There are many ways that companies can cooperate with each other to combat COVID-19 without running afoul of antitrust laws. But companies considering cooperating with competitors should be aware of and assess potential...more
Last Friday, the White House declared a national state of emergency amid concerns of the global spread of the coronavirus. Nearly every state and numerous cities have followed suit by issuing declarations triggering emergency...more
Judge Lucy Koh of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week in its antitrust enforcement action against Qualcomm, and issued an injunction that, if...more
5/31/2019
/ 5G Network ,
Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FRAND ,
FTC Act ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Monopolization ,
Patent Royalties ,
Qualcomm ,
Semiconductors ,
Sherman Act ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
Telecommunications
The American Bar Association’s 65th Antitrust Law Spring Meeting held at the end of March included a number of sessions with representatives from federal and state antitrust enforcement agencies. In the first article in a...more
4/11/2017
/ Acquisitions ,
American Bar Association (ABA) ,
Antitrust Division ,
Discovery ,
Divestiture ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Joint Venture ,
Mergers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Private Equity ,
Sherman Act ,
The Clayton Act ,
Unfair Competition
United States antitrust laws seek to encourage free and open competition by preventing exclusionary conduct that threatens the competitive process. Intellectual property rights (IPR) laws, by contrast, are designed to...more
On July 22, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission challenged Solera Holdings’ acquisition of Actual Systems of America, Inc. (ASA), a competing provider of software used by the automotive recycling industry. ...more
Hart-Scott-Rodino Filings Decreased Slightly in 2012, but Percentage of Investigations Leading to Second Requests and Enforcement Actions Increased; FTC Continues to Enforce HSR Act in Connection with Corporate Officers' and...more
7/17/2013
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Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Officers ,
Corruption ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Investigations ,
Mergers ,
Stock Options
In the most significant patent antitrust decision in decades, Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, Inc., No. 12-416, 2013 WL 2922122 (June 17, 2013), the Supreme Court has held, by a 5-3 vote with Justice Alito recused, that...more
In a closely watched decision, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court has reversed an 11th Circuit decision that invoked the state action doctrine to prevent the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from challenging a state hospital...more