Update May 2010: The House has passed a bill extending the program through 2015, and the Senate is considering a similar bill with bi-partisan support. On June 19, 2009, just two days before the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (ACPERA) was set to expire, President Obama signed into law a provision extending [...]
Category Archives: Federal Legislation
House Passes Bill to Retain Private Damage Protection for Successful Leniency Applicants
May 25, 2010 – 9:10 am
Congress is Considering Rolling Back Antitrust Exemptions for Insurance Companies
November 30, 2009 – 1:00 pm
Update November 2009: Attorneys General from Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Oregon, Maine, Arizona, Iowa, Montana, Florida, and Wyoming sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of legislation to strip health insurers of their antitrust exemption. As part of the health care reform debate, a proposal to eliminate the antitrust immunity granted to insurance [...]
Broadcom Files New Patent Case Against Qualcomm
October 9, 2008 – 12:55 pm
Broadcom has filed a new patent claim in the Southern District of California arguing that Qualcomm has improperly required customers who purchase chipsets for use in cell phone handsets to pay additional licensing fees when the handsets are sold. In Quanta Computer v. LG Electronics, 128 S. Ct. 2109 (2008), the U.S. Supreme Court recently [...]