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By Meghan Tribe | August 29, 2017
John Terzaken, co-head of the global antitrust practice at Allen & Overy and head of the Magic Circle firm's investigations and litigation practice in Washington, D.C., is poised to join Simpson Thacher & Bartlett as a partner in the nation's capital.
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By Carl W. Hittinger and Tyson Y. Herrold | August 25, 2017
Last month we discussed the role of the presidency in formulating antitrust policy, pointing out the fallacy of the view that the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice has historically been (or should be) completely independent of the White House. We posited that history shows that the Antitrust Division's enforcement decisions have been (and should be) a product of informed presidential policy and that past presidents have attempted to apply the Sherman Act in a way that balances the panoply of challenges, both foreign and domestic, that every president elected by the people invariably faces.
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By Charles Toutant | August 24, 2017
A federal judge in Newark has denied a motion to dismiss a suit accusing underwriters at Lloyd's of London of conspiring to increase revenue and profits by concealing a lack of competition for its U.S. insurance customers.
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By B. Colby Hamilton | August 23, 2017
Acknowledging the rarity of such a step, U.S. District Chief Judge Colleen McMahon of the Southern District of New York said she was compelled to break with a U.S. magistrate judge's recommendation to allow an expert to testify in a suit over Alzheimer's drugs.
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By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | August 23, 2017
Claims of Favorable Reverse Payment Settlement Agreements Were Sufficient to Constitute Allegation of Anticompetitive Activity
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By Stephanie Forshee | August 22, 2017
Simon Property Group Inc., the largest mall operator in the United States, is ending decades-old practices alleged to be anti-competitive at one of its New York outlet shopping malls after reaching a $945,000 settlement with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
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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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