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The Robinson-Patman Act (RPA) has a long, controversial history within U.S. antitrust law and economics. In this episode, Mark Poe, an attorney who specializes in RPA litigation, discusses the RPA with hosts Puja Patel and Aaron Yeater. Mark and the hosts explore Mark’s view that traditional critics of RPA are incorrect, which he first presented…

The concept of the “elevator pitch” is familiar to anyone in the business world. The basic idea is to prepare as if one expects to share an elevator ride with an important decision-maker. During the duration of that imaginary ride (i.e., a minute or two), one would explain what they do and why it is…

October 7, 2024 The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the maker of 5-Hour Energy’s petition to review a Ninth Circuit test for deciding whether companies are in competition with one another in price discrimination cases Monday, allowing the circuit court’s revival of a suit brought by wholesalers to stand. Read more

September 27, 2024 A San Francisco federal judge indicated Friday that he won’t dismiss a proposed class action against OnlyFans’ parent company alleging the video platform dupes customers into automatically renewing their subscriptions, waving away arguments that a Los Angeles federal judge dismissed a similar suit and asking its lawyers, “So what?” Read more

SAN FRANCISCO – June 26, 2024 – Gaw | Poe LLP announced today that for the fourth straight year, partners Randolph Gaw and Mark Poe were both selected as Northern California Super Lawyers by Super Lawyers.  Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer…

May 21, 2024 California federal judge cemented a rare win under a little-used antitrust law, following up on a December jury verdict against an eye drops company with a decision barring it from offering Costco better terms than the retail wholesaler plaintiffs… Read More

SAN FRANCISCO – April 4, 2024 – Gaw | Poe LLP announced today that it obtained certification of a liability class consisting of the 178 limited partners of CMB Infrastructure Group VII, L.P.—an EB-5 Limited Partnership—on their claims for breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract against defendant CMB Export, LLC, the general partner of that limited partnership. …

SAN FRANCISCO – December 15, 2023 – Gaw | Poe LLP announced today that it won a jury trial on behalf of its clients against Prestige Brands—a publicly traded company whose subsidiary owns and manufactures the popular Clear Eyes Pocket Pals redness relief eye drop product.  Gaw | Poe’s clients were comprised of various convenience store wholesalers from California…

By James Mills – November 20, 2023, 1:08 PM EST A California federal court on Friday awarded a tobacco company almost $11 million in attorney fees and distributions in a long-running antitrust dispute against rival tobacco company Swisher… Read more

SAN FRANCISCO – October 5, 2023 – Gaw | Poe LLP announced today that it was awarded $862,314.32 in attorney’s fees and $33,410.48 in costs as the culmination of its’ clients civil RICO lawsuit against Tauler Smith LLP—the law firm that had sent numerous demand letters to various small retail stores accusing them of selling certain sexual enhancement pills…