The LathamTECH Podcast — Getting Deals Done: Tackling Antitrust Challenges in Tech M&A
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Business Better Podcast Episode: Bridging Campuses: Legal Insights on Education Industry Consolidation – Mergers, Acquisitions, and Antitrust
Antitrust Considerations in Long-Term Care — Assisted Living and the Law Podcast
State AGs File NIL Antitrust Lawsuits — Highway to NIL Podcast
Drafting Consumer Breach Notices — From a Litigation Perspective - Unauthorized Access Podcast
Antitrust Conversations: Antitrust Litigation
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Cryptocurrency and Antitrust Litigation
JONES DAY TALKS®: Private Antitrust Litigation in Spain
JONES DAY TALKS®: Takeaways from a Landmark Cryptocurrency Antitrust Case
JONES DAY TALKS®: Private Antitrust Litigation in France
JONES DAY TALKS®: Private Antitrust Litigation in Italy
JONES DAY TALKS®: Private Antitrust Litigation in the Netherlands
JONES DAY TALKS®: Private Antitrust Litigation in Germany
JONES DAY TALKS®: Private Antitrust Litigation in Europe: The Big Picture
Nota Bene Episode 68: The Current Antitrust Enforcement Climate in the United States with Capitol Forum Senior Editor Nate Soderstrom
International Litigation and Transactions in the Face of GDPR – A Panel Preview
Jones Day Talks: Game Over? Alston and the Future of Pay-for-Play in College Sports
Employment Law This Week: Antitrust Guidance for HR, EEOC Strategic Enforcement Plan, New I-9 Form, Wage Statement Challenge
Health Care Antitrust & the Supreme Court – Interview with Bruce Sokler, Member, Mintz Levin
Tennessee basketball player Zakai Zeigler has appealed the district court’s denial of his bid to secure a preliminary injunction against the NCAA’s “Four-Seasons Rule.” We will be closely following what the Sixth Circuit...more
On June 12, 2025, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee denied Zeigler's request for a preliminary injunction, where he sought to immediately suspend the NCAA's Four-Seasons Rule to make him...more
After years of litigating its attempt to block Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently dropped its in-house challenge following the Ninth Circuit’s decision affirming...more
Two NASCAR Cup Series race teams, 23XI Racing, an organization co-owned by basketball star Michael Jordan, and Front Row Motorsports, are engaged in litigation against NASCAR regarding claims of antitrust violations against...more
House v. NCAA Update- As previously reported, the April 7 House v. NCAA hearing ended with Judge Wilken giving the settlement parties an opportunity to address certain concerns regarding the implementation of roster limits...more
On May 7, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court opinion that denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) motion for a preliminary injunction against Microsoft’s acquisition of...more
Last month, the Second Circuit rejected the effort of an association of anesthesiology service providers to enjoin a Syracuse-based hospital from recruiting and hiring local anesthesiology providers. The association, American...more
On April 25, U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi ordered the NCAA not to enforce its Five-Year Rule against Rutgers University cornerback Jett Elad. The impact of name, image, and likeness (NIL) agreements on the new world...more
On January 31, the attorney general (AG) for the state of Tennessee and the attorney general for the Commonwealth of Virginia announced that they had reached an agreement in principle with the National Collegiate Athletics...more
Wisconsin cornerback Nyzier Fourqurean was granted a preliminary injunction on Thursday that would allow him to maintain his college eligibility and continue playing for the Wisconsin Badgers this fall....more
On January 31, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas denied the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction to block Tempur Sealy’s (the world’s largest mattress manufacturer)...more
On January 10, 2025, Judge Kenneth D. Bell of the United States Court for the Western District of North Carolina denied NASCAR’s motion to dismiss stock car racing team 23XI Racing’s (“plaintiff”) monopolization case against...more
It’s bowl season, but that won’t stop Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia from celebrating his own personal victories. On December 18, 2024, Judge William L. Campbell entered an Order granting Pavia’s Motion for Preliminary...more
Plaintiff, a U.S.-based streaming service that focuses primarily on delivering live sports streaming, filed the lawsuit in February 2024 to challenge a new sports-only streaming joint venture, Venu, established by Disney,...more
This is the fourth issue of WilmerHale’s FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape, a bulletin that highlights developments about the licensing, litigation, and regulation of patents that are or are claimed to be...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) prevailed in the first round of its much-criticized challenge to Tapestry Inc.'s acquisition of Capri Holdings Limited. Tapestry owns the Coach brand, and Capri owns the Michael Kors and...more
On August 20, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted a nationwide injunction setting aside the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) rule banning most non-compete clauses in...more
For most litigated mergers, the preliminary injunction hearing is decisive: if the FTC or DOJ obtains a preliminary injunction, parties frequently abandon the deal before the case is fully litigated on the merits, and...more
On January 31, Tennessee Attorney General (AG) Jonathan Skrmetti, joined by Virginia AG Jason Miyares, filed suit against the NCAA in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee for alleged violations of the...more
The Sixth Circuit’s recent decision in St. Luke’s Hospital et al. v. ProMedica Health System, Inc. addresses whether and when a unilateral refusal to deal can result in competitive injury within the meaning of the federal...more
Welcome to The Franchise Memorandum by Lathrop GPM. Below are summaries of recent legal developments of interest to franchisors. Post-Termination Injunction: Noncompete Covenants - California Federal Court Enforces...more
In recent years, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched significant investigations into mergers between distributors, with the merging parties resolving the FTC’s concerns through consent, by abandoning the...more
On January 11, an en banc panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirmed a trial court’s decision declaring that a no-hire provision in a commercial contract between two businesses was void and unenforceable under...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
As the trend of acquisitions of physician practices and mergers of hospitals continues, so does antitrust scrutiny of these deals. There was activity this week in three different proposed transactions that caught the...more