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Ugine & ALZ Belgium v. US

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Trade
Steel imported by Plaintiffs is German rather than Belgian in origin, because it is hot-rolled in Germany and not further cold-rolled in Belgium, and...

In re: Hydrogen Peroxide Antitrust Litig.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Evidence
District court's certification of a class of direct purchasers of hydrogen peroxide and two persalts is vacated and remanded. Class certification...

Total Benefits Planning Agency, Inc. v. Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an action brought by plaintiff company and four of its insurance agents against defendants-insurers alleging they conspired to boycott and...

Florida Citrus Mut. v. US

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Trade
Ambiguous language in 19 U.S.C. section 1677a(c)(2)(A), allowing a reduction in the U.S. price of imported merchandise for "United States import...

Mittal Steel Point Lisas Ltd. v. US

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Trade
In a case involving antidumping duties on steel products, judgment of the Court of International Trade affirming classification of plaintiff's...

Bd. of Supervisors for La. State Univ. Agric. & Mech. Coll. v. Smack Apparel Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Attorney's Fees, Education Law, Intellectual Property, Sports Law, Trade Dress, Trademark
In a trademark dispute alleging that defendant infringed trademarks by selling t-shirts with several universities' color schemes and other identifying...

Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Whole Foods Market, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
Denial of the FTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the merger of the Whole Foods and Wild Oats supermarket chains is reversed and...

Golden Bridge Tech. Inc. v. Motorola Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications Law, Cyberspace Law
In a suit alleging that defendants violated the Sherman Act by conspiring not to deal with plaintiff, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed...

Ross v. Am. Express Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an appeal from the district court's holding that defendants-American Express may avail themselves of the arbitration clauses in the cardholder...

In Re Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride Antitrust Litigation

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit alleging that a settlement agreement between the patent holder for the antibiotic Cipro and a generic manufacturer violated federal and...