Antitrust Law Blog
This blawg covers current antitrust news and regulatory developments.
Author: Sheppard Mullin is an 480-attorney law firm with offices in California, New York, Shanghai and Washington, D.C. It also writes Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Corporate and Securities Law, ESOP Law, Fashion and Apparel Law, AdBriefs, Intellectual Property Law, Labor and Employment Law, FCC Law and Real Estate and Construction Law.
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Recent Posts from Antitrust Law Blog
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Antitrust Enforcement in the Obama Era: Back to Basics -- Vigorously
In her first speech as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division, Christine Varney called for a return to vigorous antitrust enforcement and repudiated the Bush Administration's eight month old report on how…
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Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Antitrust Claims Against Amway
The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed a grant of summary judgment for defendants in an antitrust action which, according to the court, mischaracterized a vertical course of conduct as a “horizontal…
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Voter-Approved Standing Requirements For California's UCL Apply Only To Class Representatives, Not Class Members, State Supreme Court Rules
In 2004, California voters imposed limits on the state's famously broad Unfair Competition Law. More than four years later, the California Supreme Court has announced exactly where those limits lie.The court's long-awaited decision in In…
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EC Imposes $1.45 Billion Antitrust Fine on Intel
On May 13, the European Commission (EC) imposed a fine of €1.06 billion (approximately $1.45 billion) on Intel Corporation for allegedly violating EC Treaty antitrust rules on the abuse of a dominant market position (Article…
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Antitrust Division's Top Economist Addresses Congress On The Newspaper Industry
Carl Shapiro, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, provided a Statement, entitled "A New Age for Newspapers: Diversity of Voices, Competition and the Internet" (April 21, 2009), to the…
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The Latest Advance in the Debate Over Reverse Payment Settlements: Will the Supreme Court Punt, Again?
On April 24, 2009, a group of professors of law, economics and business, together with the American Antitrust Institute, the Public Patent Foundation, and AARP (collectively "amici") filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court…
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PMPA Franchise Agreement Disavowing Plaintiff's Claim to an Exclusive Market and Geographic Territory Trumps Alleged Oral Commitment
Partner v. ExxonMobil Oil Corp., 08-1590 (6th Cir. May 4, 2009) In 2000, plaintiff Partner & Partner, Inc. entered into a lease/franchise agreement with ExxonMobil to operate a Mobil-branded gasoline station. The lease was pursuant…
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Ninth Circuit Revives Sherman Act Claim Against Oil Companies, Recasting Conspiracy Under Rule of Reason
Despite the California Supreme Court's conclusion that gasoline purchasers failed even to imply a price-fixing conspiracy among major oil companies, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has allowed wholesale gasoline purchasers to proceed with…
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PSKS Knocked Out of Court But Not Giving Up the Fight Against Leegin - This and Other Recent Developments in Resale Price Maintenance
Two years ago, PSKS, Inc., dba Kay's Kloset ("PSKS"), lost its antitrust contest with Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. at the Supreme Court. Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. 127 S. Ct. 2705…
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Sherman Act Claims Against Credit Reporting Agency Equifax Tossed Out of Court for Lack of Antitrust Injury
On April 2, 2009, the Sixth Circuit affirmed the lower court's 12(b)(6) dismissal of an antitrust complaint against national credit reporting agency, Equifax, for lack of antitrust injury. CBC Companies, Inc. v. Equifax, Inc., ---…