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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...

Constantine Cannon Named to the 2023 “National Best Law Firm” List

Recognition from Best Lawyers includes National Tier 1 ranking for Antitrust Law and Litigation-Antitrust

Constantine Cannon LLP is pleased to announce that it has been named to the 2023 national “Best Law Firms” list by U.S. News - Best Lawyers. The firm has once again been recognized with a National Tier 1 rating for both its Antitrust Law and Litigation-Antitrust practices, in addition to other national and...

Constantine Cannon LLP Announces Two Partnership Promotions

Constantine Cannon LLP is pleased to announce that James Kovacs and Harrison McAvoy have been promoted to partners at the firm.  W. Stephen Cannon, Chairman of Constantine Cannon LLP and Managing Partner of the Washington, D.C. office, and Jeffrey I. Shinder, Managing Partner of the New York Office and head of Constantine Cannon’s antitrust and litigation and counseling practice group, state,  “We are delighted...

Six Constantine Cannon Attorneys Recognized in “2022 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...

Antitrust in the Digital Economy—A Dive Into EU and UK Cases Alleging Self-Preferencing and Data Monopolisation

Google Shopping, Amazon “Buy Box” and the “Privacy Sandbox” Competition authorities in the EU and the UK are focusing on the digital sector with claims that technology companies including Apple, Google, Amazon and Meta (Facebook) are “gatekeepers” that control access to major technological platforms that other companies need in order to reach customers and to compete. The competition regulators are...

Plaintiff Class Appeals Antitrust Decision in Sutter Health Case

Case to be appealed to Ninth Circuit; jury made decision based on incorrect legal instructions and incomplete evidence

Today, the Plaintiffs in an antitrust case entitled Sidibe et al. v. Sutter Health are announcing their decision to appeal the Final Judgment entered in that case.  The suit alleged that defendant Sutter Health, a dominant hospital system in numerous Northern California markets, caused approximately...