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FTC Shows Utility of Antitrust Actions for Smaller Companies in Niche Markets

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...

FTC Announces Action to Restore Competition in the Digital Advertising Ecosystem

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...

Mandelbaum Barrett PC debuts antitrust practice  

As antitrust and competition law take on growing significance — fueled by increased federal and state enforcement, expanding private litigation, and heightened scrutiny of pricing...

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...

Agentic Commerce, Price Control, and the New Antitrust Questions

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...

Mandelbaum Barrett launches antitrust practice

Mandelbaum Barrett launched a new antitrust practice to advise clients on litigation, merger review and compliance. The post Mandelbaum Barrett launches antitrust practice appeared...

Warren, Booker, Senate Democrats Introduce Bill to Undo Trump's Corrupt Merger Approvals, Restore Fairness to Federal An...

DOJ, States Reach Significant Settlement in Agri Stats Information Sharing Antitrust Litigation

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...

Jury Finds Live Nation And Ticketmaster Violated Anti-Trust Laws

A federal jury yesterday found that Live Nation, the concert giant that owns Ticketmaster, operated as a monopoly in violation of federal and state antitrust laws, ending a closely...

Zillow's Latest Scheme Warrants Antitrust Scrutiny

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...

Amazon's Bot Ban Aims To Stifle AI Rivals, 9th Circ. Told

Perplexity AI has urged the Ninth Circuit to scrap an injunction blocking the startup's artificial intelligence tool Comet from purchasing items on Amazon.com, arguing the lower co...

Aptoide sues Google over alleged Android App Store monopoly

Aptoide has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google over alleged unlawful restrictions on competition in the Android app ecosystem through control of app distribution and in-app...

The Antitrust Story Insurers Don’t Want You to Read

The National Board of Fire Underwriters, as discussed in yesterday’s post, “The National Board of Fire Underwriters: The Insurance Cartel that Built Modern Property Insurance,” did...

Apple told by Indian court to 'cooperate' in antitrust case: report

'Material Litigation Risk': Live Nation Antitrust Jury Trial Buoys State AGs

"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 Antitrust Theory of Everything

Jonathan Chait: “Democrats are in thrall to the idea that corporate consolidation is America’s biggest, and maybe only, problem.”

Section 2 Antitrust Claims Used to Be Sure Losers. Why Are They Suddenly Winning?

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.       

Live Nation. Amazon. Americans Are Standing Up to Corporate Lawbreaking.

Lina Khan and Doha Mekki on three court rulings that illustrate the power juries and local officials have to enforce antitrust laws.

Antitrust Suits Spread Through Fertilizer Industry

Farmers filing the cases allege that fertilizer-makers raised prices in lockstep to levels beyond what can be explained by increases in input costs.       

Lawsuits Accuse Corporate 'Cartel' of Monopolizing Missouri's Weed Market

A 10 percent ownership cap was supposed to prevent monopolies in Missouri's marijuana market. Instead, the state's licensing regime may have created a blueprint for companies to bu...

CoStar facing multiple antitrust accusations in lawsuits

CoStar Group faces three federal antitrust lawsuits alleging monopolistic practices in commercial real estate data across Virginia, California and Washington, D.C. The post CoStar...

Litigation Trends to Watch: FTC Unleashes Wave of Consumer and Antitrust Actions. Plus, Pacific Trial Attorneys Advocate...

FTC targets anti-competitive activity and 'Made in the USA' marketing.       

Jury finds Live Nation/Ticketmaster is illegal monopoly that overcharged fans

Trump administration dropped out of the trial, but 33 states kept fighting.

Indian court tells Apple to 'cooperate' in antitrust case

The CCI has been seeking Apple's financial information since an ‌investigation found in 2024 that the company had abused its dominant position