February 8, 2012

Legal Analysis and Law Articles on Antitrust, FTC, Pricing Practices, Product Distribution, and Unfair Competition Laws

The National Law Review is a resource of articles on antitrust law including unfair competition law and trade regulation. Topics addressed include price fixing, price discrimination, distribution restraints, monopolization, mergers, joint ventures and other structural issues. Details on enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission “FTC” and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice “DOJ” and by other governmental agencies as well as civil actions are added daily.

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Notification Threshold Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Increased to $68.2 million McDermott Will & Emery 2/3/2012
Department of Justice Improves the Odds of Online Gambling Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 2/1/2012
HSR Thresholds Increase for 2012 Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 2/1/2012
China Summarises 2011 AML Enforcement, Promises Action on Failures to Notify a Concentration in 2012 McDermott Will & Emery 2/1/2012
FTC Announces Increased HSR Thresholds Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/30/2012
Higher HSR Threshold Requirements Effective February 27, 2012 Andrews Kurth LLP 1/29/2012
New 7th Circuit Decision Endorses Heightened Scrutiny of Experts at Class Certification Stage While Potentially Lowering the Bar to the Predominance Element at Class Certification Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/28/2012
Higher Filing Thresholds for HSR Act Premerge Notifications and Interlocking Directorates Announced Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/28/2012
Henry Gifford’s Lawsuit Against U.S. Green Building Council Dismissed Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/27/2012
Warning to Executives: Reinvestment of Dividends in your 401(k) and Vesting of Stock Awards May Trigger HSR Filing Requirements Andrews Kurth LLP 1/25/2012
FTC Raises Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1/25/2012
European Commission Launches Green Paper Consultation McDermott Will & Emery 1/20/2012
FERC Approves Settlement Resolving Electric Power Market Manipulation Investigation into North America Power Partners Officer Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1/19/2012
Here We Go Again: Another Attempt at Recovery for Ratepayers Resulting from KeySpan-Morgan Stanley Swap Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/17/2012
China Issues New Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue McDermott Will & Emery 1/8/2012
New York High Court Holds That State Blue Sky Law Does Not Preempt Common Law Claims Involving Securities Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/6/2012
Grand Central Partnership Fired Rastafarian for Complaining of Threatened Violence, EEOC Says U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 1/4/2012
Protests Mount Against Proposed Law That Would Cripple the Internet Ifrah Law 1/3/2012
ITC Issues General Exclusion Order Based on Respondents’ “Willful Blindness” and Potential to Evade Order McDermott Will & Emery 1/2/2012
The Disclosure of Leniency Documents: Confidential Documents Still Protected McDermott Will & Emery 12/30/2011
Allegations of Conspiracy to Limit Crop Production: Ripe for Analysis Under Capper-Volstead Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/29/2011
Rooney and restraint of trade - the doctrine is still alive and kicking Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/29/2011
No Countervailing Duties on Chinese Imports: Possibility of Refunds Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/28/2011
European Commission Provides Guidance on Disclosure of Leniency Documents McDermott Will & Emery 12/27/2011
Streamlining Multi-Jurisdictional Merger Control in a Globalised World: Best Practices Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/27/2011
New Court Ruling Renders U.S. Anti-Subsidy Law Inapplicable to China McDermott Will & Emery 12/24/2011
EPA Issues First National Standards for Mercury Pollution from Power Plants U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 12/23/2011
HSR Act Guidance for CEOs, Board Directors, and General Counsel Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 12/23/2011
Russia’s Upcoming WTO Membership Offers New Opportunities for U.S. and Multinational Businesses McDermott Will & Emery 12/23/2011
Aiming for a Moving Target: Bad and Good News on Changing Iran Sanctions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/19/2011
Sino-U.S. Trade: Increasing Government Intervention Leads to Added Friction Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/19/2011
Clarity Required: Iran Sanctions Convictions Reversed in U.S. v. Banki Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/18/2011
The value of perseverance: ca. €23 million (plus interest and costs) Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/18/2011
Technical Conference on Penalty Guidelines Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 12/16/2011
Netflix Wins Summary Judgment Dismissal Of Consumer Class Antitrust Claims Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/14/2011
