Firm’s approach FGA aims at rendering a high level of professional services. The professional work is carried out by specific working groups, where at least one partner is directly involved in the performance of the engagement, in order to ensure a prompt and timely assistance. FGA adopts procedures that guarantee the absence of conflict of […]
An amicus curiae brief is filed by a non-party—usually in an appellate court like the US Supreme Court—that seeks to educate the court by offering facts, analysis, or a perspective that the party briefing doesn’t present. The term amicus curiae means “friend of the court,” and that is exactly what the parties that file these briefs […]
On 16 June 2015 HAPP LUTHER / MDS MÖHRLE, in cooperation with Recommind, will provide a seminar (in German) titled “Post Merger Streitigkeiten (Conflicts)”. The speakers will discuss the typical conflicts between purchasers and sellers of companies and the significant risks that may arise post closing of a transaction. In this connection, the means of […]
As an antitrust attorney with an antitrust blog, my phone rings with a varied assortment of antitrust-related questions. One of the most common topics involvesresale-price maintenance. “Resale price maintenance” is also one of the most common search terms for this blog. That is, people want to know when it is okay for suppliers or manufacturers to dictate or […]
International Referral, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Dr. Nils Gildhoff of HAPP LUTHER Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH. Dr Gildhoff has joined IR as our exclusive Competition Law member in Germany. Dr. Nils Gildhoff is specialized in German and European competition law. He notably provides advice on national and international merger […]
The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC. In doing so, the Supreme Court rejected state-action immunity for a professional-licensing board dominated by a coalition of private-market participants—dentists—that engage in anticompetitive conduct under the guise of state health, welfare, and safety regulation. The North […]
The US Supreme Court issued its eagerly awaited decision today in North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission. As you might recall, this case involved an antitrust challenge by the FTC against a state dental board made up of practicing dentists that took actions to exclude non-dentists, i.e. their competitors, from the teeth-whitening […]
Bona Law PC would like to announce that Super Lawyers in San Diego named Jarod Bona to its 2015 Rising Stars List. Super Lawyers selects its awardees through a thorough process of independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. No more than 2.5 percent of eligible attorneys in a state are named to the Rising Stars list. […]
A group boycott occurs when two or more persons or entities conspire to restrict the ability of someone from competing. This is sometimes called a concerted refusal to deal, which unlike a standard refusal to dealrequires, not surprisingly, two or more people or entities. A group boycott can create per se antitrust liability. But the per […]
The US Supreme Court just issued its decision in an antitrust case called Ellen Gelboim v. Bank of America Corporation. This case arises out of major multi-district litigation (an MDL) centered on allegations that major banks conspired to manipulate the London InterBank Offered Rate (which you probably know as LIBOR) to lower their interest costs on financial instruments sold to […]
On November 27, 2014 Law No. 5,134, which regulates lawyers’ and solicitors’ fees who work in the City of Buenos Aires (hereafter the “Law”), was published in the Official Gazette. The Law, which was promoted by Jorge Rizzo and Daniel Lipovetsky from the City of Buenos Aires’s Bar Association (“CBABA”), was approved in a special […]
Baseball is special. How do we know that? Is it the fact that it has been declared America’s Pastime? Or is it the feelings we have when we smell the freshly cut grass on a sunny spring day? Or is it the acoustics of a wood bat striking a leather-wrapped baseball? The answer is that […]