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  • June 24, 2025

    Judge Trims Homebuyer Antitrust Claims Against Brokerage

    A Pennsylvania federal judge found homebuyers showed enough to continue claims that brokerage Hanna Holdings effectively inflated costs for buyers by following rules set by the National Association of Realtors, even while rejecting claims that the firm colluded with competitors.

  • June 23, 2025

    Palantir Reaches Deal With Ex-Employees In AI Secrets Case

    Palantir Technologies Inc. has reached a settlement with former employees it accused of stealing trade secrets to launch a competing artificial intelligence business, according to a notice asking a New York federal judge to let Palantir permanently dismiss its claims.

  • June 23, 2025

    FTC Tells Court Not To Pause Meta's Privacy Order Challenge

    The Federal Trade Commission is pushing back on Meta's request to stay the company's constitutional challenge to the commission's bid to bar the Facebook parent from monetizing children's data for 90 days, saying Meta has done nothing to show it could be harmed by continuing the case.

  • June 23, 2025

    9th Circ. Revives Antitrust Counterclaims Against CoStar

    A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday revived counterclaims accusing CoStar of monopolizing commercial real estate information markets in the company's case accusing a rival of engaging in "industrial-scale" copyright infringement.

  • June 23, 2025

    Media Matters Sues FTC Over 'Retaliatory' Probe

    Media Matters filed a lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission in D.C. federal court on Monday, asking a judge to shut down the agency's "retaliatory" investigation into the left-leaning media watchdog's reporting on Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter.

  • June 23, 2025

    Google Foes Try To Hold Co. To DOJ's Ad Tech Win

    Website publishers, advertisers and others asked a New York federal court to all but seal Google's fate in their multidistrict litigation targeting the company's advertising placement technology business by holding it to the liability findings against the search giant previously won by the U.S. Department of Justice.

  • June 23, 2025

    X Nears Deal In Contract, Antitrust Fight With Data Scraper

    A California federal judge overseeing litigation launched by X Corp. accusing data scraper Bright Data Ltd. of improperly accessing its servers granted the parties' request to stay the case after receiving a joint stipulation stating they'd reached a settlement in principle and were "working diligently" to finalize the deal.

  • June 23, 2025

    Amazon Sanctioned For Hidden Discovery

    A Washington federal judge sanctioned Amazon.com Monday by limiting its use of company documents produced during discovery while giving the Federal Trade Commission more time for discovery, siding with the FTC's allegations that the online retail giant improperly claimed privilege over tens of thousands of documents in the Prime "dark patterns" lawsuit.

  • June 23, 2025

    FTC Puts Viewpoint Commitments In Ad Agency Mega-Deal

    The Federal Trade Commission said Monday it will allow Omnicom to move ahead with its planned $13.5 billion deal for Interpublic after the marketing giants agreed not to work with others to steer advertisers away from publishers based on their political viewpoints.

  • June 23, 2025

    Fubo Streamers Demand Own Attys In Disney Suit Settlement

    Subscribers to the Fubo streaming service asked a California federal judge to name them and their attorney the leads in the recent proposed settlement with Disney over the carriage fees for its sports streaming service, and to be "wary" of a motion to appoint the attorney for the two other classes of streaming customers as lead counsel.

  • June 23, 2025

    SAP Unlikely To Get Celonis Suit Nixed, But Antitrust Claims Iffy

    A California federal judge indicated Monday that he wasn't ready to completely toss technology company Celonis' suit alleging that software giant SAP is pushing it out of a market for business process analysis services but said he was having a "hard time wrapping my brain around your antitrust allegations."

  • June 23, 2025

    Boston Firm Says Competitor Had Secret Deal With Shareholder

    A Boston law firm is accusing a smaller personal injury practice of secretly steering cases and work to a now-former shareholder, including one case that led to a $5 million settlement, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in a Massachusetts state court.

  • June 23, 2025

    DraftKings Social Media Exec Agrees To Delete Rival's IP

    A social media director at DraftKings has agreed to delete alleged trade secrets from his personal ChatGPT account, which his former employer, rival PrizePicks, alleged he stole before changing employers.

