Competition Archive » February, 2009

Competition - February, 2009

138 articles

• Mo. Beer Drinkers' Bid To Block InBev Merger Cut Off
• 8th Circ. Sets Bar Lower For CAFA Removals
• Judge Won't Rehear Group's Antitrust Suit V. OPEC
• Stryker Tries To Quash Antitrust Class Actions
• CFTC Investigates Price Moves Of US Oil Fund LP
• Tying Suit V. Comcast Paused For Consolidation Effort
• Economic Woes Complicate FCPA Calculations
• Reliant, Duke, CMS Escape Wis. Antitrust Claims
• LOOP Requests Class Rep Role In Marine Hose MDL
• Compressor Makers Hit With Antitrust Class Action
• Italian Antitrust Bureau Fines Pasta Cos. $15.9M
• Abbott Lied About Rival's Infant Formula: Suit
• Lubrizol Appeases FTC's Concerns Over Lockhart Deal
• Gas Antitrust Class Would Be Untenable: Judge
• AT&T, Oldcastle Win Concrete Vault Antitrust Suit
• Indirect Purchasers Seek Class Cert. In IPod Case
• Diagnosing Section 1 Violations
• Chubb Settles Mass. AG's Kickback Suit
• Gen Re Settles AIG Securities Suit For $72M
• High Court LinkLine Ruling Bars Price-Squeeze Claims
• EU Unveils State Aid Guidelines For National Courts
• Micron Not Free Of Investors' Price-Fixing Claims
• EU May Force Microsoft To Offer Rival Web Browsers
• CMS, Duke, Reliant Dropped From Natural Gas MDL
• 2 Opters-Out To Join Bayer $55M Antitrust Settlement
• Guilty Pleas Bolster Freight Antitrust MDL: Plaintiffs
• Ala. Jury Hits Sandoz For $78M In Medicaid Fraud Suit
• AIG Off Hook For Live Nation Antitrust Suits: 9th Circ.
• Buyer Class Still Valid In Nifedipine Antitrust Suit
• Eye Surgery Antitrust Suit Against Alcon Dismissed
• Ticketmaster, NJ Strike Deal Over Springsteen Shows
• Supreme Court Nixes FTC Antitrust Suit V. Rambus
• EU Refuses Oral Hearing In Intel Probe: Report
• Solicitor General To Weigh In On NFL Antitrust Suit
• Judge Pares Claims In Grape IP, Antitrust Suit
• Judge Keeps TriCor Competition Suit Alive
• Plaintiffs Widen Antitrust Case V. MasterCard, Visa
• AT&T Loses Bid For JMOL In USF Litigation
• Claims Dropped In Muni Derivatives Antitrust MDL
• Class Seeks Final OK For $1.7M Deal In GPU MDL
• Petron Files Antitrust Claims In Oil Well Patent Suit
• JBS, National Beef Kill $560M Merger
• Telenor Must Pay $1.7B In Damages: Russian Court
• Push For Toshiba Docs Denied In Intel Antitrust Case
• Antitrust Merger Review In A Volatile Economy
• Amphastar Antitrust Claims Nixed In Lovenox Suit
• DOJ Launches Antitrust Probe Of Compressor Makers
• AP's 'Hot News' Claims Not Preempted: Judge
• Globalizing The Criminality Of Cartel Offenses
• Class Decertified In Microsoft 'Vista Capable' Suit
• Court Approves $69M Insurance Brokers Settlement
• Convergence Of Antitrust, Securities Laws?
• 2nd Circ. Paves Way For Antitrust Suits V. AmEx
• Mitsubishi, Sekisui Fined $125M Over Pipe Cartel
• Pfizer Unit May Have To Pay $153M In Fraud Case
• Google Faces Antitrust Suit Over Ad Price Hike
• Comcast Fails In Challenge To Antitrust Ruling
• EU Raids Compressor Makers In Global Cartel Probe
• Australia Fines Airlines $16M In Price-Fixing Probe
• Cartel Enforcement In The Current Climate
• Ticketmaster Investor Fights To Block Merger
• Judge OKs Class In EPDM Price-Fixing Suit V. DSM
• Russia Opens New Antitrust Probes Of Oil Giants
• AT&T Unit To Pay $8.2M To Settle DOJ Claims
• Japan FTC To Fine Mitsubishi, Sekisui $108M: Report
• OFT, CC Outline Merger Review Protocol
• APL Settles For $26.3M In War Overcharging Suit
• Funai Abusing Digital TV Patent: Vizio Suit
