Antitrust

White & Case competition partner joins Brick Court in Brussels

By Friederike Heine | April 8, 2011

White & Case competition partner Alastair Sutton has left the firm's Brussels office to join Brick Court Chambers as a barrister. Sutton, who joined the chambers' Brussels arm earlier this week (5 April), has been appointed by Brick Court as a door tenant. He previously spent more than 10 years with the European Commission before practising law in Brussels with Forrester Norall & Sutton, which merged with White & Case in 1998.

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Seven UK QCs appointed to Govt commission to look into case for British Bill of Rights

By Suzi Ring | March 22, 2011

A heavyweight group of QCs has been pulled together by the Government to investigate the case for a UK Bill of Rights and look at reforming the European Court of Human Rights in the wake of a number of controversial European rulings. Seven QCs were appointed to the nine-member commission of human rights experts, launched last week (18 March) by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke.

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Nine-partner Howrey antitrust team joins Baker Botts in Washington DC

By Friederike Heine | March 16, 2011

Baker Botts and Covington & Burling have both recruited sizeable teams from Howrey in the wake of the firm's dissolution yesterday (15 March). A nine-partner team has joined Baker Botts' Washington DC office today (16 March) which includes Howrey's former vice chair Sean Boland - who also co-headed the antitrust practice at the firm. The team comprises a total of 32 lawyers, as well as economists, analysts and support staff. Additional lawyers and staff are expected to join Baker Botts in the coming weeks.

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ECJ warns pan-European patent court would breach EU framework

By Legal Week | March 9, 2011

Long-mooted plans for a pan-European patent court have suffered another setback after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) this week stated that such a policy would conflict with the EU's constitution. The ECJ on Tuesday (8 March) delivered an opinion in response to proposals from EU nations for a European and Community Patent Court - arguing the model would impinge on the role of national courts.

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Howrey City competition duo quit to join Kirkland's London office

By Friederike Heine | March 1, 2011

Kirkland & Ellis has added two partners to its City competition practice with a double hire from Howrey's London office. Shaun Goodman, one of the last remaining Howrey partners in London following a slew of departures in recent months, focuses on merger control, market dominance, cartel investigations, sector inquiries and private enforcement.

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K&L Gates launches in Brussels with hire of McDermott partner duo

By Friederike Heine | February 1, 2011

K&L Gates is opening a new office in Brussels today (1 February) as the US firm continues to expand its presence in Europe. The firm has recruited two partners from US rival McDermott Will & Emery to launch the new base. Brussels-based duo Philip Torbol and Patrice Corbiau have been handed a remit to build up the firm's offering in the Belgian capital, although the specific number of laterals the firm plans to recruit is as yet unconfirmed. The new office opening is a part of the US firm's aggressive expansion strategy for Europe. The firm has launched six European offices in rapid succession, with a London base opened in 2005, Paris in 2008, Frankfurt in 2009, and Moscow and Warsaw in 2010.

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SJ Berwin partner duo quit to take up new roles at BLP and Lloyds

By Sofia Lind | November 8, 2010

SJ Berwin has seen the departure of two City partners, with competition partner Niamh Grogan set to join Lloyds Banking Group and real estate partner Michael Metliss joining Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP). Grogan, who has been a partner at SJ Berwin since 2003, is joining Lloyds' risk division as group competition director in December.

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Linklaters partner duo quit to launch competition boutique in Stockholm

By Suzi Ring | November 2, 2010

Two Linklaters competition partners have left the firm's Stockholm and Hong Kong offices to set up their own boutique in Sweden. The new boutique, launched by Stockholm partner Kent Karlsson and Hong Kong partner Erik Soederlind, went live yesterday (1 November) under the name Kastell. Both partners joined Linklaters' Swedish competition practice in 2001 through its merger with local firm Lagerloef & Leman. Soederlind later relocated to the firm's Hong Kong office in 2008 to become head of competition and antitrust in Asia - a position he held at the time of his departure.

