| Sep.12.2019 |
In Unprecedented Move, DOJ Turns to Binding Arbitration in Merger Challenge |
| Jul.30.2019 |
European Commission Continues Promotion of Cartel Damages Claims in Pass-On Guidelines |
| Jul.29.2019 |
EU Regulates Online Platforms and Search Engines |
| Jul.16.2019 |
DOJ Puts Antitrust Compliance Programs in the Spotlight |
| Jun.14.2019 |
Reform of Belgian Competition Law & New Rules in B2B Relationships |
| Jun.03.2019 |
District Court Decision in FTC v. Qualcomm Spawns Controversy: Four Issues to Watch on Appeal |
| May.23.2019 |
An App Store Set Up This Way Won’t Keep The Plaintiffs Away: Six Antitrust Takeaways from Last Week’s Apple v. Pepper Decision |
| May.20.2019 |
EU Parliament Approves Draft Whistleblowing Directive at First Reading |
| Apr.16.2019 |
European Commission Ramps up Procedural Penalties in Merger Cases with €52 Million Fine for Negligent Provision of Incorrect Information |
| Apr.04.2019 |
Second Landmark EU Judgment on Antitrust Damages Actions Extends Limitation Periods to the Benefit of Claimants |
| Mar.21.2019 |
Landmark EU Judgment Extends Range of Entities Liable for Antitrust Damages |
| Mar.04.2019 |
At the Intersection of Competition and Data Protection Law |
| Mar.01.2019 |
2018 Antitrust M&A Year in Review |
| Feb.19.2019 |
FTC Announces New HSR and Section 8 Thresholds |
| Feb.14.2019 |
The Antitrust Division Takes the New Madison Approach to Court in u-blox v. InterDigital |
| Jan.31.2019 |
Cartel Enforcement Update: DOJ Antitrust Fines Appear To Be on the Rise Again |
| Jan.14.2019 |
Antitrust Risks Beyond the Deal: When Merger Investigations Lead to Civil/Criminal Antitrust Charges and Costly Follow-On Litigation |
| Jan.10.2019 |
Open Season: Multi-Agency Report Makes Recommendations to Free the Health Care Sector from Overregulation and Enhance Competition |
| Nov.08.2018 |
On The Ropes: Recent Criminal Trials Expose Challenges That DOJ Antitrust Division Faces In Court |
| Nov.01.2018 |
Not So Fast: New FTC Guidance Means More Hospital Mergers Will Require HSR Filings Before Closing |
| Oct.15.2018 |
Consummated-Merger Challenge by Private Party Results in First Ever Divestiture |
| Sep.27.2018 |
Reform of DOJ’s Merger-Review Process: AAG Delrahim Announces Changes Aiming to Complete Most Merger Investigations Within Six Months |
| Jun.28.2018 |
Supreme Court Limits Foreign Law Defenses For Non-U.S. Companies Sued For Antitrust Cartel Violations |
| May.17.2018 |
DOJ Names New Head Criminal Antitrust Enforcer |
| Apr.30.2018 |
New Full Slate of FTC Commissioners Will Face Unique Challenges and Opportunities |
| Feb.13.2018 |
Henry Ford Allegiance Settles Antitrust Claims Alleging Coordinated Marketing Scheme |
| Jan.26.2018 |
FTC Announces New HSR and Section 8 Thresholds |
| Nov.22.2017 |
Antitrust, Standard Development, and Essential Patent Licensing: The Antitrust Division Returns to Sound Enforcement Principles |
| Sep.27.2017 |
DOJ Challenges Consummated Merger and Seeks Divestiture |
| Jul.18.2017 |
Failing the Failing Firm Defense |
| Jun.05.2017 |
FTC Flexes Enforcement Authority against Louisiana Real Estate Regulatory Agency for Anticompetitive Policies |
| May.08.2017 |
Anthem-Cigna Merger Blocked by Appeals Court and the Utility of Efficiencies in Mergers Going Forward |
| Feb.09.2017 |
PODCAST: Antitrust in a New Era — Competition Under the Trump Administration — C&M’s First 100 Days Series |
| Feb.06.2017 |
FTC Issues Report Evaluating Merger Remedies |
| Jan.20.2017 |
Department of Justice Settles Gun Jumping Allegations Against Duke Energy |
| Jan.20.2017 |
FTC Announces New HSR and Section 8 Thresholds |
| Jan.17.2017 |
