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Competition - March, 2014

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• FCC Limits Local Station Joint Advertising Deals
• NJ City Asks Court To Allow Mayoral Election Despite Error
• High Court Won't Hear Fla. Atty's Request To Rejoin Bar
• Estee Lauder Dodges Duty Free's Antitrust Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit Suit Over Southwest-AirTran Merger
• Cement Makers Dodge Price-Fixing Conspiracy Suit
• 7th Circ. FTAIA Ruling Profoundly Limits Antitrust Claims
• Casinos Press 7th Circ. To Revive Blagojevich RICO Suit
• Swiss Target Credit Suisse, UBS In Global Forex Probe
• UK Regulator To Focus On Benchmark Rate Controls
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Brownstein's Ellen Schulhofer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Roetzel's Lori Heyer-Bednar
• Marine Harvest In Hot Water With EU Over Morpol Buy
• Two Dozen Banks Must Face Libor Class Action, Judge Says
• FTC Chair Says Patent Troll Cases May Not Wait For Study
• Google, Apple Can't Skirt Worker Poaching Conspiracy Claims
• Marubeni Bribery Case Highlights 7 Growing FCPA Trends
• High Court Urged To Weigh Appeal Question In Libor MDL
• E-Book Consumers Win Class Status In Apple Price-Fixing Suit
• HSBC, Assurant Mired In Force-Placed Coverage Class Action
• EU Decisions On Standard-Essential Patent Cases On The Way
• Charter Urges Defeat Of 'Flawed' Time Warner-Comcast Deal
• Sky Angel's Antitrust Suit Against C-SPAN Tossed Again
• FTC Eyes $1B Pay-For-Delay Win, Official Quips
• Apotex Says It Doesn't Need To Re-Prove Cephalon Deceit
• UK Charges 3 Former ICAP Brokers In Libor Scandal
• DOJ Speeds Up Process For Ending Old Antitrust Settlements
• Propane Tank Cos. Conspired On Wal-Mart Sales, FTC Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Pillsbury's Susan Serota
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McDermott's Effie Silva
• As E-Discovery Goes Global, Japan And South Korea Catch Up
• Continuant's Win Over Avaya Could Yield $100M Award
• 9th Circ. Revives Libor Suit Against Deutsche, Barclays
• EU Cartel Damages Rules To Level Playing Field, Official Says
• FTC's Wright 'Optimistic' On Section 5 Guidelines
• Wal-Mart Sues Visa For $5B Over Swipe-Fee Inflation
• Fla. Commission's Docs Are Public Records, Judge Says
• Ex-UBS Director Avoids Prison In Bond Bid-Rigging Case
• 2nd Circ. Sinks Investors' JPMorgan Silver Manipulation Suit
• 7th Circ. Nixes Motorola's $3.5B LCD Price-Fixing Claims
• 5 Ways To Avoid FCA Trouble In Hospital-Doc Lease Deals
• Apple E-Book Damages Trial To Be Delayed, Prosecutor Says
• 'Patent Troll' Bill Could Be Voted On Next Week, Sens Say
• Legal Needs To Rethink Its Dropbox Account
• 2nd Circ. Remands DHL's United Price-Fixing Suit
• JPMorgan Brass Beats Derivative Suit Over Libor Fixing
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gruber Hurst's Shonn Brown
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: FordHarrison's Tiffany Downs
• EU Court Slashes Record Fine Against Saint-Gobain To $982M
• CRT Judge Keeps EU Decision Sealed, But Urges Publication
• How Law Firms Can Stay Profitable While Clients Cut Costs
• No End In Sight For DOJ Auto Parts Price-Fixing Probe
• Exide's Pick Of King & Spalding For Probe Draws Scrutiny
• Wal-Mart Shells Out $439M On FCPA Probes In 2 Years
• Financial Markets Top DOJ Antitrust Priorities
• New Budget Sends DOJ On Antitrust Hiring Spree
• Charlotte Mayor Resigns After Public Corruption Arrest
• GSK Handed $106M Verdict For Paxil Generic Contract Breach
• Mayer Brown Nabs FCPA Pro From Kirkland
• Scholars Decry NJ Anti-Tesla Sales Regulation
• SunTrust Can't Duck Force-Placed Insurance Kickback Claim
• 5th Circ. Revives Guilty Verdicts In Hospital Bribery Case
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Farella Braun's Mary McCutcheon
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Drinker Biddle's Jill Bronson
• China 'Urgently' Working On Streamlined Antitrust Review
• Foley & Lardner Adds Ex-Nelson Mullins Health Atty In Fla.