  • June 23, 2025

    NC Judge Axes Trucking Co.'s Noncompete For Overreach

    A North Carolina state court judge has truncated a freight factoring company's suit accusing its former client services supervisor of luring clients to a competing business, finding that the complaint fell short of identifying the allegedly stolen trade secrets and that the former employee's noncompete is too broad to be enforced.

  • June 23, 2025

    Judge Lets NASCAR Antitrust Claims Against Teams Proceed

    A North Carolina federal judge Monday rejected a motion to dismiss counterclaims lodged by NASCAR in a lawsuit brought by two racing teams that are accusing the organization of antitrust violations, finding the matter would be best addressed at the summary judgment stage.

  • June 23, 2025

    Porsche Importer, Dealer Are Sued At CAT Over 'Reseller Ban'

    A premium sports car part reseller has sued two U.K. Porsche subsidiaries, accusing them of abusing their dominant position by refusing to sell vehicle components to independent repairers, Britain's antitrust tribunal said Monday.

  • June 23, 2025

    Compass Sues Zillow Over Listing Ban

    Real estate brokerage Compass sued Zillow in New York federal court Monday, alleging its ban on private listings and coordination with competitors to enforce it amounts to monopolistic behavior.

  • June 23, 2025

    Medical AI Co. Says Rival Targeted 'Crown Jewel' Source Code

    OpenEvidence, a Massachusetts artificial intelligence company focusing on medical information, has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing a competitor of using misappropriated personal information and sophisticated prompts in an attempt to pry trade secrets from the startup's platform.

  • June 23, 2025

    UK Basketball Clubs Sue Governing Body Over League Split

    Members of a professional basketball league in Britain are suing the sports governing body in a London court, alleging competition breaches, following what they believe to be the latest development to stop them from operating.  

  • June 23, 2025

    Justices Pass On La. Regulators' Tesla Sales Ban

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Fifth Circuit decision that revived Tesla's lawsuit accusing Louisiana car dealers and regulators of illegally excluding the direct-sale automaker from the state, following a notification from the parties of their intent to reach a settlement.

  • June 23, 2025

    Getty-Shutterstock $3.7B Merger Faces UK Scrutiny

    Britain's antitrust watchdog said Monday that it is looking into the proposed merger of Getty Images Holdings Inc. and Shutterstock Inc. to create a $3.7 billion visual content company, to decide if it will harm competition in U.K. markets.

  • June 20, 2025

    Supreme Court Won't Leapfrog DC Circ. Over Trump's Tariffs

    The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from two Illinois-based toy makers challenging President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs to consider their case before it is reviewed by the D.C. Circuit.

  • June 20, 2025

    Many Foreign Firms Could Face Stricter Access To US Markets

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's reevaluation of the definition of a foreign private issuer could have far-reaching consequences, potentially tightening access to U.S. markets for companies based in China and beyond, lawyers say.

  • June 20, 2025

    Texas High Court Finds Pilots Union's Can Sue Over 737 Max

    The Texas Supreme Court on Friday put wind beneath the wings of a Southwest Airline Pilots Association's suit aiming to hold Boeing responsible for its members' economic losses after regulators grounded the 737 Max aircraft, finding the Railway Labor Act does not preempt the union's claims.

  • June 20, 2025

    Feds, Dems Debate Impact Of Resignation On FTC Firing Case

    The Trump administration told a D.C. federal court the recent resignation of a fired Federal Trade Commission member strips the court of jurisdiction over his claims seeking to be reinstated, while the two Democrats argued the resignation has no impact.

Expert Analysis

  • 10 Issues To Watch In Aerospace And Defense Contracting

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    This year, in addition to evergreen developments driven by national security priorities, disruptive new technologies and competition with rival powers, federal contractors will see significant disruptions driven by the new administration’s efforts to reduce government spending, regulation and the size of the federal workforce, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

  • Will Independent Federal Agencies Remain Independent?

