Competition Archive » December, 2014

Competition - December, 2014

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• Google Sues Visa, MasterCard After $5.7B Fee MDL Opt-Out
• Google, Microsoft Ask FCC To Nix Marriott Wi-Fi Petition
• LG, Epson Shed Some Claims In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• 4th Circ. Spurns Ex-Va. Rep's Ineffective Counsel Argument
• Electricians Trade Group Agrees To Rule Changes In FTC Deal
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Investigating $321M Gorkana Deal
• Judge Pauses NY AG's Actavis Injunction Amid Appeal
• Competition MVP: Latham & Watkins' Margaret Zwisler
• Claims Pared In Michelin Tire Price Discrimination Row
• McDonnell, Bribery And The Story Behind 'Official Act'
• New Docs Stall FCC Probe Of $45B Comcast-Time Warner Merger
• DOJ Intervenes In FCA Suits Accusing Omnicare Of Kickbacks
• Gov. Scott Lifts Suspension Of Acquitted Fla. Mayor
• Judge OKs $3.45M Settlement In Pool Product Antitrust MDL
• Paris Appeals Court Backs €40.6M Antitrust Fine For Sanofi
• DOJ Sends Message With Historic Alstom FCPA Pact
• FTC Report Finds Decline In Potential Pay-For-Delay Deals
• Anderson News Calls Publishers' Antitrust Claims A Tall Tale
• Competition MVP: Covington & Burling's Rob Wick
• Nexium Buyers Call Appeal Dismissal Bid 'Gamesmanship'
• 4 Years For Oxford Collection Fraudster Found Reasonable
• FTC Approves $5.4B Eli Lilly-Novartis Deal With Divestiture
• Safeway, Albertsons Sell Stores To Win FTC Nod For $9B Deal
• UK To Criminalize Rate-Rigging After Libor, Forex Scandals
• Alstom Pays $772M In Record FCPA Settlement
• 2014 FERC Enforcement Year In Review
• Spain's New Copyright Law Hurts Consumers
• FTC Section 5 In 2014: An Unexpected Attack, A New Frontier
• Why You Should Pay Attention To The OECD Bribery Report
• The State Of Technology-Assisted Review In 2014
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Fla. Doctors Near FCA Win After Whistleblower Goes MIA
• Chancery Won't Block Family Dollar Vote On $8.5B Buyout
• Samsung Tells High Court Memory Cartel Suit Should Survive
• EU Antitrust Watchdog Gets Do-Over On Marine Hose Fine Cut
• Becton Didn't Hold Monopoly Power, Judge Rules
• EU Approves €385M IMS-Cegedim Deal Pending Fixes
• Reckitt Asks Judge To Again Consider Axing Suboxone Suit
• Competition MVP: Cohen Milstein's Kit Pierson
• Wal-Mart Accused Of Ignoring Order To Give Up Bribery Files
• Dollar General Still Talking With FTC Over Family Dollar Bid
• Nippon Shells Out $37M To Exit Air Cargo Price-Fixing MDL
• Good Luck Guessing With The Gov't On Gainsharing
• Luxembourg Will Share Tax Ruling Info With EU
• US, China Forge Ahead On GMOs, Other Commercial Issues
• Pay-For-Delay In 2014: Courts Fill In The Actavis Gaps
• Motorola Asks Full 7th Circ. To Rehear LCD Price-Fixing Row
• Competition MVP: Boies Schiller's Bill Isaacson
• Judge 'Baffled' By Claim Google Monopolized Mobile Search
• Judge Snubs KBR's 'Old Args' On Privilege In Kickbacks Row
• Ex-NJ Construction Exec Gets Probation In Bid-Rigging
• E-Books Buyer Appeals $30M Attys' Fee Award In Apple Deal
• UK Supreme Court Won't Hear LME Warehouse Rule Appeal
• Former Rite Aid VP Cops To $15M Kickback Scheme Lies
• US Takes Heat In Geneva For Food Safety, Procurement Rules
• Daimler Sets Aside An Additional €600M In EU Antitrust Probe
• French Antitrust Watchdog Fines Consumer Goods Cos. $1.2B
• Vale Stuck Facing Trial In US Over Guinea Mining Rights
• FERC Seeks $30M In Hedge Fund, Trader Manipulation Fines
• Changes In Defense Industry Are Increasing FCPA Risks
• Spotlight On SFO: Prosecuting In The Regulator's Shadow
• 3rd Circ. Won't Undo Injunction On Euro-Pro Steam Claims
• CNN, Others Denied Copy Of Steve Jobs Depo In Apple Case
• Broker-Dealer Execs Plead Guilty In $60M Bribery Scheme
• Apple Canada Ordered To Turn Over Docs In IPhone Probe
• EU Needn't Duplicate Members' Antitrust Probes, Court Says
• Avon China Pleads Guilty In $135M DOJ, SEC Deal
• Chanos Beats Wynn Resorts' FCPA Defamation Suit
• Competition MVP: Hausfeld LLP's Michael Hausfeld
• EU Court Upholds €357M Pilkington Car Glass Cartel Fine
• Cohen Milstein, Others To Helm Propane Tank Antitrust MDL
• What Happens When Legal Aid Cuts Stimulate Pro Bono?
