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
Welcome to the September E-briefs, News and Notes. We hope you find this edition useful. I want to thank Anthony Leon for contributing an E-brief. E-briefs is in need of additional volunteer authors. If you would like to be on the email list of attorneys to whom I send out requests for help, please let me know. There is no obligation to take on any particular case, but if you get the email messages about e-briefs, you can jump in… Read more
Antitrust Division, US DOJ Richard A. Powers Named Acting Assistant Attorney General On February 8, 2021, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard Powers was designated Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division. Health Care Staffing Company and Executive Indicted for Colluding to Suppress Wages of School Nurses, March 30, 2021A federal grand jury in Las Vegas, Nevada, returned an indictment charging VDA OC LLC (formerly Advantage On Call LLC), a health care staffing company, and Ryan Hee, a former… Read more
Over the last several months I have heard several presentations by Richard Powers, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice, addressing the protocol of interactions between counsel representing parties and the staff at the Antitrust Division. Read more
The Federal Trade Commission filed an administrative complaint and authorized a federal court lawsuit to block Illumina’s $7.1 billion proposed acquisition of GRAIL, Inc. Read more