Glenmark has agreed to a $29.6 million multistate settlement over allegations that it joined a long-running conspiracy to inflate prices and curb competition for generic prescription drugs.
Oregon's attorney general said Glenmark will pay into a multistate generic-drug antitrust settlement, cooperate against remaining defendants and adopt competition compliance reforms.
The Federal Trade Commission said Caremark Rx and Zinc Health Services agreed to a proposed settlement requiring changes to pharmacy benefit manager practices tied to insulin rebates, pharmacy hubs and patient drug costs.
The Federal Trade Commission says the proposed settlement is the largest penalty ever for failing to make a required Hart-Scott-Rodino Act filing.
Oregon and 11 other states say Paramount Skydance's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery would unlawfully shrink competition in movie distribution and basic cable programming.
The proposed settlement would require Deere to give farmers and independent repair providers access to repair tools and software capabilities it provides to authorized dealers.
The Federal Trade Commission will host a May 20 workshop on litigate-the-fix merger remedy proposals, with FTC and DOJ officials among the expected participants.
The antitrust agencies gave stakeholders until May 21 to weigh in on potential updates to guidance for collaborations among competitors.
The U.S. Department of Justice said a proposed consent decree would bar Willow Bridge from using certain competitor-data-driven pricing algorithms and from sharing competitively sensitive rental information with rivals.
The agency said the pest-control company must stop enforcing noncompete agreements and notify current and former workers they can compete.
The antitrust agencies are weighing updated guidance after the 2000 competitor collaboration guidelines were withdrawn in late 2024.
FTC staff told Tennessee lawmakers that allowing Ballad Health's COPA to expire before easing hospital-entry barriers could expose patients to higher costs, lower quality and reduced access to care.
The Justice Department says a former Air Force master sergeant helped steer inflated Pacific Air Forces IT contracts in a yearslong scheme that caused at least $37 million in overpayments.
The agency said the consent order resolves concerns that Valvoline's purchase of Greenbriar outlets would eliminate competition in 25 local quick-lube markets.
Acting antitrust chief Omeed A. Assefi told an NYU audience that the Justice Department wants candid merger engagement, structural fixes where they work and courtroom fights where they do not.
The Justice Department said a proposed Minnesota federal court settlement would curb Agri Stats' exchange of competitively sensitive meat-industry data and impose monitoring and compliance obligations.
A senior Antitrust Division official said competitors using algorithms, SaaS platforms or large language models to coordinate pricing can still face criminal scrutiny when the evidence shows an agreement.
The Federal Trade Commission said Aurobindo must sell four generic drug products to resolve competition concerns over its proposed acquisition of Lannett.
Taiheiyo Cement and CalPortland must divest three San Diego County ready-mix concrete plants to proceed with CalPortland's planned $712 million purchase of Vulcan assets, the DOJ said.
The Federal Trade Commission said it reached an agreement in principle with U.S. Anesthesia Partners to resolve litigation over an alleged Texas anesthesia roll-up, but the settlement terms remain confidential and still require further approvals.
The Antitrust Division said the Defense Production Act approvals allow domestic nuclear energy companies to coordinate on fuel-supply capacity while remaining subject to federal monitoring.
The Justice Department said a proposed settlement would resolve its antitrust suit over OhioHealth contract provisions that allegedly blocked lower-cost commercial health insurance options.
Four major shipping-container manufacturers and seven executives were charged in a criminal antitrust case alleging they restricted output and fixed prices for standard dry containers.
The Federal Trade Commission said a Texas federal court approved consent orders resolving allegations that major advertising agencies coordinated common brand-safety standards for digital advertising.
Oregon's attorney general said LivCor has agreed to a $7 million settlement in state antitrust litigation accusing landlords of using RealPage software to align apartment rents through competitively sensitive pricing data.
The Federal Trade Commission approved a final consent order requiring 365 Retail Markets to divest a Cantaloupe micromarket kiosk business and provide nondiscriminatory software-hardware integrations.
The Justice Department said the plea is the first in an ongoing probe of bid rigging and fraud affecting U.S. military facilities.
The antitrust agencies are weighing whether to pursue new rulemaking on premerger reporting after a court vacated the updated Hart-Scott-Rodino form and an appeals court declined to pause that ruling.