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On August 6, 2009, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Final Rule intended to proscribe market manipulation in the petroleum industry. The Final Rule prohibits fraud or deceit in the wholesale petroleum markets and also includes a separate provision prohibiting omissions of material information that may distort the market.

On November 12, 2009, computer microprocessor maker Intel Corp. (Intel) announced an agreement to pay competitor Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) $1.25 billion to settle all pending litigation between the two.

In a series of articles and public statements, enforcement officials from the New York Attorney General’s office have warned that vertical agreements to fix minimum resale prices, also referred to as minimum resale price maintenance (RPM) agreements, may remain "per se" unlawful under existing New York law.

This bulletin summarizes recent developments and activities of the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, and enforcement priorities under the new administration

We have previously posted about United States v. Apple, Inc., a blockbuster trial that ended with Judge Denise Cote of the Southern District of New York concluding that Apple had conspired with five publishing companies to raise the price of e-books.

Last week, Health Research Laboratories, LLC ("HRL") and its owner/operator agreed to pay $800,000 to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit for engaging in allegedly deceptive supplement marketing practices.

Can two competitors form a joint venture and sell products under their two competing product brands through the joint venture at a single agreed-upon price? The Supreme Court recently considered this question in Texaco, Inc. v. Dagher, ruling in a unanimous (8-0) decision issued on February 28, 2006, that it was not per se illegal under the Sherman Antitrust Act for true joint venturers to enter into such a product pricing agreement.

A recent lawsuit by the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and three states is the latest example of the antitrust authorities’ willingness to attack consummated transactions — even ones that are too small to be reported pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act).

Unfair acts connected to imported "articles" are unlawful under Section 337.

Last man standing in case against fitness-fashion designers

Federal Trade Commission Act—Exemption From Antitrust Laws Under "State Action" Doctrine

The FTC recently released its updated Jewelry Guides. The Guides explain to businesses how to avoid making deceptive claims ...

A federal trial court rejected a hospital's antitrust claims that it was substantially foreclosed from the market by its rival's exclusive contracts with payors. The court concluded that foreclosure in healthcare services markets must be evaluated at multiple levels of competition.

Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) issued their Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals.

Despite academic criticism and increasingly rare government enforcement, reports of the death of the Robinson-Patman Act are premature, and price discrimination continues to be a potential source of private litigation for many companies.

On April 22, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed and remanded an earlier ruling of the Federal Trade Commission in "In re Rambus, Inc".

You feel pretty good heading to work wearing that designer outfit you picked up at a bargain price over the weekend at the local outlet center.

During the 2008 presidential campaign, then-candidate Barack Obama singled out health insurance mergers as an area his administration would target for increased antitrust enforcement.