Antitrust Laws
Antitrust Law Applied to Market Allocation Agreements
The Colgate Doctrine and Resale-Price Maintenance Agreements: What is the Difference Under the Antitrust Laws?
What are the Requirements of an HSR Antitrust Filing for a Merger or Acquisition?
Antitrust and Bundled Discounts: How do I Apply the Discount-Attribution Test?
What are the Statutory and Non-Statutory Labor Exemptions to Antitrust Liability?
Is Exclusive Dealing Illegal Under the Antitrust Laws?
What Are the Elements of a Per Se Illegal Tying Claim Under the Antitrust Laws?
Are Resale-Price-Maintenance Agreements Legal Under the Antitrust Laws?
What is a Monopolization Claim Under the Federal Antitrust Laws?
What are the Requirements for Class Certification Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23
Does the Group Boycott Violate the Antitrust Laws? Five Questions You Should Ask
Antitrust Standards of Review: The Per Se, Rule of Reason, and Quick Look Tests
The Elements of Antitrust Injury: A Two-Prong Test
What are the Requirements to File a Concentration Under the European Merger Control Rules?
Are Manufacturer-imposed price restrictions Illegal?
US Supreme Court Holds Licensing Boards Not Completely Exempt from Antitrust Laws
Appellate Litigation
How Do I Seek Judicial Review of a California Administrative Agency or State Licensing Board Decision?
Calculating the Deadline for a Notice of Appeal in Federal Court
What Arguments Can I Use to Challenge a Punitive Damages Award on Appeal?
What Are the Requirements to Appeal an Interlocutory Summary Judgment Ruling in Federal Court?
Should I File an Amicus Curiae Brief?
What is the Standard of Review on Appeal?
Potential Changes Coming to Requirements for Notices of Appeal in Federal Courts
Business Litigation
What are the Available Damages in a California Breach of Contract Case?
Standard of Review for a Summary Judgment Motion in Federal Court
First Sale Doctrine in Trademark and Copyright Law
Affirmative Defenses to Trademark Infringement Claims
Defenses to California and Federal Trade Secret Claims
What are the Elements of Collateral Estoppel (Issue Preclusion)?
What are the Elements of Res Judicata (Claim Preclusion)?
How Does the Freedom of Information Act Work and What are its Limitations?
How to Challenge or Quash a Third-Party Subpoena in California
What are the Jurisdictional Requirements for the Class Action Fairness Act
What are the Elements for a Defense to Patent Misuse?
California Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Coinbase for Failure to Provide Bitcoin Gold After Bitcoin Hard Fork
Requirements for Removing a Case From State Court to Federal Court
A Trademark Infringement Plaintiff Need not Prove Willfullness to Obtain a Profit Remedy
Requirements for a Preliminary Injunction in Federal Court
Elements of a Business Defamation Claim
What are the Elements of a Patent Infringement Claim?
What are the Elements of a Copyright Infringement Claim?
How Do California Courts Handle Force Majeure Clauses in Contracts?
What Are The Standing Requirements For An Administrative Procedure Act Claim?
Trade Secret Disclosure Statements Under California Law
Do I Have a Lanham Act Claim Against My Competitor for False Advertising?
US Supreme Court in China Agritech v. Resh Declines to Extend American Pipe Tolling Rule for Class Actions
Defenses to a Section 17200 Unfair Competition Law Claim in California
Trade Secrets are now Protected by Federal Law
Anti-SLAPP Motions in California
What are the Elements for a Tortious Interference Claim Under California Law?
What are the Requirements for a Trademark Claim Under the Lanham Act?
California Federal Jury Finds in Favor of Defendant Coca-Cola in Lanham Act False Advertising Case Brought by Pom Wonderful
Is My Out-Of-State Noncompete Agreement Enforceable In California?
Trade Secret Litigation In California
US Supreme Court Issues Plaintiff-Friendly Pleading Decision in Johnson v. City of Shelby
Restrictive Covenants, Non-Compete Agreements, and California Law
Constitutional Law
The First Amendment Speech Responsibilities of a Public University
The State Action Doctrine for Federal Constitutional Claims
First Amendment Constitutional Limitations on Government Restrictions of Commercial Speech
Tribal Sovereign Immunity: A Defense Available to Individuals
Differences Between Facial and As-Applied Challenges to the Constitutionality of a Statute
Federal Constitutional Standing Requirements Under Article III
When Does Federal Law Preempt State Law?
How Can Businesses Use the Dormant Commerce Clause to Their Advantage?