Antitrust Law

DOJ Antitrust Chief: We’re Not Afraid To Litigate – NationalJournal.com

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 …

Amazon is Obama’s Mistress – Town Hall

Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder, announced on April 11, 2012 that the Department of Justice is suing Apple and five major book publishers on charges that they violated anti-trust laws by conspiring to raise the price of e-books.

Experts Say Government Had Little Choice in E-Books Case – 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

United States: Healthcare Tops The Agenda Of U.S. Antitrust Enforcers – Mondaq

During a roundtable discussion featuring federal and state enforcers at the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law’s Annual Spring Meeting on March 30, 2012, Sharis Pozen, the Department of Justice’s acting Assistant Attorney General for …

Antitrust laws wouldn’t be needed if corporations played by the rules – The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)

Letter writer Michael LaFerrara complains antitrust laws should be abolished because they punish successful companies such as Apple for being successful; that these companies are marketing products “in a spirit of free and open competition …

Sunday Dialogue: Books in a Digital Age – New York Times

The book industry may be (correctly or incorrectly) chastised by a Justice Department that perceives wrongdoing under the law. But the primary issue … prices — essentially sanctioned by the antitrust case — may save readers a buck or …

Research roundup: Caring for dual eligibles; Antitrust policy and the health law – News-Medical.Net

Every week, KHN reporter Shefali S. Kulkarni compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs. PLoS ONE: Geographic And Racial Variation In Premature Mortality In The U.S.: Analyzing The Disparities — Using data from …

Apple, Google and others to face former employees’ antitrust suit – IT World

Judge Koh was ruling on a joint motion by the defendant companies to dismiss the complaint filed under the Sherman Act and Cartwright Act antitrust laws. The former employees, all software engineers, had charged that from 2005 to 2007 the … Continue reading

Apple, Google and others to face former employees’ antitrust suit – PC Advisor

Judge Koh was ruling on a joint motion by the defendant companies to dismiss the complaint filed under the Sherman Act and Cartwright Act antitrust laws. The former employees, all software engineers, had charged that from 2005 to 2007 the … Continue reading

Apple, Google and others to face former employees’ antitrust suit – Computerworld

Koh ruled on a joint motion by the defendant companies to dismiss the complaint filed under the Sherman Act and Cartwright Act antitrust laws. The former employees, all software engineers, had charged that from 2005 to 2007 the defendants had … Continue reading