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Real estate investors sentenced for rigging bids at real estate foreclosure auctions

  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 10 2013

On May 20, 2013, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division announced that two Alabama real estate investors had been sentenced to 20 months in

What matters: A review of 2011 and 2012

  • Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 1 2013

As you know, the last two years have seen a somewhat improved, but by no means robust, business climate. At the same time, structural shifts in the

Antitrust “tying” claims dismissed against homebuilders

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 14 2012

The US District Court for the Eastern District of California recently ruled on the type of activity that constitutes a claim of impermissible “tying” under federal antitrust law, holding that the alleged misconduct of a group of housing developers did not give rise to an antitrust violation

FTC approves LoopNet CoStar merger with conditions

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 27 2012

After a year of scrutiny, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) resolved its competitive concerns over the merger of two firms that provide commercial real estate (CRE) listings and other data

Sixth Circuit forecloses on real estate association’s restrictive website policy

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 2 2011

A Michigan-based real estate association's policy of excluding discount broker listings from its multiple listing service (MLS) violates Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act, according to the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Real estate association website policies found anticompetitive under FTC Act

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 7 2011

In an opinion examining website policies restricting access to certain types of real-estate brokerage information, the Sixth Circuit ruled that such policies were anticompetitive under Section 5 of the FTC Act

Pointing to “recession-proof” market, green building supplier brings antitrust suit against recycled-content flooring manufacturer

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 6 2011

It’s not of the magnitude of the Destiny USA fiasco or as meat and potatoes as Bain v. Vertex Architects, but a recent case out of United States District Court for the Central District of California suggests that the growing market for green building products and LEED certification is also greasing the wheels for commercial disputes between industry stakeholders

Washington Supreme Court recasts the economic loss rule to allow third party tort claims against design professionals

  • Lane Powell PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 5 2010

A sharply divided Washington Supreme Court has held that an engineering firm owes a "duty of reasonable care encompassing safety risks of physical damage" to a party not in privity with the engineering firm

OFT launches consultation on land agreements and UK competition law

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 19 2010

The UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published for public comment its anticipated guidelines for the assessment of the competitive effect of restrictions in land agreements under the UK Competition Act (the Act

Gifford files class action lawsuit against USGBC

  • Pepper Hamilton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 18 2010

Henry Gifford, a New York City building energy consultant and long-time critic of the energy efficiency of LEED-certified buildings, filed a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in the Southern District of New York on October 8

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