Antitrust Attorney

Berlin-based professor of law and economics, Armin Steinbach, filed a lawsuit against OPEC in early November, accusing the organization of being an illegal cartel that…

12/01/22

If you are an eyewear customer there is a very good chance you’re also at least an indirect customer of this company. Eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica…

12/01/22

Pharmaceutical company Teva is under investigation by the European Commission over their competition practices, which the commission says interferes with medication research. Teva held a…

12/01/22

In November of 2022, Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE) announced it was filing a formal complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission’s Directorate-General…

12/01/22

At the start of October, an Italian administrative court ruled that Apple and Amazon no longer have to pay a $225 million fine levied by…

12/01/22

The European Commission is putting the Microsoft and Activision Blizzard merger on hold as they investigate whether the deal will reduce competition among PC gaming…

12/01/22

While the European Commission announced back in March that they would investigate Facebook, sources have leaked that it is ready to announce formal charges, according…

12/01/22

French competition authority, Autorité de la Concurrence, fined Apple a record $1.2 billion after their investigation found that Apple and its wholesale partners, Ingram Micro…

12/01/22

  Pfizer Inc. has acquired Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (GBT), a biopharmaceutical company whose leading product inhibits harmful medical conditions that lead to the relatively…

10/20/22

At the end of April 2022, announcing President Joseph Biden’s latest round of federal judicial nominations, the White House hailed the nominees not only as…

06/03/22

We are proud to announce that Partners Dan Mogin, Jonathan Rubin, Jennifer Oliver, and Senior Counsel Joy Sidhwa have been selected by Mondaq as Spring…

05/05/22

Recommitted to fighting anticompetitive consolidation, the government could still challenge the deal. The Federal Trade Commission’s silence last week on Amazon’s acquisition of MGM –…

03/23/22

We are proud to announce that Partner Jennifer Oliver has been selected by The National Law Review as a 2021 Go To Thought Leader in…

01/05/22

Partner Daniel Mogin was quoted today in an FTCWatch article titled, “As FTC examines supply chain woes, don’t expect much action,” addressing his thoughts on…

12/14/21

We are proud to announce that Daniel Mogin, our Managing Partner, has been selected to the Top Antitrust Lawyers of 2021 list by the L.A.…

11/17/21

We are proud to announce that MoginRubin Partner Jennifer Oliver has been selected as a Finalist by the San Diego Business Journal for their 2021…

10/19/21

Partner Jennifer Oliver was quoted today in the Daily Journal, regarding the loopholes in the current merger laws, and how they could potentially mask monopolies.…

09/23/21

MoginRubin Partner Jonathan Rubin will be a Keynote speaker at the upcoming National ATM Council (NAC) Convention. The three day live and in-person event will…

09/23/21

Partner Jonathan L. Rubin was quoted in the The New York Times’ coverage of Judge Gonzalez’s recent order following the bench trial where she dismissed…

09/10/21

MoginRubin LLP is proud to announce that Managing Partner Dan Mogin was chosen as a Best Lawyer for the 28thEdition of The Best Lawyers in…

08/19/21

We are proud to announce that Managing Partner Daniel Mogin has been selected as a “Lawyer of the Year 2021” for his accomplishments and excellence…

07/23/21

MoginRubin LLP Partner Jonathan Rubin was quoted in a recent Law360 article, “FTC’s Facebook Case Down, But Not Out, After Dismissal.” Click here to read…

07/01/21

MoginRubin LLP is proud to announce that Partner Jennifer Oliver was selected to The American Lawyer’s inaugural list of 2021 West Trailblazers. The list was…

07/01/21

Please join MoginRubin as we congratulate Partner Jennifer Oliver and Senior Counsel Joy Sidhwa for being recognized as Women of Influence in Law by San…

06/28/21

Lawyers Club members, tomorrow, May 18th at noon, MoginRubin Partner Jennifer Oliver will be moderating a discussion via Zoom regarding women on boards of directors,…

05/17/21

MoginRubin partner Jennifer Oliver wrote a piece for the Lawyer’s Club of San Diego’s May 2021 newsletter regarding the virtual International Women’s Day Luncheon which…

