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Cleary Antitrust Watch
French Competition Authority Imposes First-Ever Fine for a Non-Reportable Merger Under Cartel Rules
By Séverine Schrameck, Frédéric de Bure, Ghita Belcadi Abassi
On October 22, 2026, the French Competition Authority (FCA) adopted Decision 26-D-10 (the Decision) fining for the first time the parties to a merger below the mandatory notification thresholds, on…
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A Blunted Spear: California’s New Single-Firm Conduct Law Falls Short of Its Billing
On September 30, 2026, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1776, known as the COMPETE Act (the “Act”), into …
Joe Raczynski | Technologist
The Enshittocene Strikes Back: Centaurs, Reverse Centaurs, and the Battle for Worker Agency
Cambridge, MA – MIT Media Lab – EmTech Future. Few cultural critics can diagnose digital rot with the ferocious precision, moral clarity, and linguistic flair of Cory Doctorow. Taking the…
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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,…
Truth on the Market
California’s COMPETE Act: May the Best Firm Lose
By Alden Abbott
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 1776, the so-called COMPETE Act, making California the first state to add a general prohibition on anticompetitive conduct by individual firms to its…
The Antitrust Attorney Blog
California Enacts the COMPETE Act: What the Final Version of AB 1776 Does—and Does Not Do
By Bona Law PC
Author: Paul Moore On September 30, 2026, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1776, the Competition and Opportunity in Markets for a Prosperous, Equitable and Transparent Economy (COMPETE) Act. Effective January…
Class Action Defense Blog
North Carolina Superior Court Denies Class Certification In Hospital Monopoly Case
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Sean P. McConnell Duane Morris Takeaways: On September 8, 2026, Judge Mark A. Davis of the North Carolina Superior Court denied Plaintiffs’ motion for…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Requires MBR Applicant to Adopt Affiliate’s Mitigation Measures
On August 28, 2026, FERC granted Hillsboro Solar, LLC’s (Hillsboro) authorization to make wholesale sales of electric energy, capacity, and ancillary services at market-based rates (MBR) on the condition that…
The Antitrust Attorney Blog
Which Software Developers Should Consider a Direct Action Against Google Following the $700 Million Google Play Settlement?
By Bona Law PC
Author: Luis Blanquez The class chapters of the Google Play fight are closing. A federal court gave final approval in 2026 to the $700 million settlement resolving the claims of…
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…