Competition Archive » August, 2010

Competition - August, 2010

171 articles

• LB Foster, Portec Extend Merger Deadline
• Cert. Denied In First American Appraisal Collusion Suit
• Direct Purchasers Lose Cert. Bid In Plastics MDL
• Caltrans Official Admits To $1.2M Bid-Rigging Plot
• Baxter Fined $4.4M For Bundling IV Fluid Contracts
• Tecumseh Wants Indirect Purchaser Antitrust Suit KO'd
• Wal-Mart Settles In DVD Rental Antitrust Suit
• HP To Cough Up $55M In Qui Tam Kickback Case
• Judge Trims Dairy Farmer Antitrust Claims
• Morgan Stanley Settles Muni Derivative MDL For $6M
• Germany Plans False Ad Suit Against GM's Opel
• 2nd Circ. Nixes RxUSA's Bid To Revive Antitrust Suit
• LCD Cos. Want State Claims Nixed In Price-Fixing MDL
• EU Docs Off-Limits In Interchange Fee MDL, Court Says
• Antitrust Issues Of Patient-Centered Medical Homes
• CVS Settles Mass. Drug Overcharge Claims For $2.7M
• McDermott Taps New Head For EU Competition Practice
• Fed. Circ. Narrows Scope Of Patent Misuse Defense
• 3rd Circ. To Review Tossed $295M De Beers Settlement
• United, Continental Win DOJ Merger OK With Slot Sale
• Sherman Act, Other Claims Tossed In PR Ports Suit
• Aetna Sues LabCorp Over False Coverage Claims
• Optical Disk Purchasers File New Antitrust Complaints
• CFTC Advises DOJ On Antitrust Probe Into CME Group
• Churchill Downs Off Hook In Broadcast Antitrust Suit
• Dentsply Loses Bid To Nab $4M In Contract Spat
• The Legal Market In Transition
• Ex-Asiana Execs Charged With Airfare Price-Fixing
• Welch's 'Unclean Hands' Bid Fails In Pom False Ad Suit
• GAO Calls On FCC To Probe Cell Phone Market
• Most Admired Attys: Gibson Dunn's Gary Spratling
• US, St. Jude In Talks To End Qui Tam Kickback Suit
• RICO Claims Trimmed In Kids-For-Cash Kickback Suit
• EU Launches Probe Of Marine Insurance Network
• Judge Grants Preliminary OK To $18.5M Sea Star Deal
• Conn. Probes Rite Aid Over Discount Drug Price Hikes
• Mexico OKs Mexichem-Cydsa Deal With Conditions
• Blood Reagent Price-Fixing MDL Survives Dismissal Bid
• Most Admired Attys: Jones Day's Joe Sims
• 2nd Circ. Judge Hints At Antitrust Motive In RxUSA Suit
• AUO Exec Loses Travel Pass Bid In LCD Antitrust Case
• Most Admired Attys: Boies Schiller's David Boies
• 6th Circ. Affirms NCAA's Win In Lacrosse Antitrust Suit
• Schering Loses Round In Sunscreen Injunction Bid
• Mitsubishi's IP-Related Antitrust Case V. GE Stayed
• Cab Cos. Hit With Price-Fixing Suit Over Permit Fees
• Implications Of The FTC's Intel Settlement
• Most Admired Attys: O'Melveny's Richard Parker
• Polyurethane Foam Cos. Hit With 6th Price-Fixing Suit
• Brazil Probes Expeditors Over Antitrust Worries
• Most Admired Attys: Intel's Douglas Melamed
• Sonnenschein Seeks High Court Look At Contract Spat
• AUO Execs Can't Leave US Amid Antitrust Case: Judge
• Strict Liability For Below-Cost Pricing In Calif.?
• UK Watchdog Solicits Input On Antitrust Guide
• Premier's Arbitration Bid Nixed In Rival's Antitrust Suit
• Cable Cos. Seek Limitations On Comcast-NBC Deal
• Most Admired Attys: Hogan Lovells' Jan McDavid
• US Fights Part Of WTO Airbus Subsidies Ruling
• DOJ, FTC Release Horizontal Merger Guidelines
• Apple Supplier Exec In Kickback Probe Steps Down
• RJR Gets Access To Protected St. Luke's Depositions
• Holding Parent Cos. Liable For Their Children's Wrongs
• EU Hits Unilever With Objections Over Sara Lee Deal
• 5th Circ. Reaffirms Toss Of Leegin Price-Fixing Suit
• ITP Fine Enforcement In The EU
• 8th Circ. Nixes Hospital Antitrust Suit Against CR Bard
• Most Admired Attys: Covington's Deborah Garza
• ACCC Chair Steps Back From AXA-NAB Deal Review
• Conceptus, Hologic Nix Non-IP Claims In Patent Spat
• Hagens Berman Sets Up New K Street Digs
• 5 States Join Chorus Of LCD Price-Fixing Plaintiffs
• Settlement Class Limited In Canadian Car MDL
• Watson CEO Must Face FTC Subpoena: Judge
• Calif. Groceries Must Face Price-Sharing Suit: 9th Circ.
• Most Admired Attys: Howrey's James Rill
• Hickory Springs Named In Polyurethane Antitrust Suit
• Kason To Pay $3M Fine For Antitrust Conspiracy
• Magazine Wholesaler Fights To Revive Collusion Suit
• The Latest On Foreign Investment In China
• Apple Sues Indicted Manager Over Trade Secret Breach
• 3rd Circ. Sides Mostly With Insurers In Antitrust Suit
• Most Admired Attys: Arnold & Porter's Bill Baer
• WellPoint, Aetna Antitrust Suits Barred By Past Deals
• FTC Asks Novartis To Shed Drug For Alcon Deal
