In October 2016, the Obama Administration announced that it would criminally prosecute no-poach and wage-fixing agreements among competitors for talent. Starting in December 2020, through the Trump and Biden Administrations,…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Criminal Law, Labor & Employment Law
A March 21 Federal Circuit decision in Actavis Laboratories FL, Inc. v. United States, No. 23-1320 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 21, 2025) marked a victory for generic drug developers, affirming that legal expenses incurred defending…
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/ Health, Intellectual Property, Taxation
The Spring Meeting is the largest gathering of competition, consumer protection, and data privacy professionals globally, with lawyers, academics, economists, enforcers, journalists, and students from around the world. During…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Spring Meeting is the largest gathering of competition, consumer protection, and data privacy professionals globally, with lawyers, academics, economists, enforcers, journalists, and students from around the world. During…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health, Mergers & Acquisitions
The Spring Meeting is the largest gathering of competition, consumer protection, and data privacy professionals globally, with lawyers, academics, economists, enforcers, journalists, and students from around the world. During…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Spring Meeting is the largest gathering of competition, consumer protection, and data privacy professionals globally, with lawyers, academics, economists, enforcers, journalists, and students from around the world. During…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health, Mergers & Acquisitions
At the American Bar Association’s annual Spring Meeting on April 2–4, 2025, an economist and a group of antitrust practitioners, including Axinn partner Leslie Overton, came together to discuss issues of entrenchment on the…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions
The Spring Meeting is the largest gathering of competition, consumer protection, and data privacy professionals globally, with lawyers, academics, economists, enforcers, journalists, and students from around the world. During…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection, Mergers & Acquisitions
The Spring Meeting is the largest gathering of competition, consumer protection, and data privacy professionals globally, with lawyers, academics, economists, enforcers, journalists, and students from around the world. During…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection, Science, Computers, & Technology
During the first Trump and Biden administrations, state attorneys general upped their emphasis on bringing antitrust cases, and that trend seems to be continuing into the early days of the second Trump administration. The ABA…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Criminal Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Spring Meeting is the largest gathering of competition, consumer protection, and data privacy professionals globally, with lawyers, academics, economists, enforcers, journalists, and students from around the world. During…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Elections & Politics, Mergers & Acquisitions
The February 2024 ransomware attack on Change Healthcare was the largest healthcare data breach in U.S. history. The attack disrupted operations—impacting patient care and provider finances—and potentially exposed the personal,…
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/ Health, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Earlier this month, a federal district court denied the Outsourcing Facilities Association’s preliminary injunction motion, which sought to preclude FDA from taking enforcement action against compounded tirzepatide products.[1]…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
On March 24, 2025, the United States Patent and Tradmark Office (“USPTO”) issued a new Memorandum providing guidance on discretionary denials (or “Fintiv denials”) for inter partes review (“IPR”) challenges based on co-pending…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade
It’s been two years since the Antitrust Division brought its most recent — and only pending — criminal case involving labor markets.
The two-year pause may be telling. It could indicate that prosecutors are picking and…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Criminal Law, Labor & Employment Law
