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New SPC Judicial Interpretation in China Widens Path for Private Antitrust Litigation

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The Development: China's Supreme People's Court ("SPC") recently released a Judicial Interpretation of Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Civil Dispute Cases Arising from Monopolistic Conduct...more

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Navigating the challenges in arbitrating competition law issues

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Once considered non-arbitrable, competition law disputes between private parties are increasingly being resolved by arbitration. Even where competition law issues are not at the heart of the dispute, parties are becoming...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Seventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Claims Brought Against AbbVie

The Seventh Circuit recently confirmed that Actavis is the appropriate framework to assess biosimilar patent settlements, despite the differences in the regulatory structure—the first appellate court ruling on this issue. In...more

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Arbitrability of Antitrust Disputes in PRC and Hong Kong

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What should you do when an antitrust dispute arises between the parties and your contract is governed by PRC law or Hong Kong law? Can you resolve the dispute by arbitration? If your contract is governed by PRC law, as...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Stick, Carrot, and Privilege: Parliament Passes Major Amendments to Japanese Anti-Monopoly Act

The Upper House (sangi-in) on June 19, 2019, finally passed the bill to make major amendments to the Anti-Monopoly Act (the “AMA”)–the Japanese antitrust law. Submitted to Parliament on March 12, 2019, the bill has now become...more

McDermott Will & Emery

China to Consolidate Antitrust Law Enforcement Power

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The Chinese government announced on March 13, 2018 that it will consolidate the duties of three competition agencies into a new government agency to handle all antitrust matters. While it is too early to tell how this...more

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Antitrust Alert: Federal Court Rejects Failing Firm Defense in Merger Case

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A new decision from a federal court in Delaware reinforces the high burden that parties face in insulating an otherwise anticompetitive merger based on the so-called "failing firm" defense. The Justice Department ("DOJ")...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

Pierce Atwood LLP

In a Groundbreaking Decision, Third Circuit Provides Framework for Evaluating Numerosity

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One of the least disputed elements of class certification is Rule 23(a)(1) numerosity, and so there is relatively little analysis from the courts about it. Last month, however, a divided panel of the Third Circuit provided a...more

Perkins Coie

Ninth Circuit Issues “Antitrust Primer for Aftermarket Issues” in Aerotec

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In a precedent-setting opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Aerotec International, Inc. v. Honeywell International, Inc., No. 14-15562, 2016 WL 4709868 (9th Cir. Sept. 9, 2016), affirmed the summary...more

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Justice Scalia and the Demise of the “Genteel Monopolist”

A year before he took his seat on the Supreme Court, Justice Scalia’s future colleagues issued a decision encouraging dominant firms to behave more like that genteel, top hat wearing fellow from the Monopoly game than like...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Antitrust and Competition Newsletter - December 2014 (Global)

For this month’s Top Stories, we are republishing two very recent Orrick Client Alerts that address an important U.S. appellate decision regarding the extraterritorial application of U.S. antitrust laws and the first U.S....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

China’s Supreme People’s Court Releases its First Decision Under China's Antimonopoly Law

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Case sets precedent for antitrust disputes in China, particularly on how to define the relevant market, and assess market dominance and abusive conduct. Introduction – On 16 October 2014, China’s highest court...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Chinese Antitrust Enforcers Under Fire for Targeting Foreign Firms

China’s antitrust regulators have been on a tear lately. Last year the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (“SAIC”) began its investigation of Qualcomm for allegedly violating China’s 2008 Anti-Monopoly Law. SAIC...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Antitrust and Competition Newsletter - August 2013

China’s Anti-Monopoly Law: No Longer Just Merger Control? Until this year, China's enforcement activities in the field of antitrust, particularly as these have affected foreign companies, had been mainly focused on...more

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