http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-05-22T06:54:18-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/thanks_to_doj_ok_liquor_companies_saved_50_percent_using_predictive_coding/ Two beer companies seeking to merge won Justice Department approval after a review that used technology to find relevant electronic documents. The U.S. Department of Justice gave its OK to the use of a computerized document search using predictive coding in its review of the proposed merger of Anheuser-Busch InBev… Antitrust Law, Attorney General, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Technology Tue, 07 May 2013 06:30:42 -0500 44047.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/anheuser-busch_is_cleared_to_acquire_modelo_after_court_accepts_antitrust_s/ The U.S. Department of Justice and Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI) have resolved the antitrust lawsuit that threatened to derail the beer maker’s multibillion-dollar acquisition of competitor Grupo Modelo. The DOJ filed suit in January in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to block… Antitrust Law, Corporate Law, Corporate Compliance, Trials & Litigation Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:05:25 -0500 43927.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/scotus_overturns_class_certification_in_comcast_case_is_opinion_good_for_th/ A federal class action against Comcast was improperly certified because the trial court failed to consider whether the plaintiffs' theory of damages can be applied to the entire class, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-4 opinion. The opinion makes it more difficult for the plaintiffs to obtain… Antitrust Law, Civil Procedure, Trials & Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:07:40 -0500 43453.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/slapped_with_67k_sanction_lawyer_calls_9th_circuits_action/ Ordered by a federal appeals court to pay $67,495 in legal fees to the companies involved in an airline merger he contested on antitrust grounds, a longtime San Francisco lawyer says he will have to pay the money of his own pocket. But Joseph Alioto said the sanction by the… Antitrust Law, Appellate Practice, Law Firms, Partners, Solos/Small Firms, Legal Ethics, Trials & Litigation, Attorney Fees, 9th Circuit Court, States, California Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:28:00 -0500 43435.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/attorney_and_law_firm_must_pay_67k_in_legal_fees_for_vexatious_suit_challen/ In an unusual move, a federal appeals court has sanctioned a prominent San Francisco plaintiffs law firm and its name partner by ordering reimbursement of $67,495 in opponent legal fees for pursuing what opponents called "unreasonable and vexatious" litigation over an airline merger. Joseph Alioto and the Antitrust Law, Corporate Law, Legal Ethics, Trials & Litigation, Attorney Fees, Verdicts & Settlements, 9th Circuit Court, States, California Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:53:04 -0500 43423.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/doj_sues_to_block_anheuser_busch_merger_with_mexicos_grupo_modelo/ The Justice Department on Thursday sued to stop a planned merger of Belgium-based Anheuser-Busch InBev with Mexico’s largest beer maker, Grupo Modelo. Justice officials argue the merger would threaten competition and drive up beer prices, the Washington Post reports. If the two beer giants merge, a deal… Antitrust Law, Attorney General, Mergers & Acquisitions Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:06:25 -0600 42665.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/top_akin_gump_antitrust_lawyer_leaps_to_squire_sanders_with_2_other_partner/ The top antitrust lawyer at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has jumped to Squire Sanders, along with two other antitrust partners. Former Akin Gump antitrust chair Mark Botti started work at the Washington, D.C., office of his new firm today. Joining him there are J. Brady Dugan and Anthony… Antitrust Law, Business of Law, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, States, District of Columbia Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:39:29 -0600 42373.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/murky_consumer_harm_standard_undermined_ftcs_google_probe/ The Federal Trade Commission has closed its probe of Google with a determination it would take no legal action over search engine results that highlight the company's own services. The search engine issue was a key part of the probe, report the New York Times, the… Antitrust Law, Consumer Law, Internet Law Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:41:47 -0600 42219.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/new_doj_antitrust_chief_expected_to_continue_aggressive_enforcement/ The new chief of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division is expected to continue to pursue aggressive enforcement of laws barring anticompetitive behavior. William Baer was confirmed on Sunday, 11 months after his nomination, the New York Times' Dealbook blog reports. The story describes the Arnold… Antitrust Law, Attorney General, Careers, Government Law, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:15:33 -0600 42212.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/supreme_court_to_consider_pay_for_delay_deals_keeping_generic_drugs/ The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether so-called pay for delay settlements that temporarily keep generic competitors out of the market are lawful in patent litigation. The case before the court involves payments made by Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc., now owned by Abbott Laboratories, that delayed generic versions of… Antitrust Law, Consumer Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law, U.S. Supreme Court Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:29:59 -0600 41976.