South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Mar 6, 2024

Legal challenges increase for NCAA

The NCAA is embroiled in multiple legal cases. There are at least five major federal antitrust challenges pending against the organization, which represents more than 500,000 athletes at more than […]

Feb 20, 2024

Antitrust lawyer advises NASCAR teams on talks

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR teams have hired one of the country’s top antitrust and sports lawyers to advise them in their ongoing dispute with the family-owned stock car series […]

Dec 13, 2023

Lawsuit loss could cost Google billions of dollars

SAN FRANCISCO — Google lost an antitrust lawsuit over barriers to its Android app store, as a federal court jury has decided that the company’s payments system was anticompetitive and […]

Sep 12, 2023

Antitrust trial centers of Google search engine’s power

The U.S. government is taking aim at what has been an indomitable empire: Google’s ubiquitous search engine that has become the internet’s main gateway. The legal attack will swing into […]

Apr 6, 2023

New antitrust lawsuit against NCAA seeks millions in damages

The attorneys who beat the NCAA in the Supreme Court have filed a new class-action antitrust lawsuit against the association and the five wealthiest college sports conferences that seeks millions […]

Nov 9, 2016

Antitrust suit can proceed

A nurse staffing company can move forward with an antitrust suit alleging that a network of South Carolina hospitals orchestrated a wage-fixing scheme. The case appears to mirror litigation in […]

Feb 10, 2016

Corporate – Antitrust Claims Fail Against Concert Promoters

It’s My Party Inc. v. Live Nation Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-028-16, 31 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 15-1278, Feb. 4, 2016; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Motz, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: […]

Nov 4, 2015

Antitrust – Panel Splits on Twombly Standard for Antitrust Claim

SD3 LLC v. Black & Decker U.S. Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-164-15, 98 pp.) (Agee, J.) No. 14-1746, Oct. 29, 2015; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (Cacheris, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: […]

Sep 16, 2015

Antitrust – Saw Company Group Boycott Claim Survives

SD 3LLC v. Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-155-15, 98 pp.) (Agee, J.) No. 14-1746, Sept. 15, 2015; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (Hilton, S.J.); 4th Cir. Holding: […]

Feb 19, 2015

Judge rules against American Express in antitrust suit

NEW YORK — American Express violated U.S. antitrust laws by barring merchants from asking customers to use one credit card over another, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The case was […]

Jun 14, 2013

Teeth whitening ruling weakens antitrust shield

A 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in a dispute over teeth whitening has exposed just about every occupational regulatory board in the Carolinas, including the N.C. State Bar, to federal antitrust attacks. The S.C. Bar may be less affected, however, as regulation of lawyers in the Palmetto State is handled by the Supreme Court, rather than by lawyers themselves.

Jul 24, 2012

Antitrust – Attempted Monopolization Claim – Insufficient Allegations – Relevant Market – Dangerous Probability of Success – Home Builders

Downeast Builders & Realty, Inc. v. Essex Homes Southeast, Inc. In its attempted monopolization counterclaim, defendant fails to allege what “identified subclass or submarket of new houses” or what “particularized price point” plaintiff is attempting to monopolize. Furthermore, defendant fails to allege the geographic market it claims plaintiff is attempting to monopolize.