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By Legal Week | September 23, 2009
Norton Rose is relaunching its Paris competition practice with the hire of a four-lawyer team from Salans, including the firm's European competition law practice group head. The UK top 10 firm has recruited Melanie Thill-Tayara as managing partner of its Paris competition, regulatory and EU capability practice.
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By Legal Week | August 27, 2009
Shearman & Sterling is set to lose its only two Brussels-based partners to US rival Arnold & Porter. Shearman's local office head Annette Schild is joining Arnold & Porter in the Belgian capital, along with fellow partner Silvio Cappellari and counsel Stephanie Birmanns. All three lawyers focus on competition and antitrust and have advised high-profile clients including Arriva, BASF, Siemens and Novartis.
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By Legal Week | August 26, 2009
Jones Day has made its second lateral hire in the City this year with the recruitment of Mayer Brown competition and antitrust head Frances Murphy. Murphy will join Jones Day on 1 September as London head of antitrust. Her practice focuses on the pharma, biotech, telecoms, retail and construction sectors.
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By Legal Week | August 5, 2009
Allen & Overy's (A&O's) US antitrust chief has left the firm's New York arm to join local rival Howrey. Michael Jahnke joined the US firm this week (3 August) as a partner in its competition practice after seven years at the magic circle firm's US outpost.
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By Legal Week | July 2, 2009
General Electric (GE) has finalised its European non-M&A legal panel, with a clutch of UK firms winning roles, including Clifford Chance and Ashurst. DLA Piper, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Baker & McKenzie are also among the firms appointed to GE's 80-firm roster.
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By Legal Week | July 2, 2009
Australia's Minter Ellison has appointed a new chairman, with competition specialist Russell Miller to take on the role. The Sydney-based partner will replace Gillian Brown, who has held the post since 2006. Brown will return to full-time fee earning as head of finance in the firm's Queensland office.
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By Legal Week | June 18, 2009
Field Fisher Waterhouse has become the latest firm to announce its financial results, with turnover growing by 8% but the firm predicting a slump in profits per equity partner (PEP). The UK top 40 firm saw revenues rise to £95m during the 2008-09 financial year, up from £88m the previous year. The firm has yet to finalise its PEP figure, but confirmed that it does not expect profits to reach last year's high of £750,000.
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By Legal Week | June 12, 2009
BT Global Services general counsel and commercial director Tim Cowen is stepping down after 18 years at the company. Cowen, a former regulatory lawyer at Lovells, joined BT Ignite as head of legal in 1991. Ten years later he became general counsel of successor organisation BT Global Services and subsequently took on the role of commercial director.
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By Legal Week | June 10, 2009
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer competition partner Nicholas French is relocating from London to Beijing to co-head the China antitrust, competition and trade (ACT) practice.
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By Mark Goddard | June 4, 2009
Fulbright & Jaworski has secured its first lateral partner hire in London for more than a year, with the US firm bringing in McGrigors competition head Rod Lambert. Lambert joins the disputes practice in Fulbright's City arm.
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By Everett Catts | June 10, 2022
"It is well established under the antitrust laws that a monopolist or a dominant firm cannot engage in an unreasonable boycott or refusal to deal to maintain its market position and harm a rival," said antitrust attorney James Fishkin.
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By Alaina Lancaster | Zack Needles | June 10, 2022
The Department of Justice has signaled that criminal monopolization cases could be on the horizon. Axinn's Tiffany Rider illustrated what such a case could entail.
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By Jack Womack | June 9, 2022
The claim arises out of a 2016 EU decision which found that five major truck manufacturers colluded to fix prices.
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By Andrew Goudsward | June 6, 2022
President Joe Biden named five new U.S. attorney nominees on Monday.
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By Carl W. Hittinger and Julian D. Perlman | June 6, 2022
The FTC is hoping to unearth the factors that have contributed to the consolidation of the baby formula market and the pertinent issues with the supply chains for baby formula.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By ALM Staff | June 1, 2022
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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By Bruce Love | May 24, 2022
Demand in the Beltway for skilled antitrust attorneys is heightening due to increasing client needs.
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By Tasha Norman | May 18, 2022
"I would also advise, particularly early on, to be a sponge: Gain as much experience in your chosen practice area as possible, make a commitment to always improve, and challenge yourself continuously to be the best version of yourself as a person and professional."
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By Leah Nylen | May 11, 2022
In private practice, Kanter represented News Corp., Yelp Inc. and Microsoft Corp., among others, who offered evidence to Justice Department antitrust officials that the companies said showed how Google's conduct harmed their business.
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By Andrew Goudsward | May 10, 2022
Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter hired a longtime colleague from private practice and a competition researcher at a left-leaning think tank to join his front office team at the Justice Department.
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