Antitrust Group News

Constantine|Cannon Files Historic Antitrust Litigation Targeting Exploitation of Major Junior Hockey Players

Constantine|Cannon LLP, along with five other leading antitrust and labor law firms, filed a landmark antitrust case in New York federal court today, aimed at exposing what plaintiffs allege to be egregiously anticompetitive collusion that targets teenage players across North America. The class action lawsuit, which names as defendants the National Hockey League, the Canadian Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey...

Constantine Cannon's David Golden recently co-moderated an ABA “Trust and Trade” podcast.

Constantine Cannon's David Golden recently co-moderated an ABA “Trust and Trade” podcast on the Shipping Act antitrust exemption. Look around you - almost everything in your home or office was once on an ocean shipping vessel. Yet this essential area of commerce continues to enjoy one of the oldest exemptions from US antitrust law. Does this loophole keep prices low for consumers? Or does it raise prices for...

Constantine Cannon's Wyatt Fore Honored in a Category for the 2023 Antitrust Enforcement Awards by the American Antitrust Institute

Constantine Cannon is pleased to announce that the American Antitrust Institute has honored Wyatt Fore for its 2023 Antitrust Enforcement Awards in the category of “Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement by a Young Lawyer.”  AAI’s Antitrust Enforcement Awards recognize leading practitioners and economists, and recipients will be honored at the AAI Awards Night on November 2, following AAI’s Annual...

Constantine Cannon's Ethan Litwin Recognized as One of the Top 500 Litigators in America by Lawdragon

Constantine Cannon is pleased to announce that Ethan Litwin has again been named as one of the Top 500 litigators in America by Lawdragon in its “2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America” list. According to Lawdragon, this annual list recognizes top attorneys who represent corporations in cases involving, among other areas, antitrust, financial and securities litigation, intellectual property, and...

Six Constantine Cannon Attorneys Recognized in “2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers” Edition

Constantine Cannon is pleased to announce that six of its attorneys have been named to Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers” list. According to Lawdragon, this annual list recognizes the top attorneys in the nation who represent plaintiffs in securities and other business litigation, antitrust, whistleblower claims, and increasingly complex financial litigation and data privacy...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.   EU's Vestager says scrutiny of competition in metaverse already needed.  The metaverse, shared virtual worlds accessible via the Internet, is the next digital market to attract regulatory scrutiny, EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager. The metaverse has come into sharper focus since Facebook...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.   FTC withdraws from adjudication in fight with Meta over Within deal.  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which lost a fight in court over whether Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc could buy VR content maker Within, has decided to withdraw the matter from its in-house adjudication. An FTC...