by William Markham | Jan 5, 2013 | Antitrust Litigation and Counseling
Did Amazon Violate Antitrust Law in Order to Dominate the Sale of E-Books? The other day I received a query from someone who, like many others, was under the impression that Amazon had used antitrust abuses in order increase its sales at the expense of impoverished...
by William Markham | Oct 10, 2012 | Business Litigation
It often happens that two parties to a contract will later disagree over the meaning of a particular term or phrase set forth in the contract, and that the term or phrase in question really can be construed to have more than one simple application. Where this occurs,...
by William Markham | Oct 4, 2012 | Business Litigation
3M, the company that makes post-its, yesterday abandoned its proposed merger with Avery, which is a large company that makes a variety of office supplies (this post was made on October 4, 2012). 3M did so after the United States Department of Justice objected to the...
by William Markham | Jun 12, 2012 | Business Litigation
It is now clear that the publishers and Apple intend to defend themselves by arguing that they did nothing wrongful at all, but on the contrary each publisher independently entered into an agreement with Apple without advance knowledge that the other major publishers...
by William Markham | Dec 17, 2010 | Business Litigation
By William Markham (© 2010) An objection to “foundation” can mean that the examiner has asked the witness to provide information before establishing any of the following: Relevance. The examiner has asked the witness to provide information without first establishing...