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May.07.2012 "Toto – We Can't Be In Kansas": Kansas Supreme Court Scuttles Rule of Reason for Resale Price Agreements Under State Law
May.03.2012 Eighth Circuit Approves Use of Fraud Guidelines for Antitrust Crimes
Feb.10.2012 Bundeskartellamt and Public Prosecutors Jointly Focusing on the Prosecution of Bid Rigging
Feb.03.2012 Second Circuit Weighs in Again on Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements
Jan.27.2012 FTC Proposes Changes to Rules Governing Investigatory Procedures, Primarily to Address Issues Regarding Electronically Stored Information
Jan.26.2012 FTC Increases HSR and Section 8 Thresholds
Dec.09.2011 General Court Confirms Commission Decision Not To Investigate Cartridge Market For Ink Jet Printers
Dec.01.2011 European Commission Gives High-Level Guidance on Antitrust Compliance
Nov.02.2011 German Constitutional Court Declines to Rule on National Legislation Strictly Implementing European Law
Oct.14.2011 European Court of Justice Further Supports Internet Sales
Jul.15.2011 Mandatory Indian Merger Control: What You Need to Know
Jul.07.2011 FTC Requires More Documents With Revised HSR Notification Form
Jun.29.2011 FTC Hosts Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights In Standard Setting: Tools to Prevent Patent Hold-Up
Jun.22.2011 Hidden Discount Judgment of $2 Billion Against Ford: Implications for Pricing Systems
Jun.21.2011 Antitrust Division Issues Updated Policy Guide to Merger Remedies
Feb.02.2011 OFT Investigates Possible RPM in Relation to E-books
Jan.24.2011 Robust State Enforcement of Minimum Resale Price Maintenance May Require New Approaches to Pricing
Jan.21.2011 FTC Announces Increased HSR and Section 8 Thresholds
Dec.15.2010 Fine of € 38 million (US$ 51 million) for Procedural Breach during a 'Dawn Raid' upheld by EU Court
Dec.14.2010 European Commission Adopts New Antitrust Guidelines On Cooperation Between Competitors
Nov.30.2010 California's Predatory Pricing Law Differs From Federal Counterpart
Sep.02.2010 Federal Circuit's En Banc Princo Decision Limits Patent Misuse Doctrine
Aug.20.2010 FTC and DOJ Issue Final Version of Revised Merger Guidelines
Aug.17.2010 FTC Notices Proposed Changes To HSR Form
Aug.04.2010 FTC Settles Charges That Intel Violated Section 5 of the FTC Act
Jul.13.2010 California Supreme Court Rejects "Pass-on" Defense for Antitrust Damages
May.05.2010 European Commission publishes draft rules applicable to horizontal co-operation agreements
May.03.2010 Privilege does not extend to in-house or foreign lawyers in EU antitrust cases says Advocate General of European Court of Justice
May.03.2010 Second Circuit Wants Full Court Review of Reverse Exclusionary Settlement Payments
Apr.30.2010 UK Competition Authority in Retreat on Dairy Products "Hub and Spoke" Information Exchange Case -- Partially abandons case and hands back GB£ 50 million in agreed penalties
Apr.26.2010 European Commission Adopts New Competition Rules For Distribution Of Goods And Services
Apr.20.2010 FTC, DOJ Issue Revised Merger Guidelines
Mar.05.2010 Hedge Funds and Antitrust Compliance: Antitrust Division Investigates Hedge Funds Shorting Euro
Mar.01.2010 DOJ Sends Strong Civil Enforcement Message with $12 Million Disgorgement Remedy
Jan.19.2010 FTC Announces New (Lower) HSR and Section 8 Thresholds
Jan.12.2010 Third Circuit Clarifies Robinson-Patman Act's Competing Purchaser Requirement in Bid Situations
Jan.11.2010 Commission Consultation on Best Practices
Dec.16.2009 Federal Trade Commission Charges Intel With Anticompetitive Conduct; Commits to Expedited Administrative Trial and Decision
Dec.07.2009 Berlin Court of Appeals facilitates private actions for antitrust violations – excludes passing on defense for cartel members
Dec.01.2009 Joaquin Almunia Appointed EC Competition Commissioner
Nov.24.2009 European Commission Closes Qualcomm Investigation
Oct.08.2009 ECJ confirms that GSK distribution arrangements must be reassessed by Commission, but overturns CFI on purpose of EU competition rules
Jul.08.2009 European Commission Publishes Final Report in Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry and Opens Formal Proceedings against Patent Settlements
Jun.12.2009 European Commission imposes Euro 20 million fine for early implementation of a merger ('Gun-jumping')
May.29.2009 Belgian Competition Council shows its teeth and levies a 66,3 million Euro fine
May.14.2009 European Commission imposes record € 1.06 billion antitrust fine on Intel
Mar.25.2009 Second domestic sales threshold for German merger control in force today
Mar.09.2009 FTC, Whole Foods Reach Agreement on Wild Oats Acquisition
Mar.04.2009 New FTC Settlement with Music Industry Trade Association Provides Important Guidance For Associations That Conduct Industry-Wide Meetings
Feb.18.2009 Germany introduces second domestic turnover threshold for merger control
Dec.15.2008 German competition authority imposes high fine for 'gun-jumping'
