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06/19/08 Antitrust Partner Receives Achievement Award
Antitrust partner John Shenefield received the AAI Antitrust Achievement Award during the American Antitrust Institute's annual national conference.
06/13/08 Chambers USA 2008 Recognizes Morgan Lewis in 19 National Practice Areas
Morgan Lewis is pleased to announce that the 2008 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business features Morgan Lewis as a leading national firm in 19 practice areas.
02/01/08 The Impact of FINSA on Foreign Acquisitions in the U.S., Financier Worldwide
Stephen Paul Mahinka is quoted on the impact of the Foreign Investment and National Security Act (FINSA) on foreign acquisitions in the U.S.
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04/07/08: Paving the Way for Follow-On Private Damages in EU, Competition Law 360
Morgan Lewis featured in Competition Law 360's April 7 guest column. (pdf)

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9/18/2008 - European Court of Justice Finds Dominant Pharma Companies May Not Prevent Parallel Imports by Refusing to Meet “Ordinary” Orders from Wholesalers (PDF)

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Nearly 50 professionals dedicated to antitrust law

Representation before competition authorities in the United States, the European Union and its member states, China, and Japan

Experience in senior positions with antitrust enforcement agencies:

  • Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice
  • Director of Office of Policy and Evaluation of the Federal Trade Commission
  • Deputy Director of the Bureau of Competition of the Federal Trade Commission
  • Assistant Chief in the Communications and Finance Section of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice

Honors

Chambers USA 2008 - Recommended in Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania for Antitrust

PLCCross-border Competition Handbook 2007/2008 – Recommended in U.S.; Recognized in Washington, D.C.

PLCCross-border Life Sciences Handbook 2007/2008 – Highly Recommended in U.S. for Life Sciences Competition/Antitrust

The Legal 500: Europe 2007 – Recommended for EU, Competition, and Distribution in France

Décideurs’ M&A Guide and Directory 2007 – Recommended for Merger Control: EU and French Antitrust Law

Global Competition Review – Recognized in the 8th edition of GCR 100

Competition Law 360 – Named among top ten antitrust firms in U.S. and ranking fifth in terms of growth

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12/01/08 Final Regulations on Review of Foreign Acquisitions by CFIUS Issued by the Treasury Department

LawFlash/Client Alert | International Alert
Antitrust Practice

On November 21, the Treasury Department published its final regulations pursuant to the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (FINSA), amending Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, ... more

09/18/08 European Court of Justice Finds Dominant Pharma Companies May Not Prevent Parallel Imports by Refusing to Meet “Ordinary” Orders from Wholesalers

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on September 16 that pharmaceutical companies that occupy a dominant position with respect to a particular drug may not refuse to meet “ordinary” orders from wholesalers in order to sto... more

08/12/08 Germany Proposes New Merger Control Threshold to Eliminate Need for Pre-Closing Approval for Deals with Minimal Nexus to Germany

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice

The German Ministry of Economics recently proposed amendments to the German competition law that would eliminate the need for a pre-closing filing and observation of the one-month waiting period for transaction... more

08/06/08 A New Frontier in Antitrust Enforcement: China’s Anti-Monopoly Law Effective August 1, 2008

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice

China’s new Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) has elements of sophisticated competition regimes around the world, particularly the European Community, but vague provisions and uncertain implementation may cause some lega... more

08/04/08 Buyers Beware: D.C. Circuit Lowers the FTC Burden to Obtain Preliminary Injunction

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice

A split panel of the D.C. circuit recently overturned a district court decision denying the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC's) request for a preliminary injunction (PI) to block the Whole Foods/Wild Oats merger... more

05/14/08 FTC Approves Resale Price Maintenance Agreements under Rule of Reason But State AG’s Appear Undeterred

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

On May 6, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued an order In the Matter of Nine West Group, Inc. ( Nine West ) that brings federal enforcement of resale price maintenance (RPM) into line with the Supreme Cour... more

2008 European Union Overview: Enforcement and Settlement, Global Competition Review: The 2008 Handbook of Competition Enforcement Agencies

Outside Publications | Chapter
Izzet Sinan

An extract from The Handbook of Competition Enforcement Agencies 2008, a Global Competition Review special report (www.globalcompetitionreview.com). Reproduced with permission.

