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Monopoly
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Washington Energy Report
FERC Issues NOPR Proposing to Revise Offer Caps in RTO/ISO Markets
On January 21, 2016, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) proposing to revise the $1,000/MWh cap on supply offered in day-ahead and real-time markets run by regional transmission…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Amazon Guilty of Antitrust Violations?
By Peter Vogel
Booksellers and authors demanded the DOJ (Department of Justice) investigate that “Amazon has used its dominance in ways that we believe harm the interests of America’s readers, impoverish the book…
The Right Coast
Google may be the sole remaining superpower « Hot Air
As you ponder that question, consider the following: when the aforementioned FTC investigation of Google s search manipulation practices was taking place, Google allegedly manipulated their Google News search results…
Antitrust Advocate
Hitting Below the Belt? MMA Fighters Allege That UFC Has Monopolized the Mixed Martial Arts Game
Throughout their history, professional sports leagues, including the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, and the National Hockey League, have generated high-profile antitrust litigation. The nascent sport of mixed…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Google Search Results Protected by the First Amendment
By Peter Vogel
A Judge agreed with Google that “search results were protected by the First Amendment and could not be penalized” in spite of claims that Google “monopolizes the search-engine business, has…
The Right Coast
Peter Thiel s Book Zero to One | MIT Technology Review
You see, Thiel is not interested in funding entrepreneurs trying to build a business that will beat the competition; competition, in fact, is precisely what he thinks every company should…
Antitrust Alert
Federal Judge Puts Narcolepsy Drug Horizontal Conspiracy Claims to Bed
On Monday, June 23, 2014, a Federal Judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted summary judgment for five pharmaceutical companies on horizontal conspiracy claims brought by Apotex Inc. and…
Antitrust Alert
EU Court Maintains Tough Stance Against Business Practices by Firms With Strong Market Power
By David Henry
The European Union’s court of first instance, the General Court, has confirmed the Commission’s decision in Intel and upheld a record fine of €1.06 billion. In so doing, it condemned…
The Contingency
DuPont Deflects Kevlar Antitrust Claim
Do federal judges protect their own? Before Blawgletter suggests an answer, let's look at the case that raises the question. The Fourth Circuit upheld a summary judgment for E. I.…
Antitrust Law Blog
Ninth Circuit Once Again Affirms That Malicious Actions To Destroy A Competitor Do Not State An Antitrust Claim Unless Accompanied By Injury To Competition
On February 24, 2014, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing DAW Industries’ claims of conspiracy to restrain trade and attempted monopolization,…