Tag Archives: antitrust

From Tennis Court to Courtroom: The PTPA’s Global Antitrust Challenge to Tennis Governance

By: Casey Galvin On March 18, 2025, the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) and a group of professional tennis athletes initiated a transnational antitrust challenge aimed at dismantling entrenched market power and restructuring the governance of professional tennis. The PTPA and players filed suit against the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), the Women’s Tennis Association […]

Breaking Down Big Tech: Antitrust Actions on Two Continents

By: Mica Karanovic The modern era witnesses a concerted effort to rein in the expansive influence wielded by Big Tech, with a particular emphasis on scrutinizing their pivotal roles as gatekeepers of commerce and communication. Traditionally, antitrust regulators focused predominantly on assessing how dominant companies could adversely impact consumers by hiking prices or constraining choices in […]

A Legal Game-Changer: The Relevance of Antitrust in International Soccer

By: Nathalie Adams In an era characterized by globalization, soccer, the world’s most popular sport, is gaining traction in the United States. Entrepreneurs and investors hope to seize the opportunity to profit from the growing interest in soccer. However, the large regulatory bodies governing soccer within the United States and internationally make it difficult to […]

A New Antitrust Regime: A Look at Merger Reforms in the U.S. and EU

By: Alex Llanos On December 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released their new merger guidelines. These new guidelines signal the U.S.’s shift from a consumer welfare standard, which has historically shaped U.S. Antitrust law, to a standard that seeks to “reflect how modern competition […]