Goldman Sachs and Bain Capital have reportedly reached a settlement deal to end litigation against the firms for allegedly colluding to drive down the price of acquisitions ahead of the financial crisis.
According to court documents filed Wednesday, Goldman and Bain will pay a combined $121 million to settle the case …read more
Intel failed to appeal its $1.5 billion antitrust fine at the EU’s second-highest court, according to reports.
The EU General Court backed the European Commission Thursday when it denied Intel’s appeal of an abuse of dominance fine issued to the company in 2009. The sanctions followed several years of investigation into …read more
The former chairman of Reed Smith’s litigation department has beat out the competition to become the law firm’s next global managing partner, reports say.
Alexander Y. Thomas scored the new position, beating out Philadelphia-based partner John Martini.
Thomas is based in Washington and focuses in antitrust matters at the firm. As Reed …read more
June 12, 2014
Several days ago I posted the first of a series of short notes discussing some of the more interesting, frequent and important competition and advertising law questions I’ve received over the past few years (for the first post see: here). Today I thought I would …read more