Competition Archive » November, 2008

Competition - November, 2008

142 articles

• MasterCard Wins Dismissal Of IPO Antitrust Claims
• E.ON To Divest German Assets, Ending EU Probe
• EU Loses Appeal In Banana Tariff Dispute
• ING Targets Discover In Suit Over Orange Ball Mark
• DOJ, FTC Need More Coordination: Antitrust Lawyers
• FTC Opposes $1.4B Merger In Auto Repair Market
• DOJ Updates Antitrust Amnesty Guidelines
• Bayer Pays $97.5M To Settle Kickback Allegations
• Magistrate Wants To Deny Class In Casket Case
• EU Raids Drug Cos. In Latest Antitrust Sting
• EU Report To Target Drug Patents, Lawsuits
• BHP Billiton Aborts $130B Bid For Rio Tinto
• Insurance MDL Plaintiff Trims Antitrust Suit
• FTC Drags Rambus DRAM Battle To Supreme Court
• Football's BCS Anti-Competitive: Lawmakers
• Skadden Tops List Of 2007 Litigation Revenue Makers
• Newpark, CCS Drop Merger Deal After FTC Challenge
• Barr Settles With CVS, Walgreen But Not Meijer
• DOJ OKs Deep-Pocketed Consortium Of Insurers
• Avid, Crystal Settle Fight Over Pet ID Technology
• A Potentially Dramatic Shift In Merger Enforcement
• Ofcom, BBC Trust Reject £68M Online News Plan
• Whole Foods Loses Bid For En Banc Review
• Audi Gave Preferential Discounts: Antitrust Suit
• Ex-Franchisee Accuses Petland Of Tying, Kickbacks
• McKesson Agrees To Settle AWP Case For $350M
• Emerging Antitrust Regimes In Asia
• Frequent Flier Co. Off Hook In Antitrust Complaint
• Freedom's Watch Seeks Default Ruling Against OPEC
• Judge Sobers Up Plaintiffs In Spat Over InBev Merger
• Calif. Supreme Court To Consider 'Pass-On' Defense
• Canada Joins Chocolate MDL To Protect Own Case
• AT&T Breached Contracts, But No Conspiracy: Jury
• FCC Judge Puts Off Ruling On NFL-Comcast Feud
• DuPont Again Fails To Win Injunction In Patent Suit
• EU Nations Agree To Overhaul Farm Subsidies
• Judge Leery Of Antitrust Claims Against Fragomen
• Sanofi Victorious In Arava Antitrust Class Action
• Abbott Settles TriCor Class Action For $184M
• Anticipating Obama's Consumer Protection Push
• ACCC Rejects Air Canada, Air NZ Flight Pact
• Tort Costs Climbed $5.1B In '07: Report
• Sun Pharma Fires Back At Biovail In Cardizem Suit
• Class Action Rise Paints Complex Picture
• Winston Welcomes 19 Thelen Attorneys
• Antitrust Suits On Rise: Get Out Those Platform Shoes
• NM Appeals Court Allows Case Against Tobacco Firms
• Antitrust Counterclaims To Stay In Lens Patent Feud
• Tribal Tobacco Co. Immune From Suit: 10th Circ.
• $42B InBev-Anheuser Merger Goes Through
• Co. Sues Rivals Over Access To Colo. Gas Pipeline
• 3rd-Party Funding Fuels European Litigation Growth
• Telecom Advances Create New Antitrust Issues: DOJ
• 5th Exec Pleads Guilty In Marine Products Probe
• Judge Shoots Down Antitrust Claims Against Apple
• Comcast Could Face FCC Fine Over Pricing Probe
• Ink Cartridge Suit Against HP, Staples Dismissed
• Teva, Zydus Drop Some Claims In Coreg Patent Suit
• 2nd Circ. Revives Investors' Suit Against Hartford
• Allied-Republic Union Would Harm Competition: AAI
• DOJ Orders InBev to Divest Labatt In Anheuser Deal
• Judge Allows Mediation For General Re In AIG Case
• NBA Team Requests Stay In Ticketmaster Suit
• Ranchers Say 'Whoa!' To Meat Packers Merger
• EU Plans To Examine US Aid To Automakers
• Garza Named To Take Over As DOJ Antitrust Chief
• Retrospective Reviews Of Petroleum Industry Mergers
• 3 Clifford Chance Antitrust Lawyers Join Bingham
• UK Court Cuts Sentences For Marine Hose Defendants
