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Antitrust Law Doesn’t Prevent Apple From Rejecting Apps From Its App Store–Coronavirus Reporter v. Apple

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

There is no showing that Apple is reaping the fruits of anticompetitive conduct. The plaintiffs claim Apple’s developer agreement said “that entities with ‘deeply rooted medical credentials’ were permitted to publish COVID apps on the App Store.” That is not the kind of injury antitrust laws are intended to protect.

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Collaborate Away: Ninth Circuit Rules that Non-Solicitation Provisions in Collaboration Agreements Are Not Per Se Violations of Federal Antitrust Law

LexBlog IP

A recent Ninth Circuit ruling in a dispute between two health care staffing agencies clarifies that non-solicitation provisions in business-to-business collaboration agreements are not per se violations of the Sherman Act. To become a AMN subcontractor, AMN required Aya to sign a collaboration agreement. Aya Healthcare Services, Inc.

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Collaborate Away: Ninth Circuit Rules that Non-Solicitation Provisions in Collaboration Agreements Are Not Per Se Violations of Federal Antitrust Law

Trading Secrets

A recent Ninth Circuit ruling in a dispute between two health care staffing agencies clarifies that non-solicitation provisions in business-to-business collaboration agreements are not per se violations of the Sherman Act. To become a AMN subcontractor, AMN required Aya to sign a collaboration agreement. AMN Healthcare, Inc.

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Reaction and Response to the FTC & DOJ Workshop on Labor Market Competition

LexBlog IP

Going back to October 2016, President Barack Obama issued a “State Call to Action on Non-Compete Agreements” to “address wage collusion, unnecessary non-compete agreements, and other anticompetitive practices.”

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The 14th Public Commission Meeting – Dark Patterns, Imposter Rulemaking and Yet Another Policy Statement

LexBlog IP

Back to the meeting – and we will start with the dark patterns discussion because we keep hearing about this topic. ” He emphasized that there is very little agreement about what is and isn’t an illegal dark pattern, particularly since the definition does not line up with the definitions of unfairness or deception.

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Intellectual Property Rights And Competition Laws : A Study Of Interface

IP and Legal Filings

It is a longstanding topic of debate in economic and legal circles: Hot to marry the innovative bride and the competition groom?” [i] The basic role and function of completion law is to prevent anticompetitive practices that harm economic efficiency and increase transaction cost.

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Once Again, LinkedIn Can’t Use CFAA To Stop Unwanted Scraping–hiQ v. LinkedIn

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Contact me if you are willing to teach this topic to my Internet Law students, because today I have no clue how to help them understand the CFAA. This is anticompetitive behavior, pure and simple. The question is whether it is legal anticompetitive behavior or whether it implicates antitrust or unfair competition laws.