| 08/05/2008 | China Takes First Steps in Implementing New Anti-Monopoly Law by Revising Pre-Merger Notification Filing Thresholds and Dividing Enforcement Responsibility
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| 07/30/2008 | Reexamination Filings Continue Their Upward Trend
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| 07/18/2008 | Cigarette Cartel, Pharma Pricing- Recent UK Antitrust Rulings
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| 07/02/2008 | European Commission Adopts Cartel Settlement Procedure
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| 04/23/2008 | D.C. Circuit Reverses Federal Trade Commission in Important Standard-Setting Case
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| 04/08/2008 | European Commission Publishes White Paper on Damage Actions for Breach of the EU Antitrust Rules
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| 02/15/2008 | FTC Takes 4-in-1 Shot at Reverse Payment Settlements
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| 01/30/2008 | High Profile FTC Trial Lawyer Sean P. Gates Joins Morrison & Foerster’s Antitrust Practice in Los Angeles
Former Deputy Assistant Director at the Federal Trade Commission litigated several high-profile antitrust cases |
| 01/25/2008 | FTC Invokes Novel Theories in Standard-Setting Case
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| 01/18/2008 | New M&A Filing Thresholds and Recent Enforcement Actions
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| 01/17/2008 | European Commission Raids Pharmaceutical Companies to Start Sector Inquiry
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| 12/05/2007 | European Commission Adopts New Guidelines for Non-Horizontal Mergers
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| 11/16/2007 | JFTC Publishes Final Guidelines Concerning Use of Intellectual Property
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| 11/16/2007 | EC Takes a Tough Line With Antitrust Judgement--Will Microsoft Ruling Have Knock-On Effect?
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| 10/23/2007 | JFTC Published Final Guidelines Concerning Use Of Intellectual Property
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| 10/19/2007 | Court Of First Instance Reaffirms Narrow Application Of Attorney Client Privilege in EU Competition Proceedings
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| 09/24/2007 | Lessons from Microsoft: What the Judgment Means for Companies Doing Business in Europe
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| 09/19/2007 | People’s Republic of China Passes Comprehensive Anti-Monopoly Law
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| 09/17/2007 | Court of First Instance Confirms Microsoft Violated EU Competition Rules
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| 09/12/2007 | Ninth Circuit Adopts a Cost-Based Standard to Evaluate Whether a Competitor’s Bundled Discounts Are Anticompetitive
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| 09/12/2007 | Third Circuit Finds False FRAND Commitments Actionable Under the Antitrust Laws
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| 06/28/2007 | Supreme Court Overturns Long-Standing Per Se Rule Against Vertical Minimum Price-Fixing
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| 06/20/2007 | Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, et al. v. Billing, et al. – Supreme Court Sides with Investment Banks in Antitrust Suit over IPO Practices
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| 06/18/2007 | Morrison & Foerster Represents Shanghai Century in US$168 Million Cross-Border Business Combination with Kelun Pharmaceutical
Transaction will be the first cross-border acquisition by an offshore listed company involving a share swap under China’s new M&A regulations |
| 06/18/2007 | DOJ Shows Flexibility, Creativity in Settling Biotech Merger
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| 06/11/2007 | Japan Fair Trade Commission Publishes Draft Guidelines Concerning Use of Intellectual Property
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| 06/11/2007 | Japan Fair Trade Commission Finalizes Merger Guidelines
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| 05/24/2007 | Hedge Fund Manager Fined for Violating HSR Act By Exercising Stock Options
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| 05/21/2007 | Bell Atlantic Corp v. Twombly: The Supreme Court Raises Pleading Standards for Allegations of Antitrust Conspiracies
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| 04/17/2007 | The Wait Is Over: FTC and DOJ Issue Their Long-Anticipated Report on Antitrust Enforcement and Intellectual Property Rights
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| 04/05/2007 | Antitrust Modernization Commission Issues Final Recommendations for Significant Changes to U.S. Antitrust Law
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| 02/23/2007 | Sperry v. Crompton Corp.: New York Court of Appeals Rules that Treble Damages Are Unavailable in Class Actions Brought Under the Donnelly Act
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| 02/20/2007 | Supreme Court’s Weyerhaeuser Decision Applies Stringent Standard to Predatory Bidding
