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DOJ Clarifies How it Analyzes No-Poach Agreements

Posted 03/15/19

Deputy Assistant Attorney General Michael Murray provided some guidance with his at the Santa Clara University School of Law regarding the U.S. Department of Justice鈥檚 (鈥淒OJ鈥�) antitrust initiatives with respect to the labor sector. 聽As Murray discussed, the DOJ has demonstrated an increased interest in prosecuting no-poach agreements in recent years and continues to provide guidance on the...

NCAA May Have Lost Antitrust Case to Student-Athletes, But How Much Did It Really Lose?

Posted 03/13/19

Friday鈥檚 104-page ruling in the antitrust case challenging the compensation rules of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (鈥淣CAA鈥�) is not a clear-cut victory for either side. Although Judge Claudia Wilken of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in Alston V. NCAA that the NCAA and its 11 major conferences are violating antitrust law by capping the value of athletic...

Federal Courts Reject Criminal Defendants鈥� Attempts to Avoid Per Se Standard in Antitrust Prosecutions

Posted 03/12/19
By Harrison J. McAvoy

Antitrust enforcers have recently notched a pair of significant victories, convincing federal courts in two separate cases to reaffirm the use of the per se standard in criminal antitrust cases. Federal courts have long applied the rule that certain restrictive business practices among competitors, such as horizontal price-fixing, bid rigging, and market allocation鈥攁re per se illegal, regardless of any purported...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted 03/11/19

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. In a Washington Post , Constantine Cannon鈥檚 Harry Litman comments on a report by The New Yorker of President Trump鈥檚 role in the government鈥檚 suit to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger. As Litman notes, The New Yorker鈥檚 Jane Mayer has...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Litigation, International Competition Issues,

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted 03/4/19

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. .聽 AT&T Inc, emerged victorious on Tuesday over the Trump administration鈥檚 drawn-out attempts to block its $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner as the U.S. Justice Department said it would not fight an appeals court...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Litigation,

Court of Appeals鈥� Decision Upholding AT&T/Time Warner Merger Signals Hurdles in Vertical Merger Enforcement

Posted 02/26/19
By Gary J. Malone

Vertical mergers among high-tech companies likely became a bit easier today as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to overturn the district court ruling that gave a green light to AT&T鈥檚 acquisition of Time Warner. As this blog noted, the imminent appellate decision was much anticipated for the signals it would give as to the direction of vertical merger...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Litigation,

Court of Appeals鈥� Imminent AT&T/Time Warner Decision Could Either Embolden or Discourage DOJ in Scrutinizing Future Vertical Mergers

Posted 02/26/19
By James J. Kovacs

As AT&T and the U.S. Department of Justice (鈥淒OJ鈥�) await a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that could decide the fate of AT&T鈥檚 $85 billion deal to acquire Time Warner, antitrust observers are waiting to see if that decision鈥攚hich could come as early as today鈥攚ill consign DOJ鈥檚 renewed interest in vertical merger litigation to the dustbin of antitrust history. The Court of...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted 02/25/19

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. .聽 Facebook is not currently in EU regulators鈥� crosshairs but it may well be in future because of the crucial role played by data, Europe鈥檚 antitrust chief said on Tuesday. European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager鈥檚 comments came...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Litigation, International Competition Issues,

Germany Launches Novel Antitrust Approach to Combat Competitive Effects of Big Data

Posted 02/21/19
By J. Wyatt Fore

In a decision with worldwide implications, the German Federal Cartel Office, the German competition authority, is taking the novel approach of using competition law to curtail Facebook鈥檚 use of its users鈥� personal data. In a decision announced on February 7, 2019, the Federal Cartel Office ruled that Facebook abused its dominance in the German market for social networks 鈥渂ased on the extent of collecting,...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement,

DOJ Reaffirms Per Se Opposition to No-Poach Agreements in Statement of Interest in Class Action Lawsuit

Posted 02/20/19
By James J. Kovacs

The U.S. Department of Justice (鈥淒OJ鈥�) has once again exhibited its recent interest in policing so-called 鈥渘o-poach鈥� agreements with the filing of a , under 28 U.S.C. 搂 517, in a private class action antitrust lawsuit. The statement of interest filed by the DOJ on February 9, 2019, in the case of In Re: Railway Industry Employee No-Poach Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2850 (W.D. Penn.),...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement,

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DOJ Clarifies How it Analyzes No-Poach Agreements

NCAA May Have Lost Antitrust Case to Student-Athletes, But How Much Did It Really Lose?

Federal Courts Reject Criminal Defendants鈥� Attempts to Avoid Per Se Standard in Antitrust Prosecutions

The Antitrust Week In Review

The Antitrust Week In Review

Court of Appeals鈥� Decision Upholding AT&T/Time Warner Merger Signals Hurdles in Vertical Merger Enforcement

Court of Appeals鈥� Imminent AT&T/Time Warner Decision Could Either Embolden or Discourage DOJ in Scrutinizing Future Vertical Mergers

The Antitrust Week In Review

Germany Launches Novel Antitrust Approach to Combat Competitive Effects of Big Data

DOJ Reaffirms Per Se Opposition to No-Poach Agreements in Statement of Interest in Class Action Lawsuit

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DOJ Clarifies How it Analyzes No-Poach Agreements

NCAA May Have Lost Antitrust Case to Student-Athletes, But How Much Did It Really Lose?

Federal Courts Reject Criminal Defendants鈥� Attempts to Avoid Per Se Standard in Antitrust Prosecutions

The Antitrust Week In Review

The Antitrust Week In Review

Court of Appeals鈥� Decision Upholding AT&T/Time Warner Merger Signals Hurdles in Vertical Merger Enforcement

Court of Appeals鈥� Imminent AT&T/Time Warner Decision Could Either Embolden or Discourage DOJ in Scrutinizing Future Vertical Mergers

The Antitrust Week In Review

Germany Launches Novel Antitrust Approach to Combat Competitive Effects of Big Data

DOJ Reaffirms Per Se Opposition to No-Poach Agreements in Statement of Interest in Class Action Lawsuit

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