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12/02/2008  European Commission’s Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry Report Finds Certain Practices May Delay Entry of Generic Medicines
10/16/2008  The Federal Circuit Cipro Decision: Another Blow to the FTC's Fight Against Reverse Payment Settlements
09/09/2008  Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Clash Over Section 2 Enforcement Standards
08/05/2008  China Takes First Steps in Implementing New Anti-Monopoly Law by Revising Pre-Merger Notification Filing Thresholds and Dividing Enforcement Responsibility
07/30/2008  Reexamination Filings Continue Their Upward Trend
07/18/2008  Cigarette Cartel, Pharma Pricing- Recent UK Antitrust Rulings
07/02/2008  European Commission Adopts Cartel Settlement Procedure
04/23/2008  D.C. Circuit Reverses Federal Trade Commission in Important Standard-Setting Case
04/08/2008  European Commission Publishes White Paper on Damage Actions for Breach of the EU Antitrust Rules
02/15/2008  FTC Takes 4-in-1 Shot at Reverse Payment Settlements
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
01/18/2008  New M&A Filing Thresholds and Recent Enforcement Actions
01/17/2008  European Commission Raids Pharmaceutical Companies to Start Sector Inquiry
12/05/2007  European Commission Adopts New Guidelines for Non-Horizontal Mergers
11/16/2007  EC Takes a Tough Line With Antitrust Judgement--Will Microsoft Ruling Have Knock-On Effect?
10/23/2007  JFTC Published Final Guidelines Concerning Use Of Intellectual Property
10/19/2007  Court Of First Instance Reaffirms Narrow Application Of Attorney Client Privilege in EU Competition Proceedings
09/24/2007  Lessons from Microsoft: What the Judgment Means for Companies Doing Business in Europe
09/19/2007  People’s Republic of China Passes Comprehensive Anti-Monopoly Law
09/17/2007  Court of First Instance Confirms Microsoft Violated EU Competition Rules
09/12/2007  Ninth Circuit Adopts a Cost-Based Standard to Evaluate Whether a Competitor’s Bundled Discounts Are Anticompetitive
09/12/2007  Third Circuit Finds False FRAND Commitments Actionable Under the Antitrust Laws
06/28/2007  Supreme Court Overturns Long-Standing Per Se Rule Against Vertical Minimum Price-Fixing
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
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
06/11/2007  Japan Fair Trade Commission Publishes Draft Guidelines Concerning Use of Intellectual Property
06/11/2007  Japan Fair Trade Commission Finalizes Merger Guidelines
05/24/2007  Hedge Fund Manager Fined for Violating HSR Act By Exercising Stock Options
05/21/2007  Bell Atlantic Corp v. Twombly: The Supreme Court Raises Pleading Standards for Allegations of Antitrust Conspiracies
04/17/2007  The Wait Is Over: FTC and DOJ Issue Their Long-Anticipated Report on Antitrust Enforcement and Intellectual Property Rights
04/05/2007  Antitrust Modernization Commission Issues Final Recommendations for Significant Changes to U.S. Antitrust Law
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
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
02/02/2007  JFTC Proposes Important Changes to Japan's Merger Guidelines
01/25/2007  Antitrust Modernization Commission Issues Tentative Recommendations for Significant Changes to U.S. Antitrust
01/22/2007  China Court Hears Antitrust Suit Against Sony
01/16/2007  FTC Releases 2007 HSR Act Thresholds
01/16/2007  The Battle Continues: EU Competition Commissioner Kroes Challenges the Energy Industry in Europe
12/12/2006  European Commission Adopts New Leniency Framework
12/08/2006  High Court Antitrust Trend Continues — Two New Cases Granted
11/06/2006  Acquisitions by Financial Investors Are Subject to HSR Reporting Rules
11/06/2006  SEC Amends Tender Offer “Best Price” Rule
11/01/2006  DOJ Won’t Challenge SSO’s Upfront Disclosure of Patents and Patent Licensing Terms
10/30/2006  Antitrust Laws Impose Restrictions on Investors’ Ability to Serve on Boards of Competing Firms
10/23/2006  Mergers Involving Portfolio Companies of Financial Investors May Have Antitrust Risk
10/16/2006  Joint Investment Activities Are Often Lawful, But Bid Rigging Agreements Are Prohibited by the Antitrust Laws
10/04/2006  Fall 2006 Supreme Court Preview: Antitrust
08/02/2006  Overview of FTC's Rambus Decision
07/14/2006  European Court of First Instance Overturns the European Commission's SONY/BMG Clearance Decision
06/28/2006  New European Commission Guidelines on Fines
06/27/2006  Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Two Antitrust Cases, but Denies a Third
06/26/2006  Justice Department Requires Additional Divestitures to Resolve Competitive Concerns Regarding Exelon-PSEG Merger
06/08/2006  DOJ and FTC Monopoly Conduct Hearings to Begin June 20
04/14/2006  Qualcomm Settles Department of Justice Complaint Alleging That It Prematurely Asserted Control of Flarion Before HSR Waiting Period Expired
04/03/2006  DOJ and FTC Request Comments on Monopoly Conduct
03/28/2006  U.S. Antitrust Enforcement Agencies Issue Commentary Clarifying Application of Merger Guidelines
03/23/2006  Tokyo District Court Orders JFTC to Disclose Entire Case Record to Private Litigant
03/16/2006  FTC Settles Complaint Alleging Company Attempted to Use Analyst Call to Collude with Competitor
03/01/2006  Supreme Court Strikes Down Presumption of Illegality for Tying Arrangements Involving a Patented Product
02/28/2006  Supreme Court Narrows Scope of Potential Liability for Joint Ventures Under Antitrust Laws
02/21/2006  Federal Trade Commission Announces Reforms to Merger Review Process
02/16/2006  California Supreme Court Denies Review in Blockbuster Case
01/17/2006  New Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Notification Thresholds
01/10/2006  Supreme Court Declines to Find Robinson-Patman Act Violation in Case Involving Special-Order Products
12/27/2005  Japan Fair Trade Commission Commences Consultation with Possible Candidates for Leniency
12/22/2005  Commission Publishes Green Paper on Damage Actions for Breach of the EC Competition Rules
12/15/2005  GE/Honeywell Appeal: The Commission Wins a Battle, but Did It Lose the War?
