Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 11
A Conversation With NAAG Executive Director Brian Kane - Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Chipotle and Sweetgreen Settle Food Fight Over CHIPOTLE Trademark
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Chipotle and Sweetgreen Settle Food Fight Over CHIPOTLE Trademark
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Feds Danske to a New Tune
State AG Pulse | Money, Money, Money: Where does it go and why?
The Chartwell Chronicles: Occupational Exposure Claims
The Chartwell Chronicles: An Overview of New Jersey Workers' Compensation
Patient Steering and Charting
A Look at the Unique Features of State AG Investigations and What Companies Should Consider in Selecting Outside Counsel - Regulatory Oversight Podcast
A Close Look at the Justice Department’s Settlement with Meta (Formerly Facebook) to Resolve Alleged Fair Housing Act Violations Arising from Meta’s Targeted Advertising System
Settlement and Mediation Strategy
An Overview of South Carolina Workers' Compensation
An Overview of New Jersey Workers' Compensation
Protecting Trade Secrets When Facing Lawsuits or Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures
No Harbor is Limitless: Restrictions of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute's Safe Harbor Provisions
Episode 149 -- A Deep Dive into Alexion's SEC Settlement for FCPA Violations
Developments in New York State Labor and Employment Law – What You Need to Know in 2020
DOL Sets Enforcement Records Again - Employment Law This Week® - Trending News
Jones Day Presents: Large Business & International Examination Strategies: Fast Track Settlements
On August 5, 2024, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed a rare[1] gun jumping[2] civil lawsuit and proposed settlement in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Legends...more
The U.S. agencies concluded 11 significant merger investigations in the first half of 2024—just one shy of the total concluded in all of 2023. Activity has picked up considerably since last year but is still below the...more
The U.S. agencies announced the conclusion of six significant merger investigations in Q1 2024, double the number seen last quarter. This marks the end of six quarters of three or fewer significant investigations. In line...more
The American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s annual Spring Meeting concluded on April 12. The annual Spring Meeting featured updates from federal, state and international antitrust enforcers and extensive discussion...more
Only 12 significant merger investigations concluded in 2023—a drop of 40 percent from just last year and by far the lowest in DAMITT history. This observed and verifiable drop sharply contrasts with recent reports that...more
Key Takeaways - An FTC merger settlement in the $5.2 billion transaction between EQT and Quantum, two producers of natural gas in the Appalachian Basin, signals the antitrust agencies’ new approach to analyzing the potential...more
United States - All significant U.S. merger investigations concluded in either a complaint or an abandoned transaction. Four of the last five quarters have now concluded without any consent agreements, demonstrating the...more
The FTC’s Amgen/Horizon Lawsuit Ends With a Whimper - We covered the FTC’s investigation into (and litigation challenging) Amgen’s $28.3 billion acquisition of rare disease specialist Horizon Therapeutics in our Q1 and...more
Long a feature of directors’ and officers’ (D&O) liability insurance policies, the so-called “Bump-Up” Exclusion has gotten significant attention over the last few years. Because of the recent escalation in securities...more
For years, the antitrust enforcement agencies have indicated their antipathy toward resolving competition issues in proposed mergers by entering into consent decrees that prohibit certain conduct, rather than stopping the...more
All significant U.S. merger investigations concluded in either a complaint or an abandoned transaction. Three of four quarters over the last year have now concluded without any consent agreements, demonstrating the agencies’...more
Earlier this year, Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, who leads the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division, announced that the Antitrust Division would eschew settlements in merger challenges in...more
In one of the most high-profile actions recently undertaken by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Fort Worth Office, the SEC in late October settled securities fraud charges for nearly $40 million against Akazoo, S.A.,...more
This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between February and June 2020....more
There has been a new development in the Xerox and Fujifilm (“Fuji”) litigation: Justice Ostrager of the New York Commercial Division declined to (i) certify the putative class, (ii) approve the proposed class settlement, and...more
IMPACT OF EQUIFAX, FACEBOOK SETTLEMENTS - Health care industry boards should give close attention to the governance implications of recent privacy settlements entered into by Equifax and Facebook. Their unique facts...more
A federal agency has, for the time being at least, refused to intervene in a dispute between Amtrak and Metra over Metra’s use of Chicago Union Station. Back in April, this blog reported on a budding conflict between...more
On June 8, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) approved a settlement between its Office of Enforcement and Duke Energy Corporation resolving allegations that Duke and certain of its...more
Today, I want to explore the differences in two types of monitorships; a post-resolution monitorship and a pre-settlement monitorship. I am joined in this exploration by Eric R. Feldman, Senior Vice President and Managing...more
On May 26, 2017, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery granted plaintiffs’ request to sever and stay fiduciary duty breach claims settled with directors of Good Technology Corporation (“Good”) and...more
In Gordon v. Verizon Communications, Inc., No. 653084/13, 2017 WL 442871 (N.Y. App. Div. Feb. 2, 2017), the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Judicial Department (the “First Department”),...more
On February 2, 2017, the Appellate Division, First Department issued a unanimous decision in Gordon v. Verizon Communications, Inc., No. 653084/13, 2017 BL 31251 (1st Dep’t Feb. 2, 2017) that may have significant consequences...more
On October 5, 2016, Skadden hosted its Fourth Annual Seminar for Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device Companies. The seminar focused on the current and developing challenges facing such companies and included...more
The Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC” or “Commission”) has made its preference known for structural, rather than conduct, remedies when attempting to craft consent solutions in reviewing antitrust provocative mergers. In...more
The hits just keep on coming for Wells Fargo, who now is facing questions about its failure to prime the market for news of its $185 million SEC settlement earlier this month. The main concern with that tack is that Wells...more