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Christopher M. Morrison, Geoffrey S. Stewart, James L. Tuxbury; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article May 28, 2012, previously published on May 2012 Over the past decade, pundits have predicted that new companies harnessing the internet and related electronic devices would bring about the end of the record industry, print newspapers, and brick-and-mortar bookstores. Whether those predictions are borne out remains an open question, but Boundless...
|  | The Aftermath of Awuah: Are Courts Encroaching on a Franchisor's Traditional Protections From a Franchisee's Employment Decisions?
Michael J. Gray, Jeffrey J. Jones, J. Todd Kennard, E. Michael Rossman, Andrew J. Sherman; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article May 25, 2012, previously published on May 2012 There is growing concern over whether courts will deem franchisees "employees" or "joint employers," as opposed to contractors or wholly separate enterprises, as further decisions are handed down in the wake of the highly publicized Awuah case and courts grapple with today's...
| | More Uncertainty About State Treatment Of Vertical Pricing Restraints
Thomas Demitrack, Kathryn M. Fenton; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article May 14, 2012, previously published on May 2012 The status of vertical pricing restraints at the federal level has been settled since the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in State Oil v. Khan, 522 U.S. 3 (1997), and Leegin Creative Leather Prods., Inc. v. PSKS, Inc., 551 U.S. 877 (2007). Whether the restraint is a maximum resale restraint...
| | U.S. DOJ Prosecutes Obstruction of Justice by South Korea Executive in Merger Investigation
Kathryn M. Fenton, Bevin M.B. Newman, Tom D. Smith, Ryan C. Thomas; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article May 7, 2012, previously published on May 2012 A plea agreement entered into last week with the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) provides a sobering reminder of the serious consequence of obstruction of justice, and highlights the fact that such obstruction issues can arise even in connection with seemingly routine merger...
| | FTC Consent Order in Pipe Fitting Case Highlights Risks of Trade Association Information Exchanges
Kathryn M. Fenton, Michael Sennett, Pamela L. Taylor; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article April 19, 2012, previously published on April 2012 Recent consent orders in a U.S. Federal Trade Commission “signaling” case reflect the antitrust risks of competitor information exchanges, even through trade associations, especially in concentrated industries.
| | Federal Jury Returns Verdicts in Rare Price-Fixing Trial of Global Liquid-Crystal Displays Conspiracy
Bernard E. Amory, John M. Majoras, Hiromitsu Miyakawa, Ryan C. Thomas, Peter J. Wang; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article April 12, 2012, previously published on April 2012 Companies and individuals that are accused of price-fixing rarely go to trial. Indeed, in the last 10 years, no corporate defendant (and only a handful of individuals) has elected to litigate an international criminal cartel case in a U.S. court. The vast majority of cases are resolved through...
| | New Leadership Announced at U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice
Kathryn M. Fenton, J. Bruce McDonald, David P. Wales; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article April 10, 2012, previously published on April 2012 The two U.S. antitrust agencies have been waiting for leadership positions to be filled, which may provide clearer signs on the direction of antitrust enforcement after three years of the Obama Administration. Recent action by the U.S. Senate now has brought a full complement of Commissioners to...
| | Will Recent Court Approval of Computer-Assisted Document Review Spur Acceptance in Antitrust Investigations?
Carmen G. McLean, Ryan C. Thomas, Craig A. Waldman; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article March 16, 2012, previously published on March 2012 Despite the increasing burden of e-discovery, private litigants and parties before the U.S. antitrust agencies have been cautious about embracing new e-discovery technologies to assist in identifying what documents are responsive to discovery or government requests.The reasoning is simple: concern...
| | Credit Bidding and the Supreme Court: What Happens Next?
Beth Heifetz, Dan T. Moss, Kevyn D. Orr; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article March 9, 2012, previously published on March 2012 On December 12, 2011, the Supreme Court granted a petition for certiorari in a case raising the question of whether a debtor's chapter 11 plan is confirmable when it proposes an auction sale of a secured creditor's assets free and clear of liens without permitting that creditor to "credit...
| | FSA's Fine of David Einhorn and Greenlight Capital for Insider Trading Violation
John C. Ahern, Maria Elena Angulo, Daniel Bushner, Alexander A. Gendzier, Henry Klehm, Joan E. McKown, Harriet Territt; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article March 2, 2012, previously published on February 2012 On January 12, 2012, the United Kingdom's Financial Services Authority levied a fine on David Einhorn and his hedge fund, Greenlight Capital, Inc., in the total amount of £7,288,795 (approximately $11.6 million) in civil penalties for trading on inside information. The FSA determined that the...
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