By Todd Cunningham | June 14, 2017
It would be, as they say in the sports world, a great matchup. College athletics' governing body, the NCAA, has retained noted trial attorney Beth Wilkinson to serve as lead trial counsel in an antitrust case that could redraw the nation's sports landscape.
By Shepard Goldfein and James Keyte | June 12, 2017
Antitrust Trade and Practice columnists Shepard Goldfein and James Keyte write that pricing algorithms present a number of unique opportunities to businesses to improve their processes and efficiency. Sellers can automatically adjust their conduct with the demands of the market, increasing efficiency and saving resources and money. However, critics worry that because algorithms have become so advanced, they may enable new forms of anticompetitive coordination that were not possible before.
By Carl W. Hittinger and Tyson Y. Herrold | June 2, 2017
Last month, we discussed Makan Delrahim's background, including his experience litigating antitrust and intellectual property matters at the Department of Justice during the George W. Bush administration and his extensive lobbying work at Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber and Schreck. On May 10, senators from the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing and asked Delrahim about several matters that pose potential challenges should he be confirmed as assistant U.S. attorney of the Antitrust Division of the DOJ. For the most part, Delrahim provided candid answers, at one point even offering, "I'm an open book on this issue." Three discussions were particularly insightful.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 30, 2017
A prospective class action filed by a couple claiming investment firm Vanguard overcharged them on share commissions by 250 percent can move forward on a breach of contract claim.
By Jenna Greene | May 29, 2017
When a lawsuit involves an antitrust conspiracy with nearly $1 billion on the line, when the case has been covered by media including ABC News, Time Magazine and the Associated Press, when it involves the epitome of a sexy topic—cheerleaders for god's sake—that's not usually when a federal judge will urge counsel to let junior associates have a crack at oral argument.
By David Ruiz | May 23, 2017
Katten Muchin Rosenman's Doron Goldstein discusses how Facebook's recent $122 million fine by EU regulators could affect future expansion efforts in the region.
By Ross Todd | May 15, 2017
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has selected three lawyers to spearhead antitrust litigation against Qualcomm Inc. over its patent licensing policies.
By Todd Cunningham | May 12, 2017
Makan Delrahim, nominated to head the DOJ Antitrust Division, is a Los Angeles lawyer with ties to the film industry, stirring talk in Hollywood that the investigation may be all but dead.
By Rebecca Cohen | May 12, 2017
Larry Popofsky, a former head of Heller Ehrman who argued a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court case that shifted the course of antitrust law, died on May 9. Popofsky, senior counsel at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in San Francisco, leaves behind an antitrust legacy that includes his son, Mark Popofsky, chair of Ropes & Gray's antitrust group.
By Katelyn Polantz | May 10, 2017
Top Justice Department antitrust lawyer Bill Baer is returning to Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, where he led the antitrust practice for several years, the firm said Wednesday.
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