Competition Archive » September, 2010

Competition - September, 2010

188 articles

• Merck Balks At $4.6M Verdict In Mass. Medicaid Case
• Energizer's Bid For American Safety Razor OK'd
• Dollar Shareholders Reject Hertz's $1.45B Bid
• Consumers Urge High Court To Uphold AT&T Ruling
• Electric Co-Op Gets Claim Cut In Okla. Antitrust Suit
• Antitrust Action Over United DC-SF Flights Nixed
• SAS Fined $30M Over Spying On Rival Airline
• Clearwire Directors Resign Over Antitrust Concerns
• ABB To Pay $58.3M For Bribing Mexican Officials
• BAX Global, Others To Pay $50M For Cargo Price-Fixing
• LG Asks To Run Laundry Dryers For Jury In False Ad Spat
• ACCC OKs Tobacco Merger After Divestiture
• Panasonic, Whirlpool Unit Pay $141M In DOJ Probe
• Why The EU Gets Atty-Client Privilege Wrong
• ASR Exec Defends Tough Stance On Energizer Offer
• MeadWestvaco Can't Nix School Supply Antitrust Suit
• House Reps Come Up Short On Net Neutrality Bill
• Consumers Hit 'OPEC Of Potatoes' With Antitrust Action
• DOJ Deputy Chief Of Staff Returns To Covington
• Bristol-Myers To Pay Pa. $27M Over Drug Pricing
• Judge Slams McGuireWoods In BAR/BRI Antitrust Case
• Resmed Settles Australian Price-Fixing Charges
• EU Settles With ENI In Gas Monopoly Case
• 9th Circ. Snubs Abbott's Challenge To Norvir Cases
• Ohio AG Vows To Investigate AirTran-Southwest Deal
• Supreme Court Will Hear Drug Pricing Dispute
• Simpson Thacher Partner Joins DOJ Antitrust Division
• Jones Day Snags Akin Gump Trial Vet In Houston
• Ariz. Hospitals Settle Nurses' Antitrust Suit For $22M
• MMC Settles Ohio Bid-Rigging Suit For $4.75M
• Indonesian Antitrust Regulator Fines Pfizer Units $14M
• Ticket Buyers Lose Bid To Block UAL-Continental Deal
• Bringing FCPA Enforcement To Tobacco Merchants
• How To Structure An Airtight Class Action Deal
• Immunex, Amgen Fight Back In AWP Spat
• Oracle Hits Micron With DRAM Price-Fixing Suit
• Dollar Thrifty Refuses New $1.5B Bid From Avis
• Novo Nordisk To Challenge Russian Competition Fine
• EU Sends RTL TV-Venture Review To Germany, Austria
• The Waning Viability Of The Patent-Misuse Defense
• Regulators Put Conditions On $12B Coke-Bottler Deal
• Apple, Others Settle DOJ Probe Over Hiring Deals
• Potash Wins Discovery Bid In Suit Over BHP Deal
• EU Drops Probes Into Apple's IPhone Policies
• China Airlines To Pay $40M In DOJ Cargo Probe
• Sulfuric Acid Makers Fail To Kill Antitrust Class Action
• The Legality Of Profit-Sharing Assistance In Labor Spats
• Spanish Antitrust Group Probes Soccer Broadcaster
• Whirlpool Can't Block Docs In LG Steam-Dryer Spat
• Russian Watchdog Says Novo Broke Competition Law
• Opponents Want Hearing On $37B Comcast-NBC Deal
• Cabcharge Fined $15M For Competition Breaches
• Franchisee Challenges Hertz-Dollar Thrifty Deal
• BHP Wins US Antitrust OK For $43B Potash Bid
• Wells Fargo Argues For Inclusion In Payment Card Deal
• Wal-Mart Probes Whether Rivals Funded Enviro Suits
• EU Due Process Debate Unlikely To Spark Major Shift
• Australia Gives Nod To Virgin Blue-Etihad Alliance
• EU Raids Envelope Makers In Cartel Probe
• Airlines Fail To Win Over Judge In Antitrust Suit
• Senate Panel Clears 2 US Attys, 7 Judges
• Asda To Sell Stores To Gain OK On $1.1B Netto Deal
