Robert Schwinger discusses a recent magistrate judge ruling in a dispute over actions taken by various parties in connection with a cryptocurrency "fork," which addressed the question of whether those parties' conduct constituted anticompetitive activity barred by federal antitrust law.
Robert A. Schwinger explores recent developments in this edition of his New York Law Journal Blockchain Law column.
Read the entire article, Blockchain law: Can blockchain participants act in restraint of trade?.
Robert Schwinger is a partner in the commercial litigation group at Norton Rose Fulbright US. Emily Woolbank, a commercial litigation associate, assisted in the preparation of this article.
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On 1 March 2022, the European Commission (“EC”) published for consultation two draft revised horizontal block exemption regulations (“HBERs”) on research and development (“R&D”) and specialisation agreements, as well as draft revised guidelines on horizontal cooperation (“the Guidelines”). The updated EC regulations and Guidelines are expected to enter into force on 1 January 2023.
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