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4.03.26
Court Denies Plaintiffs Leave to Amend in Replacement Tires Antitrust MDL, Dismissing Alleged Price-Fixing Cases with Prejudice
A Wilson Sonsini team recently obtained a full dismissal with prejudice on behalf of Continental Aktiengesellschaft and Continental Tire the Americas, LLC of alleged price-fixing claims on replacement tires.
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1.08.26
Wilson Sonsini Advises Ventyx Biosciences on $1.2 Billion Acquisition by Eli Lilly
On January 7, 2026, Eli Lilly and Company announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ventyx Biosciences, Inc., a San Diego-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative oral therapies for patients with inflammatory-mediated diseases. Under the terms of the agreement, Lilly will acquire all the outstanding shares of Ventyx in an all-cash transaction, valuing at approximately $1.2 billion. Wilson Sonsini is advising Ventyx on the transaction.
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12.19.25
Wilson Sonsini Advises Cursor on Acquisition of Graphite
On December 19, 2025, Cursor, the leading AI development platform, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Graphite, a start-up that uses AI to review code. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Cursor on the transaction.
The transaction brings together best-in-class tools for creating, reviewing, and merging code in the AI age. Graphite will continue to operate independently, with the same team and product. According to Cursor, in the coming months the two companies will explore connecting their products, for instance with tighter integrations between local development and pull requests and smarter code review that learns from both systems.
The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Cursor on the transaction included:
M&A
Rich Mullen
Ryan Cooper
Hallee Moore
Valerie Lopez
Drew Downing
The transaction brings together best-in-class tools for creating, reviewing, and merging code in the AI age. Graphite will continue to operate independently, with the same team and product. According to Cursor, in the coming months the two companies will explore connecting their products, for instance with tighter integrations between local development and pull requests and smarter code review that learns from both systems.
The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Cursor on the transaction included:
M&A
Rich Mullen
Ryan Cooper
Hallee Moore
Valerie Lopez
Drew Downing
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12.20.24
Wilson Sonsini Helps Secure EC Clearance of Run:ai’s Acquisition by NVIDIA
On December 20, 2024, the European Commission (EC) unconditionally approved the proposed acquisition of Run:ai Labs by NVIDIA Corporation under the EU Merger Regulation. The EC concluded that the transaction would raise no competition concerns in the European Economic Area (EEA). Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati represented Run:ai in securing the unconditional clearance.
U.S.-based NVIDIA designs and supplies graphic processing units (GPUs), a type of semiconductor for data center applications. Israel-based Run:ai supplies GPU orchestration software allowing corporate customers to schedule, manage, and optimize their AI compute infrastructure. NVIDIA’s proposed acquisition of Run:ai was notified to the EC on November 15 following a referral request from the Italian national competition authority. The EC investigated the impact of the transaction on the markets for the supply of discrete GPUs for use in data centers and GPU orchestration software. It assessed whether, post-transaction, NVIDIA would be able to hamper the compatibility between its GPUs and the GPU orchestration software of Run:ai’s competitors, and the compatibility between Run:ai’s software and the GPUs of NVIDIA’s competitors. The EC concluded that the proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns in any of the markets examined in the EEA or Italy, and therefore cleared the transaction unconditionally.
The Wilson Sonsini antitrust team that secured the clearance for Run:ai included Jamillia Ferris, Deirdre Carroll, Michelle Hale, Matthew McDonald, Ben Labow, Kimberley Biagioli, Rachel Burke, Lindsey Edwards, Rose Reinacher, John Sack, Laurine Daïnesi Signoret, Dillon Ostlund, Jacob Lozano, Michelle Zang, Sabin Chung, and Rohena Rajbhandari.
For more information, please see the EC’s announcement.
U.S.-based NVIDIA designs and supplies graphic processing units (GPUs), a type of semiconductor for data center applications. Israel-based Run:ai supplies GPU orchestration software allowing corporate customers to schedule, manage, and optimize their AI compute infrastructure. NVIDIA’s proposed acquisition of Run:ai was notified to the EC on November 15 following a referral request from the Italian national competition authority. The EC investigated the impact of the transaction on the markets for the supply of discrete GPUs for use in data centers and GPU orchestration software. It assessed whether, post-transaction, NVIDIA would be able to hamper the compatibility between its GPUs and the GPU orchestration software of Run:ai’s competitors, and the compatibility between Run:ai’s software and the GPUs of NVIDIA’s competitors. The EC concluded that the proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns in any of the markets examined in the EEA or Italy, and therefore cleared the transaction unconditionally.
The Wilson Sonsini antitrust team that secured the clearance for Run:ai included Jamillia Ferris, Deirdre Carroll, Michelle Hale, Matthew McDonald, Ben Labow, Kimberley Biagioli, Rachel Burke, Lindsey Edwards, Rose Reinacher, John Sack, Laurine Daïnesi Signoret, Dillon Ostlund, Jacob Lozano, Michelle Zang, Sabin Chung, and Rohena Rajbhandari.
For more information, please see the EC’s announcement.
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12.19.24
Seeing Double: Kroger/Albertsons Merger Blocked by Federal and State Courts
In parallel, same-day rulings, a federal and state court blocked The Kroger Company’s $24.6 billion proposed acquisition of the Albertsons Companies, Inc., relying on traditional antitrust analysis and evidence of head-to-head competition between the merging parties to support their conclusions.1 Following the twin unfavorable rulings against the merger, Albertsons swiftly moved to terminate the merger agreement and filed a lawsuit against Kroger for breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing.2