Non-U.S. banks with branches in New York and elsewhere in the United States find themselves sued or otherwise exposed to judicial orders in American courts with regularity. The cases reflect the full range of U.S. legal...more
7/22/2015
/ Alien Tort Statute ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Appeals ,
Asset Freeze ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Compliance ,
Counterfeiting ,
Cuba ,
DaimlerChrysler v Bauman ,
Due Process ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreign Banks ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Gucci ,
Libor ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Non-US Entities ,
NYDFS ,
People's Bank of China ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Racketeering ,
RICO ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Infringement
On June 17, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania approved a consent order (the “Consent Order”) between the Federal Trade Commission and defendants Cephalon, Inc. and its parent, Teva...more
6/22/2015
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Cephalon ,
Consent Order ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disgorgement ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Generic Drugs ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Patent Infringement ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Reverse Payment Settlement Agreements ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals ,
Unfair Competition
Last week, in In re Cipro Cases I & II, Case No. S198616, the Supreme Court of California adopted the United States Supreme Court's application of the Rule of Reason to the antitrust analysis of so-called "reverse payment"...more
5/15/2015
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Burden of Proof ,
CA Supreme Court ,
Cartwright Act ,
Cipro ,
Class Action ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
FTC v Actavis ,
Generic Drugs ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Monopolization ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Reverse Payment Settlement Agreements ,
Rule-of-Reason Analysis ,
Unfair Competition
Winter 2015 -
The Global law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP takes great pride in announcing the Winter 2015 edition of The World in US Courts: Orrick’s Quarterly Review of Decisions Applying US Law To Global...more
2/18/2015
/ Alien Tort Statute ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Competition ,
Cross-Border ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) ,
FTAIA ,
Human Trafficking ,
Multinationals ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Securities Litigation ,
Sherman Act ,
White Collar Crimes
For this month’s Top Stories, we are republishing two very recent Orrick Client Alerts that address an important U.S. appellate decision regarding the extraterritorial application of U.S. antitrust laws and the first U.S....more
12/16/2014
/ Anti-Monopoly ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
China ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Affiliates ,
Motorola ,
Patent Royalties ,
Patents ,
RAND ,
Royalties ,
Sherman Act
The Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act, 15 U.S.C. § 6a (FTAIA), enacted in 1982, has provided ambiguous direction to courts and practitioners regarding the applicability of U.S. antitrust laws to conduct occurring...more
Fall 2014 -
The Global law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP takes great pride in announcing the Summer 2014 edition of The World in US Courts: Orrick’s Quarterly Review of Decisions Applying US Law To Global...more
11/6/2014
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Cisco ,
Costco ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Exxon Mobil ,
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) ,
FTAIA ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
RICO ,
Securities Litigation ,
Sherman Act
Summer 2014 -
The Global law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP takes great pride in announcing the Summer 2014 edition of The World in US Courts: Orrick’s Quarterly Review of Decisions Applying US Law To Global...more
Long-simmering issues concerning the applicability of the Sherman Act to foreign conduct under the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act, 15 U.S.C. § 6a (FTAIA), were addressed in the June 4, 2014 decision of the 2nd U.S....more
Earlier this week in FTC v. Actavis, No. 12-416 (U.S. Jun. 17, 2013), the Supreme Court handed down its long-anticipated ruling on “reverse payment” or “pay-for-delay” agreements, holding that these agreements—while not...more