Competition Archive » October, 2010

Competition - October, 2010

181 articles

• Reddy Ice Escapes DOJ Action In Antitrust Probe
• Austrian High Court Affirms €1.5M Chemical Cartel Fine
• Antitrust Suit Puts Most Favored Nation Users On Notice
• Astra Asks 2nd Circ. To Revive Taxi Ad Antitrust Suit
• Price-Fixing Fine Reduced To Keep China Air Afloat
• UK Launches Investigation Of Ryanair-Aer Lingus Deal
• Ex-Execs Indicted In Katrina Air Cargo Price-Fixing Plot
• MFNs Under Antitrust Fire
• Direct Purchaser Attys Net $9M In DRAM Settlements
• Ex-Marsh Execs Sue For Severance, Bonuses
• Rivals Try To Revive Antitrust Case Against Del Monte
• US Indicts CargoLux Execs Over Air Cargo Surcharges
• Lockheed Settles Antitrust Suit Over War Planes
• TCS Monopolized Night Law School Market, Suit Says
• Google Clarifies Adwords Policies To End French Probe
• Suit Claims JPMorgan, HSBC Manipulated Silver Market
• Antitrust Claim Nixed In Gorlick's Muffler-Pact Suit
• AnimalFeeds, Stolt-Nielsen Settle Antitrust Dispute
• GSK Must Face Wellbutrin Consumer Antitrust Suit
• Ex-HannStar Exec Pleads Guilty To LCD Price-Fixing
• Spain Raids Paper Cos. In Price-Fixing Probe
• Pharmacists Group Loses Appeal Of EU Antitrust Raid
• Australian Watchdog Delays Aspen's Sigma Bid
• 8th Circ. Nixes Beer Drinkers' Appeal Over InBev Merger
• A Conservative Collection Of Compromise
• EU Court Upholds $2.5M In Alliance One Cartel Fines
• Pfizer Faces Italian Antitrust Probe Over Xalatan Patent
• Travel Sites Move To Block $700M Google-ITA Deal
• BMW Faces Swiss Territory Allocation Antitrust Probe
• EU High Court Urged To Nix €3M ThyssenKrupp Fine
• Wendy's Can't Shake Franchisee Suit Over Suppliers
• Sensata Discloses Potential FCPA Violations
• Judge Firmly Tosses Realtor's Antitrust Suit
• US Attys Eye Canada As Fertile Class Action Ground
• NCAA Sacked With Scholarship Antitrust Class Suit
• Steptoe Brings On Antitrust Partner From Kirkland
• EU Clears $4B Reckitt-SSL Deal With Divestitures
• Brazilian Cos. Ask DC Circ. To Revive Price-Fixing Suit
• How To Set The Stage For A Global Deal
• Funeral Group Takes Casket Antitrust Case To 5th Circ.
