Anti-competition behaviors. Monopolies and such. These evil corporations took advantage of their big dick gargantuan market caps to pressure the competition out of business in order to maximize profits at our expense.
Antitrust Fraud • Global Cartel • Hard Drive Industry The Cartel Inside Your Hard Drive For eight years, NHK Spring rigged the price of a component found in virtually every computer on the planet. They pleaded guilty, paid a fine…
Your TV Bill is a Hostage Situation TL;DR Nexstar Media Group, the largest local TV broadcaster in the United States, stands accused in federal court of running an illegal price-fixing scheme with its “sidecar” companies, Mission Broadcasting and White Knight…
TL;DR Boeing agreed to acquire Spirit AeroSystems, the world’s largest independent builder of aircraft fuselages and wings, for $8.3 billion total ($8.3 billion — enough to pay a year of rent for over 220,000 families). Spirit builds critical airframe parts…
Valvoline Moves To Eliminate Competition, Consolidate Power TL;DR Valvoline Inc. is attempting to acquire its direct competitor, Oil Changers, a move the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing to block. The FTC complaint alleges this merger will eliminate competition in…
TL;DR Circle K’s parent company, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (ACT), tried to buy 270 gas stations from Giant Eagle in Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The Federal Trade Commission filed a formal complaint on June 25, 2025, charging the deal would illegally…
TL;DR THE FACTS: Starting in March 2022, Uber entered into a series of agreements with its direct competitors: the taxi-hailing apps Curb, ARRO, and Flywheel. These deals integrated their services directly into the Uber app. THE MISCONDUCT: A class-action lawsuit…
TL;DR Five of America’s largest egg producers (them being Cal-Maine, Rose Acre, Daybreak, Hillandale, and Opal Foods) are accused of running a cartel that fixed egg prices using a shared data platform called Urner Barry, pushing prices from under $2…
Antitrust Abuse • Corporate Monopoly • Consumer Markets The Plot to Monopolize Glue Henkel and Loctite tried to swallow Liquid Nails whole. The FTC caught them with their hands in the tube. Published December 2025 • Source: FTC Complaint filed…
TL;DR Gateway Services, the single largest pet cremation company in the United States, locked 1,780 workers into illegal non-compete agreements that barred them from working anywhere in the pet cremation industry for a full year after leaving. These contracts covered…
TL;DR Gateway Services, Inc. is the dominant pet cremation company in the United States, with 1,992 employees and over 100 locations serving 17,000 customers across North America. Since 2019, Gateway forced over 1,780 workers to sign non-compete agreements that ban…