Competition Archive » June, 2010

Competition - June, 2010

184 articles

• FTC Requires Divestitures For $2B Flying J Deal
• InBev, Grupo Modelo Swiss Antitrust Probe Nixed
• 2 State Claims Axed From Apple IPod Antitrust Action
• Ticket Buyers Sue To Stop $3B Continental-United Deal
• Google Must Make Ad Policies More Objective: France
• WTO Rebukes Airbus Subsidies In Victory For US
• EU Fines Arcelor €315M For Part In Steel Cartel
• HannStar To Pay $30M In LCD Price-Fixing Probe
• Tecumseh To Pay $7M In Refrigerant Antitrust MDL
• LCD Makers Win Bid To Dismiss Antitrust Claims
• Injunction Lifted On LB Foster's $112M Portec Buy
• SAP Software Bundling Anti-Competitive, Versata Says
• Intel Seeks To Compel Depositions In Insurance Spat
• Starwood Waiters Add Competition Claims To Tip Suit
• EU Court Backs De Beers' Vow Not To Buy From Alrosa
• Kagan Grilled On Citizens United, Praised For Wit
• 8 Considerations For Your Next Information Request
• ATP Bests Antitrust Suit Over Tournament In 3rd Circ.
• US Agencies Probe Weatherford's Foreign Dealings
• SanDisk Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Flash Memory
• Potato Growers Face 2nd Suit Over Cartel Claims
• $1.8B Bid-Rigging Suit Against DC Agencies Tossed
• DOJ Loses Stay Bid In Optical Disk Price-Fixing MDL
• EU Court Trims €2M From Akzo Unit Antitrust Fine
• FINRA Fines CDS Brokers $4.3M In Rate-Fixing Action
• JPMorgan, Others Face Consumer Lending Antitrust Suit
• DOJ Launches Antitrust Task Force For Dairy Industry
• Masana Settles S. Africa Bitumen Price-Fixing Case
• FCC Pauses NBC-Comcast Deal For Lack Of Info
• The Reliability Of Structured Data In Litigation
• Naturally Fresh Sues Rival Over Name Trademark
• Skilling Ruling Puts Prosecutors On Short Leash: Attys
• 1st Circ. Rejects Airport Tenant's Antitrust, RICO Claims
• ETP Off Hook For Natural Gas Price-Fixing Claims
• Italy Probes Telecom Italia Over Antitrust Claims
• UK Underwriting Probe Could Have Wide Fallout
• 6 DRAM Makers Settle Price-Fixing Claims For $173M
• The Future Of Biosimilars In Health Care And Litigation
• Burberry, TJX Settle Counterfeit Trademark Claims
• IBM Faces EU Antitrust Claims Over Mainframe Software
• Nestle Licks Ice Cream Distributor's Antitrust Suit
• EU Fines Bollore €21M For Role In Paper Cartel
• Dutch Court Nixes Energy Antitrust Law
• Fishermen Accuse Pacific Seafood Of Monopoly
• Construction Cos. Win New Trial In $90M Cartel Case
• Q&A With Igor Artemyev, Russian Antimonopoly Head
• AT&T Gets OK To Buy $2.35B In Verizon Licenses
• EU Fines 17 Bathroom Fitting Cos. €622M Over Cartel
• Sens. Nix Finance Bill's Expansion Of FTC Authority
• EU Extends Probe Into $160M Syngenta, Monsanto Deal
• ATM Fee Antitrust Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Russia To Probe Gazprom Units Over Antitrust Claims
• Insurers Escape Liability In Mylan Antitrust Suits
• Proskauer Boosts DC Antitrust Team With Kirkland Atty
• Google, Twitter Back Removal Of 'Hot News' Injunction
• EU Accuses Window Mounting Makers Of Price-Fixing
• Mylan Appeals Dismissal Of Prilosec Antitrust Claims
• CGM To Ask 4th Circ. To Revive AT&T Antitrust Suit
• EarthLink, Others Fight $37B Comcast-NBC Deal
• Congress Nears Deal On Swipe Fees, Consumer Agency
• FTC Considers Settlement In Intel Antitrust Case
• 9th Circ. Partially Revives Title Insurance Class Action
• BHP-Rio Tinto Deal Faces Extended Antitrust Scrutiny
• Objections To Ticketmaster Deal Lack Merit, DOJ Says
• FTC Settles Price-Fixing Claims With Minn. Health Co-Op
• Supreme Court Rebuffs Shell Price-Fixing Case
• The Shifting Sands Of Limited Liability Principles
• High Court Won't Hear Procrit Whistleblower Suit
• 'OPEC Of Potatoes' Hit With Price-Fixing Action
• AstraZeneca To Pay $103M To Settle AWP Claims
• Fee Change Docs Ruled Off-Limits In Credit Card Suit
• Hong Kong Poised To Unveil Competition Bill
• EU Cartel Fines Loom For Bathroom Fixture Cos.
