Antitrust Law

To determine whether Google violated antitrust laws, the Federal Trade Commission is using the big guns with attorney Beth Wilkinson, an ex-prosecutor for the Department of Justice. Wilkinson has developed a reputation as a powerful and …

Three of the publishers, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins and the Hachette Book Group, denied violating antitrust laws but agreed last month to settle with the government. Penguin and Macmillan, which declined to settle, filed responses in United …

In Leegin Creative Leather Prods., Inc. v. PSKS, Inc., 551 U.S. 877 (2007), the U.S. Supreme Court expressly overruled the categorical ban on vertical price fixing agreements that had existed for nearly a century prior. See Dr. Miles Medical Co. … Continue reading →

The case, currently in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, concerns whether the appeals court should affirm a district court’s holding that Ritz camera, a direct purchaser of the defendant’s products, has standing under the antitrust laws … Continue reading →

I’ve pointed out a few times in the past that I don’t think it really helps either company when Microsoft and Google to trade antitrust allegations against each other. Both companies are facing (or have faced) significant antitrust questions …

Constantine Cannon’s new whistleblower practice group formally brings together this broad experience and builds on the firm’s internationally recognized practice in the area of antitrust law.  Constantine Cannon is responsible for securing two …

Under antitrust law, regulators must issue the second request to companies that have proposed to merge when the agency reviewing a particular transaction decides it needs more than 30 days to make a decision about whether or not to approve … Continue reading →

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 adds another headache to the No. 1 social network, whose shares on Tuesday … Continue reading →

If it is approved by the judge overseeing the case, it would be the first civil settlement reached with a Chinese company under U.S. antitrust cartel law, lawyers for the purchasers said. “As such, the settlement is an important step … Continue reading →

Under antitrust law, regulators must issue the second request to companies that have proposed to merge when the agency reviewing a particular transaction decides it needs more than 30 days to make a decision about whether or not to approve … Continue reading →