Court holds that the same stringent standard used to judge the lawfulness of predatory pricing must be applied to claims of predatory bidding as well |
| 02/06/2007 | FTC Compels Rambus to License Patented Technology and Limits Royalty Rates
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| 02/02/2007 | JFTC Proposes Important Changes to Japan's Merger Guidelines
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| 01/25/2007 | Antitrust Modernization Commission Issues Tentative Recommendations for Significant Changes to U.S. Antitrust
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| 01/22/2007 | China Court Hears Antitrust Suit Against Sony
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| 01/16/2007 | FTC Releases 2007 HSR Act Thresholds
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| 01/16/2007 | The Battle Continues: EU Competition Commissioner Kroes Challenges the Energy Industry in Europe
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| 12/12/2006 | European Commission Adopts New Leniency Framework
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| 12/08/2006 | High Court Antitrust Trend Continues — Two New Cases Granted
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| 11/06/2006 | Acquisitions by Financial Investors Are Subject to HSR Reporting Rules
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| 11/06/2006 | SEC Amends Tender Offer “Best Price” Rule
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| 11/01/2006 | DOJ Won’t Challenge SSO’s Upfront Disclosure of Patents and Patent Licensing Terms
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| 10/30/2006 | Antitrust Laws Impose Restrictions on Investors’ Ability to Serve on Boards of Competing Firms
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| 10/23/2006 | Mergers Involving Portfolio Companies of Financial Investors May Have Antitrust Risk
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| 10/16/2006 | Joint Investment Activities Are Often Lawful, But Bid Rigging Agreements Are Prohibited by the Antitrust Laws
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| 10/04/2006 | Fall 2006 Supreme Court Preview: Antitrust
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| 08/02/2006 | Overview of FTC's Rambus Decision
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| 07/14/2006 | European Court of First Instance Overturns the European Commission's SONY/BMG Clearance Decision
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| 06/28/2006 | New European Commission Guidelines on Fines
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| 06/27/2006 | Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Two Antitrust Cases, but Denies a Third
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| 06/26/2006 | Justice Department Requires Additional Divestitures to Resolve Competitive Concerns Regarding Exelon-PSEG Merger
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| 06/08/2006 | DOJ and FTC Monopoly Conduct Hearings to Begin June 20
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| 04/14/2006 | Qualcomm Settles Department of Justice Complaint Alleging That It Prematurely Asserted Control of Flarion Before HSR Waiting Period Expired
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| 04/03/2006 | DOJ and FTC Request Comments on Monopoly Conduct
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| 03/28/2006 | U.S. Antitrust Enforcement Agencies Issue Commentary Clarifying Application of Merger Guidelines
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| 03/23/2006 | Tokyo District Court Orders JFTC to Disclose Entire Case Record to Private Litigant
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| 03/16/2006 | FTC Settles Complaint Alleging Company Attempted to Use Analyst Call to Collude with Competitor
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| 03/01/2006 | Supreme Court Strikes Down Presumption of Illegality for Tying Arrangements Involving a Patented Product
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| 02/28/2006 | Supreme Court Narrows Scope of Potential Liability for Joint Ventures Under Antitrust Laws
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| 02/21/2006 | Federal Trade Commission Announces Reforms to Merger Review Process
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| 02/16/2006 | California Supreme Court Denies Review in Blockbuster Case
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| 01/17/2006 | New Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Notification Thresholds
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| 01/10/2006 | Supreme Court Declines to Find Robinson-Patman Act Violation in Case Involving Special-Order Products
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| 12/27/2005 | Japan Fair Trade Commission Commences Consultation with Possible Candidates for Leniency
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| 12/22/2005 | Commission Publishes Green Paper on Damage Actions for Breach of the EC Competition Rules
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| 12/15/2005 | GE/Honeywell Appeal: The Commission Wins a Battle, but Did It Lose the War?
