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May 22, 2025
NCAA Pushes Back On U. Of Montana Athlete's Eligibility Bid
College sports' "five-year rule" capping how long an athlete can play their sport at four years doesn't violate antitrust law or unfairly deny a University of Montana basketball player a chance to both play and earn name, image and likeness compensation, the NCAA argued in opposing that player's bid for an injunction allowing him to play next season.
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May 22, 2025
Federal Gov't Backs States' BlackRock Coal Investments Suit
The federal government on Thursday threw its support behind a case from Texas and several other states that accuses investment groups including BlackRock Inc. of using their energy holdings to drive up coal prices under the guise of environmental concerns.
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May 22, 2025
Coalition Backs Calif. Tribe's Fight Over $700M Casino Project
A coalition of tribes weighed in on a dispute over the federal government's decision to rescind gambling eligibility for the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians' $700 million casino project, questioning the federal government's perceived acquiescence to pushback from other tribes.
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May 22, 2025
GOP FTC Drops Dems' Pepsi Price Discrimination Suit
The Republican-controlled Federal Trade Commission on Thursday dropped one of the last cases approved by agency Democrats before they handed over the gavel, abandoning a New York federal court complaint accusing Pepsi of giving a big box retailer better terms and promotional payments than smaller competitors.
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May 21, 2025
FTC Urges 8th Circ. Not To Pause In-House PBM Case
The Eighth Circuit should once again say no to a request to pause the Federal Trade Commission's in-house case accusing three pharmacy benefit managers of hiking up the price of insulin to line their own pockets, the agency has told the appellate court.
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May 21, 2025
Verizon Looks To Break Free Of TracFone Unlocking Condition
Verizon is once again asking the Federal Communications Commission to let it out of a condition from its takeover of TracFone requiring the carrier to unlock its mobile phones after 60 days.
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May 21, 2025
9th Circ. Judge Asks If Apple's Watch Updates 'Ice Out' Rivals
Two Ninth Circuit judges appeared skeptical Wednesday of Apple Inc.'s arguments against reviving an antitrust suit brought by medical monitoring startup AliveCor Inc. after Apple blocked third-party access to medical data on the Apple Watch, with one judge asking rhetorically whether a "marginal" improvement by Apple could actually be a way to "ice out" competition.
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May 21, 2025
Tennis Groups Serve Up Bids To Nix Players' Antitrust Claims
The international governing bodies for tennis are looking to escape a proposed antitrust class action filed by players who have accused them of operating as a "cartel," arguing in a series of briefs submitted to a New York federal court that the claims should be tossed, transferred or arbitrated.
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May 21, 2025
Google Gets Rumble's Video-Sharing Antitrust Case Tossed
A California federal court on Wednesday agreed with Google that Rumble waited too long to file an antitrust case accusing the tech giant of rigging search results to favor its YouTube unit over the rival video-sharing site.
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May 21, 2025
GOP FTC Renews Calls For Orange Book Patent Delistings
The now-Republican controlled Federal Trade Commission again called on Teva, Novartis, Mylan and other drugmakers to remove patents from a key federal database that partially insulates their drugs from generic competition, arguing Wednesday the patents cover "devices," not drugs, and thus don't warrant such protection.
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May 21, 2025
Courts Can't Review Trump's Tariff Emergencies, Gov't Says
Courts can't review President Donald Trump's decision that unusual or extraordinary threats exist under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a government attorney told the U.S. Court of International Trade on Wednesday as 12 states seek to block Trump's tariffs under the law.
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May 21, 2025
American Tells United To Butt Out Of O'Hare Gate Dispute
American Airlines has urged an Illinois federal court to not allow rival carrier United to intervene in its lawsuit alleging the city of Chicago breached its contract with the airline by reassigning gate space at O'Hare International Airport, arguing its competitor has no right to wade into a case concerning "a lease to which it is not a party and which grants it no rights or benefits."
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May 21, 2025
FCC's Carr Clashes With Dems Over Verizon DEI Deal
Congressional Democrats grilled the Federal Communications Commission's chief Wednesday about the legal basis for targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Verizon, days after the wireless giant agreed to drop DEI initiatives amid its takeover of Frontier Communications.
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May 21, 2025
Basketball Player's Suit Challenges NCAA's 4-Year Rule
Athletes should be able to compete in all five years in an eligibility window created by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, not just four, a University of Tennessee basketball player has argued in an antitrust suit challenging college sports' longtime playing limit.
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May 21, 2025
Phone Operators Deny Collusion In Phones 4u Appeal
Major mobile phone operators urged an appeals court on Wednesday to uphold a finding clearing them of engaging in anticompetitive conduct in order to drive retailer Phones 4u out of business.
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May 21, 2025
Court Won't Budge On Player's Eligibility Until 6th Circ. Acts
A Tennessee federal judge on Wednesday refused to reconsider a University of Tennessee baseball player's request for an injunction that would pause the NCAA's eligibility restrictions on junior college transfers, saying he will have to wait for a Sixth Circuit decision in a similar antitrust lawsuit.
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May 21, 2025
Apple Lets Fortnite Back In App Store As Appeal Pends
Apple has allowed Epic Games to put its popular Fortnite video game back in the App Store, while the sides await a ruling on Apple's bid to pause an injunction mandating additional changes to its policies issued after the court found it had violated a previous order.
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May 21, 2025
Distributor Can't Duck Revised Crab Price-Fixing Suit
A California federal magistrate judge added Ocean King Fish Inc. to a list of more than a dozen distributors that must face a proposed class action from crabbers alleging a conspiracy to cap prices paid to fishermen for Dungeness crab in the Pacific Northwest.
