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Word On The Street: Insights From Federal Enforcement Leaders In The Northern District Of California

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On May 12, State Attorneys General Enforcement & Investigations Chair Kevin Frankel met with three senior federal enforcement officials in the Northern District of California (covering the San Francisco Bay Area): Craig...more

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Inside Competition: May 2026

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Inside Competition is designed to help companies identify key legal developments in antitrust and competition law in the United States and beyond. In addition to reporting on antitrust litigation and enforcement actions...more

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DOJ, States Reach Significant Settlement in Agri Stats Information Sharing Antitrust Litigation

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The Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and a bipartisan group of six state attorneys general announced last week a proposed settlement that provides important guidance on how federal and state antitrust enforcers...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Revisiting the Need for Antitrust Collaboration Guidelines and Guidance

The DOJ and FTC have initiated a joint inquiry that could lead to updated antitrust guidance, and influence future enforcement, relating to collaborations among competitors. The initiative comes at a time of heightened...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

No Games in Merger Review: DOJ Signals Discipline and Continuity

On May 7, 2026, Acting Assistant Attorney General Omeed A. Assefi delivered remarks at NYU Law’s Engelberg Center outlining the Antitrust Division’s current approach to merger review. The remarks came as Assefi continues to...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

The HSR Act Applies to People Too: “Merger Control” Filing Obligations for Individual Investors, Family Offices, and Trusts

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Every year, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) investigates high net worth individuals for failure-to-file violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”) — the “merger control”...more

Mogin Law LLP

What Does the AWS Deal with OpenAI Mean for Competition?

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OpenAI’s expanded partnership with Amazon Web Services marks a significant shift in the relationship between major AI developers and hyperscale cloud providers. With OpenAI’s April 2026 decision to amend its exclusive cloud...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Wilson Sonsini Global Cartel Law Quarterly Q4 2025/Q1 2026

The firm is pleased to distribute the Wilson Sonsini Global Cartel Law Quarterly Q4 2025/Q1 2026, which provides a summary of key cartel enforcement trends across the U.S., Europe, and beyond. A “cartel” under competition law...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Merger enforcement under Trump 2.0: Challenges, crystallization, and criticism

The Trump 2.0 antitrust agencies have changed how merger cases are being challenged and resolved. But the agencies’ tactics are not without criticism....more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – April 2026 #5

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Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul Class Deviations - On April 20, class deviations for FAR Parts 9 (Contractor Qualifications), 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services), 22 (Application...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

Plea Agreement in Multi-Year Bid Rigging Scheme Reinforces Administration Efforts to Root Out Fraud Within and Against the Federal...

A former member of the U.S. Air Force pled guilty on April 1, 2026, for his role in a nine-year scheme that involved falsely inflating IT contracts by at least $37 million. The individual then used these funds to enrich...more

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Analytics and Whistleblowers Are Transforming Cartel Detection: Corporate Antitrust Compliance May Lag Behind

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As enforcement agencies enhance cartel detection through data analytics and whistleblower programs, companies should reassess whether their compliance infrastructure can identify risks before regulators do—and evolve...more

Thompson Coburn LLP

Live Nation and Ticketmaster Found Liable for Antitrust Violations by Federal Jury

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A federal jury in the Southern District of New York has now returned a verdict against Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster LLC, finding that these companies dominated the live entertainment sector...more

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The Antitrust Scrutiny Continues: FTC Launches New Healthcare Task Force

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Key Takeaways - The FTC has launched a new Healthcare Task Force to coordinate enforcement across its bureaus and increase focus on the health care industry...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Is Anti-Steering Anticompetitive? Examining DOJ's Expanding Enforcement Against Hospital Contracting

The business relationship between hospitals and commercial payers is both highly complex and symbiotic: Payers need hospitals in their networks to sell a commercially viable product, and hospitals need a sufficient volume of...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Global Antitrust Update Spring 2026 | Key Takeaways

Antitrust enforcement is becoming broader, faster and more embedded in day-to-day business activity. Across the United States, European Union and United Kingdom, regulators are expanding scrutiny beyond traditional cartel and...more

Perkins Coie

A 2026 Guide to Reassessing Algorithmic Antitrust Risk

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The U.S. Department of Justice’s recent proposed settlement with a revenue management software provider provides a guide for companies reassessing their antitrust risk associated with using algorithmic pricing vendors....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up – New Year, Continued Focus: DOJ Antitrust Division Reinforces Criminal Enforcement Priorities Amid...

As 2026 unfolds, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division (Division) is entering a period of transition marked by leadership changes and a recalibration of enforcement priorities. Following the departure of...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

State Coalition Claims Victory in Live Nation Monopolization Trial

On April 15, 2026, a federal jury found Live Nation liable for monopolization. The case was initially filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and joined by 40 attorneys general (AGs) from the states and the District of...more

Wiley Rein LLP

DOJ’s Recent Statements Reflect Consistent Focus, Balanced Approach to Antitrust and IP Enforcement

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Over the past year, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division has delivered consistent message about the relationship between antitrust law and intellectual property (IP) rights: strong patent rights and...more

Hicks Johnson

Recent DOJ Litigation Highlights Antitrust Concerns for Potential Merger Partners

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The Department of Justice recently brought an action under the Clayton Act to enjoin the merger of two giants in the packaged ice industry, Reddy Ice and Arctic Glacier: U.S. v. Reddy Ice, LLC, Case No. 1:26-cv-271, in the...more

DLA Piper

Inside Competition: April 2026

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Inside Competition is designed to help companies identify key legal developments in antitrust and competition law in the United States. In addition to reporting on antitrust litigation and enforcement actions over the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

DOJ Sends Clear Signal With Latest Antitrust Challenge to Hospital Contracting Practices

On March 26, 2026, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an antitrust lawsuit against The New York and Presbyterian Hospital (NYP), alleging that certain contractual restrictions NYP imposes on health insurance companies...more

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Key Insights from the DOJ’s First-Ever Department-Wide Corporate Enforcement Policy

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Last month, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) released a Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP) which, for the first time in the DOJ’s history, applies across the entire DOJ with the...more

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Enforcers’ Intensifying Focus on Algorithmic Pricing Tools

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At this year’s ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting, a panel of practitioners and economists discussed the rapid expansion – and rising scrutiny – of algorithmic pricing tools in the healthcare industry....more

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