Antitrust Law

Antitrust Litigator Jumps from Mayer Brown to Polsinelli Shughart – The BLT: Blog of Legal Times

He focuses his practice on complex antitrust, consumer protection laws, class actions, government investigations and health care antitrust matters. His clients run the gamut from hospitals to insurers to pharmaceutical companies. In an interview …

Antitrust, debt-settlement bills make late appearance in Kansas Legislature – The Business Journal

The court said a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that protected Leegin from some antitrust suits did not apply … legislators introduced a bill Wednesday evening that would make Kansas law conform with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, which …

ACOs, Clinical Integration and Managing Antitrust Risk – jdsupra.com

Notwithstanding the potential benefits of ACOs, collaborations among competitors can raise concerns under the antitrust laws. At the ABA’s Antitrust in Healthcare Conference, FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz explained that the FTC would continue to scrutinize …

Scholar: regulating Google results would violate First Amendment – Ars Technica

Moreover, the paper argues, the courts have held that First Amendment rights generally trump antitrust law—something of increasing concern to a dominant company like Google. “Antitrust law cannot be used to require a speaker to include certain material …

MLB, Comcast Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Game Packages – site.law360.com

claiming their live-game video offerings violate antitrust laws. The plaintiffs claim that the league, its teams and the Internet and cable providers they do business with have created an illegal monopoly over the availability of live games for fans to … Continue reading

China’s Top Court Issues Guidance on Anti-monopoly Law Suits – The Business Insider

A judicial interpretation of the Antitrust Law, issued by the Supreme People’s Court on Tuesday, has reduced the plaintiff’s burden to prove whether an industry giant, such as electricity and gas suppliers, has a dominant market position in civil disputes.

Does The First Amendment Create A Complete Defense For Google Against Antitrust Regulation? – Searchengineland.com

Yes says UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh in a new paper-cum-legal brief. The document, which was commissioned by Google, also serves as a kind of template for legal arguments Google might make in a US antitrust case. The release of … Continue reading

UPDATE: EU Charges Slovak Telekom With Breaching Antitrust Laws – Wall Street Journal

BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)–The European Union’s antitrust watchdog has charged Slovakia’s former monopoly telecommunications operator Slovak Telekom with breaching EU competition law by restricting access to its networks and charging rivals unfair …

EU Charges Slovak Telekom With Breaching Antitrust Laws – 4-traders (press release)

The European Union’s antitrust watchdog has charged Slovakia’s former monopoly telecommunications operator Slovak Telekom with breaching EU competition law by restricting access to its networks and charging rivals unfair prices. The European Commission …

McGuireWoods’ Howard Feller Nominated To Chair American Bar Association Antitrust Section In 2014 – PR Newswire

The ABA Antitrust Section is a professional organization for those interested in the fields of antitrust and competition law, trade regulation, consumer protection and economics. Its more than 8,000 members include attorneys and non-lawyers from private …