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On January 21, 2010, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced a civil penalty action against Smithfield Foods, Inc. ("Smithfield") and Premium Standard Farms, LLC ("Premium") for "gun-jumping" violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (the "HSR Act" or "Act").

On April 14, 2009, Maryland amended its antitrust statute to make minimum resale price maintenance per se unlawful, thus expressly rejecting the U.S. Supreme Court's 2007 decision in Leegin Creative Prods, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc., 551 U.S. 877.

The Supreme Court greatly expanded the territorial reach of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law recently, holding that the Law reaches the alleged acts of Pennsylvania-based companies outside the Commonwealth.

A recent New York state appeals court decision highlights the need for suppliers to continue exercising caution when adopting and implementing a resale price maintenance policy.

On July 7, 2026, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) in KalshiEX LLC v. Williams denied a motion for a preliminary injunction barring the New York State Gaming Commission...

On May 21, 2007, the United States Supreme Court in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly (No. 05- 1126) dismissed a Sherman Act § 1 antitrust conspiracy claim brought in a putative customer class action against various "Baby Bell" telephone companies as not having been pled with sufficient facts to sustain the claim.

Trial is set for October 13th on an antitrust class action lawsuit alleging that Cox Communications used its monopoly power over premium cable services in Oklahoma City...

The bylaws also established a committee to resolve alleged violations of the bylaws, as well as a process through which PLASMA could sanction violations of the bylaws.

The current debate over whether Amazon holds the power of a monopolist or a monopsonist is likely to be narrowed to one question in a court room: What is the relevant product market that Amazon is allegedly dominating?

The Federal Communications Commission has initiated unprecedented enforcement actions targeting false U.S. production claims and fraudulent test reports in equipment authorization processes. A drone manufacturer faces potential revocation of its authorizations after allegedly misrepresenting its products as domestically manufactured, while a Chinese test lab may lose FCC recognition for submitting duplicated test data across dozens of unrelated products.

The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently held that when an insurer settles with a pro se claimant and issues a settlement check, the insurer must pay all valid medical provider liens...

Rayon, or Viscose if you're British or just want to sound British, is typically made from wood pulp or plant fibers, including bamboo.

The FTC scored two recent victories in advertising cases litigated in California, and, in both cases, the court accepted the FTC’s view of the world with little exception.

On Tuesday, 28 July 2009, the European Commission (“Commission”) published drafts of both a reviewed Verticals Block Exemption Regulation (“VBER”) and of the accompanying Guidelines on Vertical Restraints (“Guidelines”).

After an in-depth investigation, on 9 October 2013 the European Commission approved the takeover of Olympic Air by Aegean Airlines.

The European Commission has published, on 10 May, its final report on the E-commerce Sector Inquiry (the "Final Report").

On October 7, in DairyAmerica, Inc. v. Carlin, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review the Ninth Circuit’s ruling that overturned the dismissal of monetary claims in an action brought by dairy farmers alleging that Dairy America, Inc., and California Dairies, Inc. (together, "Dairy America"), misreported pricing data to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

On July 7, 2011, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission adopted new rules for the Hart-Scott-Rodino ("HSR") premerger filing process.