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The State AG Report – 11.06.2025

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • Republican AGs Trash Sustainability Groups’ Recycling...more

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Republican AGs Trash Sustainability Groups’ Recycling Practices as Anticompetitive

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Florida AG James Uthmeier led a group of 5 Republican AGs in sending letters to major environmental organizations, alleging that they coordinated with large corporations to impose anticompetitive recycling and packaging...more

Cooley LLP

UK Competition and Markets Authority Publishes Guidance for HR Teams When Competing for Talent

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On 9 September 2025, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published new guidance on how competition law applies to recruiting workers, setting pay and other working conditions. The guidance builds on a recent string...more

Mogin Law LLP

Nvidia’s $100B Investment in OpenAI Raises Antitrust Eyebrows

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It was huge news last month. Nvidia and OpenAI signed a letter of intent for a strategic partnership that will deploy at least 10 gigawatts of AI data center capacity requiring millions of chips, fast-computing graphics...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

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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

UK Competition Authority Publishes Guidance on Competing for Talent

On 9 September 2025, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published new guidance on how competition law applies to recruitment and HR processes, “Competing for Talent” (the Guidance). The Guidance targets HR...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

Rivkin Radler LLP

A History of CDPAP Enforcement at the NYS AG’s Office

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New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) has long been the subject of enforcement at the New York State Attorney General’s Office (AG). Many of those enforcement actions involve caregivers who billed...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

Vedder Price

Latest FTC Settlement Further Underscores Risk of “Green” Agreements

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Last month, we posted an update describing Florida’s investigation into whether the CDP and the Science Based Targets Initiative are facilitating unlawful collusion among financial institutions and investment services to use...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

European Commission Tightens Law Enforcement on Pharmaceutical Cartels

In July 2025, the European Competition Commission imposed a EUR 489,000 fine on Alchem International Pvt. Ltd. and its Hong Kong subsidiary for their involvement in a pharmaceutical cartel involving the active ingredient used...more

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EU Fines Delivery Hero and Glovo €329 Million for Labour Market Cartel: Key Takeaways

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On 2 June 2025, the European Commission (the Commission) fined Delivery Hero and its Spanish subsidiary Glovo a combined €329 million for operating a cartel in the online food delivery sector....more

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DOJ Antitrust Division Launches Whistleblower Rewards Program

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KEY TAKEAWAYS - The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division has launched its first-ever Whistleblower Rewards Program, offering financial incentives to individuals who report criminal antitrust violations...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

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HK Competition Commission’s First Prosecution for Failing to Attend Interview

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In May 2025, for the first time since the enactment of the Competition Ordinance (Cap 619) (“Ordinance”), the Hong Kong Competition Commission (“Commission”) prosecuted a person for failing to attend an interview before the...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

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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

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Labour markets: a first in France for standalone no-poach enforcement

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On 11 June 2025, the French Competition Authority (‘FCA’) fined three companies active in the engineering, technology consulting, and IT services sectors, Alten, Bertrandt, and Expleo, a total of €29.5 million for...more

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Goodwin Antitrust & Regulatory Shorts: 10 Key Takeaways From the European Commission’s Recent DMA Decisions Against Apple and Meta

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On 23 April 2025, the European Commission (the Commission) imposed its first ever fines under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Apple and Meta were fined for failing to comply with their respective obligations under the DMA,...more

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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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