On March 30, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an administrative complaint challenging the acquisition of Grail, an emerging producer of early detection tests for multiple cancer types, by Illumina, a producer of
More than four decades after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) began filing consumer protection actions in federal court for retroactive monetary relief without first completing an administrative proceeding, and more than...
NOVEL COURT RULING OFFERS INSIGHT INTO ANTITRUST EXEMPTIONS AND LEGITIMATE COMPETITOR COMMUNICATIONS
The District of Columbia District Court recently issued the first judicial interpretation of 49 US Code Section 10706(a)(3)(B)(ii), which sets out an evidentiary exemption relating to certain agreements among railroads. On...
CONCEDING THE BATTLE, BUT STILL WAGING THE WAR: FTC WILL CONTINUE TO TARGET PATENT LICENSING PRACTICES
It may be tempting to draw conclusions from the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) recent decision to abandon its antitrust case against Qualcomm, but companies should not construe that decision as an indication that the
A recent influx of proposed federal and state legislation seeks to strengthen and modernize the antitrust laws and expand antitrust enforcement. The political momentum behind these attempts reflects noisy bipartisan support...