Congress and the federal courts have—over time—created several exemptions or immunities to antitrust liability.

From today's standpoint within the European defence industry, fresh opportunities are beginning to surface. The United States' geopolitical shift towards the Chinese and Indo-Pacific regions is casting uncertainty...

In our first installment of InMotion last September, we suggested that a recently filed lawsuit by Tesla against the Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association (LADA) and various parties...

Under what is commonly known as "Noerr-Pennington immunity," persons exercising their First Amendment right to petition the government for redress...

This newsletter provides a general overview of the most important changes to Russian employment and immigration laws in 2018 and covers the key aspects of court practice on employment-related issues.

In a recent decision in In Re Humira (Adalimumab) Antitrust Litigation, No. 19-cv-1873, Judge Shah of the Northern District of Illinois dismissed a consolidated class action complaint filed by U.S...

On 25 December 2018 the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation ("Plenum") has adopted recommendations for the court practice on the execution and interpretation of agreements.

Federal Trade Commission Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell rebuffed two of FTC Chairman Timothy Muris’ key antitrust initiatives last November, when he dismissed the FTC staff’s complaint against Union Oil Co. of California ("Unocal").

The District of Delaware recently denied a motion to dismiss an antitrust counterclaim in a patent infringement action in the wake of defendant Mylan, Inc. ("Mylan") having filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application ("ANDA") with the Federal Drug Administration ("FDA").

Der Föderale Antimonopoldienst von Russland („FAS") strebt bereits seit mehreren Jahren die verstärkte Einführung von kartellrechtlichen Compliance-Programmen an.

For most of those interested in Denmark, its culture and traditions, hygge is one of the first words to learn.

On June 22, 2004, President Bush signed into law H.R. 1086, which includes the Standards Development Organization Advancement Act of 2004 ("the Act"). The Act amends the existing National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 ("the NCRPA") to extend the NCRPA protections to standards development organizations ("SDO").

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice have changed two of their review processes.

On November 12, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a decision reversing the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, and holding that Village Supermarkets, Inc., which attempted to thwart the plans of Hanover 3201 Realty LLC to develop its property with a competitor supermarket, may be subject to an antitrust claim brought by Hanover Realty.

Highlighting its continued focus on standard-setting processes, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently warned patent holders seeking injunctive relief against willing licensees of FRAND-encumbered standards-essential patents (SEPs) that it can and will challenge such conduct as an unfair method of competition under Section 5 of the FTC Act.

Scores of lawyers and stakeholders in the biologics industry had been eagerly awaiting guidance from a federal district court in the In re Humira (Adalimumab) Antitrust Litigation...

Following on from a recent CLIP of the month post on the lawfulness of strategic patenting under EU competition law, an amicus curiae brief recently filed by the US Department of Justice provides an insight into the US position ...

On July 30, 2015, the Ninth Circuit issued one of the most significant appellate opinions regarding standard essential patents (SEPs) subject to commitments to license on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.

This week, the Court addresses the Wiretap Act and whether the Energy Policy and Conservation Act preempts Berkeley's natural-gas-infrastructure ban.