05/12/21

Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee want to end Major League Baseball’s antitrust immunity following the league’s decision to relocate the All-Star Game and…

04/08/21

The Federal Trade Commission has filed an administrative complaint and authorized a federal court lawsuit to block Illumina’s $7.1 billion proposed acquisition of Grail —…

04/08/21

Deal activity in the trillion-dollar U.S. patient-care industry has been hardy, despite projections that the pandemic might have slowed things down. That means the federal…

03/09/21

Two providers of foreign-language training services, Comprehensive Language Center Inc. (CLCI) and Berlitz Languages Inc., admitted that they took part in a conspiracy to defraud…

03/01/21

Editor’s Note: This is a follow-up to our blog post, Will the Antitrust Laws Get an Update? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says the effort…

03/01/21

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. of Colorado has pleaded guilty and will pay $107 million in criminal fines for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices…

03/01/21

On Monday, March 8th, The Lawyers Club of San Diego (LCSD) will be hosting a virtual program in honor of International Women’s Day, called “Breaking…

02/26/21

MoginRubin Partner Jennifer Oliver published an article on the proposed new HSR rules in the American Bar Association’s M&A committee’s DealPoints newsletter. Read, “Proposed Rules…

02/08/21

On January 28, 2021, MoginRubin’s Jennifer Oliver argued in front a panel of Federal Judges in Washington D.C. as counsel for a proposed nationwide class…

01/29/21

The Department of Justice is joining the Computational Antitrust project, hosted by the Stanford University CodeX Center and created by Professor Thibault Schrepel. “The project…

01/28/21

“American antitrust is basically a failure.” That’s a quote from a law professor in a recent New York Times article written by Shira Ovide titled…

01/28/21

Facebook reportedly planning to sue Apple for alleged antitrust violations.  According to sources speaking to TheInformation.com, Facebook believes Apple abused its power in the smartphone…

01/28/21

The South China Morning Post has reported that 2021 will be the year of antitrust regulations for the State Administration for Market Regulation. The paper…

01/17/21

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. has agreed to pay $75 million to chicken buyers to settle price-fixing claims, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company,…

01/17/21

Google plans to end support for third-party cookies in the Chrome browser and its Chromium engine, a decision that has prompted an investigation by the…

01/17/21

Included in this month’s inaugural issue of the Journal on Emerging Issues in Litigation, published by Fastcase Full Court Press, is an article co-authored by…

01/13/21

Bill Awaits President’s Signature Healthcare insurance companies, like other insurers, have enjoyed an exemption from U.S. antitrust laws since March 1945 when President Roosevelt signed…

01/10/21

In a year veiled with so much uncertainty for all businesses, we focused our collective efforts on highlighting what makes MoginRubin great – our dedicated,…

01/08/21

Signed into law by President Trump on Dec. 23, 2020, the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act bars employers from retaliating against individuals who report criminal antitrust…

01/02/21

MoginRubin’s Jonathan Rubin and Timothy LaComb were quoted in a Law360 article, “The Biggest Rulings In Antitrust Cases of 2020”, which reflects on details from…

12/23/20

The European Commission announced Dec. 21 that it is investigating Aon’s proposed acquisition of Willis Towers Watson, a deal that would combine two leading providers…

12/22/20

Google Illegally Maintained Monopolies, Created Insurmountable Barriers to Entry for Competitors, Suit Says A bipartisan coalition of 38 attorneys general have sued Google LLC for…

12/17/20

MoginRubin is proud to announce that Co-Founding Partner Jonathan Rubin has been named by the National Law Review as a Go-To Thought Leader for 2020…

12/17/20

Congratulations to Partner Jennifer Oliver who was appointed to the Executive Committee of the California Lawyers Association’s Privacy Law Section, and co-authored a piece about…

12/07/20

Competition law and class action specialists from MoginRubin LLP joined a law professor who served as a trial attorney in the Antitrust Division and an…