• Ryanair Blasts EC Over Refusal To Share Probe Info
• Trade Court Rejects Injunction Bid In Tire Duty Fight
• Ousted Chairman Considers Suing Cohen Milstein
• EU Raids French Biomedical Analysis Firms
• AA Spends $1.45M Lobbying For Antitrust Immunity
• US Attorneys' Offices' Resources Mismanaged: Audit
• Testifying Can Be A Terrible Temptation
• China Settles WTO Row Over Foreign Financial News
• Italian Utilities Targets Stogit Over Gas Storage
• Chinese Search Engine Hit With Suit Testing New Law
• LG, Sharp, Chunghwa To Pay $585M For Price-Fixing
• EU Fines Glassmakers €1.3B Over Cartel
• EC Signs Off On CAI's Alitalia Takeover
• BA Execs Out On Bail In Price-Fixing Case
• E.ON Part Of Electricity 'Oligopoly': German Court
• Dickstein Hires Former DuPont Counsel Mobley
• CR Bard Falls Short In Bid To Nullify Class
• Regulators Can Modify Qwest Access Rates: Judge
• Enviros Sue FMC Over Stalled Clean Truck Program
• Jury Finds 2 Not Guilty In Marine Hose Cartel
• Antitrust Claims V. US Dept. Of Health Barred: Judge
• Spain Takes 2nd Look At Gas Natural Merger
• Baltimore Targets McKesson For AWP Markups
• DOJ's Deal With Abitibi, Bowater Approved
• Axed Cohen Milstein Partner Starts Hausfeld LLP
• Railroad Price-Fixing Suit To Stay On Track: Judge
• Damages Against Ariz. Official Slashed Again
• Russian Antitrust Agency Fines Gazprom $6M
• Austrian Court Upholds €35M In Elevator Cartel Fines
• EC Unveils Compromise On Telecom Reform
• Delta-Northwest Deal Anti-Competitive: AAI
• Groups Oppose FTC Litigation Rule Changes
• Facing Concurrent Federal, State Antitrust Actions
• Antitrust Claims Get Nixed In Abbyy OCR Patent Suit
• Top DOJ Antitrust Enforcer To Resign
• Teamwork, Turf Wars For State AGs Under Obama
• JFTC To Charge Steel Cos. For Price-Fixing
• FERC Lets Harbinger Up Investment In Energy Cos.
• Judge Refuses Request To Drop Vitamin C Suit
• DOJ Likely To Take New Antitrust Stance Under Obama
• ArmorWorks Fires Back At BAE In Body Armor Spat
• FTC Plans December Hearing On Changes In IP
• EU Adviser Pushes Lower Cartel Fine For ADM
• Apple Seeks To Toss Psystar's Antitrust Counterclaims
• Antitrust Scrutiny Intensifies In FY2007
• Betting Co. Urges EU To Enforce 5-Year-Old Ruling
• Google Abandons Advertising Deal With Yahoo
• FCC Investigates Digital Cable Pricing
• EU Cement Industry Incurs Antitrust Probe
• Lead Counsel Named In Insurance Class Action
• FCC OKs Verizon-Alltel, Sprint-Clearwire Deals
• Hawaiian Airline Sues Mesa Over Predatory Pricing
• Commerzbank Bailout Draws Scrutiny From EU
• Siemens Marks €1B For Settlements
• BAA Violated Antitrust Law: UK Regulators
• Antitrust Case Against Banco Popular Tossed
• Spanish Artists Sue To Protect Pottery Design
• EU Objects To BHP Billiton's Rio Tinto Bid
• ITC Rules Against Flexsys In Rubber Chemical Suit
• Treasury Taps Two Firms For Bailout Work
• BSkyB, Virgin Strike Deal To End Channel Feud
• High Court Takes On First Anti-Dumping Case
• Appeals Court OKs Animalfeeds Class Effort
• Google-Yahoo Advertising Deal Still Alive
• IPCS Looks To Block Sprint-Clearwire Deal
• American Needle And Extended Antitrust Immunity
• Google, Yahoo Deal May Break Down This Week
• FERC's Thought Process On Market Manipulation
• DOJ Balks At Beef Cos.' Bid To Fast-Track Trial
• Gibson Dunn Picks Up Another Former Heller Litigator
• Omnicare Faces 2 Qui Tam Antitrust Fraud Suits
• Taiwanese Auto Light Suppliers Face Antitrust Suit
• ITC Finds Chinese, German Paper Imports Hurt US