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Line-up of US firms advise on largest-ever software deal as IBM makes $34bn acquisition

IBM's acquisition of open-source software company Red Hat is set to be the largest software acquisition ever made
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justice Kavanaugh's Antitrust Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee

As some presidents can attest, U.S. Supreme Court justices are more likely to change their judicial philosophies once appointed than any other nominee to the federal court system.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Thinking About a 'No-Poach' Agreement? What Employers Should Know

“There are more hard-line stances on noncompetes and no-hires are in the crosshairs,” says King & Spalding litigation partner Cheryl Sabnis in California. "Companies are having to rethink old models."
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

11th Circuit Considers Whether to Reinstate Auto Insurance Price-Fixing Claims

The en banc hearing comes after a split panel opted to reinstate the case after it was tossed for failure to state a claim.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Volume of Commerce in Criminal Antitrust Cases

Over the past few years, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division has increasingly focused its enforcement actions on industry-wide cartels and global market conspiracies where literally hundreds of millions (if not billions) of dollars in commerce may be at issue. The vast scale of these cases leads directly to the possibility of lengthy prison sentences and hefty fines, even absent any other aggravating factors. Unfortunately, those federal appellate courts that have interpreted the scope of volume of commerce do not fully agree on the proper methodology to calculate this crucial metric.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Defense Bar Gives 1st Circuit an 'A+' for Its Order on Uninjured Class Members

A significant opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is expected to bolster the defense argument that judges shouldn't grant certification of class actions with uninjured class members. Judge William Kayatta wrote on Oct. 15 that a judge should not have granted certification of an antitrust class in which 10 percent of the class members had no injuries.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

DOJ Hooks a Big Fish: StarKist Guilty Plea Offers Some Takeaways for GCs

The last of three companies involved, StarKist agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of price fixing on canned tuna fish, according to documents filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Gibson Dunn Ends Saudi Arabia Lobbying Contract

The firm has declined to expand the scope of its lobbying to include meetings between Ted Olson, a former U.S. solicitor general under the George W. Bush administration, and members of Congress against legislation affecting oil-producing countries.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

$15.5M Settlement OK'd in Comcast Set-Top Box Class Action

A Philadelphia federal district judge has granted preliminary approval of a $15.5 million class action settlement against the cable giant Comcast.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Qualcomm Asks 9th Circuit to Intervene in $5B Class Action

The chip giant says Judge Lucy Koh erred in "process, reasoning and result" in certifying a class of some 250 million cellphone purchasers.
4 minute read

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