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		<title>Federal Circuit Mulls Diving Into Patent Pool Case With Antitrust Analysis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Will a federal court of appeals send modern antitrust analysis diving into the deep end of a patent pool case to determine whether a jointly-developed standard should be considered patent misuse?
On March 3, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sat en banc to consider how to apply the patent misuse doctrine to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.antitrusttoday.com/2010/03/10/federal-circuit-mulls-diving-into-patent-pool-case-with-antitrust-analysis/</link>
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		<title>They Issue Second Requests For Horseracing Mergers, Don’t They?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Justice is pulling hard on the reins to slow down a proposed merger between Churchill Downs, the famous racetrack home to the Kentucky Derby, and Youbet.com, an online horseracing gambling website.
The DOJ has issued the companies a “second request” under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act for additional information on the proposed merger. 
Second requests [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.antitrusttoday.com/2010/03/05/they-issue-second-requests-for-horseracing-mergers-don%e2%80%99t-they/</link>
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		<title>Who Pays For The “Delay” In “Pay For Delay” Drug Settlements?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Procrastination may be the thief not only of all time, but also of $3.5 billion from the pockets of health care consumers, according to the FTC.
Citing a cost of billions of dollars to consumers, the FTC is challenging “pay-for-delay” reverse settlements in which pharmaceutical companies pay generic drug companies to not make a generic version [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.antitrusttoday.com/2010/03/02/who-pays-for-the-%e2%80%9cdelay%e2%80%9d-in-%e2%80%9cpay-for-delay%e2%80%9d-drug-settlements/</link>
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		<title>DOT Tentatively Approves American Airlines and British Airways Joint Venture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”) has issued a show-cause order that tentatively approves the antitrust immunity application for the joint venture between members of the oneworld airline alliance, including American Airlines, British Airways, and Iberia.  The tentative approval applies to transatlantic traffic, which American Airlines and British Airways dominate for routes between the U.S. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.antitrusttoday.com/2010/02/24/dot-tentatively-approves-american-airlines-and-british-airways-joint-venture/</link>
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		<title>The Great Google Books Settlement Debate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The fate of the massive digital library that Google hopes to create now lies in the hands of U.S. District Judge Denny Chin, who heard nearly a full day of oral argument on Thursday from supporters and opponents of the proposed settlement agreement that would settle the class action brought on behalf of authors and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.antitrusttoday.com/2010/02/22/the-great-google-books-settlement-debate/</link>
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		<title>Broadcom Disparages Monopolization By Disparagement Claim As Just Words</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sticks and stones may break your bones, but disparagement will hardly ever monopolize your market, is the message of Broadcom Corporation’s motion to dismiss a &#8220;monopolization-by-disparagement&#8221; case brought by its competitor Emulex Corporation.
The case, Emulex Corp. et al. v. Broadcom Corp. et al., No. SACV 09-1310 JVS (ANx), centers on statements Broadcom allegedly made during [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.antitrusttoday.com/2010/02/18/broadcom-disparages-monopolization-by-disparagement-claim-as-just-words/</link>
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		<title>Big Companies Experiencing The Joys And Heartaches Of The Antitrust Underdog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can antitrust law protect big companies as well as small companies and consumers?
An increasing number of large companies are discovering – as plaintiffs – that the answer is yes.
Many practitioners ascribe to the following paradigm: Antitrust enforcement is an anathema to large companies.  They point to the fact that big companies, like Microsoft, AT&#38;T and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.antitrusttoday.com/2010/02/15/big-companies-experiencing-the-joys-and-heartaches-of-the-antitrust-underdog/</link>
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		<title>MP3 Player Plaintiffs Go For Third Bite At The Apple</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Plaintiffs in The Apple iPod iTunes Anti-Trust Litigation – a putative class action accusing Apple of anti-competitive conduct in the portable MP3 player market – are hoping the third time’s the charm as they again seek to convince the court they have a viable claim.
The plaintiffs have filed an amended complaint after the U.S. District [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.antitrusttoday.com/2010/02/11/mp3-player-plaintiffs-go-for-third-bite-at-the-apple/</link>
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		<title>Should Manhattan Hospitals Prepare For Outbreak Of Monopolization?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[St. Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan may have survived its recent brush with possible monopolization, but its financial health leaves it susceptible to relapse.  That’s the diagnosis of some antitrust practitioners, who are bracing for another outbreak.
The weak financial health of St. Vincent&#8217;s Hospital has been in the news lately.  News reports indicate that St. Vincent&#8217;s, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.antitrusttoday.com/2010/02/10/should-manhattan-hospitals-prepare-for-outbreak-of-monopolization/</link>
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		<title>DOJ And NCAA May Face Off In Antitrust Bowl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Justice is weighing whether to pursue an investigation into the legality of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (&#8220;NCAA&#8221;) Bowl Championship Series (&#8220;BCS&#8221;), which critics contend unfairly excludes smaller universities from the national football title.
Senator Orrin Hatch raised the issue in a letter to the Justice Department in October 2009 in which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.antitrusttoday.com/2010/02/09/doj-and-ncaa-may-face-off-in-antitrust-bowl/</link>
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