Overview Experience People Events News Intelligence Distribution & Franchise 123next U.S. to Cut Automotive Tariffs as Japan Enters TPP Talks 06 May 2013 Dashboard Insights On April 24, 2013, Acting U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) Demetrios Marantis formally notified Congress that the United States plans to include Japan in Trans-Pacific... Most Favored Nation ("MFN") Pricing Draws Scrutiny as Potential Anticompetitive Practice 29 April 2013 Dashboard Insights An interesting and growing debate in the antitrust arena is whether most favored nation (“MFN”) pricing provisions are pro-competitive or anticompetitive. For many... Supreme Court to Consider General Jurisdiction Over Foreign Parent Based on U.S. Subsidiary 25 April 2013 Dashboard Insights On Monday, April 22, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear DaimlerChrysler AG v. Bauman, which asks whether a foreign parent corporation can be subject... Japan's Entry Into Free Trade Talks Presents Challenges for the Automotive Sector 28 March 2013 Dashboard Insights Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s announcement that Japan will join talks on the Trans-Pacific Pacific Partnership (“TPP”) presents potential challenges for the... Zip Code Requests Off-Limits in Massachusetts Credit Card Transactions 21 March 2013 Legal News Alert: Litigation In a recent decision, Tyler v. Michaels Stores, Inc., the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that zip codes are “personal identification information” and... Product Distribution in the United States: A Common Market—or Balkanization? 01 June 2012 REACH Michael Lockerby authored an article that appeared in the June 2012 issue of the Danish-American Business Forum's REACH publication titled "Product Distribution... OESA Legal Corner: Keeping Your Company's Trade Secrets from Becoming 'Road Kill' on the Information Superhighway 01 April 2012 OESA News Partner Michael Lockerby authored an article that appeared in OESA News titled "OESA Legal Corner: Keeping Your Company’s Trade Secrets from Becoming 'Road Kill'... Meineke v. RLB Holdings 01 February 2012 Franchise Times In an examination of the Fourth Circuit's opinion in Meineke Car Care Centers v. RLB Holdings, Partner Michael Lockerby proposes that the court's decision regarding... How ConocoPhillips Prevailed In a Multidistrict Franchise Modification Dispute 01 July 2011 Distribution Foley Associate Benjamin Dryden authored an article that appeared in the July 2011 issue of Distribution titled "How ConocoPhillips Prevailed In a Multidistrict... Fourth Circuit Reverses U.S. District Court, Instead Allowing Franchisor to Recover "Future Damages" From Terminated Franchisee 02 May 2011 Legal News Alert: Distribution & Franchise For many years, the recovery of so-called “future damages” has been one of the most hotly contested issues in franchising. The issue is whether—following termination... 123next Related 1 2 3
U.S. to Cut Automotive Tariffs as Japan Enters TPP Talks 06 May 2013 Dashboard Insights On April 24, 2013, Acting U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) Demetrios Marantis formally notified Congress that the United States plans to include Japan in Trans-Pacific...
Most Favored Nation ("MFN") Pricing Draws Scrutiny as Potential Anticompetitive Practice 29 April 2013 Dashboard Insights An interesting and growing debate in the antitrust arena is whether most favored nation (“MFN”) pricing provisions are pro-competitive or anticompetitive. For many...
Supreme Court to Consider General Jurisdiction Over Foreign Parent Based on U.S. Subsidiary 25 April 2013 Dashboard Insights On Monday, April 22, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear DaimlerChrysler AG v. Bauman, which asks whether a foreign parent corporation can be subject...
Japan's Entry Into Free Trade Talks Presents Challenges for the Automotive Sector 28 March 2013 Dashboard Insights Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s announcement that Japan will join talks on the Trans-Pacific Pacific Partnership (“TPP”) presents potential challenges for the...
Zip Code Requests Off-Limits in Massachusetts Credit Card Transactions 21 March 2013 Legal News Alert: Litigation In a recent decision, Tyler v. Michaels Stores, Inc., the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that zip codes are “personal identification information” and...
Product Distribution in the United States: A Common Market—or Balkanization? 01 June 2012 REACH Michael Lockerby authored an article that appeared in the June 2012 issue of the Danish-American Business Forum's REACH publication titled "Product Distribution...
OESA Legal Corner: Keeping Your Company's Trade Secrets from Becoming 'Road Kill' on the Information Superhighway 01 April 2012 OESA News Partner Michael Lockerby authored an article that appeared in OESA News titled "OESA Legal Corner: Keeping Your Company’s Trade Secrets from Becoming 'Road Kill'...
Meineke v. RLB Holdings 01 February 2012 Franchise Times In an examination of the Fourth Circuit's opinion in Meineke Car Care Centers v. RLB Holdings, Partner Michael Lockerby proposes that the court's decision regarding...
How ConocoPhillips Prevailed In a Multidistrict Franchise Modification Dispute 01 July 2011 Distribution Foley Associate Benjamin Dryden authored an article that appeared in the July 2011 issue of Distribution titled "How ConocoPhillips Prevailed In a Multidistrict...
Fourth Circuit Reverses U.S. District Court, Instead Allowing Franchisor to Recover "Future Damages" From Terminated Franchisee 02 May 2011 Legal News Alert: Distribution & Franchise For many years, the recovery of so-called “future damages” has been one of the most hotly contested issues in franchising. The issue is whether—following termination...