Dec.05.2008 EU Antitrust: European Commission issues its guidance paper on the application of Art. 82 EC Treaty to exclusionary abuses
Nov.26.2008 EU Antitrust: Raids on Pharma Companies and E.ON Divestments
Oct.23.2008 European Commission revises Remedies Notice and amends Merger Implementing Regulation
Sep.16.2008 ECJ Allows Dominant Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Refusal To Supply In Order To Defend Legitimate Commercial Interests
Sep.08.2008 High Noon: DOJ and FTC Shootout Over Report on Single Firm Conduct
Jul.31.2008 FTC Wins Reversal in Whole Foods
Jul.24.2008 The FTC Examines Green Claims for Textiles and Buildings
Jul.11.2008 European Court Issues Landmark Judgment on Mergers in Concentrated Markets
Jul.09.2008 Consultancy Firms Contributing to Implementation of Cartel Subject to Fines
Jun.30.2008 European Commission Introduces New Settlement Procedure for Cartel Cases
May.27.2008 FTC's Bureau of Competition Issues Report and Statement Emphasizing Continued Scrutiny of Pharmaceutical Agreements
May.08.2008 Nine West Steps into Leegin's Shoes: FTC Modifies 2000 Consent Order
Apr.24.2008 Antitrust/IP Interface: D.C. Circuit Reverses FTC in Rambus Case Involving Alleged Deception of Standards Development Organization
Apr.03.2008 Release of European Commission’s White Paper on Damages Actions for Breach of EC Antitrust Rules
Feb.28.2008 United's Acquisition of Sierra Proceeds with Settlement of Medicare Advantage Antitrust Allegations
Feb.27.2008 Record Fine (EUR 899 million) Imposed on Microsoft Today
Feb.01.2008 Crowell & Moring Obtains Victory In First Tried Indirect Purchaser Pharmaceutical Antitrust Case
Jan.30.2008 Key HSR Filing Threshold Will Increase To $63.1 Million As Of Feb. 28
Jan.30.2008 European Commission Imposes € 38 Million Fine On E.ON For Breach Of A Seal During An Inspection
Jan.17.2008 European Commission launches dawn raids against pharmaceutical companies despite having no ‘specific evidence of wrongdoing’
Dec.20.2007 European Commission Toughens Stance on Early Implementation of Mergers and Acquisitions (‘Gun –Jumping’)
Dec.17.2007 German Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Supreme Court) Provides Guidance on the Definition of the De Minimis Clause in Determining Whether a Merger Is Subject to German Merger Control
Oct.17.2007 The Fourth Circuit Derails Class Action by Sending Conspiracy Claims to Individual Arbitrations
Sep.17.2007 EU Ruling Deals Blow to Microsoft
Jun.28.2007 Practical Considerations Arising From Supreme Court's Leegin Decision Overturning Per Se Treatment of Minimum Resale Price Maintenance Agreements
May.22.2007 Supreme Court Decision Raises Standard for Pleading Conspiracy Cases Under Section 1 of the Sherman Act
Apr.18.2007 The DOJ And FTC Issue Their Second Report On The Interface Of IP And Antitrust Law
Mar.09.2007 Senators Grill Antitrust Officials over Lax Merger Enforcement
Feb.22.2007 Supreme Court Brings Law on Predatory Buying into Line with Existing Rule on Predatory Selling
Feb.21.2007 Draft EC Notice On Non-Horizontal Mergers
Feb.20.2007 Compulsory Licensing As An Antitrust Remedy
Jan.26.2007 European Antitrust Alert
Jan.16.2007 FTC Issues New HSR Thresholds
Jan.10.2007 Opening up Energy Markets in Europe
Jan.05.2007 FTC Reaches Settlement With Major Weight-Control Pill Marketers
Dec.20.2006 Hot Bench For Antitrust Cases
Dec.18.2006 DOJ Issues Merger Process Reforms
Nov.30.2006 Re: KSR International Co. v. Teleflex, Inc.
Nov.29.2006 Re: Oral Argument in Weyerhaeuser Co. v. SS-Simmons Hardwood Lumber Co.
Nov.28.2006 The Oral Argument in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
Nov.27.2006 Energy - Opening Up Gas Distribution in Germany
Nov.15.2006 German Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Supreme Court) Gives Further Guidance on Procedural Rights of Third Parties in Merger Cases
Nov.14.2006 German Telecoms Regulator Goes Back to Drawing Board on Competitive Analysis of Wholesale Leased Lines
Sep.29.2006 New Options for Pharmaceutical Distribution in Europe? CFI Partly Quashes Commission Decision On Parallel Trade
Sep.06.2006 EC Endorses German Regulatory Measure Which Will Open Markets to Broadband Network Providers
Aug.02.2006 The Latest in AT/IP: FTC Rules Against Rambus -- Lack of Disclosure Leads to Finding of Violation of the Sherman Act
Jul.20.2006 FTC, DOJ Hold Hearings On Refusals to Deal With Rivals Under Sherman Act
Jul.13.2006 The European Court Of First Instance Annuls, For The First Time, An EU Merger Decision Approving A Concentration
Jun.28.2006 European Commission Revises Guidelines for Setting Fines in Antitrust Cases
Jun.21.2006 FTC and DOJ Allow Electronic HSR Filings
Jun.21.2006 FTC/DOJ Open Joint Hearings on Single Firm Conduct
Jun.06.2006 FTC and DOJ Hold Initial Hearing on Predatory Pricing
Jan.06.2006 Commission issues Discussion Paper on Art. 82 EC and Green Paper on Damages Actions for Breach of EC Antitrust Rules
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