Antitrust & Competition

Consumers in putative class action met pleading requirements for breach of warranty, but some state law issues were dismissed. A group of six consumers who purchased juices from Joe & The Juice at locations throughout the United States adequately ple...

Keurig’s network of exclusive agreements may have unlawfully protected its market dominance. The federal district court in New York City denied much of Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.’s summary-judgment motion in multidistrict antitrust litigation allegi...

The court entered a $106.8 million judgment and ordered defendants associated with Accelerated Debt Settlement, Inc. to turn over assets. The federal district court in Phoenix, Arizona issued four related orders including a default judgment of $106.8...

GovAssist LLC, Entry LLC, and their owner allegedly collected $40 million by misleading consumers about their government affiliation and passport services. The FTC announced that it has filed suit against GovAssist LLC, Entry LLC, and their owner, Sc...

A periodic roundup of other items of interest to the Antitrust and Trade Regulation community. ANTITRUST—D. Mass.: In the antitrust case brought by direct purchasers of an insulin product against defendants including Lantus, Lantus SoloStar (collecti...

A consumer may be able to show an injury under a price premium theory by alleging facts regarding the true value of the leggings purchased. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded a Washington Consumer Protection Suit al...

After a Ninth Circuit writ of mandamus derailed the district court effort to preserve the status quo pending trial, the district court determined the Sun would not suffer irreparable harm without a preliminary injunction. In the long-running antitrus...

Pro se solar panel owner’s antitrust and PURPA lawsuit against the CPUC and major utilities was dismissed; the defendants were immune from the claims and that the court lacked jurisdiction over the PURPA challenge. The federal district Court for the ...

Beer manufacturer allegedly violated Florida’s Beer Franchise Law by terminating distribution agreements without adequate notice, good cause, or good faith. A federal court in Orlando denied competing motions for summary judgment in a dispute between...

The court found that Facebook did not disclose that it had designed the platform in a manner that allowed third party applications’ illicit access to all user data. A New Mexico state court imposed a $25 billion penalty on Meta Platforms, Inc., after...

Google's concerns over improper handling of sensitive proprietary information were already addressed in stipulated protective order issued earlier in litigation. A federal magistrate judge in San Jose, California has ordered a resolution to a disclos...

Hospitals’ compliance with federal electronic health record requirements did not make them federal actors entitled to remove state-law privacy claims to federal court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed district court orders r...

The Competition and Markets Authority consulting on proposals to transform how UK businesses build digital products and services on Apple’s iPhone. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a press release highlighting that the CMA is consul...

Google argues that the district court erred in holding that the company engaged in exclusionary conduct and in imposing remedies of data-transfer and syndication. In the Google search engine monopolization litigation, Google has submitted the company...

T-Mobile will pay New York State $98,834.75 in connection with the AG’s investigation into its allegedly deceptive business practices. New York Attorney General Letitia James (D.) announced that she had secured more than $38 million in value for New ...

Turkey processor's reduced operations, standing alone, did not prove parallel conduct; "operating at all times at maximum capacity is not required to avoid an antitrust violation." A federal district court judge in Chicago, Illinois has granted parti...

KKR & Co allegedly misled the Commission as to its plan related to existing long-term agreements remaining in place. The European Commission announced has informed KKR & Co. Inc. of its preliminary view that the company provided incorrect and/or misl...

Colas and Suit-Kote agreed to divest four facilities in light of a Pennsylvania judicial complaint that described how there are no essentially no plausible substitutes for road repair products and services at government scale. The Commonwealth of Pen...

The proposed deal would allegedly reduce competition in the playground equipment market, leading to higher prices, lower quality, and less innovation. The FTC and 12 states filed an antitrust lawsuit seeking to block private equity firm Platinum Equi...

A construction equipment end-user class filed a complaint alleging antitrust claims of illegal price-fixing and information exchanges against a group of construction equipment rental companies including Rouse. Chawla Investments, Inc. on behalf of it...

Common questions concerning class members’ exposure to the Tesla hardware statement and the applicability of the limitations defenses did not predominate over individualized questions, and the district court erred when it concluded otherwise. Class c...

The supplement maker failed to show consumer deception or injury for most challenged marketing statements. The federal district court in Dallas, Texas granted in part and denied in part a defendant's motion for partial summary judgment in a dispute b...

The settlements provide cash payments and other relief to renters pursuing claims that landlords used RealPage’s software to inflate multifamily rents. The federal district court in Nashville granted final approval to settlements totaling $359.925 mi...

The court invited consumers’ counsel to “think carefully” about what fees could be fairly taxed against common fund beneficiaries and to “consider voluntarily reducing their lodestar.” Consumers’ counsel did not provide sufficiently detailed time rec...

The doctrines of international comity and the act of state warrant dismissal of the complaint bought by consumers against the retailer. The federal district court in Seattle, Washington has dismissed a lawsuit brought by consumers against Costco alle...