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Delaware Chancery Court Clears Musk of Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim

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On April 27, 2022, the Delaware Court of Chancery in In re Tesla Motors Stockholder Litigation rendered a post-trial verdict finding for Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors, Inc., on claims that Musk breached his...more

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Alert: D.C. Circuit Casts Doubt on FCC’s Authority to Impose Merger Conditions

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In a recent decision reversing FCC-imposed conditions on Charter Communications’ 2016 acquisition of Time Warner Cable, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals raised significant questions about the FCC’s...more

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Between Absolute and Amorphous: The Draft Guidance On Vertical Mergers: Commentary On The Draft 2020 Guidelines

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Businesses at different levels in the supply chain of a product choose to merge (“vertical mergers,” compared with “horizontal mergers” where businesses at the same level in the supply chain merge) for a variety of reasons,...more

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Big (But Not Bad) Data and Merger Efficiencies

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“Big data” has become one of the hottest subjects for antitrust enforcers around the globe. There is concern that large tech companies are amassing vast amounts of data and will use that data to entrench their dominant...more

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Antitrust Surprises from DOJ during the Trump Administration – Predicting the Consequences

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In his 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump frequently expressed populist themes, rhetorically criticizing “big business” and “special interests,” and signaled an activist antitrust agenda with his comment in October 2016...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.10.2019 | Top Story: Activist Investor Singer Discloses Stake in AT&T and Pushes for Change

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Paul Singer’s Elliott Management hedge fund revealed a $3.2 billion stake in AT&T and, along with it, a healthy-skepticism of the company’s 2018 purchase of Time Warner and general calls to divest as part of a 24-page letter...more

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Must-See Free Speech: Can Public Access Television Refuse to Air Certain Content?

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As MuniBlog readers may be aware, public access television airs programs ranging from school district and municipal government meetings to publicly hosted programs. Sometimes a program may offend viewers or be critical of...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck

On June 17, 2019, the United States Supreme Court decided Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, No. 17-1702, holding that a private nonprofit corporation that operates the public-access channels on the cable system in...more

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Financial Daily Dose 6.14.2019 | Top Story: Oil prices shoot up after attacks on tankers

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In case you haven’t had your eye on matters of global intrigue of late, figured we’d get you a bit caught up so that you know why your gas prices are heading north in the next couple of weeks....more

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Additional Lessons From AT&T/Time Warner: Self-Help Remedies in Merger Challenges

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The DOJ Antitrust Division’s high profile, unsuccessful attempt to block the AT&T/Time Warner merger ended on February 26, 2019 after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed the trial court’s decision to allow...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

AT&T/Time Warner: Lessons Learned for Companies Considering a Merger

On February 26, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (Court of Appeals) issued an important antitrust decision, which will influence how vertical mergers are reviewed in the U.S., and perhaps in other...more

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D.C. Circuit Upholds Vertical Merger of AT&T and Time Warner

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On February 26, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously affirmed a district court decision rejecting the U.S. Department of Justice’s challenge to AT&T’s $85 billion merger with Time Warner, cementing...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Antitrust in the Technology Sector: Policy Perspective and Insights From the Enforcers

Skadden’s Antitrust and Competition Group and the economics firm Charles River Associates recently co-hosted the ninth annual “Antitrust in the Technology Sector: Policy Perspectives and Insights From the Enforcers” seminar...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharm is prepping for a possible bankruptcy filing “as it seeks to contain liability from hundreds of lawsuits alleging it fueled the nation’s opioid epidemic.” Officially, the company went on the...more

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AT&T wins (again): Insights from the appeal

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On 26 February 2019 AT&T won its appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit when the district court's decision denying the government's attempt to block AT&T from acquiring Time Warner Inc. was...more

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Federal Appellate Court Upholds AT&T’s Acquisition of Time Warner

February 27, 2019 On February 26, 2019, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously affirmed the district court’s denial of a Department of Justice (DOJ) bid to permanently...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The DC Circuit Court of Appeals dealt the DOJ a blow yesterday with a ruling that “rejected the government’s claim that a lower court had applied antitrust laws incorrectly in allowing the merger” between AT&T and Time Warner...more

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Patent License Royalty Rates Are Strong Evidence Of Damages

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The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a jury verdict of $140 million in a patent infringement case. The damages were based on a reasonable royalty. The case is Sprint Communications Co., L.P. v. Time Warner...more

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DOJ’s Antitrust Division Reiterates Its Stance Against Conduct-Related Remedies

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Under the Trump administration, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) (and, to some extent, the Federal Trade Commission) has emphasized its role as an antitrust “enforcer” and not a “regulator.”...more

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Antitrust, Competition, and Economic Regulation Quarterly Newsletter - Summer 2018

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Read the latest news on antitrust, competition, and economic regulation in this summer edition of our quarterly ACER newsletter. ...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

AT&T/TIME Warner DOJ Smack Down: You Don't Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows

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Talk about a shellacking. In his recent opinion in the latest incarnation of U.S. v. AT&T, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon rejected, in no uncertain terms, the U.S. Justice Department’s efforts to block AT&T’s...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Delaware Chancery Court Finds Absence of Controlling Stockholder Does Not Eliminate Possibility for Adequately Pled Corporate...

On July 26, 2018, Vice Chancellor Glasscock of the Delaware Court of Chancery denied in part and granted in part Defendants’ motion to dismiss in Sciabacucchi v. Charter Communications Corporation et al....more

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DOJ's Challenge to Vertical AT&T/Time Warner Merger Experiences Failure to Launch

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The District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the request by the U.S. Justice Department’s Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) to enjoin the merger of AT&T’s television distribution business with Time Warner’s video content...more

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Health Care Industry Vertical Transactions: Expect Intensified Antitrust Reviews Despite Recent Government Setback

While federal officials have stated their intent to persist in questioning vertical relationships that they hypothesize cause downstream economic effects on product flow and prices, a recent loss by the Department of Justice...more

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A New TCPA King?: Second Circuit Rejects “Potential Capacity” Definition Outright But Ducks Issues of ATDS Functionality

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In the second Court of Appeal decision to reach the TCPA’s definition of ATDS this week, the Second Circuit Court of Appeal held today in King v. Time Warner Cable, Case No. 15-2474-c, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 17880 (2nd Cir....more

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