Competition Archive » September, 2009

Competition - September, 2009

178 articles

• Del Monte Prevails in Pineapple Antitrust MDL
• JFTC Orders Qualcomm To Drop Licensing Provisions
• Hodgson Russ Taps Fleming For NY Litigation Practice
• Mead Johnson Agent Dropped From Formula Ad Suit
• 10th Circ.: Not Sharing Facilities No Antitrust Violation
• Whirlpool Loses Bid To Nix Evidence In LG Dryer Suit
• Northrop Cries Foul In $35B Air Force Contract Battle
• Claims Trimmed In IPod Monopoly Suit Against Apple
• 2nd Circ. Told Short-Selling Isn't Antitrust Immune
• EU Restores €83M Fine For Italian Steel Cartel
• Antitrust Suit Over Gas Pipeline Access Narrowed
• EU Court Upholds Akzo, Arkema Fines In Acid Cartel
• ACCC Clears $68B Pfizer, Wyeth Deal With Conditions
• Chicago Nurses Denied Class Cert. In Wage Fight
• Upping Competition Law Compliance For UK Directors
• Antitrust Suit Against Swisher Tossed Over Venue
• Ice Patent Dispute Isn't Antitrust Issue: Reddy
• EU Clears $9B Panasonic, Sanyo Deal With Conditions
• Voter Group Asks DOJ To Investigate Diebold Sale
• Kroes Vows More EC Antitrust Reviews For Drug Cos.
• Antitrust Claims Live On In Ambulance Zoning Suits
• Neb. Power Cos. Accuse Tri-State Of Price-Gouging
• Cable One Goes For Win In Converter Box Tying Suit
• 1st Circ. Revives Consumer AWP Claims Against J&J
• Antitrust Suit Against Big Pharma, Distributors Tossed
• Direct Purchasers Want Market Docs In Wellbutrin MDL
• Supreme Court Asked To Nix NFL Antitrust Ruling
• Neurontin Plaintiffs Make Bid For Class Certification
• Catheter Antitrust Claims Against CR Bard Nixed
• EU Extends Antitrust Exemption For Shipping Lines
• Bankrate Asks Court Again To Toss Antitrust Suit
• FTC Backs $1.7B K+S, Morton Merger After Divestiture
• Lufthansa's $85M Settlement OK'd In Air Shipping MDL
• Photographers Try Again To Join Google Books Suit
• AT&T Asks FCC To Target Google Voice Call-Blocking
• FTC, DOJ Urge High Court To Overturn NFL Ruling
• Deal Pros Brace For More Antitrust 2nd Looks
• Acrylic Direct Purchasers' $15M Settlement Approved
• 9th Circ. Shoots Down NY Atty's Google Antitrust Suit
• Guidance Loses Bid To Alter Damages Before Trial
• Responding To Federal Criminal Trial Subpoenas
• Judge Postpones Hearing On Google Books Deal
• Varney Seeks Unified Single Firm Conduct Standards
• MDL Judges Can't Meddle In Past Orders: 3rd Circ.
• Kroes Rebuffs Critics Of EU's Big Antitrust Fines
• Hungary Fines Visa, MasterCard $5.2M Over Fees
• Senate Panel Plans Looser Rules On Pay-For-Delay
• 2nd Circ. Pours Snapple Antitrust Cases Down Drain
• EU Court Upholds €106M In Fines On Austrian Banks
• Hart Seeks To Undo Diebold Sale Until Suit Resolved
• AstraZeneca Loses $12.9M AWP Appeal
• Bristol-Myers Settles Wholesale Drug Price Suit
• Microsoft, EU May Soon Strike Antitrust Accord
• DC Circ. May Keep Ban On Cable TV Agreements
• Conflict Bars Porcari From Airlines' ATI Review
• Pimco: Another Guidepost For Class Certification
• Spanish Cement Cos. Raided In Cartel Probes
• Belgian Authorities Ransack Electrabel, Others
• UK Agency Lays £130M Fines On Bid-Rigging Builders
• Wendy's Loses Bid To Toss Franchisee Antitrust Suit
• Plaintiffs Ask To Scrap Hearing In Google Books Deal
• DOJ, FTC To Review Merger Guidelines
• Wholesalers Drop Merck Antitrust Suit Over Singulair
• Hospital Seeks To Toss Doctors' Antitrust Suit
• Judge Torches Bankrupt Fuel Co.'s Antitrust Claims
• Defining Outer Limits Of Unfair Competition Doctrine
• Antitrust Claims Shucked From Monsanto Patent Suit
• EU Reveals Details On €1.1B Intel Antitrust Fine
• Sheppard Mullin Snags Mayer Brown Int'l Antitrust Duo
• Georgia-Pacific Appeals Dispenser Spat To 4th Circ.
