Author: Luke Hasskamp
Many modern buyers are skeptical of conventional advertising, so they look for something that seems more independent. They read reviews, check star ratings, and search for the guide, ranking, or “best of” list that promises an assessment
Author: Luis Blanquez
Google just paid $700 million in the US to close the domestic front of a war it has already lost twice. This month, the court gave final approval to the settlement resolving the antitrust claims brought by
Authors: Steve Cernak, Luis Blanquez, and Kristen Harris
The largest penalty in the history of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act did not come from a botched filing. It came from a deal the parties chose not to file for at
Author: Luis Blanquez
A federal judge in New York recently certified two classes of cryptocurrency buyers against Tether and Bitfinex. If you issue a stablecoin, run an exchange, or make markets in digital assets, that sentence should get your attention
Authors: Steve Cernak, Luis Blanquez, and Kristen Harris
The comment period on the FTC and DOJ’s request for information on the HSR premerger notification form closed May 26, 2026, with 55 comments on the docket (FTC-2026-0298).
Author: Steven Cernak
Say you are the in-house lawyer at a big company — call it Grand Motors — and you are responsible for making sure Hart-Scott-Rodino filings are made. With some variations, this hypothetical also works if you are
Author: Aaron Gott
There are a number of exemptions to and immunities from the federal antitrust laws. Some are well known, and we have written about many of them before. Jarod Bona catalogued the big ones—state-action immunity
Author: Aaron Gott
Last week, the Department of Justice announced that Bayer CropScience LLC has removed two sets of potentially anticompetitive provisions from its “Premier Performance Program”—a loyalty program for independent seed companies that sell Bayer’s corn and soybean seed.
Author: Luis Blanquez
A federal court recently handed antitrust plaintiffs something they have lacked for two decades: a monopolization theory against a dominant platform that survives a motion to dismiss. On March 30, 2026, the Eastern District of New York
Authors: Steve Cernak, Luis Blanquez, and Kristen Harris
On May 18, 2026, the FTC and DOJ filed an unopposed motion asking the Fifth Circuit to hold their appeal in abeyance through December 31, 2026. The agencies say they
