Competition Archive » October, 2014

Competition - October, 2014

301 articles

• Symbion Must Shed Center In FTC Deal Over $792M Merger
• DOJ Antitrust Division Trends: Auto Parts And Beyond
• 3 Top Competition Players To Know In the New EC
• Pfizer Ducks End-Payors' Lipitor Antitrust Claims
• Propane Cos. Settle Wal-Mart Collusion Charges With FTC
• Paul Hastings Nabs Ex-White & Case Privacy, Tech Pro
• FTC OKs Stay In Phoebe Putney Divestiture Fight
• Gov't Contractor Requests Light Term For Navy Bribery
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Francis O. Scarpulla
• Actavis, NY AG Spar Over Antitrust Suit Injunction Bid
• Comcast Castoff Plans Listing Tied To Time Warner Cable Deal
• FCC Weighing 'Hybrid' Plan On Net Neutrality
• Microsoft Again Urges Judge To Nix Suit Over $732M EU Fine
• The EU Watchdog — Ready To Bite Multinational Companies?
• Calif. Court Upholds $31M Visa, Mastercard Antitrust Deal
• FTC Keeps Retailers In Dark With Price-Bias Guidance
• Citi Slashes Quarterly Earnings By $600M Amid Forex Probes
• 11th Circ. Revives Part Of Whistleblower Medicare Suit
• Whistleblower Pushes For KBR Docs Given Only To Gov't
• Illinois State Lawmaker Loses Bid For New Bribery Trial
• DOJ Orders Divestitures In $1.6B Media General Deal
• FTC Seeks Public Input On $590M Graco Biz Sale To Carlisle
• Barclays Takes $800M Provision Related to Forex Probes
• 11th Circ. Sends Trade Secret Dispute To Arbitration
• Judge Won't Block Sale Of Pa. Nissan Dealership
• MF Global Reaches $27M Settlement Over Metal Manipulation
• NYC Drug Treatment Co. Hit With TRO In Medicaid Fraud Suit
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Joseph Saveri
• UK Judge Trims Visa Merchant Fee Claims By $801M
• 7th Circ. LCD Antitrust Case: Foreign Vs. US Interests
• GSK, Apexus Escape Drug Discount Antitrust Suit
• Law360 Names Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms Of 2014
• FTC Ends Probe Over Oil Price Reporting, BP Says
• Apple Can't Use Jobs' Cancer Fight In ITunes Antitrust Trial
• Biomet Pays $6M To End FCA Suit Over Bone-Growth Device
• Ohlhausen, Wright See Net Neutrality Echoes In AT&T Suit
• Teva Tells 3rd Circ. Other Rulings Back Lamictal Dismissal
• Barclays Hit With $10B Fraud, Bribery Suit Over Saudi Scheme
• EU Ends Probe Into Ahlstrom-Munksjo Merger's Dubious Data
• Manatt Nabs Antitrust, Mergers Pro From Shearman
• Comcast Agrees To $50M Settlement In Philly Antitrust Row
• Ex-Mayer Brown CIO Gets 27 Months For $5M Kickback Plot
• Ohio Hospital Group Dodges Rival's Antitrust Suit
• Etihad Offers EU Antitrust Fixes On $2.4B Alitalia Bid
• Apple Fights Revealing Source Code In ITC Import Probe
• $23B Burger King-Tim Hortons Deal OK'd By Canada Watchdog
• KBR Whistleblower Defends DC Court's Role In Doc Dispute
• Clorox's Pricing Favors Larger Retailers, Suit Claims
• Pfizer Says Lipitor Buyers Shouldn't Get To Redo Antitrust Suit
• Judge Koh Takes Up Another Animation Anti-Poaching Case
• The Legal Professions' Curious Under-Use Of 2nd Opinions
• Online Travel Booking Companies Escape Price-Fixing MDL
• Tech Contractor Exec Resigns After DOJ Unveils Ethics Breach
• Covington Snags Ex-Norton Rose Fulbright Antitrust Chief
• Margrethe Vestager: The New EU Competition Commissioner
• Buyers Fight Over Lead Attys In Capacitor Antitrust Case
• CORRECTED: Ex-Boeing Officer Gets 20 Months In $3.5M Kickback Scheme
• Aetna Attacks Antitrust, RICO Claims In Reimbursement Row
• Judge Questions Barclays' $20M Libor Settlement
• Charcoal Cos. Settle Antitrust Class Action For $2.4M
• Ex-BayernLB CEO Guilty Of Bribery In $2.11B Hypo Alpe Deal
• Layne Christensen Pays $5M To Settle FCPA Probe
• Looking At Lanham Act Claims Against Drug Cos. Post-Pom
• Spain Fines Wooden Pallet Cos. $6M For Cartel
• Atty Sanctions Bid Denied In 'Kids For Cash' Suit
• How Esquenazi Will Play Out In Emerging Economies
• Refusals To Deal In The Big Data Era
• Use Social Media For Legal Service Only As A Last Resort
• Judge Buries Suit Over Va. Medical Certificate Of Need Law
• UK Watchdog Wants Extra £26.5M For Libor, Fraud Probes
• Toshiba, Others OK'd For $12M DRAM Deals In Ontario Court
• US Urged To Pursue Contact Lens Antitrust Case
• Blue Cross Rips Honigman's 'Dual Role' In Antitrust Suit
• Dechert's £6.6M Fee Row With Miner To Be Heard Privately
• Aussie Gas Cos. To Pay $8.3M Over Forklift Cylinder Cartel
• Regal Theaters Escapes First-Run Films Antitrust Suit
• Jury Awards Costco $37M In LCD Price-Fixing Trial
• That's Your Defense To Price-Fixing?
