https://www.law360.com/competition?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Competition Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 23:26:41 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2333185?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2333185 A California federal judge granted preliminary approval Wednesday to a group of roughly 1,000 Division I volunteer baseball coaches for their settlement under which the NCAA would pay $49.5 million to resolve their proposed antitrust class action challenging a since-repealed "uniform wage fix" bylaw. Thu, 01 May 2025 22:29:10 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2333089?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2333089 A defunct advertising app that alleged Google's decision to boot it from the Google Play Store harmed market competition for digital advertising asked the Ninth Circuit to reinstate its claims, arguing Wednesday the lower court wrongly concluded that eliminating a "nascent competitor" in a large market didn't rise to antitrust injury. Thu, 01 May 2025 21:13:16 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2333553?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2333553 An academic testifying for Google on Thursday told a D.C. federal court that the data sharing provisions being proposed as a fix in the search monopolization case would allow rivals to reverse engineer Google search and if not match the results, at least mimic them. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:35:49 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2333193?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2333193 McDonald's Corp. has agreed to drop its claims against Cargill Inc. in litigation accusing major meat processing and packing companies of conspiring to fix beef prices, according to a joint announcement made by the companies. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:03:52 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2333001?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2333001 Express Scripts and Prime Therapeutics urged the Sixth Circuit to undo a district court order returning a lawsuit from Ohio's attorney general alleging they drove up prescription drug prices to state court, arguing Wednesday an after-the-fact disclaimer of federal program-based claims isn't enough to sever a federal law connection. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:48:36 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2333137?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2333137 Open Artificial Intelligence said key questions in a trademark dispute with OpenAI should go before a jury, arguing there were too many factual issues for the ChatGPT developer to obtain a ruling in its favor in the fight. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:50:08 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2333074?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2333074 A Johnson & Johnson talc unit has asked a New Jersey federal court to reinstate its libel suit over a scientific article linking talcum powder to mesothelioma, arguing that newly discovered evidence shows statements in the article are false. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:35:20 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2333079?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2333079 A Connecticut federal judge on Thursday refused to put a bow on the deal the state of Florida struck with Sandoz AG and related defendants in three generic drug price-fixing lawsuits, ruling from the bench in Hartford that the settlement agreement "as written" would lead to exorbitant supplemental payments in the event that other states also reach deals to release their claims. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:35:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2332918?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2332918 A California Assembly panel has passed a bill to cap internet prices for low-income families, similar to New York legislation now in effect that went through appellate court challenge. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:08:53 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2332715?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2332715 The Eleventh Circuit said a Georgia-based tobacco importer will remain on the hook for a $1.1 million verdict for selling counterfeit rolling papers, rejecting the company's arguments that the Lanham Act damages levied against it needed to bear close relation to the actual damages suffered by the papers' manufacturer. Thu, 01 May 2025 14:01:02 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2332893?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2332893 A Pennsylvania federal judge had strong words of warning Wednesday for Bundy Baking Solutions, a baking products company that lost a jury trial over a rival's trade secrets and responded to a motion for a permanent ban by allegedly disclosing some of those same secrets on a public docket. Thu, 01 May 2025 10:21:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2305667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2305667 Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins. Thu, 01 May 2025 00:09:14 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2332774?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2332774 A California federal judge Wednesday agreed with Epic Games that Apple violated her order blocking App Store rules that prevent developers from steering users to alternative payment options, and has now barred Apple from collecting any fees on outside-app purchases and referred the matter to federal prosecutors for possible criminal contempt proceedings. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:52:11 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2331189?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2331189 Spring has sprung for appellate arguments over the White House's pruning and shearing of agencies, part of a bountiful circuit calendar in May, when appeals courts will also tend to defamation drama involving a pro golfer, antitrust suits against drugmakers and hotels, and a nine-figure patent verdict against Apple Inc. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:55:16 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2331458?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2331458 Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified Wednesday that the Justice Department's proposed monopolization fixes amount to a "de facto divestiture" of the company's entire search intellectual property, only for the D.C. federal judge to wonder how rival search engines could hope to match its financial resources. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:53:08 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2331353?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2331353 A provision to transfer the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust functions to the U.S. Department of Justice was stripped out of the House Judiciary Committee's budget reconciliation bill on Wednesday. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:04:17 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2332537?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2332537 A Maryland federal court allowed Agri Stats Inc. to intervene Wednesday in the U.S. Department of Justice's case accusing Wayne-Sanderson Farms and George's Inc. of suppressing wages, after the government said the poultry companies need to stop using the agricultural data firm. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:16:01 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2332316?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2332316 A TikTok executive said Wednesday that his company views Facebook and Instagram as "complements" to the Chinese-owned short-form video platform rather than direct competitors playing in the same market, in testimony that largely supported the Federal Trade Commission's claim that Meta dominates personal social networking services. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:34:45 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2331937?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2331937 After three years in private practice, the Federal Communications Commission has welcomed an Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorney back to the agency as the newest head of the commission's Wireline Competition Bureau. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:53:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2332432?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2332432 Enforcers opened high stakes court proceedings against Meta Platforms and Google for monopolization claims that could force the tech giants to sell pieces of the companies, while also moving ahead with several challenges and reviews of pending deals in other industries. Here, Law360 looks at the major merger review developments from April.