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Aurora
Foods (Van de Kamp) acquisition of Mrs. Paul's from Campbell Soup
Company |
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Lloyd Oliver worked
for both Aurora Foods and Campbell to gain DOJ approval of this combination
of two of the three producers of breaded fish sticks in the U.S. |
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EEC
Investigation of Contract between Arco Chemical and Repsol |
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Lloyd Oliver provided
testimony before the EEC concerning market shares, definition and significance
of merchant markets and competitive effects in an EEC investigation
of allegedly restrictive provisions of a contract between Arco Chemical
and Repsol for producing propylene oxide in Europe. |
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Gillette
v. Optiva Corp. |
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Lloyd Oliver testified
for Gillette in a jury case on the amount of damages on a deceptive
advertising claim under the Lanham Act. Gillette was awarded significant
damages. |
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Sylvester
Jennifer et al. v. Delaware Solid Waste Authority |
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Lloyd Oliver provided
written and deposition testimony for DSWA in a class action case against
DSWA for allegedly violating the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution
by restricting the transportation of solid waste generated in Delaware
to landfills inside of the state; the case was settled on favorable
terms for the Defendant before trial. |
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Thomas & Betts
v. IBM |
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Lloyd Oliver provided
written and deposition testimony analyzing damages due the plaintiff
as a result of an alleged breach of contract by IBM in failing to make
Thomas & Betts its exclusive manufacturer of computer connectors.
The case was settled on terms favorable to the plaintiff before trial. |
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US
and EC Investigations Lyondell Chemical joint venture with Bayer
AG and Bayer's acquisition of Lyondell's worldwide polyether polyols
business. |
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Lloyd Oliver worked
for Lyondell Chemical in helping to secure US and EC approval for a
multibillion dollar joint venture by two propylene oxide producers to
coordinate existing operations and establish new propylene oxide manufacturing
facilities in Europe. He also consulted on Bayer's concomitant acquisition
of Lyondell's worldwide polyether polyols business and helped to analyze
the effects of technology sharing agreements. |
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Abuse
of KPN's dominant position for the termination of calls on its
mobile network; European Commission Case COMP/37.704 |
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Michael Pelcovits prepared
a report on the call termination charges of KPN Mobile in The Netherlands.
As an MCI Vice President, he also presented evidence in an oral hearing
of the European Commission on KPN's discriminatory practices in the
market for termination of mobile calls on wireline networks. |
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Investigation
into the Obligations of Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers to Unbundle
Network Elements |
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Michael Pelcovits testified
before the Pennsylvania Public Service Commission concerning implementation
of the rules on access to unbundled network elements. |
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Singapore
IDA |
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Michael Pelcovits has
been consulted by the telecommunications regulatory agency in Singapore
on competition policies relating to access to submarine cable landing
stations and the local loop infrastructure controlled by SingTel, the
incumbent telephone company. He has written reports and met with the
government officials responsible for making decisions on these issues. |
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Triennial
Review of unbundling obligations of incumbent local exchange carriers. |
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Michael Pelcovits submitted
several expert reports and declarations to the Federal Communications
Commission concerning which components of the local telephone network
need to be unbundled to facilitate the development of competition. Among
these reports were a model estimating the impact of regulatory decisions
on the level of entry in the marketplace. |
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Field
Turf, Inc. v. Southwest Recreational Industries, Inc. |
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Rick Warren-Boulton's and Alan
Rockwood's expert report on behalf of Southwest was influential
in the court's finding that Southwest did not have monopoly power
in the relevant product market. Their report also analyzed damages
from claims of patent infringement, which were dismissed by the court
(Kentucky). |
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Oldcastle
Materials Group, various acquisitions |
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In a number of reports, Rick
Warren-Boulton and Alan Rockwood analyses
of product and geographic market definitions and competitive effects
that were influential in obtaining regulatory approval by either the
FTC, DOJ or state authority to acquire firms with overlapping operations
involving construction aggregates, asphalt production and paving,
ready-mix concrete and highway construction. These acquisitions were
made by subsidiary firms in Connecticut (2), New York, New Jersey
(4), Ohio (2) and Utah (2) without significant divestitures. |
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Power
MOSFET Technologies, LLC v. Siemens, AG, et al. |
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Rick Warren-Boulton and Alan
Rockwood analyzed patent infringement damage claims for a
plaintiff holding patents on the design of a new generation of metal
oxide semiconductor field effect transistors used in power control
applications, and Rick Warren-Boulton testified at trial. |
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Ventana
Medical Systems, Inc. petitioner to the US Department of Energy |
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Under certain federal contract
terms, patents resulting from those research grants must be licensed
in a manner that will promote competition. Rick Warren-Boulton and Alan
Rockwood provided an expert witness report and Warren-Boulton
also testified at the Department of Energy hearing for the petitioner
on the competitive effects of certain actions and sub-license demands
by Vysis, the patent holder's exclusive licensee. |
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by Economist 1 | 2 | 3 |
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