Man in violation of privacy law

Breaking news and expert analysis on legal and compliance issues

Recent News

Antitrust chief discusses antitrust issues related to financial sector at Fordham conference

Delrahim talks about the limits of fund and exchange collaboration, unlawful coordination, and corporate antitrust compliance.

House Judiciary Committee approves bills to lower prescription drug prices

The measures would curb various practices by brand-name drug companies, such as pay-for-delay tactics and sham petition filing.

Bills introduced to curb abuses in FDA petition process, study PBM mergers

Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in both houses of Congress to modify the FDA petition process to curb incentives for pharmaceutical companies to stall regulatory approval of generics through sham petitioning. Additional proposed legislation would direct the FTC to

EC accepts MasterCard and Visa’s promise to reduce fees charged on European transactions with non-European cards

After the European Commission opened an antitrust investigation into whether the fees charged on inter-regional transactions (purchases of European products with credit cards issued outside of Europe) were excessive, MasterCard and Visa have agreed to cap their fees at the r

Hospital’s per se restraint of trade claim upheld against joint venture with procompetitive aspects

The Sixth Circuit has affirmed an Ohio federal court’s dismissal of a Sherman Act restraint-of-trade claim by a hospital against a joint venture of competing hospitals on the ground that the hospital failed to establish its per se claim because the joint vent

U.S. consent decree barring hospital system’s anti-steering provisions approved

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division and State of North Carolina claimed that the dominant hospital system prevented insurers from steering patients toward less-expensive health care services.

Health information technology company Surescripts charged by FTC with abusing monopoly

FTC alleges that the provider of e-prescribing solutions has used exclusive long-term contracts with customers and other tactics to suppress competition from rivals.

Pet medication distributors’ antitrust claims fail

Pet medication distributors’ antitrust claims against an operator of veterinary clinics and a medication distributor that the clinic operator merged with failed for lack of allegations of a relevant market or market power.

Cable installers failed to allege antitrust claim against Comcast

Antitrust claim against Comcast failed for lack of allegations demonstrating an unlawful monopsony or an unlawful hub-and-spoke conspiracy.

Former exec for commercial flooring contractor pleads guilty to bid rigging

Former sales vice president for Chicago-based commercial flooring contractor agrees to cooperate and likely faces a fine and a year in prison.

Antitrust Law Daily

Introducing Wolters Kluwer Antitrust Law Daily — a daily reporting service created by attorneys, for attorneys — providing same-day coverage of breaking news, court decisions, legislation, and regulatory activity.

A complete daily report of the news that affects your world

View full summaries of federal and state court decisions.
Access full text of legislative and regulatory developments.
Customize your daily email by topic and/or jurisdiction.
Search archives for stories of interest.

Not just news — the right news

Get expert analysis written by subject matter specialists—created by attorneys for attorneys.
Track law firms and organizations in the headlines with our new “Who’s in the News” feature.
Promote your firm with our new reprint policy.

24/7 access for a 24/7 world

Forward information with special copyright permissions, encouraging collaboration between counsel and colleagues.
Save time with mobile apps for your BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad, Android, or Kindle.
Access all links from any mobile device without being prompted for user name and password.