The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit took the unusual step of reviewing a lower court’s decision that a complaint sufficiently alleged a conspiracy in the text messaging industry to examine pleading standards in light of recent Supreme Court opinions. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ruled that the completed combination of two battery separator manufacturers violated antitrust law and required a divestiture of the entire acquired business and additional ancillary relief. A district court decided that a complaint alleging unlawful tying involving the popular Webkinz stuffed animals sufficiently defined a relevant market to survive a motion to dismiss.
Other recent antitrust developments of note included the Department of Justice’s challenge of a merger of rival rail joint makers and the European Commission’s investigation of exclusionary practices by Google.
Pleading Standards
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