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| 12/02/2005 | DOJ and FTC to Hold Joint Hearings on Single-Firm Conduct
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| 11/10/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Represents Astellas in Deal with Theravance
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| 10/27/2005 | Sixth Circuit Holds Acquisition of Non-Controlling PartialOwnership Interest in Competitor May Violate Antitrust Laws
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| 07/22/2005 | Japan Fair Trade Commission Publishes Draft Rules Under Anti Monopoly Act
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| 07/12/2005 | Commission Launches Sector Inquiries into Banking/Insurance and Energy Services
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| 06/03/2005 | JFTC Refers Bridge Construction Bid-Rigging Case to Public Prosecutors Office for Criminal Indictment
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| 04/21/2005 | Amendments to Japanese Anti Monopoly Act: Japan Significantly Strengthens Its Antitrust Laws
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| 04/05/2005 | The Antitrust Modernization Commission Releases Timetable for Conducting Hearings and Requesting Comments on Potential Revisions to Antitrust Laws
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| 04/01/2005 | Antitrust Report: Department of Justice Amnesty Program Takes Another New Turn
Litigation Update, Spring 2005 |
| 03/10/2005 | JFTC Challenges Intel's Rebate and Marketing Programs: Key Implications for Doing Business in Japan
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| 03/08/2005 | Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Amendments Affecting Partnerships, LLCs and Other Unincorporated Entities
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| 02/04/2005 | Federal Circuit Reaffirms Rule that Patent Raises Rebuttable Presumption of Market Power
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| 02/01/2005 | Revisions to Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Thresholds
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| 11/05/2004 | DOJ Issues Antitrust Merger Remedies Guide
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| 09/22/2004 | Big and Small Reasons Behind Growth in Antitrust
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| 09/21/2004 | New California Direct Marketing Disclosure Statute Will Impact Companies Inside and Outside of California
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| 08/26/2004 | Japan Fair Trade Commission's New Merger Review Guidelines
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| 07/02/2004 | U.S. Supreme Court Limits the Reach of U.S. Antitrust Laws, but Permits U.S. Discovery for Use in Foreign Tribunals
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| 07/01/2004 | President Bush Signs New Law Affording Certain Antitrust Protections to Standards Development Organizations
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| 06/07/2004 | The New Technology Transfer Block Exemption
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| 05/18/2004 | Judgment of European Court of Justice in IMS Health v. NDC Health
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| 05/12/2004 | The European Commission's Microsoft Decision
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| 02/17/2004 | New EC Merger Control Rules in Place
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| 01/26/2004 | The EC Competition Law Modernization Program; Draft Flanking Measures Put Meat on the Bone
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| 12/11/2003 | New Substantive Test for EC Merger Regulation
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| 05/28/2003 | Antitrust Risks for Rebate and Customer Loyalty Programs: LePage's Inc. v. 3M
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| 05/14/2003 | The Birth of an Antitrust System in China
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| 03/11/2003 | Made in Japan: The American Lawyer's Profile of MoFo's Tokyo Office and Practice
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| 01/27/2003 | Proposed Reform Package for the EU Merger Control Regulation
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| 12/23/2002 | The EU's New Implementing Regulation for the Competition Rules
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| 12/13/2002 | Federal Trade Commission Revises Merger Investigation Process
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| 11/26/2002 | The Judgment of the European Court of First Instance in Tetra Laval v. Commission
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| 11/26/2002 | The Judgment of the European Court of First Instance in Schneider/Legrand v. Commission
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| 11/05/2002 | Preliminary Analysis of Microsoft Decisions
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| 07/22/2002 | Alleged Anticompetitive Use of Patents in Industry Standard-Setting Process -- FTC Files Complaint Against Rambus Incorporated
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| 07/22/2002 | Appeals Court Upholds $1 Billion Monopolization Verdict Against Category Captain For Exclusionary Conduct
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| 07/15/2002 | A Social Security "NoMatch" Letter: Now What?
Employment Law Commentary, July 2002, Vol. 14, No. 7 |
| 01/07/2002 | Standardization and European Law: EC Antitrust Issues
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| 11/30/2001 | Department of Justice Releases New Merger Review Process Initiative
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| 11/30/2001 | Justice Department Crackdown On Illegal Pre-Merger Coordination or 'Gun Jumping'
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| 09/13/2001 | EU's Statement of Objections to Microsoft Monopoly
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| 08/07/2001 | European Competition Authority Imposes Interim Measures Forcing U.S. Company to License Intellectual Property
<span>A version of this article also appears in the September, 2001 issue of <i>Managing Intellectual Property<i>.</span> |
| 06/28/2001 | Summary of D.C. Circuit Decision in United States v. Microsoft
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| 06/25/2001 | Recent Changes to the EC Competition Rules
Draft of New De Minimis Notice; New Rules on Hearing Officers |
| 06/25/2001 | Internet Law Bulletin -- June 2001
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| 03/28/2001 | MoFo Lawyers Clear Major Antitrust Hurdles to Close JDSU/SDL Deal
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| 02/01/2001 | Amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act -- New Rules Effective February 1, 2001
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| 12/01/2000 | EC Competition Rules on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements
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| 03/01/2000 | Caltech Antitrust Case by CLEC Against Pacific Bell Proceeds to Trial
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| 04/29/1996 | New Exemptions to the Premerger Notification Requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act for Certain Real Estate Transactions
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