antitrust
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Nebraska Attorney General Michael Hilgers filed an antitrust lawsuit on Tuesday against several major heavy-duty truck manufacturers, accusing them of limiting the availability of diesel-powered semi-trucks in favor of electric trucks. The lawsuit alleges that the truck manufacturers conspired to phase out medium- and heavy-duty internal combustion vehicles, a move driven by California’s environmental regulations…
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International law firm Hogan Lovells announced on Tuesday that it has hired senior lawyer Jennifer Fleury from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission amid a surge in antitrust enforcement activity by the agency. Fleury joins Hogan Lovells as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Previously, she served as deputy chief trial counsel in the FTC’s…
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U.S. consumers suing French luxury house Hermès have once again revised their lawsuit, aiming to convince a skeptical judge that the company forces buyers to spend thousands of dollars on other products before they can purchase one of its famed Birkin bags. The three California plaintiffs filed their third complaint on Friday, adding more allegations…
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In the span of two days this week, Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google faced a court order to open its app store, Play, to rivals and learned that the U.S. Justice Department may soon request a judge to break up the company to limit its control over online searches. U.S. Antitrust Cases Against Google Android AppsU.S. District…
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Forty elite private universities in the U.S. conspired to overcharge for tuition by including noncustodial parents’ assets in financial aid calculations, students allege in a new lawsuit. The proposed class action, filed on Monday night in Chicago by a Boston University student and a Cornell University alum, targets Northwestern, Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell, Georgetown, and…
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Ten lawyers from U.S. national law firms Constantine Cannon and Robins Kaplan have joined forces to create a new firm focused on antitrust matters, as lawsuits over competition and consumer protection increase. They have named the new firm Shinder Cantor Lerner, led by attorneys Jeffrey Shinder, Matthew Cantor, and Kellie Lerner, with offices in Washington,…
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Alphabet’s Google sought to dominate all aspects of online advertising technology by controlling both competitors and customers, according to a Justice Department prosecutor as the tech giant’s latest antitrust trial began in Alexandria, Virginia, on Monday. Prosecutors argue that Google has maintained control over the infrastructure that finances the flow of news and information across…
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A Washington, D.C. appeals court revived the district’s lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday, ruling that the online retailer’s pricing policies could plausibly stifle competition. This decision reverses a previous ruling that dismissed the lawsuit, which accuses Amazon of restricting its suppliers and third-party sellers on Amazon.com, thereby harming competition. Amazon is currently seeking to…
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In a landmark decision, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google’s search engine constitutes an illegal monopoly, citing its overwhelming market dominance as a barrier to competition and innovation. The ruling, delivered on Aug. 5, 2024, followed a year-long legal battle between the tech giant and the U.S. Department of Justice, marking the most…
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A federal judge indicated on Wednesday that he is likely to overturn the $4.7 billion damages award recently granted by a jury to NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers. The verdict was returned last month in a case alleging that the National Football League (NFL) conspired with DirecTV to artificially inflate the price of the Sunday Ticket…
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