Antitrust Law

Law360, New York (June 11, 2012, 2:39 PM ET) — Bingham McCutchen LLP has continued to bolster the strength of its New York office with the addition of a proven leader in antitrust law from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, … Continue reading →

“The greater risk is to Google’s business model,” said Albert Foer, president of U.S.-based think tank American Antitrust Institute. “How will it have to be modified in order to satisfy a variety of regulators who reflect different laws …

When you put aside all the technicalities of the antitrust laws, what you get in the end is the government acting as a tool on Amazon’s behalf. To its credit, Barnes & Noble is speaking out loudly against the DOJ … Continue reading →

Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG) co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are slated for questioning by U.S. antitrust regulators and hired a top Washington law firm to help them prepare for their interviews, two people familiar with the matter said.

Law360, Chicago (June 08, 2012, 7:08 PM ET) — A Microsoft Corp. antitrust attorney criticized Google Inc. and its Motorola Mobility Inc. unit on Friday for refusing to pay licensing fees for rivals’ patents while seeking unreasonable fees for their … Continue reading →

Illinois (11) – Antitrust; Banking & Finance … Sidley was “Recommended for Client Service” in the following Nationwide practice areas: Appellate Law; Capital Markets: Debt & Equity; Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products; Capital …

In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission, which is reviewing the deal to ensure it does not break antitrust law, is making inquiries about the pricing power of retailers like Apple and Amazon, who use cheap music to attract … Continue reading →

Facebook has received a “second request” from the Federal Trade Commission, essentially a request for relatively large amounts of data that the regulators will sift through to ensure that the deal complies with antitrust law. A prolonged review …

Speaking at an international competition law conference in St. Gallen, Switzerland, Joaquin Almunia, the European Commission’s antitrust head, said he expected Google to respond within a few weeks to a letter he sent the company in late May, outlining the … Continue reading →

The European Commission has given Google until the beginning of July to come up with ‘concrete steps’ to address search concerns as part of an ongoing antitrust probe … and if Google had infringed European law.