Corporate & Securities Law

ANTITRUST QUESTIONS: How Do (and Should) Competition Authorities Treat a Dominant Firms Deceptio
ANTITRUST QUESTIONS: How Do (and Should) Competition Authorities Treat a Dominant Firm?s Deception?

The Limited Legal Impact of the D.C. Circuits Rambus Decision
Deception in the standard setting process is anticompetitive if the deception leads to increased market power. In other words, the conceptual sequence of events is as follows:Deception:Reliance by the SSO on the deception in the standards-adoption decisionMarket power gain through inclusion in the standard...

Dominant Incumbent, Meet the New Entrant
The new Competition Law Center at George Washington University School of Law (see earlier post at ACP here), funded by a $5.1 million cy pres award from alum and plaintiff’s lawyer Michael Hausfeld (formerly of Cohen, Milsten Hausfeld and Toll, now Cohen, Milsten, Sellers and Toll) will be providing some competition to the nearby American [...

Cartel lawyer urges cooperation with authorities
As competition regulators around the world sharpen their assault on cartels, companies are facing the dilemma of whether to cooperate and come clean or to stay under the radar. Michael O'Kane, of Peters & Peters, a London law firm, is one of the lawyers that executives are turning to for help.

Placebo Deception in USA Today
Rita Rubin has written the cover story in today's USA Today "Life" section. The article discusses physician use of placebos to treat patients. I've blogged about the topic before, so I'll just tell you that it's a very interesting article...

Agency for Protection of Competition Demonstrates Its Activity - follow-up
Just a follow-up to my previous post.Viorica Carare, the General Director of the Agency, told to journalists that within half a year during which the Agency exists it received 60 claims and there have been decisions taken on 31 of them...

California Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Pork Products
California Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Pork Products

Colorado Firm Recalls Beef Products
Due To Possible E. coli Contamination

South Carolina Firm
Recalls Frozen Meat and Poultry Products

Firm Associate
Attorney Jay Wingate ordered to pay widow $2.5 million settlement for collected legal fees.

California Firm Recalls Beef and Bean Burritos for Possible Listeria Contamination
Beef & Bean Burritos Recalled by Windsor Foods

Wisconsin Firm Recalls Frozen Pepperoni and Sausage Pizza Products Due
Kraft Recalls Frozen Pepperoni and Sausage Pizza Products