Antitrust Law 
Hausfeld LLP Recognized Among the “Very Top Firms” in Antitrust in the U.S., and Three of Its Attorneys Were Selected as Leading Lawyers – PRWeb
Ms. Jones was one of only two women selected in the 10 Leading Lawyers list for antitrust. The annual Legal 500 guides provide an in-depth analysis that reviews the strengths and strategies of law firms and lawyers all over the … Continue reading
Antitrust Enforcement: What To Expect In The Next Year – site.law360.com
Law360, New York (June 06, 2012, 1:21 PM ET) — Election years bring major upheaval in Washington, D.C., and these changes can materially affect businesses. Often, companies feel the most direct impact from leadership changes at government regulatory …
Philips Gets EU Antitrust Complaint on Cathode-Ray Tubes – Bloomberg
The region’s antitrust regulator made the complaints against LG and … results with efforts to raise penalties against parent companies for competition-law violations by their units. ArcelorMittal SA last year won a reduction of nearly …
Sanctions May Chill Antitrust Cases, High Court Warned – site.law360.com
Law360, New York (June 04, 2012, 6:30 PM ET) — The Alioto Law Firm has warned the U.S. Supreme Court that sanctions imposed on the firm in a proposed class action challenging a $1.4 billion Southwest Airlines Co. merger would … Continue reading
Brazil launches revamped antitrust regime – Financial Times
“In the US, a merger could get filed, reviewed, go to trial and [be] resolved in that time,” said Michael Cohen, a partner specialising in international antitrust issues at Paul Hastings, the law firm. “In Brazil that’s just the period … Continue reading
Exploring the Dichotomy Between Patent and Antitrust Law – jdsupra.com
The interplay between patent and antitrust laws creates an interesting, if not confusing, area of the law. Patent law, on the one hand, grants rights that are frequently (albeit loosely) referred to as a “monopoly.” On the other hand, antitrust … Continue reading
Connecticut AG George Jepsen won’t seek to block merger of Yale-New Haven, St. Raphael’s hospitals – New Haven Register
NEW HAVEN — Attorney General George Jepsen said today that he will not seek to block the merger of Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Hospital of Saint Raphael under Connecticut’s antitrust law. Check back for updates. Here is the full … Continue reading
Antitrust approval for Human Genome tender granted – Marketwatch
GSK announces expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period for tender offer for HGS GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE: GSK) today announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust … the U.S. anti-trust laws to acquire HGS …
Antitrust regulators: Give Facebook a break – ZDNet
In the grand scheme of things, other than speculators, who cares who owns Instagram? Antitrust laws exist, ostensibly, to encourage competition. Back in the day, this meant breaking up monopolies and preventing price fixing. Now, as is pretty …
AG Signs Off on YNHH-St. Raphael’s Merger – msnbc.com
Attorney General George Jepsen completed his antitrust investigation into the deal and announced his decision to allow the merger to go forward Friday. “Based on the evidence developed during the investigation, and in light of the law applicable to these … Continue reading
