Tag Archives: Antitrust Compliance

There Was a Panel on What?? Notes on the ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting Panel on Marijuana Law

By Julian Perlman on April 14, 2016 Posted in Agriculture, Events

Attendees at this year’s Spring Meeting may have been surprised by an unexpected panel: an overview of the status of the law related to the legalization of marijuana and antitrust issues facing the nascent industry. However, a single number explains why the ABA and others are beginning to address a topic that many legal practitioners … Continue Reading

Discriminating Tastes: Court Puts Long-running Robinson-Patman Act Case To Rest

By Lee Simowitz on September 17, 2015 Posted in Antitrust Compliance, Robinson-Patman Act

Described as the Rodney Dangerfield of the antitrust laws, the Robinson-Patman Act—which prohibits anticompetitive price discrimination—gets no respect. The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission unapologetically refuse to enforce the Act, and the FTC has called for its repeal. Courts often treat the Act with undisguised disdain; one court (quoting a law review article) … Continue Reading

Ruling on Economic Favoritism Puts ‘NC Dental’ Back in Spotlight

By Carl Hittinger and Mitchell Oates on August 17, 2015 Posted in Antitrust Exemptions & Immunities, Antitrust Litigation

In a recent opinion, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that an economic regulation passed by a state agency solely to protect one group from competition would not violate the constitutional guarantees of due process or equal protection. The court noted that such action might still violate … Continue Reading

Clear Expectations: DOJ Outlines Tenets of an Effective Antitrust Compliance Program

By Carl Hittinger, George Stamboulidis and Erik Raven-Hansen on November 19, 2014 Posted in Antitrust Compliance

There has never been a greater emphasis on policing anticompetitive behavior worldwide. Dozens of countries have instituted effective and aggressive cartel enforcement programs following a trend of increased global enforcement, and criminal antitrust fines in the United States alone exceeded $1 billion in both 2013 and 2012. [1] Prison sentences up to 10 years have also been … Continue Reading