11/19/20

MoginRubin LLP Partner Jennifer Oliver is featured on the new HB Emerging Issues in Litigation Podcast along with Ausra Deluard of Dentons LLP. The podcast…

11/18/20

MoginRubin LLP Partner Jonathan Rubin was quoted in a Law360 article this week titled, “Access To Rivals’ Data Drives EC Amazon Antitrust Case.” The article…

11/11/20

MoginRubin is proud to announce that Partner Jennifer Oliver has been appointed to serve on the Privacy Section’s inaugural Executive Committee for the California Lawyers…

11/09/20

Government Sues to Block Deal Intended to Erase Disruptor Referring to Visa Inc. as a monopolist in the online debit services industry, the Department of…

11/05/20

The Department of Justice is requiring Liberty Latin America Ltd., its subsidiary, Liberty Communications of Puerto Rico LLC, and AT&T Inc. to divest certain fiber-based…

10/29/20

Two popular crowdfunding platforms, Crowdcube and Seedrs, have asked the U.K. competition authority to fast track their merger designed to create “the world’s largest private…

10/29/20

Indirect purchasers of health insurance will proceed as a class against Sutter Health for alleged anticompetitive conduct which plaintiffs maintain illegally tied health plans to…

10/29/20

Pro-consumer organizations — Consumer Action and U.S. Public Interest Research Group — and 20 states have filed amici curiae briefs with the Seventh Circuit U.S.…

10/29/20

MoginRubin Partner Jonathan L. Rubin was a speaker at today’s NAC2020-VIRTUAL Conference & Expo, where he gave a status update in the pending antitrust class action…

10/28/20

North County Lawyers Club Members, please join us tomorrow, October 28th at noon on Zoom for our monthly lunch meeting, featuring guest speaker Judge Wendy…

10/27/20

MoginRubin co-founder Jonathan Rubin was quoted by FastCompany in its report on the suit brought by the Department of Justice Antitrust Division and a group…

10/26/20

MoginRubin co-founder Jonathan Rubin was quoted by LexisNexis Law360 in its report on the suit brought by the Department of Justice Antitrust Division and a…

10/26/20

MoginRubin co-founder Jonathan Rubin was quoted by Reuters reporter Raphael Satter on the impact of the Department of Justice and a group of states suing…

10/26/20

Apple iPhone gamer John Pistacchio filed a proposed class action against Apple, Inc. on behalf of purchasers of “Apple Arcade,” a subscription mobile gaming service…

10/19/20

Now that TikTok has more time to keep its U.S. operation alive – thanks to a federal court order enjoining the Trump administration’s effort to…

10/06/20

MoginRubin is proud to announce that Partner Jennifer Oliver has been selected by the National Law Journal as a 2020 Elite Boutique Trailblazer. NLJ was…

10/01/20

The Justice Department Antitrust Division will approve a major acquisition in the beer industry, but only if one of the merging company’s divests its holdings…

09/29/20

A group of U.S. House Democrats and Republicans have introduced the “Student Athlete Level Playing Field Act” which would add momentum to the current movement…

09/29/20

In a move that Reuters said will “reshape the global semiconductor landscape,” Nvidia Corp. is purchasing Arm of the U.K. from SoftBank Group Corp. of…

09/15/20

Dispute in Delaware, Tussle in Brussels LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton of France used business challenges presented by the novel coronavirus to avoid a multi-billion-dollar…

09/15/20

Responding to Epic Games’ bold suit against Apple (and separately against Google) — alleging anticompetitive operation of the Apple Store — the computer and mobile…

09/15/20

hiQ Labs Inc., a new employment tech firm, sued professional network giant LinkedIn for abuse of its market power. Specifically, the startup-alleged LinkedIn blocked its…

09/15/20

The Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, a casino operator, alleges in a proposed class action that Scientific Games Corp., Bally Technologies, Inc., and Bally…

09/15/20

MoginRubin LLP is proud to announce that Partner Jonathan Rubin was selected by the National Law Journal as a 2020 D.C. Trailblazer. The National Law…

