Starting in October 2022, companies that use software to assist in setting prices for their products have faced an avalanche of litigation claiming that the common use by competitors of the same pricing software inflates...more
12/6/2024
/ Algorithms ,
Antitrust Division ,
Bid Rigging ,
Class Action ,
Collusion ,
Data Collection ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Price-Fixing ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Sherman Act ,
Software ,
Technology Sector
As Holland & Knight's Antitrust Team previously reported, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada in May 2024 dismissed with prejudice a putative class action alleging that a handful of Las Vegas hotel operators...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
Pharmaceutical manufacturers are increasingly finding themselves defending decisions to list in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Orange Book patents that they assert are associated with their products. The...more
6/25/2024
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
FTC Act ,
Manufacturers ,
Orange Book ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Section 2 ,
Section 5 ,
Sherman Act ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals
A Nevada federal court on May 8, 2024, dismissed with prejudice a putative class action alleging that a handful of Las Vegas hotel operators and a software provider broke antitrust laws by licensing and using a software...more
5/17/2024
/ Algorithms ,
Amended Complaints ,
Confidential Information ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Dismissals ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hotels ,
Price-Fixing ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Sherman Act ,
Software
The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 28, 2024, weighed in for the third time in recent months in support of plaintiffs in class action lawsuits challenging the defendants' use of software to...more
4/25/2024
/ Algorithms ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Division ,
Caesars ,
Casinos ,
Class Action ,
Conspiracies ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hotels ,
Popular ,
Pricing ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Rental Property ,
Rental Rates ,
Sherman Act
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Sept. 27, 2023, granted summary judgment against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in its challenge to the acquisition of three hospitals in Louisiana pursuant...more
As the trend of acquisitions of physician practices and mergers of hospitals continues, so does antitrust scrutiny of these deals. There was activity this week in three different proposed transactions that caught the...more
11/3/2017
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Immunity ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Blue Cross ,
Competition ,
Cooperation Agreement ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Costs ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Hospitals ,
Physicians ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Price-Fixing ,
Sherman Act
The Shipping Act of 1984 grants limited immunity under the antitrust laws to vessel-operating common carriers that enter certain agreements, including price-fixing agreements, so long as the agreements are filed in advance...more
11/28/2016
/ Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Common Carriers ,
Competition ,
Damages ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Maritime Commission ,
Maritime Transport ,
Price-Fixing ,
Sherman Act ,
Shipping ,
Shipping Cargo ,
The Clayton Act ,
Vessels
The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Oct. 20, 2016, jointly released Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals, cautioning employers about...more
10/28/2016
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employment Contract ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Job Applicants ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Sherman Act