by Joseph Mansilla | Jul 3, 2020 | Blog
Last month I had the opportunity to help organize a CLE webinar with the New York State Bar Association on the topic of a new Senate legislation, the Anticompetitive Exclusionary Conduct Prevention Act (AECPA). The discussion was led by leading antitrust academics and...
by Roland St. Louis III | Jun 29, 2020 | Blog
Many industries are confronting new challenges due to the pandemic, but American farmers are in a particularly difficult spot. As demand from restaurants, hotels and schools dries up, American farmers are facing even more pressure on their margins,[1] which have...
by Roland St. Louis III | Jun 19, 2020 | Blog
Contact: Christian Levis (clevis@lowey.com), 914-733-7220 or Roland St. Louis (rstlouis@lowey.com), 914-733-7231 The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission issued joint guidance in October 2016 warning employers that, from...
by Johnathan Seredynski | May 29, 2020 | Blog
On April 16, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) awarded $27 million to a whistleblower who provided information that led to an SEC enforcement action. This was the largest award of 2020 and the sixth largest award since the SEC Whistleblower Program...
by Matt Roberts | May 25, 2020 | Blog
The livestock industry has faced unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Plummeting cattle prices and meat processing plant shut-downs have increased volatility in the market. These changes have raised questions in the industry, with many asking why...
by Margaret MacLean | May 18, 2020 | Blog
The gas market, with its pricing benchmarks based on self-reported transactions, has long been a fertile field for price manipulation. For example, in In re Natural Gas Commodity Litigation, No. 03 CV 6186 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 14, 2004), plaintiffs alleged that energy...
