Tag: Antitrust
US: Sen. Lee comments on Qualcomm antitrust stay
Sen. Mike Lee (Republican - Utah) issued the following statement Friday, August 23, after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed a lower...
US: Morrison & Foerster expands antitrust and cartel team in San...
Morrison & Foerster announced that Bonnie Lau has joined the firm as a partner in San Francisco in its Global Antitrust Law Practice and...
US: NFL and DirecTV must face antitrust case over “Sunday Ticket”...
A federal appeals court on Tuesday, August 13, revived a putative class action alleging the National Football League’s (NFL) telecasting agreement with AT&T’s DirecTV...
Governing the Patent Commons
By Dirk Auer & Julian Morris (International Center for Law and Economics)
Thousands of patents underpin the technologies that power the digital economy. Coordination among...
EU: Google job search service draws antitrust complaint
Google faces another antitrust allegation in the European Union—this time focused on its job search service. A group of 23 job search websites sent...
US: Facebook abandoned deal to buy competitor over antitrust fears: NYT
Facebook considered acquiring video chat app Houseparty, but abandoned the deal last year due to concerns around heightened antitrust scrutiny, according to The New...
US: Judge dismisses antitrust suits against pork companies
On Thursday, August 8, a federal judge in Minneapolis dismissed antitrust lawsuits accusing several US pork companies of conspiring to limit supply in order...
EU: Commission opens investigation into PKN’s bid for Lotos
Polish oil refiner PKN Orlen’s bid for rival Lotos may reduce competition in Poland and neighboring countries and push up prices, EU antitrust regulators...
Chile: Garrigues hires Mario Ybar to lead the antitrust practice
Garrigues continues to consolidate its offering in Latin America with the incorporation of lawyer Mario Ybar to head the antitrust practice in Chile.
42-year old...
US: FTC launches antitrust probe into Apple-Amazon deal
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly carrying out an antitrust investigation surrounding a partnership between Apple and Amazon, according to The Verge.
The tech...
