In the Matter of the Investigation by Connecticut of Mohave CT, LLC, et al

June 5, 2026

In January 2026, the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office entered into a settlement agreement with a three cannabis establishment licensees, the company seeking to acquire them, and their principles.  Connecticut state law requires that cannabis establishment licensees provide notice prior to undertaking a material change, such as a transfer of operational control.  The settlement agreement stated…

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In the Matter of Adamas Amenity Services, et al.

February 12, 2026

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office (the “NJ AGO”) resolved an investigation into Adamas Building Services (“Adamas”) and its affiliated businesses through an assurance of discontinuance (the “Assurance”) in December 2025.  Building services contractors like Adamas staff and service residential and commercial properties, providing workers that perform janitorial, security, concierge, parking and maintenance services.  The…

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United States and Plaintiff States v. UnitedHealth et al. (D. Md. 1:24-cv-03267-JKB)

April 8, 2025

Four states and the U.S. Department of Justice brought a lawsuit seeking to block the acquisition of Amedysis, Inc. by UnitedHealth Group, Inc.  The plaintiff states and DOJ alleged that the defendants are two of the largest home health and hospice service providers in the country and that their merger would eliminate competition between the…

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United States and Plaintiff States v. Live Nation Entertainment et al (S.D.N.Y. 1:24-CV-03973-AS)

April 8, 2025

Forty attorneys general joined the U.S. Department of Justice in a lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster L.L.C.  The lawsuit alleges that Live Nation has undertaken anticompetitive conduct in various markets across the live concert ecosystem to maintain its monopoly positions in the markets for primary ticketing services for major concert…

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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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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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Washington v. Tyson Foods, Inc., No. 21-2-14174-5 (Wash. Super. Ct. King Cty. 2022)

April 28, 2023

Plaintiff state filed a lawsuit against 19 chicken producers accusing them of a wide-ranging illegal conspiracy to inflate and manipulate prices, rig contract bids and coordinate industry supply reductions to maximize profits. The defendants account for approximately 95 percent of the broiler chickens sold in the United States. The complaint asserts their conduct violates the…

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Settlement Agreement Between Plaintiff States and Citibank (June 2018)

June 8, 2022

Forty-two plaintiff states reached a $100 million settlement with Citibank for fraudulent conduct involving interest rate manipulation that had a significant impact on consumers and financial markets around the world. UBS’ fraudulent conduct involved the manipulation of LIBOR (the London Interbank Offered Rate). LIBOR is a benchmark interest rate that affects financial instruments worth trillions…

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Illinois v. Elite Staffing, No. 2020CH05156 (Cir. Ct. Cook Cty. Ill. July 29, 2020)

January 27, 2021

Plaintiff state sued staffing agencies Elite Staffing, Inc. (Elite), Metro Staff, Inc. (Metro) and Midway Staffing, Inc. (Midway), as well as their client Colony, Inc. (Colony). The complaint alleged that the three staffing agencies formed an unlawful agreement to refuse to solicit or hire the other’s employees and to fix the wages paid to their…

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California v. Denso, No. 2:19-cv-13566 (E.D. Mich. Dec. 3, 2019)

January 26, 2021

As part of its ongoing participation in the ongoing Automotive Parts multidistrict litigation, California reached a settlement with Denso to resolve claims that as part of a conspiracy with dozens of auto parts manufactures, competition in the automotive parts market was suppressed and eliminated by illegal bid rigging. The state’s complaint alleged that Denso had…

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