John Roberti

March 06, 2020 | New York Law Journal

There has been an influx of CSR collaborations among competitors—some initiated by governments and NGOs, and others established by industry participants themselves. In each case, generally, the goal is to do good and promote various CSR goals ranging from environmental, health and safety, and labor. That said, an effort to be socially responsible can still run afoul of the antitrust laws.

By John Roberti and Puja Patel

8 minute read

February 25, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

The U.S. Department of Justice's suit against Apple Inc. and five publishers of e-books focused attention on so-called Most Favored Nation clauses. It also fostered confusion.

By Richard M. Steuer and John Roberti

7 minute read

March 08, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Richard Steuer, Jodi Simala and John Roberti, partners with Mayer Brown, write that for most public companies, periodic conference calls and webcasts with investors and financial analysts are a fact of life. The calls, typically open to the public so that companies may avoid "selective disclosure" issues, attract two types of visitors who otherwise would not have been present: competitors, for whom the calls provide a rich source of competitive intelligence, and the government, which knows that competitors can and do listen to investor and analyst calls, and may view them as opportunities for companies to signal one another.

By Richard Steuer, Jodi Simala and John Roberti

17 minute read