• Energy Transfer To Pay $30M To End FERC Action
• Varney Says DOJ To Probe Dairy Industry
• FCC Chief Reveals Net Neutrality Rule Proposals
• TriCor Purchasers Seek To Finalize $65M Settlement
• Antitrust Suit Is Ploy To Hide Shortcomings: UPMC
• Black Box Hits Avaya With Revised Antitrust Claims
• Banks Shoot To Kill Municipal Bond Antitrust MDL
• North American OKs Deal With Agent In Fraud Case
• DOJ Calls For New Deal In Google Books Settlement
• Visteon Seeks Approval Of $1.4M Carbone Settlement
• Plaintiffs Lose Clarification Bid In InBev Merger Spat
• FCC Plans To Propose Net Neutrality Rules
• Bauer Settlement Ends Source Interlink Antitrust Suit
• Hartford Settles Investors' Kickback Suit For $3.9M
• Deal Makers Brace For Tougher Antitrust Review
• Howrey Says Bonjour To Paris Competition Team
• Lawmakers Take Aim At Insurer Antitrust Exemptions
• Antitrust Cops Eye $1.2B Bemis-Rio Deal
• Plastic Additives Price Plantiffs Make 2nd Bid For Cert.
• Antitrust Claims Shorn In Eyelash Product Patent Suit
• EU Court Adviser Wants De Beers Ruling Reversed
• Trigeant Targets Venezuelan Oil Co. Over Monopoly
• Italian Regulator To Google: Start Talks, Skip Fines
• Ariz., Bristol-Myers Squibb Settle AWP Drug Case
• Honest Services Fraud And The Antitrust Division
• IP, Antitrust Worries Hamper Trade With China: Attys
• News Corp. Takes Aim At Italian Media Companies
• Judge Denies Higher Fee Award In Model Case
• Google Book Deal Needs Muscle: Consumer Watchdog
• Antitrust MDL Over Packaged Ice Heats Up
• House Panel On Board With Railroad Antitrust Bill
• EU Antitrust Agencies In Talks With Yahoo, Microsoft
• Judge Kicks Tires, Tosses Dirt Race Monopoly Lawsuit
• Coke Loses Bid To Dismiss Pom's Fruit Juice Suit
• Changing Legal Fees Through Litigation Budgeting
• Q&A With Buchanan Ingersoll's Wendelynne Newton
• Reps Join Push To Reopen CVS Caremark Probe
• Antitrust Claims To Stand In Smart Card IP Suit
• Ex-Intel GC Finds New Home At Apple
• Intel Says $1B EU Antitrust Ruling Riddled With Errors
• Feds Fight To Keep Protonix Bundling Suit Alive
• Swiss Antitrust Watchdog Puts Swatch Under Scrutiny
• Antitrust Claims Tossed In Webkinz Suit
• Schumer Wants DOJ To Probe Diebold Sale
• Australia Moves To Split Up Telecom Giant Telstra
• Intel GC Departs Amid Antitrust Woes
• Class Seeks Judgment V. Manuli In Hose Cartel MDL
• Harmony Gold Strikes Truce With Arcelor
• Interference Claim Nixed In Guidance Antitrust Suit
• Jury Indicts 3 More In NJ Superfund Kickback Scheme
• Former White House Counsel Lands At Jenner & Block
• No Antitrust Immunity For Movers In Fuel Charge MDL
• State Aid In Opel Sale To Get Heavy EU Scrutiny
• Abbott Tries To Nix Amended HIV Drug Price Suits
• DOJ Seeks More Details On Microsoft-Yahoo Ad Deal
• EU To Review Bailout Banks' Bonus Structures
• EU High Court Affirms €21M Cartel Fine Against Akzo
• DMCA Claim To Proceed In Avaya Trade Secrets Suit
• Dentsply, Tulsa Fail To Nix Some Claims In Suit
• Black Box Can Revise Avaya Antitrust Complaint
• Vitamin Cartel Action Filed Against Roche In Panama
• Another Former Antitrust Fed Heads To Covington
• 3 Retailers Reconsidered For Webkinz Antitrust MDL
• Another US Merger Europe Might Stop?
