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Boon for International Business Community
In a boon for the international business community, which had anxiously awaited the decision in the drug price-fixing case F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. v. Empagran S.A., the U.S. Supreme Court held on June 14 that the Sherman Anti-Trust and Clayton Acts cannot be invoked by foreign individuals or entities to redress injuries suffered due to anti-competitive conduct when the price-fixing conduct complained of adversely affects customers inside and outside the United States, but the adverse foreign effect is independent of any adverse domestic effect. F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. v. Empagran S.A., No. 03-724, 2004 U.S. LEXIS 4174; 72 U.S.L.W. 4501 (6/14/04).
About the Case
In the F. Hoffmann-La Roche case, foreign vitamin purchasers filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that vitamin manufacturers and distributors had engaged in a price-fixing conspiracy, raising vitamin prices in the United States and foreign countries, in violation of the Sherman and Clayton Acts. They brought their suit in district court in Washington, DC. Defendants (petitioners) moved to dismiss the suit as to the foreign purchasers (respondents), as they were foreign companies located abroad that had purchased vitamins only outside United States commerce.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Removing Restrictive Covenants In New York
In Rockwell v. Despart, the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?