New FTC pharma patent litigation report finds increase in "reverse payment" settlements based on expanded definition of "payments" *

USA - February 6 2013
With the Supreme Court set to address the validity of "reverse payment" settlements of pharmaceutical patent litigation, the FTC released a summary…

Co-authors: Pamela L. Taylor, Michael H. Knight, Phillip A. Proger, Michael Sennett .

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U.S. DOJ challenge to consummated transaction highlights danger of bad documents *

USA - January 15 2013
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit challenging a June 2012 transaction combining two providers of product rating and…

Co-authors: Craig A. Waldman, Kathryn M. Fenton, Paula W. Render .

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New U.S. Antitrust Division Assistant Attorney General confirmed *

USA - December 31 2012
Today the United States Senate confirmed William J. Baer to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division. He…

Co-authors: Joe Sims.

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U.S. DOJ and New York Attorney General challenge NYC tour bus joint venture *

USA - December 18 2012
The U.S. Department of Justice and the New York State Attorney General have filed an antitrust lawsuit to dissolve a joint venture between two New York City tour bus companies that effectively merged their operations and eliminated competition between them.

Co-authors: Fiona A. Schaeffer .

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Advice on practical problems for aviation in Asia *

Asia-Pacific, China - December 7 2012
As the airlines of China and other Asian countries expand their operations around the world, those carriers and the businesses with which they interact have moved from the conceptual to the practical.

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