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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

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - April 2025 #3

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The settlement of a $2.8 billion federal class-action antitrust lawsuit filed by athletes against the NCAA and the largest conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC) was approved by the defendants and plaintiffs in...more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup 2024 Q3 – Our Market Research is Sustainable

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Welcome to the Class Action & MDL Roundup, our quarterly review of decisions and settlements in the class action arena. In this edition, it’s not a breach if it isn’t stolen, a greenwashing claim is washed away, and a...more

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$375 Million UFC Antitrust Settlement Highlights Era of Athlete Empowerment: 2 Key Takeaways For Sports Industry

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One of two class action antitrust lawsuits involving the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) may be coming to a close as a federal court Judge preliminarily approved a settlement agreement between the fighting organization...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Taking It to the House: Preliminary Approval of Settlement in House v. NCAA Could Bring Significant Changes to College Sports

In the latest development from the antitrust class-action lawsuit filed against the NCAA regarding potential compensation allegedly denied to student-athletes, Judge Claudia Wilken of the U.S. District Court for the Northern...more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup 2024 Q1 – Reaching Across the Pond

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the first quarter of 2024. In this edition, UK High Court weighs in on information asymmetry, debit is better than credit,...more

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Google and State AGs Defend Proposed $700M Antitrust Settlement Amid Judicial Scrutiny

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On April 17, a group of five state attorneys general (AG) and Google filed briefs defending the proposed $700 million settlement agreement reached in three antitrust suits brought against Google....more

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Ustekinumab Antitrust Litigation

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On December 7, 2023, a group of health insurers and health insurance administrators filed a class action complaint against Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Biotech, Inc. (collectively “J&J”) in the Eastern District of Virginia...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Second Circuit Casts Doubt on Named Plaintiff Service Awards And Leaves Enforceability of Future Release For Another Day

Last week the Second Circuit issued a new decision affirming, with one exception, the approval of a $5.6 billion revised class action settlement in the long-running Visa/Mastercard antitrust litigation. (See my blog post on...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

3 Things to Know About the $575 Million Settlement of the Landmark Antitrust Suit against Sutter Health

Additional settlement details were recently released in the antitrust case brought against Sacramento-based Sutter Health, one of the nation’s largest hospital systems. In October 2019, Sutter settled People of the State of...more

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California Attorney General Announces Historic $575 Million Settlement of Antitrust Suit Against Sutter Health

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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (AG Becerra) announced on Friday, December 20, 2019, the terms of a comprehensive settlement agreement reached with Sutter Health (Sutter), the largest hospital system in Northern...more

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Second Circuit Summarily Affirms the Attorneys’ Fees Award in the Foreign Exchange Antitrust Settlement after District Court...

On November 1, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a summary order rejecting the appeal of an objector to the Foreign Exchange Antitrust Settlement. A few weeks earlier, U.S. District Court...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Supreme Court’s Business Docket for the October 2018 Term

On September 26, 2018, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “US Supreme Court October 2018 Term.” Topics included some of the key business-related cases on the Supreme Court’s docket, including cases addressing antitrust, foreign...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Sovereign Immunity for State Plaintiffs in Antitrust Class Actions?

The Third Circuit recently denied a petition for rehearing en banc a panel’s earlier decision in the In re Flonase Antitrust Litigation. In that case, the panel decision addressed the degree to which class settlements can...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Visa/Mastercard Class Action Settlement Struck Down Due To Intraclass Conflict

Last week, the Second Circuit reversed the approval of what was reportedly the largest antitrust class action settlement in history, valued at $7.25 billion. In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust...more

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District Court Refuses to Enjoin State From Pursuing Claims That Fell Within Terms of Prior Class Settlement Agreement and Release

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The court in In re Flonase Antitrust Litigation, No. 08-3301, 2015 WL 9273274 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 21, 2015) recently held that it could not enjoin the state of Louisiana from pursuing claims that, on their face, fell within the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Polar Air Cargo Settles Antitrust Claims for $100 Million

A settlement agreement last week in the long-running U.S. Cargo Antitrust Class Action brought the settlement fund in that case to over $1.1 billion. Polar Air Cargo, Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, and Atlas Air Worldwide...more

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Federal Court Approves $415 Million Settlement of Employee Antitrust Claims Against California Technology Employers

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On September 2, 2015, a federal trial court in California approved a $415 million settlement of an antitrust class action filed against a number of Silicon Valley technology employers, including Apple Inc. and Google, among...more

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