Abstract
On June 28, 2005, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an important opinion on the extraterritorial reach of the US antitrust laws in Empagran S.A. v. F. Hoffman-Laroche, Ltd. The court held, on remand from the Supreme Court, that plaintiffs injured outside US commerce cannot bring antitrust suits in US courts unless the US effects of the anticompetitive conduct at issue are the proximate cause of their injuries. The decision construes narrowly the circumstances under which plaintiffs may be able to sue in US courts for injuries suffered in foreign commerce.
Disciplines
Antitrust and Trade Regulation
Date of this Version
July 2005
Recommended Citation
Leon Greenfield and David Olsky, "Empagran S.A. v. F. Hoffman-Laroche, Ltd.: DC Circuit Restricts Reach of US Antitrust Laws over Injuries Sustained in Foreign Commerce" (July 2005). Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr Antitrust Series. Working Paper 13.
https://law.bepress.com/wilmer/art13