Media Coverage
Source: Daily Journal
Media Coverage
03.06.14
An Illinois judge ruled last month that U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco erred in her interpretation of a 1982 statute, the Foreign Trade and Antitrust Improvement Act (FTAIA), that dictates when price fixing abroad implicates commerce in the U.S.
Jacob Sorensen, head of Pillsbury’s San Francisco litigation practice, said, “The FTAIA sets up this test that's designed to limit overreaching of U.S. antitrust laws. What they mean in the context of these global businesses in an increasingly interconnected world is a difficult question.”
In January 2014, Sorensen commented on the ruling in the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Bazaarvoice. U.S. District Judge William Orrick ruled that the technology company violated antitrust laws when it bought out its largest competitor.
Sorensen predicts that the Justice Department will be “emboldened by the win and they're trying to send a message to Silicon Valley generally and across the country that they're watching.”