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2/3/2025 9:09:39 PM California Quick To Enforce Price Gouging Prohibitions After Wildfires By Christopher Brennan On January 28, 2025, California's Attorney General announced that it had charged two realtors and sent more than 650 warning letters to...
4/22/2024 5:14:34 PM Federal antitrust enforcers launch “one-stop shop” to facilitate reporting of allegedly anticompetitive behavior in the health care sector By Courtney Averbach Michelle Mantine Leah Hungerman Caitlyn Holsopple +1 more... Show less Members of Reed Smith’s Antitrust & Competition Team and Life Sciences Health Industry Group have been closely tracking developments in...
4/1/2024 8:48:42 PM FTC and DOJ confirm “same rules apply” in second statement of interest regarding algorithmic price-fixing claims By Courtney Averbach Michelle Mantine Christopher Brennan Caitlyn Holsopple +1 more... Show less The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ and, together with the FTC, the agencies)...
2/17/2023 9:55:15 AM In Case You Missed It: FTC's Forum Examining Proposed Rule to Ban Noncompete Clauses By Leah Hungerman On February 16, the FTC held a forum examining its recently proposed rule to ban noncompete clauses, which would make the use of a...
2/15/2023 9:52:43 AM Sole Republican FTC Commissioner Resigns By Michelle Mantine The only remaining Republican FTC Commissioner, Christine Wilson has stepped down, citing FTC Chair Lina Khan's progressive agenda as the...
2/6/2023 11:14:49 AM DOJ Withdraws "Permissive" Antitrust Policy Statements, Aiming to Increase Healthcare Competition By Leah Hungerman Michelle Mantine Courtney Averbach On February 3, 2023, the Justice Department's Antitrust Division withdrew three "overly permissive" guidance documents related to...
9/20/2022 4:59:21 PM Transparency in shipping – Don’t get caught out, keep up to date with the Block Exemption Regulation (EU/UK standpoint) By Marjorie Holmes The Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (EC) No 906/2009 (the "CBER") allows for the joint operation of liner shipping companies with...
6/17/2022 8:56:08 AM President Biden Signs Ocean Shipping Reform Act in Newest Step Towards Enhanced Antitrust Scrutiny of Ocean Carriers By Michelle Mantine Courtney Averbach Leah Hungerman Yesterday, President Joe Biden signed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 into law, which aims to reduce costs for American shippers...
3/9/2022 2:03:31 PM Biden Administration Ramps Up Ocean Carrier Antitrust Enforcement Initiative By Michelle Mantine The Biden Administration, enforcement agencies, and lawmakers continue to set their sights on ocean carriers, announcing further concrete...
2/28/2022 10:43:44 AM FTC Antitrust Complaint Dismissed Against Altria Group and JUUL Labs By Michelle Mantine Today, Chief Administrative Law Judge Michael Chappell dismissed antitrust charges issued by the Federal Trade Commission staff against...
2/4/2022 10:11:48 AM This is a CMA investigation; It is a public inquiry By Hannah Kong Following the DCMS Committee inquiry into the economics of music streaming, the CMA has now launched a market study into whether the...