IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Michael McCluggage of Eimer Stahl LLP. Michael has joined IR as our exclusive Competition Law Member in United States – Illinois. Firm Description “When we formed Eimer Stahl in 2000, we set out to create a different kind of litigation firm—one that […]
Attorneys Jarod Bona and Aaron Gott filed an antitrust complaint against the City of Huntington Beach on behalf of AmeriCare Ambulance in the U.S. District Court for the District of Central California August 29, 2016. You can view the antitrust complaint against the City here. The complaint alleges that Huntington Beach violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act when it ignored California […]
MacRoberts LLP has topped Scottish Business Insider’s SME300 listing of the country’s best performing small to medium-sized businesses. MacRoberts rise to the top followed a similar impressive rise the previous year when it moved up from seventh to third place. The firm’s turnover grew from £17.96m to £19.8m, with profits rising from £6.18m to £6.9m. […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce David Smith of Smith Segura & Raphael, LLP. David has joined IR as our exclusive Competition Law Member in US-Louisiana. SMITH SEGURA & RAPHAEL, LLP, is a full service law firm headquartered in Alexandria, Louisiana, with an emphasis on prosecuting antitrust class actions. […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Brian Brooks of Smith Segura & Raphael, LLP. Brian has joined IR as our exclusive Compeition Law Member in the US-Louisiana. SMITH SEGURA & RAPHAEL, LLP, is a full service law firm headquartered in Alexandria, Louisiana, with an emphasis on prosecuting antitrust class […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Radu Ionescu of Ionescu si Sava. Radu has joined IR as our exclusive Compeition Law Member in Romania. The Firm: “You know your business better than anyone else. You know where you’re coming from and where you want to go. Most of all, you […]
One of Scotland’s leading independent law firms MacRoberts LLP has had another impressive year with increased turnover, profits and headcount. Draft accounts in the year-end to April 2016, show turnover up by 10% to £19.78m, profits climbing 12% to £6.9m and the firm’s headcount increasing by 12% across its three offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce John Price of Calhoun, Bhella & Sechrest, LLP. John has joined IR as our exclusive Competition Law Member in the US – North Carolina. John has extensive first chair experience on a variety of complex business and commercial litigation matters with special […]
Collective agreements between unions and employers setting minimum rates of pay which are intended to improve working conditions of employees generally fall outside the scope of competition law. So trades unions can agree minimum fees for their members without fear of fines for breaches of the prohibition on cartels. But what about collective agreements entered […]
As an attorney defending an antitrust class action, your job is to get your client out of the case as expeditiously and inexpensively as possible. There are several exit points. For example, with a little help from the US Supreme Court’s Twombly decision, you might find your way out with a motion to dismiss, asserting (among other potential arguments) that plaintiffs […]
A business that uses false statements in connection with the sale of their products or those of their competitor can be held liable to their competitor under the Lanham Act if those false statements deceived consumers into choosing their product over the competitor’s. But false statements alone are not enough, as illustrated by the recent […]
On March 2, the Bundeskartellamt (Germany’s Federal Cartel Office) commenced proceedings against an internet giant. According to the Federal Cartel Office, there is reason to suspect that the company has abused its dominant market position. GRP Rainer Lawyers and Tax Advisors in Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart and London conclude: In […]
