Antitrust Law Source

In Part 3 of their Capper Volstead series, Jay Levine and Don Barnes discuss other statutes that exempt agricultural cooperatives from antitrust liability and delve into the historical and present relationship that USDA and DOJ have with the Capper Volstead Act.

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In Part 2 of their Capper Volstead series, Jay Levine and Don Barnes continue to discuss the need for the Capper Volstead Act and its key elements. Specifically, the team dives in to discuss why the Act was required and preview some of the ongoing issues with its application.

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Find Jay on Twitter and LinkedIn or contact him at jlevine@porterwright.com.

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In a belated tribute to Capper Volstead’s 100th anniversary, Jay talks with his legal partner Don Barnes, one of the deans of the agricultural bar and an authority on Capper Volstead. In Part 1, they discuss the origins of Capper Volstead and how the legal landscape for agricultural producers has changed over time.

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Find Jay on Twitter and LinkedIn or contact him at jlevine@porterwright.com.

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Picking up where they left off, the FTC has wasted no time in the new year and already proposed to effectively ban all employment non-compete clauses. The proposed rule would make future non-competes unlawful and nullify any existing agreements. In our latest podcast, Jay explains how this proposal fits in with the administration’s attempt to revise the antitrust laws.

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Antitrust enforcement is heating up when it comes to issues affecting workers and their ability to sell their services to the highest bidder.  Though the movement began in 2016, the Biden administration is claiming that certain agreements between employers that affect workers’ mobility and compensation can be criminally prosecuted.  In this podcast, you will learn all about these efforts, how the government has fared thus far and what you need to watch out for in the future.. 

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Find Jay on Twitter and LinkedIn or contact him at jlevine@porterwright.com.

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Antitrust Law Source author Darcy Jalandoni and editor Jay Levine pick up their discussion of the antitrust issues facing Amazon. In this episode, they discuss the parties’ positions, the result of Amazon’s recent contract dispute with Hachette…and how authors, and ultimately how American literature, will publish in the future.

Since the Kindle was released in 2007, Amazon has become dominant in the e-publishing world. Amid its other legal battles over the last eight years, a dispute between authors, the traditional publishing industry and Amazon has been not so quietly brewing. Antitrust Law Source author Darcy Jalandoni and editor Jay Levine discuss some of the interesting twists and turns in the dispute, and what the next chapter holds. 

This podcast offers a brief introduction into the world of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976, more commonly referred to as the HSR Act. Two members of the Porter Wright Antitrust group, Jay Levine and Jetta Sandin, provide listeners with an overview of the history of the Act, the criteria that could make a deal subject to the Act’s reporting requirements, common pitfalls that lead to violations of the Act and the consequences of non-compliance. Stay tuned for the next addition in which Jay and Jetta walk listeners through compliance with the Act’s reporting requirements – “The Form.”

Rounding out our discussion on the Sherman Act, host Jay Levine discusses how businesses enter into contracts utilizing specific tactics to ensure they stay competitive and under what circumstances those tactics become problematic. Learn how most favored nation and non-discrimination clauses, as well as market share discounts and exchanging non-price information can be used to preclude competitive entry. Should you include them in your contract? Listen to find out more.

Can one company drive out competition without resorting to pricing measures? Absolutely. Porter Wright’s Jay Levine discusses what types of conduct can be considered “non-price predication” that violate the antitrust laws.