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-Wish We Knew: Continued from page 10-
-Anti-Trust and M&A: Continued from page 3-
Karton v. Ari Design & Construction, Inc., 61 Cal. App.
5th 734, 747 (2021).
under the 1974 Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act,
15 U.S.C. § 16, better known as the Tunney Act (named
after Senator John Varick Tunney (D-CA)), which Congress passed in 1974 in response to public reports of improper influences behind the Nixon DOJ’s settling an antitrust lawsuit against International Telephone & Telegraph.
Be respectful towards the bench. Three excellent resources are the Orange County Bar Association’s Civility
guidelines, the State Bar’s Civility Toolkit, and the Central District of California’s Civility and Professionalism
Guidelines. The Orange County Bar Association’s Civility guidelines are available on the Orange County Bar
Association’s and the Orange County Superior Court’s
websites. The State Bar’s Civility Toolkit is available on
the State Bar’s website. The Central District of California’s Civility and Professionalism Guidelines are available on the United States District Court, Central District’s
website.
Magistrate Judge Karen E. Scott was appointed to the
United States District Court for the Central District of
California in 2015.
Justice Deborah Servino is an Associate Justice on the
Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Three. Justice
Servino previously serviced as a judge on the Orange
County Superior Court from 2009 to 2026.
The Tunney Act requires the DOJ to file a competitive impact statement with the court, publish it and the
proposed judgment in the Federal Register, invite and
respond to public comments, and obtain the court’s determination that the settlement is
