North America: Antitrust/Competition Law

Florida's Attorney General has issued a Civil Investigative Demand to a major credit score issuer, investigating potential violations of the Florida Antitrust Act. The probe examines allegations of monopolistic practices including predatory pricing, illegal product bundling, and exclusionary contracts with credit bureaus that may have driven score prices from under $1 to as high as $10.

Private antitrust litigation continues to evolve across Europe, with recent court decisions shaping the landscape for both follow-on damages claims and standalone competition disputes. Key rulings from German and EU courts are establishing new boundaries for bundled cartel claims, evidence access standards, and jurisdictional questions that will impact how parties pursue competition-related remedies.

On 30 April 2026, the European Commission (Commission) published the draft of the new Merger Guidelines (Draft Guidelines) for public consultation...

Florida's Attorney General has issued a Civil Investigative Demand to a major credit score issuer, investigating potential violations of the Florida Antitrust Act. The probe examines allegations of monopolistic practices including predatory pricing, illegal product bundling, and exclusionary contracts with credit bureaus that may have driven score prices from under $1 to as high as $10.

The Supreme Court's potential overruling of Humphrey's Executor could fundamentally reshape the structure of independent federal agencies by eliminating for-cause removal protections. This legal development would grant the President broader authority to remove agency heads at will, dramatically altering the balance of power between the executive branch and regulatory bodies like the FTC. The implications extend across antitrust enforcement, energy regulation, and government oversight mechanisms.

As quantum computing transitions from laboratory research to commercial infrastructure, the industry faces familiar antitrust challenges despite its novel technology. This analysis examines how platform control, standard setting, information sharing, access to scarce inputs, and strategic investments may create competitive bottlenecks as federal funding accelerates commercialization and private firms compete over critical layers of the quantum stack.

Florida's Attorney General has issued a Civil Investigative Demand to a major credit score issuer, investigating potential violations of the Florida Antitrust Act. The probe examines allegations of monopolistic practices including predatory pricing, illegal product bundling, and exclusionary contracts with credit bureaus that may have driven score prices from under $1 to as high as $10.

Canada is extending several steel surtax measures and related tariff relief categories to protect steel workers and industries from trade diversion while providing business predictability for producers and importers. The Department of Finance has confirmed extensions for steel tariff-rate quotas, U.S. steel/aluminum surtax relief measures, and derivative goods surtax exemptions through June 2027.

Canada has implemented multiple surtax regimes targeting aluminum products, particularly those originating from or containing aluminum smelted and cast in China. These measures include a 25% surtax under the Chinese Surtax Order and additional provisions under the Steel and Aluminum Products Surtax Order, with potential ADCVD duties exceeding 180% under SIMA regulations.