Antitrust Law 
Five Mintz Levin Members Named Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers – Marketwatch
where he served as managing editor of the New England Law Review. Bruce D. Sokler serves as the Manager of the firm’s Antitrust & Federal Regulation Section. Mr. Sokler has practiced antitrust law for over 30 years. His practice includes … Continue reading
Korean Executive Agrees to Serve Time in U.S. Prison – FBI Press Room (press release)
On November 8, 2011, HLDS pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco to 14 counts of violating the federal antitrust laws between approximately June 2004 and September 2009. HLDS also pleaded … Continue reading
Patent Deals Bring Antitrust Attorneys to the Table – Law.com
No stranger to the pains of fighting drawn-out antitrust battles, Microsoft Corp. hired competition lawyers from two law firms when it sold a chunk of AOL’s patent portfolio to Facebook Inc. this past week for just over half a billion … Continue reading
How Microsoft Is Transforming E-Books – Mobiledia
The Department of Justice is suing Apple and publishers Penguin and Macmillan about their agency pricing model, saying it violates antitrust laws. The lawsuit destabilizes an e-book market — complete with offerings, publisher agreements and prices …
Second round: JetAway appeals antitrust dismissal – Montrose Daily Press
The federal complaint alleged the parties had violated antitrust law by conspiring to kill JetAway’s off-airport business, prevented JetAway from being sited on-airport, and that the 2005 bid for fixed-base operator services had been rigged.
Expanding health care competition, or contracting it? – Toledo Blade
The Federal Trade Commission says ProMedica’s two-year-old merger with St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee violates anti-trust law. If the consolidation is allowed to stand, the FTC asserts, it will “substantially” reduce hospital competition in the …
Silicon Valley finding Washington regulators uncomfortably close – Los Angeles Times
It’s being investigated for bypassing the privacy settings on Apple’s Safari browser. And now it’s facing the kind of antitrust scrutiny that befell Microsoft Corp. a decade ago. Google isn’t the only tech company having a white-knuckle moment.
U.S. Antitrust Move Has Google Fighting on Two Fronts – New York Times
Hylton, a Boston University law professor. But, he added, Google faces a tougher situation in Europe, where courts have a lower threshold for assessing market dominance. Also, antitrust regulators in Europe are much more powerful than they are …
FTC Hires Paul Weiss Partner for Google Antitrust Inquiry – Law.com
Google has reportedly assembled its own formidable team of outside legal and lobbying advisers as it seeks to thwart a potential antitrust case. The Am Law Daily noted last year that Google had reached out to ex-Hogan & Hartson partner … Continue reading
FTC hires outside lawyer to steer Google probe – Danbury News-Times
Now a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, in Washington, D.C., Wilkinson also has experience in antitrust law and white-collar criminal cases. The FTC stressed that Wilkinson’s hiring shouldn’t be interpreted as a sign it intends to sue … Continue reading
