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Delaware Federal Court Vacates $100 Million Verdict Against Caterpillar in Claim Brought by Importer of New Chinese Construction...

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A federal court in Delaware has vacated a damages award in a claim brought by an importer of new Chinese construction equipment who had accused Caterpillar of pushing it out of the U.S. market. Int’l Constr. Prods. LLC v....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

A&O Shearman

Global antitrust enforcement report - 2025

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2024 saw a significant increase in overall global fines for antitrust enforcement, with total penalties for the jurisdictions surveyed in our report at USD6.7 billion, over double that of 2023 (USD2.9bn) and substantially...more

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Stellantis’s Occupant Safety Systems Claim Collides with Reality

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On 21 February 2025, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) unanimously dismissed Stellantis's claim for €770 million in damages against Autoliv, a leading global manufacturer of automotive occupant safety systems ("OSS"),...more

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Justin Le Patourel v BT Group Plc: Failure for the UK’s first opt-out class action

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In its 19 December 2024 judgment, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) unanimously rejected Mr Le Patourel’s excessive pricing claim against BT. This was the UK’s first opt-out collective action to proceed to trial, and will...more

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District Court Of Connecticut Largely Denies Generic Drug Manufacturers’ “Unusual” Dismissal Motion Targeting Specific Types Of...

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On November 12, 2024, Judge Michael P. Shea of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut granted in part and denied in part a joint motion to dismiss submitted by thirty-six defendant drug manufacturers...more

Stinson LLP

Flag After the Play, Ruling on the Field Under Review: $4.8 Billion NFL Sunday Ticket Antitrust Litigation

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In June 2024, a California jury awarded plaintiffs nearly $4.8 billion in an antitrust class action against the National Football League (NFL) and DirecTV. In the case, In re National Football League's "Sunday Ticket"...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

What You Missed This Summer in Higher Ed Athletics - The House Settlement and Johnson Ruling  

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This summer brought significant legal and administrative changes to college athletics, reshaping the landscape for the upcoming academic year. Key court rulings, including the landmark House v. NCAA settlement, have mandated...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

House Settlement Submitted for Court Approval: Impact on the Future of College Athletics

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On July 26, the plaintiffs in In Re: College Athlete NIL Litigation (a/k/a the House litigation) filed formal settlement documents (i.e., the proposed settlement) with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of...more

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Visa/Mastercard Antitrust Class Action Claim Filing Deadline Extended to August 30

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In the massive antitrust class action against Visa, Mastercard and more than 25 banks, the deadline has been extended for victims of overpaid credit or debit card transaction fees to file a claim to their share of the $5.54...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Another Brick in the Wall: NCAA Enjoined from Enforcing NIL Rules Prohibiting Student-Athletes from Negotiating with Third Parties

U.S. District Judge Clifton Corker issued an injunctive order prohibiting the NCAA from enforcing its name, image or likeness (NIL) rules to the extent those rules prohibit prospective or existing student-athletes from...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Buyer’s Market? Real Estate Broker Verdict’s Effect on Marketplace

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A recent federal jury verdict in Missouri has gotten the attention of real estate industry professionals around the country. The jury in Sitzer v. National Association of Realtors et. al (Case No. 4:19-cv-00332-SRB) ordered...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Potential Broker Antitrust Liability and the $1.78 Billion Verdict in Recent Missouri Case

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On October 31, 2023, a Missouri jury awarded the plaintiff class in Sitzer/Burnett v. Nar, et al a $1.78 billion damages verdict against several real estate brokerage companies and the National Association of Realtors, based...more

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In Divided En Banc Ruling, Ninth Circuit Holds That the Potential Presence of Uninjured Class Members Does Not Defeat Class...

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In April 2021, the Ninth Circuit issued its panel opinion in Wholesale Grocery Cooperative v. Bumble Bee Foods LLC, which held that the district court erred in certifying several classes of tuna purchasers in an antitrust...more

Hogan Lovells

Cartel damages: Germany, the assignment model and debt collection services – an update

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Germany doesn’t offer claimants a true U.S. or UK style class action regime. Claimants will therefore seek alternative ways to join forces and bundle their claims using the so-called assignment-model as a favoured solution....more

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Ninth Circuit: California antitrust law does not apply to the claims of a nationwide class

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Takeaway: Consumer class actions primarily target a damages remedy. In the antitrust context, state antitrust law provides the path to damages for indirect purchasers, because federal antitrust law bars indirect purchaser...more

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JONES DAY TALKS®: Private Antitrust Litigation in Spain

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Jones Day's series on private enforcement actions relating to antitrust matters in Europe turns to significant developments in Spain. Raimundo Ortega and Antonio Canales explain why antitrust actions in Spain have increased,...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

Antitrust Developments and the Potential Impact on Government Contractors

The Remedy of Divestiture: Steves and Sons, Inc. v. JELD-WEN, Inc. For what is believed to be the first time ever, a private plaintiff successfully challenged an already consummated merger under antitrust law and won...more

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Mindestens 15% - Landgericht Dortmund schätzt kartellbedingten Preisaufschlag

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Das Landgericht Dortmund macht mit Urteil vom 30.09.2020 (8 O 115/14 (Kart)) von der Möglichkeit Gebrauch, die Schadenshöhe in Kartellschadensersatzfällen zu schätzen – ohne ein eigenes Gutachten einzuholen. ...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Antitrust Litigation Opportunity for Funds

Funds — through their portfolio companies — may have a significant antitrust opportunity against the major U.S. railroad companies. ...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Antitrust Damages Claims in Germany

Kartelle sind schwerwiegende Eingriffe in unsere marktwirtschaftliche Ordnung, die jedes Jahr erhebliche volkswirtschaftliche Schäden verursachen. Wenn sich Wettbewerber untereinander absprechen, um Preise festzusetzen,...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

White & Case LLP

English Court of Appeal slashes UK's first cartel follow-on antitrust damages award and emphasises claimants' burden to prove...

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In BritNed v ABB, the English Court of Appeal substantially reduced the UK's first award of damages in a so-called cartel damages claim brought for breach of European competition law. In so doing, the Court rejected calls for...more

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California's New Reverse Payment Law Departs from Supreme Court Standard in FTC v. Actavis

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On October 7, 2019, California became the first state to enact legislation—Assembly Bill 824 ("AB 824")—rendering certain pharmaceutical patent litigation settlement agreements presumptively anticompetitive. This alert...more

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Can a Party Recover Damages for the Anticipated Future Use of Trade Secrets?

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Courts have long lamented that “computing damages in a trade secret case is not cut and dry,” Am. Sales Corp. v. Adventure Travel, Inc., 862 F. Supp. 1476, 1479 (E.D. Va. 1994), meaning that “every [trade secret] case...more

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