Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section

In the longstanding In Re Apple iPhone Antitrust Litigation, Case 4-11-cv-06714 (N.D. Cal. filed November 8, 2021), Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Roger 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

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

Please join us for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres in this outdoor and temperature-controlled space in the heart of downtown. Read more

The Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section hosts the Golden State Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Institute (GSI) and Antitrust Lawyer of the Year Reception and Dinner each fall. 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

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

Welcome to the July E-briefs, News and Notes. We hope you find this edition useful. Read more