FTC Staff Report Summarizes Recent Pay-for-Delay Settlements McDermott Will & Emery 12/12/2011
California Appeals Court Rejects Antitrust Challenge to “Pay-for-Delay” Settlement of Patent Infringement Suit McDermott Will & Emery 12/11/2011
Waking up a Sleeping Giant McDermott Will & Emery 12/10/2011
Office of Foreign Assets Control: Understanding the Federal Agency Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 12/9/2011
Collecting Societies face the music - General Court hearing underway Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/8/2011
Premier League vs Mrs Murphy: A score draw? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/7/2011
International Potash Cartel Suit Rejected by Seventh Circuit Under Both FTAIA And Twombly Standards Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/6/2011
Antitrust Investigation Results in $200 Million Fine & Jail Time Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 12/6/2011
Murky Waters: The FTC Dives into Exclusionary Supply Contracts Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 12/5/2011
State Parens Patriae Actions Cannot Be Consolidated with Class Actions Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/5/2011
Antitrust fines - the inevitability of parental liability revisited Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/4/2011
US and EU Antitrust Agencies Update their Best Practices for Merger Review Coordination Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/3/2011
Surprise! You Just Starred In Our Movie Armstrong Teasdale 12/3/2011
EPA Releases Formerly Confidential Chemical Information U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 12/2/2011
Football and Antitrust Law: American Needle v. NFL and It's Meaning for Combinations in Restraint of Trade and the Rule of Reason in the 21st Century Brooklyn Law School 11/30/2011
MOFCOM Issues Its Eighth Conditional Clearance—Minority Shareholders Beware McDermott Will & Emery 11/27/2011
China NDRC Fines Two Pharmaceutical Distributors for Monopolistic Practice McDermott Will & Emery 11/21/2011
Early Steps Toward a Streamlined Export Control System: Proposed Changes to the ITAR and EAR Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/21/2011
China’s First Merger Control Decision Approving a Joint Venture—GE & Shenhua 11/20/2011
DOJ Targets FCPA and Anti-Trust Violations Jointly Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/19/2011
No Mandatory Antitrust Review for ACOs Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/16/2011
FTC/DOJ Remove Mandatory Antitrust Review for MSSP-Participating ACOs in Final Policy Statement McDermott Will & Emery 11/16/2011
China Cracks Down on Anti-Competitive Practices of Major State-Owned Enterprises McDermott Will & Emery 11/12/2011
Social Media Perils: A Primer for Businesses Much Shelist, P.C. 11/10/2011
Allegations of Conspiracy to Fix Prices in Ohio Rock Salt Duopoly Flunk "Plausibility" Analysis Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/6/2011
FTC/DOJ Final Policy on Accountable Care Organizations: Important Antitrust Issues Remain Uncertain for Healthcare Collaborations Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 11/1/2011
China Implements a Security Review System for Certain Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/31/2011
The OIG Issues An OIG Rule on ACOs and the IRS Provides Additional Guidance For Tax-Exempt Organizations Barnes & Thornburg LLP 10/31/2011
Negotiating Franchise Sales In California Armstrong Teasdale 10/29/2011
Prison Time and Export Controls: University Professor's Case Illustrates Dangers of Ignoring Export Compliance Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/29/2011
Trade Commission Likely to Play Growing Role in U.S. Renewable Energy Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/28/2011
OFAC, BIS Double Up Flow Serve: What the Flowserve Settlement Says About Corporate Compliance Programs Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/28/2011
DOJ and FTC Issue Final Policy Statement on Antitrust Enforcement RE: Accountable Care Organizations Barnes & Thornburg LLP 10/27/2011
Mind Your Own Businesses: UK Court Decision May Signal Pushback On Extraterritorial Enforcement of US Trade Laws Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/26/2011
ECJ Gets Tough with The Commission on Parental Liability McDermott Will & Emery 10/23/2011
Three New U.S. Free Trade Agreements Offer Growth Opportunities for U.S. Businesses McDermott Will & Emery 10/21/2011
The European Commission’s New Best Practice Guidelines on Antitrust Proceedings McDermott Will & Emery 10/21/2011
The Top Five (Avoidable) Antitrust Traps in M&A Transactions McDermott Will & Emery 10/20/2011
Federal Circuit Affirms ITC's Determination that Litigation Generally Cannot Be Used to Establish a Domestic Industry McDermott Will & Emery 10/18/2011
Competition Law Reform in Brazil: Implications for Merger Control McDermott Will & Emery 10/18/2011
New OFAC General Licenses Authorize Food Product Sales to Iran and Sudan McDermott Will & Emery 10/15/2011
Top Five Traps in M&A Transactions in China McDermott Will & Emery 10/7/2011
Office of Foreign Assets Control: Understanding the Federal Agency Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 10/3/2011
Presumption of Parental Liability Revisited McDermott Will & Emery 9/28/2011