• ACPERA — A Glass Half Full
• Canadian Real Estate Group To Loosen Listing Rules
• 2nd Circ. Revives VIM Counterfeit Jeans Suit
• Japan OKs United-Continental-All Nippon Venture
• VeriFone Moves Gas Payment Antitrust Suit Venue
• Electrical Engineering Co. Execs Accused Of Bribe Plot
• Appellants Hit Back In FCA Suit Against Blackstone
• Rent-A-Center Sues Over Class Action Settlement Cut
• Avery Dennison Accuses 3M Of Highway-Sign Monopoly
• Home Quarters Ends Antitrust Suit Against Rivals
• Ex-Gray Plant Atty Gets 18 Years For Child Rape
• EU Takes 2nd Shot At Collective Action System
• Weighing Unilateral Termination Of A Deposition
• Antitrust Claim Survives 2nd Cut in Webkinz MDL
• UK Panel Urges Tougher M&A Laws After Kraft-Cadbury
• Claims Trimmed In Conde Nast Web Contract Suit
• Google Competition Complaints Still Under Review In EU
• Italy Asked To Recalculate Telecom Access Fees
• EU Regulators Delay Decision On Greek Airline Merger
• Jury Sides Largely With Whirlpool In Lanham Act Case
• Rakuten Asks JFTC To Probe Google-Yahoo Japan Deal
• More Transparency Needed In FCPA Efforts, Group Says
• DOJ Seeks Deposition Delay In Air Cargo MDL
• Italian Watchdog Probes Italgas Over Withheld Info
• Getting A Grip On 2-Sided Markets
• Thermo Faces Antitrust, IP Suit Over Equipment Resales
• 8th Circ. To Rehear Catheter Antitrust Suit Against Bard
• Saskatchewan To Fight BHP's $39B PotashCorp Bid
• McKesson To Pay Conn. $15M To Settle AWP Suit
• Ukraine Regulator OKs $22B VimpelCom-Kyivstar Deal
• S. Korea Hits Scrap Metal Cos. With $1.5M Cartel Fine
• 9th Circ. Nixes IPhone Antitrust Class Cert. Appeal
• Pharmacy Seeks To Send Provigil Suit To State Court
• Wellbutrin Users Seek To Revive Class Cert. Bid
• Puerto Rican Insurer's Restraining Order Denied
• Patent Reform's Effects On Hatch-Waxman Litigants
• Student Housing Co. Accuses Rival Of Denver Monopoly
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of Tobacco Deal Antitrust Action
• 4 Things To Consider When Deciding To Self-Report
• Hot-Sauce Maker Hits Publix With Antitrust Suit
• Idaho Settles AWP Claims With Sandoz For $1.7M
• Spain Probes Royal Mint's Digital Security Program
• DOJ Slaps Blue Cross Michigan With Antitrust Suit
• Antitrust Woes Force BHP, Rio Tinto To Nix Iron Combo
• Beware: When Making Public Comments
• 11th Circ. Reverses Itself On Class Action Threshold
• DOJ Antitrust Division Enlists Cravath Partner
• Samsung Files New Pleadings In Panasonic Patent War
• FTC Seeks Quick Release of ProMedica Deal Docs
• § 1519: DOJ Fires Its Anti-Obstruction Cannon
• 5 Tricks For Deposing A Class Certification Expert
• Australia Urges US To OK Delta-Virgin Blue Alliance
• UK Fines Reckitt $16M For Thwarting Generic Meds
• Ex-Chi Mei Exec Indicted For LCD Price-Fixing
• Germany To Block Rio Tinto-BHP Iron Ore Joint Venture
• EU High Court Affirms €12.6M Deutsche Telekom Fine
• OFT Says UK Pub Deals Don't Hurt Consumers
• UK Banks Banned From Some Credit Insurance Sales
• UK Proposes Merging Antitrust Bodies
• Wildman Team To Jump To Barnes & Thornburg
• Sony Asks To Exit Optical Disk Drive Antitrust MDL
• A Cold, Cold World: Nixing 'No Cold-Call' Agreements
• 10th Circ. Upholds Poultry Growers' $15M Antitrust Win
• EU To Examine Competition In Audit Sector
• NY Hospital To Pay $4.5M Over Nurses' Antitrust Claims
• BAA To Seek UK Supreme Court Appeal In Antitrust Row
• Defendants Trimmed From Cement Price-Fixing Suits
• Gloves Dropped In Minn. Youth Hockey Antitrust Fight
• Purchasers Want Fees Slashed In Shipping MDL
• DocMagic, Ellie Mae To Tweak Claims In Software Spat
• In-House Counsel Say Corruption Work On The Rise
