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...US antitrust regulators also ordered Grail’s divestiture in April, a decision Illumina is appealing against....
...“She uses litigation, if necessary, as a platform to try and return, in her view, antitrust law to its original purpose of preventing industry consolidation or post-merger abuse,” he says....
...Cleary Gottlieb has hired Shearman & Sterling’s Ryan Shores, a former associate deputy attorney-general at the US Department of Justice, as an antitrust and litigation partner....
...But everyone is used to high returns on everything, and that has not happened in the past few years. House prices (II). If you’re a young person who wants to buy a house, this is a terrible time....
...Jamie SmythMost people think that the legal cases could well continue because they’re going to set a really important precedent in antitrust law....
...DS: I remember a lot of people saying that there weren’t antitrust issues with respect to the big tech companies because the price was zero, the products are free, and so there are no antitrust issues to...
...“They’re plaintiff’s lawyers interested in making money as plaintiff’s lawyers,” says Estrich....
...“Appointing Obajtek is like in the old communist times when you have somebody with no special skills who suddenly becomes CEO because of the decision of one person.”...
...Does it only impact people in Germany? Javier EspinozaYes and no....
...In a letter to the DoJ, progressive antitrust organisations said they were “alarmed” by this development and argued Kanter should cover Google as he had no conflicts of interest....
...open the containers and discovered they contained no nickel whatsoever....
...be orphaned with no sponsorship in their home market or their listing market....
...There’s a new regime for M&A antitrust US Department of Justice antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter has made it no secret in recent months that private equity is on his radar as the industry’s top players morph...
...Kanter is worried about the size and influence of the industry, telling the FT “we’re seeing a once-in-many generation(s) shift in how markets function” and a “once-in-century inflection point in terms of...
...protection they have from litigation for the disputes....
...The ruling activated a dormant article in the European treaty that could set a significant precedent for EU regulators’ ability to go after more so-called killer acquisitions — no matter where they’re located...
...“The whole concept was we’re not going to foreclose,” says one borrower involved in numerous negotiations. “They’re in the business of ideally doing multiple deals with your portfolio companies....
...They’re then alleged to have forced the WTI price towards its historic low by acting in “virtual lockstep” to flood the market....
...Houses are no longer cheap, and they’re no longer being auctioned off en masse. When Blackstone returned to the suburban property market last year, it tried a new play: rent-to-buy....
...There’s no better place to observe how a new European and international order is being changed in a crisis....
...Whereas on the far right you're seeing people who want to provide safety mechanisms for the NCAA to try to give them some form of an antitrust exemption and shield them from litigation that may come out....
...“When you’re in a fight, you fight, but when it looks like the whole world is going against you, you embrace the change,” he said....
...In a 9-0 unanimous ruling, the justices sided with student athletes, who argued that the restrictions on education benefits violated antitrust law....
...Related links:In Re Anthem-Cigna Merger Litigation — Delaware Court of Chancery decision August 31 2020How Teneo’s master of the dark arts spun out of control — FT...
...This is by no means the end. One of the huge themes across the calls and press conferences of Tuesday was the idea of ending endless litigation. This sounds good....
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