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By Rebecca Cohen | May 12, 2017
Larry Popofsky, a former head of Heller Ehrman who argued a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court case that shifted the course of antitrust law, died on May 9. Popofsky, senior counsel at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in San Francisco, leaves behind an antitrust legacy that includes his son, Mark Popofsky, chair of Ropes & Gray's antitrust group.
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By Katelyn Polantz | May 10, 2017
Top Justice Department antitrust lawyer Bill Baer is returning to Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, where he led the antitrust practice for several years, the firm said Wednesday.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | May 9, 2017
The two market-leading radioactive waste disposal companies are awaiting a Delaware federal judge's ruling on whether their $367 million merger can proceed after a two-week antitrust trial wrapped up in Wilmington on May 5.
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By C. Ryan Barber | May 2, 2017
The confirmation hearing of Makan Delrahim to lead the Justice Department's Antitrust Division—which was postponed from April 26—could be set as early as next week. The former Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck lawyer's ethics agreement, publicly disclosed this week, outlines a recusal roadmap.
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By John Council | May 1, 2017
A Dallas lawyer convinced an Eastern District of Texas federal jury that General Electric had monopoly power over an anesthesia gas machine repair business and won $43.8 million in damages for 17 plaintiffs. Under the Sherman Act, the recovery is subject to trebling to $131.4 million.
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By C. Ryan Barber | April 28, 2017
A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday rejected Anthem Inc.'s proposed $54 billion acquisition of Cigna Corp., upholding a trial judge's decision to block the deal on the ground it would substantially reduce competition.
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By Charles Toutant | April 26, 2017
Already under scrutiny from lawmakers over pricing of its EpiPen epinephrine injector, Mylan faces new lawsuits from consumers and a competitor in New Jersey federal courts accusing it of taking anti-competitive actions to protect its product's market share.
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By Katelyn Polantz | April 24, 2017
A U.S. Supreme Court victory against Visa and Mastercard over ATM fees has helped unite two solo antitrust litigators to form a bicoastal firm.
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By Jenna Greene | April 13, 2017
You don't have to be beaten and dragged off a flight to conclude that flying coach is a miserable experience these days. Wondering who to blame? Here's a suggestion: antitrust lawyers--and yes, we're naming names. The ones who rammed through airline mergers--and the ones at DOJ who took the bait.
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By Max Mitchell | April 10, 2017
A multidistrict antitrust litigation over the generic drugs Digoxin and Doxycycline has been significantly expanded to include numerous additional class action cases, all stemming from a wide-ranging federal probe that last year led two pharmaceutical executives to plead guilty to price-fixing charges.
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