12/02/2005  DOJ and FTC to Hold Joint Hearings on Single-Firm Conduct
11/10/2005  Morrison & Foerster Represents Astellas in Deal with Theravance
10/27/2005  Sixth Circuit Holds Acquisition of Non-Controlling PartialOwnership Interest in Competitor May Violate Antitrust Laws
07/22/2005  Japan Fair Trade Commission Publishes Draft Rules Under Anti Monopoly Act
07/12/2005  Commission Launches Sector Inquiries into Banking/Insurance and Energy Services
06/03/2005  JFTC Refers Bridge Construction Bid-Rigging Case to Public Prosecutors Office for Criminal Indictment
04/21/2005  Amendments to Japanese Anti Monopoly Act: Japan Significantly Strengthens Its Antitrust Laws
04/05/2005  The Antitrust Modernization Commission Releases Timetable for Conducting Hearings and Requesting Comments on Potential Revisions to Antitrust Laws
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
03/08/2005  Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Amendments Affecting Partnerships, LLCs and Other Unincorporated Entities
02/04/2005  Federal Circuit Reaffirms Rule that Patent Raises Rebuttable Presumption of Market Power
02/01/2005  Revisions to Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Thresholds
11/05/2004  DOJ Issues Antitrust Merger Remedies Guide
09/22/2004  Big and Small Reasons Behind Growth in Antitrust
09/21/2004  New California Direct Marketing Disclosure Statute Will Impact Companies Inside and Outside of California
08/26/2004  Japan Fair Trade Commission's New Merger Review Guidelines
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
07/01/2004  President Bush Signs New Law Affording Certain Antitrust Protections to Standards Development Organizations
06/07/2004  The New Technology Transfer Block Exemption
05/18/2004  Judgment of European Court of Justice in IMS Health v. NDC Health
05/12/2004  The European Commission's Microsoft Decision
02/17/2004  New EC Merger Control Rules in Place
01/26/2004  The EC Competition Law Modernization Program; Draft Flanking Measures Put Meat on the Bone
12/11/2003  New Substantive Test for EC Merger Regulation
05/28/2003  Antitrust Risks for Rebate and Customer Loyalty Programs: LePage's Inc. v. 3M
05/14/2003  The Birth of an Antitrust System in China
03/11/2003  Made in Japan: The American Lawyer's Profile of MoFo's Tokyo Office and Practice
01/27/2003  Proposed Reform Package for the EU Merger Control Regulation
12/23/2002  The EU's New Implementing Regulation for the Competition Rules
12/13/2002  Federal Trade Commission Revises Merger Investigation Process
11/26/2002  The Judgment of the European Court of First Instance in Tetra Laval v. Commission
11/26/2002  The Judgment of the European Court of First Instance in Schneider/Legrand v. Commission
11/05/2002  Preliminary Analysis of Microsoft Decisions
07/22/2002  Alleged Anticompetitive Use of Patents in Industry Standard-Setting Process -- FTC Files Complaint Against Rambus Incorporated
07/22/2002  Appeals Court Upholds $1 Billion Monopolization Verdict Against Category Captain For Exclusionary Conduct
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
11/30/2001  Department of Justice Releases New Merger Review Process Initiative
11/30/2001  Justice Department Crackdown On Illegal Pre-Merger Coordination or 'Gun Jumping'
09/13/2001  EU's Statement of Objections to Microsoft Monopoly
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
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
03/28/2001  MoFo Lawyers Clear Major Antitrust Hurdles to Close JDSU/SDL Deal
02/01/2001  Amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act -- New Rules Effective February 1, 2001
12/01/2000  EC Competition Rules on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements
03/01/2000  Caltech Antitrust Case by CLEC Against Pacific Bell Proceeds to Trial
04/29/1996  New Exemptions to the Premerger Notification Requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act for Certain Real Estate Transactions