Tag: Court

Gregory Pelnar, Mar 26, 2010 American Needle v. National Football League has been variously dubbed the "most important case in sports history," , "an opportunity...

Thomas Brown, Katherine Robison, Ian Simmons, Mar 26, 2010 The transcript of the oral argument in this year's most watched antitrust case, American Needle v....

Geoffrey Manne, Feb 28, 2010 There is a real danger that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) actually believes its stated rationale for bringing its case...

Keith Hylton, Feb 28, 2010 The Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC’s”) new legal attack on Intel threatens to leave the company a shell of its former...

Herbert Hovenkamp, Feb 28, 2010 While the FTC has statutory authority to enforce the Clayton Act, it cannot enforce the Sherman Act directly. The Supreme...

Daniel Crane, Feb 28, 2010 The Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC’s”) unprecedented enforcement action against Intel raises profound issues concerning the scope of the FTC’s powers...

Court, David Olsky, Jan 29, 2010 Over the past three years, certain state attorneys general have spoken out strongly against Resale Price Maintenance (“RPM”) practices,...

James Grimmelmann, Jan 26, 2010 The deal that Google would get under the proposed amended settlement in the Authors Guild case is exclusive in one...

Leiv Blad, Bryan Killian, Jan 27, 2010 Overturning a 96-year-old rule, the United States Supreme Court held in Leegin that minimum resale price maintenance (“RPM”)...

Gregory Pelnar, May 27, 2009 The merchandising/licensing units of sports leagues have been challenged as violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Act in a...