Antitrust in the News

WELCOME to the September 2022 edition of E-Briefs, News and Notes. Read more

Welcome to a to the July-August 2022 edition of E-Briefs, News and Notes. We recently issued a Special Edition of E-Briefs, News and Notes devoted to providing application information for law students and current judicial law clerks who may be interested in a position with a government enforcement agency. Read more

WELCOME to a Special Edition of E-Briefs, News and Notes devoted to providing application information for law students and current judicial law clerks who may be interested in a position with a government enforcement agency. Many agencies such as the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and California Attorney General’s Office have Honors Program hiring. Read more

Welcome to the June E-Briefs, News and Notes. We have included a new section, Other Notable Cases, where we flag additional judicial opinions but instead of a full E-Brief, we have a short summary describing the main antitrust/unfair competition issue in the case so that you may read the opinion if it is relevant to your practice. This issue also has three panel summaries from the May 2022 Antitrust and Unfair Competition Section of the California Lawyers Association Golden State… Read more

Welcome to the May 2022 E-briefs, News and Notes. Read more

Welcome to the April E-briefs, News and Notes.  We have 7 E-Briefs covering a variety of subjects.  The Agency Update section includes links to numerous DOJ/FTC press releases reflecting the aggressive posture of the Biden Administration on competition policy. Read more

Welcome to the March 2022 E-briefs, News and Notes. This edition includes E-Briefs, authored by Thomas H. Burt and Betsy C. Manifold, Kerry C. Klein, Anthony Léon and Sean Kolkey. Read more

Welcome to the January 2022 E-briefs, News and Notes. This edition includes three E-Briefs including an extensive analysis by Betsy Manifold, Thomas H. Burt and Kate McGuire of Wolf Haldenstein of a Ninth Circuit opinion providing guidance on the evidence needed to support a plaintiffs’ verdict in an antitrust case. Read more

Ebriefs for December 2021 Read more

In this action, Complete Genomics, Inc, (CGI”) alleged that Illumina improperly asserted three patents against it in the related action Illumina v. BGI Genomics Co., No. 3:20-cv-01465-WHO (N.D. Cal., filed Feb. 27, 2020) (“Infringement Action”) in an “unlawful, anticompetitive manner.” Read more