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February 28, 2020
FTC Won't Halt Axon Challenge Amid Constitutionality Fight
The Federal Trade Commission has refused to hit the brakes on an in-house challenge to Axon's completed purchase of a body camera supplier, holding the company has little chance of making it out of the starting gate with a federal court attack on the agency's constitutionality.
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February 28, 2020
Coffeemaker Roasts Keurig's 'Delay Strategy' In Antitrust MDL
A California-based coffee company alerted a New York federal judge to an alleged “delay strategy” by Keurig Inc. in yearslong multidistrict litigation, arguing that the family-run operation has been unfairly forced to wait over five years to establish its case against the coffee machine giant.
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February 28, 2020
Aussie Banks Say They Should Exit Rate-Rigging Suit Too
Two Australian banks claim they should’ve been among the seven banks dismissed in mid-February from a proposed class action alleging manipulation of Australia’s benchmark interest rate.
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February 28, 2020
Mallinckrodt, Express Scripts Can't Get Ill. City's Atty Fee Info
A "speculative" argument about possible conflicts between lawyers suing Mallinckrodt ARD Inc. and Express Scripts Inc. over allegedly inflated prices for hormone drugs doesn't justify the handover of information from an Illinois city about how it's paying its legal bills, a federal judge has ruled.
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February 28, 2020
3 Employment Law Changes That Affect Franchisors
In light of an evolving employment law landscape, franchisors no longer need to consider joint employment liability a serious threat, and should contemplate removing no-poach and noncompete provisions from their franchise agreements, says Thomas Pitegoff at Offit Kurman.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
- Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition
- European Commission, Competition Directorate
- UK Competition and Markets Authority
- Germany’s Federal Cartel Office
- China’s Ministry Of Commerce
- Japan Fair Trade Commission
- Korea Fair Trade Commission
- Canada’s Competition Bureau
- Brazil’s Council for Economic Defense
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Clayton Act
- Federal Trade Commission Act
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
- Robinson-Patman Act
- Sherman Act
- International antitrust legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Criminal charges over antitrust issues
- Global cartel investigations and actions
- Merger reviews and second requests
- Merger challenges and divestiture orders
- Anti-monopoly actions
- Pharmaceutical pay-for-delay challenges
- Bid-rigging probes
- Kickback, bribery, and corruption cases
- Challenges to state aid and other subsidies
- LITIGATION
- Antitrust class actions
- Price-fixing cases
- Illegal monopoly suits
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of competition practices
Readership
- Antitrust and competition lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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