ANTITRUST

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Client Alerts

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Demystifying European Antitrust LawMay 16, 2013
DOJ's Antitrust Division Reverses Policy on Individual Carve-Outs in Company Plea AgreementsApril 17, 2013
Federal Trade Commission Revises Hart-Scott-Rodino ThresholdsJanuary 14, 2013
Top Ten Things You Should Know about Criminal Antitrust Enforcement in the United States . . . But May NotAugust 13, 2012
Third Circuit Breathes New Life into FTC Efforts to Block Pharmaceutical Patent SettlementsJuly 24, 2012
Department of Justice Files Suit against Apple and Five Major Publishers Alleging a Scheme to Raise and Fix Prices for E-BooksApril 11, 2012
Federal Trade Commission Revises Hart-Scott-Rodino ThresholdsFebruary 1, 2012
Federal District Judge Issues Permanent Injunction Against H&R Block's Acquisition of TaxACT in United States v. H&R Block, Inc.November 30, 2011
European Union and United States Antitrust Authorities Update Best Practices for Cooperation in Merger InvestigationsNovember 8, 2011
FTC Issues Final Authorized Generic ReportSeptember 8, 2011
FTC and DOJ Announce Changes to HSR Premerger Notification Form July 8, 2011
Federal Trade Commission Revises Hart-Scott-Rodino ThresholdsJanuary 26, 2011
Three Years after Leegin, California Remains Tough on Resale Price MaintenanceJanuary 25, 2011
American Needle v. National Football League: NFL Can Be Liable for Conspiring under Section 1 of Sherman ActMay 25, 2010
European Commission Adopts New Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Regulation and GuidelinesMay 5, 2010
DOJ and FTC Release Proposed Revisions to Horizontal Merger GuidelinesApril 28, 2010
Two New Commissioners Sworn in at the Federal Trade CommissionApril 8, 2010
FTC Consent Decree Bars Transitions Optical from Entering into Exclusive Dealing Agreements with Downstream CustomersMarch 11, 2010
Department of Justice Settles Hart-Scott-Rodino Gun-Jumping Case against Smithfield Foods and Premium Standard FarmsJanuary 26, 2010
Federal Trade Commission Revises Hart-Scott-Rodino ThresholdsJanuary 21, 2010
New Antitrust Chief Withdraws DOJ's Section 2 Report On Unilateral ConductMay 12, 2009
China Squeezes Competition in First Significant Test of its Anti-monopoly LawMarch 19, 2009
FTC Brings Latest Pharmaceutical Patent Settlement Challenge in Federal CourtFebruary 6, 2009
Federal Trade Commission Revises Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds and Civil Penalty AmountsJanuary 13, 2009
Federal Circuit Upholds Qualcomm's Liability for Failing to Disclose PatentsDecember 3, 2008
Federal Circuit Rejects Antitrust Liability for "Reverse Payment" Pharmaceutical Patent SettlementOctober 20, 2008
Court of Appeals Revives FTC's Challenge to the Consummated Merger of Whole Foods and Wild OatsAugust 1, 2008
Turning the Dial on Merger Enforcement? Department of Justice Approves the Merger of XM and SIRIUSMarch 26, 2008
Federal Court Concludes that Private Equity Funds' "Joint Bidding" Not Illegal under the Antitrust Laws February 22, 2008
FTC Sues Cephalon for "Reverse Payment" Patent Settlements with Four Generic Pharmaceutical Firms February 19, 2008
Federal Trade Commission Extends Reach of Section 5 in Latest Standards-Setting CaseJanuary 25, 2008
European Commission Launches Raids as Part of Broad Probe into Potentially Anticompetitive Conduct in the Pharmaceutical IndustryJanuary 17, 2008
Hedge Fund Fined for Violating HSR Pre-merger Notification RequirementsDecember 20, 2007
Seismic Shifts in the Antitrust Laws: Three Significant Decisions from the Circuit Courts on September 4, 2007September 7, 2007
Court of Appeals Rejects FTC Request to Block Whole Foods Acquisition of Wild OatsAugust 27, 2007
Supreme Court Applies "Rule-of-Reason" Standard to Resale Price Maintenance AgreementsJune 28, 2007
Antitrust Modernization Commission Issues ReportApril 3, 2007
FTC Finds Significant Increase in Pharmaceutical Patent SettlementsFebruary 2007
U.S. Supreme Court Sets Strict Standards to Demonstrate Predatory BuyingFebruary 21, 2007
Client Alert Addresses FTC's Approach to Generic Drug Mergers November 27, 2006
FTC's Settlement with Drug Manufacturer Reflects Its Resolve to Challenge Conduct in Pharmaceutical IndustryOctober 26, 2006
Gun-Jumping Sanctions Highlight Continued Antitrust Scrutiny of Pre-closing Activities April 25, 2006
FTC Brings "Attempt to Collude" Case Based on Statements Made during Public Analyst Call March 16, 2006
Supreme Court Unanimously Requires Proof of Market Power in All Tying Cases March 2, 2006
Supreme Court Upholds Lawfulness of Joint Venture's Price-Setting March 2, 2006
FTC Chairman Announces Reforms to Second Request Process February 21, 2006
Pre-Closing Integration and Planning—New Antitrust Policy Guidance November 18, 2005
Advanced Micro Devices Launches Antitrust Suit against Intel Corporation June 30, 2005
Impending Supreme Court Decision Could Significantly Impact Patent and Antitrust Law June 23, 2005

