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
Author: Luis Blanquez
On January 12, 2026, Apple and Google announced a multi-year deal—reported at roughly $1 billion a year—under which a custom Google
Author: Aaron Gott
Seven U.S. cities have filed antitrust suits in five weeks against two manufacturers of “fire apparatus”—and the lawsuits are consolidating into a federal multidistrict litigation in the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
The case is about fire trucks.
Author: Aaron Gott
The 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway. For an antitrust lawyer and hockey fan, it is a fitting moment to take stock of professional hockey’s rich antitrust history.
Professional sports leagues create unusual market dynamics. Their products
Authors: Steven Cernak, Luis Blanquez, Cansu Gunel, Sabri Siraj
Bona Law was well represented at the annual largest antitrust conference, the 2026 American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C. Steve Cernak spoke at
Authors: Steve Cernak, Luis Blanquez, and Kristen Harris
On March 19, 2026, the Fifth Circuit denied the FTC’s motion to stay a lower court’s February decision vacating the new HSR form and rules.
As a result, the FTC
