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Regeneron Awarded $407 Million in Amgen Antitrust Suit

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On May 15, 2025, a jury returned a verdict finding Amgen Inc. (“Amgen”) liable for antitrust violations and awarding Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron”) over $400 million in damages....more

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EmblemHealth Files Class Action Antitrust Against Alexion Related to Eculizumab

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​​​​​​​On April 16, 2025, EmblemHealth, Inc. (“Emblem”) filed a class action suit in the District Court for the District of Massachusetts against Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Alexion Pharma International Operations Ltd....more

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Judge Donato Excludes Expert Opinion Testimony, Denies Class Certification in Klein V. Meta

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On January 24, 2025, Judge Donato granted Meta’s motion to exclude the opinions of user plaintiffs’ expert on antitrust injury. Finding that the class certification motion depended on the expert opinions offered by Dr....more

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Live Nation’s Motion to Dismiss Government Antitrust Case Rejected

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The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and state antitrust authorities have plausibly alleged that Live Nation engaged in illegal tying and coercion of performing artists, a federal judge in the Southern District...more

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Fourth Circuit Affirms Denial Of Class Certification In Coupon Services Price Fixing Case

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On February 12, 2025, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina not to grant class certification in a 17-year-old lawsuit accusing...more

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Navigating 4th Circ.'s Antitrust Burden In Hybrid Relationships

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On Nov. 12, the U.S. Supreme Court declined certiorari for the U.S. v. Brewbaker decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, leaving undisturbed the ruling that heightens the burden on antitrust prosecutors...more

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Northern District Of California Applies Recent Epic v. Apple Precedent To Dismiss Antitrust Suit Before Closing Arguments

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On January 28, 2025, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted judgment as a matter of law for defendant Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (“Intuitive” or “defendant”) on all claims brought by plaintiff, Surgical Instruments...more

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Illinois District Court Dismisses Antitrust Case Alleging Monopolization Of Transportation Services For Canadian Crude Oil In...

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On January 13, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim that it monopolized the market for “Canadian crude oil transportation...more

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Judge Cuts Unrevealed Slice of FTC’s Amazon Case, But a Lot Remains

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U.S. Judge John H. Chun in Seattle has cut a temporarily undisclosed portion of the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust suit against Amazon.com Inc., but said an eventual trial would focus solely on Amazon’s liability under...more

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Hyundai Can't Escape Antitrust Claims According to Federal Judge in North Carolina

CHARLOTTE, NC – The United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina has denied plaintiffs Hyundai Motor Company’s Rule 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim (#36). This means that...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

In re Capacitors Antitrust Class Action Update: Claims Slightly Narrowed, Parties Continue Discovery

When we last wrote in June 2015 about In re Capacitors Antitrust Litig., No. 14-03264-JD, consolidated putative class actions pending before Judge James Donato in the Northern District of California, the plaintiffs had just...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

In re Capacitors Antitrust Class Action Litigation Survives Motion to Dismiss

Direct and indirect capacitor purchasers who filed class action complaints against an alleged worldwide cartel of capacitor manufacturers have, for the most part, survived a motion to dismiss in the Northern District of...more

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Best in Law: What Businesses Need to Know on Antitrust Law

There is a saying among antitrust lawyers: Don’t say you “won” an antitrust lawsuit — just by being in one means you lost. Business litigation is almost always expensive and challenging. Antitrust litigation can be several...more

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