French Court Orders French Competition Authority to Disclose Antitrust Investigation Documents McDermott Will & Emery 9/26/2011
ANDA Automatic Stay of FDA Approval Does Not Defeat Standing in Sham Litigation Antitrust Counterclaim Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/26/2011
The UK Takeover Code: Significant Changes Come Into Effect Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 9/23/2011
China Implements New Evaluating Competitive Influence Rules McDermott Will & Emery 9/18/2011
Applications of China’s New Personal Information Protection Standards McDermott Will & Emery 9/16/2011
Ninth Circuit Finds Grocers’ Revenue-Sharing Agreement Must Go Through Full Rule of Reason Check-Out Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/12/2011
800 Channels and Nothing On? Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Sherman Act Claim Alleging Tying of Popular Television Channels with Less Popular Television Channels Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/11/2011
Second Circuit Dismisses $500M Telecom Antitrust Suit McDermott Will & Emery 9/11/2011
UK/EU Competition: Courts Reduce Antitrust Fines Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/10/2011
Lanham Act Attorneys’ Fees Awarded in the Absence of Damages McDermott Will & Emery 9/2/2011
German Federal Cartel Office Consults on Substantive Merger Control - Draft Guidance Focuses on Market Dominance McDermott Will & Emery 8/31/2011
The DOJ’s New Merger Remedies Guideliness and the Joint Revised HSR Rules Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/31/2011
Third Circuit Eases Burden on Foreign Injury Antitrust Plaintiffs Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 8/29/2011
German Federal Cartel Office Consults on Substantive Merger Control - Draft Guidance Focuses on Market Dominance McDermott Will & Emery 8/28/2011
Antitrust Agriculture Update: Mushroom Grower Direct Purchaser Litigation McDermott Will & Emery 8/27/2011
An Employer’s Guide to Implementing EU-Compliant Whistleblowing Hotlines McDermott Will & Emery 8/26/2011
Antitrust Counterclaim in Patent Infringement Action Lacks Plausible Allegations of Competitive Injury Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/24/2011
China Announces First Administrative Anti-Monopoly Case Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/24/2011
Italian Competition Authority Finds Abusive Conduct in Withholding Data and Internal Communications Praising Company Strategy McDermott Will & Emery 8/24/2011
Guilty Plea for Altering HSR Documents Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 8/23/2011
International Trade Commission Offers Guidance on Satisfaction of Domestic Industry Requirement McDermott Will & Emery 8/7/2011
US & China Sign Antitrust Memorandum of Understanding Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/5/2011
Can an Auditor Still be Independent After 100 Years on a Corporate Payroll? Center for Public Integrity 8/3/2011
Grocers' Revenue-Sharing Deal Deserves More Than a Quick Look, Ninth Circuit Holds Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/3/2011
California v. Safeway: Antitrust Risks of Employer Mutual Aid Assistance Agreements Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 8/3/2011
New HSR Rules for Premerger Notification Filings - Effective August 18 Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/30/2011
Retaliation Remains Most Frequent Allegation Among Federal-Sector Discrimination Complaints U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 7/28/2011
Retaliation Remains Most Frequent Allegation Among Federal-Sector Discrimination Complaints U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 7/26/2011
Revised HSR Form Adds Significant Reporting Requirements Andrews Kurth LLP 7/26/2011
Texas Passes Major Health Care Related Legislation During Special Session Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/22/2011
California’s Transparency in Supply Chains Act Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 7/21/2011
FTC and DOJ Finalize Rules Changing Premerger Notification Requirements Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/20/2011
EU's Top Competition Court Rules that Companies Seeking Damages May Have Access to Leniency Statements McDermott Will & Emery 7/20/2011
Changes To Disclosure Requirements For Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification Rules And Form Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 7/15/2011
Parents Are Liable for Their Children: Presumption of Parental Liability Under EU Antitrust Law McDermott Will & Emery 7/15/2011
Wal-Mart v. Dukes: Implications For Antitrust Class Actions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/13/2011
For Better or Worse? FTC and DOJ Remake Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Premerger Notification Form and Rules Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 7/13/2011
Trade Associations Express Concern over Risks of Diverging EU and US Derivatives Regulation McDermott Will & Emery 7/12/2011
The Gabon Mistrial: DOJ Prosecution of Individuals Puts Aggressive FCPA Theories Under Fire Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 7/11/2011
Standing Under California § 17200 Only Requires Injury From Business Practice McDermott Will & Emery 7/11/2011