• Sub-Regressions In Antitrust Class Cert. Can Be Unreliable
• 8 Firms Get $99M In US Foods Price-Scam Class Action Deal
• Levin Takes One Last Swing At Wall Street With Trading Bill
• Former Nonprofit Worker Indicted For Afghanistan Bribery
• MMA Fighters Clobber UFC With Monopoly Class Action
• Coldwater Creek Asks To Sell Its Piece Of $6B Swipe Fee Deal
• Ford, GM, 6 Others Fined $124M In Argentine Tax Dispute
• Verisk Drops $650M EagleView Bid After FTC Monopoly Claim
• Antitrust Group Urges High Court To Nix Immunity Ruling
• Two Pa. State Lawmakers Charged In Bribery Sting
• FTC Taps Antitrust Professor To Lead Policy Planning Office
• Is Jury's Verdict In IPod Antitrust Litigation Irrelevant?
• Competition MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's George S. Cary
• FTC Says Reckitt Still Holding Back Suboxone Docs
• Jury Sides With Apple In ITunes Monopoly Case
• In 2014, Plaintiffs Gained Some Ground Lost After Twombly
• 2015 May Be 'Year Of The Individual' At DOJ
• Pemex Must Post $593M Bond In Refinery Dispute
• Apple, IPod Buyers Send $351M Music Monopoly Case To Jury
• Actavis Can't Delay Injunction In 'Product Hopping' Case
• Skadden Atty Testifies On Failed $21B J&J-Guidant Merger
• FTC Urges Court Not To Nix AbbVie Pay-For-Delay Suit
• High Court Clears Air On Class Action Removal Disputes
• EU Probing $5B Mondelez, DE Master Blenders Coffee Venture
• EU Puts Antitrust Fixes On BP Airport Fuel Deal
• AMA Urges High Court To Review Barred WellPoint Claims
• Booking.com Rewrites Contracts In Attempt To End EU Probe
• SEC Fines Bruker Corp. $2.4M For FCPA Violations In China
• 2nd Circ. Skeptical Of DOJ Arguments In Apple E-Book Case
• EU OKs Holcim-Lafarge Merger With Slew Of Divestitures
• High Court Ruling Sets Low Bar For Class Action Removal
• FTC Centennial: How Health Care Antitrust Has Evolved
• 3 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Hiring Appellate Counsel
• Apple, DOJ To Go Head-To-Head On E-Books At 2nd Circ.
• Snow Cone Maker Urges High Court to Review IP Row
• Sidley Picks Up 3 Class Action Partners From Loeb & Loeb
• Apple, IPod Buyers Wrap $351M Evidence, With No Class Rep
• JPML Sends Opana Pay-For-Delay Suits To Illinois
• Canada Fines Yamashita $3.9M For Auto Parts Bid-Rigging
• Baker & McKenzie Nabs White Collar Pro From Venable In NY
• EU Court Adviser Urges Easier Jurisdiction Rules In Cartel Suit
• EU Antitrust Commissioner Ramps Up Google Probe
• DOJ, NY AG Reach Deal With Tour Bus Cos. In Merger Fight
• Veyance Sheds Unit To Win OK For $1.8B Continental Deal
• 4 Antitrust Tips For Bidding On Land For O&G Production
• Judge In Actavis Antitrust Suit Keeps Namenda On Market
• AstraZeneca Drops 1st Circ. Row Over Nexium Class Cert.
