Competition Archive » April, 2009

Competition - April, 2009

169 articles

• Save-A-Lot Forced Suppliers To Switch Agents: Suit
• Claims Tossed Against 34 In Muni Bond Antitrust MDL
• ACCC Sues Cathay Pacific In Air Cargo Cartel Probe
• Media Atty Wins Access To Sealed Docs In Intel MDL
• EBay Blocking Discovery In Antitrust Action: Sellers
• EU Court Lops €30M Off Nintendo Parallel Trade Fine
• UK Competition Agencies Push Consistent Protocol
• Haberdasher's €27M Fine Should Stick: EU Adviser
• SEC, AG Cuomo Take Aim At Aldus Equity Founder
• German Regulator Halts Total Gas Station Deal
• Facing Enforcement Of The False Statements Act
• Microsoft Requests Hearing In EU Antitrust Case
• 1st Amendment Guards Use Of Football Stats: Judge
• Reducing Discovery Costs With Rule 502
• 4th Exec Takes Deal In DOJ Cargo Price-Fixing Probe
• Book Deal Puts Google Under Antitrust Microscope
• Lawmakers Consider Reversing Leegin
• ETP Must Face FERC Adversary Hearing: 5th Circ.
• National Grid Competition Fine Cut Down To $44.2M
• ACCC Nixes Telstra Bid To Set Network Access Fee
• Weighing Evidence Under Different Theories Of Harm
• EC Extends Probe Of Lufthansa-Brussels Air Deal
• Michael Foods, Sodexo Pricing Deal Unlawful: Judge
• Financial Crisis And Merger Review Standards
• FTC Finalizes Rule Changes To Streamline Hearings
• $45M Settlement Reached In Becton Hypodermic MDL
• Infant Formula Maker Squirts Rival With Another Suit
• Telenor Loses Attempt To Stay $1.7B In Damages
• GSK, Firm Make Deal Over Subpoena In Flonase Fight
• Antitrust Suit Against Clear Channel, Law Firm Tossed
• Understanding The Shift In Canada's Competition Law
• Qualcomm To Pay Broadcom $891M To End Disputes
• Columbia Gas Can't Conspire With Sister Co.: Judge
• Rambus Antitrust Case Likely To Move Forward: Judge
• Ex-LG Exec Pleads Guilty In TFT-LCD Antitrust Case
• Quadrangle Investors Stalwart Amid Agent Fee Probe
• Carbon Emissions Probe Of E.ON To Be Dropped
• MoFo Picks Up Former DOJ Antitrust Lawyer
• 9th Circ. Upholds $49M Deal In Bar Prep Suit
• China Institutes 'Protectionist' Postal Service Limits
• Universal Music Moves To Toss Reggae Antitrust Suit
• Shareholder Group Sues Over Fortis Nationalization
• DOJ Targets Immucor In Reagents Antitrust Probe
• High Court Asked To Hear Reverse Payments Case
• $250M Settles TriCor Antitrust Class Suit V. Abbott
• Arkema, Others Strike $15M Deal In Antitrust Action
• NBA's Dwyane Wade Hit With Antitrust Suit
• Qualcomm, Broadcom May Settle All Disputes
• Group Seeks €430M Over Hydrogen Peroxide Cartel
• Coppertone Maker Fired Up Over Neutrogena Ads
• EU Court Advised To Uphold €21M Akzo Cartel Fine
• Wash. Close To OK'ing $12B CenturyTel-Embarq Deal
• DOJ Monopoly Crackdown May Hit Hurdles In Courts
• Belgian Anti-Tying Law Nixed By Top EU Court
• EU Parliament OKs Energy Unbundling Compromise
• Merchant Must OK Flying J Card Functions: 10th Circ.
• Placement Agents Under Fire In NY Pension Scandal
• DOJ Demurs On Newspaper Antitrust Exemptions
• DOJ Antitrust Division Fills Senior Leadership Posts
• Rx.com's Group Boycott Suit Time-Barred: 5th Circ.
• Judge Extends Microsoft Oversight For 18 Months
• Pittsburgh Hospital System, Insurer Price-Fixing: Suit
• Last Defendants Settle In Hydrogen Peroxide Action
• Monsanto Avoids Patent Claims In Antitrust Saga
• Execs Fixed Chicago Garbage Cart Repair Bids: DOJ
• Tomato Packer Hits Steel Co. With Price-Fixing Suit
• Hynix Seeks Clean Slate In DRAM Spat V. Sun
• Teva, Glenmark Resolve Spat Over Coreg Patents
• Intel Faces Fine In EU Antitrust Ruling: Report
• Steelworkers Seek To Cap Chinese Tire Imports
• NYC Comptroller To Probe Quadrangle-Morris Link
• Varney's Vision Of Antitrust Enforcement
• Sun's $7B Oracle Deal May Do Better With Regulators
• ITC Must Rethink Philips CD Case Ruling: Fed. Circ.
• LCD Plaintiffs Demand Info From Amnesty Applicant
• EU To Investigate Star Alliance, Oneworld Members
• Conn. Accuses Power Cos. Of $86M Antitrust Scam
• Trelleborg Units To Pay $11M In Marine Cartel Case
• Belgian Antitrust Authorities To Probe AB InBev
• Mich. Agency OKs Antitrust Deal For Universal Energy
• KFTC Clears SRAM Makers In Price-Fixing Probe
• Rattner Linked To NY Pension Fund Kickback Probe
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Drop Of Injunction In L'Oreal Suit
• Canadian Antitrust Reforms Need Clarification: ABA