• Telenor Probed Over Claims It Squeezes Data Rivals
• A Year Later: Comcast's Impact On Antitrust Class Actions
• Class, Recovery Service Battle Over $7.25B Swipe Fee Deal
• DOJ, FCC Working Closely On Comcast-TWC Review
• PhRMA Slams FTC's Rationale For Targeting Drugmakers
• High Court Clears Up False Ad Standing In Lexmark Ruling
• Lawyers Weigh In On Supreme Court's Lexmark Ruling
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Live Nation Bundling Suit
• Pa. Lawmakers Plan Bill To Ban Cash From Lobbyists
• US, Canada Antitrust Watchdogs Urge Merger Transparency
• Netherlands Wants To Helm $13.7B UPC-Ziggo Merger Review
• Nucor, Reliance Hit With $52M Verdict In Steel Boycott Case
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Snow Day!
• FTC's Wordy Motion Sinks Bid To Toss Alleged Troll's Suit
• High Court Says Static Can Sue Lexmark For False Ads
• The Prolific Pragmatist: Judge Richard Posner
• EU Antitrust Authorities Raid Auto Exhaust Companies
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Labaton's Martis Alex
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dinsmore's Joanne Schreiner
• E-Book Consumers To Get Payouts From $166M Deal
• Hospitals As Employers: 10 Things Investors Must Know
• Vitamin C Antitrust Settlement Row Belongs In NY, Judge Says
• Reliance, Nucor Face $67M Demand In Boycott Case
• Watson Gets $17.8M Jolt For Medicaid Drug Pricing
• NJ Sen. Floats Bill To Revive Direct Electric Car Sales
• Facebook Refused To Limit Google Hiring, Exec Says
• UK Watchdog Sets Its Sights On Eurotunnel Deal Again
• FTC Orders CoreLogic To License Data For $661M Merger
• High Court Won't Review Ex-Fla. Pol's Bribery Conviction
• SABMiller Escapes S. African Watchdog's Antitrust Case
• Dentons Grows Insurance Group With Former Steptoe Partner
• US Bank, Insurer Stuck In Force-Placed Insurance Suit
• AGL Challenges Rejection Of $1.35B Macquarie Bid
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Perkins Coie's Susan Foster
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Helgi Walker
• District Courts Grapple With High Court's Actavis Ruling
• Technology — Not Just For The Privileged Anymore
• Microsoft's $7B Nokia Buy Delayed By Asian Regulators
• 4 Elite New York Law Firms Keep Partner Ranks Lean
• NY, Chicago Home To Most Law360 400 Firms
• Jones Day Lands Top Spot In Law360 400
• In BigLaw, The Big Keep Getting Bigger
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Law Firms
• Jury To Decide Steel Co.'s $80M Boycott Suit
• Disgraced Ex-Rep. Gets Claims Pared In IGate Investor Suit
• Cuomo Merger Plan Could Cost Comcast 'Pound Of Flesh'
• LA Coliseum Rave Promoters Win Attys' Fees In Kickback Suit
• Antitrust Litigation To Rise Despite Compromise On EU Law
• Comcast Recruits Antitrust Lobbyist Amid Merger Scrutiny
• New EU Rules Tighten Antitrust Checks On Patent Deals
• AIG Insurers Want Discovery In QBE Coverage Fight
• Pfizer Beats FCA Suit Over Pain Patch Marketing
• Med Care Price Transparency Trumps Antitrust Risk, FTC Told
• Wis. Latest State To Pass Anti-'Patent Troll' Bill
• Loblaw Must Sell Stores To Seal $12B Shoppers Deal
• Orbital Drops $515M Suit Against Boeing-Lockheed JV
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Glaser Weil's Patty Glaser
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Munger Tolles' Kristin Myles
• Teva Bashes Buyers' Expert In Bid To Uphold Antitrust Win
• 7 Lessons From 1st Year Of Decisions Under Comcast
• How To Reduce Risk, Make More Money In Contingency Cases
• Pa. AG Hires Sprague For Possible Libel Suit Against Inquirer
• Owning Competitive Franchise Systems: Risks And Rewards
• FTC Wants Larger Role For Nontraditional Health Providers
• FTC Urged To Probe Health E-Records Over Antitrust Concerns
• New French Law OKs Antitrust, Consumer Class Actions
• Judge Likely to Pare Fla. Claims In Disk Drive Antitrust MDL
• EU Court Backs $8.2M PVC Heat Stabilizer Cartel Fine
• Proskauer Nabs Antitrust Pro For DC Office
• Brazil Accuses Alstom, Others Of Subway Bid-Rigging Plot
