Competition Currents | April 2026
United States A. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) 1. FTC Chairman commits to pursuing merger challenges exclusively in federal court. During a Feb. 20, 2026, speech, FTC Chairman And...
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United States A. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) 1. FTC Chairman commits to pursuing merger challenges exclusively in federal court. During a Feb. 20, 2026, speech, FTC Chairman And...
Agentic commerce arrives in a field that has spent the better part of 40 years catching up to digital markets, and is now catching up to AI. Antitrust law is built almost entirely...
FTC targets anti-competitive activity and 'Made in the USA' marketing.
Lina Khan and Doha Mekki on three court rulings that illustrate the power juries and local officials have to enforce antitrust laws.
The Federal Trade Commission’s May 1, 2026 consent order involving “micromarket kiosk” companies illustrates how the agency is applying modern merger enforcement principles beyond...
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a proposed class action accusing the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) of conspiring with law schools to fix application fees and monopolize...
"The state attorneys general aren't backup singers anymore, they are now headliners," an Armstrong Teasdale business litigation partner said after state AGs secured a monopolizatio...
The Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and a bipartisan group of six state attorneys general announced last week a proposed settlement that provides important guidance...
Mandelbaum Barrett launched a new antitrust practice to advise clients on litigation, merger review and compliance. The post Mandelbaum Barrett launches antitrust practice appeared...
A federal jury in Manhattan returned a landmark verdict finding Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary Ticketmaster liable for illegally maintaining monopoly power in the liv...
Three big wins for antitrust enforcers—the Live Nation suit and the Google search and ad-tech suits—all relied on the rarely used Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
The Federal Trade Commission, along with a coalition of states, has taken decisive action to stop alleged collusion between the nation’s largest advertising agencies that purported...
Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, a leading boutique plaintiffs' law firm specializing in complex antitrust class actions that has recovered over $5 billion for its clients and...
The commission re-coupling built into Zillow Preview echoes the very conduct that triggered the largest antitrust verdict in residential real estate history. Zillow’s CEO Jeremy Wa...
The U.S. Department of Justice’s recent proposed settlement with a revenue management software provider provides a guide for companies reassessing their antitrust risk associated w...
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a statement of interest (SOI) in an ongoing patent infringement case between consumer electronics giant Samsung and memory sys...
As antitrust and competition law take on growing significance — fueled by increased federal and state enforcement, expanding private litigation, and heightened scrutiny of pricing...
On May 18, a federal jury in Massachusetts returned a $885 million verdict against Takeda Pharmaceuticals, finding that Takeda entered into an anticompetitive patent settlement tha...
On May 18, a federal jury in Massachusetts returned a $885 million verdict against Takeda Pharmaceuticals, finding that Takeda entered into an anticompetitive patent settlement tha...
A US federal jury Wednesday found Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary Ticketmaster violated multiple federal antitrust laws, determining the companies held an illegal mono...
As Amazon faces mounting antitrust scrutiny from the FTC, state regulators, and private plaintiffs, the company’s legal battles are emerging as some of the most significant and clo...
As Amazon faces mounting antitrust scrutiny from the FTC, state regulators, and private plaintiffs, the company’s legal battles are emerging as some of the most significant and clo...
The Justice Department unsealed a historic superseding indictment charging four of the world's largest shipping container manufacturers — CIMC, Singamas, Dong Fang, and CXIC — and...
"[I]t seemed like a good time to assess where were were as a firm, to access who was front-facing, who's applying for the leadership appointments, who's liaising with co-counsel an...
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