• Class Action Filings Remain Steady, Corp. Counsel Say
• UK Court Tells Ofcom To Cut Price Caps For BT Group
• Antitrust Suits Nosedive But Enforcement Lives On
• McDermott Poaches Haynes & Boone Antitrust Partner
• Becton Fights Antitrust Claims By Rival Syringe Maker
• Entergy Faces DOJ Antitrust Probe
• Asiana Cuts $21M Deal In Price-Fixing MDL
• Axinn Boosts DC Office With Paul Hastings Hire
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Sonnenschein Contract Spat
• EU Delays Decision On €1.3B Unilever-Sara Lee Deal
• Fallout From The KeySpan Swap Case
• Russian Court Nixes Plastic Co.'s Competition Case
• Best Buy Becomes Latest To File LCD Antitrust Suit
• Mich. Real Estate Firms Hit With Antitrust Action
• Mayer Brown Nabs Solvay Pharma GC
• Coldwell Banker Faces Franchisee Antitrust Suit
• Suit Says Toro Plotted To Control Sprinkler System
• Defense Attys Take The Offense In Class Cert. Battles
• Execs Face Extradition Over Bid-Rigging Charges
• Q&A With Dickstein Shapiro's Richard Leveridge
• FTC Calls For More Privacy In Emissions Reporting
• Dean Foods To See Info From Gov't Antitrust Probe
• Energizer Wins American Safety Razor With $301M Bid
• 2nd Circ. Revives Battle Over Stoli Trademarks
• EU To Consider Allowing Antitrust Class Actions
• Willkie Nabs 3 Hunton & Williams Antitrust Pros
• Q&A With Duane Morris' Wayne Mack
• Avoiding Bad Moves — Lessons From U-Haul
• Philips Fails To Further Split Oximeter IP, Antitrust Fight
• BNP Paribas To Fight €63M Check Fee Antitrust Fine
• T3 Fights To Revive IBM Antitrust Claims In 2nd Circ.
• DOT Blesses Immunity For US-Japan Airline Alliances
• Linerboard Atty Faces Sanctions For Fee Brawl
• Arbitron Escapes From Radio Station's Antitrust Suit
• Error Prompts EU To Cut Fines For Steel Cartel Members
• 2nd Circ. Denies Wells Fargo A Slice Of $3B Card Deal
• Indirect Wellbutrin Buyers Denied Cert. Against GSK
• Court Denies $45M Deal To End BD Class Action
• Percent Approach Outstrips Lodestar In Class Actions
• Philip Morris Reconsidering $452M Protabaco Buy
• SNR Denton Scores 5 Laterals On Heels Of Tie-Up
• Mergers Down But FTC Challenges Up: Report
• Credit Agricole, BPCE To Appeal Antitrust Fines
• Class Targets Eaton, Manufacturers In Antitrust Action
• EU Lays Down The Gauntlet On Information Exchanges
• Hausfeld Takes Helm In Potato Antitrust Action
• Avis, Dollar Thrifty To Seek Antitrust OK For Deal
• Puerto Rican Insurer Hits Doctors With Antitrust Suit
• Settlement Classes OK'd In Canadian Car Antitrust MDL
• Judge Merges Suits Over Provigil Pay-For-Delay Deals
• National Union Must Defend Antitrust Suit, Grocer Says
• Opponents Take $37B NBC-Comcast Deal To Obama
• Potash Slams Gov't Report Lauding $40B BHP Offer
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Feesers Antitrust Appeal
• Judge Won't Revisit Ruling Allowing Milk Antitrust Action
• Potash Moves To Block BHP's Document Grab
• KBR Tries To Boot FCA Kickback Suit
• AmEx To Fight DOJ On Merchant-Fee Antitrust Claims
• Army Auto-Parts Supplier Loses Suit Over Debarment
• Class Cert. Rulings A Boon To Expert Witness Industry
• Twin City Off Hook For Defense Of Limo Parts Co.
• France Telecom Faces Antitrust Probe Over Bundling
• Real Estate Co.'s Antitrust Claims Against Rivals Axed
• How Certain Products Can Be The Same, But Different
• Magnesium Oxide Cos. Fixed Prices, Class Says
• Encore's Competition Claim Against Southwire Lives On
• Wright Medical To Pay $7.9M Over False Marketing
• Comcast MDL Class Alters Claims To Avoid Arbitration
• Pharmacy Class Blasts CVS For Misusing Patient Info
• Legal Hold May Keep You Out Of Jail Over E-Discovery