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Apple Hit With €1.8 Billion EU Antitrust Fine, Says It Will Appeal

EU regulators ruled that the Silicon Valley company had breached the bloc's tough antitrust laws by imposing "unfair trading conditions" on music streaming providers in its App Store over a 10-year period.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Appellate Court Narrows Scope of Per Se Rule

Although the DOJ may still seek U.S. Supreme Court review of the Fourth Circuit's decision, if upheld the decision represents a significant restriction on the DOJ's prosecutions for alleged collusive conduct between parties when there is any type of vertical business relationship present.
7 minute read

Law.com

'D1 Meeting Rooms, Not Courtrooms': The Place to Change National Collegiate Athletic Association Policy, Organization President Says

"We will litigate this case to the fullest extent necessary to ensure the NCAA's monopoly cannot continue to harm Tennessee student-athletes. The NCAA is not above the law, and the law is on our side," Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said.
6 minute read

Law.com

Inside Track: FTC Exasperating Merger Partners With Never-Ending Probes

"The regulatory delays can seem completely arbitrary and byzantine at times," Yale School of Management's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian said in a recent commentary.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

FTC's Lawsuit Against Kroger-Albertsons Merger Follows New Guidelines' Labor Concerns

"This is the first big merger that I'm aware of where there's such a big emphasis on not only the effect on consumers but also workers," said Bradley Weber, co-chair of Locke Lord's antitrust practice group.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FTC Sues to Block Kroger's $25B Albertsons Purchase

The combination "would lead to additional grocery price hikes for everyday goods, further exacerbating the financial strain consumers across the country face today," FTC official Henry Liu said in a statement.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

King & Spalding Opens Dallas Office, Hires Gibson Dunn Trial Lawyer

After adding three high-profile partners in Dallas over the last several months, and more than a dozen associates, King & Spalding has reached critical mass to open its third Texas office.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Financial Giants Exit Climate Initiative, Fearing Collusion Allegations

BlackRock, JPMorgan Asset Management an State Street Global Advisors are withdrawing from Climate Action 100+ as it moves from encouraging companies to disclose net zero plans to pressuring them to cut emissions.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

State AGs Emerge as New Antitrust Hurdle for Health Care Mergers

Concerns that transactions raise consumer prices and reduce access to care have sparked the state-level scrutiny, a new headache for dealmakers already facing headwinds at the federal level.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Antitrust Enforcers Race to Stay Ahead of AI's Skynet Problem

"What we'll see is that AI gets better and better and the companies that make it and sell it get more and more sophisticated, and it's harder and harder to say there's collusion," said UC Law San Francisco professor Joshua Davis.
8 minute read

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