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News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

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Evaluation of TWIC Hearing held by Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Asteroid Mining in Space: Is it Legal?

Through a Glass Darkly: A U Optronics and the Extraterritorial Application of the Sherman Act

by Mark Cohen, Scott Thomson | Cohen & Gresser LLP on 3/5/2013

Can price-fixing abroad be prosecuted criminally under the U.S. Sherman Act? The antitrust bar might well raise an eyebrow at the question. Since international cartels became a focus of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust...more

Container Liner Shipping Sector "Dawn Raided" in EU

by Venable LLP on 5/28/2011

The European Commission, which has responsibility for enforcing the EU's antitrust rules, announced that it has raided the offices of a number of companies active in the container liner shipping sector. The raids took place...more