United States and Plaintiff States v. Agri Stats (D. Minn. 0:23-CV-03009-JRT-JFD)
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’…
Washington v. Kroger et al.
Washington filed suit in King County Superior Court to block the merger of Kroger and Albertsons, which would have combined the two largest supermarket chains operating in the state. Washington alleged that the merger would have ended head-to-head competition between the chains on price, loyalty rewards programs, products offered and customer service, leading to higher…
FTC and Plaintiff States v. Deere & Company (N.D. Ill. 3:25-cv-50017)
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…
U.S. and Plaintiff States v. Apple, Inc., No. 2:24-cv-04055 (D.N.J. Mar. 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…
U.S. and Plaintiff States v. Kroger, No. 3:24-cv-00347 (D. Ore. Feb. 26, 2024)
The United States and nine plaintiff states sued to block the $42 billion proposed merger between the Kroger company and Albertson’s companies, the country’s two largest traditional supermarket chain. The complaint alleges that the proposed acquisition may substantially lessen competition. The FTC began an administrative proceeding and the plaintiffs (states and FTC) sought a preliminary…
Colorado v. Kroger
Colorado filed suit in Denver District Court to block the $24.6 billion proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons, two of the largest supermarket chains in Colorado. Kroger operates 148 King Soopers and City Market stores and Albertsons operates 105 Safeway and Albertsons stores in the state. According to the complaint, the merger would eliminate head-to-head…
People v. Eli Lilly & Co. et al., No. 23STCV00719 (Super. Ct. L.A. Cty. Jan. 12, 2023)
California sued the largest insulin makers and PBMs, alleging that they drove up the cost of the drug through unlawful, unfair and deceptive business practices in violation of Cal. Bus & Prof. Code 17200, et. seq. The three manufacturers named in the lawsuit produce over 90% of the global insulin supply and the three PBMs…
FTC and Plaintiff States v. Syngenta Crop Protection AG, No. 22-cv-828 (M.D. N.C. Nov. 2022)
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…
Ohio et al. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), No. 1:23-cv-00100 (N.D. W.V. Dec. 7, 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…
FTC and Plaintiff States v. Amazon.com, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-01495 (W.D. Wash. Sept. 26, 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,…
