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Competition Horizontal Agreements

MoginRubin LLP

The Evolving Role of “Agreement” in U.S. v. RealPage

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A clear case of horizontal price fixing. Private antitrust plaintiffs are increasingly bringing cases alleging that the use of a common, commercially available pricing algorithm by multiple competitors constitutes price...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Antitrust Laws and ESG Shareholder Engagement

I. Introduction - Shareholder activism to further environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals faces intense antitrust scrutiny in the United States. Some members of Congress and state attorneys general claim these...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Antitrust and Sustainability: EU, UK and US Take Divergent Enforcement Approaches

On October 12, 2023, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued its final Green Agreements Guidance (Guidance). The Guidance is designed to help businesses seeking to collaborate on environmental sustainability...more

A&O Shearman

Antitrust and information exchange: a new framework for analysis in the EU and UK

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The European Commission (EC) and the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have published new guidance on the assessment of cooperation between competitors. For the EU, this is contained in revised Guidelines on...more

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The new EU horizontal cooperation antitrust rules

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The European Commission ("EC") has published its final revised Horizontal Cooperation Guidelines and adopted new R&D and Specialisation Block Exemption Regulations (HBERs). The EC's aim is to provide more guidance for...more

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Revised EU rules on horizontal cooperation agreements include guidance on sustainability initiatives, information exchange and...

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On 1 June 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted revised Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations on research & development agreements (R&D BER) and specialisation agreements (Specialisation BER) (jointly referred to as...more

McDermott Will & Emery

EU Competition Law: New Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations and Horizontal Guidelines

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European Commission adopts the final version of the much-anticipated Research & Development Block Exemption Regulation and Specialisation Block Exemption Regulation, as well as the Horizontal Guidelines....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week At The Ninth: Housing Discrimination and Group Boycotts

This week, the Court addresses the constitutionality of a law protecting housing access for people with criminal histories, and the elements of a per se unlawful group boycott under the Sherman Antitrust Act....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

‘Green’ Competition: European Commission and Member States Consider Intersection of Sustainability Agreements and Antitrust Laws

Sustainability issues are increasingly high on the list of competition policy priorities both at the European Union and member state levels. The European Commission (EC) and national competition authorities are actively...more

Hogan Lovells

Germany’s proposed digital antitrust law: an ambitious project to regulate digital markets

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Germany is about to implement an ambitious new “digital antitrust law” (“GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz”) to effectively regulate online markets. The draft Ministerial bill on the 10th amendment of the German Act Against...more

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A toss up: Payment theory prevails but the rule of reason reigns

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On 31 October the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah's decision in United States v. Kemp & Associates, et al. that dismissed the government's indictment as time...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Apple Signals It Will Seek Supreme Court Reversal on E-Book Decision

Earlier this month, Apple signaled its intention to petition for writ of certiorari after the Second Circuit upheld Judge Cote’s decision to apply per se liability in analyzing the firm’s conduct with respect to e-books in...more

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