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• 41 State Attorneys General Ask Congress to Prohibit Resale Price Maintenance

  In letters dated October 27, 2009 (State AG Letter re HR 3190; State AG Letter re S 148), 41 state attorneys general wrote to Congress asking them to overrule Leegin Creative Leather Product, Inc. v.…

• Three Former Marsh Executives Acquitted of Donnelly Act Violations

  Joseph Peiser, Greg Doherty and Kathleen Drake, former Marsh executives, were acquitted after an 11-month bench trial before Justice James Yates of violating New York’s antitrust law — the Donnelly Act.  They were acquitted of…

• Packaged Ice Indirect Purchasers Assert Their Rights As Victims in the Prosecution of Arctic Glacier and Its Executives

  Levitt & Kaizer, on behalf of the class of indirect purchasers in In re Packaged Ice Antitrust Litig., MDL No. 1952 and the individual class representatives, asserted today the class’ rights as victims under the…

• Arctic Glacier and Three Former Executives Plead Guilty in the Packaged Ice Cartel

  The Antitrust Division’s press release:

• The Remaining Apple/Google Common Director Resigns from Google’s Board

  Google announced today that Arthur D. Levinson resigned from its board of directors.  However, Mr. Levinson remains on Apple’s board of directors.  Mr. Levinson was the remaining common director on the Google and Apple boards. …

• FTC and DOJ Urge Reversal in American Needle v. NFL

  As noted in the June 29, 2009 Post, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to review the Seventh Circuit’s decision in American Needle v. Nat’l Football League.  As explained in the September 4, 2008 Post, American…

• LEVITT & KAIZER Files Amended Class Action Complaint on Behalf of Indirect Purchasers in In Re Packaged Ice Antitrust Litigation

  On September 15, 2009, LEVITT & KAIZER and THE LAW OFFICES OF MAX WILD (interim lead counsel for the class) and THE PERRIN LAW FIRM (liaison counsel) filed an amended class action complaint seeking recovery…

• MLB Grants Exclusive License for Baseball Cards to Topps

  On August 6, 2009, the New York Times reported that Major League Baseball granted an exclusive license to Topps for baseball cards.  To justify its legality under the antitrust laws, the MLB Executive Vice President…

• Google Director Resigns from Apple Board Because of Competition Concerns

  Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO, resigned today from Apple’s board of directors because the increased competition between Google and Apple raised conflicts for him that precluded his participation in many of Apple’s business decisions.  It is…

• Scrap Metal Dealers Acquitted of Price-Fixing

  In another blow to the Antitrust Division’s criminal section, two scrap metal dealers were acquitted of price-fixing on June 25, 2009.  The jury returned its verdict in less than four hours.  As reported in the…