London antitrust tribunal on Wednesday that a decision by Britain's gambling regulator to grant Camelot UK Lotteries around £70 million ($93 million) for marketing was an unlawful subsidy.

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Teva Pulls 200 Patents From Orange Book Amid FTC Probe

By Elliot Weld

The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday an investigation it conducted into Teva Pharmaceuticals prompted the company to remove over 200 patents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Orange Book.

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Amazon Shoppers In Price-Hike Suit Say Retailer Deleted Docs

By Ben Adlin

Amazon shoppers accusing the e-commerce giant of price-gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic urged a Seattle federal judge to sanction the company for allegedly destroying an "untold number of documents" crucial to their proposed consumer class action.

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2nd Circ. Tosses Lego Rival's Appeal In IP Fight Over Figurine

By Gina Kim

The Second Circuit on Wednesday dismissed a Lego rival's appeal challenging an order blocking the sale of its Third-Generation figurines, finding it lacked appellate jurisdiction since the district court correctly found the figurines fell within the ambit of an existing injunction due to a likelihood of confusion with Lego's Minifigure.

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VLSI, PQA Square Off Again Over Conspiracy Claims In Va.

By Dani Kass

A Virginia state judge spent two hours Wednesday working through whether VLSI Technology LLC should be able to proceed with its claims that Patent Quality Assurance LLC violated state law during its successful challenge to a VLSI chip patent.

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3rd Circ. Locks In 'Made In USA' False Ad Ruling

By Carla Baranauckas

The Third Circuit on Wednesday upheld a $2.1 million disgorgement award to a Maryland caulking-gun manufacturer that accused a New Jersey competitor of falsely advertising its products as American-made when they were imported from Taiwan, in violation of the Lanham Act and state law.

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VPR Settles Trademark Dispute With Chinese Vape Makers

By Jonathan Capriel

The three-year legal saga between U.S. and Chinese vaping companies over who could control the Elf Bar name appears to be coming to an end, the parties have told a Florida federal court, saying they've reached a deal that would end a number of overlapping intellectual property lawsuits that made it all the way to the Federal Circuit.

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USTR Orders Phase-In For 15% Tariff On Nicaraguan Imports

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. will phase in a 15% tariff over the next two years on Nicaraguan imports originating outside a regional trade agreement in response to unfair trading practices and labor right violations, according to a notice published Wednesday by the U.S. Trade Representative's Office.

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Feds Drop 2 FIFA Bribery Cases Despite Appellate Win

By Lauren Berg

Brooklyn federal prosecutors are dropping criminal cases against a former 21st Century Fox executive and an Argentine sports marketing company in the long-running FIFA corruption probe, just months after successfully appealing the dismissal of their honest-services fraud conspiracy convictions.

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Identifying And Resolving Conflicts Among Class Members

As the Fifth Circuit's recent decision in Nova Scotia Health Employees' Pension Plan v. McDermott International illustrates, intraclass conflicts can determine the fate of a class action — and such conflicts can be surprisingly difficult to identify, says Andrew Faisman, a clerk at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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Series

The Biz Court Digest: Welcome To Miami

After nearly 20 years in operation, the Miami Complex Business Litigation Division is a pioneer upon which other jurisdictions in the state have been modeled, adopting many innovations to keep its cases running more efficiently and staffing experienced judges who are accustomed to hearing business disputes, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

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Bonus Spotlight

Litigation Shops Paying Above-Market Bonuses, Reports Say

By Andrea Keckley

Litigation boutiques Yetter Coleman LLP and Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP are giving above-market bonuses to their associates, according to reports from Above the Law and Bloomberg.

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Jack Smith To Launch Firm With Willkie Partner, 2 Ex-Deputies

By Jack Rodgers

Jack Smith, the former Justice Department special counsel appointed to investigate President Donald Trump, is set to launch his own firm alongside two of his former top deputies and the co-chair of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's investigations and enforcement practice.

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Judge Bove Faces Complaint Over Trump Rally Attendance

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove, who previously served as President Donald Trump's personal defense attorney and a top official at the U.S. Department of Justice, has been hit with a judicial misconduct complaint for his appearance at a Trump event on Tuesday night.

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Analysis

Wanted: Temporary US Attorney, No Experience Needed

By Phillip Bantz

Frustrated by a string of court rulings disqualifying several of his U.S. attorney picks, President Donald Trump lamented recently that he might "just have to keep appointing people for three months and then just appoint another one, another one." Experts say the idea raises legal and practical issues.

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Akerman Beats Healthcare Cos.' Bid To Escape Fee Suit

By Madison Arnold

Akerman LLP can continue its fees lawsuit against Rennova Health Inc. and other defendants after they lost their motion to dismiss the suit for being "facially time-barred, factually flawed and legally indefensible," a Florida state judge has ruled.

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Fla. Atty Faces Bar Referral Over 'Hallucinated' Case In Filing

By Madison Arnold

A Florida appeals court will refer an attorney to the state's Bar after she filed a brief that included a "hallucinated" case.

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AGs Say Judicial Safety Threats Reaching 'All-Time Highs'

By Matthew Santoni

Attorneys general for 43 states, three territories and the District of Columbia signed a letter to Congress urging more financial support for judicial security in the face of threats against judges, including funding for a program that lets judges scrub addresses and personal information from online databases.

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Disciplined Attys Want High Court's Take On Judge Criticism

By David Minsky

A father-daughter team of attorneys have brought a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court challenging their suspensions for criticizing a Florida state judge who reversed a $2.75 million jury verdict in favor of their client in a racial discrimination lawsuit, saying their comments are protected by the First Amendment. 

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McIver's Immunity Disputed In Detention Center Assault Case

By Elizabeth Daley

Federal prosecutors asked a New Jersey federal judge to maintain all charges against U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver, who was accused in an indictment of assaulting federal officers outside an immigration detention center during a scrum in which the mayor of Newark was arrested in May.

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Regulate AI With Existing Regs, Financial Industry Lobby Says

By Sarah Jarvis

The Financial Services Institute on Wednesday recommended that regulators apply existing rules and standards to artificial intelligence, saying they should use new rules only when AI brings "genuinely new issues or significantly alters existing risks."

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