• SanDisk Accuses Round Rock Of Patent Antitrust Plot
• Barclays Looks To Nix Ex-Pillsbury Atty's Antitrust Suit
• NY Bill To Restrict Tesla Sales Advances In Assembly
• Health Cos. Want Pa. Hospital's Antitrust Suit Dismissed
• Franken Urges DOJ To Mull Net Neutrality In Comcast-TWC
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Day Pitney's Beth Sher
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson Hine's Kathie Brandt
• Scope Of 'Honest Services' Fraud Remains Uncertain
• FERC Aids Competition By Choosing Market-Based Rate Policy
• 5th Circ. Returns Miss. LCD Price-Fixing Suit To State Court
• Marubeni Cops To Indonesian Bribery Scheme, To Pay $88M
• US Probes Och-Ziff Over Foreign Wealth Fund Dealings
• St. Luke's Calls $8M Atty Fees Bid In Antitrust Case 'Shocking'
• 6 Ways To Weather A FERC Enforcement Probe
• Digital Music Buyers Seek Class Cert. In Price-Fixing MDL
• Crowell Nabs Ex-Baker & McKenzie Antitrust Chief
• Pa. Hospital Network Pays $1.5M For FCA Kickbacks
• EU Lawmakers Reach Deal On Private Cartel Litigation
• Japan Fines Car Shippers $223M For Price-Fixing
• Judge In ASCAP-Pandora Royalty Row Spells Out Rate Ruling
• EU Fines Ball Bearing Makers $1.3B For Price-Fixing
• Birdsall Execs To Pay $4M In Settlement With Trustee
• State AGs Eye Comcast-Time Warner Deal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Lindquist's Nancy Vollertsen
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dentons' Jana Cohen Barbe
• The Merry Crusader: Judge Jed Rakoff
• Ex-Glenn Defense Manager Cops To Role In $20M Navy Fraud
• Global Update: New UK Watchdog Ready To Go On Day 1
• Antitrust Group Backs Cipro Buyers In Pay-For-Delay Row
• Calif. Appeals Court Partially Reverses RE Bribery Ruling
• Winston's Kessler Going For The Jugular In NCAA Suit
• Philips, Others Want Monopoly Claims Tossed In SEP Fight
• Ex-Guatemalan President Admits To $2.5M Bribery Scheme
• In Latest NCAA Suit, A Clearer Goal And Bigger Name
• FTC Bashes 'Patent Troll' MPHJ's 1st Amendment Suit
• DC High Court Says Mayor Can Oust Embattled Top Judge
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Labaton's Christine Azar
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wolf Greenfield's Helen Lockhart
• EU Antitrust Leader Says Google Deal Unlikely To Be Revised
• 6th Circ. Ruling On Geographic Market Could Have Done More
• 5 Tips For Deal Makers To Smooth The 2nd Request
• EBay Did Not Restrict Coin Market, 9th Circ. Says
• Apple Denies Waiving Right To Remand E-Books Cases
• NCAA Smacked With New Antitrust Suit Over Amateur Rules
• Wholesalers Ask 2nd Circ. To Toss Shire Pay-For-Delay Win
• Texas Steel Co. Strikes $4M Deal To Settle Antitrust Suit
• Honeywell Ducks Aircraft Engine Antitrust Suit
• Pa. AG Blasts Critics Over Dropped Philly Corruption Probe
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hangley's Ashely Chan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Lori Cohen
• How China Is Stepping Up Its Merger Control
• Law Firms Of The Future Will Be The Lawyers Of The Past
• EU Court Backs Watchdog's Cartel Probe Powers
• FTC Commish Warns Of Agency's Risky Agenda On IP Rights
• FDIC Sues 16 Banks Over Alleged Libor-Rigging
• Chinese Co. Remains In CRT Price-Fixing MDL
• Think Before You Blog: 8 Considerations For Attorneys
• Hyperdynamics Faces Investor Suit Over FCPA Disclosures
• UBS Says Precious Metals Biz Under Review
• Pandora's ASCAP Rate Set At 1.85% For 5 Years
• Aetna Scraps $120M Class Settlement Of Underpaid Claims
• EU Clears $1.67B Packaging Merger With Divestitures
• Judge Poised To Rule On US Airways-AMR Merger In April
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frankfurt Kurnit's Victoria Cook
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Orrick's Denise Mingrone
• Public Corruption Must Be Addressed In Trade Facilitation
• UBS Traders Tried To Rig Hong Kong Rate, Watchdog Says
• Cisco Investigating Possible FCPA Violations In Russia
• NY AG's 'Antitrust Boutique' Shows No Signs Of Slowing
