An adaptation of The Godfather set in Hawaii? A former active-duty member of the US Air Force has accepted responsibility for a conspiracy to rig bids for federal IT contracts. The Antitrust Division said that members of the conspiracy received codenames such as “Godfather” and “Al Capone” while overcharging the government by $37 million. Also in Tipline, Northrop Grumman wants ...

When the Department of Justice settled its monopoly case against Live Nation, a coalition of states still deep in the fight needed a closer. Calling the bullpen of antitrust lawyers, they wanted a showman who could put the game to bed.

Litigation funders bankrolling opt-out collective actions in the UK could start to prioritise smaller-value cases, an advisor at Henderson & Jones has said.

Or Brook’s £5 billion class action against Google’s search advertising practices will progress to a certification hearing after a rival proposed class representative agreed to make an application to suspend his parallel lawsuit.

The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal should steer clear of determining the fees that class representatives earn from spearheading collective action claims, Walter Merricks has said.