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Competition - January, 2014

328 articles

• Motorola Exits NPE Patent Boycott Suit
• Navy Lifts Suspension On Shipping Co. After Court Defeat
• Apple Antitrust Monitor Accused Of Bias
• Ex-DOD Official Sentenced For Aircraft Bribery Scheme
• FTC Clears Thermo Fisher's $14B Life Tech Buy With GE Deal
• Caesars Bid For NJ Casino Could Harm Competition, Sen. Says
• US Blasts Fla. Hospital's Challenge To Standing In FCA Suit
• Ex-Diamond Electric Execs Get Prison Time For Parts Cartel
• Disgraced Texas County Judge Arrested On NM Fraud Charges
• Abbott Can't Escape FCA Suit Over Drug Marketing, Kickbacks
• Watch Out, Affiliates Of Suspended Government Contractors
• Unique Discovery Challenges In International Cartel Cases
• Expedia, Booking.com OK Discount Deal In UK Antitrust Case
• Endo Must Shed Drugs For $225M Boca Buy, FTC Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McAndrews' Sharon Hwang
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Faegre Baker's Kathy Noecker
• 'Reasonable Certainty' Remains Uncertain
• Class Cert. Denied In Pfizer Pay-For-Delay Suit
• DOJ Official Touts Aggressive Antitrust Litigation Efforts
• Competition Group Of The Year: White & Case
• EU Court Adviser Backs MasterCard Antitrust Fee Ban
• Delta Atty Bashes DOJ Settlement In $17B Airline Merger
• Cartelists May Face Liability For 'Umbrella' Pricing In EU
• SAIC Derivative Suit Properly Dismissed, 2nd Circ. Rules
• EU Denies German Bid To Review $11.5B Telefonica-KPN Deal
• Gogo Can't Get In-Flight Internet Monopoly Suit Grounded
• Drugmakers Defend No-Cash Patent Deals Post-Actavis
• 3 More Charged In $190M ATC Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Prosecutors Say Pa. 'Kids For Cash' Builder Broke Plea Deal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Norton Rose's Yvonne Puig
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Orrick's Laurie Strauch Weiss
• Former Pa. Senator Can't Appeal Mental Fitness Ruling
• Wells Fargo Force-Placed RICO Action Gets Green Light
• Workplace Culture: The Real Pathway To Change
• Competition Group Of The Year: Skadden
• NJ Mayor's Unelected Cronies Ran Town, Ex-City Official Says
• Patheon Can't Shake Procaps Suit Over $255M Merger
• Cipro Buyers, Generics Cos. Duel Over Actavis Ruling
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, AT&T, Lenovo
• Ky. Hospital Pays $16.5M To End False Billing Claims
• And Now A Word From The Panel: The Year In Review
• Lions Gate Hits 'Twilight' Spoof With Copyright Claims
• Untested FCC Head Looms Large Over Big Telecom Deals
• Integrated Health Defense Can't Save St. Luke's Deal
• EU Doles Out $155M In Fines For Foam Price-Fixing Cartel
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Joanne Gray
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Taft's Barbara Duncombe
• Please Take A Seat — The FTAIA Is Not About Standing
• E-Book Plaintiffs Look To Axe Apple's Expert Complaints
• 2nd Circ. Won't Narrow Kickback Law In Morgan Stanley Case
• FTC Says Cephalon Put Ex-GC's Advice In Play
• What Health Providers Can Learn From Recent OIG Report
• DuPont Never Made Chemical Secrets Public, Expert Says
• Hartford Sued Over Dior Competition Claim Coverage
• EU Antitrust Chief Voices Hope For Damages Proposal
• Competition Group Of The Year: O'Melveny & Myers
• Supreme Court Passes On Mass. Pol's Corruption Appeal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Young Conaway's Pauline Morgan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Phelps Dunbar's Nan Alessandra
• The Year Ahead In Global Antitrust Enforcement
• Competition Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
• FCPA Revolving Door Spins Again As MoFo Hires DOJ Head
• Bain, KKR Slam Class Cert. Bid In Collusion Suit
• FTC Win Casts Cloud Over Hospital-Doc Deals
• Contractor Gets 46 Months For Role In Nova Datacom Scheme
• Wash. Joins Suit Over Novartis Exjade Kickbacks
• Bracewell & Giuliani Adds Ex-Andrews Kurth Trial Pro
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Brings Criminal Case Over Cartel
• South Africa Ends 5-Year Supermarket Antitrust Probe
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Crowell's Angela Styles
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: WilmerHale's Susan Murley
• High Court Rebuffs Ex-HealthSouth CEO's Bribery Appeal
• A Renewed Focus On Anti-Corruption Enforcement In India
