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Episode 119 -- The Ericsson FCPA Settlement
Episode 118 -- Update on OFAC Enforcement and Lessons Learned
Episode 117 -- FCPA Update: Samsung FCPA Settlement; Braskem Former CEO Indicted; Transport CEO Convicted after Trial
II-35- The New Sexual Harassment Training/Policy Requirements in New York State and New York City
[WEBINAR] Labor & Employment Law: What Changed in 2017
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Episode 30: 2017 Trends & 2018 Predictions From The Plaintiff’s Perspective – A Chat With Debra Katz
Episode 24: EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum Part I: Employers' "Superstar Harassment" Problem
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The future of college sports hangs in the balance as negotiations over the NCAA’s proposed $2.8 billion antitrust settlement head into overtime. Judge Claudia Wilken recently declined to grant final approval of the deal due...more
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
On April 23, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a significant order in House v. NCAA and two related antitrust class actions (collectively known as In re College Athlete NIL...more
In this week’s Film Room, we break down party submissions following the House hearing on Final Approval. On April 14, 2025, Plaintiffs, Defendant Conferences and the NCAA submitted a joint supplemental brief in support of...more
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
In October 2024, the proposed $2.8 billion NCAA House Settlement (the Settlement) for the breakthrough House v. NCAA litigation received preliminary approval from Judge Claudia Wilken for the Northern District of California....more
On March 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee made its preliminary injunction permanent and approved a settlement as it relates to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) bylaw...more
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
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
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
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
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
Our Financial Services Group summarizes the closely observed preliminary settlement agreement over the fees credit card companies and banks charge merchants....more
Real estate brokerage franchisor Keller Williams has agreed to a settle claims related to the ongoing broker commission antitrust litigation. Burnett v. National Ass’n of Realtors, Case No. 4:19-CV-00332 (W.D. Mo.), which has...more
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
In its Jan. 8 order list, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal concerning a “judgment sharing agreement” among major U.S. meat-supplier defendants in the Broiler Chicken antitrust case (In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust...more
Significant work goes into settling a False Claims Act action. Defendants may spend months negotiating with the government to reach an agreeable settlement — often even longer if the defendant pursues the arduous...more
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
A recent district court order finds that JSAs can serve a legitimate purpose of controlling parties’ exposure and preventing coercive settlements. Antitrust conspiracy claims pose significant monetary risks, including...more
Settlements are a frequently used means of efficiently terminating proceedings, not only in cartel cases but also in other antitrust proceedings. The EU Commission can avoid having to spend resources on a time-consuming...more
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
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
The terms of a settlement that resolved antitrust litigation between the State of California and Sutter Health, the largest health system in Northern California, have now become public, almost two months after the settlement...more
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
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