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The Future Of State AG Antitrust Enforcement

In this article for the January 2024 Competition Policy International Antitrust Chronicle Milton Marquis, Keturah Taylor (State AG Group, Washington DC) and Meghan Stoppel (State AG Group, Denver), review the scope and sources of state AG antitrust authority, analyze recent significant AG enforcement actions, and engage in a bit of prognostication about the future of…

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AGs Don’t Like NCAA’s Name-Image-Likeness Restrictions

Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti and Virginia AG Jason Miyares filed a lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association alleging that the organization’s restrictions on future student-athletes’ ability to commercially use their name, image, and likeness (NIL) constitute violations of federal antitrust law.

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AGs Fight for Fair Play in College Sports

A bipartisan group of seven AGs filed a lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) alleging that the organization’s Transfer Eligibility Rule violates federal antitrust law by unjustifiably restraining the ability of Division I college athletes to engage in the market for their labor.

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FTC Sues 7-Eleven for Acquisition Allegedly Violating Consent Order

The FTC brought a lawsuit against 7-Eleven, Inc. and its parent company (together, “7-Eleven”) for allegedly violating an FTC consent order by acquiring a fuel outlet without providing prior notice to the Commission. According to the complaint, 7-Eleven had previously entered a consent order with the FTC to resolve allegations that it would violate antitrust…

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Bipartisan AGs Step Up to the Plate to Challenge Baseball Antitrust Exemption

A bipartisan group of 18 AGs, led by Connecticut AG William Tong, filed an amicus brief encouraging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant the petition for writ of certiorari in Tri-City Valleycats, Inc. v. Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, No. 23-283, which challenges a series of Supreme Court decisions from the last century that exempt professional baseball from all state and federal antitrust laws.

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