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UK Competition Litigation Quarterly Update: Q3 2025

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With Autumn upon us, we've been looking back at the third quarter of competition litigation news in 2025. There was plenty to choose from, but here's six developments our lawyers have picked out....more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Cartels Antitrust Enforcement and Litigation - September 2025

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The word “cartel” conjures images of mobster movies, lurid headlines, and drug busts. But a less exotic brand of cartel can be far more relevant to the business world. In an economic sense, a cartel is simply a collection of...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Martinson v. NCAA: NCAA’s Five-Year Eligibility Rule Is Commercial and Subject to the Sherman Act

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Former University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) football player Tatuo Martinson is the latest NCAA athlete to successfully convince a federal district court to enjoin the NCAA from enforcing its “five-year eligibility rule”...more

A&O Shearman

Exclusivity Isn’t Enough: Northern District of California Dismisses Luxury Retail Tying Claims

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On September 17, 2025, Judge James Donato of the Northern District of California granted a motion to dismiss a putative antitrust class action, holding that plaintiffs failed to state a plausible Sherman Act claim, dismissing...more

BakerHostetler

Algorithmic Price-Fixing Case Dismissed in the Western District of Washington

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On August 29, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington dismissed a putative class action complaint against Costar and several hotel defendants. The complaint alleged that the hotel defendants use the...more

Venable LLP

WVU Athletes Secure Preliminary Injunction Against NCAA Eligibility Rule

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The name, image, and likeness (NIL) era continues to reshape college athletics, as another federal court has ruled that the NCAA's eligibility rules are "commercial in nature" and therefore subject to scrutiny under the...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Antitrust Law in the Cannabis Sector

Recent antitrust litigation in the cannabis and vape sectors signals intensified scrutiny of pricing practices, distribution restraints, and exclusionary conduct. Two recent cases, Redbud Roots, Inc. v. Shenzhen Smoore...more

Napoli Shkolnik

What the MultiPlan MDL Tells Us About Rebrands During Litigation

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When a company faces mounting public scrutiny, especially in high-stakes litigation, it sometimes does what any crisis playbook might suggest: change the name. It’s not a financial reset. It’s a reputational one, and a...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Compass v. Zillow and The PLS.com v. NAR: Antitrust Lawsuits Could Reshape Real Estate Marketing

The real estate industry is again in the antitrust spotlight, with recent lawsuits targeting the market dominance and listing policies of major players like Zillow, Inc. (Zillow) and the National Association of Realtors...more

Epstein Becker & Green

FTC Challenges Merger Based on Potential Coordinated Effects Theory, Accepts Conduct Remedy

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A recent enforcement action by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is particularly noteworthy because of the theory of potential harm and the accepted remedy....more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Cigna Sues Bristol Myers Squibb Alleging Scheme to Block Generic Drug

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Cigna filed a lawsuit on June 24 in Manhattan federal court accusing Bristol Myers Squibb of unlawfully blocking generic versions of its blood cancer drug, Pomalyst, from entering the market. The suit also names Celgene, a...more

Freeman Law

Tradeshows and Exhibitions | Sherman Antitrust Considerations

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Overview - The antitrust laws provide no bright-line rules about what particular analysis will apply for the exclusion of a participant from an exhibition marketplace, although likely, the Rule of Reason applies. In any...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Merger Remedies Are Back on the Menu

The Trump administration’s recently announced settlements resolving the antitrust concerns in transactions mark a shift from the previous administration’s hostile rhetoric against settlements and remedies in merger cases. As...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Expanded Scope for Private Actions Under Canada's Competition Act Now in Effect

Amendments to the Canadian Competition Act (Act) that came into effect on June 20, 2025 significantly expand the rights and incentives for private parties to seek orders from the Competition Tribunal (Tribunal). Among other...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Class Action Grounded: Court Finds Insufficient Factual Basis for Airline Capacity Constraint Suit

The Ontario Superior Court recently refused to certify a class action against four international airlines. The plaintiff alleged that the airlines conspired to constrain capacity for transborder travel between the United...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Labour markets: two EC firsts in EU antitrust enforcement

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On 2 June 2025, the European Commission fined Delivery Hero and Glovo a total of EUR 329 million for participation in a cartel in the online food delivery sector. Notably, this marks not only the first time the Commission has...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Bulletin Concurrence XIV - Paris | Janvier ● Février ● Mars ● Avril 2025

1. CONTENTIEUX EPILOGUE DE L’AFFAIRE DES COMPOTES - Par un arrêt en date du 8 janvier 2025, la Cour de cassation a mis un point final à la saga du cartel des compotes en rejetant les pourvois formés contre l’arrêt de la...more

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FTC and DOJ support Republican State Attorneys General in antitrust case targeting corporate ESG initiatives

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division have filed a Statement of Interest (SOI) supporting a lawsuit brought by a coalition of Republican states alleging that three large...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Antitrust Considerations in Preferred Vendor and Loyalty Program Agreements

Companies in a wide range of industries commonly develop incentive programs for vendors, including preferred vendor or loyalty programs, to increase sales or establish loyalty. Acceptance of the terms and conditions of these...more

Fenwick & West LLP

DOJ’s Monopolization Wins Against Google May Spur Greater Enforcement Activity Under Trump 2.0

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On April 17, 2025, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema held that Google had violated both Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act by unlawfully monopolizing the publisher ad server and ad exchange markets and engaging in...more

Mogin Law LLP

Structural vs. Behavioral: Dueling Antitrust Remedies Proposed at Google Ad Trial

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During this week’s trial in Alexandria, Va., the Department of Justice (DOJ) and state attorneys general have outlined a sweeping set of structural and behavioral remedies to curtail Google’s dominance in digital advertising,...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Illinois and Minnesota AGs Join FTC’s Lawsuit Against Private Equity Firm

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Illinois Attorney General (AG) Kwame Raoul and Minnesota AG Keith Ellison have joined the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a lawsuit to block the acquisition of Surmodics Inc. by GTCR BC Holdings LLC, two major manufacturers...more

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Judge Dismisses Antitrust Claims by Chalmers and Other Former Players Against NCAA

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On Monday, a U.S. district court judge in the Southern District of New York dismissed a lawsuit brought by former Kansas basketball player Mario Chalmers and 15 other former college basketball players. The plaintiffs all...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Antitrust M&A Snapshot | Q1 2025

JANUARY – MARCH 2025: KEY THEMES AND TAKEAWAYS - UNITED STATES - FTC Loses Vertical Challenge to Tempur Sealy/Mattress Firm On July 2, 2024, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed suit in federal court seeking to block...more

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China’s First Court Ruling on Merger Control Upholds Conditional Clearance of Below-Threshold Deal

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In March 2025, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court issued a landmark ruling—the first case in which a filing party challenged a merger decision by the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) through judicial...more

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