• Bazaarvoice Ruling Offers Antitrust Guidance: DOJ Official
• DOJ Accuses Bazaarvoice Of Ignoring Antitrust Ruling
• FCC Approves AT&T's $1.2B Buy Of Leap Wireless
• Ohio Ratepayers Win Cert. In Duke Energy Antitrust Suit
• Critics Blast USPTO Patent Transparency Plan At Hearing
• BNLfood's Injunction Bid Revived In Baby Formula Row
• Texas Jury Awards $25M In Cardiac MRI Trade Secret Suit
• Chinese Oil Equipment Maker Pirated Software, Okla. AG Says
• Calif. High Court Preserves $415M Verdict Against Actelion
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Alston Hunt's Louise Ing
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Foley's Mary Braza
• Keurig Hit With Antitrust Class Action Over 'Lock-Out' Tech
• Calif. RE Investors Convicted In Bid-Rigging Scheme
• CDR Founder Avoids Prison Time In Bond Bid-Rigging Scheme
• E-Book Buyers Rip Apple's Price-Fixing Experts
• FTC Gives Nod To $4.3B Dainippon-Edison Pharma Deal
• Live Nation Ticket Class Action Left Teetering On 1 Claim
• Texas Bar Sues Atty Over Client Referral Scam
• Dairy Cos. Want Pricing Suit Stayed During High Court Bid
• San Jose Hits MLB With New Suit Over Barred A's Relocation
• UK Watchdog Won't Prosecute Borderline Antitrust Cases
• FTC Weighs 1st Of Funeral Co.'s Divestitures In $1B Merger
• Straus & Boies, Others Want $78M In DRAM Antitrust Case
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Lindquist's Barbara Rummel
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Katten's Shannon Broome
• The Evolving Role Of Competitors In Merger Review
• 4 Roadblocks Poised To Thwart A Sprint, T-Mobile Merger
• Graco Escapes Antitrust Class Action Over Rival Buys
• How They Won It: Kaye, Munger Ward Off Pay-For-Delay Case
• Settlements OK'd With Tax Cos. In NJ Lien Bid-Rigging Suit
• FTC Says It Can Place HSR Act Restrictions On Drug Cos.
• Antitrust Court In UK Says Class Must Be 'Identifiable'
• Tesla Cries Foul Over NJ's Direct Consumer Sales Ban
• Ending Physician Speaker Programs May Not Be A Good Thing
• Samsung To Pay $33M To Settle CRT Price-Fixing Claims
• OPEC Antitrust Suit Wrongly Dismissed, DC Circ. Hears
• EU Antitrust Leader Misrepresented Google Deal, Rival Says
• AIS Capital Accuses Banks Of Gold Benchmark Manipulation
• Teva Pays $27M To End Antipsychotic Drug Kickback Claims
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McCarter & English's Pastor
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson Hine's Goldstein
• DC Businessman Admits $3.3M In Illegal Campaign Donations
• Ineos, Solvay Offer EU More Antitrust Fixes For $5.8B JV
• NorthStar's Bid-Rigging Claims Against Encana To Proceed
• Ex-BSGR Employee Pleads Guilty In Guinea Bribery Case
• KBR Ordered To Hand Over Internal Fraud Investigations
• CFTC Dodges Claims In Antitrust Suit Over Swaps Data Rule
• Judge Blocks Kodak From Undercutting Printer Ink Prices
• Sens. Want Probe Into Zohydro 'Pay To Play' Meetings
• DOJ Backs US Airways-AA Merger Deal Despite Complaints
• 9th Circ. Denies Retrial For Contractor In Bribery Scheme
• 3rd Circ. Ruling May Expand Crime-Fraud Exception
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nossaman's Yuliya Oryol
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Manatt's Linda Goldstein
• Dow Tells 10th Circ. Urethane Buyers Can't Clear Class Bar
• Bouygues In Talks To Dump Assets To Iliad If Its SFR Bid Wins
• Novell Takes Microsoft Antitrust Fight To High Court
• Unisys, ViewSonic Can't Join CRT Settlements, Court Told
• Shippers Pay $3.4M To End Gov't Contract Price-Fixing Row
• FTC Urges States Not To Limit Nurse Practitioners
• Comcast Doesn't Doom Nurse Wage-Fixing Suit, Judge Says
• NY AG Taps Antitrust Expert For Chief Economist
• Judge Mulls Revival Of Nexium Pay-For-Delay Row
• UK Antitrust Court Axes Ryanair Bid To Keep Aer Lingus Stake
• Apple Deals Boosted E-Books Competition, 2nd Circ. Told
• China's Latest Merger Decision Reflects New Approach
• San Jose Takes Another Swing At MLB's Antitrust Exemption
