Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy blog posts and other commentary, (Apr 28, 2016)

The week’s most insightful, intriguing, or entertaining blog posts regarding antitrust and trade regulation issues:

• Antitrust Today, “The Antitrust Week in Review”

• Antitrust Alert, “EU: Merger case cleared following offer of FRAND technology license,” by Wilko Van Weert

• Franchise Alchemy, “An Intellectual Property Primer for Franchisors,” by Tom Pitegoff

• AntitrustWatch Blog, “DOJ Heightens Focus on Hospital Systems and Market Allocation,” by Shannon Leong, Howard Ullman, and David Goldstein

• Antitrust Update, “Soda bottler has bitter taste from alleged Pepsi price-fixing,” by David S. Kleban and Deirdre A. McEvoy

• Truth on the Market, “A Presidential Nod to Procompetitive Regulatory Reform: Substance, not Mere Symbolism, is Needed,” by Alden Abbott

• Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog, “Merger Policy at the Federal Trade Commission: What, If Anything, Has Changed?” by D. Daniel Sokol (University of Florida Levin College of Law)

• Antitrust Advocate, “Sounding the Alarm: White House Agency Warns of Decreasing Competition Across U.S. Economy,” by Bill Devinney

• Antitrust Law Source, “The FTC and the new frontier of privacy,” by Ryan Graham

• Ad Law Access, “Class Actions Under New Jersey Warranty Law Threaten to Turn Terms-of-Service Boilerplate Into Big Potential Risks,” by Jeff Scurry

• Proskauer on Advertising Law, “Stars Fail to Align for P&G, as Supreme Court Rejects Class Certification Appeal,” by Lawrence Weinstein, Alexander Kaplan, and Sarah Sullivan

• AntitrustConnect Blog, “Some Comparisons Between the Antitrust Division’s Corporate Leniency Program and the Criminal Division’s FCPA ‘Pilot Program’,” by Robert E. Connolly

Have you seen (or written) a blog post that fits the bill? Send a note to ALD@wolterskluwer.com, with a link to the suggested post.

Attorneys: Robert E. Connolly (GeyerGorey LLP); Bill Devinney (Baker & Hostetler LLP); Ryan Graham (Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP); David S. Kleban and Deirdre A. McEvoy (Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP); Shannon Leong, Howard Ullman, and David Goldstein (Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP); Tom Pitegoff (LeClairRyan); Jeff Scurry (Kelley Drye & Warren LLP); Wilko Van Weert (McDermott Will & Emery); Lawrence Weinstein, Alexander Kaplan, and Sarah Sullivan (Proskauer Rose LLP).

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