• An Associate's Perspective On Business Development
• Credit Suisse CEO Says Forex Probe Won't Be A Problem
• 2nd Circ. Pauses Aluminum Case Until Justices Rule On Libor
• Judge Koh Agrees To Take On Oracle Anti-Poaching Suit
• Outgoing EU Official Sees Future For Collective Actions
• HP Settles With Visa, Mastercard In Swipe Fee MDL
• Florida Hospitals Face FCA Suit Over Kickback Scheme
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Stephen Neuwirth
• Phoebe Putney Seeks Stay Of FTC Merger Fight
• MLB, NHL Bid To Nix Expert Inappropriate, Plaintiffs Say
• Benefits Of Compliance: US Antitrust Vs. Other Approaches
• DaVita Finalizes $400M Settlement Over Kickback Claims
• Hooper Lundy Nabs Greenberg Traurig Vet For Health Practice
• Attys Pocket $54M From Steel Price-Fixing Class Deals
• SanDisk Fights Cert. Bid In Flash Memory Antitrust Suit
• Motorola Tells 7th Circ. FTAIA No Cartel Shield
• Propane Co. Pays $500K To End Mich. Price Gouging Suit
• Nonprofit Execs Indicted On Insurance Fraud, Bribery Charges
• FCC Pauses Comments on $45B Comcast, $49B AT&T Deals
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Roberta D. Liebenberg
• Hausfeld, Other Attys Seek $50M For NCAA Suit In New Fee Bid
• Antitrust Group Urges Rejection Of Mass. AG's Hospital Deal
• Ex-Pa. County Commissioner Can't Lift Stay In Corruption Suit
• Effexor Buyers Want Another Chance In Antitrust Suit
• 'Kids For Cash' Attorneys Escape Asset Freeze
• Whistleblower Gets Omnicare Defense Pared In FCA Suit
• Nexium Jury Hears From Walgreen Exec On Generics
• Ex-Contractor To Pay $4.36M For Superfund Bid-Rigging
• Offset Deals Can Pose High FCPA Risks For Defense Industry
• New Jurisdictional Issues When Moving To Quash A Subpoena
• Actavis Wins Bid To Keep Parts Of Antitrust Suit Under Seal
• Barclays Can't Escape Investors' Libor Manipulation Claims
• Michigan Latest State To Block Tesla's Direct Sale Model
• Nexium Jury Told Drug Cos. Wheeled-And-Dealed With Patent
• Nexium Pay-For-Delay Jury Told Size Of Settlement Is Key
• 10th Circ.'s $1B Dow Ruling Flouts Dukes, Chamber Says
• Alcoa Execs Promise Compliance Reform To Settle Bribe Row
• Four Convicted In $158M Houston Hospital Medicare Scam
• KBR, Whistleblower Trade Blows Over Privileged Docs
• Honeywell, DuPont Coolant Pact May Violate Antitrust Law: EU
• Special Master To Helm Walgreen Fee Fight In Pfizer MDL
• JPMorgan, UBS, Credit Suisse Pay €94M Over Rate-Rigging
• Slot Machine Maker Can't Shut Down Former GC's Rival Co.
