Topic
Exclusive Contracts
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The D&O Diary
Alibaba Settles Securities Suit Over Exclusivity Practices and Ant Group’s Scuttled IPO for $433.5 Million
Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, whose American Depository Shares (ADS) trade on the NYSE, has agreed to settle a long-running securities class action lawsuit in which the company was alleged to…
Health Law Prof Blog
The Economic Analysis of Exclusive Contracts in Two-Sided Markets: Federal Trade Commission vs. Surescripts
David S. Evans (Market Platform Dynamics), The Economic Analysis of Exclusive Contracts in Two-Sided Markets: Federal Trade Commission vs. Surescripts, Revue Concurrences (2024):Over the last 15 years in the United…
Ad Law Access
Mars Sues Agency Over Breach of Exclusivity Provisions
Negotiating exclusivity provisions in agency agreements can often be difficult. Companies want to broadly prevent agencies from working for competitors, while agencies are reluctant to cut off other sources of…
Minding Your Business
Retail Marketers’ Antitrust Settlement Raises the Question: When Are Exclusive “Staggered” Contracts Anticompetitive?
If you ever noticed a coupon dispenser or colorful cardboard display while walking down the aisle of your local supermarket, there is a good chance it was put there by…
Alabama Workers' Comp Blawg
Alabama Employer’s Attempt at Dismissal Based on Exclusivity Provision Fails Due to Unresolved Issues of Fact Regarding Physical Attack on Employee
Alabama’s Workers’ Compensation Act has an exclusivity provision that shields employers from tort claims resulting from injuries, or death, caused by an accident or occupational disease that is related…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
The TAR Lazio Quashes Two Infringement Decisions by the ICA Regarding an Alleged Parallel Network of Anticompetitive Vertical Agreements Between Radio Taxi Companies and Drivers Active in Rome and Milan
On April 29, 2019, the Regional Administrative Tribunal of Latium (“TAR Lazio”) upheld[1] the appeals submitted by five radio taxi companies against infringement decisions issued by the ICA in the…
Keeping It Real Estate
IPF Launches Template Non-Disclosure Agreement and Exclusivity Agreement
By Laura Oliver
A non-disclosure agreement (NDA), also known as a confidentiality agreement, is typically entered into between parties who need to share confidential information with each other in order to evaluate it,…
Corporate and Securities Law
Court of Chancery Speaks to Exclusivity Agreements in Public Company Acquisitions
By Jill Radloff
Med Law Blog
Physician Obtains Injunction Preserving Clinical Privileges Despite Attempted Exclusive Contract
Despite the many cases acknowledging the right of hospitals to enter into exclusive contracts, there is always the issue of what happens with the existing clinical privileges and medical staff…
Med Law Blog
Exclusive Contracts Raise Anti-Kickback Issues
A new OIG Advisory Opinion 13-15, the OIG has resurrected the issue of whether awarding exclusive contracts to hospital based providers involves remuneration in exchange for referrals, because it grants…