Kressin Powers

Week of March 23, 2026 Top Takeaways Section 1 Enforcement Targets Anti-Steering and Network Design: United States v. NYP  continues a line of cases challenging dominant-provider contracting restrictions that foreclose narrow networks and tiered pricing mechanisms under rule-of-reason analysis. Parallel Conduct and Bundling Theories Extend Across Markets: HVAC and ski-pass cases reflect increasing reliance on coordinated pricing and tying theories in both commodity and platform-adjacent...

Week of March 16, 2026 Top Takeaways SEP and FRAND Litigation Evolves Under Section 2: ASUSTek v. Nokia  advances claims that deceptive conduct in standard-setting and post-adoption royalty demands can constitute exclusionary conduct and monopolization in technology markets. Horizontal and Vertical Effects Drive Merger Challenges: The Nexstar–TEGNA actions reflect increasing reliance on both local market concentration and nationwide bargaining leverage theories in Section 7 litigation...

Week of March 9, 2026 Top Takeaways Commodity Market Coordination Allegations Expand: Stevens v. Nutrien  advances Section 1 claims targeting alleged information exchanges and parallel pricing among dominant fertilizer producers in a highly concentrated global market. Platform Intermediation and Data Standards as Competitive Bottlenecks: DTN v. Gravitate  reflects increasing reliance on antitrust theories addressing exclusion through control of proprietary technical specifications and...