There is mounting public concern over the influence that high technology companies have in
our society. In the past, these companies were lauded for their innovations, but now as one …

Accumulating evidence points to the need for more vigorous antitrust enforcement in the
United States in three areas. First, stricter merger control is warranted in an economy where …

… See Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendants' Joint Motion to Dismiss; Denying
Lucasfilm Ltd.'s Motion to Dismiss, In re High Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation, No. 11-CV…

In the past few years, human capital law has become one of the most dynamic policy fields
in the United States. Multiple states have reformed their noncompete policies, passing new …

In recent years, the courts have seen a new batch of cases involving antitrust claims by workers
against their employers, a traditionally rare kind of litigation. The cases have been driven …

… (4) The case that followed shortly thereafter is known as the High Tech Employee
Antitrust Litigation (HTEAL) and involved a class of approximately 65,000 current and former …

America’s monopolies, duopolies and oligopolies, and its citizens’ increasing reliance on
their services, are drawing scrutiny at levels unseen for more than a century. Like industrial …

Conduct of competition law under the consumer welfare standard is under attack. In the
United States (US), some have requested considering worker welfare in the day-to-day …

… Although the substance of this guidance did not come as a surprise to antitrust professionals
(particularly those who had been following the High Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation) ,2 it …

Antitrust immunity for employees and unions seems to be a corny topic in the US Although
the Sherman Act in 1890 was once a tool to suppress labor organizations, exemptions were …