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The US Justice Department is investigating Nvidia’s $17 billion licensing agreement with artificial-intelligence chip startup Groq, examining whether the transaction was structured in a way that sidestepped traditional antitrust review, according to Reuters. The inquiry adds regulatory pressure on Nvidia as the semiconductor company expands its influence across the rapidly growing AI industry....

Walt Disney Co. won a significant legal victory in a proposed class action brought by FuboTV subscribers who accused the entertainment company of contributing to higher streaming prices, according to a report by Bloomberg Law. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila in California dismissed the class-action claims after concluding that the...

Mastercard has been sued by around 300 hotel companies in Britain over card payment fees, in the latest antitrust challenge over the costs merchants incur when accepting card transactions. According to Law360, the hotel companies are challenging Mastercard over multilateral interchange fees, or MIFs, associated with payments made using its...

A group of major food manufacturers is asking a federal judge to consider removing Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison from the defense of Domino Sugar owner ASR Group in an antitrust lawsuit, alleging the law firm previously received confidential information while seeking to represent the companies now suing the sugar producer, according...

Amazon.com is pushing back against New Jersey’s effort to accelerate evidence gathering in an antitrust lawsuit targeting the company’s delivery network, arguing that the dispute raises labor issues that should be handled by the National Labor Relations Board. The company told a federal court in New Jersey that expedited discovery...

Paramount argues states and writers’ unions should bear costs if their antitrust challenges fail, as litigation threatens to push the Warner Bros. Discovery transaction beyond a key September deadline. Paramount Skydance is seeking a $1.88 billion bond from a group of state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America as...

Elemental Royalty Corp. received Mexican antitrust clearance for its planned acquisition of Vizsla Royalties Corp., removing the final regulatory hurdle to a transaction that will give the company a significant royalty interest in a Mexican silver-gold project. Mexico’s Comisión Nacional Antimonopolio cleared the acquisition, according to a Sept. 9 report...

Booking Holdings Inc. lost its challenge to European Union regulators’ decision to block its €1.63 billion ($1.9 billion) purchase of flight-booking company ETraveli Group, handing the bloc’s competition authority a significant victory in its scrutiny of technology and platform acquisitions. The EU’s General Court rejected Booking’s challenge Wednesday and backed...