On February 28, 2018, the Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc. (PRTC) filed a petition for a writ of certiorari after its antitrust claims against San Juan Cable LLC (OneLink) were dismissed by the First Circuit Court of...more
We have previously discussed antitrust implications of pharmaceutical companies’ efforts to maximize patent protection for their drugs. Consumers and generic drug makers, for instance, have alleged antitrust violations based...more
10/19/2017
/ Allergan Inc ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Mylan Pharmaceuticals ,
Native American Issues ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Tribal Governments ,
USPTO
Last week, a Rhode Island Congressman published a letter he sent to the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee requesting that the committee hold a hearing on the recently-announced Amazon-Whole Foods merger. This post...more
The trial over Aetna and Humana's $37 billion proposed merger kicked off today in a Washington, D.C. federal court.
At issue is whether the companies' merger would substantially lessen competition in the market for...more
12/6/2016
/ Aetna ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Anthem Insurance ,
Bench Trial ,
CIGNA ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Insurance Exchanges ,
Humana ,
Industry Consolidation ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Mergers
Earlier this month, Apple signaled its intention to petition for writ of certiorari after the Second Circuit upheld Judge Cote’s decision to apply per se liability in analyzing the firm’s conduct with respect to e-books in...more
10/1/2015
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Appeals ,
Apple ,
Competition ,
e-Books ,
Horizontal Agreements ,
Hub-and-Spoke Conspiracy ,
Monopolization ,
Publishers ,
SCOTUS ,
Vertical Restraints
This spring, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (the “CMA”) published a study on UK businesses’ awareness and understanding of competition law, understanding of anti-competitive behaviors, and penalties for any...more
On June 4, 2014, the Second Circuit issued its decision in Lotes Co., Ltd. v. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., an important ruling on the reach of the U.S. antitrust laws to foreign conduct.
The Foreign Trade Antitrust...more