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Media Coverage 28 March 2013	Blue Shield Says Lab Testing Monopoly Suit Falls Short Law360 A Law360 article discussing Rheumatology Diagnostics Laboratory Inc. et al. v. Blue Shield of California Life & Health Insurance Co. et al. quotes from a legal brief drafted by Antitrust & Competition partners Bob Bloch, Scott Perlman (both Washington, DC) and Chris Kelly (Palo Alto).
Article Spring/Summer 2012	Analysis of Policy Statement of Antitrust Enforcement Policy Regarding Accountable Care Organizations The 2010 Affordable Care Act encourages the formation of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) by hospitals and other health care providers to reduce health care costs and improve quality of care. This article describes the Statement of Antitrust Enforcement Policy Regarding ACOs issued last year by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice and identifies concerns that the Policy Statement may permit the formation of ACOs that can exercise market power in negotiating with commercial health plans.
Article 9 January 2012	Legal and Practical Considerations Influencing Whether and When to Opt Out of a Class Action This paper reviews some of the key factors to be taken into consideration in a corporate class member’s determination of whether to opt-out of a Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 23(b)(3) price-fixing class action.
Article 11 November 2011	Analysis of Final Statement of Antitrust Enforcement Policy Regarding Accountable Care Organizations The following is an update of our article published in the April 22, 2011 issue of Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report (100 ATRR 441) regarding the Federal Trade Commission (‘‘FTC’’) and Department of Justice (‘‘DOJ,’’ collectively the ‘‘Agencies’’), Statement of Antitrust Enforcement Policy Regarding Accountable Care Organizations Participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (the ‘‘Policy Statement’’).
Media Coverage 22 April 2011	Analysis of DOJ/FTC Proposed Policy on Accountable Care Organizations BNA Bylined article by Washington, DC Litigation partners Bob Bloch and Scott Perlman discusses healthcare antitrust issues associated with the new healthcare reform law.
Article 14 July 2010	Reed v. Advocate Health Care: Anatomy of Class Certification Proceedings in a Wage Conspiracy Case Antitrust, Vol. 24, No.3 Courts in years past often used a perfunctory approach to class certification in federal antitrust cases, accepting plaintiffs’ complaint allegations as true, avoiding merits issues, and deferring to proffers of generalized methodology by plaintiffs’ experts.
Media Coverage 19 January 2010	Mega-settlements dominated antitrust scene in ‘09 Portfolio Media Bob Bloch quoted on antitrust litigation. “As long as the government continues to be very active in its criminal enforcement, follow-on antitrust civil litigation will continue to be very active. There’s no reason to believe that is going to lessen at all,” he said. Subscription required.
News Release 7 December 2009	Eight Mayer Brown Partners named to Washingtonian's Top Lawyers List Eight Mayer Brown partners from six practice groups have been recognized by Washingtonian magazine as Top Lawyers in the Washington, DC area.
News Release 9 October 2009	Mayer Brown Partners and Practices Ranked in Benchmark Litigation 2010 Mayer Brown LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm is ranked by Benchmark Litigation 2010 in three national practice categories - Antitrust, Appellate, and General Commercial Litigation. In addition, eight attorneys are nationally ranked as “Stars” in their practice area.
Article 6 October 2009	Q&A with Mayer Brown's Bob Bloch Interview with Bob Bloch discusses Mayer Brown’s antitrust practice.
Article 12-17 October 2008	Leniency and Plea Bargaining in Cartel Investigations in the United States and Europe Co-author 2008 Annual Conference of the International Bar Association, Buenos Aires
Article 5 June 2008	Organizing and Simplifying a Complex Antitrust Case for Trial American Law Institute-American Bar Association Program on Trying and Winning a Civil Antitrust Case
News Release 25 January 2008	Mayer Brown's Antitrust & Competition practice named in Global Competition Review's Top 20 Mayer Brown LLP, a leading international law firm, announced that it was named by Global Competition Review (GCR) as one of the Top 20 global firms for its Antitrust & Competition practice . Additionally, they selected Lee Abrams, Robert Bloch, Richard Favretto, Andy Marovitz and Richard Steuer as Who's Who nominees; called Don Klawiter's move to Mayer Brown "one of the lateral moves of the year;" and noted Jonathan Lewis' promotion to partner.
News Release 28 November 2007	Mayer Brown Attorneys Named In The Washingtonian's Big Guns: 800 Top Lawyers Washington, D.C., - November 28, 2007 - Mayer Brown LLP, a leading international law firm, today announced that 14 of its Washington, D.C.-based attorneys were named in The Washingtonian's 800 Top Lawyers list. The list recognizes Washington's top one percent of attorneys, dispersed throughout 28 legal specialties.
Article 19 April 2007	Monopsony and Buyer Power Issues: An Antitrust Analysis of Group Purchasing Organizations, Managed Care Mergers and Nurses' Wage Cases Co-author American Bar Association
Article 9 February 2006	How to Respond to a Criminal Antitrust Investigation: A Practical Approach in Today’s Enforcement Environment submitted for the 6th International Cartel Workshop; American Bar Association/International Bar Association
Article April 2005	A Comparative Analysis of Article 82 EC Treaty and Section 2 of the Sherman Act Zeitschrift für Wettbewerbsrecht (ZWeR)
Article October 1999	A New and Uncertain Future for Managed Care Mergers: An Antitrust Analysis of the Aetna/Prudential Merger Co-author UAntitrust Report, Matthew Bender & Co.
Article September 1997	Product Market Definition in Pharmaceutical Mergers Co-author UAntitrust Report, Matthew Bender & Co.
Article January 1997	U.S. Antitrust Law and Its Effect on Copyright Protections for the Music Industry Co-author The Impact of Competitive Law on the Music Industry, MAKLU Publishers
Article 1997	Compendium of Informal Antitrust Enforcement Agency Advice in Health Care Co-author American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law
Article September 1996	Most Favored Nation Clauses in Contracts Between Health Care Networks and Providers: The Search for Practical Antitrust Guidance Co-author Antitrust Report, Matthew Bender & Co.
Article June 1995	Innovation Policy and Antitrust Enforcement: The 1995 Antitrust Guidelines for Licensing of Intellectual Property Co-author Antitrust Report, Matthew Bender
Article February 1995	The Antitrust Division’s Amnesty Program American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law
Article June 1994	Corporate Compliance Programs and Corporate Amnesty: The Perilous Pursuit of Virtue Antitrust Report, Matthew Bender & Co.

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