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The agency, which is currently investigating the trade association's Clear Cooperation Policy, says it's defending its interest in the application of antitrust laws to the real estate industry.
In Fonseca v. Hewlett-Packard Company, Case No. 20-56161, the Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a former Hewlett-Packard Company employee’s claims that the company hatched an unlawful no-poaching agreement with a competitor.
No-hire or “no-poaching” agreements have recently come under increasing scrutiny by the federal government, as well as various state regimes. However, a recent Ninth Circuit decision...
Many recent no-poach agreement antitrust claims have risen within the franchise context, where the alleged agreement was plainly described in the operative franchise agreements. In...
Takeaway: Consumer class actions primarily target a damages remedy. In the antitrust context, state antitrust law provides the path to damages for indirect purchasers, because federal a...