Competition Archive » January, 2015

Competition - January, 2015

310 articles

• Wash. AG Settles Suit Over $9.2B Albertson's, Safeway Merger
• JPMorgan To Pay $99.5M To Escape FX Rigging Class Action
• FTC Orders Divestitures In $4B Sun-Ranbaxy Pharma Merger
• Boss Of Largest Ponzi Scheme In Conn. History Gets 13 Years
• Settlements In NJ Lien Bid-Rigging Class Action Top $8M
• Revolving-Door Roundup: Grant & Eisenhofer, Quinn, Boies
• Mass. Gov. Cleared In NJ Investment Controversy
• K-Line Exec Gets 18 Months In Ocean Shipping Antitrust Case
• Chile To Fine Car Shippers $75M For Antitrust Plot
• The 1st FCPA Case Of 2015
• Georgia Real Estate Investors Cop To Rigging Auction Bids
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear AUO's $500M LCD Antitrust Appeal
• 10 Significant 2014 Developments Affecting Private M&A
• NCAA Antitrust Judge Recuses Self Over Butler U Trusteeship
• Thoughts On Consolidating Federal And State Antitrust Cases
• Caterpillar, Komatsu, Volvo Sued Over Monopoly Attempt
• Patent Troll Study Shouldn't Slow Reforms, FTC's Brill Says
• FTC Halts Phoebe Putney Merger Challenge To Talk Deal
• Cablevision Sues Verizon Over 'Fastest Wi-Fi' Ads
• Partners' Hospital Deal Nixed Over Competition Concerns
• Exide Unveils Settlement That Could Speed Ch. 11 Exit
• FTC's Provigil Pay-For-Delay Suit Passes Actavis Test: Judge
• NCAA Athletes Should Get Publicity Pay, SAG Tells 9th Circ.
• Ex-TigerDirect Exec Pushes For Mercy, Shorter Sentence
• Quest Diagnostics Accused Of Building Calif. Monopoly
• DOJ Might Target More Remote Foreign Cartels, Official Says
• Chinese Law Key To Vitamin Antitrust Case, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Plaintiffs Push For LBO Collusion Settlement Approval
• Access Communications Ex-CEO Pleas In Kickbacks Case
• Patent Reform To Get New Life In GOP-Led Congress
• Cobalt Ducks SEC Charges Over Angolan Bribery Allegations
• High Court Provides Closure On Durbin Rules — What Now?
• Exploring The Nondiscriminatory Aspect Of RAND Licensing
• Key Questions When Selecting E-Discovery Vendors
• Cypress Loses 2nd Bid To End SRAM Monopoly Suit
• 2nd Circ. To Weigh Chinese Gov't Role In Vitamin C Appeal
• Akzo Can't Stop EU's Release Of 2006 Bleach Cartel Decision
• EU OKs $23B Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline 3-Part Deal
• Silver Arrest Could Complicate 421-A Renewal Talks
• LA Coliseum's Bribery Suit Against Rave Promoters Is Revived
• Illinois Hospital Execs Paid Kickbacks For Patients, Jury Hears
• Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Departs Law Firm
• Judge Says Banks Must Face US-Based Forex Rigging Claims
• Horse Cloning Case Doesn't Back Apple E-Books Bid: DOJ
• Spain Fines Waste Management Cos. $111M For Cartel
• How To Fix College Football's Legal Issues
• Bribery Charges Over BNY Mellon's Wealth Fund Interns Loom
• Corruption Charges Cost Silver Top NY Assembly Post
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 2014 JPML Practice Trends
• Ex-COO Of Fla. Psychiatric Hospital Gets 6 Years For Fraud
• Japanese Auto Parts Maker To Pay $3.2M In Cartel Plea Deal
• J&J, Bristol-Myers Get AWP Claims Nixed In Pa. Court
• Tobacco Co., Grocer Can't Take Back UK Antitrust Settlements
• Wis. AG, Novartis Settle Wholesale Drug Pricing Dispute
• No Appeal Of Battery Price-Fixing MDL Trimming, Judge Says
• FCC Commish Wants Hotels' Bid To Block Wi-Fi Axed
• GM Shakes Auto Parts Co.'s Antitrust Row In 5th Circ.
