In this podcast series, members of Baker McKenzie's North America Antitrust & Competition Practice Group analyze the most important antitrust legal developments in the region.
Beating the Competition
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In this podcast series, members of Baker McKenzie's North America Antitrust & Competition Practice Group analyze the most important antitrust legal developments in the region.
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December 18, 2023
Episode 6 – Fourth Circuit Reverses Conviction in Alleged Manufacturer-Dealer Bid-Rigging Conspiracy
Attorney Daniel Graulich discusses the Fourth Circuit's recent reversal of a bid-rigging conviction of a former manager of an aluminum products manufacturer for failure to state a per se antitrust offense. The Court held that the trial court's application of the per se rule failed to adequately consider the alleged scheme took place within the context of a “dual distribution” relationship among competing bidders, who also maintained an exclusive supplier relationship. As a result, the court held that the academic analysis on the competitive effects of the restraint should have been considered, and the economic evidence presented demonstrated the scheme would not invariably lead to anticompetitive effects (like higher prices). While DOJ is likely to pursue en banc review, the decision could have implications for how the DOJ proceeds with indictments involving parties that engage in dual distribution.
November 4, 2023
Episode 4 – A cloudy future for FTC Administrative Merger Challenges following the Commission’s Abandonment of its case against Axon
In a notable turn of events, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it would abandon its in-house post-consummation challenge of the 2018 acquisition by Axon Enterprise, Inc. (“Axon”) of VieVu, LLC (“VieVu”). The FTC’s decision follows a recent adverse ruling from the Supreme Court, which held that parties are entitled to assert constitutional challenges against the FTC before being required to participate in its administrative proceedings. In a statement announcing the decision, the FTC said it abandoned its administrative actions because of the “increasingly unlikely possibility of reaching a timely resolution of the antitrust merits that led to the filing of [the] complaint in the first place.” Following the Supreme Court’s decision, the FTC is likely to confront more challenges when pursuing enforcement actions—including, in particular, merger challenges—through its in-house administrative proceedings.
November 4, 2023
Episode 5 – Navigating the Evolving Antitrust Merger Landscape in the US and Canada
Justine Johnston, a competition and foreign investment lawyer Toronto and Dan Graulich an antitrust lawyer from Washington DC office, discuss recently announced changes related to the substantive review of mergers in the US and Canada.
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