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In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the  Department of Justice (DOJ) regulate antitrust and trade-regulations laws. From guaranteeing market monopolization doesn’t polarize the market, to regulating ‘no-poach’ antitrust agreements between employers, there are many regulations that govern this area of law. The National Law Review covers cases and news from the United States and internationally.

Joint ventures, structural issues, mergers, comparative advertising, price-fixing schemes, discrimination, and distribution constraints are among the different types of news readers will find on The National Law Review. The Antitrust Division of the DOJ highly regulates insider trading, company-organizational schemes, and monopolization by major companies, to regulate a fair and balanced industry for all companies in a given industry.

The International Trade Commission (ITC) regulates international antitrust laws, alongside other international government agencies. Illegal market trades, global competition law, international trade agreements, The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), are all governed by the US and international government agencies, to guarantee fair dealings internationally. The National Law Review has regular updates on NAFTA negotiations as wells as news regarding the TPP and the United States' role in the treaty.

The Committee of Foreign Investments in the United States is also in charge of the regulation of antitrust agreements and mergers and acquisition deals between US and international businesses. The CFIUS governs investments between two American companies, as well as US-based and international companies who contract in a purchase-sale agreement to determine fairness, and proper balance in negotiations between companies on the international level.

Due to the different laws in the US and around the world, there are many government bodies that regulate and govern the antitrust and trade regulation industry. Not only to maintain a fair balance between trade partners, but also to ensure market monopolization does not occur, allowing major corporations to eliminate smaller, local, and international competitors in their niche. The National Law Review keeps readers up to date with expert legal analysis on these issues.

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Recent Antitrust, Mergers, FTC & Unfair Competition News

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Mar
8
2013
Illinois Hospital Brings Antitrust Suit Against Rival Hospital Alleging it Pressured Insurers not to Contract with Plaintiff Dickinson Wright PLLC
Mar
8
2013
Ninth Circuit Off-Label Marketing Decision Suggests More Prosecutions Will Be Coming Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
8
2013
Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division Continues To Pursue Employers Engaged in Efforts to Restrict Employee Job Change Dickinson Wright PLLC
Mar
8
2013
U.S. Opens Door to International Application for Industrial Designs Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
7
2013
Agree to Disagree: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Customs Origin and Drug Labeling Requirements Faegre Drinker
Mar
7
2013
Safeguarding Your Merger & Acquisitions Deal from Private Antitrust Challenges Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar
5
2013
Supreme Court’s Decision in FTC v. Phoebe Putney Offers Additional Caution to Health Care Providers Seeking Antitrust Immunity in their Dealings with State or Local Entities Faegre Drinker
Mar
5
2013
Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division Approves Wellpoint's Acquisition of Amerigroup After Divestiture Permitting the Parties to Close Their Deal Dickinson Wright PLLC
Mar
5
2013
World Trade Organization Rules Against Ontario’s “Buy Local” Program Varnum LLP
Mar
4
2013
How Many Stars You Would Give to … the DOJ’s Challenge to the Bazaarvoice/ Power Reviews Acquisition Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
4
2013
Distribution in China – Legal Issues, Part II. Distribution System Design McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
3
2013
7th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Per Se Claims Against Agreements Not to Compete as Justified by Productivity Benefits Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
3
2013
The Supreme Court Limits the Antitrust “State Action” Doctrine Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
3
2013
European Commission Proposes Changes to the Rules Applicable to Technology Licensing McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
2
2013
Obama the Antitrust Enforcer: The Sequel Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
2
2013
Privacy Monitoring Activity at the Federal Trade Commission Mintz
Mar
2
2013
Norman Physician Hospital Organization (PHO) Clinical Integration Program: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Issues Approval von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Mar
2
2013
Response to the Wall Street Journal's Editorial Questioning My Ability To Purchase And Consume Beer (Re: Beer Merger) Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
2
2013
EU Merger Control: reform With A Small 'r' (But Do Not Underestimate its Value) Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
28
2013
China Law Update - February 26, 2013 Mintz
Feb
28
2013
State Law Resale Price Maintenance: We're not in Kansas anymore Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Feb
28
2013
A Dutch Court Hands Down the First Substantive Damages Judgment in the Netherlands for an Infringement of Competition Law McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
26
2013
Ninth Circuit Clarifies Extraterritorial Reach of California Antitrust Laws Mintz
Feb
25
2013
Maritime Transport Subject to European Union (EU) General Competition Law Guidelines From 26 September 2013 McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
25
2013
Trade Secrets Finally Gets Toward the Top of the National Agenda Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Feb
24
2013
China’s Merger Control Rules McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
24
2013
Supreme Court More Clearly Articulates the "Clearly Articulated" Prong of the State Action Exemption ArentFox Schiff LLP
Feb
23
2013
Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Unforeseeability Bars Immunity Defense for Allegedly Anticompetitive Hospital Merger Mintz
 

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