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Latest News in Competition
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September 18, 2017
Ohio State Seeks To Punt Ex-Player’s Suit To State Court
Ohio State University on Monday said it hasn’t waived its sovereign immunity over claims that banners hung in the school’s football stadium with former football players’ images violate the Sherman and Lanham Acts, urging a federal court to toss the antitrust claims and send the case to state court.
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September 18, 2017
Merger Bills Show Dems Embracing Antitrust Enforcement
A pair of bills recently released by Senate Democrats to combat corporate consolidation may be destined for the scrap heap, but the legislation and the support it has garnered among Democrats show that aggressive antitrust enforcement could come to play a central role in the party's agenda.
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September 18, 2017
Hemlock Asks 6th Circ. To Keep Win Against SolarWorld Unit
Hemlock Semiconductor Operations LLC on Friday urged the Sixth Circuit not to rehear its decision backing the company's $793 million damages win in a supply contract dispute with a SolarWorld unit, calling the unit's bid for rehearing "baseless."
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September 18, 2017
Novo Nordisk, Benefits Co. Get Price Hike Suit Moved To NJ
A California federal judge agreed Monday to transfer to New Jersey a proposed class action accusing drugmaker Novo Nordisk Inc. and pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx Inc. of conspiring to drive up the price of Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Victoza, noting that five suits over similar schemes have already been filed in New Jersey federal court.
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September 18, 2017
EU OKs RBS Move To Drop Williams & Glyn Sale
The European Commission gave final approval Monday to Royal Bank of Scotland PLC's bid to avoid selling off a subsidiary under the terms of its financial crisis bailout, finding a new roughly £800 million ($1.1 billion) plan to support challenger banks would do enough to improve competition.
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
- Federal Trade Commission Act
- 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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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
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- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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