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Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

Sporting Events Business Faces $3.5 Million in Antitrust Gun Jumping Penalties

This week, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reached one of its largest “gun jumping” settlements following allegations that sporting and entertainment events company, Legends Hospitality,...more

Foley Hoag LLP - State AG Insights

30 State Attorneys General Team up with DOJ to Sue Live Nation for Violations of Antitrust Law

United States Attorney General Merrick Garland, giving remarks about the lawsuit, highlighted public criticism over Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s “exorbitant fees and technological failures” and stated that this lawsuit is “what...more

King & Spalding

Attorney General of the United States v. Wynn: D.C. Circuit Rules Out Injunctive Relief for Past FARA Violations, Leaving Criminal...

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On June 14, 2024, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held that the Department of Justice (DOJ) may not seek an injunction to compel retroactive registration under the Foreign Agents Registration...more

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Different School of Thought: 15 States Sue to Challenge 2024 Title IX Regulations

As previously discussed in our four-part series, on April 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education released final Title IX regulations that apply to complaints of sex discrimination occurring on or after the effective date...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

2023 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: Standard Essential Patents at the PTAB: Are SEPs Faring any Differently than...

Standard-essential patents (SEPs) are on the rise. A key factor undergirding that rise is the desire for device connectivity in all things, and the fact that reliable and robust connectivity is impossible without using key...more

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Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality V. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:...

As noted in an April 27th blog post, the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States...more

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Air Enforcement: U.S. Department of Justice and Beverly, Ohio, Ferroalloy Production Facility Enter Into Consent Decree

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Globe Metallurgical, Inc. (“GMI”) entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) in the United States District Court (Southern District of Ohio) addressing alleged Clean Air Act...more

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Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality V. U.s. Environmental Protection Agency: Joint...

As noted in an April 27th blog post, the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: U.S. District Court Grants Joint Motion to...

As noted in an April 27th blog post, the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief in the United States District Court...more

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Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: U.S. District Court Sets Briefing Schedules...

As noted in an April 27th blog post, the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief in the United States District Court...more

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Twitter Will Pay $150 Million to Settle Charges That It Misrepresented Its Privacy and Security Practices

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Last week, the United States Department of Justice, acting on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, took action against Twitter, Inc. for allegedly using private account security data to sell targeted advertisements without...more

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

Uncertain Seas for SEP Sailing In the US – New Guidance May Cause Stormy SEP Future

The DOJ is requesting public comment on a new draft policy concerning licensing negotiations and remedies for standards-essential patents (SEPs) subject to voluntary F/RAND commitments recently jointly issued by the U.S....more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Winter 2021-2022 Antitrust Cartel Primer

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This Cartel primer, full document linked below, brings together our knowledge of cartel cases and distills it in an easily digestible and practical format. It discusses challenges targets face in responding to cartel...more

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JONES DAY TALKS®: Consumer Protection Enforcement Changes Likely After SCOTUS AMG Decision

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In AMG Capital Management v. FTC, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Federal Trade Commission Act does not allow the FTC to seek, from violators of the Act, "equitable monetary relief" in the form of restitution or...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

Bid Protests – Filing a COFC Protest

As explained in prior postings, there are three forums that have jurisdiction or authority to hear bid protests: the procuring agency, the U.S. Accountability (GAO), and the U.S. Court Federal Claims (COFC). Here we will...more

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Trademark and Copyright Implications of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

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On December 27, 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which in addition to providing stimulus relief for the COVID pandemic, it includes important changes to trademark and copyright law. TRADEMARK...more

Cozen O'Connor

1st Amendment Win For Credit Card Surcharges| Texas Sues Over Electricity Bills | Dodgy COVID Fees

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2022 AG Elections- Former South Dakota Attorney General Steps Back into Contention for AG’s Office- •Marty Jackley, who formerly served as U.S. Attorney for South Dakota, South Dakota AG, and President of the National...more

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The Department of Justice Takes on the IEEE

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On September 10, the antitrust division of US Department of Justice (DOJ) took the unusual step of revising a 2015 business review letter it had sent to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 7, September 2020

U.S. Judge Halts Trump's TikTok Ban, Hours Before It was Set to Start - "John Hall, an attorney for TikTok, said that the app, with some 100 million American users, is a 'modern day version of the town square' and shutting...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

DOJ to IEEE: Yes, Injunctive Relief Should Be Available for SEPs, and Stop Saying Otherwise

Last Thursday, September 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) issued an updated Business Review Letter (“2020 Letter”) to the Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineers, Incorporated...more

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Lessons Learned from Sabre/Farelogix and Evonik/PeroxyChem

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On April 8, 2020, Judge Leonard Stark of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware denied an injunction requested by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to block Sabre Corp.’s $360...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

DOJ Takes First Action against COVID-19 Fraud

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On March 22, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a press release announcing its first action against COVID-19 fraudsters: a civil complaint seeking an injunction ordering the website coronavirusmedicalkit.com to...more

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404 Enforcement/Remedy Proceeding: Federal District Court Addresses Federal Government Request for Wetland Rehabilitation

A United States District Court (Western District of Pennsylvania) (“Court”) addressed in a February 27th Order a United States Department of Justice (“DOJ” or “United States”) request for an Order directing certain...more

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VOC Emissions from Upstream Oil and Gas Operations: EPA Kicks Off 2020 Clean Air Enforcement with Two Significant Settlements

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Last week, the EPA announced two significant settlements for violations of the Clean Air Act relating to emissions of volatile organic compounds (“VOCs”) from upstream oil and gas production facilities. These enforcement...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Out with the old, and in with the new: joint policy statement and recent cases confirm that injunctive relief on...

When licensing discussions with an intransigent implementer break down, SEP owners face a difficult question: what remedies are available (injunctive relief or damages) in each U.S. court (International Trade Commission and...more

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