Watson and reverse payments: an opportunity to resolve the competing tension between antitrust and patent law under the Hatch-Waxman Act *

USA - March 8 2013
On March 25, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Federal Trade Commission v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and take a step toward concluding…

Co-authors: Alan R Kusinitz, Alicia J Batts, Rhett R Krulla, Colin Kass, Helene D Jaffe.

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Betting on the wrong market definition *

USA - March 8 2013
In IGT v. Alliance Gaming Corporation slot machine manufacturers, IGT and Alliance Gaming Corp., Bally Gaming International, Inc., and Bally…

Co-authors: Alan R Kusinitz, Alicia J Batts, Rhett R Krulla, Colin Kass, Helene D Jaffe.

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Judge Posner on the limits of the per se rule against price fixing *

USA - March 8 2013
Every so often a case finds its way to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which provides Judge Richard Posner, the noted antitrust scholar and…

Co-authors: Alan R Kusinitz, Alicia J Batts, Rhett R Krulla, Colin Kass, Helene D Jaffe.

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Exchange of employee wage information: what is permitted under the antitrust laws? *

USA - October 12 2012
The exchange of wage-related information between two competitors may not be a per se violation of antitrust laws, according to a Federal court in Michigan.

Co-authors: Alan R Kusinitz, Alicia J Batts, Ronald S Rauchberg, Colin Kass, Helene D Jaffe.

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7th Circuit clarifies standing to challenge "interlock" violations *

USA - October 12 2012
Company shareholders do not suffer "antitrust injuries" because of an alleged violation of Section 8 of the Clayton Act, prohibiting officers and directors from serving on the boards of competing corporations, according to a new Seventh Circuit decision in Robert F. Booth Trust v. Crowley.

Co-authors: Alan R Kusinitz, Alicia J Batts, Ronald S Rauchberg, Colin Kass, Helene D Jaffe.

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