Tag: Decision
Joint Venture… Subsidiary… What’s the Difference for Cartel Liability and Fines?
Laura Atlee, Apr 17, 2012
Parent liability in cartel infringement proceedings has been the focus of quite a number of our commentaries. Starting with the Akzo ruling, the EU...
“From Astra-Zeneca to Pfizer” Stage II: The Italian Administrative Court Reverses...
Stefano Grassani, Sep 13, 2012
As reported in the July edition of this Chronicle, on Jan. 11, 2012, the Italian Antitrust Authority ("IAA") found Pfizer...
Abuse of Regulatory Procedures in the Pharmaceutical Sector Developments Since the...
Patrick Harrison, Kristina Nordlander, Jul 27, 2012
In June 2005, the European Commission issued a decision finding that AstraZeneca had breached Article 102 TFEUby engaging...
Pharmaceutical Patents, Settlements, Reverse Payments, and Exclusion: Update
John Bigelow, Jul 27, 2012
In the June issue of this Chronicle my fellow contributors and I described a trend in appellate court decisions involving...
The Extraterritorial Effect of Antimonopoly Law
Kai Zhang, Jul 27, 2012
Monopoly refers to the phenomenon whereby a specific person or enterprise accrues substantial profits by controlling the production and selling...
Eleventh Circuit Rejects the Strength of a Patent as a Criterion...
Jodi Lucena-Pichardo, William Rooney, Jun 27, 2012
The Eleventh Circuit's recent decision in Federal Trade Commission v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "AndroGel" decision) addresses the latest...
Federal Trade Commission Suffers Another Setback in Its Campaign to End...
William Michael, Aidan Synnott, Jun 27, 2012
For over a decade, the Federal Trade Commission has sought, with little success, to end "reverse settlement" payments...
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes: Supreme Court Clarifies Commonality Analysis for...
Donald Falk, Marcia Goodman, Archis Parasharami, Aug 16, 2011
Last year we reported on the en banc Ninth Circuit's pathbreakingly broad decision affirming the certification...
A Tale of Two Panels: The Size of the Chancellor’s Foot...
Chris Sagers, Nov 16, 2011
Pretty strong words have been bandied in the few years since Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly. Two leading procedure scholars...
Antitrust Class Actions After Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes
William Monts III, Aug 15, 2011
Class action lawsuits are a staple of private antitrust litigation in the United States. Over the last four decades,...