• Breached CDA Bar Puts Online Services At Risk
• FERC Must Weigh Antitrust Claims In Decisions: AAI
• LA Ports' Clean Trucks Program Allowed To Roll On
• FTC Issues Revised Rule On Oil Market Manipulation
• Class Tries To Keep Cert. In Antitrust Suit V. Comcast
• Unisys Trades Crowell For Lindquist In DRAM Fight
• Hynix Moves To Toss Foreign Commerce DRAM Claims
• Canada's Amended Antitrust Law
• DOJ Seeks To Extend Antitrust Oversight Of Microsoft
• Judge Won't Reconsider Denying Class In AmEx Case
• Fla. AG Hits Auto Filter Makers With Price-Fixing Suit
• 2 German Gas Cos. Fined €41.4M In Cartel Probe
• Hedge Fund Boss Pleads Guilty To Pension Kickbacks
• Lacrosse League Wants Firm Nixed In Antitrust Case
• UK Objections To £73.5M Fuel Surcharge Deal Dropped
• EU Allows ECIS To Join Microsoft Antitrust Case
• Suncor, Petro-Canada Get US Approval For Merger
• Intel, Insurer Duel Over Coverage For Antitrust Spat
• DOJ Shift On Pay-For-Delay Puts Focus On Courts
• Recent Developments At The ITC
• Carlyle Faces Probe Over $1.3B Investment Scheme
• DOJ Note Warns Of Collusion Risk After Stimulus
• Source Interlink Reaches 3 More Mag Antitrust Deals
• FTC Draws Senior Staff From Boies, Sonnenschein
• NetApp, Feds Settle Contract Fraud Suit For $128M
• 2009 Criminal Antitrust Fines Already At $745M
• Attys Chided For Revealing Sealed Info In Visa Case
• $2.5B Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger 'Suspect': AAI
• Interlocutory Appeal Certified In Chocolate MDL
• Coughlin Stoia, Others Seek $4.5M Of Drug Suit Deal
• Intel MDL Judge Nixes AMD Bid For Toshiba Docs
• Drug Sellers Move To Finalize $250M TriCor Settlement
• EU To Investigate French Bid To Privatize Ports
• St. John, Nurses Settle Wage Dispute For $13.5M
• Steelmakers Target China In Anti-Dumping Petition
• Carriers To Pay $214M In Air Cargo Price-Fixing Deal
• DRAM Antritrust Plaintiffs Fight To Up Micron Payout
• Eni May Offer Deal In EU Gas Transfer Antitrust Probe
• French Antitrust Fines For Defibrillator Cos. Upheld
• Tomato Processor Wants Antitrust, RICO Suit Tossed
• Pharma Mergers Could Stifle Drug Innovation: AAI
• FTC Loses Venue Fight In Reverse Payment Deal Suit
• Contractor Pleads Guilty In NYPH Bid-Rigging Scandal
• Ex-White House Counsel Moves Back To Morgan Lewis
• Latin Node Ordered To Pay $2M For FCPA Charge
• EU Probes Dutch Aid To Fortis Amid Economic Crisis
• The State Of Smokeless Tobacco Competition
• UK Carbon-Capture Projects Clear State Aid Test
• Germany Slaps Microsoft Unit With €9M Antitrust Fine
• Spurring Competition Among UK Airports
• New Claims In Leegin Rejected Under Rule Of Reason
• Food Makers File $700M Surety Bond Suit V. Insurers
• Next Battleground In EU Antitrust Litigation
• JPMorgan Escapes ATM Fee Antitrust Battle
• Court Tosses 'Identical' Abbyy Scanning Patent Suit
• Intel Antitrust Plaintiffs, Fry's Resolve Discovery Spat
• Nike's 'V' Campaign Infringes Trademark: Pony
• DOT Plans To Let Continental Join Star Alliance
• Correction: BMS Exec Pleads Guilty Over Plavix Deal
• Conn. AG Probes $400M 'Reward' To Rating Agencies
• 9th Circ. Resurrects Calif. Gas Price-Gouging Action
• Shippers' Antitrust Suit V. Columbia Gas Inches On
• Nanya Loses Bids To Escape DRAM Antitrust Case
• Visa Europe Chastised Over 'Anti-Competitive' Fees
• Purchasers Seek Class Cert. In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• Sen. Proposes 2-Day Wait Period For Ticket Resales
• Airlines Lose Challenge Of ACCC Cartel Subpoenas
• Neurontin Class Action V. Pfizer Dismissed
• Pfizer Gets 2nd Request For Info On $68B Wyeth Deal
• 2 Ex-Workers Get Prison In Home Depot Kickback Plot
• Canada's High Court Rules On Parallel Class Actions
• EU Court Adviser Backs €314M Paper Cartel Fine
• Calif. Class In MDL V. Automakers Sent To State Court
• EU High Court Affirms €10M Fine V. France Telecom
• Programmer Beefs Up Trade Secrets Suit V. Adobe
• Sun Microsystems DRAM Antitrust Case To Go To Trial
• 6th Circ. Tosses Antitrust Suit V. Equifax
• FTC Orders BASF Divestitures In $5.1B Ciba Takeover
• Suit Accusing Energy Transfer Of Fixing NYMEX Nixed
• Ecuador Puts Competition Regime In Place
• Qiagen's HPV Test Patent Not Infringed: Fed. Circ.
• Waiting On Appeal, MasterCard Cuts Fees In Europe
• Former Hitachi Exec Marks 8th Charged In LCD Probe
• Kasowitz Lures 5 New Partners To Start Miami Office
• Antitrust Action Over Duke Energy Rebates Bounced