Elai Katz

October 17, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In his Antitrust column, Cahill Gordon & Reindel partner Elai Katz reviews recent developments, including a Tenth Circuit ruling that Microsoft's refusal to share with rivals interface data for its upcoming operating system did not violate antitrust law and the Ninth Circuit's deciding that a consumer could not bring an antitrust suit to challenge Apple's efforts to limit the availability of compatible digital music for the iPod.

By Elai Katz

10 minute read

September 19, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In his Antitrust column, Elai Katz, a partner of Cahill Gordon & Reindel, reviews recent developments, including the Eleventh Circuit's rejection of monopolization claims in a market limited to black hot rolled coil steel, the New York Attorney General's requirement that an online food-delivery service forgo exclusive arrangements with Manhattan restaurants before it could merge with a rival, the dismissal of conspiracy claims against three private equity funds, and more.

By Elai Katz

12 minute read

May 17, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In his Antitrust column, Elai Katz, a partner of Cahill Gordon & Reindel, writes that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a district court should not have certified a class of cable subscribers asserting antitrust violations by their cable provider because the plaintiffs did not adequately demonstrate that their damages could be measured on a class-wide basis.

By Elai Katz

12 minute read

December 21, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In his Antitrust column, Elai Katz, a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, writes that a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit ruled that state law antitrust claims brought by indirect purchases of air freight shipping services against foreign air carriers were expressly preempted by the Federal Aviation Act.

By Elai Katz

11 minute read

May 17, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In his Antitrust column, Elai Katz, a partner of Cahill Gordon & Reindel, reviews recent developments, including two decisions on whether resale price maintenance agreements are per se illegal under the laws of New York and Kansas, the reinstatement of a complaint charging U-Haul with attempting to fix prices in violation of Massachusetts law, several hospital merger challenges by the FTC, and more.

By Elai Katz

12 minute read

October 20, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In his Antitrust column, Cahill Gordon & Reindel partner Elai Katz discusses the Seventh Circuit's ruling that a conspiracy to fix potash prices abroad, alleged to have set a benchmark for U.S. prices, fell outside the reach of U.S. antitrust laws; the Ninth Circuit's holding that suits brought by state attorneys general on behalf of citizens did not constitute class actions and should not be removed to federal courts; and other developments of note.

By Elai Katz

10 minute read

August 24, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In his Antitrust column, Elai Katz, a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, writes that other antitrust developments of note included the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit's dismissal of a complaint by injured college football players challenging an NCAA rule prohibiting the award of multi-year scholarships and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit's reinstatement of price discrimination claims brought against an electricity supplier in Ohio.

By Elai Katz

12 minute read

January 19, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In his Antitrust column, Elai Katz of Cahill Gordon & Reindel discusses developments with AT&T's abandonment of its proposed merger with T-Mobile; rejected efforts by private plaintiffs to contest the Continental and United Airlines merger, and the Department of Justice's closing its investigation of Google's proposed acquisition of Admeld.

By Elai Katz

11 minute read

January 17, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In his Antitrust column, Cahill Gordon & Reindel partner Elai Katz discusses the closing of an eagerly followed investigation into allegations of anticompetitive "search bias" by Google, the dismissal of claims that rock salt suppliers allocated markets and rigged bids to sell road salt to the state of Ohio, a move to block the proposed merger of computer switch suppliers, and more.

By Elai Katz

12 minute read

April 19, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In his Antitrust column, Elai Katz, a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, analyzes the government's suit against Apple and a number of publishers for their tactics in a struggle to wrest control of the e-book market from Amazon, a recent Second Circuit decision and other developments.

By Elai Katz

13 minute read