Supreme Court Applies 'Functional Analysis' to Determine Joint Venture Is Not a 'Single Entity' Immune from Antitrust Liability
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Supreme Court Applies 'Functional Analysis' to Determine Joint Venture Is Not a 'Single Entity' Immune from Antitrust Liability
Article by James R. McGibbon, Carla Wong McMillian, Jeffrey P. Bialos and Steuart H. Thomsen
Originally published May 28, 2010 In American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League, 560 U.S. __ (2010), the Supreme Court unanimously held that teams in the National Football League and a corporate entity that they formed to manage their intellectual property should be considered separate entities capable of conspiring with one another for purposes of antitrust liability under Section 1 of the Sherman Act. The A...See the full content of this document
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