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Articles and Publications

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Twenty-Five Years of Access DenialsFall 2012Susan Creighton, Jonathan Jacobson
Competition Tunnel Vision: Russia's Narrow Interpretation of DominanceSeptember 2012Daniel Kane, Valentina Rucker
Chapter on EU Competition - The Mergers & Acquisitions ReviewAugust 2012Götz Drauz, Michael Rosenthal
Chapter on Germany - The Merger Control ReviewAugust 2012Götz Drauz, Michael Rosenthal
What Goes Up, Doesn't Come Down: The Absence of the Mitigating-Role Adjustment in Antitrust SentencingAugust 2012Mark Rosman, Jeff VanHooreweghe
The Particular Antitrust Concerns with Patent AcquisitionsAugust 2012Scott Sher
Unilateral Effects in Technology Markets: Oracle, H&R Block, and What It All MeansSummer 2012Scott Sher, Andrea Murino
Mergers in the telecom sector: An overview of EU and national case lawApril 6, 2012Michael Rosenthal
Contracts That Reference Rivals as an Antitrust CategoryApril 2012Jonathan Jacobson, Daniel Weick
Class Certification in Innovation Rich Spaces - Do 23(b)(3) Classes Need to Get More Innovative?April 2012David Reichenberg
The Pharmaceutical Sector and Competition Law in EuropeMarch 2012Götz Drauz
Abuse of the FDA Citizen Petition Process: Ripe for Antitrust Challenge? January 2012Jonathan Lutinski, Seth Silber
Getting the Deal Done: Antitrust Risk-Shifting Provisions in Merger Agreements Fall 2011Scott Sher, Valarie Hogan
The Innovation Costs of a Flawed Patent System October-December 2011Scott Sher, Kara Kuritz
Curtailing the Impact of Class Actions on Antitrust PolicyMarch 15, 2011Jonathan Jacobson, Joyce Choi
The Emerging Role of Open-Source Software in Merger Analysis 2011Charles Biggio, Jonathan Lutinski, Scott Sher
Predatory Innovation: An Analysis of Allied Orthopedic v. Tyco in the Context of Section 2 Jurisprudence 2010Edward Holman, Jonathan Jacobson, Scott Sher
2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines: The View from the Technology Industry October 2010Susan Creighton
Cost-Based Rules in the New Economy March 25, 2009Jonathan Jacobson
Resolving Patent Disputes through Merger: A Comparison of Three Potential Approaches 2009Scott Sher, Susan Creighton
Tumultuous Times: The Escalating U.S. Debate on the Role of Antitrust in Standard Setting February 2009Chris Compton
EC's Preliminary Pharmaceutical Sector Report: An Aggressive Review of Industry Conduct February 2009Seth Silber, Susan Creighton
Antitrust Merger Analysis in High-Technology Markets December 2008Michele Lee, Scott Sher
What the DOJ Single Firm Conduct Report Didn't Say: FTC Enforcement in Patent Settlements and Standard Setting November 25, 2008Chris Compton
The Federal Trade Commission's Assault on IP: Regulatory 'Patent Reform?' November 5, 2008Chris Compton
