Hi, I'm Mikaela Evans-Aziz. I'm an associate in the antitrust group at Wilson Sonsini and I'm joined here today by my colleague Jon Jacobson. Thanks so much, Jon, for joining us today. We're going to be speaking about...more
Wilson Sonsini’s Senior Of Counsel Jon Jacobson and associate Mikaela Evans-Aziz provide an overview of antitrust laws in the United States. In this episode, they discuss a variety of topics, including:
• U.S. antitrust laws...more
The FTC's case against Facebook will be allowed to proceed now that the district court has held its Amended Complaint plausibly alleged violations of Section 2 of the Sherman Act related to Facebook's acquisition of Instagram...more
1/19/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Big Tech ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Instagram ,
Monopolization ,
Sherman Act ,
Social Media ,
WhatsApp
In one of the year's most anticipated antitrust decisions, Ohio et al. v American Express Co., the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that courts considering allegations of anticompetitive behavior by companies that operate...more
6/27/2018
/ American Express ,
Anti-Steering Rules ,
Anticompetitive Agreements ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Burden of Proof ,
Credit Card Surcharges ,
Merchant Fees ,
Merchants ,
Ohio v American Express ,
Rule-of-Reason Analysis ,
SCOTUS
Disruptive Forces 2 -
- Netflix – a threat to broadcast and cable TV operators?
- Amazon – a threat to grocery and retail more broadly?
- Apple and Facebook – a threat to would-be rivals?
- Google – a threat to...more
1/26/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Amazon ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Apple ,
Business Disruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disruptive Technology ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Mergers ,
Netflix
On October 20, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued “Antitrust Guidance for Human Resources (HR) Professionals.” The jointly prepared guidance—directed at HR...more