Google is so ubiquitous it's both a noun and a verb, and nearly everyone's search engine of choice. As a result, the landmark antitrust case brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and several states (collectively, the...more
4/16/2025
/ Abuse of Dominance ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Commercial Contracts ,
Competition ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Contract Terms ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Google ,
Monopolization ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Remedies ,
Search Engines
Amended Complaints from DOJ, DC AG Reveal Enforcers' Views of Limits on Permissible Use of Pricing Software -
The new year brought significant new changes to the still-developing collusion-by-algorithm litigation...more
It has been almost two years since private plaintiffs initiated the first antitrust class action cases against RealPage and owners and managers of multifamily apartment buildings, alleging collusion by algorithm in the use of...more
8/27/2024
/ Algorithms ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Class Action ,
Collusion ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Investigations ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Sherman Act
The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have in recent years prioritized in their antitrust enforcement activities protecting workers from alleged anticompetitive...more
The DOJ's Antitrust Division sent a powerful message to the business community yesterday when it sued railroad equipment suppliers Knorr-Bremse AG and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Wabtec) for entering into...more
4/4/2018
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Consent Decrees ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
No-Poaching ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements
Holland & Knight alerted the maritime community in November 2016 that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit appeared likely to affirm the dismissal of private antitrust claims brought against roll-on, roll-off...more
1/24/2017
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Appeals ,
Common Carriers ,
Damages ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Maritime Commission ,
Immunity ,
Price-Fixing ,
Shipping ,
Shipping Cargo ,
Vessels
The Obama Administration has made enforcement of the antitrust laws a priority and has aggressively pursued criminal and civil enforcement actions against large corporations for perceived antitrust violations relating to...more