• GOP Attempts To Counter FCC Broadband Regulation
• USDA Rule Changes Could Spur Meat Industry Suits
• Reddy Ice Drops Ice Machine Patent Suit Against ISB
• US Soccer Scores TRO In Sports Authority Ad Suit
• Qualcomm Faces Another EU Antitrust Complaint
• NC Dental Board Practices Anti-Competitive: FTC
• FCC Seeks New Broadband Framework Post-Comcast
• P&G Hit With False Patent Marking Suit Over Floss
• EU High Court Affirms €250M Antitrust Fine On Lafarge
• Wendy's Seeks To Nix Lawyerless Franchisee's Suit
• Teva To Alter Ads For Generic Yaz After Bayer Outcry
• 'Strategic' Deal-Making: Will Agencies End The Party?
• EU May Trim Cartel Fines In Financial Hardship Cases
• United, Continental CEOs Defend Merger Before House
• Quinn Emanuel Moves Toward Trial In $15M Fee Spat
• Philip Morris To Fight Denial Of $452M Colombia Deal
• Q&A With Fenwick & West's Tyler Baker
• Horizon Investors Appeal Action Over Price-Fixing Plot
• 9th Circ. Rejects Appeals Over LCD Panel Classes
• Anderson News Fights To Preserve Conspiracy Suit
• CSN, Usiminas Lose Bid To Toss $29M Steel Cartel Fine
• Bayer Accuses Teva Of Falsely Advertising Yaz Generic
• McGuireWoods Adds Ex-Prosecutor, White House Atty
• Effect Of Trinko, Credit Suisse Should Be Clarified: FTC
• Comdata To Pay $9M To Settle Fuel Card Antitrust Suit
• DSM Rubber Units Settle Price-Fixing MDL For $25M
• Pa. Hospital Takes Amgen Tying Fight To 3rd Circ.
• FTC Seeks To Allay Doctors' Antitrust Fears
• Mediaset Ordered To Repay Millions In Illegal State Aid
• Fate Of Class Action Waivers Rests With High Court
• FTC Seeks More Info On Avis, Dollar Thrifty Deal
• Class Cert. Stands In Canadian Peroxide Antitrust Suit
• Skadden Picks Up Clifford Chance EU Antitrust Pro
• Ex-Aeropostale Exec Accused Of $350M Kickback Plot
• Trade Secrets Claim Added To Patent Suit Over Delsym
• A New Approach To Antitrust Class Certification
• High Court To Hear CSX Challenge To Ala. Taxes
• 7th Circ. To Review Patients' Antitrust Class Cert. Denial
• Q&A With Graeme Samuel, ACCC Chairman
• US Wants Dey's AWP Evidence Against It Tossed
• EU Sets Deadline For Comcast-NBC Merger Review
• Germany Hits Lens Maker Cartel With €115M Fine
• NJ Ford Dealers Drop Price Discrimination Claim
• Schering Loses Bid To Split Suit Over Generic Vytorin
• HP Stole Aftermarket Cartridge Trade Secrets: Suit
• DOJ Requires Divestiture For Amcor's $2B Alcan Buy
• FTC Fights Nixing Of AndroGel Reverse Payment Suit
• Antitrust Regulators May Probe Apple App Ad Policy
• 11th Circ. Grants Fla. County Antitrust Immunity
• Taiwan LCD Giant Charged In $500M Price-Fixing Scam
• Hydrogen Peroxide Indirect Purchasers Win $4.2M Deal
• No Antitrust Barriers To BP Spill Cooperation, FTC Says
• Easy Prey: Small Cap Cos. With No Takeover Defenses
• UK Competition Agency To Probe Underwriting Fees
• Merck, Upsher-Smith Appeal Class Cert. In K-Dur Suit
• Pay-For-Delay 'Top Priority' For FTC, Leibowitz Says
