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On 23 May 2024, the European Commission (Commission) imposed a €337.5 million fine to one of the world's leading manufacturers of chocolate, biscuits, and coffee products for restricting...

After three years at the helm of the Federal Trade Commission, Chairman Jon Leibowitz stepped down.

An increasingly common practice in American business involves requiring employees to sign covenants not to compete, usually referred to as "non-competes," with their employers or prospective employers.

On April 8, 2005, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada ruled that the filed rate doctrine barred federal and state antitrust and unfair competition claims against sellers of natural gas. The Court, in <EM>In Re W. States Wholesale Natural Gas Antitrust Litig.,</EM> J.P.M.L. Docket No. MDL 1566, affirmed FERC’s exclusive authority under the Natural Gas Act to determine the reasonableness of wholesale natural gas prices.

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently clarified the standard of proof necessary to permit class certification.

"Telecom Deadlines & Headlines" brings you the most recent legal developments affecting the telecommunications industry.

BurnLounge operated a business that offered participants the ability to become retailers of music and other merchandise by purchasing a package.

The European Commission released revised Guidelines for the assessment of State aid to airports and airlines on February 20, 2014.

New legislation aimed at assisting private claimants seeking damages for competition law infringements in the EU has nearly been finalised.

The Federal Trade Commission has announced revised jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 ("the Act"), as amended.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on April 22, 2024, filed an administrative complaint to block Tapestry, Inc.'s acquisition of Capri Holdings Limited, a deal valued at $8.5 billion.

The FTC recently hosted a workshop on preventing patent "hold-ups" in standard-setting. Panelists addressed and evaluated the three main tools currently used by SSOs to prevent patent hold-ups: patent disclosure rules, ex ante disclosure of licensing terms by patent holders, and RAND commitments.

The importance of acquiring companies refraining from the exercise of control over target companies before the government has completed its mandatory review pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) was reinforced recently by a Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division complaint filed against Smithfield Foods, Inc.

Parties considering mergers and acquisitions should expect this aggressive enforcement policy to continue in 2012.

In Mississippi, by statute, like those of many other states, beer manufacturers must designate exclusive sales territories for each brand.

Today’s unanimous Supreme Court opinion in Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc.(No. 04-1329) holds that a patent does not necessarily confer market power upon the patentee, and that in cases involving a tying arrangement, the plaintiff must prove that the defendant has market power in the alleged tying product. Today’s decision rejects the previously settled presumption that a tying arrangement involving a patented product is per se illegal and aligns federal antitrust law with the

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit challenging a June 2012 transaction combining two providers of product rating and review platforms (PRR platforms) used to collect and display consumer-generated online product feedback.