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Fundamental Shift in GSA Schedule Contract Pricing?

Client Alert | 1 min read | 10.08.08

The Multiple Award Schedule ("MAS") Advisory Panel, established in March 2008 to review pricing and price reduction provisions of the MAS program, has voted to recommend that GSA eliminate, on a gradual basis, the Price Reduction Clause for purchases of both products and services under the Schedule and adopt different and better mechanisms to achieve pricing transparency and competition at both the Schedule contract level and task/delivery order level. The Panel will present its recommendations to the GSA Administrator later this year.

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Client Alert | 3 min read | 04.17.26

The Show Must Go On – But Not Without Competition: DOJ Resolves Broadway Touring Antitrust Investigation with Non-Prosecution Agreement

On March 18, 2026, the Antitrust Division (Division) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) entered into a Non-Prosecution Agreement (“NPA”) with Broadway Across America (“BAA”), resolving a criminal antitrust investigation into agreements between BAA and another entertainment company (“Company A”) that included non-compete restrictions on Company A’s ability to offer potentially competing programming. Notably, the restrictions were contained in a vertical agreement by which BAA presented touring shows at theaters owned by Company A. The announcement is a reminder that the agencies continue to scrutinize non-compete agreements contained in business contracts, and all non-compete provisions, even those included between vertical partners, should be reviewed by antitrust counsel....

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