DOJ/FTC Issue Final Revised Antitrust-Intellectual Property Licensing Guidelines |
| Nov.23.2016 |
FTC Releases Report on the Sharing Economy |
| Nov.02.2016 |
Know Your SSNIP: FTC Prevails in Hospital Merger Appeals |
| Oct.27.2016 |
U.S. Antitrust Agencies Offer "Antitrust Guidance for Human Resources Professionals" |
| Oct.04.2016 |
Competition Scrutiny of Digital Marketplace Intensifies as EU Signals Potential Enforcement of Vertical Restraints on E-commerce |
| Aug.17.2016 |
Woodman's v. Clorox: 'Does Size Matter? Not Always' Under the Robinson-Patman Act |
| Aug.15.2016 |
DOJ/FTC Propose Update to 1995 Antitrust-Intellectual Property Licensing Guidelines and Seek Comments |
| Aug.12.2016 |
FTC Sues Distributor for Invitation to Collude with Dual Distribution Manufacturer |
| Jun.15.2016 |
Department of Justice Heightens Focus on Health Care, Challenges North Carolina Hospital’s Patient Steering Restrictions |
| May.11.2016 |
Court Denies Preliminary Injunction in Pennsylvania Hospital Merger Challenge |
| Apr.29.2016 |
The FTC Continues Its Hard Line on Exclusive Dealing |
| Apr.20.2016 |
DOJ Charges Hospitals with Illegal Agreement to Allocate Marketing Territories |
| Apr.14.2016 |
DOJ Suit Highlights Agencies’ Narrow Interpretation of HSR “Investment Only” Exemption |
| Mar.31.2016 |
Don’t Hold Back: The FTC Attacks Endo for Agreeing to Delay Launch of an Authorized Generic |
| Feb.24.2016 |
First Circuit Joins Third Circuit in Holding That FTC v. Actavis Applies to Non-Cash Payments |
| Jan.26.2016 |
2015 Antitrust M&A Year in Review |
| Jan.21.2016 |
FTC Announces New HSR and Section 8 Thresholds |
| Jan.19.2016 |
Only in Belgium? – The EU Commission Declares Belgian Excess Profits Tax Rulings for Multinationals to be Illegal |
| Dec.03.2015 |
Four Takeaways for In-House Counsel from the Dec. 1 Amendments to the Federal Rules |
| Oct.21.2015 |
European Commission Declares Tax Rulings Granted by Luxembourg and The Netherlands to Fiat and Starbucks Are Illegal State Aid |
| Aug.14.2015 |
Federal Trade Commission Issues Policy Statement on Unfair Methods of Competition |
| Jul.30.2015 |
Ninth Circuit Affirms RAND Rate-Setting Decision in Microsoft v. Motorola |
| Jul.02.2015 |
Third Circuit Rules That FTC v. Actavis Covers More Than Cash |
| Jun.24.2015 |
Supreme Court Affirms Decision Banning Royalties on Expired Patents, Notes Alternative Methods |
| Jun.23.2015 |
VIDEO: Alternative Fees in Law |
| Jun.02.2015 |
FTC Continues Hard Line Against Reverse Payment Patent Settlements in the Pharmaceutical Sector |
| May.12.2015 |
CA Supreme Court Fashions 'Structural' Rule of Reason Analysis for Pay-for-Delay Settlement Agreements |
| May.11.2015 |
Antitrust and the Shifting Music Streaming Landscape |
| May.07.2015 |
European Commission Launches E-commerce Sector Inquiry |
| Apr.27.2015 |
Oneok/Learjet: Supreme Court Rejects Pipeline Claim that FERC Preempts Price-Manipulation Suit Under State Law |
| Apr.10.2015 |
Ninth Circuit Hears Argument in Landmark Standard-Essential Patent Case |
| Apr.02.2015 |
Par Petroleum/Mid Pac: Adrift in a Vertical Merger, A Case Study on Foreclosure on an Island |
| Mar.31.2015 |
VIDEO: Supreme Court to Decide Lawfulness of Receiving Post-Expiration Royalties on Licensed Patents |
| Mar.03.2015 |
Supreme Court Requires "Active State Supervision" over State Regulatory Agency Comprised of Active Market Participants |
| Feb.13.2015 |
Qualcomm's $975 Million China Settlement: Is NDRC Righting Antitrust Wrongs, or Building Industrial Policy? |
| Feb.05.2015 |
Justice Department Will Not Challenge Revised IEEE Standards Patent Policy |
| Jan.15.2015 |
FTC Announces New HSR and Section 8 Thresholds |
