Cadwalader Attorneys Review State Antitrust Enforcement Actions

Cadwalader attorneys surveyed recent high-profile State Attorneys General ("AGs") antitrust enforcement actions.

As explained more fully in a Cadwalader memorandum, AGs have commenced investigations and brought antitrust actions across major industry segments, including financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, technology and others. Substantively, the actions address price fixing, merger enforcement and unfair trade practices. Cadwalader reviewed the following actions:

Telecommunications

• New York Attorney General James Moves to Block T-Mobile and Sprint Megamerger

Healthcare

• Attorney General Tong Leads 44-State Coalition in Antitrust Lawsuit against Teva Pharmaceuticals, 19 Other Generic Drug Manufacturers, 15 Individuals in Conspiracy to Fix Prices and Allocate Markets for More than 100 Different Generic Drugs
• Antitrust Challenge and Settlement to the UnitedHealth Group and DaVita Merger Affecting Healthcare for Seniors in the Colorado Springs Area
• Attorney General Becerra Secures Early Victory in Lawsuit against Sutter Health
• Attorney General Josh Stein Announces Settlement with Atrium over Healthcare Pricing
• Japanese Pharmaceutical Company Agrees to 20-Year Settlement to Open Competition for Lidoderm

Technology

• A Coalition of 43 State Attorneys General Advise FTC on Consumer Protection on Digital Platforms

No-Poach Agreements

• AG Racine Leads Coalition of 18 AGs Urging Regulators to Protect Workers from (Allegedly) Harmful Anticompetitive Labor Practices
• AGs Ferguson and Healey Lead Multistate Investigation of Worker No-Poach Agreements at National Fast Food Franchises

State Trade Practice Law

• D.C.'s AG Sues Marriott
• Attorney General Stein Makes Statement on Chesapeake Energy Ruling

Financial Services

• New York AG Leads Settlements with Major Banks for Manipulating Interest Rate Benchmarks

Energy

• Following AG Investigation, Marathon Petroleum Corp. Agrees to Divest 5 Upstate Gas Stations to Preserve Local Competition

Agriculture

• Miller Asks Court to Strengthen Conditions of Bayer-Monsanto Agreement

Price-Fixing

• Samsung to Pay $29M for Alleged Price-Fixing Scheme Affecting Millions of Washingtonians
• New York Busts Alleged Broome County Waste Management Cartel for Colluding to Rig Bids and Fix Prices
• New York Announces Indictment in Bid-Rigging Scheme, Charging Two Defendants with Colluding to Fix Construction Prices for Luxury Brooklyn Building
• The Attorneys General of Washington and Illinois Announce Process for Distribution of LCD Screen Price Fixing Recovery