• Dallas Airmotive Pays $14M To Settle FCPA Claims
• Clifford Chance Atty Starts UK, EU Competition Boutique
• CORRECTED: EU Court Told To Uphold €55M Dole, Del Monte Banana Cartel Fines
• DOJ Demands Divestiture In $1.8B Continental, Veyance Deal
• Congress Should Act Now To Stop Trolls, FTC's Brill Says
• Pa. Transit Agency Slaps Gilead With Price-Gouging Suit
• EU Watchdog Mails Envelope Cos. €19.4M In Cartel Fines
• What Lawyer-Novelists Learned From Being Lawyers
• When A State Agency Strays Into Antitrust Liability
• Brazil OKs Holcim-Lafarge Merger With Fixes
• Microsoft Can't Ax Investor Suit Over $732M Antitrust Fine
• Rheinmetall Unit To Pay $46M In Alleged Greek Arms Bribery
• Intel, Cisco, Tech Cos. Warn FCC To Avoid Reclassification
• Reckitt Accuses FTC Of Skirting Court's Instructions
• Apple Updates Kept IPods Safe, Music Monopoly Jurors Hear
• Actavis, NY AG Differ On Suboxone Ruling On Antitrust Suit
• 3rd Circ. Asked To Uphold Arbitration In Alcoa Suit
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Hospital Workers' Kickback Convictions
• In Libor MDL, Need For Appellate Certainty May Carry The Day
• EU Court Trims French Pharmacist Group's €5M Antitrust Fine
• Abbott Asks 7th Circ. To Affirm Toss Of Off-Label Use Suit
• Brazil Antitrust Watchdog Fights Cosan's $3B Railway Bid
• Ice Dancer May Rescue $351M Apple ITunes Antitrust Trial
• LME, Others Fight Alumnum Buyers' Bid To Revive Suit
• Lupin Fights EU's 'Wholly Novel' Pay-For-Delay Fine
• Justices Skeptical Of Limits On Appeals In Libor MDL
• Facebook Ad Buyers Ask 9th. Circ. To Revive Overcharge Suit
• LA Coliseum Tells Panel Rave-Promoter Contracts Hid Bribes
• Questions Linger As Family Dollar Antitrust Review Wears On
• EU Court Upholds Bulk Of €83M Fine For Italian Cartel
• Becton Seeks Stay Of Injunction In $340M Antitrust Suit
• Architect Says Google Stole $120B Building Engineering Idea
• Jury Convicts Ex-Detroit Treasurer Of Pension Fund Fraud
• Casinos Win $82M Verdict In RICO Suit Over Blagojevich Bribe
• Brazil-Backed Petrobras Accused Of Bribery In Class Action
• Justices To Consider Quick Appeal Question In Libor Suit
• Ex-Ohio Official Fined $3.2M, Given 15 Years For Bribery
• Nexium Verdict No Final Word On Pay-For-Delay
• Class Rep. Booted In $351M Apple ITunes Antitrust Trial
• Indian Officials Conditionally Approve $3.2B Ranbaxy Sale
• More Minor Leaguers Hit MLB With Antitrust Suit Over Pay
• Lions Gate Unit Buries $6.5M Claim In 'Twilight' Parody Fight
• Britain Secures 1st Sentences Under 2010 Anti-Bribery Law
• Visa, MasterCard Swipe Fee MDL Gets New Judge
• Panasonic, Toshiba Seek High Court Toss Of SD Card Action
• No Charges For Deutsche's Co-CEO In Libor Scandal
• 8 Tips For Avoiding FCPA Risks In Foreign Official Travel
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Brinks' Gustavo Siller Jr.
• Family Dollar Investors Seek To Hold Up $8.5B Buyout Vote
• Steve Jobs Takes Center Stage In $351M Apple Antitrust Trial
• Supplier Can't Escape Hyundai's Counterfeit Parts Suit
• KBR Casts Doubt On Dying Man's Plea Deal As Evidence
• Lewis Brisbois Hires Veteran For New Antitrust Practice
• 3 More Plead Not Guilty To UK Libor Manipulation
• Jury Hands AstraZeneca Win In Nexium Pay-For-Delay Case
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Shell's Donny Ching
• Rep. Marino Tapped To Become New House Antitrust Chair
• Ex-Multiplan Exec Gets 1 Year For $2.3M Kickback Scheme
• Former Bechtel Exec Admits Taking $5.2M In Kickbacks
• Sub-Regressions: A Rigorous Test For Antitrust Class Cert.
