The Motorola Decision Overlooks How Cartels and Corporate Families Operate

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David Barth, Jan 29, 2015

In Motorola Mobility LLC v. AUO Optronics Corp., a three-judge appellate panel in the Seventh Circuit issued a series of rulings removing approximately 99 percent of Motorola’s claimed purchases from the case. In each ruling, the Court held that those purchases were not subject to U.S. law in light of the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act of 1982. This article discusses the Court’s most recent