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[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest October 27, 2026]
Dollar General Overcharged Shoppers, FTC and States Allege in Lawsuit
(Reuters) Dollar General repeatedly charged more than advertised prices even after receiving tens of thousands of consumer complaints, the US Federal Trade Commission and 20 states alleged in a lawsuit filed on Monday.
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[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest October 27, 2026]
NCAA Division III Athletes Sue Over Ban on Athletic Scholarships
(Reuters) The National Collegiate Athletic Association has been sued in a proposed class action by current and former athletes alleging it illegally prohibits schools in its largest division from offering athletic scholarships.
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[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest October 27, 2026]
Anthropic Warns of ‘Customer Backlash’ Over Alleged Anticompetitive Practices
(The Wall Street Journal) One of the many risks Anthropic’s filing highlights is that Project Glasswing, and other programs in which the company only makes its most capable AI models available to select companies, could result in a “customer backlash.” Customers not selected for such programs could perceive Anthropic’s actions as “arbitrary, exclusionary, or anticompetitive,” and might cause them to publicly criticize Anthropic and terminate their contracts, the company said, adding this could lead to reputational harm and loss of revenue.
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[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest October 26, 2026]
Australia's Perfection Fresh to Seek $8.4 Million Penalty Over Price Fixing, Regulator Says
(Reuters) Perfection Fresh Pty, Australia's second-largest vegetable supplier, admitted to fixing prices of vegetables sold to ALDI and agreed with the competition regulator to jointly seek a A$12 million ($8.43 million) penalty in court, the regulator said on Monday.
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[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest October 26, 2026]
Schwab-Ameritrade Antitrust Deal Challenge Meets Receptive Court
(Reuters) A Fifth Circuit judge seemed sympathetic to an appeal contesting a settlement of consumer antitrust claims over Charles Schwab Corp.'s merger with TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., a settlement that provided millions of dollars in attorneys’ fees but no pay-out for most class members.
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[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest October 26, 2026]
Live Nation Says Trump Attended Meeting on Antitrust Settlement
(Reuters) Live Nation Entertainment Inc. said President Donald Trump attended a meeting at the White House where terms were finalized for a settlement of the US Justice Department’s antitrust case against the company.
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[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest October 26, 2026]
EmblemHealth Argues Insurers Must Fill Biosimilar Antitrust Gap
(Reuters) Insurers, not competing drug companies, are the only realistic enforcers of antitrust law, EmblemHealth argued in a case centered on an alleged scheme by Alexion Pharmaceuticals to extend its monopoly on one of the world’s most expensive medications.
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Day 3 Plenary Sessions --Thanks for joining us at 2026 Masters Course #atmasters
Winning and Retaining Antitrust Clients with Lindy Bernhardt @Cisco, Mika Ikeda @JNJNews and Suzanne Wachsstock @WalmartInc #atmasters
[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest October 23, 2026]
Meta to Delay New Commercial Terms Criticised by Publishers, Advertisers
(Reuters) Meta Platforms will delay the implementation of updated commercial terms to November 20 from October 30 so it can address concerns from publishers and digital advertisers, the US tech company said on Friday, in a move that could stave off potential regulatory action. Meta's move followed complaints by publishers and digital advertisers to EU and UK antitrust authorities about its new commercial terms, which they said would give the company an unlimited right to use their content for its AI services. Meta has rejected the claims.
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[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest October 23, 2026]
Keurig Must Face Coffee-Pod Monopoly Allegations, Judge Says
(Bloomberg Law) Keurig Green Mountain Inc. must face monopolization allegations raised by rival coffee pod makers and distributors that it illegally dominated the market for single-serve coffee pods for more than a decade.
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[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest October 23, 2026]
Compass Sued by Home Listing Groups to Block Antitrust Claims
(Bloomberg Law) Compass Inc., the top US broker for residential properties, was hit with a lawsuit by six home listings groups seeking to prevent the company from bringing antitrust claims over their rules tied to publicly marketed listings.
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[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest October 23, 2026]
EU Opens Antitrust Investigation in Paper Industry Supply Chain
(Reuters) The EU Commission on Friday said it had opened an antitrust investigation into Swiss company Omya, for possible abuse of its dominant position in the supply of calcium carbonates to producers of paper products.
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[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest October 23, 2026]
EU Antitrust Regulators to Decide on Deutsche Boerse, Allfunds Deal by November 27
(Reuters) EU antitrust regulators will decide by November 27 whether to approve Deutsche Boerse's €5.35 billion ($6 billion) acquisition of Amsterdam-listed fund trading platform Allfunds, a European Commission filing showed on Thursday.
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Good morning from Cambridge! 🌅Day 2 plenary sessions have begun #atmasters
