Courts and enforcers must not be shy about stopping harmful deals. By Dan Mogin, Tim LaComb, and Joy Sidhwa AI-related...
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Jury Hits Takeda with $885M Verdict in Pay-for-Delay Antitrust Case
Patent settlement unlawfully delayed generic competition for Amitiza. By Joy M. Sidhwa When drug makers pay would‑be generic competitors to stay...
Read MoreFTC Shows Utility of Antitrust Actions for Smaller Companies in Niche Markets
Commission Pauses Merger of "Micromarket Kiosk" Leaders The Federal Trade Commission’s May 1, 2026 consent order involving "micromarket kiosk" companies...
Read MoreWhat Does the AWS Deal with OpenAI Mean for Competition?
Market moves from cloud exclusivity to a multicloud AI strategy and a substantially accelerated competitive environment. Key Takeaways OpenAI is shifting from cloud exclusivity to...
Read MoreGlobal Antitrust Enforcers Tackle AI ‘Stealth Mergers’ and ‘Acqui-Hires’
Are Tech Mergers Changing? Consolidation of Silicon Valley companies historically followed a simple pattern. A tech giant would buy a...
Read More“Flavor Powerhouse”: Unilever–McCormick Would be a $65B Food Goliath
Industry continues to contract structurally -- upstream and downstream -- and attract antitrust attention. Unilever and McCormick this week announced...
Read MoreSysco’s $29B Bid for Restaurant Depot Raises Old and New Antitrust Questions
Deal almost certain to face challenges from the FTC which blocked another big swing by Sysco a decade ago. Sysco...
Read MoreWhy AI Regulation Fails at the Enforcement Stage
Some technologies cannot be controlled ex ante without assuming regulators possess powers they do not. By Dan Mogin In his March 20 Wall Street Journal opinion piece – The Economics of...
Read MoreAmazon v. Perplexity: Courts Weigh Authorization, Consent, and Agentic AI
How will computer-access laws be applied as agentic AI systems continue evolution from passive assistance to autonomous action? By Mogin...
Read MoreFTC Signals Renewed Focus on Healthcare Competition
Commission forms Healthcare Task Force as markets continue to become more concentrated. The Federal Trade Commission has announced the creation of a...
Read MoreWarner Shareholders Approve Paramount Merger as Antitrust Scrutiny Intensifies
Deal raises concerns well beyond traditional worries about preserving competitive markets. Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders have approved the company’s proposed...
Read MoreLive Nation Antitrust Settlement: If Only They Listened to Pearl Jam in ‘94
Behavioral remedies have been tried more than once. Why does the government have faith in them now? Court is a...
Read MoreA.I. Deals Continue Focus on Much Needed Infrastructure
Capital flowing to physical and operational layers necessary if AI systems are to scale. The latest artificial intelligence-related transactions show...
Read MoreOhio AG Brings Cannabis Cartel Case Against Multistate Operators
Marks first state enforcement action framing cannabis operators as participants in a horizontal cartel, rather than as firms exercising unilateral...
Read MoreFTC Presses Case for Deeper Market Info from Merging Companies
Despite the rule coming from Democrats and being opposed by business, the FTC takes an adverse ruling to the Fifth Circuit. ...
Read MoreAI “Chokepoint” Deals Are Reshaping the Competitive Map of the Tech Stack
Mogin Law AI Deal Table shows how quickly firms are moving to secure structural advantages as AI markets take shape....
Read MoreHyperscalers in Financial Services & Insurance
Concentration Risk Meets Supervisory Expectations and Systemic Fragility Financial institutions have adopted cloud services in a big way, using hyperscalers for transaction...
Read MoreHyperscalers in Healthcare & Life Sciences
When Hyperscalers Dominate the Healthcare Market, Patient‑Safety and Compliance Risks Arise Hyperscalers increasingly sit behind core healthcare delivery and life‑sciences innovation. Cloud...
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