Cartel conduct tends to occur in secret. As a result, the Antitrust Division has long focused on augmenting its abilities to identify conspiracies and to incentivize self-reporting of conduct that may otherwise go undetected…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Criminal Law, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
Like in the United States, competition enforcement in Europe is in flux. The European Commission has appointed new leadership (Teresa Ribera) and set new policy directives. While one could not be blamed for focusing all…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions, International Law & Trade
In the wake of the recent major revisions to the federal merger review form, states are also getting into the act, creating broad new transaction notification requirements. Such notification requirements are not completely new,…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions
Tennessee basketball player Zakai Zeigler has appealed the district court’s denial of his bid to secure a preliminary injunction against the NCAA’s “Four-Seasons Rule.” We will be closely following what the Sixth Circuit does,…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is continuing to pursue pharmaceutical manufacturers for allegedly improperly listing patents in the “Orange Book,” delaying the entry of generic drug competitors. On May 21, the FTC renewed…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health, Intellectual Property
When agency enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA) was revived near the end of the Biden administration, it was met with mixed reactions. Given the Republican Commissioners’ disapproval of the complaints, it came as no…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Elections & Politics
On May 22nd, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed a joint Statement of Interest in a case against several prominent asset managers brought last year by the Texas Attorney General. In their…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Mergers & Acquisitions
Ever since the landmark case New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), to succeed on a defamation claim, plaintiffs who are also public figures have a constitutional requirement to show that the defendant acted with…
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/ Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Constitutional Law
Each May, the American Health Law Association holds its Health Care Transactions Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to panels covering a wide variety of non-antitrust transactions issues (Stark Law, anyone?), we are…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health, Mergers & Acquisitions
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
