Moreover, it said, if such lawsuits succeed, some good products may be removed from the market, depriving patients of beneficial treatments.
Other merger specialists, however, expressed doubt that such a lawsuit would succeed.
Should other lawsuits for historical wrongs succeed, the problem in the Swiss bank case is likely to recur.
The lawsuits easily succeeded and limited the ability of outside investors, most notably Standard Oil, to gain control of the state oil companies.
But the question in this case is whether a lawsuit would succeed.
A similar lawsuit recently succeeded in Florida.
The lawsuit succeeds, and Charlotte is awarded $8 million in damages.
The case was later dismissed by the judge, who said there was little likelihood the lawsuit would succeed.
Her campaign ended when a lawsuit filed by supporters of her opponent succeeded to remove her from the ballot.
If the lawsuit here succeeds, it will inevitably give a push to efforts to crack down elsewhere.