• DRAM Direct Buyers' Counsel Seek $9M In Fees
• Crestron Illegally Cornered Controller Market, Suit Says
• Halls Loses Summary Bid On Robinson-Patman Claim
• Marine Hose Plaintiffs Seek Depositions Ahead Of Trial
• House Legislators Call For Medicare Fraud Crackdown
• WTO Holds Off On Airbus Appeal Ruling
• 7 Tips For Deposing A Class Rep
• Real Estate Pricing Action Not Up To Snuff, Judge Says
• PotashCorp Goes To Court To Block $40B BHP Bid
• Australian Grocery Merger Raises Competition Concerns
• Corporate Intent In The Antitrust Context
• Samsung US Subsidiary Let Out Of SRAM Litigation
• 2nd Martinair Exec Indicted In Price-Fixing Probe
• $350M Deal Approved In United Health Class Action
• S. Africa, Pioneer Food Near Deal On Cartel Case
• Eco Canteen Ordered To Pull Water Bottle Attack Ads
• Manuli Seeks Exit From Marine Hose FCA Suit
• 7 Tips For Maximizing Your Time Before The JPML
• Senate GOP Vows To Blockade Pay-For-Delay Ban
• DOJ Drops Plan For New Case Management System
• French Banks Fined €385M For Check Fee Collusion
• CHG Settles Food Equipment Antitrust Suit For $2.5M
• Aggregation Aggravation: Cappuccitti's Effect On CAFA
• Judge Boots Nero Antitrust Suit Over MPEG Patents
• CME Group Fires Another Salvo In EFF Dispute
• Wal-Mart, Autozone Off Hook In Auto Parts Price Spat
• Apple, Others In Talks To End Wage-Suppression Probe
• Nanya Fails To Bag Speedy Settlement In DRAM MDL
• Jurisdictional Discovery OK'd In OxyContin IP Suit
• E-Discovery Alignment In Antitrust Actions: Good Idea?
• Banks Beat Consumers' ATM Fee Antitrust Suit
• Generics Subject To Solvay Sham Litigation Claims
• Ex-Lobbyist To Plead Guilty To Illegal Contributions
• 5th Circ. OKs Toss Of Gas-Rate Tampering Suit V. ETP
• Dean Foods Must Produce Info In Milk Antitrust MDL
• EU Ends Antitrust Probe Into Electric-Grid Parts Makers
• Daimler Raided In UK Truck Price-Fixing Probe
• PPL, E.ON Settle Energy Suppliers' Merger Worries
• AEP Off Hook In Natural Gas Price-Fixing Suit
• UK's Antitrust Bodies Launch Joint Merger Guidelines
• 9th Circ. Declines To Rehear Insurers' Antitrust Appeal
• Skyhook Sues Google Over Cell Phone GPS Technology
• Poland Picks Energa Buyer Despite Antitrust Concerns
• 9th Circ. Limits Electronic Search In MLB Steroid Case
• Pom Unhurt By Welch's Deceptive Marketing, Jury Says
• Michelin Alters Distribution Policies Amid Antitrust Woes
• EU Court Urged To Nix Repsol Rubber Cartel Appeal
• The Danger Of Affirmative Public Statements
• Oil Rig Helicopter Cos. Beat Price-Fixing Class
• WTO Releases Confidential Boeing Subsidy Ruling
• GSK Gets Patent Cut From Wellbutrin Antitrust Action
• Astellas Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Stress Test System
• EU High Court Upholds In-House Counsel Privilege Rule
• Sanofi Wins Appeal, Stay In Lovenox Antitrust Suit
• Indirect Purchaser Standing Upheld In Shipping Suit
• Dreyer's Again Dodges Distributor's RICO, Tying Suit
• NAB Nixes Deal To Acquire AXA APH
• Lego Loses Bid To Protect Brick Shape In EU
• When Cloud Computing Meets E-Discovery Obligations
• EU Court Overturns Vivendi Asset Sale Decision
• Czech Republic Hits Toshiba, Others With Antitrust Fines
• Dun & Bradstreet To Divest In FTC Deal
• Canadian Telecom Hits Rival With Antitrust Claim