04/25/08 New Rules on Foreign Investment in the United States: Treasury Department Issues Proposed CFIUS Regulations

LawFlash/Client Alert | International Alert

On April 23, the U.S. Treasury Department published long-awaited proposed regulations that clarify the regulatory-review process for transactions where a foreign person acquires control of U.S. national security or crit... more

04/24/08 D.C. Circuit Increases Burden of Proving an Antitrust Violation in Cases Involving Misrepresentations to Standard-Setting Organizations

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice

In a decision issued April 22 in Rambus v. FTC, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit increased the burden of proving antitrust claims premised on misrepresentations to an... more

04/07/08 European Commission Moves Toward Private Damages Actions for Antitrust Violations

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

The European Commission (the Commission) published its long-awaited White Paper on Damages Actions for Breach of the EC Antitrust Rules (the White Paper) on April 2. The White Paper proposes a number of reforms... more

04/07/08 Paving the Way for Follow-On Private Damages in EU, Competition Law 360

Outside Publications | Article
John Everett, Jr., Jonathan Uphoff

Morgan Lewis featured in Competition Law 360's April 7 guest column.

02/07/08 U.S. Antitrust Laws Go Global, presented at a Mid-Atlantic Regional Committee and the D.C. Committee of the ABA White Collar Crime Committee Seminar, Washington, D.C.

Presentation | Speech
Nathan Andrisani

February 2008 HR and Antitrust: What HR Professionals and Legal Administrators Should Know, Capital Connection

Outside Publications | Article
Alexis Gilman

01/29/08 Best Strategies to Deal with Multi-Jurisdictional Investigations and Joint Investigations, presented at C5's International Conference on Anti-Corruption, Frankfurt

Presentation | Speech
Jürgen Beninca

01/18/08 FTC Raises Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it will raise the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds. The new thresholds are expected to be effective on or about Febr... more

12/13/07 German Federal Court of Justice Upheld Recent Change of German Merger Control Rules: More Transactions Will Be Exempt from Filing

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

On December 5, the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) published a recent decision confirming the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court’s Sulzer/Kelmix decision, pursuant to which fewer transactions will require n... more

11/16/07 The New Face of Antitrust in Intellectual Property Disputes, presented at the 19th Annual National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Convention, Las Vegas, NV

Presentation | Speech
Willard Tom

10/19/07 Department of Justice Fines Company $550,000 for HSR Act Violation for Failure to Submit Item 4(c) Competition Documents

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

The Department of Justice (DOJ) fined Iconix Brand Group (Iconix) $550,000 for violating the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) by failing to submit to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and DOJ certain required d... more

09/19/07 European Court of First Instance Declines to Extend Antitrust Legal Privilege to In-House (and Non–EU-Qualified Outside) Counsel

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

On September 17, the European Court of First Instance handed down the long-awaited judgment in the Akzo Nobel ( Akzo ) case, upholding the Commission’s May 8, 2003 decision on the scope of legal privilege in the... more

August 2007 Antitrust in Praxis – A Guideline

Outside Publications | Book
Jürgen Beninca, Christian Zschocke

Written by Jürgen Beninca and Christian Zschocke (with contributions from John Shenefield, Izzet Sinan, and Jean Leygonie), “Antitrust in Praxis – A Guideline” describes major principles of European and German antitrust law for no... more

07/11/07 European Court of First Instance Upholds Acquisition by Morgan Lewis Clients Apollo Management and Hexion

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

On July 9, 2007, the European Court of First Instance handed down a judgment in favor of Apollo Management and Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., upholding Hexion’s acquisition of Akzo Nobel’s Inks and Adhesives Resins b... more

Summer 2007 The DOJ/FTC Report on Antitrust Enforcement and Intellectual Property Rights, Antitrust Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 3 (American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law)

Outside Publications | Article
Willard Tom

06/29/07 Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc.: Supreme Court Abrogates Century-Old Per Se Rule Against Resale Price Maintenance

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

Overturning a century-old precedent, the Supreme Court yesterday laid to rest—at least for federal antitrust purposes—the last per se prohibition on vertical restraints. The 5-to-4 decision in Leeg... more

06/27/07 Bell Atlantic v. Twombly Aftermath, presented at a Strafford Publications Teleconference

Presentation | Speech
Scott Stempel

06/20/07 Credit Suisse Securities v. Billing: Supreme Court Grants Securities Industry Broad Immunity in Antitrust Lawsuits

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

The United States Supreme Court ruled yesterday in Credit Suisse Securities v. Billing that securities laws create broad immunity from antitrust lawsuits, ruling that antitrust laws do not apply to the syndicat... more

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