Antitrust & Competition Law

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Viamedia v. Comcast Corp.

February 24, 2020

Seventh Circuit holds that Viacom properly pleaded a Sherman Act Section 2 monopolization claim by alleging that Comcast used monopoly power in one service market to exclude competition and gain...

Association for Accessible Medicines v. Becerra

February 6, 2020

U.S. Chamber, Washington Legal Foundation, and the National Association of Manufacturers file amicus brief urging Ninth Circuit to invalidate California Assembly Bill 824, which effectively...

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Chesapeake Energy Corp.

January 9, 2020

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to reject the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s attempt to transform the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law into...

In re Actavis Holdco U.S., Inc. (In re Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing Antitrust Litigation)

January 6, 2020

Third Circuit denies en banc review of decision denying mandamus petition that challenged discovery order requiring defendants to produce tens of millions of irrelevant, sensitive files matching...

Chamber of Commerce v. City of Seattle

December 23, 2019

U.S. Chamber files opposition to City of Seattle’s motion to compel the production of documents from the U.S. Chamber’s member companies in litigation challenging the City’s ordinance permitting...

In re Actavis Holdco U.S., Inc. (In re Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing Antitrust Litigation)

December 23, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in support of petition for rehearing on discovery issue. A divided panel previously rejected a petition for writ of mandamus. The U.S. Chamber’s brief argued that...

In re Actavis Holdco U.S., Inc. (In re Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing Antitrust Litigation)

December 6, 2019

Third Circuit denies petition for writ of mandamus on discovery issues.

In re Actavis Holdco U.S., Inc. (In re Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing Antitrust Litigation)

November 8, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Third Circuit to grant petition for writ of mandamus and halt abusive discovery order requiring defendants to produce tens of millions of irrelevant,...

FTC v. AbbVie Inc.

June 12, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Third Circuit to reject narrow conception of Noerr-Pennington immunity and to hold that the FTC may not seek monetary relief under Section 13(b) of...

Stromberg v. Qualcomm Inc.

June 10, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief arguing Ninth Circuit should reverse district court order certifying a class of approximately 230 million people in indirect purchaser lawsuit brought under state...