Antitrust
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A handful of tech companies launched a proposed class action against Facebook on Thursday in California federal court, alleging the social media giant intentionally set out to destroy app developers it deemed as potential rivals in “the most brazen, willful anti-competitive scheme in a generation”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Quinn Emanuel urged a California federal judge on Monday to let the firm withdraw as counsel for a broke Indian yarn company that was ordered to pay $8.9 million to two U.S. cotton suppliers after an unsuccessful antitrust suit against them…. Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Sabre Corp. struck back on Tuesday against an attempt by the U.S. Department of Justice to block its planned $360 million acquisition of airline booking company Farelogix Inc., saying the government’s case is “riddled with errors”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Writers Guild of America will wage its legal battle against several major talent agencies in federal court, dropping a state-level suit and filing counterclaims on Monday in federal suits brought by the talent shops over the contested practice of agents collecting payments from pairing TV writers with studios… Read this piece in its entirety
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The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday hit back against Qualcomm’s bid for a California federal judge to stay her blockbuster antitrust decision against the company’s high-tech chip licensing practices while it appeals the ruling to the Ninth Circuit… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 