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In This Issue:

  • FTC and DOJ Issue Revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines
  • Wiggin and Dana Authors Influential Brief on Confidentiality of Documents Produced Under an Antitrust Subpoena
  • Resale Price Maintenance Redux
  • In-House Attorney/Client Communications Are Not Privileged In The European Union

FTC AND DOJ ISSUE REVISED HORIZONTAL MERGER GUIDELINES

On August 19, 2010, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (the “Agencies”) issued Revised…

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On April 13, 2009, the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, Health Care Division (“BC”) issued a 37-page Advisory Opinion (“Opinion”) to TriState Health Partners, Inc. (“TriState”), a physician-hospital organization based in Hagerstown, Maryland, stating that the BC would not recommend that the Commission challenge TriState’s proposed clinical integration program under the antitrust laws. The Opinion is noteworthy because it provides the most detailed discussion…

Read More Significant Developments in Clinical Integration: Federal Trade Commission Opinion Approves of Physician-Hospital Organization Proposal to Negotiate Jointly with Payers

The GLBA only applies to individuals who obtain financial products or services primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, and does not apply to companies or individuals who obtain financial products or services for business, commercial, or agricultural purposes.

On November 12, 1999, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) became law, bringing important changes to the regulation of consumer privacy protection in the financial services industry. Title…

Read More Important Notice regarding The Gramm-Leach Bliley Act

Effective February 1, 2001, the HSR Act will be revised in important respects.

On December 21, 2000, the President signed into law the first significant changes in the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18a, since its enactment in 1976. The Act requires parties intending to merge or make acquisitions of voting securities or assets to provide the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division…

Read More Important Notice Re: Changes To The Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification Act

BACKGROUND DISCUSSION

The Antitrust Guidelines for Intellectual Property (hereinafter “IP”) Licensing (hereinafter “the Guidelines”), issued jointly by the Justice Department and the FTC (hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Agencies”) on April 6, 1995, will undoubtedly have a significant impact on the drafting, negotiation, and subsequent scrutiny, by the government and private citizens, of domestic licensing arrangements, as well as multinational licenses having an impact…

Read More The Impact of the New Antitrust Guidelines on Licensing