• GSK Bribery Conviction Signals Increased Risks In China
• Forex Rigging Fines Could Reach $40B, Citigroup Says
• CORRECTED: OneBeacon Hit With $34M Verdict Over Dish Malpractice Case
• Firsthand Knowledge Needed To Clear FCA Bar, 3rd Circ. Rules
• Attys Seek OK For Fee Deal In Apple E-Books Antitrust Case
• Sen. Leahy Asks Comcast To Promise No Fast Lanes
• Ask.com Slapped With Anti-Poach Suit Over Deal With Google
• Dr. Reddy's Settles On Eve Of Nexium Pay-For-Delay Trial
• Supreme Court Won't Hear CCI Exec's FCPA Reach Fight
• Quinn Emanuel Lands Hausfeld Competition Ace In London
• GM Can Join $16M Settlement Class In Steel Price-Fix Suit
• DOJ Puts Cybersecurity Info-Sharing Policy Into Practice
• Canadian High Court Clears Way For Wiretap Disclosures
• Alioto Fee Fight Won't Delay $1.1B LCD Deal, Judge Says
• Sidley Beats Subpoena Bid In PetroTiger CEO's Bribery Case
• Kickbacks Sink Contractor Bid For $3M In Costs, ASBCA Says
• Former GLW Attys Launch LA Antitrust, Employment Boutique
• Lannett Seeks Sanctions After Price-Fixing Suit Dropped
• Pa. AG Drops Charges Against Ex-Pol In Bid-Rigging Case
• Mushroom Collective Gets OK For 3rd Circ. Antitrust Appeal
• Judge Says Toshiba-Samsung's Secrecy In MDL 'Preposterous'
• AUO Pushes 9th Circ. To Rehear $500M Antitrust Case
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs' Bar: Robert S. Kitchenoff
• Offsets Offer Traps For Unwary Defense Exporters
• Dick's Sporting Goods Atty Hit Again With $1.3M Restitution
• Promotional Allowances In A New Retail Environment
• What Litigators Can Learn From Novelists
• Ex-Siemens Patent Atty Indicted Over $2.5M Kickbacks Fraud
• Kirkland Snags Lead BP Deepwater Litigation Trial Counsel
• Dairy Cos. Urge High Court To Take Antitrust Case
• Ex-Soldier Gets 5 Months For Gov't Contract Bribery Scheme
• 2 More Rabobank Traders Charged With Libor Rigging
• 7th Circ. Accepts Briefs From Japan, Belgium In LCD Fight
• Banks Urge High Court To Shelve Libor Antitrust Appeal
• 3 Things To Watch Out For In Nexium Pay-For-Delay Trial
• Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Jeffrey Kessler
• Boies Schiller Fights $270K Fine For Exiting Antitrust Suit
• Auto Parts Exec Indicted In DOJ Price-Fixing Probe
• Feds Extend ACO Waivers For Kickbacks, Referrals
• An Offensive Use Of The FCPA?
• High Court Continues To Examine State Action Immunity
• Capital One Asks Fed. Circ. To Revive Patent Antitrust Claims
• Class Cert. Recommended In Cargo Price-Fixing MDL
• Michigan Anti-Tesla Direct Sale Bill Rolls To Gov.'s Desk
• Dow Wants 10th Circ. To Rehear Appeal In $1B Antitrust Suit
• DOJ Antitrust Leader Joins Morgan Lewis & Bockius
• NJ Developer Takes ShopRite Monopoly Claims To 3rd Circ.
• E-Books Monitor Says Apple Still Resisting Oversight
• Music Licensing Co. To Pay $58.5M To End Antitrust Suit
• 3rd Circ. Backs Dismissal Of BofA Pay-To-Play Class Action
• Organon To Pay $31 Million Over FCA Medicaid Allegations
• Swisher Accused Of Anti-Competitive Cigarillo Sabotage
• Oracle Hit With Anti-Poach Suit Over Deal With Google
• Spain Ordered To Recoup Tax Breaks For Foreign Acquisitions
• EU Fines Deutsche Telekom $89M Over Broadband Shut-Out
• Takeaways From Appeal Of UK Hotel Bookings Settlement
• New Castle Must Face Spicy Beer's TM Claims
• Silver-Fixing Suits Against Big Banks Centralized In NY
• Engineers Fight 9th Circ. Review of $325M Anti-Poach Deal
• JPMorgan, Citi Eye $1B Legal Tabs Amid Forex Probes
• South Africa Opens Probe Into Auto Parts Collusion
• 'Kids For Cash' Atty Turns Tables On Sanctions Bid
• Nissan Nixed Dealership Sale To Drive Up Prices, Suit Says
• Justices Skeptical Of Dental Board's Antitrust Immunity
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sysco, GlaxoSmithKline, Providence Equity
• $500M AUO Antitrust Fine Is On Target, DOJ Tells 9th Circ.
