Kressin Powers

Weeks of June 22 and June 29, 2026 Top Takeaways Government Enforcement Intensifies in Food and Healthcare Markets: The DOJ’s benchmark-manipulation case against Cal-Maine and Pennsylvania’s negotiated resolution of the Allegheny Health merger underscore continued aggressive enforcement through both structural and behavioral remedies in essential consumer and healthcare markets. Private Follow-On Litigation Continues to Gain Momentum: New lawsuits involving shipping containers, DRAM, coffee...

Week of June 15, 2026 Top Takeaways Courts Continue to Demand Concrete Competitive Harm: Dismissals in the Apple Books, boat-listing, and septic-system cases reinforce that allegations of harm to a single competitor, without plausible market-wide effects, remain insufficient to sustain antitrust claims. Procedural Issues Are Increasingly Driving Outcomes: Recent decisions turned on arbitration provisions, class certification standards, and pleading deficiencies rather than the merits,...

Week of June 8, 2026 Top Takeaways Class Certification Remains a Major Hurdle in Labor Antitrust Cases: The denial of certification in the outpatient medical center wage-suppression litigation underscores courts’ increasing scrutiny of expert models and the difficulty of proving classwide impact and damages across diverse labor markets. Industry Certification Programs Face Continued Antitrust Scrutiny: Although the court dismissed the core antitrust claim in National Auto Tools, it recognized...