• Ex-UBS Trader In Libor Scandal Wants Out Of Suit, Switzerland
• Ex-Apple Exec Gets 1 Year, Pays $4.5M In Kickback Scheme
• Aerospace Cos. ATK, Orbital Get DOJ OK For $5B Merger
• FDA Tries To Tame Antitrust Wars Over Dangerous-Drug Sales
• Twist In $351M Apple Antitrust Trial As Standing Questioned
• Reckitt Can't Escape Antitrust Case Over 'Product-Hopping'
• EU Accuses Italian Co. Of Fixing Steel Abrasive Prices
• HP Slapped With RICO Suit Claiming Mexican Bribery Scheme
• EU Worries $4.4B Orange-Jazztel Deal May Thwart Competition
• E-Book Price-Fixing Suits May Include Foreign Sales
• Chinese Regulators OK $43B Medtronic-Covidien Inversion
• FTC Nabs Skadden, Crowell Attys For Competition Bureau
• Full 9th Circ. Not Interested In Renzi Corruption Appeal
• Dollar General Holds To $9B Family Dollar Bid As Vote Looms
• Tech-Tying Vs. Section 2 Of The Sherman Antitrust Act
• Sanofi Paid $34M In Drug Kickbacks, Whistleblower Claims
• Nexium Buyers End Trial Saying AstraZeneca Paid Off Rivals
• Apple DRM Chief Tells Jury ITunes Updates Targeted Hackers
• Rite Aid Inks $3M FCA Deal Over Gift Card Kickbacks
• Photogs Suing NFL, AP And Getty 'Blacklisted,' Lawyer Says
• Paterson, NJ, Councilman Pleads Guilty To Bribery Charge
• FTC Removes Premerger Hurdle In $680M Chiquita Buyout
• $10B Discrimination Suit Targets AT&T, DirecTV Merger
• SEC Hits Convicted Ex-BofA Bid Rigger In Admin Court
• Akin Gump Adds Ex-FCC Cybersecurity Expert
• Motorola Decision Spares DOJ But May Hamper Private Suits
• Why The McDonnell Corruption Trial Was More Than Fair
• Ex-TigerDirect, Systemax Execs Cop To $9M Kickback Scheme
• Munich Prosecutors Search Airbus Offices In Corruption Probe
• Vitamin C Cos. Cite Motorola In 2nd Circ. Antitrust Appeal
• And Now A Word From The Panel: End Of An Era
• FCC Restarts Clock On Comcast, AT&T Merger Reviews
• Another Setback For UK Private Health Care Market Inquiry
• Bill Would Tie Pro Sports' Antitrust Exemptions To Behavior
• Panasonic, Others Face Capacitor Cartel Probe In Brazil
• Apple Should Pay $351M For ITunes Monopoly, Jury Told
• No Proof Of Big Payment, AstraZeneca Says At Nexium Trial
• DOJ Requires Bazaarvoice To Appoint Antitrust Officer
• Banks Haven't Learned Their Lesson, Top UK Enforcer Says
• Foley Snags Ex-Akin Gump FCPA Expert For SF Office
• Spain Raids Concrete Cos. in Price-Fixing Probe
• Attys Seek $73M From Latest Air Cargo Antitrust Deals
• Omnicare, Dr. Reddy's Beat Medicare Insurer's FCA Suit
• Caution: Flaws Of The Attorney-To-Secretary Ratio
• FERC Enforcement May Provide Ideal High Court Test Case
• Should US Law Enforcement Really Police World Soccer?
• States Urge Supreme Court To Nix Gas Act Preemption Claim
• Cobalt Hit With Shareholder Suit Over Angola Bribery Claims
• Ex-Va. Gov. McDonnell, Wife Lose Bid For New Trial
• Chastened Apple Wins 11th-Hour Antitrust Trial Secrecy Bid
• EU Court Shows No Mercy For IT Dawn Raid Interference
• High Court Again Urged To Nix Debit Card Swipe Fee Rules
• Deutsche Bahn Seeks $2.5B For Air Cargo Price-Fixing Cartel
• Japanese Auto Parts Execs Cop To Price-Fixing
• 1st Circ. Nixes $30M Baxter FCA Suit Under First-To-File
• Quinn Nabs Vinson & Elkins' Houston Managing Partner
• Brazil Antitrust Watchdog Lowers Fines Against Airlines
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• GCs Add 35 Firms To List Of Most Arrogant
• '2ab' FERC Merger Analysis Easy As 1, 2, 3
• French Antitrust Body OKs Numericable's Virgin Mobile Buy
• The Increasing Prominence Of World Bank Sanctions