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Leading Network For Marketing Pocket Real Estate Listings Prevails Before Ninth Circuit In Antitrust Suit - Antitrust, EU Competition - United States

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By Christopher Renner, Douglas Litvack, Michael Brody
| Mondaq
On April 26, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously reversed a district court decision to dismiss a lawsuit by our client PLS, a new entrant in the market for residential real estate listings, alleging antitrust violations by multiple listing services (MLSs) operated by the National Association of Realtors. PLS is the leading network for pocket listings, competing against MLSs, which have been the dominant networks for more than 50 years.
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Department Of Justice Prosecutions In Employment-Related Antitrust Suits Fall Flat In DaVita Inc. And Jindal - Antitrust, EU Competition - United States

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By Jason Bradford, Lauren Benigeri, Casey Jedele, Christopher Renner
| Mondaq
Juries Acquit Criminal Antitrust Defendants of All Charges This month, federal juries acquitted defendants facing criminal antitrust convictions in two trials against employers accused of improperly restraining trade in the labor market. On April 14, a Texas federal jury acquitted physical therapy staffing company executives Neeraj Jindal and John Rodgers of conspiracy to fix prices in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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President Biden Signs Executive Order Encouraging Greater Regulation of Tech and Communications Companies | JD Supra

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By David Gossett, Christopher Renner, Christopher Savage
| JD Supra
On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued a far-reaching Executive Order seeking to fight market concentration and anticompetitive practices across the entire U.S. economy, stating that "[a] fair, open, and competitive marketplace has long been a cornerstone of the American economy, while excessive market concentration threatens basic economic liberties, democratic accountability, and the welfare of workers, farmers, small businesses, startups, and consumers." Unfortunately, according to the...
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An Anticlimactic Ending in the “Roadmap for an Antitrust Case Against Facebook”: An Antitrust Enforcement Action Against Facebook’s Long-Consummated Acquisitions Would be Unwise - Competition Policy International

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By Christopher Renner
| Competition Policy International Verified
By Chris Renner (Davis Wright Tremaine)1 The “Roadmap for an Antitrust Case Against Facebook” (the “Roadmap”) purports to explain how publicly available materials, sourced primarily from an investigation conducted by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”), “might support a finding of liability in a monopolization case [against Facebook] here in the US.”2 Although the Roadmap alleges a range of anticompetitive conduct by Facebook, one of its main allegations is that Facebook’s...
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