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NY Attorney General Focuses on Corporate Conduct Over Past Six Months

Over the past six months, the New York Attorney General Letitia James has directed her efforts to certain issues, and there is an observable pattern that she is focusing on consumer protection, privacy rights and monopolistic...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

States Seeking Remedies for the Rising Costs of Prescription Drugs

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As expected, the lawsuits have commenced following the enactment of the Arkansas legislation prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers (PBM’s) from owning or operating actual pharmacies within the state. Michigan has filed its...more

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Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Litigation Updates — June 2025

The SEC’s mandatory climate disclosure rule remains stayed pending the outcome of the current litigation in the Eighth Circuit. Recently, however, Republican SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda suggested that the Trump administration...more

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FTC and DOJ support Republican State Attorneys General in antitrust case targeting corporate ESG initiatives

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division have filed a Statement of Interest (SOI) supporting a lawsuit brought by a coalition of Republican states alleging that three large...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

The Texas v. Blackrock ESG Case: The FTC and DOJ Have Entered the Chat

On May 22nd, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed a joint Statement of Interest in a case against several prominent asset managers brought last year by the Texas Attorney General. In...more

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Trump Administration Files Statement of Interest Supporting State AG Action Against Asset Managers Accused of ESG-related...

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Last week, the Trump Administration's FTC and DOJ (Antitrust Division) filed a statement of interest in support of a lawsuit filed last November by eleven Republican state attorneys-general against three major asset managers...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Recent Trends in State Antitrust Enforcement

State attorneys general (state AGs) are expected to ramp up antitrust enforcement. Some would argue that enforcement is an effort to fill a perceived gap left by the Trump administration, but state AGs have been signaling...more

Mogin Law LLP

Structural vs. Behavioral: Dueling Antitrust Remedies Proposed at Google Ad Trial

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During this week’s trial in Alexandria, Va., the Department of Justice (DOJ) and state attorneys general have outlined a sweeping set of structural and behavioral remedies to curtail Google’s dominance in digital advertising,...more

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Illinois and Minnesota AGs Join FTC’s Lawsuit Against Private Equity Firm

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Illinois Attorney General (AG) Kwame Raoul and Minnesota AG Keith Ellison have joined the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a lawsuit to block the acquisition of Surmodics Inc. by GTCR BC Holdings LLC, two major manufacturers...more

Jenner & Block

U.S. et al. v. Google LLC: Key Takeaways from Advertising Technology Antitrust Decision

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Google again made antitrust headlines last week when a federal judge issued a 115-page decision finding that Google violated federal antitrust law by unlawfully establishing a monopoly in digital advertising markets relied...more

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Michigan AG Alleges Anticompetitive Agreement Between Pharmacy Benefit Managers

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sued Express Scripts Inc. and Prime Therapeutics LLC, two pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Monday, April 28, 2025....more

DLA Piper

Three State-Level Developments Could Change the US Criminal Antitrust Enforcement Landscape

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State attorneys general (AGs) have recently signaled a more aggressive stance toward their own criminal antitrust enforcement. If they realize their ambitions, this could presage a notable shift in the US enforcement...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

RealPage Opens New Front in Algorithmic Pricing Challenges with Suit Challenging Berkeley Ordinance

In the latest front of the legal battle over the use of algorithmic pricing, RealPage, Inc. (“RealPage”) has challenged an ordinance passed by the City of Berkeley banning the use of revenue management software products like...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 04.24.2025

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • States Crack Down on Tech Platforms Over Child Safety - ...more

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Google Found Liable for Anticompetitive Practices in Digital Advertising Markets

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A bipartisan coalition of 17 AGs and the U.S. DOJ obtained a favorable ruling in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in their antitrust case against Google LLC. As previously reported, the suit...more

Morgan Lewis

State Attorneys General Step Up Antitrust Enforcement

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State attorneys general are playing an increasingly prominent role in shaping the antitrust enforcement landscape in the United States. With a combination of expanded authority, increased funding, strategic collaboration, and...more

Morgan Lewis

Staying Ahead of State Attorneys General Enforcement Trends

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As federal enforcement and regulatory actions evolve under the current administration, state attorneys general (State AGs) are taking an active role in responding to the changes, with support or challenges in alignment with...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Axinn Associates at the Antitrust Spring Meeting: Enforcers’ Roundtable

The Spring Meeting is the largest gathering of competition, consumer protection, and data privacy profes­sionals globally, with lawyers, academics, economists, enforcers, journalists, and students from around the world....more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Axinn Associates at the Antitrust Spring Meeting: Merger Trials: Winning Strategies

The Spring Meeting is the largest gathering of competition, consumer protection, and data privacy profes­sionals globally, with lawyers, academics, economists, enforcers, journalists, and students from around the world....more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Axinn Associates at the Antitrust Spring Meeting: AG Antitrust Enforcement: “State” of Play

During the first Trump and Biden administrations, state attorneys general upped their emphasis on bringing antitrust cases, and that trend seems to be continuing into the early days of the second Trump administration. The ABA...more

Holland & Knight LLP

The Impact of President Trump's Live Entertainment Industry Executive Order

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President Donald Trump has issued "Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market," an executive order (EO) that calls on the U.S. Attorney General and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce competition laws...more

Mogin Law LLP

Government Attorneys Continue Call for Google to Divest Chrome

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The Department of Justice and 39 state attorneys general have revised proposed remedies they say will restore competition in the internet search engine market dominated by Google via an “illegal monopoly,” as they...more

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Ninth Circuit Upholds Denial of American Booksellers Association’s Motion to Intervene in FTC v. Amazon.com

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On December 4, 2024, the Ninth Circuit upheld the District Court’s denial of the American Booksellers Association’s motion to intervene in an antitrust suit brought against Amazon.com by the FTC and 19 states. The Ninth...more

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Florida Investigates Proxy Advisors Over DEI and ESG Investing Policies

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Florida AG James Uthmeier announced an investigation into whether proxy advising companies Glass Lewis & Co. and Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. may have misrepresented their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and...more

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NCAA Agrees to Ban on NIL Restrictions

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A bipartisan coalition of five AGs reached a final settlement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to resolve allegations that the organization’s restrictions on future student-athletes’ ability to...more

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