The Escalating U.S. Debate on the Role of Antitrust in Standard Setting (Article)October 14, 2008Chris Compton
The Escalating U.S. Debate on the Role of Antitrust in Standard Setting (Presentation)October 14, 2008Chris Compton
Merger Enforcement in an Obama AdministrationFall 2008Jonathan Jacobson, Sara Walsh
Whole Foods' Impact on Unilateral Effects September 2008Charles Biggio
Whither Price Squeeze Antitrust? January 2008Jonathan Jacobson
Brocade/McDATA: Structural Presumptions Didn't Tell the Whole Story Spring 2007Charles Biggio, Franklin Rubinstein, Scott Sher
'No Economic Sense' Makes No Sense for Exclusive Dealing Fall 2006Jonathan Jacobson, Scott Sher
Analyzing Medical Device Mergers July 2006Scott Sher
e-Normous: The Increasing Burden Associated with Electronic Document Production in Second Request Investigations November 2005Scott Sher
Fearing and Revering Intellectual Property: Misplaced Reliance on Presumptions in the Federal Circuit's Independent Ink Fall/Winter 2005Scott Russell, Scott Sher
IP Issues in the Antitrust Treatment of Mergers, The Berkeley Conference on Antitrust in the Technology Economy, June 9, 2005 June 9, 2005Chris Compton
The Settlement of IP Disputes through Merger and the Thicket of Probabilistic Competition, The Threshold (Newsletter of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee), Summer 2005 Summer 2005Scott Sher
Lessons From Trinko for a Consolidating Telecom Industry, 16th Annual Communications and Competition Law Conference, Madrid Spain, May 24-25, 2005 May 23-24, 2005Chris Compton
What United States v. Oracle Says about High-Tech Merger Review in the U.S., corporatefinancemag.com, May 2005 May 2005Chris Compton
Adding Bite to Exclusive Dealings?: An Analysis of the Third Circuit's Dentsply Decision, The Antitrust Source, May 2005 May 2005Scott Russell, Scott Sher
Technology Ties: Getting Real after Microsoft, Icarus (The Computer & Internet Committee Newsletter), Winter/Spring 2005 Winter/Spring 2005Scott Sher
Closed but Not Forgotten: Government Review of Consummated Mergers under Section 7 of the Clayton Act, Santa Clara Law Review, 2004 Winter 2004Scott Sher
Allocating the Antitrust Risk in Merger Agreements, corporatefinancemag.com, September 2004 September 2004Chris Compton, Scott Sher
Antitrust Implications of Category Management: Resolving the Horizontal/Vertical Characterization Debate July 2004Jonathan Jacobson
Claiming Merger Efficiencies at Agencies, Courts, The National Law Journal, June 28, 2004 June 28, 2004Scott Sher

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Antitrust Wire

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Antitrust Wire Spring 2007
Antitrust Wire Fall 2006
Antitrust Wire Winter 2006
Antitrust Wire Summer 2005
Antitrust Wire Spring 2005
Antitrust Wire Fall 2004
Antitrust Wire Spring 2004

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