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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirms a Robinson-Patman price discrimination verdict awarding damages to several distributors in the eye-care products distribution market (LA International / Prestige Brands) - Concurrences
Estimated reading time: 5 min Ninth Circuit Affirms Robinson-Patman Victory — But Is There Now a Circuit Split?* In May 2024, this blog discussed a rare plaintiff victory in a Robinson-Patman case. In February 2026, the Ninth Circuit affirmed that victory in L.A. International Corp. v. Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc .
The US FTC updates the HSR notification thresholds and the filing fee schedule for merger notification filings
Previous article Next article Share on | Antitrust Agency Publishes Revised HSR Notification Thresholds and Filing Fees For 2024* On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its usual annual announcement to increase the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act thresholds. The 2024 thresholds will take effect 30 days after publication in the Federal Register, which is expected soon, so the thresholds likely will be effective in late February.
The US FTC sues a healthcare IT firm to prevent it from acquiring a media company (IQVIA / Propel Media)
FTC Sues IQVIA To Block Healthcare Programmatic Advertising Acquisition* Update: The FTC has won a preliminary injunction to stop IQVIA from acquiring Propel Media. The judge (Judge Ramos in the Southern District of New York) ruled the injunction is in the public’s interest and the FTC has shown a reasonable probability of a substantial impairment in competition should the deal proceed. A written opinion is not available as of this post (January 3, 2024).
The US FTC settles a non-horizontal merger between two pharmaceutical companies (Amgen / Horizon Therapeutics)
Lessons from the FTC’s Settlement of the Amgen/Horizon Merger Challenge* In case you missed it on the eve of a holiday weekend, the FTC and several states settled their challenge of Amgen’s acquisition of Horizon last Friday. The case might have seemed like an odd one to antitrust and merger practitioners looking only at the last few decades of merger review; however, both the challenge and the settlement offer some lessons for future merging parties — and perhaps even the FTC itself.
The US State of Minnesota enacts legislation to prohibit employee non-compete agreements
Minnesota is the New California for Non-Compete Agreements* In May of 2023, Minnesota enacted a new law that broadly bans employee non-compete agreements with few exceptions and also limits the use of forum-selection and choice-of-law clauses in employment agreements. You can read that law here (jump to 66.12). Note: the Federal Trade Commission is also contemplating a ban on employee non-compete agreements, but we don’t know what that will look like until the final rule is published.
The US State of Minnesota enacts a legislation to prohibit employee non-compete agreements
Previous article Next article Minnesota is the New California for Non-Compete Agreements* In May of 2023, Minnesota enacted a new law that broadly bans employee non-compete agreements with few exceptions and also limits the use of forum-selection and choice-of-law clauses in employment agreements. You can read that law here (jump to 66.12).
Local News for Valley City and all of Barnes County
A U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and BigLaw veteran recently joined antitrust boutique Bona Law. Dylan Carson, who most recently was a partner at Faegre Drinker, joins several fellow lawyers with Antitrust Division and BigLaw credentials. This press release features multimedia.
Antitrust boutique Bona Law announced today that they have added another biglaw partner, Molly Donovan, to their bench. Molly Donovan, an antitrust litigator, and now-former partner at Winston & Strawn, will practice out of Bona Law’s New York office. This press release features multimedia.
Bona Law Challenges Lawyer’s State Bar Suspension under Antitrust Law and Constitution
The Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility dissolved a 7-months-long “temporary” suspension it imposed on prominent Nashville medical malpractice lawyer Brian P. Manookian just weeks after he filed a federal complaint challenging the suspension as an unconstitutional assault on due process and freedom of speech as well as a federal antitrust violation.
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