• Actavis Only Requires Scrutiny Of Cash Deals, Judge Says
• DOJ Wants Apple E-Book Monitor Back On The Job
• Ex-Ill. Campaign Aide Gets Probation For HHS Bribe Scheme
• Competition Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
• Takeaways From The 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index
• Businessmen Get Jail Time For Bribing Bronx Assemblyman
• TD Ameritrade Can't Access Docs In IP Fight: Texas Court
• Teva, Boehringer Slapped With New Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Beer Drinkers Can't Revive Anheuser-Modelo Monopoly Suit
• White & Case Snags Former DOJ Anti-Bribery Ace
• FTC Wins Antitrust Challenge To St. Luke's Buyout
• FTC To Lead Probe Of Sysco's $3.5B US Foods Buy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Beinecke
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Willkie's Margery Neale
• AMC Accused Of Muscling Smaller Theaters Out Of Market
• Motorola's Foreign Injury Claims Against LCD Makers Tossed
• Key Gov't Informant Grilled In NJ Mayor's Corruption Trial
• Morgan Stanley Latest To Exit Muni Bond Bid-Rigging MDL
• Cephalon Says Patent Toss Doesn't Bar Pay-For-Delay Defense
• KBR Hit With LOGCAP III Kickback, False Claims Act Suit
• Brazil Puts Limits On Monsanto-Bayer Licensing Deal
• Bulk Of Hospital's Patient-Snatching Case Tossed In Miss.
• DOJ's Hesse Says Innovation Key In Tech Merger Probes
• Ex-Fla. Mayor Marono Gets Over 3 Years For Bribery Scheme
• FTC Pushes Justices To Reject NC State Action Case
• DuPont Says Indirect Buyers' Cartel Suit Doesn't Stick
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fluet Huber's Jennifer Huber
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goldberg Segalla's Berdzik
• Competition Group Of The Year: Dechert
• EU Steps Up Antitrust Probe Of $6B Plastics Joint Venture
• Why Chicago Hospital Merger Case Is Important
• Food And Beverage Industry Outlook For 2014: Part 2
• ConAgra, Trader Joe's Hit With $60M Suit Over Pretzel Sales
• Competition Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
• Toshiba Freed From Okla.'s Claims In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• FTC Blesses $7.6B Hospital Group Tie-Up With Sell-Off
• EU Targets UBS, RBS In Swiss Franc Rate-Rigging Probe
• Koch Pipeline Accuses Its Contractors Of Bidding Scheme
• Patent Troll Case May Herald More Antitrust Probes
• Homeowners Fight $300M JPMorgan Forced-Place Deal
• Apple Fights E-Books Price-Fixing Damages Expert
• F1 Chief Beats $650M Suit Over Bribe-Tainted Sale
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Anderson Kill's Pamela Hans
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cozen O'Connor's Mayes
• Target, Best Buy Fight To Keep Chinese CRT Co. In MDL
• Reversal Over Sacked Gay Juror To Guide Jury Selection
• Suits Tossed In Japanese, Korean Battery Price-Fixing MDL
• Comdata, Truck Stops To Pay $130M To Exit Antitrust Suit
• Union Urges Gov't To Block SoftBank, T-Mobile Merger
• Lessons From Alcoa's Bahrain FCPA Bribery Case
• Miss. Attorney General Suit Not A Mass Action Under CAFA
• Poland OKs Auchan's €1B Buy Of Metro's Eastern Europe Ops
• Gay Juror Wrongly Booted In GSK-Abbott Row, 9th Circ. Says
• High Court Won't Touch LCD Price-Fixing Venue Ruling
• DOJ Wants Customer, Employee Data For Bazaarvoice Fixes
• Competition Group Of The Year: Crowell & Moring
• Atty's Suit Over NBA Merchandise Deal Rejected
• Apple Gets E-Book Antitrust Monitor Put On Hold
• Contractor Again Faces FCA Suit After Execs' Guilty Pleas
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Alston & Bird's Nicki Carlsen
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Shackelford's Nicole LeBoeuf
• Apple Says Aussie Co. Not Harmed By Alleged E-Book Plot
• Patent Troll's Suit Against FTC Doomed To Fail
• Physical Therapy Cos. Pay $30M To Settle FCA Kickback Suit
• Fla. Gov. Suspends Mayor After High Court Denies Her Appeal
• Okla. Ends LCD Antitrust Case Against AU Optronics
• Competition Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling
• Sorting Laundry: The Scope Of Calif. Trade Secrets Act
• Turkey Fines Oil Giant Tupras For Abusing Dominance
• Franken Calls On FCC To Revive Net Neutrality
• Drug Cos. Say Noerr Doctrine Bars FTC's Pay-For-Delay Suit
• CORRECTED: FTC Increases Antitrust Review Threshold For 2014
• Former Georgia DOD Employee Indicted For Corruption
• Insurer Liable For Hospital's $11M Antitrust Deal: 6th Circ.