• Mass. AG Will Fight Partners Merger If Settlement Nixed
• FTC OKs $9.2B Supermarket Merger With Sale Of 168 Stores
• Ranbaxy, AstraZeneca Say Pay-For-Delay Deal Is Not Unlawful
• An Early Test Of Antitrust Ramifications Of FDA's REMS
• Cable Giants Oppose FCC Plan To Speed Up Broadband
• HarperCollins CEO Won't Be Deposed In E-Book Antitrust Row
• Hitachi, Toshiba Deny CRT Price-Fixing Claims
• Convicted 'Kids for Cash' Atty Disbarred In Pa.
• Visa Contends Its Stiffer Merchant Fees Breed Competition
• McDonnell Remains Free Pending 4th Circ. Appeal
• Spain Can't Assess $4.4B Orange-Jazztel Deal, EC Says
• Libor Investors Seek OK To Join 2nd Circ. Antitrust Appeal
• Lee To Lead Senate Antitrust, Consumer Rights Subcommittee
• DOJ Can And Will Seize Proceeds Of Foreign Corruption
• High Court Weighs Gas Act Preemption In Antitrust Case
• JPMorgan Accused Of Futures Manipulation In $25M Suit
• Nexium Ruling Offers Road Map For Pay-For-Delay Classes
• Human Egg Donors Near Cert. Of Antitrust Class In Pay Row
• Effexor Buyers To Join 3rd Circ. Appeal Against Wyeth, Teva
• Goldman, Other Banks Sued Over Metals Benchmark Rigging
• Economists, Docs Back Actavis In Namenda Injunction Row
• DOJ Taps Capitol Hill Atty For Antitrust Post
• Tesla Illegally Nabbed Dealer License In Mo., Suit Says
• Health First Can't Dodge Docs' Monopoly Allegations
• Guidance On Statistical FCA Damages Model From Gosselin
• Prepare Now For New Anti-Corruption Program Expectations
• Top 5 Developments In Reverse Payments Over The Last Year
• Ex-Contractor For NJ Watershed Agency Cops To Bribery
• Mylan Wrings Another $13.7M From GSK In Generic Paxil Row
• Silver Arrest May Herald New Crackdown On Lawyer Pols
• Canadian High Court Nixes Waste Co. Merger Challenge
• 1st Circ. OKs Class Cert. In Nexium Pay-For-Delay Suit
• A Data Security Checklist For Companies Hiring Law Firms
• Exide Judge Open To Narrow Expansion Of Price-Fixing Probe
• Astellas Strikes $98M Deal In Prograf Antitrust MDL
• Competition Group of the Year: White & Case
• 5 Moves That Shaped The Epic Fight For Family Dollar
• Judge OKs Revised $35M Toys R Us Settlement
• Buyers Say NFL, Reebok Licensing Deals Harmed Competition
• AHA Backs ProMedica's Merger At Supreme Court
• Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Pay $36M In Mortgage Kickback Deal
• Athletes Tell 9th Circ. NCAA Pay-Rule Ban Is Appropriate
• Senate Dems. Push Bill To Strike Down State Broadband Laws
• SEC Hits Fla. Construction Co. With $3.4M Penalty Over Bribes
• Japanese Auto Parts Exec Charged In Price-Fixing Plot
• Retailers Continue Push For Lower Debit Swipe Fees
• Oracle Says Its Antitrust Defenses Are Viable In Sun IP Row
• UK FCA Bans Ex-Execs Over Martin Brokers' Libor Failings
• Gelboim Does Little To Limit MDL Court Appeals Discretion
• Medtronic Deal Highlights FTC Focus On Future Competition
• NY Assembly Speaker Charged Over $6M Law Firm Income
• Family Dollar Shareholders OK $8.5B Dollar Tree Buyout
• Longtime Houston Attorney Leaves Beck Redden To Start Firm
• J&J Makes Final Trial Push Over Failed $21B Guidant Merger
• Pfizer Schemed To Block Celebrex Generics, New Suit Says
• Exide Creditors Want To Expand Lead Price-Fixing Probe
• Auto Shops' Suit Crashes In Insurer Antitrust MDL
• Gosselin Whistleblowers To Fight For $101M FCA Award
• Libor Clears Appeal Path For Benchmark Manipulation Cases
• Competition Group Of The Year: Robins Kaplan
• Broadband Cos. Push GOP Net Neutrality Bill
• Magnesite Cos. Say Class Action Still Fails On Standing
• Apple Says Cloned Horse Ruling Tramples E-Book Claims
