Category: Global Blogs

EU: EC to combat top generic makers’ pay-for-delay deals next month (Competition Policy International)

The European Commission could issue fines to the world’s largest generic drug makers as early as next month, according to unnamed sources.

Leading generic firms Teva Pharmaceutical and Les Laboratoires Servier, along with other generic competitors, are under the Commission’s crackdown for alleged anticompetitive agreements made with brand name rivals, deals …read more

Supreme Court Rules Compliance with FDA Labeling Guidelines Does Not Bar Lanham Act False Advertising Suits – POM Wonderful v. Coca-Cola Co. (Sheppard Mullin Antitrust Connect Blog)

In a highly anticipated decision, the Supreme Court on June 12 announced that compliance with food labeling guidelines promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration will not operate as a bar against false advertising claims brought under the Lanham Act. In its decision, the Court made clear that food …read more

Beyond Truth, and Toward Repose: Price Increases Following “Merger to Monopoly” Do Not Rekindle Statute of Limitations (Sheppard Mullin Antitrust Connect Blog)

Z Technologies Corp. v. Lubrizol Corp., No. 2:12-cv-12206 (6th Cir., May 23, 2014).

In February, 2007, Lubrizol Corporation made a “merger to monopoly” acquisition of the assets of a competitor. The acquisition established a monopoly in the market for petroleum wax-based oxidates. After the acquisition, Lubrizol increased prices for …read more

Amendments to Poland’s competition law regime – toughening of the antitrust enforcement regime and simplification of merger control procedure (Kluwer Competition Law)

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Hogan Lovells

Last week, the Polish Lower Chamber of Parliament agreed final changes to Poland’s competition law regime. The new regime, which will be implemented by amendments to the Polish Act on Competition and Consumer Protection, is likely to come into force at the …read more