Data access and patent hold-up: The Tipline for 6 June 2018

06 June 2018

We’ll have more on this in our regular briefing, but the Federal Trade Commission late yesterday conditionally cleared Northrop Grumman’s $7.8 billion acquisition of Orbital ATK. For now, check out our coverage of a joint workshop hosted by the antitrust agencies on competition in the real estate brokerage industry and enjoy an analysis piece authored by two lawyers at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe.

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