News & Analysis as of

Wholesale Antitrust Violations

A&O Shearman

Maker Of 5-hour ENERGY® Falls Short On Robinson-Patman Act Claims Again

A&O Shearman on

On May 28, 2025, the United States District Court for the Central District of California held that plaintiffs failed to prove that they incurred an antitrust injury flowing from the differential promotional allowances...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Mortgage Brokers File Class Action Against Leading Wholesale Mortgage Lender

Bilzin Sumberg on

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the nation’s largest wholesale mortgage lender, announced on March 4, 2021, that it would no longer do business with mortgage brokers who also worked with Rocket Mortgage (the online loan...more

Haug Partners LLP

Defendants Successfully Disqualify Bankrupt Wholesaler Rochester Drug Co-Operative From Representing Class of Purchasers in...

Haug Partners LLP on

On July 8, 2020, Judge Alison Burroughs granted-in-part Defendants Shire and Actavis’s motion to decertify a direct purchaser plaintiff class in an alleged reverse payment antitrust case pending in the Federal District Court...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

District of Massachusetts Reaffirms Broad Defense of Filed Rate Doctrine

An important legal doctrine for companies that buy and sell in regulated markets is the “filed rate” doctrine, which limits legal challenges to rates determined by regulators such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...more

White & Case LLP

New Bill: Enhancement of Fines under the Japan Anti-Monopoly Act

White & Case LLP on

The bill to amend the Anti-Monopoly Act (the "AMA"), that includes the enhancement of a surcharge (i.e., administrative fine), has passed on June 19, 2019.1 It will be effective no later than from December 25, 2020. The...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Second Circuit Rejects Total Wine Challenge of Connecticut Pricing Laws

Last week, in Connecticut Fine Wine and Spirits LLC v. Seagull, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit from Total Wine & More challenging parts of Connecticut’s...more

6 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide