Antitrust Review

"Comments on Antitrust Law, Policy, and Economics."

Author: David Fischer is a senior associate in Porter Wright Morris & Arthur's office in Washington, D.C. His antitrust and litigation practice includes a number of health care and pharmaceutical clients.

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Recent Posts from Antitrust Review

Supreme Court Accepts Another Antitrust Case: American Needle v. NFL
Yesterday, the Supreme Court granted cert in American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League, et al. The issue in the case is whether or not the NFL, its teams and the Players Association functioned as a…
FTC Issues Report On Authorized Generics
Yesterday, the FTC issued “Authorized Generics: An Interim Report,” which contains the “first set of results from a study conducted to examine the short-term and long-term effects of ‘authorized generics’ on competition in the prescription…
Leibowitz on “Reverse Payment” Settlements
It must be “reverse payment” week as FTC Chairman Leibowitz gave a speech this morning on the topic. The FTC press release states that: an internal FTC analysis projects that stopping collusive “pay-for-delay” settlements between…
Supreme Court (Again) Denies Cert In a “Reverse Payment” Case
Yesterday, the Supreme Court denied cert in Arkansas Carpenters Health and Welfare Fund v. Bayer AG, again refusing to consider a “reverse payment” case. From Dow Jones: The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit challenging…
DOJ Reportedly Investigating Tech Company Hiring
The Washington Post is reporting that DOJ: has launched an investigation into whether some of the nation’s largest technology companies violated antitrust laws by negotiating the recruiting and hiring of one another’s employees, according to…
Judge Sotomayor and Antitrust [updated]
During her tenure on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Judge Sotomayor has been involved in a several antitrust decisions. Her most famous antitrust case is certainly Clarett v. Nat’l Football…
Court Upholds FCC Ruling Regarding Cable and Apartments
Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheldthe FCC’s ruling that prohibited exclusivity agreements between cable companies and owners of apartment buildings and other multi-unit developments. More of an administrative law/communications…
Google And Antitrust
The New York Times has an article suggesting that DOJ is targeting Google. Last week, the Obama administration declared a sharp break with the Bush years, vowing to toughen antitrust enforcement, especially for dominant companies.…
FTC Dismisses Rambus Case
On Thursday, the FTC formally dismissed its case against Rambus. The press release, in its entirety, read: The Federal Trade Commission has formally dismissed the complaint in the Rambus matter. “While we remain disappointed by…
Intel Fined
Reuters, via the New York Times, reports that the European Commission has fined Intel$1.45 billion. The European Commission fined Intel a record €1.06 billion on Wednesday for abusing its dominance in the computer chip market…