Competition Archive » June, 2006

Competition - June, 2006

129 articles

• Verizon Calls County On Antitrust Violations
• Hawaiian Air Claims Rival Stole Trade Secrets
• E.C. Accuses MasterCard Of Fixing Interchange Fees
• Cephalon Takes Another Blow Over Provigil
• Another Orthopedic Company Stung With Subpoena
• Howrey Continues Expansion With New Partner
• Boeing To Pay Record $615M To Quell DOJ Probe
• Big Pharma Lashes Out At Generic Competition
• Mexico Enacts Antitrust Revisions
• Telcos Nervously Eye Sweeping Industry Overhaul
• FERC Says No To Enron's $120M Fee Request
• PhRMA Blasted Over Authorized Generics Study
• Senate Rejects Net Neutrality Amendment
• In Surprising Twist, Chinese Antitrust Law Fails
• Class Action Targets BP In Propane Price Manipulation
• E.C. Confirms New Structure For Antitrust Fines
• Vehicle Auctioneers Settle Patent, Antitrust Claims
• DOJ Defies Constitution In KPMG Case, Judge Says
• Court To Rule On Baby Bell Mergers
• Senate Committee To Investigate Interchange Fees
• Riled By Schering-Plough Case, Senators Introduce Bill
• Feds Oppose State Bills Over Legal-Services Market
• Microsoft To Face More Steep Fines From E.C.
• Impotence Drug Price-Fixing Investigated
• Class Actions Pose Problems For Arbitration
• E.U. To Increase Antitrust Fines
• Flurry Of Class Actions Tails Airlines
• Court OKs Adelphia Asset Sale To One-Time Rivals
• E.C. Probes Germany Over Regional Aid
• McClatchy Must Sell Pioneer Press: DOJ Lawsuit
• Supreme Court To Weigh Antitrust Timber Case
• Supreme Court Passes On Schering-Plough Appeal
• DOJ Subpoenas Orthopedic Companies
• High Court To Review Telecom Antitrust Class Action
• Plavix Settlement Updated To Appease FTC
• Freshfields Names New Competition Heads
• China Commission To Enforce Anti-Monopoly Law
• Accusations Fly Over Alleged Airline Price-Fixing
• French Lawmakers Draft Compromise iPod Law
• Kroes Puts European Telecom On Notice
• Funeral Home Operators Seek Merger Timeline
• Kroes: State Aid Action Plan "My Top Priority"
• ABA Could Face Civil Contempt Over Accreditations
• Powering Ahead, Female Antitrust Attorneys Join Forces
• British Airways Clipped By New Probe
• AMD Subpoenas Staples, Wal-Mart & 30 Others
• DOJ Alters Proposed Energy Merger
• Zocor Offer Draws Predatory Pricing Accusations
• FCC Ruling On Adelphia Sale Expected By Mid-July
• U.K. Court Rejects Extradition Challenge
• FCC Launches Review Of Media Ownership Rules
• State Appeals Costco's Win In Liquor Regulation Case
• Stolt To Petition Landmark Case To Supreme Court
• Bush Repeals Rule On Student Loan Consolidation
• Hearings Focus On When And How To Regulate Single Firms
• Oil Companies Fined €315.4M
• Supreme Court Declines To Hear Appeal In "Tying" Brawl
• FTC Lifts Ban On Liberty Stake In Time Warner
• Exxon, BP Survive Antitrust Scare
• Fed Up With Low Wages, Nurses Target Hospitals
• E.C. Launches Antitrust Inquiry Into SkyTeam
• Shareholder Suit Against Stolt-Nielsen Will Proceed
• Three Gas Traders Admit To Price Manipulation
• Battle Brews Over Real Estate "Cartel"
• Supreme Court Looks To Solicitor General In IPO Case
• Index Funds Can Trade Without License, Court Rules
• U.K. Plans To Keep Spotlight On MasterCard Fees
• E.C. Probes Gaz de France, Suez Deal
• Airbus Poised To Request State Aid
• More Countries Take Aim At Apple's iPod
• E.U. Commissioner 'Not Pleased' With Raid Findings
• Watchdog To Probe British Grocery Market
• Court Upholds FCC Rules On Network Unbundling
• Australia Overhauls Merger Guidelines
• E.U. Approval Of Canadian Mining Deal Nears
• Australia Rejects Telstra Bid To Raise Network Fees
• Antitrust Concerns May Delay Telecom Bill
• Judge Approves Settlement Over Hospital Bed Discounts
• Hospital Group Settles In Price-Gouging Lawsuit
• Firm Profile: Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
• Newspaper Sale Under DoJ Scrutiny
• Microsoft, Intel Riffs Shape Article 82 Debate
• Dundas & Wilson Scores New Competition Leader
• Online Competition Still Our Turf, FTC Says
• E.C. Ups Deadline For GDF-Suez Merger
• Taser Takes Aim At Air Gun Company In Patent Battle
• Air Canada Tapped By E.C., DOJ In Air Cargo Probe
• Ryanair Launches More Charges Against Air France
• E.U. Modifies Mobile Roaming Plan
• Video Rental Giants Face Off
• Intel Fires Back At AMD Over Motion To Dismiss
• FTC Digs Deeper Into Funeral Home Merger
• Barr Settles With Sandoz For $22.5M Over Blood Thinner
• Ex-Williams Energy Manager Admits To Gas Price Scheme
• Firm Profile: King & Spalding LLP
• Sweeping Telecom Bill Passes House
• D.C. Snapshot: White & Case LLP
• Becton Dickinson Poked By Syringe Antitrust Suit
• House Rejects Net Neutrality Amendment
• E.C.: Slovak Government Gave €11M In Illegal Aid
• D.C. Snapshot: Hogan & Hartson LLP
• D.C. Circuit Upholds FDA Rule On 180-Day Exclusivity
• Multinationals Fret Over China's New Monopoly Law
• Hill Hears Antitrust Concerns Over .Com Registration
• D.C. Snapshot: O'Melveny & Myers LLP
• E.U. Telecom Industry Pushes For Less Regulation
• Court Tosses Suit Against Medical Schools, Hospitals
• European Court Rules Against Austrian Banks
• Monopsony Power Breeds Antitrust Concerns
• E.C. To Investigate Tax-Exempt Savings Accounts
• Class Action Alleges Global Acrylic Glass Cartel
• Telecom Cos. Oppose AT&T/BellSouth Merger
• Hunton & Williams Nabs Former DOJ Attorney
• E.U. Eyes Financial Industry Over Antitrust Concerns
• D.C. Snapshot: Howrey LLP
• Judge Blocks Lawsuit Against Adelphia Buyers
• Critics Of AT&T/BellSouth Merger Sound Off To FCC
• U.S. Treasury Clears Toshiba-Westinghouse Deal
• Clear Channel Antitrust Suit Targets Concert Tickets
• Little Support For E.C. Damages Actions Proposal
• D.C. Snapshot: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
• Court Blocks Infineon From Dismissing Shareholder Suit
• DOJ Pushes Countries To Give Cartel Policies More Bite
• Defense Contractor Countersues Lockheed Martin
• E.C. OKs Mittal's €13B Arcelor Takeover
• Microsoft: New Antitrust Suit Imminent
• Unsealed Evidence Makes Waves In Rambus Antitrust Case
• Judge Allows Drug Battle Over TriCor To Proceed
• D.C. Snapshot: Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP