Competition Archive » December, 2007

Competition - December, 2007

104 articles

• Competition Legislation To Watch In 2008
• Court Tosses Short Sale Antitrust Suit Against Banks
• U.K. Regulator Recommends BSkyB Sells Off Shares
• Open-Source Software Outfit Gets Microsoft Protocols
• Google-DoubleClick Merger Gets FTC Blessing
• Akzo Settles Oil-For-Food Charges
• France Fines Toy Makers For Christmas Price-Fixing
• Judge Tosses Acrylic Glass Antitrust Case
• Plaintiffs Appeal Average Wholesale Price Ruling
• Investment Fund To Cough Up $1.1M In Merger Case
• 170 Cos. File Deficient Forms For FCC Spectrum Bids
• PRC Imports: Countervailing Duties, U.S. Trade Policy
• MasterCard Objects To EU's Interchange Fee Ruling
• U.K. OFT Charges Three In Marine Hose Conspiracy
• WTO Slams U.S. Over Cotton Subsidies
• Privacy At Stake In Google, Doubleclick Deal: EU
• HP, Staples Sued Over Ink Cartridge Deal
• FCC Overturns Media Cross-Ownership Rule
• South Florida Catches Heat As Top "Judicial Hellhole"
• Bancroft Family Balks At $10M Wachtell Fee
• Calif. Winemakers Jump Into Direct-Shipping Suit
• Appeal May Be Upcoming In Label Market MDL
• Australia To Track Gas Prices To Protect Competition
• Shareholders Fight Bid To Dismiss Part Of Apotex Suit
• Indirect Purchasers Bail Out Of Ditropan Suit
• U.S. Criticizes WTO Case Over Farm Subsidies
• ArcelorMittal $1.35B Steel Mill Sale Killed
• Vitamin C Resellers Want Antitrust Suit Tossed
• DOJ Called On To Scrutinize TPG-Midwest Deal
• AWB Fights Off Iraqi Women's Liability Claims
• Coalition Requests FERC Investigation Into RTOs
• EU To Rule That MasterCard Fees Are Illegal
• Famous Marks Doctrine Not Recognized By N.Y.
• FTC Chair Refuses Recusal Over Google-DoubleClick
• CenterPoint Set Loose From Calif. Antitrust Suits
• $4M Of Oil Cos. Settlement To Fund Air Quality Study
• Korea To Levy More Chemical Price-Fixing Fines
• HealthSouth, Drs. To Pay $14.9M In Kickbacks Case
• Competition Cases To Watch In 2008
• South Korea's Merger Guidelines Get A Makeover
• KFTC Probes Foreign Car Cos. For Jacking Up Prices
• Paper Giant Cut From Slew Of Antitrust Cases
• Reuters, Thomson Confident Of Clear Skies Ahead
• EU Suspicious Of Unapproved Merger, Raids Offices
• Judge Throws Out N.Y. BAR/BRI Suit
• ALJ Dismisses FTC Claims Over Real Estate Listings
• K&L Gates Hires New Antitrust Partner
• Class Counsel In Card Issuer Case Pockets $1M
• FTC Chair Faces Ethics Claim Over Google Merger
• Microsoft Tied Explorer To Windows: Complaint
• Accenture Urges Judge To Toss Whistleblower Suit
• Three More Plead Guilty For Fixing Marine Hose Prices
• Pfizer's Drug Distribution Deal Raises Concerns
• BASF Penalty Upped In First-Ever Cartel Fine Increase
• Deadline Passes With No Deal In $1.3B Mittal Mill Sale
• Mixed Signals On Retail Discounting
• EU Affirms €20M Cigarette Cartel Fine
• AstraZeneca Appeals $12.9M Judgment In AWP Case
• U.S. Climate Bills Clash With WTO Rules: Report
• DOJ Review Delays TPG's Midwest Air Acquisition
• Free Drug Samples May Limit Costs In Antitrust Suits
• Another Student Loan Co. Settles With AGs
• RTI Opposes Split Of Becton Antitrust, Patent Claims
• Parmalat Probed For Failure To Sell Unit
• AmEx, Merchants Spar Over Antitrust Arbitration
• Class Certified In DuPont Price-Fixing Suit
• Tribune Appeals FCC's Limited Waivers
• Australia's New Leader Vows To Criminalize Cartels
• EU Resumes Investigation Of IBM, Telelogic Merger
• YKK To Fight Zipper Cartel Fine
• Korean Air Faces Price Fixing Probe In Australia
• Japan FTC To Penalize Hose Makers For Cartel
• Dairies Agree To £116M Price-Fixing Fine
• FCC Report On Competition Draws Some Fire
• Medtronic-Cordis Coronary Stent Suit Heads To Trial
• Court Upholds Law Governing Tied Votes At FCC
• Union, Law Firm Prevail In Bid-Rigging Suit
• DOJ Takes Aim Over Alleged ABN-Amro Overbilling
• WTO's Draft Anti-Dumping Rules: Complex, Ambitious
• CommScope Must Sell Interest In Competitor: DOJ
• Appeals Court Vacates FCC Order On Prepaid Cards
• EU Slaps Rubber Cartel Firms With €243M Fine
• Recent Guidelines Help Clarify EU Merger Policy
• Judge Nixes Remaining Claims In World Wrestling Suit
• Court To Review DRAM Makers' New Class Objections
• Teflon Trademark Claims Shouldn't Stick: Pureflex
• EU Gives Spain One Month To Lift Endesa Conditions
• FCC Chairman Defends Media Ownership Plan
• FCC Nixes Verizon Bid For Forbearance
• Microsoft Fails To Block Canada Discovery Bid
• Australian Regulators Finalize Amcor's Immunity
• Class Certified In Kickback Suit Against Wells Fargo
• Private Equity Firm Opposes Sirius, XM Merger
• Imaging Antitrust Suit Against Hospital Survives
• German Court Allows T-Mobile's Exclusive IPhone Deal
• ITC Won't Drop Anti-Dumping Duties On Uranium
• Judge Tosses LimeWire Antitrust Counterclaims
• WTO Deems Brazil's Ban On Tire Imports Illegal
• EU Antitrust Regulators Raid Fruit Companies
• Growth Of Specialty Pharma Draws Generics Litigation
• Private Actions In U.K. Competition Law
• FCC Blesses Tribune Buyout With Waivers
• EU Sets Hearings In Rambus Patent Ambush Case
• Alltel Settles With SEC Over Divestment Orders