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/antitrust_enforcers_to_consider_whether_patent_trolls_disrupt_competit/ Antitrust regulators have scheduled informal hearings next month to consider whether patent trolls are disrupting competition and stifling innovation. The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission have invited technology companies and at least one patent holding company to participate, the Wall Street Journal reports. The… Antitrust Law, Attorney General, Government Law, Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law, Science & Technology Law Tue, 20 Nov 2012 06:30:14 -0600 41686.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/video_ftc_threatens_to_sue_google_pot_legalization_aftermath_more_law_firm/ Editor's Note: We're experimenting with using more video on ABAJournal.com and will be bringing you this short weekly legal news brief from Bloomberg Law for the next few weeks. Thanks for the feedback so far. Please note that adding video would not mean eliminating text-based stories. Rather, we're exploring adding… Antitrust Law, Attorney General, Criminal Justice, Law Firms, Large Firm, States, Colorado, Washington Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:24:05 -0600 41654.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dojs_acting_antitrust_chief_wayland_to_step_down_no_word_about_his_replacem/ Joseph Wayland, acting head of the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust division, is stepping down next week, Reuters reports. A former Simpson Thacher & Bartlett partner who also headed the agency’s civil enforcement division, according to the New York Times’ Deal… Antitrust Law, Government Law Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:00:00 -0600 41532.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/supreme_court_considers_class_action_hurdles_is_materiality_a_requirement_i/ The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in a pair of cases in which companies are trying to fend off class action lawsuits by fighting certification. A comment by Justice Antonin Scalia illustrated why corporate defendants want evidence issues resolved at the certification stage, report the Antitrust Law, Securities Law, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, U.S. Supreme Court Tue, 06 Nov 2012 10:13:33 -0600 41491.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/a_touch_of_class_certification_says_one_brief_is_the_ballgame/ Antitrust Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Law, Labor & Employment, Legal Theory, Tort Law, Trials & Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, Supreme Court Report Thu, 01 Nov 2012 03:19:32 -0500 41107.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/duncan_school_of_law_drops_lawsuit_over_accreditation_denial/ Lincoln Memorial University's Duncan School of Law has dropped its federal antitrust suit against the ABA over the denial of its bid for provisional accreditation. The school, which has also withdrawn its appeal of a decision before an ABA appeals panel affirming the denial of its application, will file a… Antitrust Law, Bar Associations, ABA, Education Law, Law Schools, Law Students, Trials & Litigation, States, Tennessee Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:51:18 -0500 41361.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/eu_antitrust_commissioner_claims_microsoft_did_not_honor_settlement_agreeme/ Microsoft failed to honor an agreement that the company would give Windows software users equal access to rival Internet browsers, European Union regulators charged Wednesday. The charge, which involves the European version of Windows 8, could leave Microsoft with a fine of up to $7 billion, the Antitrust Law, International Law, Internet Law, Science & Technology Law Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:20:08 -0500 41272.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/class_action_filed_against_apple_challenging_att_contract_deal/ Software locks Apple installed on its early iPhones, which tied consumers into voice and data contracts with AT&T Mobility, violate antitrust laws, alleges a federal class action filed Friday in northern California. Apple entered a five-year exclusivity agreement with AT&T in 2007, CNET reports. The suit, Antitrust Law, 9th Circuit Court Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:45:39 -0500 41236.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge_approves_e-book_price-fixing_settlement_quotes_emily_dickinson_poem/ A federal judge has approved a price-fixing settlement between the U.S. Justice Department and three electronic book publishers in an opinion (PDF) that quotes Emily Dickinson. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote found the settlement is in the public interest. The settling defendants are HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and the… Antitrust Law, Internet Law Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:04:42 -0500 40587.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/faced_with_a_five-page_limit_lawyer_files_cartoon_amicus_brief_with_proper_/ Updated: A lawyer who opposes the Justice Department’s proposed antitrust settlement with three publishers of e-books has filed an amicus brief (PDF) in the form of a comic strip. Bob Kohn tells Bloomberg and the New York Times Media Decoder blog that he opted… Antitrust Law, Civil Procedure, Internet Law, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:39:05 -0500 40540.abajournal.com