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Germany Plans to Introduce New Merger Notification Test
Germany - September 6 2016 The German government has recently published a bill that would significantly amend the criteria for determining whether an M&A transaction is subject…
Act of State Doctrine Bars Antitrust Claims Against Private Company’s Minority Owners where Majority Owner is a Foreign Sovereign
USA - August 31 2016 A court in the Central District of California recently applied the Act of State doctrine to dismiss a complaint against two private companies that are…
Final Fair Pay Rules Are Here: Contractors Face Complex Requirements and Challenges with New Reporting Obligations
USA - August 26 2016 The federal government released the final regulations implementing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order ("EO" hereafter) this week. The…
Sun Sets on Solar Panel Manufacturer’s Predatory Pricing Claim as Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal
USA - August 25 2016 Proving once again that antitrust law protects competition, not competitors, on August 18, 2016 the Sixth Circuit affirmed a decision from the Eastern…
Court’s Denial of Summary Judgment on Price Discrimination Claims Reminds Suppliers to Properly Structure Discount Programs
USA - August 24 2016 In a recent decision, the Northern District of California denied Chrysler’s motion for summary judgment to defeat a Robinson-Patman Act price…
California Supreme Court Holds “No Universal Rule” Exists When Deciding Who Should Determine Availability of Classwide Arbitration
USA - August 19 2016 On July 28, 2016, the California Supreme Court added to the ever-changing body of case law regarding classwide arbitration when it held that “no…
Seventh Circuit Rules that Offering Different Product Package Sizes Does Not Constitute Unlawful Price Discrimination
USA - August 18 2016 On August 12, 2016, the Seventh Circuit ruled that a manufacturer’s decision to sell large package products to some retailers but not others does not…
FTC and DOJ Antitrust Division Request Comments on Proposed Revisions to Antitrust Guidelines for Licensing IP
USA - August 15 2016 After several turbulent years of litigation and policy wrangling, many have asked whether the federal antitrust agencies should rewrite their…
English High Court Allows LCD Damages Action to Proceed
European Union, United Kingdom - August 12 2016 On 29 July 2016, the High Court of England and Wales delivered its judgment dismissing the applications of two defendants to strike out a follow-on…
Fnac-Darty: A Landmark Merger Decision in France
France - August 5 2016 On 18 July 2016, the French Competition Authority (“FCA”) broke new ground in France by holding that retail distribution of electronic products…
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