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IEEE reviews patent policies as SEP-holders challenge accreditation

A standard-setting organisation has said it is reviewing patent policy changes that the Department of Justice’s antitrust division asked it to reconsider last year.

Last chance to vote for GCR Awards 2021

Voting ends tonight for GCR’s 11th annual awards to honour the past year’s top antitrust cases, law firms, lawyers and enforcers.

Tipline

The antitrust ballot: The Tipline for 5 March 2021
Today is your last chance to submit votes for GCR’s 11th annual awards. From peanut farmers to the US Soccer Federation to generic drugs, the antitrust world kept moving in 2020 even when the rest of life left us feeling like Bill Murray stuck in a small Pennsylvania town. We will be honouring this year’s winners in a series of special reports, so make sure you get your votes in before midnight EST. In …
Developers’ Desert: The Tipline for 4 March 2021
Happy birthday, Alexander: The Tipline for 3 March 2021

First class action filed over Shkreli’s price-hike of Daraprim

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has sued former pharmaceutical company executive Martin Shkreli over his alleged scheme to monopolise the market for antiparasitic drug Daraprim.

DOJ resolves case against Pennsylvania healthcare providers

The Department of Justice has settled its litigation challenging Geisinger Health’s partial acquisition of Evangelical Community Hospital, allowing Geisinger to maintain its minority investment.

Arizona House passes bill designed to increase app payment options

Arizona’s House of Representatives has advanced legislation that would require Apple and Google to allow Arizona-based app developers and users to utilise alternative payment systems when purchasing applications through their app stores.

USA Analysis

Andrew Sweeting: the GCR exit interview

Andrew Sweeting discusses his tenure in charge of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics after returning to the University of Maryland.

Bilal Sayyed: the GCR exit interview

Under Bilal Sayyed’s watch, the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning conducted a series of hearings evaluating the state of US antitrust enforcement, initiated a study of unreported transactions by major technology platforms and published the first update to the vertical merger guidelines in more than a quarter-century. Now a senior adjunct fellow with TechFreedom, the former director of the FTC’s policy shop reflected on his time at the …

Ian Conner: the GCR exit interview

After two-plus years in the Federal Trade Commission’s front office, Ian Conner took over as the director of the agency’s competition bureau in December 2019. Set to depart in mid-February, Conner spoke with GCR USA about the agency’s accomplishments, the need for more funding and balancing the desires of divided leadership.

Makan Delrahim: the GCR exit interview

After more than three years at the helm of the Department of Justice’s antitrust division, assistant attorney general Makan Delrahim informed staff on 14 January that he would be resigning his post five days later. In a call with GCR USA, he looked back on the successes of his tenure and addressed some of the criticism directed at the Antitrust Division under his watch.

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