Elai Katz

December 21, 2005 | New York Law Journal

William T. Lifland, senior counsel of Cahill Gordon & Reindel, and Elai Katz, a partner at the firm, analyze recent actions on competition by the Federal Trade Commision and the European Commission.

By William T. Lifland And Elai Katz

11 minute read

September 23, 2005 | Law.com

The FTC did not challenge the merger of the first- and second-largest department store chains in the nation while the Department of Justice brought an action challenging a realtors' association policy that enables brokers to block rivals' access to listings on multi-listing services. Attorneys William T. Lifland and Elai Katz also examine other recent antitrust matters including whether cell phone service carriers' practice of requiring the purchase of an approved handset constitutes unlawful tying.

By William T. Lifland and Elai Katz

10 minute read

April 23, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Elai Katz, a partner in Cahill Gordon & Reindel, discusses recent decisions of interest, including a district court's blocking the proposed combination of two of the three major providers of estimation tools for the automotive repair and insurance industry after the FTC raised questions "so serious, substantial, difficult and doubtful" to warrant an administrative trial on the legality of the merger; the Ninth Circuit's decision that a lower court should not have dismissed claims that numerous bilateral exchange agreements between California oil companies unlawfully restrained trade because the agreements' effects on competition should have been examined in the aggregate rather than individually; and the Fourth Circuit's holding that resale price maintenance agreements between pesticide makers and their agents did not constitute concerted action for purposes of a Sherman Act §1 claim.

By Elai Katz

12 minute read

June 25, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Elai Katz, a partner of Cahill Gordon & Reindel, writes that a district court ruled that a manufacturer of food products violated the Robinson-Patman Act by offering a global food services company lower prices than those made available to a domestic distributor, while another district court rejected price discrimination claims brought by buyers of Apple's iPhones.

By Elai Katz

9 minute read

March 23, 2006 | New York Law Journal

William T. Lifland, senior counsel at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, and Elai Katz, a partner at the firm, analyze two recent rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court on alleged restraints that should not be subjected to per se condemnation under �1 of the Sherman Act and other developments.

By William T. Lifland and Elai Katz

8 minute read

June 26, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Elai Katz, a partner at Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that a jury should have been permitted to consider a truck dealer's claim that a manufacturer and other dealers conspired to restrain competition among dealers assigned to different territories. Also, the Fifth Circuit affirmed "quick look" condemnation by the FTC of collective negotiation of independent physicians' fees.

By Elai Katz

10 minute read

December 31, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Elai Katz, a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, discusses recent developments of interest, including the Second Circuit's ruling that a short seller's claims that financial institutions conspired to fix borrowing fees were properly dismissed by the district court because they presented a conflict with securities regulations; the FTC's use of three different modes of analysis to conclude that a realtor association's discriminatory rules restricting the dissemination of discount brokers' listings unreasonably restrained trade, delineating the commission's approach to full and abbreviated rule of reason analysis; and the FTC's filing of a complaint against Intel brought under §5 of the FTC Act, suggesting that the commission may plan to use that provision expansively to pursue anticompetitive conduct.

By Elai Katz

10 minute read

August 25, 2005 | New York Law Journal

William T. Lifland, senior counsel at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, and Elai Katz, a partner at the firm, analyze recent decisions including the D.C. Circuit's upholding the FTC's finding that a pact not to discount some musical recordings ran afoul of federal law and a Fifth Circuit ruling on competition in the telecommunications sector.

By William T. Lifland And Elai Katz

10 minute read

September 25, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Elai Katz, a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, reviews recent developments of interest, including a Seventh Circuit decision holding that, in jointly licensing their logos, professional football teams acted as a single entity incapable of forming an agreement in restraint of trade while the Second Circuit decided that a similar joint licensing arrangement for professional baseball teams was not an unreasonable restraint of trade and was appropriately judged under the rule of reason.

By Elai Katz

10 minute read

February 26, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Elai Katz, a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, reviews recent developments of interest, including a district court's ruling that information exchanged between insurance companies during merger negotiations and the parties' conduct before they merged did not restrain trade in violation of the Sherman Act, the Second Circuit's decision that an arbitration clause precluding the pursuit of antitrust claims as a class was unenforceable and the Ninth Circuit's dismissal of claims that a social networking monopolized the market by not allowing links to a rival Web site.

By Elai Katz

9 minute read