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The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  11/21/16
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. U.S. Supreme Court Allows ATM Fees Lawsuits to Proceed.  The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday gave the green light to class action lawsuits by consumers accusing Visa Inc, Mastercard Inc. and several U.S. banks of conspiring to inflate the prices of ATM access fees in violation of antitrust law.  The...

New York Attorney General Scores For NFL Fans With NFL Agreement To Drop Mandatory Price Floor On Ticket Resales

Posted  11/17/16
By James J. Kovacs New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has announced a multi-state settlement with the National Football League (“NFL”) eliminating the NFL’s league-wide usage of a “mandatory price floor” in the secondary ticket market. NFL rules had required all 32 teams to impose a mandatory price floor on secondary market ticket sales, not only on the NFL-owned Ticket Exchange website,...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  11/14/16
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Trump’s Policies May Bring Fresh Wave of Deals.  With a man who is co-author of “The Art of the Deal” as president-elect, deal making can be expected to increase.  This rise will be determined by whether a Trump administration can govern with stability.  And then there is the biggest factor these...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  11/7/16
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. A New Movement in Liberal Economics that Could Shape Hillary Clinton’s Agenda.  If you want to know what economic policy would look like in a Hillary Clinton administration, you can read her speeches or policy positions or look at the backgrounds of the advisers she surrounds herself with. But it’s...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  10/31/16
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Swift Opposition to Resurrection of AT&T Giant.  Over three decades ago, such was AT&T’s monopoly over the nation’s communications networks that the government forcefully shattered its empire.  Now, as one of its successors again seeks a formidable business empire by buying Time Warner, lawmakers,...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  10/24/16
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. AT&T to Pay $85 Billion for Time Warner, Create Telecom-Media Giant.  AT&T said on Saturday it agreed to buy Time Warner for $85.4 billion, the boldest move yet by a telecommunications company to acquire content to stream over its network to attract a growing number of online viewers.  The biggest deal in...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  10/17/16
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Microsoft Seeks EU Approval for LinkedIn Buy.  Microsoft sought EU antitrust approval on Friday for its $26 billion bid for social network LinkedIn, a spokesman said on Friday, kicking off a month-long review by regulators of its largest deal.  U.S. software company Salesforce has criticized the takeover,...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  10/10/16
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Supreme Court Rejects NCAA Appeal of O'Bannon Case.  The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear the NCAA's appeal of the Ed O'Bannon case, leaving in place lower court rulings that found amateurism rules for big-time college sports violated federal antitrust law but prohibited payments to student-athletes.  The...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  10/3/16
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. American Express Can Stop Merchants From Steering Clients to Other Cards.  American Express will be able to prevent businesses from pushing customers toward competing credit cards after all.  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled that American Express could stop merchants that accept...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  09/26/16
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. China Vitamin C Price-Fixing Verdict Voided by U.S. Appeals Court.  The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Tuesday threw out a $147.8 million price-fixing verdict against two Chinese companies that were accused of conspiring to raise prices and lower supply of vitamin C sold to U.S....
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