Antitrust & Competition Law

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Deslandes v. McDonald's USA LLC

January 10, 2023

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging the Seventh Circuit to reject plaintiffs’ attempt to rely on a nationwide, single-brand labor market to establish antitrust liability.

Confederación Hípica de Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Confederación de Jinetes Puertorriqueños, Inc.

January 9, 2023

Supreme Court denies certiorari to review First Circuit decision that allows the statutory labor exemption from federal antitrust laws to be applied to independent contractors. The U.S. Chamber...

StarKist Co. v. Olean Wholesale Grocery Cooperative, Inc.

November 14, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court denies certiorari to resolve split over whether a class may be certified where more than a de minimis number of unnamed class members may be uninjured. The U.S. Chamber filed a...

Confederación Hípica de Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Confederación de Jinetes Puertorriqueños, Inc.

November 3, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to grant certiorari and hold that the statutory labor exemption from federal antitrust laws does not extend to price-fixing agreements among...

Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

October 3, 2022

Supreme Court denies certiorari to correct Second Circuit’s uncritical and reflexive deference to a sovereign regulator’s interpretation of its own laws. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief...

McCarthy v. Intercontinental Exchange Inc.

September 13, 2022

District court dismisses antitrust claims in lawsuit attacking the process of setting the LIBOR benchmark rate, holding that plaintiffs lack antitrust standing. The U.S. Chamber filed a coalition...

StarKist Co. v. Olean Wholesale Grocery Cooperative, Inc.

September 9, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Supreme Court to grant certiorari and hold that a class may not be certified where more than a de minimis number of unnamed class members may be...

Sanofi-Aventis v. Mylan, Inc.

July 29, 2022

Tenth Circuit holds that exclusive-dealing arrangements did not violate Section 2 of the Sherman Act. Open Markets Institute and other amici questioned the consumer-welfare standard and argued...

European Union Merger Control Regulation Referral Mechanism

July 13, 2022

General Court of the EU concludes that the European Commission has authority to review the merger of Illumina and Grail, notwithstanding its tenuous connection to the EU. The U.S. Chamber...

Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission

May 16, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to recognize that the FTC Act does not impliedly preempt ordinary federal-question review of constitutional challenges to the FTC’s authority...