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Nevada Federal Court Denies Antitrust Conspiracy Based on Use of a Pricing Algorithm

In what will be one of the most important decisions in antitrust since the proliferation of algorithm software, on May 8, 2024, Chief Judge Miranda Du of the United States District Court, District of Nevada, granted the hotel...more

Holland & Knight LLP

DOJ "Triples Down" on View that Use of Pricing Algorithms Can Support Price-Fixing Claims

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The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 28, 2024, weighed in for the third time in recent months in support of plaintiffs in class action lawsuits challenging the defendants' use of software to...more

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U.S. Anesthesia Partners and Welsh Carson File Motions to Dismiss FTC Antitrust Case

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As reported in a prior blog post, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed suit in federal district court in September alleging that U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc. (“USAP”), and the private equity firm Welsh, Carson,...more

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DOJ Provides More Specific Guidance About Criminal Enforcement of Section 2

Since the Antitrust Division's March 2022 announcement that it would once again consider and bring criminal charges for violations of Section 2 of the Sherman Act, DOJ has resisted calls for guidance about what conduct would...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Antitrust for HR professionals

Maybe don’t get a drink with your competitor. These are not easy times to be in human resources. Attracting, recruiting, and retaining talented employees is as challenging as ever. As I have previously written, wages are...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Of Tuna Price-Fixing Conspiracies, Econometric Regressions, and the Ninth Circuit’s Latest Guidance on Class Certification

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Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision vacating a district court order certifying three plaintiff classes pursuing damages for alleged price-fixing conspiracies in the tuna...more

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The Long Arm of American Enforcement: How Companies Without U.S. Operations Can Still Find Themselves Facing U.S. Law and...

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...Think your company and its employees are beyond the reach of U.S. authorities? Maybe you don’t have U.S. operations there, or your company isn’t publicly traded on a U.S. stock exchange. Perhaps you don’t directly sell or...more

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StarKist on the Hook for $100M Fine for Tuna Price-Fixing

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StarKist, the country’s largest producer of canned tuna, was hit with a $100 million fine for its participation in a conspiracy that inflated prices for canned tuna.  The judge handed down the sentence for the maximum fine...more

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