Injunction

A federal judge has declined to grant two NASCAR teams, including one co-owned by Michael Jordan, a preliminary injunction in their ongoing antitrust case against the racing organization. On Wednesday,...

A Brazilian federal court has temporarily blocked a US$4.75 billion joint venture between Boeing and Embraer until the incoming government takes office. The two aerospace companies announced their intentions in July to create a merger to run Embraer’s commercial aviation business. The deal would result in Boeing holding 80% of the resulting company and Embraer […]

Kazunori Furuya, Mitsuo Matsushita, Apr 16, 2013 The Japanese Antimonopoly Law (hereafter referred to as “JAML”) was enacted in 1947 as part of the Economic Democratization Policy introduced into Japan by the Occupation Forces. Originally it was based on U.S. antitrust laws but, after more than 60 years of enforcement, JAML has acquired features unique […]

David Reichenberg, Mar 19, 2013 Preliminary injunctions in antitrust cases are sought most frequently-almost exclusively in fact-in the merger context. Perhaps this is because, to some degree, the fate of such motions is often outcome determinative. Namely, if the Government’s PI motion is granted, that often results in the abandonment of a deal, and vice […]