• Germany Fines Kraft, Others €30M Over Coffee Cartel
• U-Haul Settles FTC's Collusion Allegations
• Cochlear Settles Kickback Claims On Hearing Implants
• BNSF, Union Pacific To Show Docs In Freight Fuel MDL
• Calif. Appeals Court Revives Walgreens Tobacco Suit
• High Court Antitrust Trends — Sans Stevens
• J&J Seeks Dismissal Of Omnicare Kickback Case
• Calif. Tourism Board Off Hook In Price-Fixing Action
• NY AG's Collusion Suit Against First American Survives
• DVD Licensor Aims Death Blow To Antitrust Case
• EU High Court OKs Caps On Cell Phone Roaming Rates
• Monopoly And The Big Bat Theory In Antitrust Law
• Tying Suit Against Amgen Over Blood Drug Tossed
• Chinese Bauxite Antitrust Suit Stayed For WTO Report
• NY District Atty Offers Corporate Prosecution Protocol
• CMS Unit Back On Hook In Gas Price-Fixing Case
• Minority Media Owners Wary Of Comcast-NBC Deal
• Fair Isaac Takes Credit Score Fight To 8th Circ.
• Welch Wants Insurer's 'Undisputed' Facts Tossed
• The Art Of Client Alerts And Bulletins
• Land O'Lakes Settles Egg Antitrust Action For $25M
• FCC's Clyburn Defends Title II Move For Broadband
• NFL Ruling Raises Antitrust Bar For Joint Ventures
• St. Jude To Pay $3.7M Over Hospital Kickback Scheme
• DOJ Asks 2nd Circ. To Rehear Bayer Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Latest Watson CEO Brief Rips Motive For FTC Subpoena
• Plaintiffs Must Sharpen Cable Tying Suit, Judge Says
• The 4 Factors Behind The Cipro En Banc Hearing
• EU Accuses Suez Environnement Of Seal Breach
• Potash Suppliers Deny Price-Fixing In 7th Circ. Appeal
• Groups Urge Fed. Circ. To Rethink Novo Nordisk Win
• Canada High Court Lets DRAM Antitrust Class Stand
• Jones Day Nabs Southern Calif.'s US Attorney
• Hausfeld Pro To Head Grant & Eisenhofer Antitrust Team
• Greenberg Cut From Traffic Camera False Ad Case
• Telecoms Kill Blocked €1.5B Orange-Sunrise Merger
• Korean Investors Hit LG Over LCD Price-Fixing
• NY Times, Dow Jones Added To $1.5B Price-Fixing Suit
• Abbott's Appeal Bid Nixed In Norvir Pricing Suits
• Antitrust Suit Over BellSouth, AT&T Rates Nixed
• Transitions Optical Targeted In More Antitrust Suits
• Judges' Econ Training Affects Antitrust Rulings: Study
• Flonase Indirect Purchasers Press For Class Status
• Distributor's RICO, Tying Suit Against Dreyer's Tossed
• Hospital Takes Angioplasty Antitrust Fight To 9th Circ.
• American Needle V. NFL: Short Of The End Zone
• EU Probes Areva, Siemens Noncompete Clauses
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Nixing Of Kickback Suit V. Stryker
• Canada Issues Draft Guidance For Mergers
• FTC Pushes For Watson CEO To Testify In Provigil Probe
• China Unveils New Draft Anti-Monopoly Rules
• DOJ Seeks More Info On Oracle, Phase Forward Merger
• EU Opens In-Depth Probe Into Unilever-Sara Lee Deal
• Help From Italy, Turkey Sought In Marine Hose MDL
• Novo Nordisk Hit With Antitrust Action Over Prandin