Minnesota v. Long

October 7, 2026

Minnesota filed a criminal complaint against Matthew Kenneth Long, owner of AAA Machining and Millwrights LLC, which provides turbine repair services, in October 2025. The complaint alleges that Long offered cash to a competing turbine repair firm if it would submit an artificially high bid on a repair job, which would have enabled AAA to…

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California et al. v. Paramount Skydance Corp. et al

July 31, 2026

In July 2026, twelve states brough suit to block the Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery.  The complaint alleges that the proposed transaction would harm competition in the markets in the United States for the (1) distribution of wide-release theatrical films; distribution of anticipated top-grossing theatrical films; and (3) licensing of basic cable…

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United States and Plaintiff States v. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. et al

July 2, 2026

Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin and the Department of Justice filed a complaint against three egg producers on June 29, 2026.  In the complaint, plaintiffs alleged that between June 2022 and March 2025, the defendants submitted bids that aimed to inflate…

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United States and Plaintiff States v. Real Page (M.D.N.C. 1:24-CV-00710)

April 8, 2025

Nie attorneys general have joined the U.S. Department of Justice in a lawsuit against Real Page, Inc.  In a January 2025 amended complaint, the plaintiff states and the DOJ added six large landlords as defendants. The lawsuit alleges that RealPage facilitates the anticompetitive information exchange of nonpublic, competitively sensitive information about rental rates and other…

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United States and Plaintiff States v. Agri Stats (D. Minn. 0:23-CV-03009-JRT-JFD)

April 8, 2025

Six attorneys general joined the U.S. Department of Justice in a lawsuit against Agri Stats.  The lawsuit states that Agri Stats collects information from meat processors and creates and distributes comprehensive reports detailing competing processors’ pricing, margins, inventories, and operations.  Plaintiffs allege that by providing this information only to processors – and not the processors’…

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FTC and Plaintiff States v. Deere & Company (N.D. Ill. 3:25-cv-50017)

April 8, 2025

Illinois, Minnesota, Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin joined the FTC in filing suit against Deere & Company, a manufacturer of large agricultural equipment including tractors and combines.  The Plaintiff States and FTC allege that Deere has restricted the availability of Service ADVISOR, a software tool used to diagnose and repair problems in Deere’s sophisticated equipment, to…

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U.S. and Plaintiff States v. Apple, Inc., No. 2:24-cv-04055 (D.N.J. Mar. 21, 2024)

March 21, 2024

Sixteen states and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple for monopolization or attempted monopolization of smartphone markets in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act. The complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleges that Apple illegally maintains a monopoly over…

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FTC and Plaintiff States v. Syngenta Crop Protection AG, No. 22-cv-828 (M.D. N.C. Nov. 2022)

January 23, 2024

The FTC and 10 states sued pesticide manufacturers Syngenta Crop Protection and Corteva, Inc. two of the largest pesticide manufacturers operating in the United States. For allegedly paying distributors to block competitors from selling their cheaper generic products to farmers. The complaint alleges that these big pesticide firms run so-called “loyalty programs” in which distributors…

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Ohio et al. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), No. 1:23-cv-00100 (N.D. W.V. Dec. 7, 2023)

December 8, 2023

Seven plaintiff states filed suit against the NCAA in 2023, alleging that the NCAA’s transfer eligibility rule is an illegal restraint on college athletes’ ability to market their labor and control their education.  The rule requires college athletes who transfer among Division 1 schools to wait one year before competing in games, unless they obtain…

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FTC and Plaintiff States v. Amazon.com, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-01495 (W.D. Wash. Sept. 26, 2023)

September 27, 2023

The FTC and plaintiff states alleged that Amazon, an online retail and technology company, is a monopolist that uses a set of interlocking anticompetitive and unfair strategies to illegally maintain its monopoly power. The lawsuit alleges that Amazon’s actions allow it to stop rivals and sellers from lowering prices, degrade quality for shoppers, overcharge sellers,…

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