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Kaufman & Canoles

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - June 2024 #4

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Under Armour on Friday said it has agreed to pay $434 million to settle a 2017 class action lawsuit accusing the sports apparel maker of defrauding shareholders about its revenue growth in order to meet Wall Street forecasts....more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - June 2024 #2

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Game equipment company Sport Squad Inc. deceptively marketed some of its pickleball paddles as approved by the sport’s national governing body even though the approval had been rescinded, a consumer class action alleges....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Hell-or-High-Water Clauses in Uncertain Regulatory Times

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​​​​​​​In a deal market as uncertain as this one, we have seen transactional lawyers more frequently resorting to pushing what are known as “hell or high water” clauses - clauses that obligate parties to take “any and all...more

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,...

Poster Child for Divestiture: First-of-Its-Kind Divestiture Remedy in Private Merger Challenge

Takeaway: Typically, avoiding a challenge by the DOJ, means a green light for the parties to a significant corporate merger transaction. However, in cases where an actual duopoly has been created, a court may change that...more

Goodwin

No License, No Chips, No Problem: Ninth Circuit Delivers Qualcomm a Win in Antitrust Case Brought by the US Federal Trade...

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In a much anticipated opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a California district court decision holding that Qualcomm violated U.S. antitrust laws in its licensing of standard-essential patents in...more

Carlton Fields

Sixth Circuit Affirms Ruling That Arbitrator Is to Determine Arbitrability of Employment Dispute Between Franchise Employees and...

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The plaintiffs filed a class action against Domino’s, alleging that the company’s franchise agreement violated federal antitrust law as well as state law. Domino’s moved to compel arbitration, and the plaintiffs opposed on...more

Dechert LLP

Sweat the Small Stuff: Delaware Court of Chancery Faults Acquirer for Failing to Deliver Notice to Extend End Date

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The Delaware Court of Chancery has ruled that an acquirer and target company’s joint efforts to obtain antitrust approval for a merger did not substitute for, or satisfy, the merger agreement’s requirement to send written...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The World in US Courts: Orrick's Quarterly Review of Decisions Applying US Law to Global Business and Cross-Border Activities

Alien Tort Statute (ATS)/Political Question Doctrine/Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act (FSIA)/ Act of State Doctrine - District Court Dismisses ATS Claim Where Alleged Conduct in US was not Directly Linked to Injuries...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Antitrust-Related Recent Developments: Merger Agreement Efforts Subject of Litigation

In a recent action raising the issue of the nature of a merger party’s obligation to take steps necessary to clear antitrust regulatory hurdles “as promptly as reasonably practicable,” Alere, Inc. sued Abbott Laboratories in...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Solicitor General Argues that Antitrust Principles Do Not Warrant Overturning Brulotte

On Friday the Solicitor General filed an amicus brief in Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises. As we previously noted, in Kimble, the Supreme Court will consider whether to overturn Brulotte v. Thys Co., a 50-year-old precedent...more

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