• ICE Portal Hits Digital Content Rival With Antitrust Suit
• Top Supreme Court Cases To Watch
• DOJ Protests Suggested Restrictions On TFT-LCD Docs
• Weil Antitrust Vet Moves To Greenberg Traurig
• EC Antitrust Ruling Against Clearstream Upheld
• TriCor Indirect Purchasers' Attys Seek $22M In Fees
• Medline Seeks Injunction In 3M Hand Scrub Battle
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Deals In Insurance Antitrust MDL
• Competition Key To Success Of Internet Plan: FTC
• Russia Clears Microsoft Of XP Antitrust Charges
• Milk MDL Plaintiffs Say Defendants Didn't Sink Farms
• EU High Court Backs Portugal's Gambling Restrictions
• Chabon, Bloom, Lethem Balk At Google Books Deal
• Price-Fixing Suit Over First Data ATM Fees Tossed
• T-Mobile UK, Orange UK To Join Forces
• WTO Finds EU's Airbus Subsidies Illegal: Report
• Nonunion Cos. Win Verdict In Union Subsidies Case
• Italy's News Antitrust Probe Extends To Google
• Judge Rejects $38M Claim In Sirva Inc. Ch. 11 Case
• Placing Deferred Associates In Public Interest Groups
• 1st Circ. Nixes Pharmacies' Appeal Of AWP Deals
• Miss. Wants Teva Fraud Suit Back In State Court
• Pharmacies Appeal AWP Class Action Settlement
• Hausfeld, Cohen Milstein Spar Over Fees From MDL
• US Antitrust Authorities Approve Delphi Sale To GM
• Facebook Asks To Toss Web Portal's Antitrust Claims
• EU Puts Up Roadblock To $7.4B Oracle-Sun Merger
• Md. Class Latest To Sue Comcast Over Set-Top Boxes
• Amazon Draws Battle Lines Over Google Books Deal
• NFL Players Union Faces DOL Probe
• Ford Wins Costs Battle In Limousine Antitrust Suit
• Privileged Docs Misfiled In Antitrust Case: DOJ
• Honeywell Wins Discovery Stay In Bid-Rigging Suit
• Pakistan Fines Cement Cos. $77M For Alleged Cartel
• PT Garuda Faces Australian Air Cargo Cartel Suit
• Abrika Looks To Protect Documents In Wellbutrin Case
• Ven-A-Care, Abbott Face Off In Drug Prices Suit
• Semiconductor Tech Co. Hits Rival With Antitrust Suit
• Peroxide Defendants Ask To Toss McShares' Suit
• S. Africa Antitrust Body Seeks Fines For Steel Firms
• Cephalon Tries To Quash FTC Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Challenge To BPA, Alcoa Contract Gets Green Light
• Beer Drinkers Ask Judge To Clarify InBev Ruling
• Horizon Says Securities Class Claims Should Be Sunk