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California Court of Appeal allows injunction under unfair competition law to prevent horizontal competitor from diverting business through unlawful means

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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May 13 2013

For many years, California's Unfair Competition Law had no traditional standing requirements. But since the passage of Proposition 64 in 2004

Comcast v. Behrend sets a higher bar for class certification

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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April 1 2013

On March 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court continued its recent trend of imposing more stringent standards for class certification in Comcast

Court finds no inference of conspiracy arising from members of standard setting organization pursuing self interest in refusing to approve plaintiff's competing technology

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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March 18 2013

The Massachusetts United States District Court granted a Rule 12(b)(6) motion dismissing antitrust claims brought under Section 1 of the Sherman Act

Second Circuit rules that putative auction rate securities class action complaints failed to adequately plead antitrust conspiracy

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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March 13 2013

In Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Citigroup, Inc., No. 10-0722-cv(L) and 10-0867-cv(CON), 2013 WL 791397 (2d Cir. Mar. 5, 2013), the United

California Supreme Court resolves split over accrual rules for unfair competition claims

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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February 1 2013

The California Supreme Court has offered hope to plaintiffs facing statute of limitations problems under California's Unfair Competition Law, holding

Latest LCD criminal conviction - Stephen Leung of AUO convicted on retrial

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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December 20 2012

After a 3-week trial and less than 24 hours of deliberation, a federal jury in San Francisco convicted Mr. Stephen Leung of AUO of one felony count of

Challenge to alleged restraints on baseball and hockey programming survive motion to dismiss and advance to the next round of litigation

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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December 19 2012

Have you ever been away from home when your favorite baseball or hockey team is playing an important game?

In agricultural regulation, a "flawed rate" is not a "filed rate" for damage purposes

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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September 19 2012

Notwithstanding the general applicability of the Filed Rate Doctrine, the Ninth Circuit recently held that it does not necessarily bar producer class actions for overcharges

Summary judgment dooms attempted monopolization claim in small container trash hauling market

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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September 4 2012

In All Star Carts and Vehicles, Inc., et al. v. BFI Canada Income Fund, et al., Case No. 2:08-cv-01816-LDW-AKT, August 1, 2012, the District Court for Eastern District of New York recently granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the grounds that the plaintiffs failed to establish the element of “dangerous probability” for an antitrust claim for attempted monopolization under Section 2 of the Sherman Act

Brick by Illinois Brick: Ninth Circuit builds high wall for indirect purchaser suits

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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August 10 2012

The Ninth Circuit unanimously affirmed a grant of summary judgment for defendants in an antitrust suit involving alleged price-fixing of ATM fees, holding that the plaintiffs were indirect purchasers within the meaning of Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois, 431 U.S. 720 (1977) and could not satisfy an exception to the “Illinois Brick wall,” which deprives indirect purchasers of standing to bring federal antitrust claims

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