Competition Archive » March, 2009

Competition - March, 2009

176 articles

• EU Antitrust Agents Raid North Sea Shrimp Cos.
• Antitrust Suit Against Fragomen Thrown Out
• New Complaint Revives Magnesite Price-Fixing Case
• Antitrust Counterclaim V. Xerox Tossed In Patent Suit
• Merchants Launch Campaign V. Interchange Fees
• Judge Denies Class Cert. In Funeral Home Cases
• No Antitrust Cure-All For 'Too Big To Fail': Experts
• Class Cert. Denied In Tying Suit Against AmEx
• Milberg Attorney Joins Canadian Class Action Firm
• DVD Rental Plaintiffs Want Suits Back In Calif. Court
• Shopping Bag Tying Suit Against Harley Lives On
• GE Told To Pay $11.4M In False Advertising Case
• Are 'Reverse Payments' Becoming More Reasonable?
• Fidelity Strikes Deal Over Calif. Kickback Claims
• SAG Splinter Group Calls For Industry Antitrust Probe
• BMS To Pay $2.1M To Settle FTC's Plavix Claims
• China Defends Decision To Block Coca-Cola Merger
• Mushroom Co-op Not Outside Antitrust Law: Judge
• FTC Seeks More Info On Thoratec, HeartWare Merger
• 3rd Circ. Interprets Local Controversy Under CAFA
• 4th Circ. Upholds Md.'s Funeral Home Law
• Merck, Gnosis Settle Vitamin False Marketing Case
• Senate Panel Backs Varney For DOJ Antitrust Chief
• Publisher Settles D&O Beef Over Competition Probe
• EU Presses Germany For Deutsche Telekom Rate Info
• Scams, Pay-For-Delay In FTC's Crosshairs This Year
• JP Morgan, Western Gas Strike Deal In Antitrust MDL
• EU Court Advised To Cut Austrian Bank Cartel Fines
• Madison Square Garden, NHL Settle Antitrust Suit
• Senate Bill Aims To Stop Natural Gas Manipulation
• Wis. Cos. Accuse CMS Of Plot To Fix Gas Prices
• Vista, Others Drop Claims In Neurontin Case V. Pfizer
• EU Parliament Backs Antitrust Relief For Victims
• AMA Implicates Wellpoint In Price-Fixing Plot
• House Bill Would Ban Reverse Payment Settlements
• Medco Unit Poached Rival's Customers: Suit
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Exec Convicted In Kickback Scam
• Senate Antitrust Committee To Take Aim At Leegin
• Elpida Dismissed From DRAM Antitrust Suits
• Troubleshooting China's Stance On Coca-Cola
• Industry Groups Blast Insurance Antitrust Bill
• Hospital Can't Dodge Wage-Fixing Class Action: Judge
• EU Presses Banks To Drop Debit Fees By 2012
• 4th Circ. Squashes Termite Killer Price-Fixing Suit
• Interim Lead Counsel Tapped In Tomato Suits
• Churchill Downs' Antitrust Suit Stays On Track
• Generics Behaving Badly: Carve Outs, Off-Label Uses
• EU Backs Partial Insurance Block Exemption Renewal
• Airlines Come Out Against Alliance Oversight Bill
• Greenberg Keeps Post In $100M Traffic Camera Row
• Calif. Claims Quest, Others Defrauded State Of Millions
• Shipping Cos. Fight To Get Freight Antitrust MDL Nixed
• Hospital Challenges Wash. Elective Angioplasty Rules
• EU Targets Possible PVC Heat Stabilizer Cartel
• Covington Nabs Another Former DOJ Antitrust Head
• Rival Insurers' Competition Claims Are Bunk: AIG
• Implications Of Pacific Bell V. LinkLine
• Major's Sister Pleads Guilty To $9M Iraq Contracts Plot
• UK Court OKs BSkyB Appeal Of ITV Divestiture Order
• FTC Declines To Challenge Reverse Payment Deal
• ACPERA — Lasting Limits Or Fleeting Experiment?
• Judge Keeps Most Of Ariz. Nurses' Cartel Suit
• Stryker, Zimmer Get Kickback Suit Dismissed
• Source Interlink, Hudson Settle Antitrust Suit
• DOJ Seeks More Info On Ticketmaster-Live Nation Deal
• Shadow Over More Aggressive Antitrust Enforcement?
• Clear Channel Cut From Business Model Antitrust Suit
• China's Antimonopoly Law: The First Test
• House Bill Aims To Pull Insurers' Antitrust Immunity
• EU Hits Eni With Antitrust Warning Over Gas Pipelines
• Telstra Struck With Antitrust Suit Over Network Access
• EU High Court Maintains €10M Cartel Fine V. ADM
• Pelosi, AG Mull Antitrust Exemptions For Newspapers
• SEC, Cuomo Accuse 2 Of Pension Kickback Scheme
• Korea FTC Hits Hyundai Mobis With $11M Fine
• BAA Told To Sell 3 UK Airports Within 2 Years
• 2nd Circ. Eyes Fees In $22M Modeling Antitrust Case
• Criminal Antitrust Suits On The Rise: Report
• Prudential Did Not Conspire Against Broker: Judge
• Nippon, Others Hit With $92M In Air Cargo Cartel Fines
• Gibson Dunn Welcomes Back Another DOJ Refugee
• RWE To Shed German Gas Network Over EU Worries
• Clear Channel Accused Of Taxi Ad Monopoly In NYC
• China Shuts Down Coke Purchase Of Juice Giant
• Pfizer In Divestiture Talks Over $68B Wyeth Merger
• AWP Judge Denies Bulk Of Abbott Subpoena For Docs