• EU Court Backs Antitrust Cop's Nixing Of Airline Complaint
• Quinn Emanuel Pads Houston Expansion With Susman Hire
• FCC Must Wait For Congress On Net Neutrality, Commish Says
• Duane Morris Kicked Off Concierge Medicine Antitrust Suit
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Botts' Alex Bourelly
• Rooftop Owners Call Foul On Cubs' Conduct On Renovations
• Printing Co.'s $35M Jury Award In Antitrust Row Trimmed
• Lewis Brisbois Adds 2 Lathrop Attys To Antitrust, IP Groups
• Justices Say 2nd Circ. Must Hear Libor Antitrust Appeal
• American Needle In A Haystack: The Cloned Horses Case
• FCPA Trends From The Last 6 Months
• Astellas Nears Settlement In Prograf Antitrust Row
• NY Restaurant Slams Immigrant Association With RICO Row
• Biz Profs Back Actavis In NY AG Antitrust Injunction Fight
• Dell, Philips Resolve Claims In Cathode Ray Tube MDL
• Costco Ducks 9th Circ. Watch IP Row On 1st-Sale Doctrine
• Canada Eyes Indigo, Kobo In E-Book Competition Probe
• High Court Lets Samsung's Panasonic Antitrust Suit Go On
• FTC Finalizes Novartis Nicotine Patch Divestiture Deal
• Suboxone Buyers Urge Court Against Reckitt's Recon Bid
• Competition Group of the Year: O'Melveny & Myers
• Mobile Wi-Fi Bumps Up Against NIMBY
• Health Care Mergers In 2014: The Enforcers Strike Back
• High Court Rejects Challenge To Fed's Debit Card Fee Rules
• UK Regulators End Probe Into $11B HP-Autonomy Deal
• FedEx, Others Settle With Credit Cos. In Swipe Fee MDL
• 11th Circ. Bumps Off Humana FCA Suit Over Patient Perks
• Covington, DLA Piper Attys Start Firms In Europe, Middle East
• Competition Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
• IPhone Class Takes Apple Antitrust Battle To 9th Circ.
• US Urges DC Circ. To Put MWI On $15M Hook In FCA Suit
• GOP Unveils Net Neutrality Bill That Limits FCC Power
• Sports Precedents Die Hard In 9th Circ.
• Pols, Unions Mount Defense Of Embattled Shipping Law
• Effexor Buyers To Take Antitrust Suit To 3rd Circ.
• Amazon May Not Be Tax-Compliant After Luxembourg Ruling
• Clarity And Confusion: FTAIA Developments In 2014
• Key Contractor, Navy Officer Admit Guilt In Bribery Scandal
• After Obama Push, FCC Faces Fight To Veto State ISP Laws
• Competition Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
• Major Cos. Team Up To Push For Patent Troll Bill
• Attys Seek Fees In $27M MF Global Metals Settlement
• Ex-NJ Democratic Official Must Face Racketeering Claims
• Apple, Google Ponying Up $415M In New Anti-Poaching Deal
• 9th Circ. Shuts Out San Jose Antitrust Suit Against MLB
• FTC Eases Antitrust Order In $265M Bi-Lo Grocery Store Deal
• Bank Of America Hit With RICO Reinsurance Kickback Suit
• Ex-CalPERS Exec. Kills Himself Before $3B Pay-To-Play Trial
• 5th Circ. On Nationwide's Side In Unfair Competition Suit
• Firm Can't Get Full $34M Verdict In Malpractice Insurance Row
• Ex-Yonkers Pols Denied New Trial Over Witness Bribe
• Becton Wins Partial Stay Of Injunction In $340M Antitrust Suit
• EU Court Finds French Aid To SeaFrance Anti-Competitive
• Judge Approves New ASCAP Alternative License Form
• December Was A Big Month For UK Serious Fraud Office
• CORRECTED: Trends In Criminal Cartel Enforcement
• Payer-Provider Consolidation Comes With New Risks
• Dollar General Chides FTC, Defends $9B Bid For Rival
• 9th Circ. Axes Class Cert. Appeal In Disk Drive Price-Fix MDL
• Express Scripts Using FCA Deal To Destroy Rival, Suit Says
• Media Titans Slam FCC Disclosures In Comcast, AT&T Reviews
• UK Zeroes In On New Suspect In Alstom Bribery Probe
• A Shift In Discoverability Of Litigation Hold Notices?
