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Law and Media Round Up – 5 October 2026
By INFORRM
The Michaelmas Legal Term began on Thursday 1 October 2026 and will run to Monday 21 December 2026. On 9 September 2026, OpenAI announced that it was pushing for mandatory…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Can Frontier AI Labs Lawfully Agree to Slow Down to Save Humanity?
By Renholding
On September 12, 2026, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for coordinated limits on the pace of frontier-AI development, with government support to address antitrust constraints. Sam Altman (OpenAI), Demis Hassabis…
HLC - All Publications
California passes COMPETE Act to target single-firm conduct
By Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
On September 30, 2026 California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law legislation amending California’s antitrust statute, the Cartwright Act, to target single-firm monopolization and monopsonization conduct. Beginning January 1, 2027,…
HLC - All Publications
Old debates die hard: FTC Commissioner Meador argues for reviving Section 5’s standalone authority
By Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
The debate over the scope of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) enforcement authority under Section 5 of the FTC Act shows no signs of abating. The core of the debate…
Big Molecule Watch
Parties Dispute Intent Standard in STELARA® Antitrust Appeal
As we previously reported, portions of CareFirst’s antitrust claims concerning STELARA® (ustekinumab) survived summary judgment in December 2025. On January 14, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
NCAA Monopsony Power at Center of Latest Eligibility Rule Antitrust Case
By By: Mark N. Mallery, Zachary V. Zagger
Quick Hits The Tenth Circuit is reviewing an antitrust class action that alleges the NCAA’s Five-Year Eligibility Rule imposes unreasonable restraints on 2022-enrolled college athletes in violation of Section 1…
Truth on the Market
Checkout Error: A Bad Grocery Plan Meets a Weak Antitrust Case
I’ve criticized plenty of private antitrust cases. This may be the first in which the plaintiffs sued to stop a genuinely bad idea—and I still think they should lose. That…
Truth on the Market
Prime Targets: Amazon, No-Poach Rules, and the Limits of Antitrust
By Alden Abbott
The State of New Jersey’s antitrust case against Amazon begins with a serious allegation: that Amazon restricted drivers from moving among competing delivery contractors. But the state’s complaint goes much…
Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
FTC Updates (August 17-21, 24-28)
By Tiffany Aguiar, Ariana Gilani, Geena Roberts
Over the past two weeks, the FTC secured a permanent injunction blocking Henkel’s $725 million acquisition of Liquid Nails, entered a stipulated order unwinding Zillow and Redfin’s $100 million market-exit…
Truth on the Market
Four Patents and a Time Machine: CareFirst and the Perils of Backdated Antitrust
By Alden Abbott
Four patents can carry a lot of antitrust baggage—especially when they come tucked inside a portfolio of more than 500. In CareFirst of Maryland v. Johnson & Johnson, health insurer…