The Antitrust Week in Review

The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.   Microsoft, Activision ask judge for speedy schedule in FTC challenge.  Time is running out on a deadline for Microsoft to complete its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, compelling the companies to ask a U.S. judge to quickly get the ball rolling on the Federal Trade Commission's legal...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.   JetBlue-American Partnership Struck Down by Federal Judge.  A federal judge halted a partnership between American Airlines and JetBlue Airways at airports in New York and Boston, writing in a ruling on Friday that the alliance would hurt competition and raise fares. The decision is a big victory for...

The Antitrust Week in Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Atlantic City casino-hotels accused in scheme to boost room rates.  Caesars Entertainment Inc, MGM Resorts International and other casino-hotel operators in Atlantic City, New Jersey, have been sued by consumers in a proposed class action accusing them of artificially boosting room rental rates in...

The Antitrust Week in Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.   NCAA balks at athletes' $1.3 billion antitrust lawsuit, calling it speculative.  The National Collegiate Athletic Association has asked a U.S. judge to block current and former student-athletes from suing as a class action in seeking more than $1.3 billion over the use of their names and images in...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.   US appeals court rejects bid by states to revive antitrust lawsuit against Facebook.  A U.S. appeals court refused to revive a lawsuit filed by states against Meta's Facebook that alleged the company had broken antitrust law. Dozens of states led by New York asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.   Illumina wins fast-track appeal of FTC order to offload Grail.  A U.S. appeals court said it will accelerate reviewing Illumina Inc's challenge to a federal agency order requiring the biotechnology company to divest cancer diagnostic test maker Grail LLC. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.   U.S. Supreme Court empowers bids to curb authority of federal agencies.  The U.S. Supreme Court made it easier to challenge the regulatory power of federal agencies in two important rulings backing Axon Enterprise Inc's bid to sue the Federal Trade Commission and a Texas accountant's gripe with the...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.   F.T.C. Orders Gene-Sequencing Company Illumina to Divest Acquisition.  The Federal Trade Commission ordered Illumina, the leading maker of gene-sequencing machines, to divest Grail, a cancer-test developer. The move by the F.T.C. is the latest development in a case seen by antitrust experts as a...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.   U.S. real estate brokerages must face home sellers’ class action over commissions.  A federal judge in Chicago ruled that home sellers accusing the National Association of Realtors and a group of real estate brokerages of conspiring to inflate commission rates can move forward as a class action....

The Antitrust Week in Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. U.S. rejects JetBlue, Spirit exemption request, citing lawsuit.  The U.S. Transportation Department denied an exemption request by JetBlue and Spirit to operate under common ownership, citing the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit filed this month seeking to block the deal. JetBlue's planned $3.8...