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Firm News | 1 min read | 05.05.21

Crowell & Moring’s Lisa Kimmel Shortlisted by Concurrences and George Washington University’s 2021 Antitrust Writing Awards

Washington – May 5, 2021: Crowell & Moring is pleased to announce that Lisa Kimmel has been shortlisted for Concurrences and George Washington University’s “2021 Antitrust Writing Awards” for her article, “The Patent Market Power Fallacy.” The article originally appeared in The Licensing Journal. The award honors the best antitrust articles published in the past year, and will be announced during a virtual awards ceremony on Wednesday, June 30th. Kimmel is a finalist for the “best academic article” in the intellectual property category.
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Firm News | 3 min read | 02.22.19

Crowell & Moring's Antitrust Group Listed as "Highly Recommended" in Global Competition Review's 19th Annual "GCR 100"

Washington – February 22, 2019: Crowell & Moring LLP’s Antitrust Group has again been recognized as “Highly Recommended” in Global Competition Review’s (GCR) 19th edition of the “GCR 100” – the leading ranking of the world’s competition policy law and economics practices. This marks the fourth year in a row in which the firm was ranked as “Highly Recommended” in Washington, D.C. and New York. Additionally, the group was ranked as “Recommended” in California. GCR is the leading international journal of competition policy and regulation.
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Client Alerts 17 results

Client Alert | 35 min read | 07.11.24

The Supreme Court’s Double Hammer to Agencies: Loper Bright and Corner Post Set New Precedents for Challenging Federal Agency Action

On Friday, June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council (“Chevron”)[1] in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (No. 22-451) and Relentless v. Dep’t of Commerce (No. 22–1219)[2] (the two cases collectively referred to as “Loper Bright”), bringing an official end to the decades-old and eponymously named “Chevron deference” doctrine. Not content to stop there, the Court returned fresh to work Monday, July 1, to, in Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (No. 22-451)[3] (“Corner Post”), effectively extend the limitations period to challenge final agency actions under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”).
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Client Alert | 1 min read | 03.27.20

Summary of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Stimulus Legislation

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), a $2 trillion stimulus package, was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives by a voice vote on March 27, 2020 despite opposition from certain Republican members who were seeking a roll call vote. The package was approved unanimously by the U.S. Senate with a vote of 96-0 on March 25, 2020. It is the third coronavirus emergency response bill considered this month in Congress, which passed the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act on March 6 and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act on March 18.
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Client Alert | 12 min read | 06.03.19

District Court Decision in FTC v. Qualcomm Spawns Controversy: Four Issues to Watch on Appeal

The recent ruling by a California federal court in the Federal Trade Commission’s monopolization case against Qualcomm sparked immediate and strong reactions from varied quarters. In a lengthy opinion, the court held that Qualcomm violated federal antitrust law. It ordered a broad injunction that could alter Qualcomm’s business model just as the global cellular system transitions to 5G. Qualcomm has appealed to the Ninth Circuit. 
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Press Coverage 36 results

Press Coverage | 12.08.21

DOJ Revises 2019 Policy Statement On Standard-Essential Patents

Global Competition Review

Press Coverage | 09.30.21

DOJ Official Says FRAND Licensing Disputes Could Raise Competition Concerns

Global Competition Review

Publications 15 results

Publication | 03.03.22

Intellectual Property & Antitrust

Lexology Getting the Deal Through

Publication | 05.12.21

2021 Licensing Update

Wolters Kluwer

Events 8 results

Event | 04.14.22, 4:30 AM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT

Dynamic Competition and Public Policy: Reflecting on the Path Forward for Schumpeterian Antitrust

Twenty years ago, Jerry Ellig published Dynamic Competition and Public Policy: Technology, Innovation, and Antitrust Issues (Cambridge University Press). With antitrust enforcement now a subject of intense interest among policymakers, it is time to pay tribute to Ellig’s pioneering work on dynamic competition, reflect on what we have learned since the book’s publication in 2001, and consider how to advance the much-needed Schumpeterian approach to competition. 
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Event | 03.25.19 - 03.28.19, 8:00 PM EDT - 8:00 PM EDT

2019 ABA 67th Annual Antitrust Law Spring Meeting

The 67th Annual Spring Meeting of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law is the world's largest meeting of competition and consumer protection professionals. The Spring Meeting brings together all segments of the global competition and consumer protection community - enforcement officials, private attorneys, in-house corporate counsel, academics, judges, economists, and business people - to share knowledge about all aspects of competition and consumer protection law.
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Event | 02.08.17, 4:00 AM EST - 12:00 PM EST

AAI International Antitrust Roundtable: Critical Issues in Global Antitrust - Comity, Intellectual Property, and Due Process

As competition enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad revise their international and/or intellectual property (IP) guidelines, and a new administration takes over in Washington, it is an opportune time to survey a number of issues and controversies. These include the extraterritorial and overlapping application of U.S. and foreign competition law, as well as some of the critical IP/competition issues facing antitrust authorities around the globe. In the process, the Roundtable will take stock of growing concerns over foreign jurisdictions’ due process standards (or lack thereof). These not only raise independent “good governance” issues but also may influence the debate over comity and substantive international antitrust and IP standards. 
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Webinars 5 results

Webinar | 09.01.21, 10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT

FTC Rulemaking Pursuant to Biden’s Executive Order and Beyond: What is Settled, Not Settled, and What to Expect Going Forward

On July 13, President Biden signed the sweeping Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy, which contained 72 directives to multiple federal agencies aimed at establishing a “whole-of-government” effort to promote competition across broad swaths of the American economy. Many recommendations within that Executive Order called upon the FTC to issue new rules relating to consumer protection, privacy, and competition issues. Even before the Executive Order, several Commissioners and other commentators were calling upon the FTC to exercise its rarely-used independent rulemaking authority to issue new rules to address a broad range of issues. 
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Webinar | 12.08.20, 5:00 AM EST - 8:00 AM EST

Second Annual Antitrust & Tech Conference: Reinvigorating Antitrust Enforcement in Digital Markets: Issues & Prospects

Can current antitrust enforcement tools address the increasing prominence of digital markets? How might proposed antitrust policy reforms affect digital markets and the enforcement agencies? 
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Webinar | 10.29.20, 11:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT

AIPLA Antitrust Law Annual Meeting: Antitrust, Licensing, Open-Source Program

The American Intellectual Property Law Association's (AIPLA) Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of intellectual property (IP) professionals each year. Partner Lisa Kimmel will be speaking during the Antitrust, Licensing, Open-Source program on the panel "Antitrust, Patents and Licensing, Oh My!" during the event. This panel will explore the fallout from the groundbreaking FTC v. Qualcomm case, including how the FTC and DOJ's divergent views will impact the interplay of antitrust and IP.
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