Global BusinessDear Blawgletterati:

A rebuke

Drop dead, the Seventh Circuit on November 26 told U.S. firms that want to collect treble damages under the Sherman Act for fixing prices on their foreign subs' purchases overseas.

Either have your subs buy the stuff in the U.S., the panel ruled, or purchase the goods for import into the

The Supreme Court of California ruled last week that the Golden State's antitrust statute, the Cartwright Act, allows an award of overcharge damages to people who don't buy directly from a price-fixer.  Clayworth v. Pfizer, Inc., No. S166435 (Cal. July 12, 2010).

The case involved pharmacies that alleged price-fixing by drug manufacturers.  The