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Apple Doubles Down On Its Bet Against E-Books Judge

Posted 03/11/14

By Allison F. Sheedy Apple has upped the ante in the e-books case with two court filings in recent weeks that seek to prevent Judge Denise Cote of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from presiding over the upcoming jury trial on damages. While the two-pronged attack – which argues not only lack of jurisdiction but also bias by the judge – is fairly aggressive, it is hardly...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Litigation,

March 10, 2014

Partner Ankur Kapoor was quoted in Law360 article, DOJ Backs US Airways-AA Merger Deal Despite Complaints. Click here to read the article.

Are Bright-Line Rules The Right Prescription For Reverse-Payment Cases?

Posted 03/5/14
By Ankur Kapoor, Jeffrey I. Shinder

As antitrust law evolves to address new problems posed by ever-shifting dynamics in industries both old and new, two schools of thought are vying for control of challenges to reverse-payment settlement agreements that resolve patent infringement litigation brought by pharmaceutical manufacturers against potential generic competition. One school favors the establishment of bright-line rules to give firms and courts...

Tagged in: Antitrust Litigation, Intellectual Property Law and Antitrust,

Court Orders NCAA To Huddle With Former Players In Settlement Talks

Posted 03/4/14

By David Scupp The antitrust battle between the NCAA and its former players over the use of their names and likenesses might finally be coming to a head. Last Friday, Judge Claudia Wilken of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ordered the NCAA to engage in settlement talks in the class action case of In Re NCAA Student-Athlete Name and Likeness Licensing Litigation, with the class...

Tagged in: Antitrust Litigation, Intellectual Property Law and Antitrust,

EU Accepts Visa Interchange Fee Caps

Posted 03/3/14

By Aymeric Dumas-Eymard Visa has just closed a chapter of its antitrust woes in the European Union. On February 26, 2014, the European Commission announced that it had rendered legally binding the commitments offered by Visa Europe to cap its yearly weighted average Multilateral Interchange Fees (MIFs) for consumer credit card transactions at a level of 0.3% of the value of the transaction. The cap will apply...

Tagged in: Antitrust Legislation, Antitrust Litigation, Antitrust Policy,

Apple Gets Half A Loaf Of Bread In “Losing” Appellate Challenge Of Antitrust Monitor

Posted 02/13/14

By Allison F. Sheedy Although the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has denied Apple’s motion to suspend a court-appointed antitrust compliance monitor, Apple actually achieved part of its goal of reining in the monitor. Apple had asked the appellate court to stay the monitor, Michael R. Bromwich, from doing any more work pending Apple’s appeal of that appointment in United States v. Apple, Inc. ...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Litigation,

FTC Performs Balancing Act In Evaluating Health Care Provider Combinations

Posted 02/12/14

By Axel Bernabe The FTC’s recent victory in unwinding the St. Luke’s Health System and Saltzer Medical Group merger in Idaho provides a cautionary note to hospitals and other health care providers contemplating mergers. Mergers that threaten to give an entity market power to demand higher rates for health services to insurers are likely to be challenged. In the St. Luke’s case, the FTC convinced the U.S....

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Litigation,

Google Agrees To Search Engine Makeover To Settle European Antitrust Case

Posted 02/11/14

A View from Constantine Cannon’s London Office By Michael Petrides The announcement by the European Commission on February 5, 2014, that it has received a set of “improved commitments” from Google in their stand-off over the Internet giant’s search engine practices signals not only the beginning of the end of a four-year antitrust battle, but also a new chapter in online search and search...

Tagged in: Antitrust Litigation, International Competition Issues,

Umbrella Liability For Price Fixing: Does The Forecast Call For More Damages In The EU And U.S.?

Posted 02/10/14

A View from Constantine Cannon’s London Office By Irene Fraile and Ankur Kapoor The European Union may be on the verge of embracing “umbrella liability”—a theory of liability that would significantly increase the exposure of members of anticompetitive cartels. The European Court of Justice is being urged by one of its advocates general to hold that, under EU law, victims of cartels can seek damages...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Legislation, Antitrust Litigation, Antitrust Policy, International Competition Issues, Monopolization,

Feb. 10, 2014

Partner Ankur Kapoor was quoted in Puget Sound Business Journal article, Is a Sprint-T-Mobile merger off the table?. Click here to read the article.

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Apple Doubles Down On Its Bet Against E-Books Judge

March 10, 2014

Are Bright-Line Rules The Right Prescription For Reverse-Payment Cases?

Court Orders NCAA To Huddle With Former Players In Settlement Talks

EU Accepts Visa Interchange Fee Caps

Apple Gets Half A Loaf Of Bread In “Losing” Appellate Challenge Of Antitrust Monitor

FTC Performs Balancing Act In Evaluating Health Care Provider Combinations

Google Agrees To Search Engine Makeover To Settle European Antitrust Case

Umbrella Liability For Price Fixing: Does The Forecast Call For More Damages In The EU And U.S.?

Feb. 10, 2014

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