• ACA Spurs Feds To Rethink Anti-Kickback Policies
• Asiana To Pay $55M To Settle Cargo Price-Fixing Claims
• CertainTeed Must Produce Antitrust Docs In Drywall MDL
• A Convergence Of Antitrust, Anti-Graft Enforcement In China
• Information Governance: A Missed Opportunity For Lawyers
• No Question Actavis Goes Beyond Cash, FTC's Wright Says
• AstraZeneca Facing Suit In Texas Over Seroquel Marketing
• Belgium Tells 7th Circ. To Limit US Antitrust Reach
• Justices To Weigh Antitrust Future Of State Boards
• EU Court Dumps Soliver's $5.5M Auto Glass Cartel Fine
• Family Dollar Gets FTC Request Over $9B Dollar General Deal
• US Refutes Ex-Detroit Mayor's Attacks On Graft Conviction
• EU Competition Chief Calls For Consistent Local Enforcement
• New Texas Dentist Rules Could Hurt Competition, FTC Says
• EU Clears $12.6B Liberty-Ziggo Deal With Conditions
• CAFA Removal Procedure At Center Stage In Dart Cherokee
• Methodologies For Calculating FRAND Damages: Part 3
• Covington Atty Beats Back Trial Subpoena In Nexium MDL
• NCAA Can't Ditch Student-Athletes' Scholarship Antitrust MDL
• Judge Urges DOJ, AmEx To Pursue Antitrust Settlement
• EU Raids Ethanol Cos. On Price-Fixing Allegations
• Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Bill Isaacson
• Whistleblower Seeks Stark Law Win In Hospital Kickback Suit
• Ex-Rep. Renzi's Corruption Conviction Upheld At 9th Circ.
• DHL, United Scrap Over Fact-Finding In Cargo Antitrust Case
• 'Kids For Cash' Judge Sanctioned By Pa. Court
• Judge Koh Picks Up 2nd Dreamworks Anti-Poaching Case
• Supplier Dodges Hyundai's Counterfeit Parts Suit
• Methodologies For Calculating FRAND Damages: Part 2
• Effexor Ruling Gives Plaintiffs Path Against No-AG Deals
• Aluminum Buyers Can Add LME Fact Allegations To MDL
• EU Says Yes To UK's 1st New Nuclear Plant In Decades
• Slot Machine Co. Suing Atty Says It Didn't Disclose Secrets
• Ga. Official Discourages Appeal In Phoebe Putney Fight
• Barclays Reaches $20M Deal To Settle Libor Rigging Suit
• S. Africa Puts Conditions On Cement-Maker Merger
• Graco Appeases FTC With $590M Sale Of Liquid Finishing Biz
• Brazil Eyes Fines for Mitsubishi, Others In Electrodes Cartel
• Methodologies For Calculating FRAND Damages: Part 1
• A Primer On 'Bad Faith' In Federal Removal Jurisdiction
• 7th Circ. Sanctions Wind Co. Over 'Startling' Appeal
• Food Lion Fights Dairy Cos.' 'Desperate' Cert. Petition
• Justices Question Their Powers In Class Action Removal Row
• GSK Investigating Corruption Allegations In UAE
• Ga. Puts Damper On FTC Phoebe Putney Divestiture Plans
• UK Metal Exchange Slams Bid To Put It Back In Antitrust MDL
• Effexor Judge Says No-AG Deals Can Count As Payment
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Michael Hausfeld
• Ex-Judge Joins Hausfeld's DC Antitrust, Financial Groups
• EU Probes Amazon, Luxembourg Tax Deal
• Cathode-Ray Buyers Seek Separate MDL Antitrust Trials
• UK's Libor Investigation Yields First Guilty Plea
• The State Of Umbrella Damages Under Calif. Antitrust Law
• King & Spalding Hires FTC Official For Antitrust Group In DC
• Fender, Other Guitar Cos. Colluded On Prices, 9th Circ. Told
• Sanofi Says It Revealed Overseas Bribery Claims To US
• Foreign Sales Should Sink Motorola's LCD Suit, 7th Circ. Told
• Disk Drive Buyers Denied Class Cert. In Price-Fixing MDL
