Antitrust
Publications of Interest
LawFlash/Client Alert | Life Sciences and Healthcare LawFlash
J. Everett, Jr., David Brenneman, Albert Shay
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) (together, the Agencies) issued their final "Statement of Antitrust Enforcement Policy Regarding Accountable Care Organizations Participating in the Medicare Sha... more
Presentation | Speech
Stephen Mahinka, Sean Duffy
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Greta Burkholder, Jonathan Rich
As global economic activity increases, the U.S. courts see more and more antitrust claims brought by customers and competitors allegedly injured in transactions occurring outside the United States. International cartel and mono... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Sean Duffy, Jonathan Rich
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has provided a jarring reminder of the penalties for dishonesty in Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filings. On August 15, the DOJ announced that Nautilus Hyosung Holdings Inc. (NHI) agreed to plead ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust and Labor and Employment LawFlash
Antitrust and Labor and Employment Practices
On July 12, in California v. Safeway ,[1] the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, held that a mutual strike assistance agreement among four supermarket chains was subject to cha... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently modified the premerger notification form and rules for transactions reportable under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act). The new form and the ame... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Morgan Lewis-TMI LawFlash
Morgan Lewis-TMI
The Japanese Fair Trade Commission (the JFTC) has adopted new rules that should streamline Japan's review process for both domestic and global transactions. The new rules will end the JFTC's practice of holding "preconsultations"... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice
The European Commission (EC) and many other competition authorities around the world have long promoted confidentiality as an essential feature of their highly successful cartel leniency programs. The authorities seek to encour... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice
As the global economy continues to show signs of improvement, more countries-including the UK, India, and Brazil-are moving toward rules that require approval of transactions prior to closing-even when neither of the parties to ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice
As part of its continuing efforts to better align the country's patent system with its competition policy, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released a 300-page report, The Evolving IP Marketplace: Aligning Patent Not... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice
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 become effective February 21, 2011. ... more
Outside Publication | Article
Swati Rawani
Presentation | Webinar
Stephen Mahinka, Michael Griffen
In this webcast, Morgan Lewis partners Michael C. Griffen and more
Outside Publication | Article
Daniel Schiffer, Scott Stempel
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice
On September 14, 2010, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) issued its long-awaited decision in Akzo Nobel Chemicals and Akcros Chemicals v. Commission (Case C-550/07 P), confirming that communications betwee... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice
On August 19, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (together, the agencies) issued new Horizontal Merger Guidelines (the Guidelines) to explain and clarify their current enforcemen... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it is proposing changes to the HartScottRodino Act (HSR Act) premerger notification form and rules. Almost every aspect of the form will be affected in some way. Wi... more
Outside Publication | Article
Daniel Schiffer
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice
On May 27, the European Commission (the Commission) published its new Motor Vehicle Sector Block Exemption Regulation (MVBER) and supplementary Guidelines (the Guidelines). The revision of the rules relating to vertical agreeme... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice
In the first Supreme Court victory for an antitrust plaintiff in nearly 20 years, the Court on Monday unanimously held that NFL teams should not be considered a "single entity" for the purposes of applying Section 1 of the Sherm... more
Presentation | Speech
Daniel Schiffer, Scott Stempel
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice
On April 29, German Advocate General Juliane Kokott at the Court of Justice of the European Union (Court of Justice) handed down her opinion in Akzo v. European Commission (Case C-550/07 P). The opinion argues that the commun... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice
After a long and somewhat contentious review process, the European Commission (the Commission) published its long-awaited new Vertical Restraints Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and Guidelines (the Guidelines) on April 20. Th... more