Antitrust and tech is in the legal news almost daily, and often multiple times a day. Here are a few recent developments with notable implications that may have flown under the radar: 1) renewed focus on gig economy issues;...more
Over the past year, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has increasingly been hot on the heels of suspected anti-competitive labor violations. To date, the DOJ has brought a few actions against employers across industries...more
2021 will be remembered in antitrust law. Not since the 1970s has there been so much chatter over the fundamental purposes of antitrust policy, or such potential for actual sea change.
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1/5/2022
/ Acquisition Agreements ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Consent Decrees ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Agreements ,
Merger Controls ,
Merger Reviews ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Sherman Act ,
Vertical Mergers ,
Warning Letters
Online platforms that allow users to post content face a constant choice: to remove or to not remove, to police or not to police.
Shakespearean allusions aside, platforms generally want user engagement — to reach as many...more
8/13/2021
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Civil Liability ,
Communications Decency Act ,
Online Platforms ,
PACT Act ,
Section 230 ,
Social Media ,
User-Generated Content ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites
Antitrust practitioners, enforcers and industry professionals came together in Washington, D.C. for the 64th installment of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law's annual Spring Meeting. The Spring Meeting provides a look at the...more
4/20/2016
/ American Bar Association (ABA) ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Baker Hughes ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Divestiture ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Forex ,
FTC v Actavis ,
FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health System ,
Halliburton ,
Libor ,
Mergers ,
NC Board of Dental Examiners v FTC ,
REMS ,
SCOTUS ,
The Clayton Act ,
Yates Memorandum
"Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks." Mark Twain could have been speaking about the FTC's recent challenge to a merger between the second- and third-largest sterilization companies in the world,...more
The Supreme Court once again showed that, when it comes to the antitrust laws, the consumer is king. In Oneok, Inc. v. Learjet, the Court was asked to decide where state antitrust laws end and federal regulation begins. The...more
In Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, Inc., the Supreme Court, in a 5-3 decision written by Justice Breyer, reversed the Eleventh Circuit's dismissal of an FTC complaint under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission...more
11/25/2013
/ Actavis Inc. ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Competition ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC v Actavis ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Reverse Payment Settlement Agreements ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement