Antitrust

June 6, 2025 A $228.5M settlement ends a class action lawsuit against Sutter Health over alleged use of anticompetitive tying arrangements.

May 8, 2025 A $20 million settlement has been reached to resolve a class action that claimed Live Nation Entertainment and its CEO and CFO misled investors.

April 3, 2025 A class action alleges a conspiracy to eliminate competition among the main governing bodies for professional tennis has artificially suppressed compensation for players.

April 2, 2025 The NCAA has agreed to settle a class action over an allegedly illegal rule that once prohibited D1 member schools from paying volunteer baseball coaches.

March 19, 2025 A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Fanatics and the NBA, NFL and MLB have conspired to monopolize the market for player trading cards.

March 19, 2025 Dozens of lawsuits were filed claiming a group of chicken processors illegally conspired to limit the nation's chicken supply and artificially raise prices.

March 18, 2025 Sandoz has agreed to pay a $275 million settlement to partially resolve litigation that alleged it conspired with other pharma companies to fix the prices of generic drugs.

January 21, 2025 A class action alleges Disney’s ownership of ESPN and its resulting monopoly over the live sports streaming market have caused FuboTV subscribers to pay higher prices for the platform.

January 14, 2025 A class action accuses iaedp and its managing director of violating state tax law and maintaining an illegal monopoly over the board certification process for mental health providers who treat eating disorders.

December 23, 2024 A class action accuses the NPPB and four potato processors of conspiring to artificially inflate prices for frozen potato products to supracompetitive levels.

December 20, 2024 A class action alleges Visa’s illegal monopolization of the debit network industry has allowed the company to impose excessively high network processing fees.

December 18, 2024 A $7,850,000 settlement has been reached to resolve a class action that alleged Sony maintained an illegal monopoly over the sale of digital PlayStation games.

November 20, 2024 A class action claims Meta and Netflix violated federal antitrust law by agreeing not to compete in the market for video-streaming services.

November 7, 2024 The NCAA and Power Five conferences have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to resolve class actions that alleged the organizations' policies unlawfully prevented college athletes from monetizing their NILs.

October 29, 2024 A $375 million settlement has been reached to resolve a class action that claimed UFC engaged in anticompetitive practices that caused MMA fighters to earn less than they should have.

October 8, 2024 Several multinational gasoline trading firms have agreed to settle two lawsuits that alleged they manipulated gas prices in California, causing residents, businesses and visitors to pay more than they should have for fuel.

September 26, 2024 Four more universities—including Dartmouth, Rice, Northwestern and Vanderbilt—have agreed to settle a class action that alleged the schools illegally conspired to reduce financial aid.

September 19, 2024 Several big names in the hotel industry face a class action over an alleged scheme to artificially raise the prices of extended stay hotel guest room rentals.

September 5, 2024 A class action alleges several companies have conspired to artificially inflate, fix or manipulate the price of finished PVC pipes sold in the U.S.

August 9, 2024 Toyota Mirai drivers allege in a class action that the automaker has violated antitrust laws to maintain a monopoly on the hydrogen fuel retail market in California.

July 25, 2024 A new class action lawsuit looks to halt the $35 billion merger of financial giants Capital One and Discover.

June 25, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Hill-Rom has flagrantly violated federal antitrust law on its way to becoming the dominant supplier of hospital beds in the U.S.

June 11, 2024 A proposed class action lawsuit accuses six of the country’s largest hotel operators of illegally conspiring to fix hotel room prices nationwide.

May 30, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Equifax has illegally monopolized the market for electronic income and/or employment verification services.

May 28, 2024 Live Nation faces a class action lawsuit after the Justice Dept. sued the Ticketmaster parent company, calling for the break up of the companies' alleged monopoly.

May 2, 2024 A new class action lawsuit alleges Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals holds an illegal monopoly on two drugs used in inhalation sprays to treat COPD and asthma.

April 12, 2024 A lawsuit alleges American Airlines has failed to adequately reimburse consumers or provide some similarly valued arrangement upon canceling their flight or downgrading them.

March 25, 2024 An antitrust class action lawsuit alleges Apple has effectively locked hundreds of millions of consumers into its ecosystem of devices, apps and services.

March 19, 2024 A class action alleges several of the largest sugar producers and sellers have illegally conspired to artificially inflate the price of granulated sugar in the U.S.

February 21, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges the world's largest tiremakers have conspired to fix the prices of new replacement tires for passenger cars, vans, trucks and buses sold in the U.S.

February 16, 2024 A lawsuit alleges the NHL, CHL, and several major junior leagues and teams have colluded to restrain the services of players between 16 and 20 years old.

January 31, 2024 A class action alleges Apple has entered into unlawful agreements with browser makers to keep certain “progressive web apps” from threatening the dominance of the App Store.

January 26, 2024 A class action alleges UPMC has engaged in an anticompetitive scheme to gain monopoly power over the provision of healthcare services in certain states.

January 4, 2024 A class action alleges the NFL, its 32 teams and Fanatics have unlawfully colluded to prevent competition in the online retail marketplace for league-licensed merchandise.

December 19, 2023 A class action alleges 47 local trade associations, real estate brokerages and MLSs have conspired to perpetuate an anticompetitive scheme in the Texas real estate market.

December 7, 2023 A class action claims the Power Five conferences have conspired with the NCAA to unlawfully suppress compensation paid to college athletes.

October 10, 2023 A proposed class action alleges a coterie of real estate companies have conspired to fix and raise mobile home lot rental prices.

October 9, 2023 A class action alleges PayPal has illegally wielded agreements with online retailers to prevent them from offering price incentives to steer consumers away from the payment platform.

October 5, 2023 A class action alleges Amazon has wielded “price-parity” agreements with third-party sellers to prevent price competition online and trick consumers into believing they are getting the lowest prices possible.

August 24, 2023 A California doctor alleges Experian, Equifax and TransUnion have violated antitrust law by refusing to report unpaid medical bills under $500 on consumer credit reports.

August 23, 2023 A proposed class action alleges Axon Enterprise has maintained an unlawful monopoly on the market for Tasers and body camera systems.

August 1, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims EssilorLuxottica and 48 other subsidiaries, manufacturers, retailers and fashion houses have conspired to artificially inflate the price of eyewear products by as much as 1000 percent.

June 19, 2023 A class action alleges a host of Atlantic City hotel and casino heavyweights have illegally conspired to fix, raise and stabilize hotel room prices.

May 3, 2023 Energizer Holdings and Wal-Mart face at least two class actions that allege the companies have artificially inflated prices for Energizer disposable battery products to above competitive levels.

April 4, 2023 A class action claims two major crop-protection product (CPP) manufacturers have unlawfully suppressed competition from generic producers, which has artificially inflated CPP prices and cost U.S. farmers millions each year.

March 20, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Pacific Seafood has unlawfully fixed the prices paid to independent commercial crabbers for Dungeness crab caught in the Pacific Northwest.

March 15, 2023 A class action alleges Tesla has unlawfully monopolized, or attempted to monopolize, the market for replacement parts and repair services for its vehicles.

January 27, 2023 A who’s-who of hotel operators faces a class action that alleges they have illegally conspired to artificially inflate prices for rooms on the Las Vegas Strip.

December 13, 2022 A class action alleges a JetBlue and American Airlines "alliance" has eliminated competition between the two at the four largest airports nationwide and caused prices to increase for consumers.

December 7, 2022 Actelion Pharmaceuticals faces a class action that alleges the company has illegally schemed to raise the unit price and quantity dispersed of certain high blood pressure drugs.