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Nvidia-Groq’s “It’s Really Not a Merger” Business Deal Draws Delaware Fiduciary-Duty Suit
Former Groq engineers say Nvidia’s $20 billion licensing-and-talent deal should be judged by its economic substance, not its form. Their...
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Google Keeps AdX as Court Orders Behavioral Remedies in Ad-Tech Antitrust Case
The opinion leaves Google in control of AdX while requiring remedies focused on interoperability, data sharing, anti-discrimination, monitoring, and compliance....
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Nvidia-Groq AI Deal: If It Quacks Like a Merger and Acts Like a Merger …
The reported DOJ inquiry into Nvidia’s Groq arrangement may become an important antitrust test for AI licensing, talent transfers, reverse...
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FTC Says Amazon Promised Advertisers an Auction, Then Set Its Own Price
The FTC and 22 states claim Amazon misrepresented how its advertising auctions worked by telling advertisers prices were based on...
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Beyond Antitrust: The Growing Role of National Security in Merger Review
Section 857 of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act may bring the Department of Defense into merger review...
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FTC Drops IonQ / SkyWater Merger Review: What it Reveals About Critical Inputs and National Security
The FTC cleared IonQ’s acquisition of SkyWater, but the review offers a useful case study for business attorneys advising clients...
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Fox-Roku Deal Expands Antitrust Debate re Platform Control
Fox’s proposed acquisition of Roku is more than a media deal. It highlights a growing antitrust question: what happens when...
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Third Circuit Revives Algorithmic Pricing Antitrust Case
The Third Circuit revived an antitrust case alleging that Atlantic City casino-hotels used Cendyn’s Rainmaker software to coordinate room rates,...
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AI Acqui-Hires and Antitrust: When Is Hiring Talent a Merger?
How AI talent deals are testing Clayton Act Section 7 What Is a Reverse Acqui-Hire? An emerging antitrust debate in artificial intelligence asks...
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From Data Centers to Copper: AI Infrastructure Race Goes Deeper
The latest update to Mogin Law’s AI Deal Table shows that artificial intelligence competition is continuing to move past models and cloud...
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Paramount-Warner Merger Puts Remedy Design at the Center of Antitrust Review
European regulators approved the transaction with structural commitments. The U.S. Department of Justice did not bring a federal challenge. But...
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SpaceX–Reflection Deal Moves the AI Compute Debate Deeper into Infrastructure
The agreement shows how control over frontier compute, data centers, chips, and related infrastructure may shape which AI developers can compete...
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DRAM Antitrust Price Fixing Suit Alleges Memory Chip Supply Restrictions Amid AI Memory Boom
Complaint says decisions made in the AI memory market affected supply available to traditional computing markets. A proposed class action...
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UK Consumer Action Against Apple iCloud Will Test Platform Antitrust Theories
What did a UK court rule in the suit brought against Apple iCloud for platform antitrust lock-in theories? The UK...
Read More Microsoft–Chevron Deal Broadens the AI Competition Race for Power Generation
Why does the Microsoft–Chevron power deal matter for the future of AI competition? Microsoft’s agreement with Chevron to power a...
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AAI’s Strong Argument for Restoring Discipline to Antitrust Proof
Brief outlines how courts should evaluate evidence of agreement under Section 1 of the Sherman Act. “Summary judgment is improper if a...
Read More Paramount–Warner: Cleared by DOJ but Not by States, Global Enforcers, Consumers
U.S. Merger Approval a Big Win for the Companies, But No Longer the Final Word The Justice Department may have...
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