• LG Settlement In Cathode Ray MDL Gets Judge's Nod
• Obama Tells FCC To Protect City-Run Broadband
• UK Watchdog To Further Scrutinize Packaging Co. Tie-Up
• Competition Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
• McCain Aims To Sink 'Antiquated' Maritime Shipping Law
• EU Says New Music Licensing Hub Could Restrain Competition
• Hausfeld Adds Antitrust Litigator To San Francisco Office
• NY AG Stops Harm To Alzheimer's Patients — For Now
• ISS Backs $8.5B Dollar Tree Bid In Fight For Family Dollar
• Apple, Google Reach New Deal In Anti-Poaching Suit
• Competition Group Of The Year: Covington
• Ex-PetroTiger CEO's Talk With GC Who Wore Wire Released
• Tesla Direct Sales Bill Mulled By Connecticut Lawmakers
• Ex-Chicago Official Wants Bribery Case Moved To Nevada
• LG To Pay $13M To Clear Wash. AG's Price-Fixing Suit
• How Splitting Google Into Multiple Cos. Restrains Monopoly
• Dollar General Hits Do-Or-Die Point In $9B Hunt For Rival
• Eisai Pushes 3rd Circ. To Revive Sanofi Antitrust Suit
• Barclays Dodges Antitrust Claims In Libor Class Action
• CVS Balks At Discovery Docs In Novartis Kickbacks Suit
• Ex-Virginia Gov. McDonnell Denied Appeal Bond
• FCC Resumes Clock On Comcast-Time Warner Review
• Apple Argues Anti-Poaching Shareholder Suit Bypassed Rules
• Full 7th Circ. Won't Rehear Motorola LCD Price-Fixing Row
• Chrysler Dodges Antitrust Claims In Calif. Dealership's Suit
• Airlines Say Deutsche Bahn Cargo Price Fixing Suit Must Go
• High Court Won't Review Convention Center Antitrust Row
• KBR Can't Stall FCA Kickback Suit Over Iraq Subcontracts
• Suntech's US Units Hit Ch. 11 As Part Of Global Reorganization
• Actavis Urges 2nd Circ. To Toss 'Dangerous' Antitrust Order
• High Court Torn On Gas Act Preemption In Price-Fixing Row
• Competition Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein
• Disney, DreamWorks Say Anti-Poaching Suit Filed Too Late
• DOJ Libor Prosecutor Joins Hughes Hubbard In New York
• $2B Steris Inversion Could Be Delayed By Deeper FTC Probe
• $9B Hostile Bid On Ropes As Family Dollar Lauds Rival Offer
• Compliance Trumps Litigation In Asia E-Discovery
• Fitch Expects Wave Of Defaults For Brazilian Construction Cos.
• Family Dollar Buyout Shaky As 20 States Join Antitrust Probe
• Competition Group Of The Year: Boies Schiller & Flexner
• German Court Upholds Ban On Hotel Site's Low-Price Policy
• Swedish Antitrust Officials Clear $767M ICA-Apotek Merger
• Revolving-Door Roundup: Morvillo, Skadden, Jenner
• FTC OKs Collusion Deals Over Propane Sales To Wal-Mart
• Racetrack Owner Wants $82M Blagojevich Bribe Verdict Out
• Cyprus Airways Grounded After Order To Return $118M Aid
• DOJ Taps FBI's Ex-GC As Fraud Chief
• Daiichi Sankyo Pays $39M To Settle FCA Suit With Feds
• SEC's Foreign Corrupt Practices Spotlight Shines On PE
• UK Antitrust Court Upholds Eurotunnel Ferry Service Ban
• Law Schools Are (Finally) Teaching 'The Biz' Of Lawyering
• Smaller Businesses Must Get Ready For FCPA Whistleblowers
• What To Do At Federal Sentencing: 4 Lessons From McDonnell
• BSGR Agent Defaults In RICO Suit Over Guinea Mining Rights
• Beats Rips Bid To Nix Competitor's Co-Founder Claims
• FCC Defends Contract Access In Comcast, AT&T Deal Reviews
• FCC Chair Hints At Regulating Broadband ISPs As Utilities
• NFL, Reebok Blast Class Cert. Data In Antitrust Suit
• Union Pacific, BNSF Knock Revived Fuel Price-Fixing Suit
• Mylan, Abbott Offer EU Antitrust Fixes On $5.3B Inversion
• GSK, Novartis Offer EU Antitrust Fixes On $23B Deals
• Judge Urged to Kill AstraZeneca, Ranbaxy Pay-For-Delay Deal
• Criminal Prosecutions Of Gov't Contractors On The Rise
• Calif. Fixes Timing Problem For Post-Trial Motions
• GSK Stuck With Experts From First Abbott HIV Drug Trial
• Discovery Deal Reached In Auto Parts Antitrust MDL
• Honeywell Wants Alarm Distributor's Antitrust Suit Tossed
• Leahy, Matsui Relaunch Net Neutrality Legislation
• CVS Gets FCA Claims Of Novartis Kickbacks Trimmed
• EU Discloses Litany Of Secret Texts In US Trade Talks
• Spain Probes Volvo Dealers Over Anti-Competitive Actions
• Bribery Settlements Reached Record Heights In 2014
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Probes Reckitt's K-Y Buy
• Covington & Burling Adds IP, Trade Lawyer To Beijing Office
• Ex-Yonkers Politicos Seek New Bribery Trial In 2nd Circ.
