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New York Law Journal

Vitamin C Litigation: Window Into Trump White House International Relations?

Antitrust Trade and Practice columnists Shepard Goldfein and James Keyte write: Just before the U.S. Supreme Court's most recent term expired, the justices set the stage for a potential test of the Trump administration's ideological vigor. By inviting Acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall's office to "file a brief ... expressing the views of the United States" regarding 'In re Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation,' the court has offered President Donald Trump and his government an opportunity to expound on one of the president's most popular talking points pre- and post-campaign—the issue of China's abuses of international trade.
9 minute read

International Edition

Freshfields competition litigation head to leave for pupillage at Brick Court Chambers

Long-serving competition litigator becomes latest Freshfields partner to head for the Bar
2 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Judge Nixes 'Failing Firm' Defense in Blocking Merger of Nuclear-Waste Disposal Giants

Waste Control Specialists and EnergySolutions Inc. engaged in a single-bidder sale process that boxed out other potential buyers and torpedoed the market-leading nuclear waste disposal companies' defense of a planned $367 million merger that was nixed last month on antitrust grounds, a Delaware judge said in a just-unsealed opinion.
19 minute read

National Law Journal

Boies Bolsters Bid by DraftKings, FanDuel to Fend Off Class Action

Fantasy sports site operator DraftKings on Wednesday enlisted power attorney David Boies as it and FanDuel, a rival site with which it had hoped to merge, battled to have a potential class action suit brought by players dismissed in federal court in Boston.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

DraftKings, FanDuel Abandon Merger Plans in Wake of FTC Pushback

DraftKings and FanDuel, operators of the two largest sites in the multibillion online fantasy sports industry, have abandoned their plans to merge in the face of pressure from the Federal Trade Commission.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Antitrust Corporate Dispositions

This article provides critical background on DOJ policy and practice, and highlights some of the steps corporate counsel can take during leniency or plea negotiations to secure non-prosecution protection for the company's employees as part of any antitrust corporate disposition.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Deborah Feinstein, FTC's Top Antitrust Enforcer, Returns to Arnold & Porter

After nearly four years as the Federal Trade Commission's top antitrust enforcer, Debbie Feinstein is returning in September to Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, where she will lead the global antitrust group, the firm said Wednesday.
23 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Retail Litigation Center Files Amicus Brief in Amex Fee Case

The Retail Litigation Center is once again calling out American Express for its "anti-steering rules."
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Publishers Seek Antitrust Exemption to Better Negotiate With Google, Facebook

U.S. newspaper publishers, who say they are chafing under the market power of Google and Facebook, are calling on Congress to allow them to negotiate collectively with the online giants. They want an antitrust exemption so they can compete more effectively with what they term a de facto "digital duopoly," which now dominates online advertising.
3 minute read

The Recorder

NFL Sacks Antitrust Class Action Over 'Sunday Ticket' TV Package

A class action suit claiming that the NFL's exclusive DirecTV package violated antitrust law was sacked by a federal court judge Friday, who saw no evidence of conspiracy, collusion or significant harm to football fans or bars showing the games.
4 minute read

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