Competition
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May 26, 2017
NFL Cheerleaders' Wage Plot Suit Tossed In Calif.
A California federal judge dismissed football cheerleaders' lawsuit against the NFL and the majority of its teams over alleged wage-suppression tactics, saying Friday that the antitrust complaint was insufficient and failed to meet the pleading standard.
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May 26, 2017
Attys Win $10M For Work On $30M Pipe Makers’ Antitrust Deal
A Tennessee federal judge on Friday awarded $10 million in fees to the attorneys representing a class of direct purchasers accusing several manufacturers of cast iron soil pipes and fittings of fixing prices and pushing out competitors, and also approved the class’ $30 million settlement.
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May 26, 2017
Calif. Sues Sumitomo In Auto Parts Price Fixing MDL
The state of California sued Japanese auto parts maker Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. and its affiliates Friday as part of a massive multidistrict litigation in Michigan federal court over anti-competitive conduct and price-fixing in the auto parts industry.
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May 26, 2017
Omnicare Pays $13M To End Kickback, Medicaid Fraud Suit
Omnicare Inc. on Thursday asked a Massachusetts federal judge to approve a $13 million settlement to end a False Claims Act case brought by whistleblowers alleging fraudulent Medicaid claims and kickbacks to pharmacies that prescribed an antidepressant drug.
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May 26, 2017
Oil Storage Co., Magellan End Pipeline Access Antitrust Row
Fairway Energy Partners LLC and Magellan Pipeline Company on Thursday asked a state district judge in Houston to toss, with prejudice, an antitrust lawsuit Fairway had brought against Magellan in February over access to its Houston crude oil distribution system, saying an agreement has been reached.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
- Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition
- European Commission, Competition Directorate
- UK Competition and Markets Authority
- Germany’s Federal Cartel Office
- China’s Ministry Of Commerce
- Japan Fair Trade Commission
- Korea Fair Trade Commission
- Canada’s Competition Bureau
- Brazil’s Council for Economic Defense
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Clayton Act
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- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
- Robinson-Patman Act
- Sherman Act
- International antitrust legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Criminal charges over antitrust issues
- Global cartel investigations and actions
- Merger reviews and second requests
- Merger challenges and divestiture orders
- Anti-monopoly actions
- Pharmaceutical pay-for-delay challenges
- Bid-rigging probes
- Kickback, bribery, and corruption cases
- Challenges to state aid and other subsidies
- LITIGATION
- Antitrust class actions
- Price-fixing cases
- Illegal monopoly suits
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of competition practices
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