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    For 90 years, members of multimember independent federal agencies have relied on the U.S. Supreme Court's 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor v. U.S. establishing the security of their positions — but as the Trump administration attempts to overturn this understanding, it is unclear how the high court will respond, says Harvey Reiter at Stinson.

  • What To Expect From The New FCC Chair

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    As a vocal critic of the Federal Communications Commission's recent priorities, newly appointed chair Brendan Carr has described a vision for the agency that would bring significant changes to telecommunication regulation and Telephone Consumer Protection Act enforcement in the U.S., say attorneys at BCLP.

  • Exploring China's 1st Administrative Merger Control Ruling

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    As the first judicial ruling in China's merger control regime, the Beijing ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Court's recent upholding of Simcere's acquisition of Tobishi helps to clarify how the Chinese antitrust authority and court assess remedies, say attorneys at Tian Yuan Law Firm.

  • Series

    Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The parallels between the core principles required for competitive weightlifting and practicing law have helped me to excel in both endeavors, with each holding important lessons about discipline, dedication, drive and failure, says Damien Bielli at VF Law.

  • How Southern Calif. Fires Can Affect National, Local Pricing

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    The fire-related California state of emergency declared last month in Los Angeles and Ventura counties triggered laws around price-gouging and pricing restrictions that affect not just individuals and businesses in the state, but also nationwide, meaning sellers should be mindful of how price changes are discussed and rolled out, say attorneys at Proskauer.

  • Opinion

    DOJ's Visa Suit Shows Pitfalls Of Regulating Innovative Tech

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    A policy of allowing free-market mechanisms to operate without undue interference remains the most effective way to foster innovation, and the U.S. Department of Justice's 2024 case against Visa illustrates the drawbacks of regulating innovative technology, says attorney Thomas Willcox.

  • Corp. Transparency Act's Future Under Treasury's Bessent

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    The Corporate Transparency Act’s ultimate fate faced uncertain terms at the end of 2024, but new U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's statements and actions so far demonstrate that he does not intend to ignore the law, though he may attempt to make modifications, say attorneys at Taylor English.

  • Nippon Order Tests Gov't Control Over Foreign Investments

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    The U.S. government is primarily interested in restraining foreign transactions involving countries of concern, but former President Joe Biden’s January order blocking the merger of Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel shows that all foreign direct investments are under the federal government’s microscope, say attorneys at Blank Rome.

  • A Look At A Possible Corporate Transparency Act Exemption

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    Attorneys at Kirkland offer a deep dive into the application of the Corporate Transparency Act's reporting requirements specifically to U.S.-domiciled co-issuers in typical collateralized loan obligation transactions, and consider whether such issuers may be able to assert an exemption from the CTA's reporting requirements.

  • Opinion

    Inconsistent Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice

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    A recent Third Circuit decision, contradicting a previous ruling about whether consumers of contaminated products have suffered an injury in fact, illustrates the deep confusion this U.S. Supreme Court standard creates among federal judges and practitioners, who deserve a simpler method of determining which cases have federal standing, says Eric Dwoskin at Dwoskin Wasdin.

  • Expect Continued Antitrust Enforcement In Procurement

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    The scope of federal antitrust enforcement under the second Trump administration remains uncertain, but the Procurement Collusion Strike Force, which collaborates with federal and state agencies to enforce antitrust laws in the government procurement space, is likely to remain active — so contractors must stay vigilant, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.

  • Takeaways From Oral Argument In High Court Trademark Case

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    Unpacking oral arguments from Dewberry Group v. Dewberry Engineers, which the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on this year, sheds light on the ways in which the decision could significantly affect trademark infringement plaintiffs' ability to receive monetary damages, say attorneys at Buchanan Ingersoll.

  • In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege

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    Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics.

  • Improving Comms Between Trial Attys And Tech Witnesses

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    In major litigation involving complex technology, attorneys should employ certain strategies to collaborate with companies' technical personnel more effectively to enhance both the attorney's understanding of the subject matter and the expert's ability to provide effective testimony in court, say attorneys at Buchalter.

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