Exploring whether funding is driving major business competition cases and how funders reap cash from these deals
By Todd Cunningham | June 20, 2017
With the proposed merger of DraftKings and FanDuel in the crosshairs of the Federal Trade Commission, the two largest daily fantasy sports sites are looking at the prospect of going it alone in order to survive.
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By Scott Graham | June 20, 2017
Things already looked bleak for Qualcomm as the FTC, Apple and consumers took aim with antitrust cases. Then the U.S. Supreme Court made it much, much worse.
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By C. Ryan Barber | June 20, 2017
A Washington federal judge has set a showdown for Thursday between Humana Inc. and the Federal Trade Commission over whether the insurer will be forced to disclose documents the agency says it needs for its investigation of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.'s proposed $7 billion acquisition of Rite Aid Corp.
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By Ben Hancock | June 20, 2017
Greater tech industry consolidation could lead to cases that test the bounds of traditional competition law.
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By Charles Toutant | June 14, 2017
The primary certifying body for osteopathic physicians is set to proceed to discovery in a fraud and antitrust suit in the District of New Jersey after a federal judge in Camden denied the association's motions to dismiss a suit by doctors.
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By Todd Cunningham | June 14, 2017
It would be, as they say in the sports world, a great matchup. College athletics' governing body, the NCAA, has retained noted trial attorney Beth Wilkinson to serve as lead trial counsel in an antitrust case that could redraw the nation's sports landscape.
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By Shepard Goldfein and James Keyte | June 12, 2017
Antitrust Trade and Practice columnists Shepard Goldfein and James Keyte write that pricing algorithms present a number of unique opportunities to businesses to improve their processes and efficiency. Sellers can automatically adjust their conduct with the demands of the market, increasing efficiency and saving resources and money. However, critics worry that because algorithms have become so advanced, they may enable new forms of anticompetitive coordination that were not possible before.
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By Carl W. Hittinger and Tyson Y. Herrold | June 2, 2017
Last month, we discussed Makan Delrahim's background, including his experience litigating antitrust and intellectual property matters at the Department of Justice during the George W. Bush administration and his extensive lobbying work at Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber and Schreck. On May 10, senators from the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing and asked Delrahim about several matters that pose potential challenges should he be confirmed as assistant U.S. attorney of the Antitrust Division of the DOJ. For the most part, Delrahim provided candid answers, at one point even offering, "I'm an open book on this issue." Three discussions were particularly insightful.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 30, 2017
A prospective class action filed by a couple claiming investment firm Vanguard overcharged them on share commissions by 250 percent can move forward on a breach of contract claim.
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By Jenna Greene | May 29, 2017
When a lawsuit involves an antitrust conspiracy with nearly $1 billion on the line, when the case has been covered by media including ABC News, Time Magazine and the Associated Press, when it involves the epitome of a sexy topic—cheerleaders for god's sake—that's not usually when a federal judge will urge counsel to let junior associates have a crack at oral argument.
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