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Seventh Circuit Strikes Down Injunction, Finding No Duty to Deal in Big Data

Posted  11/14/17
By Margaux Poueymirou Big Data may be revolutionizing companies’ processing of information, but legal disputes over such data management still have to navigate through the shoals of settled antirust principles. At least that’s the message of last week’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacating a preliminary injunction that required two companies, CDK Global, LLC (“CDK”)...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  11/6/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. U.S. and AT&T discuss conditions for approval of Time Warner deal.  AT&T Inc. and the U.S. Department of Justice are discussing conditions the No. 2 wireless carrier needs to meet in order to win government antitrust approval for its acquisition of Time Warner Inc., sources familiar with the situation...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  10/30/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Bayer: more antitrust asset sales on the cards after BASF deal.  Bayer said it expected antitrust authorities to make the planned acquisition of Monsanto conditional on more asset sales after agreeing to sell seed and herbicide businesses for 5.9 billion euro ($7 billion) to BASF.  “By no means did the...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  10/23/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. U.S. top court to review antitrust claims against American Express.  The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether American Express Co. is violating federal antitrust law by forbidding merchants that accept its credit cards from encouraging customers to use rival cards that charge lower fees.  The...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  10/16/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. U.S. top court asks Justice Department for views in Apple antitrust case.  The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Trump administration for its views on whether to hear Apple Inc’s bid to avoid a class-action lawsuit accusing the tech giant of inflating consumer prices by charging illegally high...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  10/9/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Qualcomm offers EU concessions over $38 billion NXP takeover bid.  U.S. smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm has offered concessions in an attempt to allay EU antitrust concerns over its $38-billion bid for NXP Semiconductors, the largest ever in the semiconductor industry.  Qualcomm, which supplies chips to...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  09/25/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Google offers to treat rivals equally via auction –sources.  Google has offered to display rival comparison shopping sites via an auction, as it aims to stave off further EU antitrust fines, four people familiar with the matter said.  Google is under pressure to come up with a big initiative to level...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  09/11/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. EU regulators halt review of Qualcomm-NXP deal for second time.  EU antitrust regulators have halted for a second time their review of U.S. smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm’s $38-billion bid for NXP Semiconductors after the companies failed to provide key details of the deal.  The European Commission...

Big Data Companies Likely To Come Under Increased Antitrust Scrutiny

Posted  08/22/17
By Elizabeth Taras Big data companies may become increasingly embroiled in antitrust litigation if last week’s decision by Judge Edward M. Chen of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, granting hiQ Labs, Inc. a preliminary injunction against LinkedIn Corp., is any omen. The injunction that the court granted in the case of hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp. prohibits LinkedIn from...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  08/21/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Deutsche Bank, Bank of America settle agency bond rigging lawsuits.  Deutsche Bank AG and Bank of America Corp agreed to pay a combined $65.5 million to settle investor litigation accusing large banks of rigging the roughly $9 trillion government agency bond market over a decade.  Preliminary...
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