U.S. and Chinese Antitrust Agencies to Sign Cooperation Agreement 7/11/2011
FTC And DOJ Issue Proposed Statement Of Antitrust Policy Regarding Accountable Care Organizations Seeking To Participate In The Medicare Shared Savings Program Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 7/10/2011
New Developments for Foreign Special Purpose Companies and Round-Trip Investment Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/10/2011
FTC Announces Major Changes to Disclosure Requirements for Hart-Scott-Rodino Notification Rules and Form McDermott Will & Emery 7/8/2011
Physician-Owned Distributors in the Crosshairs: Senate Committees Call on OIG and CMS to Take Action Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 7/1/2011
OIG: Arrangements between DME Supplier and IDTFs May Trigger Sanctions and Implicate Anti-Kickback Statute von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 6/29/2011
DOJ Issues New Merger Remedy Guidance Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/29/2011
Japanese FTC Streamlines Merger Review Process Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/26/2011
Ninth Circuit Rejects Consumer Antitrust Challenge To Cable Television Bundling Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/26/2011
European Court of Justice Holds That Disclosure of Leniency Documents to Cartel Victims Seeking Civil Damages Is Subject to National Law Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/26/2011
In Secret Rebate Case, If It Walks Like A Duck, Allegations That It Will Also Quack Are Plausible Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/25/2011
FTC Hosts Workshop on Preventing Patent “Hold-Ups” in Standard-Setting McDermott Will & Emery 6/23/2011
New ITAR Rule on Transfer of Defense Articles to Dual and Third-Country Nationals Creates Substantial New Compliance Obligations Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/23/2011
DOJ Releases New Merger Remedy Guide McDermott Will & Emery 6/21/2011
Former Student Athletes' Right of Publicity and Antitrust Claims Will Proceed Against the NCAA and Electronic Arts Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/15/2011
Missouri Governor Expected to Sign Bill Creating Cooperative Associations Armstrong Teasdale 6/12/2011
China Seeks Comments on New Evaluating Competitive Influence Rules McDermott Will & Emery 6/9/2011
New Study on How Brazil’s Agribusiness Exports Affect U.S. Agribusiness McDermott Will & Emery 6/9/2011
Top 10 Tips to Consider in a Cross-Border M&A Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 6/8/2011
Recent Changes and Proposals in Merger Control Legislation in Selected Countries: Implications for Acquisitive Companies Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/5/2011
Prevailing Antitrust Defendants Recover $367,000 in e-Discovery Costs Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/29/2011
Interlocutory Appeal From Denial Of Twombly Motion to Dismiss in Text Messaging Antitrust Litigation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/27/2011
Court Throws Out Antitrust Claims Against Netflix Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/26/2011
The California Court of Appeal Again Chips Away at In re Tobacco II Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/25/2011
MSHA signs memorandum of understanding with Interstate Mining Compact Commission during mine emergency response meeting U.S. Department of Labor 5/19/2011
Antitrust Aspects of Dealing with the Japanese Earthquake McDermott Will & Emery 5/17/2011
Court Considers Whether Non-Competitor Can Bring Unfair Competition Claim Kenyon & Kenyon LLP 5/17/2011
AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion - What Does It Mean For Class Arbitration And Class Actions In Federal Antitrust Cases? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/17/2011
Court Tosses Transpacific Air Passengers' Claims Based on Alleged Overcharges for Flights Originating in Asia Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/16/2011
Federal Court Finds Allegations of "Bad Faith" in Sprinkler License Agreements to be "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/15/2011
Premerger Notification Office Issues Statement on the Use of Escrows in HSR-Reportable Deals Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/3/2011
Regulatory Brawl Over Debit Cards Sidesteps the Real Fee-Setters: Card Companies Center for Public Integrity 5/3/2011
Be Aware of the EU Watch Dog: Commission Blocks Merger Between Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air McDermott Will & Emery 5/3/2011
China Auto Dealers Association Files Anti-Monopoly Complaint Against Beijing Benz McDermott Will & Emery 4/28/2011
Levels of Antitrust Scrutiny for ACOs Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/27/2011
FTC and CFTC to Share Confidential Information, Increases Investigation Risks McDermott Will & Emery 4/23/2011
“Data Pass” and Online Negative Option Marketing Now Deceptive Trade Practices Andrews Kurth LLP 4/22/2011
Antitrust, Intellectual Property Rights, and the Online Music Industry: An Antitrust Analysis of Apple’s Combination of Services and Products The University of Iowa College of Law 4/20/2011
China Adopts National Security Review Regime and Provisional Implementing Regulations for Foreign-Funded M&A Greenberg Traurig, LLP 4/19/2011
