Competition Archive » August, 2006

Competition - August, 2006

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• E.C. Gives Spain More Time To Reply To Endesa Bid
• E.U. Expands Probe Of Italy's Autostrade Intervention
• BAA Dismisses Calls For Break-Up
• Airline, Health Care Lawsuits Fuel Class Action Surge
• U.K. Lawmaker To Probe Gas Market
• Johnson & Johnson Wins Medical Device Antitrust Suit
• Air Cargo Litigation Leads To Feeding Frenzy For Firms
• E.U. Delays Antitrust Review Of Westinghouse Sale
• Antitrust Experts Condemn Proposed Wright Deal
• Lessons For Intellectual Property Owners
• BP Faces New U.S. Probe On Crude-Oil Manipulation
• Antitrust Boutiques Take On Big Rivals To Win Clients
• Judge Fast-Tracks California Newspaper Case
• FTC Draws Line In Sand In Standard-Setting Process
• Purdue Fends Off Generic OxyContin Competition
• California Lifts Price Control For Telecom Companies
• Suez And Gaz De France Give Only An Inch
• High Court Urged To Follow Standard In Antitrust Case
• Sotheby's Still Paying For Price-Fixing Scandal
• Bertelsmann Refuses To Bear Risk In BMG Auction
• E.C. Dubs Spain's E.On Restrictions Illegal
• Appeals Court Smokes Claims Against R.J. Reynolds
• California Probes Another McClatchy Newspaper Sale
• British Airways, Others Demand BAA Breakup
• 3M Settles Antitrust Suit For $28.8M
• Science Companies To Divest After FTC Request
• Scandinavia Mulls iTunes Antitrust Crackdown
• Experts Eye "Section 5" Resurgence In Rambus Case
• DLA Piper Pilfers Top Philly Antitrust Attorney
• FTC Accuses Doctors Of Price-Fixing
• Gasline Consortium Keeps Antitrust Suit Alive
• Drug Cos. Put Off Planning For Generic Competition
• Judge Denies Netflix Motion To Dismiss
• Deal Reached In Orange Juice Antitrust Probe
• Rambus Granted Stay In Hynix Patent Case
• Finnish Metal Firm Denies U.S. Cartel Activity
• J&J Unit Asserts Bladder Drug Patent Again
• E.C. Orders Deutsche Telekom To Open Network
• Luxembourg Backs Stolt In Landmark Cartel Case
• FTC Chairman Skeptical Of Net Neutrality Bill
• Microsoft Ready To Roll Out New Windows For Korea
• E.C. Resorts To Competition Law To Create Single Energy Market
• DOJ Eyes Tenet Healthcare Hospital Contract
• U.K. Airlines Call For Further Look Into BAA
• FTC Challenges Natural Gas Storage Merger
• Supreme Court Snubs Stolt's Amnesty Bid
• Collins & Aikman Creditors Want Antitrust Probe
• DOJ Taps Economist As Assistant Attorney General
• No End In Sight In Plavix Battle
• Chinese Law Worries U.S. Chamber Of Commerce
• Class Action Suits Follow FTC Ruling Against Rambus
• Gloves Come Off In Plavix Battle
• Chicago Mercantile Probed Over Cheese Price-Fixing
• California High Court Narrows Unfair Competition Standing
• Microsoft Case Yields $80M For Florida Schools
• Russia Probes Telecom Cos. Over Price-Fixing
• E.C. To Issue Gaz de France-Suez Report
• Gas Station Owners Sue Over Credit Card Costs
• Intel Can Subpoena Merger Docs From ATI, Court Says
• Watchdogs To Mull Over Legal Action Against Apple
• Trends In Compulsory Licenses In Greater China
• European Antitrust Regulators Eye Thule Merger
• Bristol-Myers, Sanofi Try To Cope With Generic Plavix
• Suit Alleges Airline Price-Fixing Conspiracy
• Federal Circuit Sides With Monsanto In Licensing Spat
• Yahoo! Taiwan Probed For Abuse Of Monopoly Power
• FTC Extends Antitrust Review Of Barr Acquisition
• Earthlink Loses Another Round In Battle With FCC
• Attorney Sentenced To 33 Months For Conspiracy
• Monsanto To Face Antitrust Concerns Over Acquisition
• Suit Takes Aim At Copper Tubing Cartel
• Orthopedic Cos. Face Antitrust Class Actions
• Liberty Mutual Fights Back Against Spitzer
• E.C. To Investigate Pulp Mill Equipment Supplier Merger
• DOJ Will Not Question Trucking Agreements
• AMD, ATI Merger Holds Valuable Clues: Intel
• Judge Suspends Settlement With Orange Juice Cos.
• Attorney General Tapped To Intervene In Wright Debate
• Payola Probe Inspires Two New Lawsuits
• O'Melveny Lures Another FTC Employee
• Indonesian Companies Dumping Paper Products In U.S.
• Glaxo Forks Over $70M in Drug-Pricing Fraud
• Telecom Mergers Won't Raise Prices, DOJ Economist Says
• Spain Responds To E.C. Request For Info In Endesa Sale
• China To Review Foreign-Domestic Mergers
• Federal Circuit Blasts Trade Court In Anti-Dumping Ruling
• Encore Merger Gets Antitrust Clearance From FTC
• Italy Bids For Authority To Probe Insurance Merger
• E.C. Ends Paper Industry Probe
• FTC Moves To Stop U.S. Mammogram Monopoly
• Antitrust Suit Against 3M Gains New Life
• E.C. Turns Up Heat In DVD Probe
• E.C., Italy Clash Over Autostrade Deal
• Apotex Launches At-Risk Generic Plavix
• Tenth Circuit Reverses Aluminum Antitrust Ruling
• Paper Company Cuts $12.4M Settlement
• Brazil Seeks WTO Probe Into U.S. Cotton Subsidies
• Airlines Association Urges Jet Fuel Inquiry
• Seventh Circuit Hangs Up On Phone Cos. Appeal
• Telstra Ditches Plan For New Broadband Network
• Kroes Blasts Spanish Protectionism In Letter
• Medtronic, Others Fall Under Antitrust Scrutiny
• Cases Test Changes To California's Competition Law
• Rambus Ruling Watched Closely By Chip Makers
• Dana Settles Patent, Antitrust Suits
• Tyco's Patent Counterclaims Ordered Into New Case
• Mittal To Sell Mill To Appease DOJ Antitrust Concerns
• Alcatel Accused Of Duping Standard-Setting Body
• E.C. Questions Conditions Imposed In E.On Deal
• 11th Circuit Neighs At Equestrian Antitrust Suit
• Antitrust Case Filings Soar In 2006
• Rambus To Face Damages In Patent Case: FTC
• Plavix Patent Litigation to Resume, Sanofi Exec Says
• Lawyer Sues Thomson Over Bar-Exam Materials
• Consumer Reporting Co. Sued For Antitrust Violations
• Apple Responds to Scandinavian Antitrust Inquiry
• Senate Panel OKs Credit-Rating Agency Bill
• Whistleblower Challenges $40M Medtronic Settlement
• St. Paul Travelers Settles Bid-Rigging Charges
• Drug Cos. Hit With Plavix Antitrust Class Action
• GM Sued By Daimler Over Transmission "Monopoly"
• Mittal Must Divest Tin Mill To Take Over Arcelor
• E.U. Opens Up For Competition In Defense Contracting
• New Report Casts Doubt On PhRMA Study