Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy blog posts and other commentary, (Sep 11, 2025)

By WK Editorial Staff

The week’s most insightful, intriguing, or entertaining blog posts regarding antitrust and trade regulation issues.

• Antitrust Connect Blog, Passing Go: How Associations Can Sidestep Antitrust Pitfalls in the Real-Life Game of Monopoly, by Robin S. Crauthers

• Antitrust Law Blog, State Antitrust Enforcement Roundup: Updates to Healthcare Merger Matrix; New Potential Legislation Targeting Private Equity and Other For-Profit Entities in Healthcare, by John Carroll, Matthew Goldman, Jordan Grushkin, Jared Nagley, Tammy Woffenden, Malika Levarlet, Dana Kennedy and T.J. Benedict

• CPI, Part 1: #Start-up M&A: The (Not-So-Fun) Exit – Distressed M&A in Start-up Land | Legal Ninja Snapshot, by Carsten Bernauer, Christopher Sprado, Nico Neukam & Kjell Tönjes

• Insights Blog, Orrick State Attorney General Update | August 2025, by Rob McKenna and Andrew Cook

• Antitrust & Competition Insights, EU Court of Justice Clarifies Legal Requirements for Exclusive Distribution Agreements, by Robert Klotz

• Enforcement Edge Blog, European General Court Upholds EU-U.S. Data Protection Framework, by James Castro-Edwards

• WorthWeil Antitrust, EU Merger Guidelines Review: Responses are in, by Niklas Maydell Jenine Hulsmann and Chris Chapman

• Ad Law Access, State AGs and Consumer Protection: What We Learned From … Hawaii, by Paul L. Singer, Abigail Stempson, Beth Bolen Chun and Andrea deLorimier

• Advertising Law Blog, Texas Telemarketing Law Expands to Include SMS/MMS Messaging, by Scott Shaffer

• All About Advertising Law, Legal Ping-Pong: D.C. Circuit Restores, Then Supreme Court Removes, Rebecca Slaughter as FTC Commissioner, by Leonard L. Gordon and Jay Prapaisilp

• Inside Privacy, FTC Sues LA Fitness Operators for Unfair Gym Cancellation Policies, by Jehan Patterson, Alexandra Remick & Analese Bridges

• Privacy & Information Security Law Blog, FTC to Study AI Chatbot Risks to Children

• TCPA World, BOTTOMS UP: Kimberly Bottoms Hits Pay Dirt With $12.5MM Settlement Against Block, Inc. For “Invite a Friend” Messages, by Eric "Czar" Troutman

• Brookings Education Blog, Google decision demonstrates need to overhaul competition policy for AI era

Have you seen (or written) a blog post that fits the bill? Send a note to [email protected], with a link to the suggested post.

Attorneys: John Carroll, Matthew Goldman, Jordan Grushkin, Jared Nagley, Tammy Woffenden, Malika Levarlet, Dana Kennedy and T.J. Benedict (Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP). Rob McKenna and Andrew Cook (Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP). Robert Klotz (Steptoe LLP). James Castro-Edwards (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP). Niklas Maydell Jenine Hulsmann and Chris Chapman (Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP). Paul L. Singer, Abigail Stempson, Beth Bolen Chun and Andrea deLorimier (Kelley Drye & Warren LLP). Leonard L. Gordon and Jay Prapaisilp (Venable LLP). Jehan Patterson, Alexandra Remick & Analese Bridges (Covington & Burling LLP). (Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP).

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