Tag: Pay for Delay

William Michael, Aidan Synnott, Sep 24, 2009 During his campaign for the Presidency, then-Senator Barack Obama promised that he would direct his administration to reinvigorate...

This Autumn 2009 issue marks several anniversaries; it is the tenth volume of CPI, the end of our fifth year, and the last issue...

Kevin Noonan, Sep 30, 2013 In June, the Supreme Court ruled 5-3 in favor of the Federal Trade Commission in FTC v. Actavis, Inc. Writing...

John Bigelow, Sep 30, 2013 Thirteen years ago-in 2000-the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and private plaintiffs began fighting certain kinds of settlements that sometimes arise...

Herbert Hovenkamp, Dec 20, 2013 Whether antitrust policy should pursue a goal of “general welfare” or “consumer welfare” has been debated for decades. The academic...

James Langenfeld, Dec 30, 2013 Patent settlement agreements that involve payments from brand-name drug manufacturers to generic drug manufacturers (so called "reverse payments" or "pay...

Sean-Paul Brankin, Jul 27, 2012 On July 6, 2011, the European Commission closed the case file in itsBoehringer/Almirall investigation. It did so without a formal...

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...

John Bigelow, Jun 27, 2012 Cases involving pharmaceuticals settlements to patent litigation with so called "reverse payments" or, as the FTC now prefers to call...

Kyle Musgrove, Richard Ripley, Jun 27, 2012 In April 2012, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") suffered yet another rebuke of what FTC Chair Jon Leibowitz...