Accountable Care Organizations: Improving Care Coordination for People with Medicare U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 4/14/2011
Accountable Care Organization (“ACO”) - The Real Journey Begins Greenberg Traurig, LLP 4/11/2011
CMS’ Proposed Rules for ACOs: A Summary von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 4/9/2011
CMS/OIG, FTC/DOJ and IRS Weigh In on ACOs von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 4/8/2011
Accountable Care: FTC & DOJ Issue Proposed Antitrust Statement for ACOs von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 4/3/2011
Budget Cuts May Axe Obama’s Government Transparency Websites Center for Public Integrity 4/1/2011
Expanded Standing, or "Back to Basics"? Flash Memory Direct Purchasers Found to Have Standing to Assert Walker Process Claims Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/31/2011
NFL Fans - Are You Ready for Some... Antitrust Litigation? Players Sue, Claiming Lockout is a Group Boycott Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/30/2011
Retailers Accuse AmEx of Antitrust Breach as Battle Over Debit Card Cap Heats Up Center for Public Integrity 3/25/2011
Comments Solicited on Fundamental Changes to FERC's Market-Based Rate and Merger Review Process Tests Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/23/2011
Recent Developments in Dispositive Motions: To Be or Not, Twombly? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/20/2011
Block Exemption Regulation On Specialisation and Joint Production Agreements Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/18/2011
U.S. Film Studios Agree to Modify "Most Favored Nations" Clause in EU Contracts to Encourage Financing and Installation of Digital Equipment Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/18/2011
First Section 2 Monopolization Case Of the Obama Administration Targets Dominant Texas Health Care Provider Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/17/2011
Block Exemption Regulation For Research and Development Agreements Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/11/2011
Fifth Circuit Concludes that Allegations of Price-Fixing Involving Private Corporate Participation with OPEC are Beyond the Reach of Section 1 Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/11/2011
EU Guidelines on Industry Standards (Technical or Quality Requirements) Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/10/2011
New EU Competition Rules Dealing With Competitor Contacts Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/9/2011
Indirect Purchaser Plavix Class Actions Tossed for Lack of Antitrust Standing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/25/2011
Aspartame Class Action Dismissal Affirmed on Statute of Limitations Grounds Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/24/2011
2011 Hart-Scott-Rodino Threshold Requirements Andrews Kurth LLP 2/22/2011
Court Approves Disgorgement of Profits from Anticompetitive Behavior in Electricity Market Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 2/18/2011
New Filing Thresholds for Hart-Scott-Rodino "HSR" Act Premerger Notifications and Interlocking Directorates Announced Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/16/2011
FDA Announces Its Plan For Changes to the 510(k) "Approval" Pathway Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/2/2011
Crisis in Egypt: The Economical Repercussions Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 1/31/2011
China's Supreme People's Court Issues Notice on Trial of Cases Involving Transfers of Nonperforming Assets to Foreign Investors Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/20/2011
China Issues New Rules Against Price Fixing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/20/2011
Extradited Foreign Executive Jailed for Obstructing DOJ Antitrust Investigation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/18/2011
Lights Out for Resale Price and Dual Distribution Class Action Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/14/2011
The Ninth Circuit Rules that Foreign Documents Brought into the Country are Subject to Federal Grand Jury Demands Andrews Kurth LLP 1/4/2011
Antitrust Enforcers to Help Doctors and Hospitals with Transition under New Health Care Law, but Does Congress Want More? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/16/2010
FTC Positions Itself to Increase/Enhance Information Security Enforcement Actions with Appointment of Chief Technologist Poyner Spruill LLP 11/16/2010
Healthcare Sector Comes Under Increased Government Antitrust Scrutiny Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/11/2010
Antitrust Considerations In Forming Accountable Care Organizations And Bundled Payment Arrangements Under The Healthcare Reform Act Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 11/9/2010
Silicon Valley Firms Settle DOJ Hiring Practices Charges, but are No-Solicitation Agreements per se Illegal? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/4/2010
Lawsuit Challenging Legitimacy of LEED Program Could Have Major Implications Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 11/3/2010
Court Determines Multi-Employer Agreement to Share Profits During a Strike is Not Exempt from the Antitrust Laws Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/25/2010