• Antitrust Worries Plague PR Push For Sprint, T-Mobile Deal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Edwards Wildman's Brown
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Mitchell
• How To Avoid Discovery Problems While Using The Cloud
• NuCal Foods Escapes Vendors' Egg Price-Fixing MDL
• 4th Circ. Sides With Verizon In Interconnection Row
• Apple Asks Judge To Recuse Herself From E-Books Motion
• Ala. Real Estate Investor Gets Probation For Bid Rigging
• FCPA Enforcement Won't Slow Anytime Soon, DOJ Says
• DOJ Puts A-Team On Comcast-TWC Deal, But Baer Bows Out
• NY Assemblyman Convicted Of Bribery And Extortion
• Aviation Fuel Exec Cops To Kickback Scheme, Faces 20 Years
• Sutter Health Rips Monopoly Suit's Geographic Market Theory
• Military Telecom Contractor Cops To Bribery Scheme
• Comcast Turns 1: Trends In Class Certification
• FCC To Push For Limits On Local Station Deals
• Ardagh To Shed Plants To Get FTC's OK For $1.7B Deal
• Va. Assembly Passes Bill Targeting Patent Trolls
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Foley's Jill Nicholson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Squire Sanders' Caroline Noblet
• BP Faces US Antitrust Probe In Wake Of EU Raid
• Rolls-Royce To Face DOJ Bribery Probe
• Aggressive FCPA Prosecutions Against Individuals Continue
• Atty Plans To Plead Guilty In Judicial Bribery Scandal
• Two Dozen Banks Trade Blows With Pending Libor Class
• Chesapeake, Encana Hit With Criminal Antitrust Charges
• Roche, Novartis Fined $250M Over Drug Collusion In Italy
• Patent Owners Blast Senate Anti-Troll Bill
• Bazaarvoice Slams DOJ's Proposed Remedies For Merger
• 9th Circ. Asked To Rehear Suit Over Southwest-AirTran Merger
• Bank Of England Suspends Staffer In Internal Forex Probe
• Judge Tells Apple To Take E-Book Monitor Woes To DOJ
• Deutsche, Barclays Accused Of Manipulating Gold Benchmark
• Global Investigations Show Weak Private Health Competition
• Hutchison Offers EU Antitrust Fixes On $1B Telefonica Buy
• NCAA Faces Antitrust Class Action Over Grant-In-Aid Cap
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sedgwick's Anna Shimko
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Tara Sutton
• EU Fines Power Exchanges €7M Over Antitrust Offenses
• Compliance Tips From FCPA Enforcement Trends
• St. Luke's Tries To Halt Saltzer Divestiture Amid Appeal
• Ex-Army Officer Ordered To Forfeit Millions In Bribery Case
• Dish, ESPN Drop $5M Fee Bids In Licensing Dispute
• The King Of Late Night: Judge Robert Gerber
• Duke, Progress Energy's $32B Deal OK, NC Court Says
• Global Update: In China, Same Old Delays Despite New Rules
• Disk Drive Cos. Say Fla.'s Antitrust Claims Fatally Flawed
• Generic Drug Cos. Push To Ax FTC Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Fujikura Can't Shake Ford's Suit Over Price-Fixing Plot
• Deals Rumor Mill: SoftBank, RJ Reynolds, Vivendi
• Importance Of FCPA Due Diligence In Cross-Border M&A
• Music Licensing Co. Loses Bid To Exit Antitrust Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: K&L Gates' Liz Thomas
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Palmina Fava
• As Legal Profession Evolves, GCs Outpace The Norm
• Australian Watchdog Powers Down AGL's $1.3B MacGen Buy
• Justices To Weigh Antitrust Status Of Professional Boards
• Lens.com's Antitrust Suit Against 1-800 Contacts Dismissed
• High Court Denies Cert In State Judge's Corruption Appeal
• ShopRite Owners Accused Of Seeking NJ Grocery Monopoly
• DOJ Stays Are Often Unfair To Private Antitrust Plaintiffs
• Nexium Buyers Urge Judge To Rethink Ranbaxy Win In MDL
• Ex-Contractor Gets 14 Years For Superfund Bid-Rigging
• Quinn Emanuel Can't Lead Forex-Rigging Action, Judge Says
• Justices Snub 'Kids For Cash' Judge's Conviction Appeal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cooley's Barbara Borden
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kaye Scholer's Rhonda Trotter
• Justices To Hear NC Dental Board Antitrust Immunity Case
• Strategies For Protecting Market Share: Part 2
• High Court Agrees To Hear Omnicare Securities Case