The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held last week that The Coca-Cola Company cannot be sued under the Lanham Act over the name and labeling of a juice product that is authorized by FDA regulations.

Traditionally, plaintiffs asserting claims under Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act allege the existence of one or more product markets relevant to the defendants’ anticompetitive conduct and the defendants’ shares of those markets in order to state a plausible claim of defendants’ market power and/or monopoly power in a product market.

In what it is calling the Antitrust Division's "first criminal prosecution against a conspiracy specifically targeting e-commerce," the Department of Justice has announced that an individual has agreed to plead guilty to charges that he conspired to fix the prices of wall posters sold online through Amazon Marketplace.

A federal judge in Washington, DC ruled last week that the FTC must disclose the names of the individuals it relied on in its bid to block a proposed $3.5 billion merger between Sysco and US Foods.

On May 4, a new report released by Palo Alto Networks underscored the seriousness of these threats.

Earlier this month, Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed into law legislation prohibiting pregnancy discrimination by New York City employers.

The Federal Circuit recently handed down a long-awaited Section 101 decision, one with potentially far-reaching consequences for biotech diagnostic patents.

On May 20, 2015, a federal grand jury in San Juan, Puerto Rico indicted five individuals for bid rigging and fraud conspiracies in connection with an auction for public school bus transportation contracts.

We previously noted that the UK's new competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, has indicated that cartel enforcement will be one of its top priorities...

On February 16, American Needle Inc. reached an agreement in principle with the National Football League to settle its claims.

As we previously reported, last month, a jury returned a $6.31 million verdict for a class plaintiff in a suit alleging that Cox Communications had illegally tied its premium cable services to rentals of its set-top boxes.

This past Wednesday, Judge Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia set a hearing from May 5 through May 8...

On February 24 and 25, the DOJ and FTC held their second joint workshop to examine the state of health care competition in the United States.

St. Luke's Health System and Saltzer Medical Group last week asked the full Ninth Circuit to reconsider its ruling that their merger violated federal antitrust laws.

This is our fourth post on the DOJ's expanding investigation into possible price fixing by generic drug manufacturers.

Today, more than ever before, higher education lawyers are focusing their attention on issues of sexual harassment and sexual assault under Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972.

Federal tax law prohibits 501(c)(3) organizations from participating, directly or indirectly, in any political campaign activities on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office.

Under the New York Executive Law, certain charitable organizations that wish to solicit donations in the state are required to register with the New York State Charities Bureau.

The Court next rejected the argument that there was a prejudicial variance.

The witness answered in the affirmative, and defense counsel did not object.