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Federal District Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Blocking Pre-Commercial Heart Valve Acquisition
02/03/2026
On January 23, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia unsealed its order granting a preliminary injunction blocking a life sciences company’s proposed $945 million acquisition of a heart valve company, prompting defendant to abandon the deal. Fed. Trade Comm’n v. Edwards Lifesciences Corp., No. 1:25‑cv‑02569 (D.D.C. Jan. 23, 2026).
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Oregon District Court Allows Claim Against Association Of Colleges And Universities To Proceed And Accepts Harm To Defendant’s Members As Evidence Of Antitrust Injury
12/11/2018
On November 28, 2018, Judge Marco A. Hernández of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, on remand from the Ninth Circuit, reversed its prior grant of a motion to dismiss and held that plaintiff — which brought antitrust conspiracy claims against a non-profit corporation made up of 549 member colleges — sufficiently demonstrated antitrust injury by alleging harm to the member colleges. CollegeNET, Inc. v. The Common Application, Inc., No. 3:14-CV-00771-HZ (D. Or. Nov. 28, 2018).
Categories:
Antitrust Injury,
Antitrust Standing,
Attempted Monopolization,
Conspiracy,
Exclusionary Conduct,
Group Boycott,
Horizontal Restraints,
Joint Venture,
Market Definition,
Nascent Competition,
Sherman Act § 1,
Sherman Act § 2
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District Of Columbia Releases Redacted Opinion Detailing Reasoning Behind Decision To Grant Preliminary Injunction In Tronox-Cristal Acquisition
09/17/2018
On September 5, 2018, Judge Trevor N. McFadden of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction preventing Tronox Ltd. (“Tronox”) from completing its proposed $2.4 billion acquisition of National Titanium Dioxide Company Ltd. (“Cristal”) until after a final ruling in the FTC’s administrative proceedings challenging the deal. Federal Trade Commission v. Tronox Ltd., et al., 1:18-cv-01622 (TNM) (D.D.C. Sept. 12, 2018).Tronox intends to appeal and will consider whether to proceed with a divestiture to resolve potential competitive concerns.