| Dec.17.2014 |
Genuine Product Improvement Not Monopolization, California Jury Finds in Closely Watched Apple iPod Trial |
| Nov.17.2014 |
Corporate Taxation and EU Competition Law – Are Tax Rulings for Individual Companies Threatened by EU State Aid Law? |
| Nov.12.2014 |
FTC Invokes "Deception" Authority Under Section 5 to Try to Curb "Patent Troll" Behavior |
| Jul.28.2014 |
Solicitations to Collude Are the Worst Type of Invitation |
| Jun.27.2014 |
DOJ and FTC Hold Joint Workshop on Conditional Pricing Practices |
| Apr.12.2014 |
DOJ and FTC State that Antitrust is Not a Roadblock to Cybersecurity Information Sharing |
| Apr.10.2014 |
Terrell McSweeny Confirmed as Fifth FTC Commissioner |
| Apr.04.2014 |
Antitrust Division Announces First Extradition on Antitrust Charge |
| Mar.03.2014 |
FTC's Unabated Focus on Competition Impacts Health Care Reform and Makes Deals Risky...But Not Impossible |
| Feb.12.2014 |
FTC Decides McWane: Muddy Waters on Tap? |
| Feb.04.2014 |
FTC Wins Antitrust Challenge to Health System's Acquisition of Physician Practice |
| Jan.29.2014 |
NJ Federal Court Says Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Can Agree to Keep Generics Off The Market Without Antitrust Scrutiny If No Cash Changes Hands |
| Jan.21.2014 |
FTC Announces New HSR and Section 8 Thresholds |
| Dec.18.2013 |
European Commission Adopts Merger Procedure Simplification Package |
| Dec.13.2013 |
Patent Troll Successfully Repleads Attack on Patent Aggregator RPX |
| Nov.11.2013 |
FTC Finalizes New HSR Rules for Transfer of Pharmaceutical Industry Patent Rights |
| Sep.27.2013 |
Federal Trade Commission Votes to Conduct Study on Patent Assertion Entities |
| April - July 2013 |
European Antitrust Developments - April - July 2013 |
| Jun.12.2013 |
European Commission Proposes Legislation to Facilitate Antitrust Damages Claims |
| Jun.07.2013 |
Germany About to Amend Its Competition Laws |
| Apr.30.2013 |
Much-Anticipated Decision On Rates To License Standard Essential Patents Issues |
| Dec. 2012 - Mar. 2013 |
European Antitrust Developments - Dec. 2012 to Mar. 2013 |
| Apr.23.2013 |
Review of Competition Law Fines by German Courts - Differences to the Review by European Courts? |
| Apr.15.2013 |
DOJ Antitrust Division Announces Changes to Corporate Plea Agreement Policy |
| Mar.28.2013 |
Supreme Court Raises the Bar for Class Action Suits by Requiring Plaintiffs to Show a Specific Calculation of Damages for the Specific Theory of Harm for which a Class is Certified |
| Feb.22.2013 |
First Ever RICO Claim Against NPE Dismissed, But Other Claims Including RAND Commitments Remain Viable |
| Feb.05.2013 |
Court Dismisses Patent Troll Attack on Patent Aggregator RPX (For Now) |
| Jan.10.2013 |
FTC Announces New HSR and Section 8 Thresholds |
| Jan.09.2013 |
FTC Settles with Google on Standard-Essential Patents |
| Dec.18.2012 |
FTC Continues Campaign Against Injunctions for Standard Essential Patents: Uses Section 5 to Push Section 2 Boundaries |
| Oct.10.2012 |
FTC Finalizes Changes to Rules Governing Investigatory Procedures, Primarily to Address Issues Regarding Electronically Stored Information |
| Sep.26.2012 |
FTC Clarifies "Investment Only" Exception to HSR Reportability |
| Jul.24.2012 |
Merger Control in the Americas: Increased Convergence or Increased Scrutiny? |
| Jun.28.2012 |
Seventh Circuit Makes it Easier for Antitrust Plaintiffs to Pursue Their Claims Against Overseas Cartels |
| Jun.15.2012 |
FTC Urges ITC to Deny Exclusion Orders for RAND-Encumbered Standard Essential Patent Holders |
| 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.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 |