• Wellbutrin Antitrust Suit To Proceed On Most Claims
• Early Antitrust Dismissals Pile Up Post-Twombly
• Panasonic, Daewoo Tagged In CRT Price-Fixing Suit
• Appeals Court Revives Antitrust Case V. Quixtar
• San Juan Mayor Abetted Public Phone Monopoly: Suit
• Drug Cos. Hid SSRI Risks, Paid Docs Kickbacks: Suit
• House Told DOJ Needs Antitrust Watchdog For Banks
• Retailers Add State Claims To Webkinz Antitrust MDL
• Qualcomm Evades Broadcom Antitrust Suit
• 8th Circ. Will Not Rehear Qwest Billing Fraud Suit
• IPhone Resellers' Antitrust Suit Enters Dead Zone
• Electrode Co. Tweaks Claims In Antitrust Suit
• EU To Probe Viability Of Dexia Restructuring Plan
• Tomato Products Antitrust Suits Consolidated
• Hedge Fund Reps Took Broker-Dealer Bribes: SEC
• Cox Struck With Antitrust Suit Over Cable Boxes
• Healthways, US Settle Kickback Case For $40M
• Canada Revamps Competition Act
• DOJ Asks Court To Wrap Up Suit Over $52B InBev Deal
• DC Circ. Upholds FCC Denial Of Spectrum License
• BASF Gets Green Light From EU To Buy Ciba
• Reddy Ice Spent $15 Million On Antitrust Defense In 08
• $30M Lacrosse Stick Antitrust Suit V. NCAA Tossed
• Microsoft Breakup-Supporting Economist Rejoins DOJ
• Court Leans Toward Stay In Nvidia, Rambus Battle
• Shook Hardy Scores Partner From Troutman Sanders
• Mylan Denied Summary Judgment In Antitrust Case
• EU Extends Microsoft Deadline In Antitrust Allegations
• Amgen Settles Ky. Medicaid Fraud Suit For $2.4M
• Antitrust Suits Against Compressor Makers Pile Up
• FTC Injunction Puts Paid To Auto Valuation Co. Merger
• EC Raids EDF Offices In Ongoing Antitrust Probe
• KFTC Raises Qualcomm Chipset Antitrust Concerns
• Flonase Antitrust Plaintiffs Can Revise Class Bid
• Mastiffs At Center Of IP, Antitrust Dogfight
• Italy Launches Saint-Gobain Plasterboard Probe
• Hitachi To Pay $31M For TFT-LCD Price-Fixing Plot
• Auto Valuation Cos. Merger Put On Hold By FTC
• American Electric Cut, Dynegy Kept In Wis. Gas MDL
• FTC Authority After Whole Foods
• Judge OKs Class In Infineon Shareholder Action
• Schering Merger Includes Legal Headaches For Merck
• NY Hospital, Nurses Settle Antitrust Suit For $1.25M
• Cox Doesn't Have To Let AT&T Show Padres: FCC
• Consequences Of Banning Reverse Payments
• Md. Court Revives Gov.'s Child Care Program Order
• News Group, Source Interlink Settle Antitrust Spat
• Claims Sent To Arbitration As Yarn MDL Winds Down
• Minding FERC's Tying Prohibition
• Merck, Schering Merger Puts Pressure On Regulators
• Windows Tweak May Forestall EU Antitrust Suit
• EU State Aid Sparks Competition Worries Amid Crisis
• Repealing Leegin Could Harm Consumers: Experts
• Leibowitz's Past Opinions Point To Bolder FTC
• The High Court's 'Invite' In American Needle V. NFL
• Private Settlements Could Gain Steam, Lawyers Say
• Whole Foods Agrees To Sell Stores In Deal With FTC
• China's Emerging Antitrust Law Needs Test: Experts
• US Charges 2 Men In KBR Nigerian Bribe Case
• Greenberg Draws Sonnenschein Antitrust Chair
• Hose Maker Strikes Preemptive Deal Over Cartel
• Volvo Execs Face Bribery Charges Over Oil-For-Food
• Plaintiffs Push To Alter Class Motions In Flonase MDL
• Public Interest In Merger Regulation
• The Future Of The FTC
• LinkLine: Clarity For 'Coopetition'
• NY Court Nixes Global Reinsurance Antitrust Suit
• Last Claim Nixed In Tantalum Antitrust Suit V. Cabot
• Senate Panel Passes Railroad Antitrust Act
• Garbage Cos. Look To Bar Atty From Antitrust Suit
• 2 More Settle In Source Interlink Antitrust Suit
• Music Retailers Association Settles FTC Pricing Suit
• Antitrust Laws Shouldn't Stifle IP Rights: IP Pros
• NJ Pipe Supplier Mired In Superfund Scandal
• Comcast Docs Protected From Mass. Tax Boss: Court
• EU Eases Monitoring Of Microsoft Antitrust Compliance
• Obama Overhauls Government Contracting Rules
• Canada Antitrust Officials Probe Ticketmaster Resales
• Benefits Broker, Conn. Settle Over Insurer Kickbacks
• Judge Nixes Antitrust Suit V. Qualcomm Over Patents
• Slow Death Of Section 2 Of The Sherman Act
• Attys Seek $37.5M Of $125M Drug Prices MDL Deal
• Vivendi Files Complaint Against France Telecom
• Judge Won't Toss LCD Price-Fixing Claims
• Marine Hose Defendants Want Antitrust Claims Nixed
• Obama Nominates Genachowski To Head FCC
• World Bank Exec To Head India's Antitrust Watchdog
• Obama FTC Pick Puts Spotlight On Antitrust Action
• Smithfield Drops Claims In Neurontin Class Action
• Goodyear Antitrust Suit V. Rubber Cos. To Proceed