There have been a number of developments in merger control in 2020 and Q1 2021. Some are related to the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, while others are borne out of the ambitions and changes sought by individual...more
What Quanta Storage and Qualcomm mean for Taiwan's businesses.
Antitrust litigation in the US continues to focus on competitor interactions. Companies that participate in multiple levels of a supply chain must consider how...more
9/24/2020
/ Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Civil Conspiracy ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Follow-On Patent Petitions ,
FRAND ,
IP License ,
Monopolization ,
Price-Fixing ,
Qualcomm ,
Quanta ,
Sherman Act ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
Supply Chain ,
Taiwan ,
Treble Damages
What a change in US criminal antitrust charging policy means for Taiwanese businesses.
In July 2019, the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new policy to encourage the implementation of...more
9/18/2019
/ Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Best Practices ,
Bid Rigging ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Criminal Antitrust Litigation ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Multinationals ,
Price-Fixing ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Taiwan ,
United States
The renewed interest in taking a fresh look at how antitrust can apply to tech has generated any number of "Hipster Antitrust" theories of harm. With the US Federal Trade Commission announcing a new Tech Task Force this...more
7/8/2019
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Collaboration ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Information Sharing ,
Innovation ,
Interlocking Directorate ,
Risk Assessment ,
Section 8 ,
Technology Sector ,
The Clayton Act