• Archer Daniels Faces Derivative Suit Over Ukrainian Bribes
• US, Fla. Antitrust Powers Probe Sysco's $3.5B US Foods Buy
• Barclays Gets FERC's $453M Manipulation Fine Delayed
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jackson Kelly's Ellen Cappellanti
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cole Schotz's Randi Kochman
• Lessons For Associations From 2013 Antitrust Activity
• 7th Circ. Says Nonbidder Can't Challenge Ethanol Plant Sale
• UAL-Continental Antitrust Case Lacks Facts, 9th Circ. Says
• A Powerful Tool For Consumers And Their AGs
• Amazon.com — Friend Of Merging Retailers
• 3 Cost-Cutting Resolutions Law Firms Can't Afford To Break
• Ex-DOJ Official To Run Internet Public Interest Group
• Competition Group of the Year: Cohen Milstein
• E-Books Monitor Didn't Violate Apple's Rights, Judge Rules
• $61B Time Warner Bid Highlights Risks For Big Telecom Deals
• F1 Head Steps Down As German Bribery Trial Looms
• Koito To Pay $56.6M In Auto Parts Price-Fixing Plea
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fox Rothschild's Resnick
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Roetzel's Erika Haupt
• China Conditionally OKs Thermo Fisher's $14B Life Tech Buy
• Conn. AG Settles With Snowplow Cos. Accused Of Bid-Rigging
• Clinical Labs Under ACA: Challenge And Opportunity
• No 'Sham' In Canada Pipeline's Trademarks And Market Power
• Class Certification Looms In Wage Suppression Case Law
• FCC Faces Bitter Fight To Revive Net Neutrality
• Visa, MasterCard Facing New Suit Over Merchant Fees
• NJ Mayor's Atty Grills FBI Agent In Corruption Trial
• Toys R Us Bid Echoes FTC's OfficeMax-Office Depot OK
• Currency Co. Defends Standing In Facebook Antitrust Suit
• Gazprom Could Still Face Legal Action In Antitrust Case
• Poland Fines Watch Importers For Retail Price-Fixing
• EU Antitrust Regulator Presses Google To Hurry Up
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Hart's Liz Sharrer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Anderson Kill's Rhonda Orin
• 9th Circ. Upholds Cert. In Worker Poaching Pact Antitrust Suit
• What Bazaarvoice Tells Us About Section 7 Litigation
• Visa Tries To Block Home Depot Suit Over Swipe Fees
• High Court's CAFA Ruling Paves Way For More AG Suits
• SEC's FCPA Unit Still A Work In Progress
• Ex-Aeropostale Exec Can't Beat Convictions For $350M Plot
• Allergists Accused Of Shutting Out Competition
• AstraZeneca Can't Duck Pharmacies' Claims In Nexium MDL
• WilmerHale Nabs DOJ Antitrust Litigator For Palo Alto Office
• FTC Nominee OK'd By Senate Panel For 2nd Time
• DC Circ. Strikes Down FCC's Net Neutrality Rules
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Debevoise's Mary Beth Hogan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sanford's Katherine Kimpel
• Justices Keep LCD Price-Fixing Suit In Miss. Despite CAFA
• 'Patent Troll' Sues FTC Over Litigation Threats
• Jury Convicts Bronx Assemblyman Of Bribery
• NY AG To Bar 'Patent Troll's' Deceptive Practices
• Apple Loses Bid To DQ Goodwin Atty As E-Book Monitor
• Former Rabobank Traders Targeted Over Libor Scheme
• DC Circ. Stays Portion Of FCC Inmate Phone Call Rate Rule
• For Bazaarvoice Judge, Liability Was The Easy Part
• New UK Antitrust Watchdog Fleshes Out Merger Guidance
• Swiss Regulator Fines Airlines $11M For Price-Fixing
• High Court Won't Disturb Ex-Fla. Official's Bribery Conviction
• Antitrust Delay Leads Ardagh To Repay $1.6B In Bonds
• Former HMA Exec Named in FCA Kickbacks Suit
