Antitrust in the News

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 Consumer Protection 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

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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

In an order and opinion denying a motion for preliminary approval of class action settlement, U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer of the Northern District of California found the proposed settlement in Arena v. Intuit Inc., Case No. 19-cv-02546-CRB, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41994(N.D. Cal. Mar. 5, 2021) was not fair, reasonable, and adequate, and therefore did not satisfy Rule 23(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which requires the Court to approve class action settlements in light of due process concerns for absent class members. Read more

Welcome to the November E-briefs, News and Notes. This edition includes E-Briefs authored by Jonathan Levine, Pritzker Levine LLP, Kerry C. Klein, Farmer Brownstein Jaeger Goldstein Klein & Siegel LLP and Bob Connolly, Law Office of Robert Connolly. The Agency Update section includes links to numerous DOJ/FTC press releases. Read more

Welcome to the October E-briefs, News and Notes. This edition includes an important Unfair Competition/Antitrust e-brief (Epic v. Apple) written by Kerry C. Klein. Other e-briefs are by Christina Tusan and William Pletcher, Lily L. Purqurian, and Bob Connolly. Read more