Antitrust

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.

December 5, 2023 A class action alleges Apple’s “anticompetitive agreements” with Venmo, Cash App and other have forced app users to pay inflated transaction fees and prevented the rollout of new crypto features.

October 20, 2023 A class action claims major U.S. military shipbuilders and others in the industry have cheated naval engineers out of competitive wages by agreeing to not recruit each other’s workers.

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.

July 28, 2023 A class action claims the world’s largest manufacturers of flavors and fragrances have since at least 2012 illegally conspired to inflate the prices of fragrances and fragrance ingredients.

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 26, 2023 A class action alleges CVS has unlawfully forced certain "safety net" healthcare providers to purchase administrative services from subsidiary Wellpartner at “supracompetitive prices.”

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 28, 2023 A class action alleges the NCAA and its member schools have suppressed competition in the labor market for college coaching services by conspiring to fix the wages of Division I volunteer coaches at zero. [UPDATE]

March 28, 2023 A class action alleges eight Ivy League universities have illegally agreed to not provide Division I athletes with scholarships or other compensation or reimbursement for their athletic services.

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.

January 5, 2023 Ticketmaster and Live Nation face a class action over alleged anticompetitive and misleading conduct surrounding the sale of Taylor Swift’s “The Eras” Tour tickets in November 2022.

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.

December 2, 2022 A class action alleges the NCAA and its member schools have unlawfully conspired to fix the wages of certain college baseball coaches at zero, suppressing labor competition.

November 30, 2022 A class action alleges "anticompetitive agreements" between Disney and competitors in the live TV streaming market have caused the price of YouTube TV and other subscriptions to nearly double. [UPDATE]

November 14, 2022 Eleven of the country’s largest meat processors have conspired to fix and depress the wages paid to employees at red meat processing plants nationwide, a class action alleges.

November 9, 2022 Apple and Amazon face a class action that alleges the retailers have worked together to eliminate or at least severely reduce the “competitive threat” posed by third-party merchants.

November 3, 2022 A class action alleges RealPage has aided a collection of lessors who have illegally agreed to artificially inflate the prices of student housing in college towns nationwide.

October 20, 2022 Five plaintiffs allege “a cartel” of lessors has for at least the past six years colluded to artificially raise the prices of multifamily residential real estate in the U.S. to above competitive levels.

September 16, 2022 A class action claims Fanta dragon fruit-flavored soda contains an undisclosed artificial flavor, even though the beverage is labeled as “Naturally Flavored.”

August 1, 2022 Dairy Farmers of America faces a proposed class action over a series of allegedly anticompetitive actions in the Northeast market for raw Grade A milk.

July 29, 2022 Uber and Lyft face a proposed class action over their alleged practice of increasing customer prices while suppressing driver pay.

July 27, 2022 A class action alleges “anticompetitive behavior” on the part of IDEXX Labs has caused pet owners to pay artificially inflated prices for certain veterinary diagnostic tests.

July 19, 2022 A proposed class action alleges Apple has illegally monopolized the mobile wallet market by preventing consumers from using products capable of offering competing tap-and-pay solutions.

July 15, 2022 A class action Amazon has wielded minimum margin agreements with suppliers to prevent other online retailers from offering the same products Amazon sells at a lower price.

July 11, 2022 A class action alleges Meta Platforms has made false and misleading statements with regard to how many people see the digital ads sold by the company.

June 22, 2022 A lawsuit claims a merger between T-Mobile and Sprint has caused consumers to pay “billions more” for wireless services than they otherwise would have paid.

June 14, 2022 A proposed class action alleges Major League Baseball, all 30 teams, and Fanatics, Inc. have illegally wiped out competition in the third-party online marketplace for licensed apparel.

May 20, 2022 Nearly a dozen broadcasting companies face a class action that alleges they’ve secretly orchestrated a scheme to artificially fix price levels for local and national television ads.

April 18, 2022 Google and Alphabet face a class action that alleges the tech giants have for years forced those who use their digital-mapping product APIs into a locked-in bundle of services before then hiking up the price.

April 5, 2022 A class action lawsuit alleges the two largest dairy cooperatives in the Southwest United States have illegally conspired for years to suppress the pay remitted to dairy farmers.

March 7, 2022 A lawsuit alleges CUSIP Global Services, S&P Global, FactSet Research Systems and the American Bankers Association have conspired to eliminate competition for the use of CUSIPs, an identification number system for securities.

January 18, 2022 LinkedIn faces a proposed class action over its alleged monopolization of the professional social networking market.

January 17, 2022 A class action alleges John Deere has monopolized the repair service market for its agricultural equipment by making critical software and tools inaccessible to farmers and independent repair shops.

January 13, 2022 A wave of class actions alleges a cadre of major players in the aerospace engineering industry illegally agreed over nearly a decade to not hire each other’s skilled workers.

January 12, 2022 A class action alleges Major League Baseball and all 30 teams have routinely and openly colluded to restrict and depress the wages and compensation paid to minor league players.

January 11, 2022 A lawsuit claims 16 private universities reduced financial aid in a manner that stifled competition and caused some students to overpay for their education.