Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section

Join us in San Francisco, Oct. 26, for the annual Golden State Institute! More details will be available soon. Read more

Welcome to the AUGUST 2023 edition of E-Briefs, News and Notes. Read more

Welcome to the July 2023 edition of E-Briefs, News and Notes. Read more

This webinar is an introduction to the HSR process. The discussion will focus on the purpose of HSR filings by merging companies, the requirements for filing, what information the filings contain, and how the agencies use the filings to conduct a preliminary review of a proposed merger. Read more

Is meeting an Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law attorney on your bucket list? How about more than a dozen Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Attorneys? Well, now's your chance! Read more

CLA’s Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section inaugurated its series of Summer Associate Mixers in Los Angeles last month.  Read more

WELCOME to the JUNE 2023 edition of E-Briefs, News and Notes. This edition has a variety of content: In the MONTHLY MESSAGE, Dana Cook-Milligan, Chair for New Lawyers, and Lee Brand, Chair for Membership & Engagement, write to highlight the Section’s new and future lawyers, including the deadline for applications for our new Lawyers to Watch award on July 1, and our upcoming SF Summer Mixer on July 12. Read more

Is meeting an Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law attorney on your bucket list? How about more than a dozen Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Attorneys? Well, now's your chance! Read more

E-BRIEFS features four significant cases: the Ninth Circuit’s long awaited Epic v. Apple decision; dismissal of a case brought by 46 states against Facebook challenging its acquisitions and restrictive platform policies extending back more than a decade; an order granting class certification to three classes of purchasers in the pork price-fixing litigation; and the dismissal of antitrust counterclaims Pandora had asserted in lawsuit brought by a group of stand-up comedians over alleged copyright violations. Read more

Class action lawsuits often force lawyers and judges to confront ethical issues. Many of these issues persist once the parties agree to a settlement, as class counsel and lawyers for the settling defendants join forces to seek approval of an agreement that will determine the rights of absent class members, who sometimes can number in the millions. Read more