/competition?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Competition Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:11:28 +0000 /competition/articles/2357469?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2357469 The founder of an Alabama-based perimeter security corporation accused its former chief operating officer of breaching a noncompete agreement, alleging in a Florida state court lawsuit that he formed a rival company to pursue business opportunities in the South American country of Guyana, including a communications deal with SpaceX. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:56:06 +0000 /competition/articles/2357343?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2357343 Cigna has launched an antitrust suit in New York federal court accusing Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and its Celgene subsidiary of fraudulently obtaining patents, filing sham litigation and paying off generic-drug makers to maintain a monopoly on their blockbuster blood-cancer drug Pomalyst. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:23:33 +0000 /competition/articles/2357606?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2357606 The D.C. federal judge who blocked investigations into Media Matters by the attorneys general of Texas and Missouri won't be taking on the group's latest lawsuit challenging an allegedly similar probe by the Republican-controlled Federal Trade Commission after the judge concluded Wednesday that the FTC case is too different. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:20:58 +0000 /competition/articles/2356891?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2356891 A Chicago federal judge has certified a class of futures traders who claim Vega Capital London Ltd. and 12 of its traders caused a historic oil crash with an aggressive price manipulation scheme that resulted in oil futures going negative for the first time, saying the plaintiffs have met all the requirements for certification. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:43:41 +0000 /competition/articles/2357353?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2357353 Arkansas and Idaho are hoping a Texas federal judge will reconsider the decision declaring they don't have a right to a jury trial and, as a result, can't seek civil penalties from Google on their antitrust claims accusing the tech behemoth of manipulating the advertising market. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:04:37 +0000 /competition/articles/2357612?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2357612 T-Mobile's plan to take over most of UScellular's wireless operations in a $4.4 billion deal cleared a regulatory hurdle with approval from the federal group that vets telecom mergers for security concerns. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:41:19 +0000 /competition/articles/2357532?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2357532 European competition enforcers said Wednesday they are investigating snack food and candy giant Mars Inc.'s planned $35.9 billion purchase of Cheez-It and Pringles maker Kellanova over concerns the combined company would have too much negotiating power with retailers. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:57:59 +0000 /competition/articles/2357074?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2357074 A group of professional tennis players accusing the organizers of the sport's largest competitive events of running an illegal "cartel" is considering adding the operators of the four Grand Slam tournaments as defendants in a proposed antitrust class action, but told a New York federal judge it will wait for further talks with them before deciding. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:50:45 +0000 /competition/articles/2357394?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2357394 Media strategy company GroupM Worldwide has asked a Texas federal judge to transfer Rumble's lawsuit accusing the company and others of boycotting the user-generated video platform, arguing that even if the antitrust case survives a pending motion to dismiss, it should be heard in New York. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:37:33 +0000 /competition/articles/2357122?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2357122 A Missouri federal judge has granted final approval of settlements for two antitrust class actions and awarded roughly $24 million to class counsel representing home sellers who accused multiple real estate brokerages of conspiring to artificially inflate buyer-broker commission fees for home sales. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:07:40 +0000 /competition/articles/2357372?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2357372 Spirit Airlines LLC has filed a complaint with federal transportation regulators contending that a recently announced partnership between United Airlines and JetBlue raises issues similar to an alliance between American and JetBlue that was blocked over competition concerns. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:46:47 +0000 /competition/articles/2353118?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2353118 The sports betting industry faces a potential sea change amid recent state and federal actions across the regulatory landscape that have expanded access to sporting event contracts against the backdrop of waning Commodity Futures Trading Commission opposition, says Nick Covek at Foley & Lardner. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:25:23 +0000 /competition/articles/2348925?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2348925 Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:21:42 +0000 /competition/articles/2357230?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2357230 A reseller of parts for premium sports cars urged Britain's antitrust tribunal on Wednesday to compel Porsche to continue to supply it with components pending resolution of a dispute over an alleged reseller ban. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:30:30 +0000 /competition/articles/2354445?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2354445 Latham & Watkins LLP on Wednesday announced the addition of a new D.C.-based antitrust partner with the hiring of Andrew Forman, a former deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division who is rejoining private practice after three years of helping lead civil competition enforcement. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 23:02:19 +0000 /competition/articles/2356475?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2356475 A Washington smoke chain has agreed to end claims against several rivals it accused of trademark infringement after they allegedly engaged in unauthorized use of its name, Smoke City, so they could trade on the goodwill it had developed with customers. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 22:47:36 +0000 /competition/articles/2356904?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2356904 The newest member of the Federal Trade Commission was preaching less regulation and increased enforcement as the path toward a more just and competitive business landscape in the United States at a Senate antitrust subcommittee hearing Tuesday afternoon. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 21:23:31 +0000 /competition/articles/2356913?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2356913 The Arkansas Insurance Department is looking to sink a challenge to a state insurance regulation filed by a Teamsters healthcare plan, telling an Illinois federal judge that the regulation isn't preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and, besides, the plan can't sue the department. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 21:02:33 +0000 /competition/articles/2356341?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2356341 Hockey players' unions and individual players have appealed to the Ninth Circuit after a Washington federal judge dismissed their antitrust lawsuit accusing the National Hockey League and the Canadian Hockey League of conspiring to suppress wages for junior league players. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:15:25 +0000 /competition/articles/2357083?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /competition/articles/2357083 Union Pacific Railroad Co., CSX Transportation Inc., Norfolk Southern Railway Corp. and BNSF Railway Co. scored a decisive win Tuesday against roughly 18 years of price-fixing litigation accusing the country's four largest railroad companies of colluding on freight fuel surcharges, in a sealed opinion issued in D.C. federal court.