09/10/20

On August 18, 1920, women were finally granted the right to vote with the passing of the 19th Amendment. This year marked the 100th anniversary…

09/03/20

A new study illustrates the anticompetitive effects of horizontal shareholding in concentrated markets according to a Harvard Business Law Review article by Einer Elhauge, Professor…

08/27/20

MoginRubin attorney Tim LaComb was quoted in a Law360 article this week about the disappointing DC Cir. decision regarding the merger between Charter Communications Inc.…

08/21/20

MoginRubin LLP is proud to announce that our Managing Partner, Daniel Mogin, has been selected by Best Lawyers as a Best Lawyer 2021 in the…

08/20/20

Pending approval, two of the world’s largest animal healthcare manufacturers will consummate a multibillion dollar acquisition in August 2020, subject to FTC and other, international…

07/31/20

NFL Successfully Defends Against Antitrust Claims Brought by City of Oakland By Timothy LaComb, of MoginRubin LLP Featured in Sports Litigation Daily, Volume 17, Issue…

07/20/20

In response to Sutter Health’s motion for a continuance, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra requested that a San Francisco state court move forward with a…

07/03/20

On June 25, 2020, the House passed a bill to permanently extend a recently expired provision within the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act…

07/03/20

In November, California residents will vote on a proposal to augment the California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which took effect in January 2020. The Secretary…

07/02/20

In late June, the European Commission (EC) opened several formal cases investigating Apple’s mobile payment technology (Apple Pay) and various third-party and user agreements to…

07/02/20

The Justice Department has announced a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) and a $24.1 million criminal penalty against Apotex, Inc., a Florida-based generic pharmaceutical manufacturer. Apotex…

07/01/20

MoginRubin Partner Jonathan Rubin was featured in a Law 360 article after his compelling oral argument earlier this week in the case of Med Vets…

06/12/20

Published on Law360.com – May 1, 2020 Examining Startup Investors’ Thoughts On Big Tech’s Power By: Jennifer Oliver On Feb. 12, the U.S. Department of…

05/04/20

We are proud to announce that MoginRubin Partner Daniel Mogin was recently selected by Super Lawyers Magazine as a Super Lawyer for Antitrust Litigation in…

04/01/20

Attorney Tim LaComb was quoted in Investment News this week in an article, “When it comes to RIA custody, how big is too big?”. The…

03/17/20

MoginRubin LLP partner Jennifer Oliver presented on legal ethics in E-discovery at the Lawyers Club Of San Diego’s North/Mid County and Trial Advocacy Committee joint…

03/06/20

MoginRubin attorney Tim LaComb was quoted recently in a Denver Post article, “Altitude/Comcast dispute: Worst-case scenario extends blackout well into the future.”The article discusses the…

03/04/20

Attorney Timothy LaComb was quoted in a recent Financial Planning article, “Schwab Wants TD But DOJ Has Questions — And Not Just for Schwab.” The…

02/20/20

MoginRubin partner Jon Rubin was quoted in the recent Reuters article, “Qualcomm to Ask Appeals Court for Vindication in FTC Antitrust Case.” The article revisits the…

02/14/20

Partner Jennifer Oliver was quoted in Law360’s article, Major Antitrust Developments to Watch in 2020. The article reviews some of the key antitrust cases on…

01/06/20

Partners Dan Mogin and Jonathan Rubin were quoted in a recent Law360 article, The Most Closely Watched Merger Reviews of 2020. The article examines four…

01/02/20

Effective January 1, 2020, Joy Sidhwa became senior counsel at MoginRubin. Previously she was a senior attorney at the firm. Joy focuses her work on…

01/02/20

MoginRubin is pleased to announce that Partner Jennifer Oliver and Associate Timothy LaComb have been recognized by the National Law Review as “2019 Go-To Thought…

12/09/19

Partner Jennifer Oliver was quoted in a recent Law360 article, What To Watch As T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Fight Goes To Trial. The article discusses the megamerger…

12/06/19

Partner Jonathan Rubin continues his discussion of emerging antitrust issues associated with the growing business of Esports in Part II of The Emerging Role of…

11/12/19