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Antitrust Blog Review 
Provides legal updates in the antitrust and white collar legal arenas.
Post Frequency: 1.8/day Last Entry: March 29, 2011 at 20:21:38 Recent Entries: 215
By Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton, LLP
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Yes, We Really Do Have Amnesty
Posted on January 09, 2008District Court Enforces DOJ Corporate Leniency Agreement, Dismisses Indictment Against Stolt-Nielsen And Company ExecutivesOn November 29, 2007, a federal district court in Philadelphia dismissed an indictment charging Stolt-Nielsen, S.A., two of its subsidiaries and two of its executives with violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Act in the parcel tanker shipping industry...
Quizno's Franchisees Do Not "Get It Their Way"
Posted on January 09, 2008Antitrust, Fraud And RICO Claims Are Dismissed Westerfield v. The Quizno's Franchise Company, LLC (E. D. Wis., November 5, 2007).Quizno's operates a chain of fast food restaurants known for their toasted submarine sandwiches. Plaintiffs, twelve Wisconsin franchisees brought an action under the Sherman Act, RICO, the Wisconsin Anti-Trust Act, and other Wisconsin consumer protection laws in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, alleging, inter alia, that Quizno's "fraudulently induced plaintiffs and the Class to purchase franchises and thereafter exploited their control and economic power in order to extract exorbitant and unjustifiable payments...
International Highlights
Posted on January 09, 2008On 19 December 2007, the UK's Office of Fair Trading ("OFT") announced that it had charged three UK businessmen with cartel offences under the Enterprise Act 2002. The three individuals were charged with dishonestly participating in a cartel to allocate markets and customers, restrict supplies, fix prices and rig bids for the supply of marine hose and ancillary equipment in the UK...
Court Dismisses Indictment Against Stolt-Nielsen
Posted on December 06, 2007On November 29, 2007 a federal court in Philadelphia issued a decision granting the motion of Stolt-Nielsen (Stolt), a Luxembourg tanker shipping company, to dismiss a grand jury indictment against it for violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Act alleging it conspired with its competitors to allocate customers among them...
Ninth Circuit Holds Price Squeeze Claims Survive Trinko
Posted on December 06, 2007A price squeeze occurs when a vertically integrated company with a monopoly in the upstream market sets its wholesale prices to its customers so high that they cannot compete effectively with it at the downstream level. In some circumstances, price squeezes may constitute exclusionary conduct under Section 2 of the Sherman Act...
The Rules are the Rules: DOJ Obtains Fine for Insubstantial Noncompliance with HSR Act
Posted on December 06, 2007In October, the Department of Justice obtained a half a million dollar penalty against Iconix Brand Group for omitting "4(c)" documents in its Hart-Scott-Rodino Act premerger notification. For lawyers and companies involved in mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, the DOJ's actions make clear that HSR filings, including their more technical aspects, are no minor matter and call for diligence...
The Current Anti-monopoly System of China and Impact of New Anti-monopoly Law
Posted on November 14, 2007The new Anti-monopoly Law of China (“AML”) was issued on August 30, 2007, although it will not come into effect until August 2008. During the one year time window, there is no doubt that the existing enforcement system of anti-monopoly will be greatly impacted and amended by this AML...
Monopoly Money
Posted on November 14, 2007Bundled discounts, the practice of selling multiple products for a single price, are ubiquitous in America, ranging from Happy Meals at your local McDonald's to a single price for telephone, Internet and television service from your local cable or satellite provider...
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Since they were specified as leather, you do have a case - however, your best fi...
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You can sue him personally for it. It's can fall under harassment and possi...
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