• Air Products Says FTC Deal Will Aid $5B Airgas Takeover
• Analyzing Patent Pools: Will They Pass Muster Abroad?
• Most Admired Attys: Simpson Thacher's Kevin Arquit
• Arguments Against Fixed Fees, And Why They're Myths
• AAI Pushes For Class Cert. In Hospital Merger Suit
• Energy Drink Co. Escapes Antitrust Claims In IP Suit
• Lukoil Monopolized Gas Market, Russian Court Says
• Cantrell Loses Appeal Of Honest Services Conviction
• Ala. College Students Sue Over Dining Hall Monopoly
• Study Contests Savings From Pay-For-Delay Bill
• France, Netherlands To Review Public Transit Combo
• Sasol Unit Accused Of Price-Fixing In Polymer Market
• Alstom Hit With €91M Fine For Generator Price-Fixing
• Wash. AG Latest To Accuse LCD Makers Of Cartel
• La. Monks Allege State-Run Casket Cartel
• A Snapshot Of International Antitrust Developments
• Antitrust Law Doesn't Single Out Foreigners, China Says
• Aussie Court Revives Qantas Price-Fixing Action
• Guardian Trumps SF Weekly In Predatory Pricing Appeal
• The General Trend Toward Certification In Canada
• Miss. Golf Voucher Antitrust Case Tossed
• Sanofi Fails To Shake Eisai's Lovenox Antitrust Suit
• Ore. Joins NY, Fla. In Suing LCD Cos. For Price-Fixing
• Antitrust Claims Against Dog Breeding Group Tossed
• Deutsche Bahn's Sale Offer Wins EU OK For Arriva Buy
• UK Puts Brakes On $50M Zipcar, Streetcar Merger
• Racetrack's Antitrust, Contract Claims Survive
• Fla. AG Targets LCD Cos. Over Price-Fixing Scheme
• Casino Cash Access Co.'s Antitrust Suit Tossed
• FTC May Have Spilled Watson's Secrets, CEO Says
• Antitrust Suit Against Allstate, State Farm Gets New Life
• Weil Gotshal Antitrust Partner Heads For Jones Day
• Questions Unanswered In Work Product Protection
• EU OKs Novartis-Alcon Deal Following Sale Of Assets
• Feds Intervene In St. Jude Kickback Suit
• Australia To Review AXA's Offer To Divest Platform Biz
• Canada Clears Novartis-Alcon Deal With Divestitures
• Google, Verizon Net Neutrality Plan Exempts Wireless
• Pirelli Settles Marine Hose Antitrust MDL For $3M
• FTC Seeks More Info On $3.4B Grifols-Talecris Deal
• Threatening The Telecom Detente
• Barclays 'Hot News' Ruling Threatens Google, Twitter
• Cuomo Files Suit Over Alleged LCD Price-Fixing
• Feds Want In On St. Jude Kickback Scheme Suit
• Russia Orders Insurers, Banks To End Rate-Fixing
• FCC, DOJ To Improve Coordination On Telecom Deals
• Tobacco Cos. Pay $28.5M To Settle Bribe Charges
• Kohl Calls For Antitrust Probe Of Truck Freight Rates
• APT Added As Target In SinterFire Bullet Patent Suit
• When You And Your Contingency Fee Client Disagree
• Food Lion's Claims Pared In Milk Antitrust MDL Case
• SEC Settles Oil-For-Food Case Against Innospec Execs
• Total-OMV Deal Passes Antitrust Muster In Court
• Avago Hit With Antitrust Claims In Duplexer IP Suit
• Tops Sells 7 Supermarkets To Quell FTC's Concerns
• Case Study: Sullivan V. DB Investments
• Spain Fines 7 Shippers €14M Over Freight Cartel
• Cuomo Probes Predatory Health Care Lending Claims
• BSkyB Faces Antitrust Probe Over Pay-TV Movies
• Antitrust Suit V. San Diego Convention Center Trimmed
• Tobacco Exec Pleads Guilty To Bribing Kyrgyz Officials
• Foskor Avoids Fine In S. Africa Phosphate Price Probe
• 4th Chi Mei Exec To Serve Time For Price-Fixing Plot
• DC Circ. Revives Almond Growers' Suit Over USDA Rule
• EU OKs $4.9B Teva-Ratiopharm Deal, With Caveats
• Weak Antitrust Protections Killed Avis Deal: Thrifty CEO
• Spotlight: M&A Trends In China
• Intel Strikes Deal In FTC Antitrust Action
• Monopoly Claims Nixed In Delta, AirTran Antitrust Suit
• False Advertising Injunction Upheld Against Viance
• EU Raids Polyurethane Foam Makers In Cartel Probe
• Foreign Claims Clipped From Korean Air Antitrust MDL
• Judge Boots Magazine Wholesaler's Collusion Case
• Bill Aims To Beef Up FTC's Power To Police Insurers
• MTS Pays $7.5M To Nix Hysitron IP, Lanham Claims
• DOJ Wants More Info On Comtech's $473M CPI Buy
• After American Needle, Is Everything Old New Again?
• CareCore Antitrust Suit Survives Bid To Toss
• HP Strikes Deal With DOJ On Kickback Claims
• Petland Franchise, Insurance Cases Put To Rest
• Panalpina Settles KBR Subcontract Kickback Claims
• Conn. AG Blocked From Releasing Insurer's Docs
• Canada OKs $1.2B Hertz-Dollar Thrifty Merger
• Conn. AG Probes Apple, Amazon E-Book Deals
• 7th Circ. OKs Booting Of Exxon, Shell Price Inflation Suit
• Avoiding Antitrust Violations Under Obama