Antitrust News & Notes is a periodic report concerning recent developments, issues, and matters of interest in antitrust law and competition policy. To access your copy of the most current issue, follow this link.

In this issue, we review the first merger preclearance undertaken by Chinese antitrust regulators under that country’s new antitrust law. We examine a significant Tenth Circuit decision that could help hospitals defend monopolization claims brought by physicians who have been excluded from a hospital’s medical staff. Next, we observe attempts in Congress to turn back the Supreme Court’s recent opinions on pleading standards in federal courts. Then, we note a surprising turn in the Ninth Circuit’s handling of a claim that major oil companies conspired to fix gasoline prices in California. Finally, we review the Ninth Circuit's take on bundling claims and its impact on future claims.

This issue's articles:

• China Exercises New Antitrust Enforcement Powers in Reviewing Panasonic-Sanyo Deal
• Tenth Circuit Holds That a Hospital Has No Antitrust Duty to Share Facilities
• Proposed Legislation Seeks to Overturn Supreme Court’s Twombly and Iqbal Decisions
• Ninth Circuit Reverses Itself, Affirms Dismissal of Claims Against Major Oil Companies
• Masimo v. Tyco — The Ninth Circuit’s Latest Pronouncement on Bundling

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