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FTC establishes objectively baseless patent litigation to support AndroGel monopoly claim

For purposes of an FTC monopolization claim based on sham litigation aimed at delaying generic competition for the testosterone replacement therapy AndroGel, patent lawsuits brought by AbbVie Inc. and its partner Besins Healthcare Inc. against two potential competitors, Teva

Acting FTC chair discusses connection between competition and liberty

Wrapping up a week of speeches and testimony before Congress, Acting FTC Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen this morning provided attendees of the Fordham Competition Law Institute’s 44th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy with examples of her agenc

International enforcement, cooperation efforts highlighted by acting antitrust chief

Andrew Finch, the Acting Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, discussed the agency’s international enforcement efforts and cooperation with counterparts around the world in an address to the Fordham Competition

Termination of agreement to develop drug did not violate antitrust, tort laws

The federal district court in Sacramento granted a biotech company’s motion to dismiss all claims brought against it by another biotech company that claimed the termination of an agreement with a third biotech company to develop a drug violated federal and state antitr

Acting FTC Chairman advocates for occupational licensing reform

Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Acting FTC Chairman, has strenuously advocated the need for reform in occupational licensing at two events this week. Speaking about the need to protect low- to middle-income workers from overburdensome restrictions, Ohlhausen addressed the efforts take

Alleged product-hopping, sham petition to delay generic suffice to state claims against drug makers

Pharmaceutical manufacturers Indivior, Inc., and MonoSol Rx, LLC, were not entitled to dismissal of federal and state antitrust claims brought against them by the attorneys general of 35 states and the District of Columbia alleging a multi-pronged scheme to prevent or delay

Repair shops’ antitrust suit against insurers reinstated on appeal

Automobile body shops that filed antitrust suits against multiple insurance companies for price fixing and boycotting had their claims reinstated by a divided U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta after being dismissed for failure to state a claim in district court. The shops had

FTC continues to crack down on social media influencers that fail to disclose connection to brands

In the first FTC action against individual social media influencers, two such influencers popular in the online gaming community have agreed to settle charges that they endorsed the online gambling service CSGO Lotto without disclosing that they jointly owned the company. Th

Intel gets another shot at defending loyalty rebates

The Court of Justice of the European Union has set aside a judgment of the European Union’s General Court, upholding a €1.06 billion (approximately U.S. $1.3 billion) fine on Intel Corporation for abusing its dominant market position to foreclose competitor Advanc

Lenovo settles charges it sold laptops made vulnerable to security threats by adware

The FTC and 32 state attorneys general have agreed to settle charges against Lenovo Inc., alleging that the company harmed consumers by pre-loading software on some laptops that compromised security protections in order to deliver advertisements to consumers’ computers

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