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Compass Lexecon has been involved in many of the largest and most complex antitrust litigation and financial market cases over the past 30 years.
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07/06/22
Compass Lexecon was retained by counsel at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, and Katz and K&L Gates to represent the parties in connection with II-VI’s acquisition of Coherent. The transaction combines two of the leading laser and optical components manufacturers in the...
- Services
- Antitrust & Competition: Mergers
- Industries
- Manufacturing
03/02/21
On December 17, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas granted summary judgment in favor of Compass Lexecon’s client Mylan Inc. on antitrust claims brought by Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC ("Sanofi"). Sanofi alleged that Mylan entered rebate agreements...
- Services
- Antitrust & Competition: Conduct
- Industries
- Healthcare & Life Sciences
02/14/18
Compass Lexecon Expert Dr. Elizabeth Wang Testifies Successfully at Trial On January 11, 2018, the Intermediate People's Court in Shenzhen, China entered a ruling in favor of Compass Lexecon client Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., a leading smartphone manufacturer, in a...
10/18/17
After deliberating for less than one hour, a jury cleared Compass Lexecon's client, headset manufacturer Plantronics, on all counts in an antitrust suit filed five years ago by competitor GN Netcom, maker of the Jabra brand of headsets. GN alleged...
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08/28/17
On August 28, 2017, the District Court in this case denied Plaintiffs’ motion to certify a class of direct purchasers of Cephalon’s branded drug Provigil. Direct purchaser Plaintiffs alleged that Cephalon delayed market entry of generic versions of Provigil through...
- Industries
- Healthcare & Life Sciences
01/09/12
On January 9, 2012, the Superior Court of California (County of Santa Clara) granted a complete victory to Compass Lexecon’s client, DVD CCA. The Court ruled that Kaleidescape, a manufacturer of DVD movie servers, breached its license agreement with DVD...
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- Intellectual Property
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- Manufacturing
- Entertainment & Media
05/30/11
In late May 2011, IBM and Neon Enterprise Software LLC reached a settlement widely regarded as very favorable to Compass Lexecon’s client, IBM. At the heart of the dispute was a software product, zPrime, offered by Neon that allowed IBM’s...
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- Antitrust & Competition: Conduct
- Industries
- Technology
01/13/11
In January 2011, the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Florida) granted summary judgment in favor of Compass Lexecon’s client, Nielsen, on Sunbeam’s antitrust claims. Sunbeam, operator of the FOX television affiliate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area, alleged that Nielsen,...
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- Antitrust & Competition: Conduct
- Industries
- Entertainment & Media
- Technology
03/29/10
On March 29, 2010, Cisco Systems, Inc. received approval from the European Commission for its proposed acquisition of Tandberg ASA, the largest provider of videoconferencing equipment in the world. On that same day, the Department of Justice announced that it...
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- Antitrust & Competition: Mergers
- Industries
- Technology