By Greg Land | October 24, 2018
The en banc hearing comes after a split panel opted to reinstate the case after it was tossed for failure to state a claim.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Evan T. Barr | October 23, 2018
Over the past few years, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division has increasingly focused its enforcement actions on industry-wide cartels and global market conspiracies where literally hundreds of millions (if not billions) of dollars in commerce may be at issue. The vast scale of these cases leads directly to the possibility of lengthy prison sentences and hefty fines, even absent any other aggravating factors. Unfortunately, those federal appellate courts that have interpreted the scope of volume of commerce do not fully agree on the proper methodology to calculate this crucial metric.
National Law Journal | Analysis
By Amanda Bronstad | October 23, 2018
A significant opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is expected to bolster the defense argument that judges shouldn't grant certification of class actions with uninjured class members. Judge William Kayatta wrote on Oct. 15 that a judge should not have granted certification of an antitrust class in which 10 percent of the class members had no injuries.
By Sue Reisinger | October 19, 2018
The last of three companies involved, StarKist agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of price fixing on canned tuna fish, according to documents filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
By C. Ryan Barber | October 18, 2018
The firm has declined to expand the scope of its lobbying to include meetings between Ted Olson, a former U.S. solicitor general under the George W. Bush administration, and members of Congress against legislation affecting oil-producing countries.
By Max Mitchell | October 18, 2018
A Philadelphia federal district judge has granted preliminary approval of a $15.5 million class action settlement against the cable giant Comcast.
By Scott Graham | October 17, 2018
The chip giant says Judge Lucy Koh erred in "process, reasoning and result" in certifying a class of some 250 million cellphone purchasers.
By Xiumei Dong | October 16, 2018
The IP and antitrust firm says it's moving closer to existing tech clients and planting a flag in "an epicenter in the U.S. for technology and scientific innovation."
By Xiumei Dong | October 16, 2018
The IP and antitrust firm says it's moving closer to existing tech clients and planting a flag in "an epicenter in the U.S. for technology and scientific innovation."
By Zach Schlein | October 12, 2018
The threat claim leveled by the DOJ attorneys was contradicted, however, in a declaration from William Barr, a Time Warner board member who served in the 1990s as U.S. attorney general.
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