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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Developments in Association Law 2017 – 2018

A review of key legal developments at the federal and state levels for nonprofit organizations - Federal government and private antitrust enforcement continues against nonprofits. ...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Developments in Association Law, 2016 – 2017

There have been important legal developments at the federal and state levels for nonprofit organizations. - Takeaways - Nonprofits continue to experience Federal government and private litigant antitrust enforcement. ...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Supreme Court to Consider Whether Allegations of Adherence to a Business Association’s Rules Can Trigger Antitrust Liability

Can participation in a business or trade association and allegiance to its rules trigger antitrust liability for association members under the Sherman Act? Next term, the Supreme Court will hear Osborn v. Visa Inc., the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Challenge to Alleged Horizontal Adoption of Minimum Advertised Prices

In what has been described as the latest opinion on the use of hub and spoke theories to allege conspiracies in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, the plaintiffs took the position that the viability of their claims...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Supreme Court Rules NC Dentist Board Not Immune From Antitrust Scrutiny

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In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that state professional boards comprised of active market participants are not immune from antitrust laws even though the boards are formally designated as a state agency, unless the...more

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