Darryl Wade Anderson, Author at AntitrustConnect Blog

By Darryl Wade Anderson

Darryl Wade Anderson, a partner in the Houston office of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, focuses his practice on antitrust and competition litigation and investigations, as well as a range of other complex business litigation matters and other general corporate litigation matters. Michael Lee Koon, a partner in the firm's office in Washington, DC, focuses his practice on the defense of organizations and individuals subject to regulation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Peter H. Mason, the partner-in-charge of the firm's Los Angeles office, primarily focuses his practice on defending corporate clients in a variety of high exposure and noteworthy matters on both a class wide and individual basis.

Patent Antitrust

Reverse Payment Claims Authorized Under State Law: Five Lessons from California’s In re Cipro Decision

Darryl Wade Anderson/August 11, 2015 /Leave a comment

Opening a new front in litigation over so-called reverse payment pharmaceutical patent infringement settlements, the California Supreme Court recently held that private parties can challenge these settlements under its state antitrust law, the Cartwright Act.[1] The court relied heavily on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision interpreting federal antitrust law in F.T.C. v. Actavis, Inc.,[2] importing…