• PNC Can't Lean On Nixed BofA Case To Duck Kickback Suit
• Printing Co. Exec Cops To $7M False Billing Scheme
• US Airways' Claims Trimmed In Ticket Monopoly Row
• Secrets To In-House Cost Control
• Hueston, Hennigan Ditch Irell To Form White Collar Boutique
• Auto Parts Probes Push Antitrust Fines To New Global High
• 2nd Circ. OKs Quick Actavis Appeal In Namenda Antitrust Suit
• Acquitted Fla. Mayor Sues Town To Return To Office
• Hospital Manager Inks $6M FCA Deal Over Drug Abuse Care
• Blank Rome Opens Pittsburgh Office With Duane Morris Pack
• Ex-Toyoda Exec Cops To Auto Parts Price-Fixing Plot
• Toshiba, Circuit City Resolve CRT Price-Fixing Claims
• Online Travel Co.'s Trademark Suit Against Rivals Trimmed
• Former Top Brazil Antitrust Enforcer Joins Mattos Filho
• Pa. Consultant Accused Of $3.5M Foreign Bribery Plot
• Oracle Says No-Poach Class Action Based On Flimsy Evidence
• Dutch Flour Cartel Fine Puts PE On High Alert
• Ex-Va. Gov. McDonnell Gets 2 Years For Corruption
• Ex-Doctor Gets 12 Years, $2.4M Fine For Blue Cross Fraud
• Foam Buyers Tell High Court No Circuit Split On Class Cert.
• Panasonic Again Urges High Court To Nix Memory Cartel Row
• 8 Antitrust Considerations For Defense Industry M&A
• Law360's Pay-For-Delay Cheat Sheet For 2015
• ProMedica Seeks Supreme Court Overturn Of Nixed Merger
• Actavis Accuses NY AG Of Trying To Slow Injunction Appeal
• Pa. Judge Resists Testifying In 'Kids For Cash' Trial
• NJDOT Engineer Cops To Bribery Scheme Over Bridge Rehab
• HSBC, Assurant Near Force-Placed Insurance Settlements
• Whistleblower Slams KBR Discovery Stay Bid In Kickback Suit
• AT&T Says It's Out Of FTC's Jurisdiction In 'Throttling' Suit
• DOJ Joins FCA Medicare Billing and Kickback Suits
• Brazilian Officials Seek Fines In Alleged HIV Drug Cartel
• UK Watchdog Launches In-Depth Probe Of Chilled Pastry Deal
• JPMorgan Reaches Settlement In Forex Antitrust Class Suit
• 12 Building Blocks Of A Digital Law Library
• Inside China High Court's 1st Antitrust Ruling In 6 Years
• FCC To Pose New Net Neutrality Rules In Feb.
• Gosselin's $101M FCA Verdict Set Aside
• Competition Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2015
• Family Dollar Investors Can't Fight Ruling On Buyout Vote
• Nexium Buyers Seek New Trial In Pay-For-Delay Case
• Competition Cases To Watch In 2015
• Ex-Alstom Exec. Denied Bid To Toss FCPA Indictment
• 9th Circ. Shuts Down Facebook Ad Buyers' Overcharge Suit
• NY AG Says Actavis Can't Suspend Antitrust Injunction
• Power Trading Firm Pays $3.5M To End Manipulation Case
• HHS Watchdog Seeks Ideas On New Health Fraud Safe Harbors
• Verso Paper Agrees To DOJ Demands In $1.4B NewPage Buy
• Japanese Ocean Shipper To Pay $59.4M In DOJ Cartel Probe
• Chiquita Deal Approvals In Place As Tender Offer Ticks Down
• What To Expect In Criminal Antitrust This Year
• 2015: Judiciary, Lawyers And Law Schools At The Precipice