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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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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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AGs and DOJ Submit Revised Final Judgment in Google Antitrust Case

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A bipartisan coalition of 38 AGs and the DOJ has submitted a revised proposed final judgment in their antitrust lawsuit against Google, following a U.S. District Court ruling that Google violated the Sherman Act by...more

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FTC, States Sue John Deere in Right to Repair Lawsuit

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On January 15, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Minnesota, and Illinois filed a lawsuit against Deere & Company (Deere). The complaint, which Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona have since joined, accuses Deere of creating...more

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Does California Need a Bigger Antitrust Hammer?

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta and State Democratic Senator Melissa Hurtado want a bigger hammer to enforce California’s Cartwright Act, a key tool in prosecuting antitrust cases. The bill, SB 763, would raise the...more

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Judge Rejects Google’s Motion to Dismiss States’ Advertising Antitrust Case

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A suit brought by state attorneys general accusing Google of overseeing a broad scheme of anticompetitive conduct in digital display advertising markets will continue following a Jan. 28, 2025, ruling from the Eastern...more

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NCAA Agrees to Stop Imposing Name, Image, & Likeness Restrictions

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A bipartisan coalition of 5 AGs reached a settlement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to resolve allegations that the organization’s restrictions on future student-athletes’ ability to commercially use...more

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FTC and State AGs File “Right to Repair” Lawsuit Against Deere & Co.

Last week, the FTC and the Illinois and Minnesota Attorneys General brought suit against Deere & Company (Deere) challenging allegedly unfair equipment repair restrictions, which they claim resulted in higher equipment repair...more

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Q3 2024: Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up

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Despite the summer doldrums, cartel enforcers around the world had several notable enforcement actions and, perhaps more importantly, signaled a busy fall and winter. In the United States, the Department of Justice’s...more

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30 State Attorneys General Team up with DOJ to Sue Live Nation for Violations of Antitrust Law

United States Attorney General Merrick Garland, giving remarks about the lawsuit, highlighted public criticism over Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s “exorbitant fees and technological failures” and stated that this lawsuit is “what...more

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Florida, New York, and the District of Columbia Join NCAA Antitrust Lawsuit

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On Wednesday, attorneys general (AG) for the states of Florida, New York, and the District of Columbia announced that they are joining Tennessee and Virginia in a multistate coalition challenging the National Collegiate...more

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Federal and State Antitrust Enforcers Double Down on Stance Against No-Poach Agreements, Urging 2nd Circuit in Amicus Briefs to...

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In their latest condemnation of labor market restrictions, state and federal enforcers, in two recent friend-of-the-court filings, urged the 2nd Circuit to reverse the dismissal of a no-poach case. On August 4, twenty-one...more

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FTC and State AG Coalition Sue Syngenta, Corteva Over Alleged Generic Competitor Blocking

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The FTC and a bipartisan coalition of AGs from ten states sued pesticide manufacturers Syngenta Crop Protection and Corteva, Inc. over allegations that the companies paid distributors to block competitors from selling cheaper...more

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DOJ, Seven AGs File Antitrust Suit To Block American Airlines-JetBlue Alliance

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A bipartisan group of seven AGs, including Massachusetts AG Maura Healey, and the U.S. Department of Justice sued American Airlines Group Inc. (“American Airlines”) and JetBlue Airways Corporation (“JetBlue”) over allegations...more

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State Attorneys General Newsletter – August 2021

State Attorneys General File Fourth Lawsuit Against Google Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, joined by 35 states and the District of Columbia, filed the fourth antitrust lawsuit against Google since October 2020, claiming...more

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The State Ag Report - Volume 7, Issue 26 | July 2021

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Here are last week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: J&J Settles Opioid-Related New York Suit for...more

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