In December 2020, the European Commission (‘EC’) conditionally cleared the $2.1 billion merger between Google and Fitbit, following a Phase II investigation. Google and Fitbit showed limited horizontal overlap in their activities, as Fitbit is a small player in the...

On December 18, 2017, Judge Richard Seeborg of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted summary judgment in favor of Compass Lexecon's clients in two related matters involving alleged price fixing by manufacturers of optical disk...

On October 3, 2014, Judge Richard Seeborg of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order denying class certification in a matter involving alleged price fixing by manufacturers of optical disk drives (“ODDs”), which include...

On March 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Comcast Corp. in an antitrust class action suit regarding so-called “clustering”— the practice of expanding the geographically contiguous service area of a cable operator by acquiring adjacent cable...

In January 2013, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced that it had voted unanimously to close its 19-month investigation of Google, concluding that Google’s search-related practices did not stifle competition in violation of antitrust law. In particular, the Commission unanimously...