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- relating to legislative initiatives aimed at protecting trade and commerce from monopolistic business practices that restrict or eliminate competition. Antitrust laws also attempt to curb trusts and cartels and to...
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- Congress set to consider insurer antitrust repeal; McCarran-Ferguson has little direct impact on risk managers.(News)
- Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN WASHINGTON-Possible repeal of the McCarran-Ferguson Act's limited exemption from federal antitrust laws for insurers is unlikely to have any dramatic immediate impact on risk managers, say observers. But some observers ho Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN ...
- Research articles 2007-02-26
- Antitrust.(Books and Reports)
- The new 430-page "Antitrust Law and Economics of Product Distribution" covers the economics of product distribution and discusses whether the courts have formulated legal standards consistent with those economic principles. Content covers h The new 430-page "Antitrust Law and Economics of Product Distribution" covers the...
- Research articles 2006-05-01
- High Court to Hear Volvo Trucks Case On Pricing Dispute With Ark. Dealer
- A dispute between Volvo Trucks North America Inc. and a formeldealer over whether Volvo violated federal antitrust laws by providing different wholesale prices to different dealers between 1996 and 1998 is scheduled for a final hearing before the U.S. SupA dispute between Volvo Trucks North America Inc. and a formeldealer...
- Research articles 2005-10-17
- No need to amend Md. antitrust law: AIA exec. (American Insurance Association, Craig Berrington)
- No Need To Amend Md. Antitrust Law: AIA Exec There is no need to amend Maryland antitrust law because state law already embraces a comprehensive regulatory system that fosters competition and prohibits anticompetitive conduct, according to an officiNo Need To Amend Md. Antitrust Law:...
- Research articles 1990-12-03
- U.S. Supreme Court agrees to review antitrust decision. (9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling to allow antitrust trial of foreign and domestic insurance industries)
- WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court could dramatically redefine the scope of the McCarran-Ferguson Act within the next year. The high court agreed to review a decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals which allowed the antitrust lawsuits which h WASHINGTON - The...
- Research articles 1992-10-12
- Microsoft Antitrust Decision Causes Nasdaq's Largest Point Drop Ever.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Apr. 4--A federal judge ruled yesterday that Microsoft Corp. violated federal antitrust law and hurt consumers, a widely anticipated decision that helped drag the Nasdaq Stock Exchange down 349.13 points, its largest point drop ever. Apr. 4--A federal judge ruled yesterday that Microsoft Corp....
- Research articles 2000-04-03
- Judge rules Microsoft violated antitrust laws
- WASHINGTON AP -- Humbling a proud giant of the computer age, a federal judge ruled Monday that Microsoft violated U.S. antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on competitors during the race to link Americans to the Internet.
- Research articles 2000-04-04
- Judge Finds Microsoft Violated Antitrust Law.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Apr. 4--Microsoft Corp. systematically violated the nation's antitrust laws, trampling competitors as it tried to protect and extend its powerful position in computer software, a federal judge ruled Monday in the biggest case of the digital era. Apr. 4--Microsoft Corp. systematically violated the nation's...
- Research articles 2000-04-04
- FTC warns on health care antitrust exemptions. (Federal Trade Commission views on exemption of medical personnel and hospitals from antitrust regulations)
- Federal Trade Commission Chmn Janet D. Steiger believes that antitrust law has a definite role to play in the healthcare market and hospitals and physicians should not be exempted from the regulations. Speaking at a National Health Lawyers Association of Federal Trade Commission Chmn Janet D. Steiger believes that antitrust...
- Research articles 1993-03-08
- State Farm supports McCarran change. (McCarran-Ferguson Act)
- State Farm Supports McCarran Change PALM BEACH, Fla.--In a speech here to the insurance section of the American Bar Association, Jean Hiestand, the recently retired vice president and general counsel of State Farm, called on insurance companies to sState Farm Supports McCarran Change ...
- Research articles 1989-02-06
- Appeals court tosses $20b auto parts lawsuit.(Industry Prevails)
- A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IN Atlanta has dismissed a $20 billion class-action lawsuit that claimed major insurers violated U.S. antitrust law by mandating the use of generic replacement parts to repair damaged cars. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap A FEDERAL APPEALS...
- Research articles 2004-11-29
- FTC takes case-by-case approach to B2B exchanges.(Federal Trade Commission watches for antitrust violations among business-to-business web businesses)
- The same antitrust and consumer protection laws that apply to bricks and mortar companies will apply to B2B Net markets, says Mozelle Thompson. As one of five members of the Federal Trade Commission, he has been involved in scrutiny of emerging B2B The same...
- Research articles 2000-09-21
- Government must commit to product development, says IEEE: conference declares antitrust laws and trade policies need revision.
- Government must commit to product development, says IEEE WASHINGTON, DC--The US government should bolster its support for product-development consortia, and not just R&D, by changing antitrust laws and other policies, concluded panelists at the a Government must commit to product development, says IEEE WASHINGTON, DC--The...
- Research articles 1989-03-23
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- Copyright and Antitrust Issues
- The recent Microsoft case has brought spectacularly before the public's attention the tension which exists between antitrust and copyright law. In fact intellectual property rights, even where not expressly invoked, have been the focal point of the judicial proceedings and remedies. The follow-up of the Napster case, even given the...
- White papers 2002-09-01
- Law Student Wins Jones Day's $10,000 Swope Antitrust Writing Prize
- WASHINGTON -- A University of Chicago law student won the William E. Swope Antitrust Prize for a paper analyzing conflicts of antitrust and patent law raised in the industry standard-setting process. The annual $10,000 writing prize celebrates a former Jones Day partner and his pioneering fact-intensive approach to antitrust analysis.
- Research articles 2007-04-18
- FTC Chairman Pitofsky speaks on the application of antitrust law to the new economy; Addresses relationship between antitrust and intellectual property in the 21st century.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-16 June 2000-US FTC: FTC Chairman Pitofsky speaks on the application of antitrust law to the new economy; Addresses relationship between antitrust and intellectual property in the 21st century C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15062000 In prepared remarks delivered today before...
- Research articles 2000-06-16
- DOJ And FTC To Hold Hearings On Health Care And Competition Law And Policy.
- On January 28, 2003 the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission announced that their joint hearings on "Health Care and Competition Law and Policy" will begin with three days of hearings on February 26-28, 2003. The he On January 28,...
- Research articles 2003-02-07
- New Intel Corporate Lawyer is Antitrust Expert
- The same day Intel settles its long-running legal battles with AMD, the company announces that it is hiring a corporate counsel with decades of antitrust experience. That experience will be important as Intel faces antitrust challenges from regulators in the United States and overseas, including the appeal of a $1.45...
- News items 2009-11-13
- Economics And Antitrust Law And Enforcement
- From the executive summary ‘Antitrust Law is a type of Government intervention in the marketplace, in the form of indirect regulation The primary reason for such policies is to promote and preserve competition in the market system. In other words, the role of antitrust is to make markets competitive. Some...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Google Books Would Violate German Copyright Law
- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google Inc's plan to digitize millions of books would violate German copyright law and the country's privacy protections for Internet users, the German government said in a U.S. court filing. Germany opposes a proposed settlement, which Google reached with the Authors Guild and Association of American Publishers...
- News items 2009-09-02
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