A Random Walk Down The Blogosphere
- The Oregon Business Litigation Blog concludes that the tentative AMC recommendations reveal that “by and large the Commission concludes that our existing laws are plenty modern.”
- The I/P Updates blog reviews the recent Federal Circuit decision in Hydril Company, LP, et al. v. Grant Prideco LP, et al. in which “the Federal Circuit reversed the dismissal of an antitrust claim under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for failure to state a valid claim for relief.”
- Trade Regulation Talk reports that “New Hampshire and Washington have started their new legislative sessions by considering proposals to expand the right to bring actions under their antitrust laws” and that “Colorado is considering a bill to repeal provisions of the Colorado Unfair Practices Act that prohibit below-cost sales.”
- Trade Regulation Talk also reports that the FTC “has issued the first revision to the FTC franchise disclosure rule since it was promulgated in 1979. On January 22, the Commission amended the rule—including separating requirements for franchising and business opportunity ventures—in order to streamline the disclosure requirements, minimize compliance costs, and respond to changes in technologies and market conditions.”
- The Patent Baristas ask “is it worth it for generics to challenge branded drugs?“
- We join Geoffrey Manne and the rest of Truth On The Market in congratulating Josh Wright on his new appointment as Scholar-In-Residence in the Bureau of Competition of the Federal Trade Commission.
- The Connecticut Attorney General settled a case with Healthcare Research and Development Institute which, according to the AG’s press release “disbands an anticompetitive, exclusive ‘club’ of health care industry vendors and chief executives from the nation’s premier hospitals and health care institutions.” (It is more interesting than this quote sounds; it should be very interesting to people who deal with trade associations and other similar organizations: check out the “assurance of voluntary complaince” which has detailed findings).
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January 28th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Thanks David!