• AAI Protests Pfizer-Wyeth Merger
• Microsoft Hit With Suit Over Vista Downgrade Fee
• Hunton & Williams Nabs Veteran Akin Gump Litigator
• Nestle To Fight $38M Greek Antitrust Fine
• Wis. Gas Markup Law Declared Unconstitutional
• Masco Loses Bid To Quash Price-Fixing Suit
• Japan Lawmakers OK Harsher Penalties For Cartels
• France Telecom Unit Tying TV, Net Service: Canal+
• SkyWi Antitrust Suit Against Qwest Moves To Colo.
• Sirius XM In Talks With EchoStar Rival
• Dow Loses Bid To Limit Wachtell Role In Rohm Suit
• DOJ To Probe Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger
• Ex-Chunghwa CEO Charged With Cathode Tube Plot
• KBR, Halliburton Drop $579M To Settle Bribery Claims
• Antitrust Claims Dropped In Hon Hai Connector Suit
• Facing Criminal Price-Fixing Investigations In The US
• Wyly Loses Bid To See Docs In Milberg Criminal Case
• Wachtell Fights To Keep Rohm Over Dow's Protests
• Class Action In Flat Glass Antitrust MDL Can Proceed
• Enforcing Class Action Waiver Provisions
• DC Circ. Rejects Verizon Petition Over 'Porting'
• Microsoft Licenses ActiveSync Patents To Google
• EU To Fine Samsung, Korean Air For Cartels: Report
• ACCC To Impose $16M In Air Cargo Probe Fines
• AMA Hits Aetna, Cigna With Payment Fraud Suits
• Time, Source Interlink Antitrust Fight Moves To NY
• Merger May Not Be Easy For Ticketmaster, Live Nation
• Jenner & Block Lands Willkie Farr Antitrust Guru
• 11th Circ. Revives Suit Over Stolen Aircraft Blueprints
• DOJ Action May Herald Deal In KBR Bribery Case
• Bogosian, Linerboard After Hydrogen Peroxide
• Deferred Prosecution Deals Dip Sharply In 2008
• Judge Extends Stay In Cathode Tube Antitrust MDL
• Judge In DRAM Action Settles Spat Over Crowell
• Alternative Electrodes' Antitrust Claims Kept Alive
• DOJ Releases Highly Anticipated Amnesty Letters
• Cohen Milstein Resolves Fee Spat With Ousted Partner
• Antitrust And The BCS (Big Crooked System)
• AGs Probe Ticketmaster Over Springsteen Ticket Flap
• Cohen Milstein Lands 2 Antitrust Gurus
• Antitrust Suit Over Online Real Estate Listings Lives
• EU Targets Prestressing Steel Cos. In Cartel Probe
• Homeowners Accuse Wells Fargo Of Appraisal-Rigging
• FTC, Whole Foods Talks Extended
• DOJ Prepares To Release More Amnesty Letters
• K-Dur Reverse Payment Legal: Special Master
• DOJ Snags Jenner & Block Litigator For ADAG Post
• Dow Seeks To Limit Wachtell's Role In Merger Fight
• French Appeals Court Won't Allow IPhone-Orange Deal
• Jury Indicts Former LG, Chunghwa Execs In LCD Probe
• Top Sens. Target Drug Cos.' Pay-For-Delay Deals
• EPDM Seeks Support In Peroxide, Plastics Rulings
• New Bill Challenges Airline Alliance Immunity
• 3 Private Actions Fight AndroGel Reverse Payments
• DOJ Joins EU In Probe Of Global Cable Cartel
• Mo. Plaintiffs Kept Out Of DOJ's AB-InBev Case
• Judge Allows Prosthetic Sleeve Patent Suit To Go On
• Dow Urges Court Not To Force Rohm And Haas Merger
• Antitrust Claims Stand In Suit Over Mich. Concert Deal
• The FTC Pursuit Of Supreme Court Strategy
• EU Court Adviser Seeks To Trim Schneider Award
• EU To Post Comments On Drug Sector Antitrust Probe
• Orrick Draws ITC Section 337 Guru From Jones Day
• FTAIA Compliance In A Post-Twombly World
• Employment Cos. Face €94M In French Antitrust Fines
• Judge Blocks FTC Evidence In $1.4B Merger Dispute
• Plaintiffs Drop Per Se Theory In ATM Price-Fixing Suit
• EU Raids High-Voltage Cable Market Cos.
• FTC, Calif. Launch Reverse Payment Challenge
• Howrey Antitrust Vet Joins Axinn Veltrop In DC