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Litigation Daily

'Trying to Make Some Order Out of All This Chaos': Thoughts on the MDL Process from 3 Federal Judges

"We love trying to get to the end of what seems like an intractable problem and the MDL is the perfect mechanism for that problem-solving talent to come out in members of the federal bench," said U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, chair of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Prior Cases Sway DOJ's Choice of Venue in Apple Case, Antitrust Experts Say

Antitrust victories in the Third Circuit in the early 2000s likely led the Justice Department to sue in New Jersey federal court.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Apple in Hot Seat: Crop of Class Actions Piggyback on Feds' Antitrust Suit

Like the Department of Justice suit, the consumer class actions claim Apple engages in exclusionary conduct to shut competitors out of the markets for revenue from areas such as its App Store, Apple Pay and music streaming.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

JetBlue Legal Chief's Pay Took Flight in 2023, Even as Challenges Grounded Airline's Stock

General counsel Brandon Nelson received more in compensation in 2023 than he did in 2019 through 2022 combined, the company's proxy statement shows.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

President Biden's New Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing

The strike force's launch is to continue the efforts of the president's Competition Council, which was established "to work across agencies to provide a coordinated response to overconcentration, monopolization, and unfair competition in or directly affecting the American economy."
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Kirkland & Ellis to Represent Apple in Landmark Antitrust Lawsuit

The Kirkland team includes star litigators as well as a partner who spent 13 years at the Federal Trade Commission.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

FTC Will Examine Supply Chain Disruptions' Disparate Harm on Smaller Grocery Stores

"If we end up finding that these types of practices violate any of the antitrust laws ... I know I'll be very interested in making sure we take swift action," FTC Chair Lina Khan said.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Plaintiffs Reach a $418M Market-Shifting Settlement With Realtor Group

The National Association of Realtors agreed to changes that could trim the commissions paid to agents as part of the deal reached with co-lead counsel at Ketchmark and McCreight, Boulware Law, Williams Dirks Dameron, Hagens Berman, Cohen Milstein, and Susman Godfrey.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Competitive Dynamics Are Key to Bank Merger Review, Kanter Says

"We would be doing the public a disservice if we simply limited our analysis to a paint-by-numbers approach that looks at bank deposits in geographic branch overlaps," the Justice Department's antitrust chief said.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

DOJ Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple, Escalating War on Big Tech

"We allege that Apple has maintained monopoly power in the smartphone market, not simply by staying ahead of the competition on the merits, but by violating federal antitrust law," Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday.
3 minute read

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