• Apple, Google Deny Employee Poaching Conspiracy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Otterbourg's Melanie Cyganowski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Epstein Becker's Joan Disler
• EU Probes Studios' Film Licensing Deals With Broadcasters
• Antitrust Danger Doesn't End When Deal Is Consummated
• Germany Fines 5 Breweries $145M In Price-Fixing Probe
• 3 Lessons From DOJ's Bazaarvoice Merger Win
• Ex-Chicago Official Gets 10.5 Years In Hospital Bribery Case
• Convicted Pa. Judge Liable In 'Kids For Cash' Class Action
• DOJ Calls Apple's Bid To Ax E-Book Monitor 'Personal Attack'
• Robbins Geller, Others Earn $571M In Visa, MasterCard Case
• Okla., Chunghwa Settle LCD Price-Fixing Suit
• Boutique Phoenix Firm Snags Ex-Skadden FCPA Pro
• Monday-Morning Quarterbacking And Antitrust Damages
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wilson Elser's Publicover
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fowler White's Rhea Law
• Bazaarvoice Deal Violates Antitrust Law, Judge Rules
• Inequitable Conduct Won't Undo Attorney-Client Privilege
• FCC Chairman Calls For Careful Monitoring of AT&T Plan
• 4th Circ. Leaves 'Excessive' FCA Fines Up In The Air
• Intel Wants Out Of Antitrust Suit Over Worker Poaching Pact
• Corruption Trial Begins Against Trenton Mayor Tony Mack
• EU Lawmakers Push Antitrust Collective Actions
• Fidelity Deal Review Suggests There's A Maverick At FTC
• Russian Anti-Corruption Compliance Concepts Are Familiar
• Toys R Us Asks FTC To Retool Long-Standing Antitrust Order
• DOJ Civil, Criminal Cases Brought Over $8B In FY 2013
• United Spirits Mulling Whisky Sale To Appease Regulators
• AGs Say Apple Can't Shirk State E-Book Penalties
• NJ Court Revives Cigarette Wholesaler's Competition Suit
• DC Circ. Revives K-V's FDA Enforcement Row
• AmEx Appeals $7.2B Interchange Fee Settlement
• Feds Won't Appeal Ruling On Ex-Pa. Sen's Fitness For Trial
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Duane Morris' Sharon Caffrey
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Novak Druce's Katy Basile
• Fla. Hospital Gets Kickback Claims Booted From FCA Suit
• EU Regulator Greenlights $35.1B Omnicom-Publicis Merger
• Alcoa, US Reach $384M Bahrain Bribery Settlement
• FERC Targets Louis Dreyfus Over Market Manipulation
• Avaya's DMCA Suit Against PBX Service Cos. Gets Tossed
• Teva Says FTC Can't Draw It Into Pay-For-Delay Case
• EU Eclipses DOJ With $2.5B In Antitrust Fines In 2013
• BioScrip Agrees To Pay $15M In FCA Kickback Suit
• Senators Seek More Clarity On Fed. Agency Settlements
• HMA Paid Kickbacks For Doctor Referrals, FCA Suit Says
• FERC Trader Licensing Could Be Enforcement Hammer
• Supreme Court Divide Hampers Nearly All Class Actions
• Ex-FTC Commish To Lead BakerHostetler Data Security Team
• State Farm, Geico Manipulate Repair Costs, Body Shops Say
• FTC's Brill Urges Speedy Action On Patent Troll Bills
• Muzooka Accused Of Flouting Competitor's Trademark
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnstein's Kathleen Gilligan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Faegre Baker's Maureen Maly
• Edwards Wildman Snares Former FTC Official For DC Office
• Apple Wants Goodwin Procter Atty DQ'd As E-Book Monitor
• Nippon Seiki To Pay $4.6M In 1st Auto Parts Settlement
• T-Mobile Accused Of Destroying Evidence In Antitrust Suit
• Watchdogs Urged To Block Rumored Sprint, T-Mobile Deal
• Prime Healthcare Gets Stay On Bankruptcy Court's Dismissal
• Ex-Pa. Sen. Ruled Mentally Unfit To Face Corruption Trial
