The new Guidelines include several updates that reflect changes in the law since the 1995 guidelines were issued.

A generic drug company decides to settle a Hatch- Waxman patent infringement claim brought against it by a branded drug company, and as part of that settlement agrees to defer entry of its generic product until a date pressed by the brand during negotiations.

Earlier this week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Norwegian Shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics AS (WWL) has agreed to pay a $98.9 million fine for its role in a price-fixing scheme...

On January 15, 2013, the Obama Administration formally notified Congress that it intends to enter into negotiations to expand global trade in services.

Houston Christian University ("HCU") recently moved to intervene in the potentially historic antitrust settlement between the NCAA and current and former college athletes.

The District of New Jersey affirmed the FTC's authority to pursue claims against companies for unreasonably lax data security practices.

Partner Aaron Burstein edited the Fall 2020 issue of Antitrust magazine with Janis Kestenbaum. If you're looking to get up to speed on some of the most pressing...

On Sept. 2, 2013, the European Commission approved the acquisition of Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH’s Harburg refinery assets by Swedish company Nynas AB, finding that, in the absence of the proposed transaction, the Harburg refinery would be closed.

The European Commission (EC) is increasingly invoking conglomerate theories of harm in its merger reviews.

The EU Commission's anticartel enforcement activities have benefitted tremendously from its decision to adopt the philosophy behind the US DOJ's highly successful leniency programme and make a clear promise of no fines for the first company to inform on a secret cartel.

Pharmaceutical company Teva is under investigation by the European Commission over their competition practices, which the commission says interferes with medication research.

This update (No. 107 | 29 September 2023) covers key EU regulatory developments related to the evolving situation concerning EU emergency responses to, in particular, COVID-19,

This update (No. 110 | 24 November 2023) covers key EU regulatory developments related to the evolving situation concerning EU emergency responses

On December 13, 2016, the European Commission announced in a press release that Regulation 267/2010, the Insurance Block Exemption Regulation, will not be prevented from expiring on March 31, 2017.

On Mar. 9, 2015, the General Court confirmed the European Commission’s decision prohibiting the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext. The merger—which would have brought together the two largest exchanges in the world for European financial derivatives— was blocked by the Commission in February 2012.

Senior associate Zanda Romata authored an article for The European Journal for Substances and the Law (StoffR) titled "Sustainability Agreement Among Competitors: New Guidance from the EU and UK."

There have been several recent cases in the EU concerning the application of competition law to retail lease restrictions, which are of interest to any landlord or tenant active in the sector in the EU.

Private damages actions before the national courts of EU member states and public enforcement of the EU competition law rules by competition authorities are seen as complementary tools...

This chapter provides an overview of the practice of the European Commission ("EC") and European national competition authorities ("NCAs") as regards unilateral conduct in the energy sector ..

EC efforts to expand and invigorate investigations into this sector.