The Justice Department's Antitrust Division and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filed a statement of interest in federal court Friday warning against unduly limiting patentees' ability to seek injunctive relief, which officials say "undermines the ince...
The Justice Department sentenced a San Benito, Texas, man to 30 months in prison for his role in a violent conspiracy to monopolize the transmigrante forwarding agency industry along the U.S.-Mexico border, with officials calling it a scheme that used "econ...
Eric J. Caddy, 62, owner of a Texas storage sales company, pleaded guilty to two felony counts for conspiring to rig bids and defraud the government on Air Force healthcare projects totaling over $1.6 million, the Justice Department announced today.
The Justice Department's Antitrust Division filed a civil lawsuit against The New York and Presbyterian Hospital, alleging the hospital system used its market power to impose contractual restrictions that prevent insurers from offering New Yorkers budget-co...
The Justice Department's Antitrust Division announced that former Air Force Master Sergeant Alan Hayward James pleaded guilty to a nine-year conspiracy that inflated information technology contracts for U.S. Pacific Air Forces installations by at least $37...
A Florida fuel company owner was sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding the U.S. military out of $4.5 million through a scheme involving fake invoices and falsified documents for fuel contracts at international ports, the Justice Department announ...
Circuit Judge James Ho, writing for a 2-1 panel joined by Judge Haynes, on Monday ordered a Texas federal court to transfer a Sherman Act suit against Google to Northern California, declaring that relying on court congestion data to deny transfer was a 'cle...
Writing for a unanimous panel, Chief Judge Colloton on Tuesday affirmed dismissal of a massive antitrust lawsuit alleging crop input suppliers conspired to boycott e-commerce platforms, holding that the complaint's 'threadbare recitals' and impermissible gr...
Senior Circuit Judge Floyd, joined by Judges Harris and Benjamin, on Thursday vacated a preliminary injunction that allowed four college football players to compete for West Virginia University despite NCAA eligibility restrictions, finding that the distric...
The D.C. Circuit on Monday upheld a Federal Maritime Commission rule allowing it to consider "extreme" shipping rates as evidence of unreasonable refusal to deal, rejecting industry arguments that the agency lacks authority to regulate pricing through "the...
A Fifth Circuit panel on Wednesday reversed a Texas federal judge's ruling that granted state-action immunity to the city of Mansfield in an antitrust dispute with developers, finding the city lacked authority to block water services since "Texas granted [t...
Federal Trade Commission economists published an analysis explaining how loyalty discounts between firms can harm competition in markets with network effects, using the agency's enforcement action against prescription technology company Surescripts as a cas...