• EU Court Upholds €18M Fine For Bag Cartel
• LCD Makers Win Bid To Move AG's Suit To MDL
• Judge OKs $2M Deal In Stolt-Nielsen Securities Suit
• Part Of €530M Olympic Airways State Aid Order Tossed
• Judge Nixes Ohio Funds' Claims Against Gen Re
• SAS To Pay $14M To Settle Air Cargo MDL
• International Paper, Others Hit With Price-Fixing Action
• Verizon, Others Can't Ditch Antitrust Suit Over IP Trust
• Feds Widen Bribe Probe Of HP-Russia IT Deal
• Australian Watchdog Blocks Virgin Blue-Air NZ Alliance
• Norton Rose Woos Linklaters' Italy Antitrust Chief
• Bundling Rebates Post-Southeast Missouri Hospital
• Dunkin' Donuts Hits Fla. Shops With IP, Contract Suit
• Bank VP 7th To Plead Guilty In Muni Bond Probe
• Lundbeck Dodges FTC Suit Over Heart Drugs
• Venable Nabs Kelley Drye Class Action Defender
• Chevron Hit With Antitrust Suit From Gas Wholesaler
• Australia Rejects Remedies In $12B AXA-NAB Deal
• Indirect Buyers' Wellbutrin Antitrust Suit Lives On
• EU Court Deals Blow To Austria's Gambling Monopoly
• SF Weekly Loses Rehearing Bid On Antitrust Appeal
• MOFCOM's Stance On Novartis/Alcon
• Ex-National Lampoon CEO Sentenced To 45 Months
• DOT Advises Against Virgin Blue-Delta Alliance
• Couche-Tard To Divest If Bid For Casey's Succeeds
• S. Africa Targets Goodyear, Others In Tire Cartel Case
• EU Court Finds German Gambling Monopolies Illegal
• Canada To Seek Input On Merger Enforcement Guide
• WTO Ruling On Boeing Subsidies To Come Sept. 15
• Purdue To Pay $16M To Settle OxyContin Claims
• Farmers Cinch Class Cert. In Milk Antitrust MDL Case
• FTC Chief Trial Counsel Jumps To Hogan Lovells
• EU Opens Probe Into €150M SC Johnson-Sara Lee Deal
• Immucor, Ortho-Clinical Want Dismissal Bid Reheard
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Cipro Pay-For-Delay Suit
• SK Foods CEO Released From Jail On $6M Bail
• DOJ Puts $700M Google-ITA Merger Under Spotlight
• Ill. Law Discriminates Against Anheuser-Busch: Judge
• Canner's Price-Fixing Suit Against US Steel Nixed
• PR High Court To Weigh Antitrust Law In Shipping Suit
• Claims Against J&J In 8 States Dismissed In AWP MDL
• What Leegin's Conclusion Does (And Doesn't) Mean
• Expedia, Priceline Settle False Advertising Spat
• 7th Circ. Revives Wis. Gas Pricing Law
• EU Sets New Deadline On Syngenta, Monsanto Probe
• Deutsche Post Off The Hook In State Aid Battle
• Harley Wants Antitrust, Tort Claims Nixed In Bag Suit
• Home City, Class Get OK For $13.5M Deal In Ice MDL
• Graco's Secrets Suit Against Rival Sent To Mediation
• N. Zealand Targets Freight Forwarders In Cartel Case
• Polar Air To Pay $17M Over Air Cargo Price-Fixing
• The Latest In M&A Regulation
• Grant & Eisenhofer Scores Nussbaum Antitrust Crew
• Conn. AG Probes $2B First Niagara-NewAlliance Deal
• Mitsubishi Seeks To Stave Off Claims In LCD MDL
• Bayer Unit Sues Generics Maker Over Acne Treatment
• Avis Ups Bid To Buy Dollar Thrifty In Battle With Hertz
• Verizon Gives Up On Price-Control Immunity Bids
• GSK Fails Again To Nix Antitrust Claims Over Wellbutrin
• Brazilian Regulator Levies $2B Gas Cartel Fine
• Home Appraisal RICO Suit Against Wells Fargo Nixed
• KitchenAid Wins Toss of Antitrust Suit For 2nd Time
• An Update On Foreign Investment Review In Canada