The Senate Judiciary Committee removed legislation from its agenda that would have made it more difficult for patent assertion entities (“PAEs”) to pursue infringement claims, likely ...
This special memorandum summarizes the major topics and information discussed by China’s three antitrust agencies during the “Antitrust in Asia: China” conference, co-sponsored by t...
Last September, we circulated a
note highlighting the four merger challenges
that the U.S. antitrust authorities were then pursuing. At the time, we noted that these matters underscore...
The year 2013 marked the fifth anniversary of the implementation of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”) and included a number of significant developments in each of the three antitrus...
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) today published a notice to revise the premerger notification thresholds for mergers and acquisitions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improv...
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has finalized amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Premerger Notification Rules (the “Rules”) aimed at clarifying – and effective...
While we are all undoubtedly aware of the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) pending lawsuit seeking to enjoin the merger of AMR and U.S. Airways, you may be less focused on the fact t...
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The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2014, Global Competition Review
On June 20, 2013, the Supreme Court decided a case regarding waivers of class arbitration that could have potentially wide-ranging implications in antitrust and other cases. See American ...
On June 17, 2013, the Supreme Court decided a case of considerable importance to the pharmaceutical industry. The case involved the question of whether and to what extent “reverse payme...
