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View ArticleApple Facing Trial for Music Downloading Restrictions
NEWSApple will try to defend against allegations that it violated antitrust laws by trying to restrict music downloads for iPods to its iTunes store. Jury selection in the federal trial will begin Nov....
View ArticleQualcomm Faces Two New Antitrust Probes
NEWSQualcomm faces three investigations into allegations of anti-competitive behaviour, as it revealed new probes in the US and EU on top of the antitrust inquiry it already faces in China, according...
View ArticleAntitrust Treatment of Physician Practice Acquisitions
On-DemandPractical Law has posted a discussion of the first cases to address the antitrust implications of hospital acquisitions of physician practices.
View ArticleDrug Maker Accused of Price Gouging
NEWSA lawsuit alleges Gilead Sciences is price gouging by pricing its Sovaldi hepatitis C treatment at $1,000 a pill, the Wall Street Journal reports in one of its blogs.
View ArticleHigh Court Allows State Law Antitrust Claims to Proceed Against Interstate...
White PaperThe court considered whether the Natural Gas Act pre-empts state law antitrust claims when the challenged conduct affects both federally regulated wholesale natural gas prices and...
View ArticleQuarles and Brady Partner Andre Fiebig Publishes Two Books
NEWSAndre Fiebig, a partner at Quarles & Brady, authored two books on antitrust law issues for Thomson Reuters and the American Bar Association.
View ArticleJustice Scalia’s Death Prompts Dow Chemical to Settle Price-Fixing Case
NEWSDow was facing a $1.1 billion judgment in a price-fixing case, but now Dow Chemical says it no longer thinks it could win its appeal without Justice Antonin Scalia on the bench.
View ArticleWhen Customer Supply Contracts Lead to Trouble
ArticleMelanie A. Hallas of McDermott Will & Emery writes that a recent consent order shows that exclusivity terms that arguably have the effect of harming competition may raise antitrust concerns.
View ArticleReverse Break-Up Fees and Specific Performance: A Survey of Remedies
White PaperThomson Reuters is offering a complimentary copy of the 2016 edition of Practical Law’s study, Reverse Break-Up Fees and Specific Performance: A Survey of Remedies for Financing and...
View ArticleGovernance Challenges 2016: M&A Oversight
White PaperThe NACD report addresses the importance of early board engagement in strategy, the need for proactive dialogue with all key stakeholders, and the imperative to balance short-term and...
View ArticleU.S. Sues to Block Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana Mergers
NewsU.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said the proposed mergers “would leave much of the multitrillion-dollar health insurance industry in the hands of three mammoth insurance companies,” reports...
View ArticleLex Machina Expands Legal Analytics Platform to Cover Antitrust Litigation
NewsThe new module enables attorneys to make data-driven decisions about federal antitrust case strategies and tactics and gives lawyers a competitive advantage in antitrust litigation
View ArticleEvent – A Wake-Up Call: Antitrust Compliance in the U.S.
Event, Jan. 19, NYCBloomberg BNA will present a complimentary event to discuss the widespread corporate apathy towards antitrust risks – and why the business community needs a collective wake-up call.
View ArticleJudge Blocks $54 Billion Anthem-Cigna Health Insurance Merger
NewsA federal judge blocked the $54 billion merger between health insurance giants Anthem and Cigna, saying the deal would increase prices and reduce competition, according to a report by The...
View ArticleHow a Typical Tolling Agreement Cost Duke Energy Corporation $600,000
InsightA court recent ruled that a tolling agreement, when entered into between companies that intended to merge, violated the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, leading to the...
View ArticleAntitrust Lawyers Leiv Blad and Zarema Jaramillo Join Lowenstein in D.C. Office
NewsLowenstein Sandler LLP announced that Leiv Blad has joined the firm as a partner and co-chair of the firm’s antitrust practice in Washington, D.C. Blad joins with Zarema Jaramillo, who becomes...
View ArticleFormer FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris Joins Sidley in Washington, D.C.
NewsFormer FTC chairman Timothy J. Muris has joined Sidley Austin LLP as senior counsel in the firm's Antitrust/Competition practice.
View ArticleIntel Scores Victory (For Now) In Fight Against $1.3 Billion Fine
NewsFortune reports that Intel has won a victory of sorts in its long-running fight against a €1.06 billion ($1.26 billion) antitrust fine that was levied against it by the European Commission eight...
View ArticleU.S. States Allege Broad Generic Drug Price-Fixing Collusion
NewsThe states said the drugmakers and executives divided customers for their drugs among themselves, according to Reuters.
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