Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section

In United States v. Bertelsmann SE, No. CV 21-2886-FYP, 2022 WL 16949715 (D.D.C. Nov. 15, 2022), the District Court of the District of Columbia blocked Penguin Random House’s $2.18 billion purchase of rival publisher Simon & Schuster.  The opinion endorses the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) monopsony theory of the case, and completely rejects the defendants’ counterarguments.  After a string of defeats, the case marks the first trial win for the DOJ under the Biden administration in a litigated merger challenge. Read more

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

In addition to the holiday season, it is also the slightly less festive but equally important State Bar and California Lawyers Association membership renewal season!  Signing up for another year of membership is easy.  You can renew your membership two ways: if you are renewing your license, on the “California Lawyers Association” page, make sure to check the “Antitrust and UCL Section” button, or go to the Your Account page of calawyers.org  We encourage you to not only renew your membership in the Antitrust & UCL Section for 2023, but also to take full advantage of that membership in the coming year.  Read more

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

Join our panel consisting of antitrust attorneys from law firms, government, and in-house to learn more about antitrust and competition law; the life of an antitrust practitioner; how you can become an antitrust attorney; and how to apply to our Inclusion & Diversity Fellowship program. Read more

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

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

The Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section hosts the Golden State Antitrust & Unfair Competition Law Institute (GSI) each year at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco. This is the Section’s marquee event and brings together private and public sector attorneys, academics, experts, judges, and law students for a multi-session conference on recent developments in the law, trials, and enforcement, followed by a cocktail reception and dinner honoring the California Antitrust Lawyer of the Year. Read more

Hoon Chun has been a prosecutor with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for twenty-eight years, most recently as Head Deputy of the Consumer Protection Division. The Consumer Protection Division files a variety of civil enforcement actions with a set of common themes and goals: Read more

<< back to the Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section homepage The Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section is pleased to announce that Marshall Fern is the 2022 recipient of its Inclusion and Diversity Fellowship. As part of the Fellowship award, Marshall has secured a summer internship at the California Department of Justice’s Healthcare Rights and Access Section, Competition Unit, and an educational stipend of $10,000.  Apart from the internship, Marshall will participate in and contribute to the CLA’s Antitrust… Read more