United States: Cartels, Monopolies

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...

This comprehensive global competition law update examines recent enforcement actions, regulatory developments, and judicial decisions across multiple jurisdictions including the United States...

The Spring Meeting is the largest gathering of competition, consumer protection, and data privacy profes­sionals globally, with lawyers, academics, economists, enforcers, journalists, and students from around the world.

The American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s annual Spring Meeting took place from March 25 – 27, 2026, in Washington, DC, this year.

The transition into 2026 has seen several notable developments in fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) litigation. In particular...

On January 9, 2026, Judge Rudolph Contreras of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Federal Trade Commission's ("FTC") request for a preliminary injunction, blocking Edwards Lifesciences's acquisition...

The German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) has, for the first time, exercised its reformed "profit skimming" power to require Amazon to disgorge approximately EUR59 million in economic benefits gained through allegedly...

The CMA has urged the UK government to grant full immunity from private damages claims to first-in leniency applicants.