Antitrust Law

Android Chief Squirms Under Questioning – Yahoo Finance

Rubin faced tough questioning from Oracle lawyer David Boies, who led the government’s antitrust case against Microsoft in … In the end, the case will probably be decided on matters of law, rather than what Rubin thought he needed to … Continue reading

Tech firms behaving badly – Politico.com

And suddenly, consumers, courts and regulators are having a hard time seeing tech titans in a different light than any other industry or even the robber barons whose actions gave rise to antitrust laws they’re now accused of breaking. “There … Continue reading

Suit: AQHA ban on cloned horses violates antitrust law – Amarillo Globe-Times

Two Texas Panhandle horse owners sued the AQHA on Monday, claiming the association’s ban on registering cloned horses is illegal and violates U.S. antitrust laws. The American Quarter Horse Association’s Rule 227, established in 2004 …

Suit: AQHA’s clone ban illegal – Amarillo Globe-Times

Abraham and Veneklasen — who own an undisclosed number of cloned quarter horses or offspring — claim the rule violates federal antitrust laws that prohibit any entity from monopolizing commerce without a legitimate reason. The Amarillo-based …

Horse owners sue, claiming AQHA’s clone ban illegal – Amarillo Globe-Times

Abraham and Veneklasen — who own an undisclosed number of cloned quarter horses or offspring — claim the rule violates federal antitrust laws that prohibit any entity from monopolizing commerce without a legitimate reason. The Amarillo-based …

United States: April Antitrust Bulletin – 4.18.2012 – Mondaq

Additional information is available in our April 2012 EU Competition Law Compliance Update … As competition has become more global in nature, so too has the focus of U.S. antitrust enforcement. The Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) number-one enforcement …

Mostly Good Reviews for Cast of Oracle/Google Trial – Law.com

David Boies, of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, is there to handle executive-size egos: The lawyer famous for grilling Bill Gates in the 1999 Microsoft Corp. antitrust prosecution … Alsup’s tough questions about copyright law. Google’s Robert Van Nest of …

Technology, Telecom and Defense Companies Support CISPA Over Other Cyber Security Bills Despite Privacy Concerns – Cleveland Plain Dealer

Supporters of the bill emphasize that information sharing is voluntary under CISPA and say current laws leave them vulnerable both to cyber threats and to lawsuits stemming from breaches of privacy and antitrust laws. CISPA sponsors Mike Rogers (R-MI …

Critics of E-Books Lawsuit Miss the Mark, Experts Say – Wall Street Journal

But many experts say that under antitrust law, the department didn’t have much choice. And even if it did, antitrust experts say, it is far from clear that doing nothing would have been wise. Critics have accused the department’s Antitrust … Continue reading

DOJ Antitrust Chief: We’re Not Afraid To Litigate – YAHOO!

The outgoing head of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division has a message for companies that violate antitrust laws: We’ll see you in court. “The bottom line is the antitrust division isn’t afraid to litigate, and when it does, it … Continue reading