• Judge Clears Ex-Ameritox Employee's Jump To Millennium
• Ex-Aviation Co. Exec Avoids Prison For BCI Bribes
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Quarles & Brady's Sarah Coyne
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fox Rothschild's Brett Axelrod
• Longtime FTC Attorney Joins Axinn's Antitrust Group
• Inside EU Rule On Acquisitions Of Minority Shareholdings
• More NJ School Bribery Conspirators Sentenced
• RBS Japanese Unit Sentenced With $50M Fine In Libor Case
• 6 Lessons For Lawyers From Feds' 2013 FCA Haul
• PetroTiger Execs Charged With Bribing Way To $39M Pact
• Ex-NJ Mayor Gets 6-Month Prison Sentence For Tax Evasion
• De Beers Diamond Antitrust Suit Nixed Again
• 11th Doc Pleads Guilty In NJ Lab Referral Kickback Scheme
• LBF Accuses Rivals Of Using Marks To Redirect Traffic
• Boehringer, Teva Sued Again Over Deal To Delay Generic
• FTC's Ohlhausen Urges Caution On 'Patent Trolls'
• Louis Dreyfus Rips Ruling In Cotton Futures Antitrust Case
• Akin Gump Adds FCPA Expert From Latham & Watkins
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ideal Legal Group's Evie Jeang
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akin Gump's Christine LaFollette
• Thermo Fisher Sends $1B In Assets To GE In Deal With EU
• Sex, Bribes And Gov't Contracts: The Fat Leonard Scandal
• EU Rejects German Bid To Probe Holcim-Cemex Deal
• Canada Competition Bureau Drops Its Libor Investigation
• Boehringer, Teva Sued Over $120M Pay-For-Delay Deal
• Calif. Real Estate Investors Cop To Auction Bid-Rigging
• Hospital Inks $4M FCA Deal Over Possible Doctor Kickbacks
• 6th Circ. Revives Retailers' Milk Price-Fixing Suit
• Brazil's Antitrust Watchdog Takes On Metal Detector Cartel
• HMA Gives Docs Kickbacks For Needless Tests, Suit Says
• Taiwan Antitrust Watchdog Fines Apple On IPhone Pricing
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Choate's Brenda Jarrell
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bond Schoeneck's Ginny Robbins
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Nix Doc Disclosure In Oil Futures Suit
• Modernization Of Montenegro's Anti-Corruption Efforts
• Retailers Plan To Appeal $7.25B MasterCard, Visa Fee Deal
• CFTC, FERC Settle Energy Markets Jurisdiction, Info Sharing
• Abbott Settles Stent Kickbacks Case For $5M
• Steel Sensor Co. To Divest Assets In Deal With DOJ
• Judgment Boosted To $157M In Vitamin C Antitrust Case
• FCPA Predictions For The New Year
• When File Type Matters In E-Discovery
• Panasonic, Whirlpool Strike $48M Compressor Cartel Deal
• Indian Harbor Sued Over Medicare Whistleblower Coverage
• Fidelity, LPS Close $2.9B Deal After Winning FTC's OK
• NJ Mayor Renews Wiretap Challenge After Co-Defendant's Plea
• Ameritox Lied About Evidence Destruction, Millennium Says
• FTC Orders Divestitures In $1.4B Funeral Home Merger
• Fed. Circ. Finds No Preemption In Eyelash Competition Suit
• Medco Beats False Claims Suit Alleging Kickbacks
• Home Depot Joins Row Over AU Optronics' LCD Price-Fixing
• Apple Monitor In E-Books Case Did Nothing Wrong, DOJ Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ulmer & Berne's Patty Shlonsky
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish's Cynthia Walden
• The Year Ahead In Pro Bono
• Top 10 Compliance Trends For The New Year
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• 10 New Year's Resolutions To Boost Firm Gender Diversity
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Competition Cases To Watch In 2014
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