Competition Archive » September, 2006

Competition - September, 2006

119 articles

• Congressmen: Delay AT&T/BellSouth Merger Approval
• E.U. To Shake Up Leniency Program
• Information Sharing Among Shipping Firms Worries E.C.
• DOJ Taps El Al Airlines For Data In Air Cargo Probe
• Senate Greenlights Wright Amendment Compromise
• Symantec Nags Microsoft To Open Up Vista To Vendors
• BP Hit With Class Action For Manipulating Oil Prices
• Senators Say DOJ Is Ignoring The Tunney Act
• Monsanto Sprayed With Herbicide Antitrust Suit
• Barr Launches Generic Actiq
• Kroes Pushes For Energy Sector Unbundling
• Judge Tosses Antitrust Claims In Emissions Suit
• European Court Sides With Glaxo In Dual Pricing Case
• Part Of AMD's Antitrust Suit Against Intel Thrown Out
• Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal Of €100M Cartel Fine
• E.U. Court Upholds Three Cartel Companies' Fines
• Mexico May Crack Down On Credit Card Commissions
• Apple Resolves Some Antitrust Issues In iTunes Case
• Starbucks Beaned By Antitrust Suit
• J&J Sues Abbott, Boston Scientific For Over $5.5B
• E.C.: Conditions In E.On, Endesa Deal Illegal
• LimeWire Alleges Cartel In RIAA Copyright Row
• Hospital Employee Pleads Guilty To Bid-Rigging
• Drug Makers Toss Authorized Generic Plan
• AmEx Fails To Move Class Action To Arbitration
• Support For Stolt Comes Pouring In
• Senators Decry Pork Producer Buyout
• E.U. Ends Legal Shipping Cartels
• FCC Conditions Likely In AT&T/BellSouth Merger
• U.S. Should Face Up To Flawed Anti-Dumping Tariffs: E.U.
• Hutchison Has High Hopes For Revised Airport Bill
• Korean Conglomerates Decry U.S. Antitrust Demands
• Covington Adds Anita Stork As Antitrust Partner
• Doctors Bring Class Action Against Health Insurers
• Suez, Gaz de France Make Offer To Appease E.C.
• DRAM Scam Means Jail For Samsung VP
• Class Action Against Banks, Card Companies Tossed
• HCA Denies Claims Of Anti-Competitive Behavior
• Court Upholds Penalty Against JCB
• U.S. Software Rivals Denounce Microsoft's Vista
• The E.C.'s New Guidelines On Antitrust Fines
• E.U. Clears Toshiba's $5.4B Westinghouse Purchase
• Russia Watchdog To Propose New Antitrust Department
• E.C. Proposes Higher Threshold For State Aid
• E.C. Delays Steel Merger Review Of Arcelor, CFL Cargo
• Trouble Looms For Landmark Cartel Case
• E.U. Fines Copper Cartel €314M
• Kroes Denies Personal Crusade Against Microsoft
• Wineries Uncork Lawsuit Over "Wholesaler Cartel"
• UnitedHealth, HCA Square Off In Colorado Court
• Antitrust Fears Raised Over Potential Rite Aid Merger
• Four Mayer Brown Litigation Partners Head To MoFo
• Don't Jump The Gun With Your Merger Or JV Partners
• Pentagon Pushes For Boeing-Lockheed Rocket Deal
• Greek Competition Head Jailed On Bribery Charges
• Court Bounces Antitrust Suit Over Copper Tubing
• In Win For Barr, Court Denies Tamoxifen Rehearing
• Mayer Brown Snatches Seasoned Trade Trio
• Regulators Order Deutsche Telekom To Open Network
• Motions To Dismiss Denied In Insurance Antitrust Case
• Phone Company Lashes Out At Commission
• FTC Clarifies Contact Lens Competition Rules
• E.C. Plans To Probe Microsoft Office
• Greek Competition Head Charged In Bribe Scheme
• Industry Advocate Attacks Telecommunications Mergers
• Microsoft Claims E.C. Casts Doubt On Vista Launch
• Crowell & Moring Opens New Office In Manhattan
• DOJ Official Unveils Strategies For Busting Cartels
• E.U. Smacks Bitumen Cartel With €266M Fine
• Iowa Class Action Against Microsoft Lives On
• DOJ Antitrust Chief Derides Scrutiny Of Apple
• Polyester Suppliers Hit With Price-Fixing Suit
• Cadwalader Nabs Morgan Lewis Antitrust Partner
• Electrical Carbon Industry Settles Price-Fixing Charges
• E.C. Shakes Head At Golden Share For Telecom Italia
• Airlines Settle Civil Litigation Over Price-Fixing Charges
• Wilson Sonsini Adds Antitrust Counsel To Practice
• Comcast Loses Bid To Throw Out Class Action Suit
• Stryker Plays Down DOJ Probe
• E.C., Microsoft Spar Over Vista Security Features
• E.U. Shows Hand In Gambling Competition Probe
• Bristol-Myers Head Fired Amid Plavix Debacle
• Lufthansa Settles Air Cargo Suits For $85M
• Antitrust Concerns May Delay Vista Launch In Europe
• Scrutiny Of Deals Jumped In 2005: FTC Report
• Howrey Swipes Another Freshfields Partner
• DOJ Forces Alltel To Sell Some Assets
• E.U. To Include Fresh AMD Claims In Overall Probe
• E.C. Accepts France's "Golden Share" Proposal
• Office Of Fair Trading Sanctioned For Trading Curbs
• 7th Circuit Smokes Discount Tobacco Retailer's Appeal
• Wright Backers Rescind Blanket Immunity Clause
• Japan Invokes Leniency Measure In Bid-Rigging Case
• Suit Contends Sale Could Give Hearst Unfair Stake
• Monopoly Charges In Suit Over L.A.'s Staples Center
• Collins & Aikman Blasts Creditors' Bid
• E.U. Takes Aim At Cross-Border Bank Mergers
• Howrey Adds Three Experts To Brussels Office
• Microsoft Antitrust Case Worries E.U. Politicians
• Vivendi Wins BMG In €1.63B Buyout
• GlaxoSmithKline Scores Parallel Trade Victory
• MasterCard To Disclose Interchange Rates
• E.U. Renews Opposition To Blocking Takeovers
• Microsoft Consultant Aims To Hire E.U. Trust-Buster
• Congress Eyes Antitrust Exemption For Insurers
• DOJ Indicts Stolt On Bid-Rigging Charges
• Sun Microsystems, Unisys Join DRAM Battle
• E.C. On Brink Of Punishing Bitumen Cartel: Report
• Spitzer Eases Curbs Amid Insurance Price Fixing Probe
• Energy Protectionism Incidents Are "Isolated": Kroes
• Hunton & Williams Acquires L.A. Trial Boutique
• Dechert Snags FTC Associate Director
• Attorney General Hit With Suit Over Antitrust Probe
• Court Grants Injunction Barring Generic Plavix
• Arnold & Porter Ranked #1 In Antitrust Litigation
• Judge Bars Airbus Bid To Boot Wilmer Hale Lawyers
• Microsoft Plucks New Lawyer To Lead E.U. Charge
• Court Tosses Broadcom's Antitrust Suit v. Qualcomm
• GDF Disputes E.U. Antitrust Concerns