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May 20, 2025
FDIC Nixes Biden-Era Merger Rules As House Passes OCC Bill
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Tuesday finalized the repeal of stricter bank merger guidelines adopted last year, pulling them back the same day as the U.S. House moved to nullify the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's Biden-era merger policy rewrite.
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May 20, 2025
High Court Precedent Blocks FTC Commish Firings, Judge Told
A pair of recently fired Federal Trade Commission members sparred with the administration in D.C. federal court on Tuesday, with the judge raising questions about which Supreme Court precedent really holds in this dispute.
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May 20, 2025
Keurig Says Google Ruling Doesn't Back Antitrust Claims
Keurig coffee pod buyers who have accused the company of anticompetitive behavior mischaracterized a recent court ruling in an antitrust case against Google to make their own case look better, the company has told the New York federal court overseeing the long-running litigation.
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May 20, 2025
Investor Seeks Final OK For $41.5M Pilgrim's Pride Settlement
A proposed class of investors asked a Colorado federal judge for a final sign-off on a $41.5 million settlement with Pilgrim's Pride Corp. to resolve claims they artificially inflated stock prices with a price-fixing scheme targeted at the broiler chicken market, with $13.7 million of the deal going to attorney fees.
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May 20, 2025
Ex-NCAA Basketball Players Appealing NIL Denial To 2nd Circ.
A group of 16 former men's basketball players suing the NCAA for unrealized name, image and likeness compensation filed notice Monday that they plan to appeal to the Second Circuit a New York federal court's decision to toss their lawsuit.
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May 20, 2025
Meta Says Too Late For 'Dramatic Shift' In Antitrust Argument
Consumers who claim Meta monopolized the social media advertising market are attempting to make a late "dramatic shift" from their years-long argument that all of its users should have been paid a "made-up figure" of $5 a month for their data, the company told a California federal court Monday.
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May 20, 2025
NJ Justices Take Up Bond Marketing Suit Against Big Banks
The New Jersey Supreme Court will review a lower appellate court's ruling in favor of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo and other big banks in a lawsuit accusing them of a scheme to inflate the interest rates of certain bonds, according to an order list the justices released Tuesday.
Expert Analysis
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Electronic Shelf Labels Pose Myriad Risks For Retailers
While electronic shelf labels offer retailers a new way to convey pricing and other product information to consumers, the technology has attracted the attention of U.S. policymakers and consumer advocates, so businesses must assess antitrust, data privacy and discrimination risks before implementation, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.
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Power To The Paralegals: The Value Of Unified State Licensing
Texas' proposal to become the latest state to license paraprofessional providers of limited legal services could help firms expand their reach and improve access to justice, but consumers, attorneys and allied legal professionals would benefit even more if similar programs across the country become more uniform, says Michael Houlberg at the University of Denver.
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Key Digital Asset Issues Require Antitrust Vigilance
As the digital assets industry continues to mature and consolidate during Trump 2.0, it will inevitably bump up against the antitrust laws in a new way, with potential pitfalls related to merger reviews, conspiratorial or monopolistic conduct, and interlocking directorates, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master
As businesses face shifting regulatory and technological uncertainty, general counsel will need to strengthen certain soft skills to succeed, from admitting when they make a mistake to maintaining a healthy dose of dispassion, says Douglas Brown at Manatt.
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Reviving A Dormant Criminal Statute In Antitrust Prosecution
The U.S. Department of Justice is poised to revive a dormant misdemeanor statute to resolve bid-rigging charges against a foreign national, providing important context to a recent effort to entice foreign defendants to take responsibility for pending charges or face the risk of extradition, say attorneys at Axinn.
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An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future
Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.
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Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance
Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.
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Addressing Antitrust Scrutiny Over AI-Powered Pricing Tools
Amid multiple recent civil complaints alleging antitrust violations by providers and users of algorithmic pricing tools, such as RealPage and Yardi, digital-era measures should feature prominently in corporate compliance programs, including documentation of pro-competitive benefits and when to use disclosures, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.
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Unpacking FTC's New Stance On Standard-Essential Patents
Under its new chairman, Andrew Ferguson, the Federal Trade Commission is likely to bring more stand-alone Section 5 cases to challenge anticompetitive conduct, and it will be important for companies to see how the FTC responds to allegations of patent holdup by standard-essential patent holders committed to fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.
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Calif. Antitrust Laws May Turn More Zealous Than US Regs
California is poised in the next 18 months to significantly expand its antitrust laws, broadening the scope of liability and creating a premerger review process that could be more expansive than review under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, say attorneys at Munger Tolles.
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Digesting A 2nd Circ. Ruling On Food Delivery App Arbitration
The Second Circuit recently rejected Grubhub's attempt to arbitrate price-fixing claims, while allowing Uber Eats to do so, reinforcing that even broad arbitration clauses must connect to the underlying dispute and suggesting that terms of service litigation may center on websites' design and content, say attorneys at Greenspoon Marder.
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5 Ways Banking Has Changed In 5 Years Since COVID
Since the start of the pandemic five years ago, technology, convenience and shifting expectations have transformed compliance for the financial services industry in several key ways, from the shrinking role of the traditional bank branch to the rise of fintech and mobile payments, says Christopher Pippett at Fox Rothschild.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols
Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.
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A Look At M&A Trends In An Uncertain Deal Environment
Dealmakers are adopting more cautious and deliberate merger and acquisition practices, such as earnout agreements, joint ventures and strategic partnerships that mitigate risk and bridge valuation gaps, amid the slower pace so far in 2025, says Louis Lehot at Foley & Lardner.