Reverse Payments Settlement Analysis
Cornerstone Research works with pharmaceutical companies to address evolving antitrust issues in the context of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in FTC v. Actavis.
Anderson News LLC et al. v. American Media Inc. et al.
The judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the defendants’ motions for summary judgment in this magazine distribution antitrust case.
Cornerstone Research Staff and Expert Sign Amici Curiae Brief for U.S. First Circuit
The brief addresses features of the settlement in Loestrin not yet addressed by courts reviewing alleged reverse payment settlements post-Actavis.
GE-Alstom Merger
Cornerstone Research analyzed the competitive implications of the target company’s financial position in GE’s multibillion-dollar acquisition of Alstom’s energy-related business.
In re Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Litigation
The judge in this case denied class certification, ruling that the plaintiffs failed to present “a viable methodology for establishing classwide antitrust injury and damages.”
Alleged Exclusionary Contracting for Outpatient Services
Counsel for an outpatient surgery center retained Cornerstone Research and Professor Emeritus Richard Arnould to assess whether exclusivity agreements between a hospital system and health plans restrained competition and raised…
Analysis of Physician Group’s Market Share and Alleged Market Power
Counsel for a physician group retained Dr. Michael Keeley to address allegations that it had illegally obtained and exercised market power for inpatient services at local area hospitals.
Cornerstone Research Coauthors Antitrust Amicus Curiae Brief for U.S. Third Circuit
The filing details economic considerations relevant to determining the appropriate scope of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in FTC v. Actavis.
In re Skelaxin (Metaxalone) Antitrust Litigation
The court denied both the end payors’ and indirect purchasers’ motions for class certification in this pharmaceutical reverse payment antitrust case.
Cornerstone Research Coauthors Antitrust Amicus Brief for Supreme Court
Filing Details Economic Evidence Against Using a Presumption of Illegality for Reverse Payment Settlements of Pharmaceutical Patent Infringement Suits
Stacie Somers v. Apple, Inc.
In a case alleging an anticompetitive tie between Apple’s iPod and iTunes products, Cornerstone Research was retained to assess the economic basis for certifying a putative class of indirect purchasers…
Google’s Purchase of ITA Software
Counsel for Google retained Cornerstone Research and Professor Timothy Bresnahan of Stanford University to analyze the competitive and efficiency effects of Google’s $700 million purchase of ITA Software.
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