• Justices Reject Antitrust Suit Over United-Continental Merger
• Covington Atty Says No Basis For Nexium Trial Subpoena
• RBC Pays $1M To Settle Texas Underwriting Antitrust Case
• High Court Won't Hear Gosselin Appeal Of $101M FCA Fines
• Multimedia Games $1.1B Deal Stiffs Shareholders, Suit Says
• High Court Won't Hear Antitrust Suit Against Microsoft
• High Court Declines Appeal Of $1.4B Southwest-AirTran Deal
• Herbalife Taps Ex-FTC Official As Global Compliance VP
• TRW To Pay $1.7M To End Dealer Claims In Price-Fixing MDL
• Supreme Court Punts On Bombshell FCPA Case
• In-House Insights From KBR General Counsel Andrew Farley
• Another Blow Dealt To Restitution, Disgorgement Defense
• Iraq Asks 2nd Circ. For $10B Oil-For-Food Rehearing
• Ex-UBS Trader Facing Libor Charges Blasts US Overreach
• Judge Says Actavis Not Limited To Cash Deals
• EU Opens In-Depth Probe Into $13B Zimmer-Biomet Deal
• London Metal Exchange Belongs In Antitrust MDL, Court Told
• Grocery Chain Wins Dismissal of Developer's Monopoly Suit
• Judge Rips Apple's Bid To Seal Docs Before ITunes Trial
• Ex-Director Of Ark. Agency Pleads Guilty To Bribery Charges
• Marriott Hit With FCC Fine For Blocking Visitors' Wi-Fi
• EU Scraps Antitrust Probe Into Deustche Telekom, Others
• Nexium Buyers Point To Dow Ruling To Support Class Cert.
• Dentons Snags Brodies Atty To Bolster Competition Team
• EU Puts Condition On $500M-Plus Chiquita-Fyffes Inversion
• How New UK Sentencing Guidelines Measure Up To US Rules
• Covington Atty Takes Fire For Bucking Nexium Trial Subpoena
• HHS OIG Floats Exceptions To Health Care Kickbacks Law
• Chamber Hits China For Discriminatory IP, Antitrust Policies
• Libor, Auto Parts Push DOJ Antitrust To New Fine High
• Judge Trims Price-Fixing MDL Over Lithium Ion Batteries
• NJ Assembly Panel Advances Bill To Curb 'Patent Trolls'
• EU Antitrust Nominee Says Shielding Cos. No Economic Fix
• Retail Concentration Not Stifling Consumer Food Choice: EU
• Ex-FBI Agent Admits Taking Cash To Derail Kickbacks Probe
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Kathleen Foote
• Solicitor General Will Speak To High Court In Omnicare Suit
• TPP Talks Slated For Oct. 25 As Nations Scramble For Deal
• 6 Steps To Ensure FCPA-Compliant Charitable Contributions
• CORRECTED: JSW Steel Can't Hold Off $156M Antitrust Loss: 5th Circ.
• 5 Army National Guard Officials Charged In Bribery Schemes
• Korean Ramen Cos. Say Price Cartel Didn't Affect US Sales
• Banking Giants Manipulated Swaps Benchmark, Suit Says
• 10th Circ. Dow Ruling Shows Class Actions Alive And Well
• Texas Court Asked To Revive Claim Law Firm Stole FCA Suit
• Carlton Fields Soups Up West Coast Post With 4 Litigators
• FCC Chair Calls City Broadband 'As American As You Can Get'
• Apple Seeks Quick Exit In Suit Over IPad Cover Sales
• 3rd Circ. Hears Double Jeopardy Fears In Bribery Retrial
• Judge Again Slashes Antitrust Claims In Philly Firms' Ad Row
• Circuit City Wins Reconsideration Of LCD Damages
• FCC Head Says Keeping 4 Mobile Giants A 'National Priority'
• EU To Investigate Portugal's $45M Public Aid To Volkswagen
• DOJ Antitrust Worries Scuttle Wood Maker's Mill Purchase
• Hausfeld Opens Brussels Office Amid EU Antitrust Ramp-Up
• Court Asked To Sanction 'Kids For Cash' Atty Over Loan Docs