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Is Howrey's model broke or can global litigation deliver?

By Alex Novarese | October 20, 2010

Does the global litigation law firm model work? This disturbing question has been explicitly raised this month by news of a 12-partner exodus from the European network of disputes and intellectual property (IP) specialist Howrey. Indeed, departing partners from Howrey, who are heavily concentrated in the firm's Amsterdam and Brussels offices, have made much of the problems of working within a US-based firm. The argument goes that the US' generally stricter conflicts rules are a real hurdle for litigators operating in Europe, particularly when the bulk of the practice is weighted stateside, which makes it inevitable that American clients will get the upper hand in a close call on conflicts.

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OFT/CC merger - a system with mixed motives?

By Legal Week | October 20, 2010

One of the worst-kept secrets in the world of competition law became official last week: the UK Government is planning to merge the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the Competition Commission (CC). Along with the Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites, the Pesticides Residues Committee and the Zoos Forum, these pillars of the UK competition system have been singled out for attention in Vince Cable's bonfire of the quangos.

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National Law Journal

Skadden Drops TikTok Work in Meta Antitrust Lawsuit

By Andrew Goudsward | September 2, 2022

The firm entered the case last month to argue that Meta's in-house lawyers shouldn't have access to TikTok's confidential information.

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Corporate Counsel

Four Ways to Reduce Risk as Data Privacy Concerns Turn Up the Volume

By Joey Seeber | September 1, 2022

With its July 2021 executive order, the Biden administration expanded the scrutiny of mergers and acquisitions to consider the potential impact of the accumulation of consumers' personal information under one roof.

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Texas Lawyer

5th Circuit: Texas Has Most Protectionist Electric Power Law of Any State

By Adolfo Pesquera | August 31, 2022

"No other state completely bars out-of-state entrants or allows an incumbent to designate its replacement if it declines a project," the Fifth Circuit observed.

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New York Law Journal

Online Car Auctioneer Says It Has Been Boxed Out of Using Key Inventory Tool

By Brian Lee | August 29, 2022

At the center of the lawsuit, filed in Buffalo, New York, federal court is software used for remarketing millions of off-lease vehicles every year.

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Law.com

Compliance Hot Spots: Kanter Keeps Distance from Defense Bar + SEC Departures Gather Momentum + Who's Representing Twitter Whistleblower?

By Andrew Goudsward | August 24, 2022

"It can't be the case that the only people who are qualified to work in the antitrust institutions are law firm partners," Assistant Attorney Jonathan Kanter said earlier this year.

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National Law Journal

DOJ Antitrust Chief, a Veteran of Big Law, Keeps Distance From Defense Bar

By Andrew Goudsward | August 22, 2022

"It can't be the case that the only people who are qualified to work in the antitrust institutions are law firm partners," Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter said earlier this year.

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Daily Report Online

Manufacturer Files Preemptive Litigation Claiming It Hasn't Engaged in Anticompetitive Conduct

By ALM Staff | August 20, 2022

This lawsuit was surfaced on Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

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Law.com

How I Made Managing Director and Counsel to the CEO: 'I Make Sure That the Teams I Work With Are Relentless in Addressing Our Clients' Needs,' Says Howard Master of Nardello & Co.

By Tasha Norman | August 19, 2022

"Developing connections with people has been essential to tackling the obstacles I have faced in my career."

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Litigation Daily

Elite Universities' Early Bid to Knock Out Financial Aid Antitrust Suit Falls Flat

By Ross Todd | August 16, 2022

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly in Chicago denied a bid by 17 elite private universities to knock out claims they colluded in ways that held down the amount of need-based aid going to undergraduates.

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The American Lawyer

Under the Hood of Boies Schiller's $2.7 Billion Blue Cross Blue Shield MDL

By Bruce Love | August 10, 2022

Boies Schiller's Hamish Hume takes The American Lawyer under the hood of his Blue Cross Blue Shield MDL—the biggest settlement ever for a private antitrust case with no government involvement.

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