Elai Katz

February 28, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Elai Katz, a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, writes that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a decision by the Federal Trade Commission that the completed merger of two firms that design and erect specialized storage tanks was unlawful and would have to be split up to recreate a viable competitor.

By Elai Katz

10 minute read

June 21, 2006 | New York Law Journal

William T. Lifland, senior counsel at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, and Elai Katz, a partner at the firm, review recent antitrust decisions of interest, including one holding that the European Commission is not obligated to consider fines paid elsewhere when determining the fine to be levied on a participant in a global cartel, and another holding that the obligation to join a realtors association in order to access its multiple listing service did not constitute unlawful tying.

By William T. Lifland and Elai Katz

9 minute read

October 21, 2010 | New York Law Journal

In his Antitrust column, Cahill Gordon & Reindel partner Elai Katz reviews several cases involving the certification of classes for the purpose of settling antitrust cases, along with the Third Circuit's assessment of the sufficiency of pleadings alleging widespread antitrust violations in the insurance industry and the DOJ's enforcement action challenging non-solicitation agreements between high-technology firms.

By Elai Katz

10 minute read

October 22, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Elai Katz, a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, reviews recent developments of note, including the Second Circuit's ruling that purchasers of a patented drug had antitrust standing to bring monopolization claims based on fraudulent patent procurement even though they would not have been able to directly challenge the patent's validity, a district court's decision that a race-tire manufacturer lacked the requisite antitrust injury to bring unlawful exclusive dealing claims against a competitor, and more.

By Elai Katz

9 minute read

October 17, 2007 | New York Law Journal

William T. Lifland, senior counsel of the firm of Cahill Gordon & Reindel, and Elai Katz, a partner at the firm, write that the FTC's efforts to block the merger of two natural and organic supermarket chains failed when a district court ruled that the merging stores faced competition from conventional supermarkets.

By William T. Lifland and Elai Katz

10 minute read

November 25, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Elai Katz, a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, writes that in the waning months of the current administration, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced a wide variety of enforcement actions including: bringing a lawsuit to challenge the combination of two of the four largest domestic beef packers; requiring a divestiture in a foreign beer brewer's acquisition of the largest U.S. brewer; imposing one of the largest fines on this side of the Atlantic for a price-fixing cartel; and mounting an investigation that led to the abandonment of Yahoo! and Google's plans to collaborate in the sale of Internet search advertising.

By Elai Katz

10 minute read

February 22, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Elai Katz, a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, discusses developments of interest, including the DOJ's conditional approval of the combination of the nation's largest ticketing company with the leading concert promoter, subject to divestitures and restrictions on future conduct by the merged firm; the imposition of substantial fines for a buyer's premature review and approval of ordinary course procurement contracts; and more.

By Elai Katz

9 minute read

August 27, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Elai Katz, a partner of the firm of Cahill Gordon & Reindel, reviews recent developments of interest, including the FTC's contesting of two health care-related mergers, one an acquisition of two outpatient clinics by a hospital system in Virginia, the other a heart-pump maker's proposed acquisition of a prospective competitor; the settlement of challenges to a merger involving the only domestic manufacturers of aluminum sheathing; the Department of Transportation's decision to grant antitrust immunity to an airline alliance; and more.

By Elai Katz

9 minute read

November 16, 2006 | Law.com

Cahill Gordon & Reindel attorneys William T. Lifland and Elai Katz provide an overview of recent antitrust developments of interest. Among the cases highlighted are an 11th Circuit ruling that a losing bidder for steel producing assets had standing to bring antitrust claims against the successful purchaser. Lifland and Katz also discuss several cases involving acquisitions, including European Commission decisions finding that Spain and Italy had violated the European Union's Merger Regulation.

By William T. Lifland and Elai Katz

8 minute read

January 26, 2007 | Law.com

William T. Lifland, senior counsel at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, and Elai Katz, a Cahill partner, discuss recent antitrust developments of interest. The two analyze the 2nd Circuit's ruling on an alleged monopolist's appointment of an exclusive distributorship for its lumber products, and also outline a district court decision that sufficient evidence at trial supported a finding that generic anti-anxiety drugs constituted a separate relevant market to the exclusion of brand name versions of the same drugs.

By William T. Lifland and Elai Katz

6 minute read