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By Charles Toutant | August 21, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has overturned the dismissal of two antitrust suits over "reverse settlements" in which patent holders sought to delay the sale of generic versions of blockbuster drugs.
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By Elai Katz | August 21, 2017
Antitrust columnist Elai Katz writes: In a thorough opinion evaluating the legality of a health insurance merger under antitrust law, the D.C. Circuit considered whether and when efficiencies may offset competitive concerns. Rejecting arguments that anticipated health care cost reductions should spare Anthem's proposed acquisition of Cigna from an antitrust challenge, a split panel upheld an injunction blocking the proposed merger because it was likely to lessen competition without offsetting benefits.
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By Jenna Greene | August 21, 2017
Litigation is rarely nice. But sometimes it's so ugly that you just have to stop and gawk. The antitrust battle between pharmaceutical manufacturing and marketing companies Procaps SA and Patheon Inc. is one of those cases.
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By Sue Reisinger | August 18, 2017
It's just the latest instance of federal regulators pointing the finger at CCOs.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | August 18, 2017
Defendant's summary judgment motion on Sherman Act violation denied to the extent plaintiffs presented sufficient evidence that defendant's shift in price increase strategy represented "abrupt" change for industry and was paralleled by sole competitor. Summary judgment denied in part and granted in part.
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By SUE REISINGER | August 14, 2017
It's unusual for the DOJ to actively oppose the granting of cert in a case it brought in the past, even if there's a new attorney general in town.
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By Zack Needles | August 9, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has upheld a Pennsylvania federal judge's dismissal of antitrust claims against GlaxoSmithKline over a patent infringement settlement with generic drugmakers allegedly aimed at delaying market entry of generic versions of the popular antidepressant Wellbutrin XL.
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By Shepard Goldfein and James Keyte | August 7, 2017
Antitrust Trade and Practice columnists Shepard Goldfein and James Keyte write: Although there was no meaningful proposal by Congress during the Obama administration to re-write the antitrust laws to make big "bad" once again, to regulate the pricing of lawful monopolists, or to use the antitrust laws as a tool for social and economic engineering, harkening back to the trust-busting days of old, the 2018 midterm elections beckon, and Congressional Democrats do not want to miss the populist wave a second time.
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By Jenna Greene | August 3, 2017
In late June, I wrote a column headlined “No Pressure Beth—Just $12 Billion on the Line as Containerboard Class Action Gets Closer to Trial.” The Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz founding partner delivered—big time.
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By Todd Cunningham | August 2, 2017
Reversals for Google in the European Union and Canada could provide a ray of hope for newspaper publishers hoping to secure an antitrust exemption in order to form a united front in negotiating with Google and Facebook.
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