Attorney Daniel Graulich discusses the Fourth Circuit’s recent reversal of a bid-rigging conviction of a former manager of an aluminum products manufacturer for failure to state a per se antitrust offense. The Court held that the trial court’s application of the per se rule failed to adequately consider the alleged scheme took place within the context of a âdual distributionâ relationship among competing bidders, who also maintained an exclusive supplier relationship. As a result, the…
In a notable turn of events, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it would abandon its in-house post-consummation challenge of the 2018 acquisition by Axon Enterprise, Inc. (âAxonâ) of VieVu, LLC (âVieVuâ). The FTCâs decision follows a recent adverse ruling from the Supreme Court, which held that parties are entitled to assert constitutional challenges against the FTC before being required to participate in its administrative proceedings. In a statement announcing the decision, the FTC…
Justine Johnston, a competition and foreign investment lawyer Toronto and Dan Graulich an antitrust lawyer from Washington DC office, discuss recently announced changes related to the substantive review of mergers in the US and Canada.
En el episodio 9 del podcast de Compliance, hablaremos con Esteban Ropolo, lĂder de la prĂĄctica de Antitrust en LatinoamĂ©rica y socio en Buenos Aires, sobre la manera como el derecho de la competencia y el Compliance se relacionan. Adicionalmente, Esteban discute los retos de Compliance y Antitrust en la Argentina y la regiĂłn. Una charla amena e interesante sobre dos ĂĄreas del derecho que se relacionan Ăntimamente pero casi nunca se discuten en conjunto.
Baker McKenzie Partners Brian Burke and Luis Gomez discuss the recently abandoned deal between Sabre and Farelogix, which was blocked by the UKâs Competition Markets Authority (or CMA) shortly after the Antitrust Division of the US DOJ failed in its pursuit of the same outcome. Brian and Luis review the procedural aspects of the matter, including the CMA’s aggressive assertion of jurisdiction, and discuss whether this matter may be a harbinger for a post-Brexit world.