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The Reach of Ariix v. NutriSearch: When Rigged “Independent” Reviews Can Become Actionable Under the Lanham Act for False Advertising
Author: Luke Hasskamp Many modern buyers are skeptical of conventional advertising, so they look for something that seems more independent. They read reviews, check star ratings, and search for the guide, ranking, or “best of” list that promises an assessment free of the seller’s influence. That perceived independence is what makes a rigged review valuable to the company that pays for it, and damaging to the competitor it buries. In Ariix, LLC v. NutriSearch Corp., 985 F.3d 1107 (9th Cir.
Apple, AI, And The Fight To Control Consumer Choice—Part I
BP Bona Law PC More Bona Law is an antitrust boutique focused on antitrust and competition law. We bring together some of the best legal minds with big-law, government, and senior in-house experience to solve our clients' problems. A federal judge has already ordered Google not to lock up exclusive distribution rights for its Gemini app. The Justice Department is appealing to go further, including a bid to force Google to sell Chrome and to end its default-search deal with Apple.
Nielsen Appeal Tests Antitrust Limits Of Pricing And Bundling - Law360
By Luke Hasskamp ( May 18, 2026, 6:36 PM EDT) -- When a monopolist conditions access to an essential product on the purchase of a separate, competing product — or offers the essential product on a stand-alone basis, but at an exorbitant price that effectively forecloses stand-alone purchase — how should antitrust law respond?... Law360 is on it, so you are, too.
Beyond The DOJ Complaint: Potential Exclusionary Conduct Theories In The Apple Ecosystem
Pat Pascarella’s articles from Bona Law PC are most popular: in United States with readers working within the Media & Information industries Recent proceedings involving Apple Inc.—including the U.S. Department of Justice case and Epic Games v. Apple—together with developments in AI markets, suggest an evolving framework for platform-focused antitrust analysis. This article considers how those threads may fit together. Begin with market power. In U.S. v.
How To Appeal A Case To The United States Court Of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit?
This article addresses the basic procedure for handling an appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The Eighth Circuit is a federal appellate court that covers federal courts in Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Let's say you just lost a civil lawsuit in one of the federal district courts in the Eighth Circuit. You may consider challenging that loss through an appeal.
The Basics Of California State Appellate Procedure
Let's say you just lost a civil lawsuit in California Superior Court (one of California's 58 trial courts), and you think the court got it wrong. You may want to challenge that loss by appealing to the California Court of Appeal. There, a panel of three judges will consider the trial court's ruling and decide whether any legal errors require correction. But while filing a compelling brief matters, it won't be enough to simply point out the mistakes made by the trial court to win.
Molly Donovan - Concurrences
Molly Donovan is an antitrust partner at Bona Law PC based in New York. She has over fifteen years of experience representing clients in complex antitrust disputes. Molly has defended clients in worldwide investigations, served as the global defense coordinator in cartel cases involving multiple parallel investigations and private actions, and represented companies and individuals in criminal proceedings by the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division.
Does The NBA Have An Antitrust Problem? A Rival Basketball League May Think So. - Antitrust, EU Competition - United States
NBA action is FAN-TASTIC! Unless, of course, the action is one brought by the Department of Justice in a different kind of court. But that may be exactly where the NBA finds itself: the DOJ is reportedly investigating the professional basketball association for alleged antitrust violations. The NBA's alleged anticompetitive conduct targeted Big3, a competitive basketball league founded by Ice Cube and entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz (with Clyde Drexler serving as commissioner!).
MMA & Monopsony: MMA Fighters Win Class Certification Bout In Employment Monopolization Case - Antitrust, EU Competition - United States
In yet another important labor-monopsony case, a federal court in Nevada has declared a win for MMA athletes fighting against their promoter's alleged misuse of monopsony power in the market for acquiring fighters' services. Class certification has been granted to MMA fighters accusing their promoter of locking them into exclusive contracts that deterred fighters' mobility and suppressed their wages for fighting bouts. Cung Le v.
Antitrust For Kids: As Rivals Become Friends, The Government Gets Angry (The PGA Mini-Golf Tale Continued) - Antitrust, EU Competition - United States
You may recall Liv, age 8—the new kid. Last we heard, Liv was getting pushed around by Paul, Greg and Adam ("PGA" for short) because she dared to build a mini-golf course in an attempt to challenge PGA's longstanding position as the best and only mini-golf in town. PGA was not happy about the new competition and unilaterally announced that any kid who played with Liv would be banned from the PGA's more reputable course.
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