Antitrust Law

The Flip Side of ‘Reverse Payments’

Can patent holders buy off infringers? Courts take another look

Feb 1, 2010 9:00 AM CST

Lawmaker to Mass. AG: Law Schools May Be Misusing Public Funds to Fight Competitor

In a new escalation of an ongoing controversy about whether a non-ABA-accredited law school should merge with the University of Massachusetts, a state lawmaker is calling for an investigation of potential antitrust issues. Three competitors of Southern New England School of Law may be misusing public funds to lobby against…

Jan 30, 2010 2:35 AM CST

NFL Lawyer Faces Skeptical Justices in Bid for Antitrust Pass

U.S. Supreme Court justices yesterday appeared skeptical of an assertion that the National Football League is a single entity that is exempt from the antitrust laws. The argument was that as a single unit, the NFL can’t be accused of conspiring with itself to violate the antitrust laws, the Los…

Jan 14, 2010 1:11 PM CST

Cozen’s Lateral Hiring Spree Includes Baker Hostetler’s Antitrust Chief

Cozen O’Connor has hired three lawyers from Baker Hostetler, including its antitrust chief, capping a year of frequent lateral hires. Cozen O’Connor made more than 100 high-level lateral hires last year, according to a press release. The latest acquisition includes Melissa Maxman, who led the antitrust and trade regulation practice…

Jan 4, 2010 3:25 PM CST

A League of Their Own

The NFL wants to run up the score on its antitrust exemption

Jan 2, 2010 2:49 AM CST

A League of Their Own: NFL Wants to Run Up Score On Its Antitrust Exemption

Usually winners in lawsuits count up their take and go home. They don’t ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take another look. So the National Football League received plenty of attention when it asked the high court to review an antitrust decision that gave it the exclusive right to license…

Dec 29, 2009 5:17 PM CST

Why the FTC Avoided an Antitrust Claim in its Suit Against Intel

Intel’s new general counsel Douglas Melamed may be able to find a silver lining in a lawsuit filed against the chip maker today by the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC alleges anti-competitive practices by Intel but avoids antitrust allegations that could prove more costly for the company. The FTC suit…

Dec 16, 2009 2:44 PM CST

EU Drops Microsoft Antitrust Case; Huge Fines Spur Conciliatory Trend

The European Commission has dropped its antitrust case against Microsoft after the company agreed to offer customers a choice of up to 12 browsers. The settlement calls for Microsoft to send a screen of browser choices to Windows consumers who use Internet Explorer as their main browser, according to the…

Dec 16, 2009 12:28 PM CST

O’Melveny Lawyer Sounds Wistful After Settlement Scuttles Big Case Against Intel

The lead lawyer in what was supposed to have been a huge antitrust case against Intel has mixed feelings about the $1.25 billion settlement that will end the suit. O’Melveny & Myers partner Chuck Diamond sounded a little wistful in an interview, according to Wall Street Journal Digits blog. “The…

Nov 13, 2009 6:17 PM CST

Intel Agrees to Pay AMD $1.25B, Hires WilmerHale Partner as GC

The chipmaker Intel has hired a new general counsel and reached an agreement to pay Advanced Micro Devices $1.25 billion ito resolve all antitrust and patent cross-license disputes between the two companies. “Wowza,” the Wall Street Journal Law Blog writes. “Color us surprised. For a while there, the AMD/Intel antitrust…

Nov 12, 2009 5:45 PM CST

Blog Wonders Whether Antitrust Lawyer Is D.C.’s Biggest Ego

It’s been a year since lawyer Michael Hausfeld left the firm he had chaired amid finger pointing and threats of lawsuits. Hausfeld claimed he was informed of his expulsion from Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll by a note left on his chair. “He did not go quietly,” according to Washingtonian’s…

Nov 11, 2009 7:46 PM CST

NY AG Claims Intel Used ‘Bribery and Coercion,’ Violated Antitrust Laws

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel that alleges the company paid kickbacks disguised as rebates to keep computer companies from using competitors’ chips. Cuomo maintains the rebates were accompanied by threats, according to stories in the New York Times and the Wall Street…

Nov 4, 2009 4:29 PM CST

Howrey Lures 6 Clifford Chance Lawyers to Launch Paris Antitrust Practice

Howrey has raided Clifford Chance for a six-lawyer team that will launch a new antitrust practice in the firm’s Paris office. Headed by partners Claude Lazarus and Audrey Amsellem, the team, which includes four experienced associates, will join Howrey on Nov. 1, the firm reports in a press release. “Antitrust…

Sep 21, 2009 10:32 PM CDT

Antitrust Chair, 4 Other Partners Leaving Cooley Following Climan’s ‘Long Goodbye’

Craig Waldman, who chairs the antitrust practice at Cooley Godward Kronish is leaving the firm, along with another antitrust partner, Michael Knight, to join Jones Day. Meanwhile, the firm has also lost three other partners since the much-publicized “long goodbye” earlier this summer of mergers and acquisitions star Richard Climan,…

Aug 28, 2009 8:44 PM CDT

Arnold & Porter Raids All 2 Partners from Brussels Office of Shearman

Arnold & Porter has raided the Brussels office of Shearman & Sterling, convincing both of the two partners based there, as well as a counsel, to join its own larger office there. All three of the lawyers making the leap to a new law firm in the Belgian capital—office chief…

Aug 27, 2009 11:58 PM CDT