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California Considers Expanding State Antitrust Prohibitions

Big changes to California’s state antitrust law, called the Cartwright Act, may be in the works. These changes, if enacted, would represent a significant departure from current antitrust law, prohibiting otherwise lawful...more

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Suspended PGA Tour Members File Suit Against PGA Tour

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On August 3, 2022, eleven suspended PGA Tour members filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (the “Court”) against PGA Tour, Inc. (the “Tour”), alleging violation of...more

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No-Poach Case Against HP Dismissed for Failure to Allege a Plausible Conspiracy

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Many recent no-poach agreement antitrust claims have risen within the franchise context, where the alleged agreement was plainly described in the operative franchise agreements. In those cases, the parties fought over what...more

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WGA Scores Points In Agency Litigation

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The battle between the Writers Guild of America and the major agencies has been waged on two fronts for over a year, with mixed results. Attention recently has focused primarily on the WGA’s pressure campaign to require...more

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Agencies Move To Dismiss WGA’s Remaining Claims

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Another blow was struck in the litigation between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the top three talent agencies. In April, the agencies prevailed in their motion to dismiss eight of the nine claims asserted against...more

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California Attorney General Announces Historic $575 Million Settlement of Antitrust Suit Against Sutter Health

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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (AG Becerra) announced on Friday, December 20, 2019, the terms of a comprehensive settlement agreement reached with Sutter Health (Sutter), the largest hospital system in Northern...more

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Indirect Purchaser Cases in 2017: Key Appeals Court Rulings

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As we enter the new year, we review some of the more interesting 2017 court decisions in or affecting the indirect purchaser class action arena, and provide practitioners with some key takeaways for 2018 and beyond. As with...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

In re Capacitors Antitrust Class Action Update: Claims Slightly Narrowed, Parties Continue Discovery

When we last wrote in June 2015 about In re Capacitors Antitrust Litig., No. 14-03264-JD, consolidated putative class actions pending before Judge James Donato in the Northern District of California, the plaintiffs had just...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Seventh Circuit Affirms in Favor of Cheese Maker in Milk Price Fixing Case

This past Tuesday, the Seventh Circuit upheld the decision of Judge Robert M. Dow Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granting cheese manufacturer Schreiber Foods Inc.’s motion for summary...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

In re Capacitors Antitrust Class Action Litigation Survives Motion to Dismiss

Direct and indirect capacitor purchasers who filed class action complaints against an alleged worldwide cartel of capacitor manufacturers have, for the most part, survived a motion to dismiss in the Northern District of...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

California Supreme Court Details Antitrust Analysis of "Reverse Payment" Patent Settlements

Last week, in In re Cipro Cases I & II, Case No. S198616, the Supreme Court of California adopted the United States Supreme Court's application of the Rule of Reason to the antitrust analysis of so-called "reverse payment"...more

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CA Supreme Court Issues First Decision Extending FTC v. Actavis to State Antitrust Litigation

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The California Supreme Court issued a decision today in the Cipro antitrust cases, concluding that the analysis set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court in FTC v. Actavis applies to alleged “pay-for-delay” pharmaceutical patent...more

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Best in Law: What Businesses Need to Know on Antitrust Law

There is a saying among antitrust lawyers: Don’t say you “won” an antitrust lawsuit — just by being in one means you lost. Business litigation is almost always expensive and challenging. Antitrust litigation can be several...more

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How a Unilateral Policy Morphed into an Illegal Resale Price Fixing Agreement

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Two recent decisions in a California federal court case highlight the rocky shoals a supplier must navigate to control the prices charged by the resellers of its products without violating antitrust laws....more

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