Back in September 2012, the potential anticompetitive aspects of most favored nation (MFN) clauses was the hot antitrust topic. While antitrust counselors (and courts) had found the clauses to be…
Although the parties reached a $7.25 billion class action settlement of the antitrust suit brought by merchants against Visa and MasterCard over swipe fees, the case is far from over.
The protracted…
A price fixing action filed by the State of Mississippi as the sole named plaintiff was not a "mass action" under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), even though the state sought restitution for…
Wow, what a success! The Antitrust Division recently announced that its investigations in the auto parts market uncovered "separate conspiracies to fix the prices of more than 30 different products…
The Department of Justice Antitrust Division on Friday filed its proposed remedy with the federal district court in New York City, addressing Apple Inc.'s role in a conspiracy among publishers to fix…
Apple Inc. played a central role in facilitating and executing a conspiracy among publishers to fix retail prices for electronic books, or e-books, the federal district court in New York City decided…
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday ruled that a plaintiff need not make a purchase in California to recover overcharges for price-fixed goods under the California Cartwright Act.
AT&T Corporation and…
The federal district court in New York City yesterday denied a "consumer's" motion to intervene in the Justice Department's action against Apple, Inc. and five publishers for allegedly conspiring to…
Yesterday, the federal district court in San Francisco imposed a record-tying $500 million fine on AU Optronics Corporation (AUO), a Taiwan-based liquid crystal display (LCD) producer, for its…
