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Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up – The Trump Administration’s Criminal Antitrust Enforcement Posture Takes Shape

As previously predicted, the new year and change of administration in the U.S. brought a series of notable developments in criminal antitrust enforcement. Recent actions indicate that the new antitrust leadership in the...more

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[CLE Hybrid Event] A Year in Review: Discussing Vinson & Elkins’ 2024 Chemicals & Energy Antitrust Report - February 12th,...

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Join us as Darren Tucker and Jason Powers discuss recent antitrust developments in the energy sector and what lies ahead for companies in 2025. Key topics include the incoming Trump administration’s approach to antitrust...more

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New Jersey District Court Dismisses Algorithmic Room-Rate-Fixing Case Alleging Use Of Room Pricing Software By Atlantic City...

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On September 30, 2024, Judge Karen M. Williams of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissed with prejudice a complaint, lodged by a putative class of consumers, that alleged various...more

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Gibson Decision Hands Atlantic City Casino-Hotels Dismissal of Price-Fixing Claims

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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

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Reliance on Third-Party “Pricing” Facilitators Under Increasing Antitrust Scrutiny

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In the past year, healthcare systems and providers across the country have filed a series of antitrust lawsuits against MultiPlan Inc. and major US health insurers, alleging a hub-and-spoke conspiracy to fix and reduce...more

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The DOJ's Lawsuit Against RealPage: Unpacking the Allegations and Implications for the Rental Market

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and eight state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against real estate software company RealPage, alleging that its algorithmic pricing system has contributed to widespread...more

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Illinois Brick Simplified: U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Purchasers from iPhone App Store Can Sue Apple Despite the Fact that...

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On May 13, 2019, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the views of the U.S. Solicitor General, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, and the Federal Trade Commission when it kept alive a putative class...more

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Cartel Snapshot - February 2019

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Q4 Update: Overview of Cartel Investigations - Although 2018 saw guilty pleas and new indictments in several ongoing Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations, the year finished by continuing a downward trend in antitrust...more

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Trump DOJ’s Antitrust Enforcement Policies Are Predictably Unpredictable

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More than 40 years ago, the Supreme Court determined that efficient enforcement of the Sherman Act required a bright-line rule, with very limited exceptions, barring antitrust claims by "indirect purchasers"—end customers who...more

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Bringing Back Indirect Purchasers – DOJ Considers Seeking Reversal of Illinois Brick

For over 40 years, the Supreme Court has barred, with very limited exceptions, indirect purchasers— end customers who purchase products through an intermediate source—from seeking federal antitrust damages. But Andrew Finch,...more

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