Takeaways
- Antitrust enforcement continues
against nonprofits.
- Nonprofits have litigated in other
areas including employment and labor, governance and tax.
- Nonprofits can enhance compliance by
learning from the legal outcomes of others.
Antitrust
Caruso Management Company Ltd. v. International
Council of Shopping Centers, 403 F. Supp. 3d 191 (S.D.N.Y.,
Aug. 23, 2019)
A shopping center developer brought an action against a trade
association that operates RECon, a large trade show at the
convention center in Las Vegas for the shopping center industry.
The plaintiff alleged antitrust and tortious interference
violations based on the association’s efforts to assure that
the neighboring hotels would not provide event space to those
competing with RECon, by entering into exclusive contracts and
related communications with hotels in the neighborhood of the
convention center where the trade show is held. The plaintiff was
denied space by the nearby Wynn
