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First Circuit Revives Data Breach Class Action Claims in Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC

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Courts and class action counsel have been considering what kinds of injuries can confer standing to pursue federal claims following the Supreme Court’s 2021 decision in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, which held that the...more

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Seventh Circuit Stresses the Distinction Between Article III Standing and Antitrust Standing

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Last week, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued an opinion clarifying the distinction between two distinct, but often closely related concepts: Article III standing and the more prudential doctrine known as...more

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The Franchise Memorandum - Issue # 266

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Welcome to The Franchise Memorandum by Lathrop GPM. Below are summaries of recent legal developments of interest to franchisors. Post-Termination Injunction: Noncompete Covenants - California Federal Court Enforces...more

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Indirect Purchaser Antitrust Standing Heads In New Direction

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Defendants in indirect purchaser price-fixing and market allocation cases in federal court frequently challenge plaintiffs' claims for lack of antitrust standing. Relying on the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Associated...more

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Courts Rule on Financial Services Antitrust Suits

Although courthouse activity has slowed over the past month due to COVID-19 social distancing efforts, federal courts continue to conduct business, even if remotely. Many judges have utilized this time to finalize decisions...more

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Judge Noreika Grants Defendants’ Motion To Dismiss Plaintiff’s Antitrust Claims For Failure To State A Claim

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By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Maryellen Noreika in Prescient Medicine Holdings, LLC v. Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings, et al., Civil Action No. 18-600-MN (D.Del. February 14, 2019), the Court granted...more

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In re Asacol Antitrust Litigation: Article III Standing In Multi-State Class Actions

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In his October 17th post, Josh Dunlap describes in detail the First Circuit’s landmark ruling in In re Asacol Antitrust Litigation concerning classes that include uninjured members. ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Supreme Court’s Business Docket for the October 2018 Term

On September 26, 2018, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “US Supreme Court October 2018 Term.” Topics included some of the key business-related cases on the Supreme Court’s docket, including cases addressing antitrust, foreign...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Solicitor General, States Weigh In On Apple Supreme Court Case

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear Apple Inc. v. Pepper, a major case involving antitrust standing, interested parties across the political spectrum are weighing in with their ideas of how the case should be resolved....more

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Healthcare Law Update: September 2018

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Regulation - CMS Contemplating Telemedicine Changes - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published what it described as a "major proposed rule" that covers a number of topics that could have...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The author who literally wrote the book on the Enron is warning that the next financial crisis is lurking underground—aka, fracking has “turned the energy world upside down,” and it’s pulled in a bunch of Wall Street along...more

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Supreme Court Grants Apple’s Petition To Take Major Antitrust Standing Case

The Supreme Court has granted certiorari and will hear, next term, an appeal from Ninth Circuit’s decision in In re Apple iPhone Antitrust Litigation, a case we previously reported on. In In re Apple iPhone, the Ninth Circuit...more

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Class Action Roundup: Winter 2018

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Where the (Class) Action Is - Welcome to 2018 and the latest edition of Roundup covering significant decisions and settlements from the last quarter of 2017. On the docket this quarter is another slate of cases covering a...more

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Third Circuit Establishes New Framework for Determining Direct Purchaser Standing in Price-Fixing Litigation

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In a decision with broad implications for future antitrust litigation, the Third Circuit recently established a framework for determining antitrust standing in circumstances where a direct purchaser plaintiff has alleged the...more

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Third Circuit Says “Umbrella Damages” Bar Does Not Preclude Antitrust Standing Where Product Is Partly Comprised of Materials Not...

In a case of first impression, the Third Circuit recently held in In re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litigation, No. 16-3795, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 2698 (3d Cir. Jan. 22, 2018), that a direct purchaser of a product,...more

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Carbon and Alloy Steel: Commission Hearing on Dismissal of Antitrust Claims

On April 20, 2017, the Commission heard oral arguments in Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Products, Inv. No. 337-TA-1002, in connection with its review of Judge Lord’s Initial Determination dismissing complainant U.S. Steel’s...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Antitrust Not Always Available in Competitor Disputes in the Healthcare Sector

The antitrust injury and antitrust standing defenses/doctrines are alive and well in healthcare.  A recent case, SCPH Legacy Corp. et al. v. Palmetto Health et al., shows that a competitor is not always the most legally...more

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Using Joint Venture Analysis to Limit Antitrust Risks of Energy Sector Collaborations

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In an antitrust case where two competitors admittedly engaged in concerted action to block a third competitor’s access to a natural gas gathering system, a federal appeals court recently upheld summary judgment for the...more

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THE LATEST: Court Nixes Indirect Purchaser Claims for Lack of Standing

To bring a claim for antitrust damages, indirect purchasers must show that they have antitrust standing. They must demonstrate that their injuries are sufficiently direct and intertwined with the alleged cartel conduct that...more

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2017 Intellectual Property Law Year In Review

Though politics ruled the headlines in 2016, the year still brought big changes in intellectual property law and its application, most notably in patent subject matter eligibility, inter partes review institution and appeal...more

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2016 Highlights From Indirect Purchaser Class Actions

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As 2016 comes to a close, we review some of the more interesting court decisions in the indirect purchaser class action arena over the past 12 months and provide practitioners with some key takeaways for 2017 and beyond....more

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Third Circuit Applies Presumption of Timeliness to Pre-Certification Motion to Intervene as Class Representative

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This case concerned a federal antitrust class action involving a proposed class of Class 8 truck purchasers who alleged a conspiracy by several truck transmission suppliers and manufacturers to raise prices by eliminating...more

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Private Antitrust Damage Actions in China: An Emerging Force?

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China has emerged as a global power in merger review with surprising speed. Does the surge in private antitrust litigation suggest a similar pattern? Introduction - This Client Alert provides a general description...more

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Court Denies Class Cert. in NCAA Antitrust Suit

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The NCAA scored a victory last week with the denial of class certification in an antitrust suit challenging the association’s former ban on multiyear scholarships (the “One Year Rule”) and its cap on scholarships (the “GIA...more

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BakerHostetler 2015 Year-End Review of Class Actions

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The BakerHostetler 2015 Class Action Year-End Review offers a summary of some of the key developments in class-action litigation during the past year. The 2015 Year-End Review is a joint project of the firm’s Class Action...more

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