Public Statements about Pricing Changes May Create Antitrust Litigation Risk Andrews Kurth LLP 10/22/2010
Q&A: Iran Sanctions and Insurance Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 9/4/2010
CFTC Fines ConAgra $12 Million, Two Commissioners Dissent Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 8/26/2010
Congo Conflict Minerals Legislation Passes Congress: Affects Technology, Automotive, Mining, Jewelry, and Aerospace Companies Foley Hoag LLP 7/26/2010
Time Out: California Court of Appeal Enforces Statute of Limitations in Class Action Brought Under the UCL Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/20/2010
San Francisco Distinction Between Drugstores and Supermarkets Goes Up in Smoke Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/19/2010
FTC Gets Shut Down - Once Again - In Its Bid To Change How Courts View Reverse Payment Settlements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/30/2010
Plaintiffs' Failure To Satisfy FTAIA's "Two-Step Dance" Results In Dismissal Of Foreign Purchase Claims Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/28/2010
Bill Introduced To Secure Reduced Civil Liability For Amnesty Applicants Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/28/2010
Congress Renews Antitrust Leniency Statute for Cooperating Parties Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/23/2010
Banning "Pay-For Delay" Settlements and Resale Price Maintenance are Senate Antitrust Subcommittee's Top Legislative Priorities Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/22/2010
DOJ and FTC Issue Proposed Revisions to Horizontal Merger Guidelines Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 6/14/2010
U.S. Supreme Court Says No To Class Action Arbitrations Absent Parties’ Agreement, And Invokes That Holding To Vacate The Second Circuit’s Decision Allowing An Antitrust Claim To Proceed As A Class Howrey LLP 6/2/2010
Hospital and Health Insurer Deals May Cause Antitrust Problems Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP 5/24/2010
Federal Circuit Opts for Ordinary Observer Test in Anticipation Cases Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 3/11/2010
New FTC Guidance Highlights Need For Effective Social Media Policies Franczek Radelet P.C. 1/31/2010
Mergers on the Examining Table: The FTC Ratchets up Antitrust Enforcement in the Healthcare Sector Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 1/8/2010
Generic Substitution and Biopharmaceuticals: Where Are All the Follow-on Biologics? And, How Much Money Will They Save? Carpenter Law Firm PC 1/1/2010
New York’s International Banks Obtain Relief as Second Circuit Restricts Ability of Creditors to Use Maritime Rule B to Attach Electronic Fund Transfers Bingham McCutchen LLP 11/27/2009
What's In A Name? Plenty! Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC 11/27/2009
"Made in Taiwan" Now OK for Sales to U.S. Government Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 10/9/2009
HIT Vendors Subject to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Health Breach Notification Rule Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 10/8/2009
FTC Issues Final Rule on Notifying Consumers About Breaches of Electronic Health Records Reed Smith LLP 9/22/2009
Update on Federal Trade Commission Red Flag Rules Relating to Identity Theft Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/19/2009
Employers Should Carefully Consider Whether To Sue Former Employees For Threatened Trade Secret Misappropriation Based On Recent California Court of Appeal Decision Awarding Over $1.6 Million To Former Employees Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/30/2009
Gone In 60 Seconds – When Dealerships Go Bad, What’s Their Lender To Do? Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 8/24/2009
Court of Appeals Decides Non-Compete Covenant in Medical Staffing Case is Unenforceable, But Affirms Verdict for Misappropriation of Trade Secrets and Unfair Trade Practices Poyner Spruill LLP 8/19/2009
Protecting Your IP in a Troubled Economy: A Modest (and Cost-Effective) Proposal Much Shelist, P.C. 8/14/2009
Antitrust Enforcement in the Obama Era: Back to Basics -- Vigorously Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/30/2009
White Collar Primer - A Business Person's Guide to Managing Investigations and Compliance Risk Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC 6/26/2009
Business Interference: From The Outside And Inside Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 6/5/2009
Hydrogen Peroxide: The Third Circuit’s “Acid Test” For Class Certification Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 6/2/2009
Law and Practice: The Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act Of 2008 Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 6/2/2009
Third Circuit Rules that Hospital Arrangement with Anesthesiologists May Violate the Stark and Anti-Kickback Laws Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 5/29/2009
New Jersey Product Liability Jurisprudence: Highlights of 2008 and Anticipated Developments in 2009 Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 5/19/2009
Foreign Trade Zones: A Missed Opportunity for Many U.S. Distributors and Manufacturers Much Shelist, P.C. 5/18/2009
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