Competition Archive » January, 2008

Competition - January, 2008

161 articles

• Judge Nixes Most Of Marsh Ex-COO's ERISA Claims
• U.S. Regulators Approve Midwest Airline Acquisition
• EU Hesitates Over Google-DoubleClick Merger
• EU Sues States Over Minimum Resale Price Laws
• Professor Raises Antitrust Issue In Vioxx Agreement
• EU Prods Spain To End Restrictions On Enel Merger
• Countrywide Affiliates Hit With Predatory Lending Suit
• Italy's Broadcasting System Breaks EU Law: Court
• Stephenson Harwood Bulks Competition Practice
• DRAM Manufacturers Dispute N.Y. Antitrust Claims
• EU Officials Raid Ship Inspection Companies
• N-Data Signals Important New Enforcement Trend
• Indirect Purchasers Suffer Major Blow In DRAM MDL
• AIG Pays $12.5M To Settle Bid-Rigging Claims
• Crowell & Moring Nets Ex-FTC Attorney
• With Merger, Mayer Brown Breaks Into China
• $4B Suit Says Trump Used Name To Shut Out Rival
• Trouble Brews For Canadian Competition Bureau
• Fined By EU, Glass Cos. Face U.S. Antitrust Suit
• NCAA, Athletes End Antitrust Suit With $18.9M Deal
• EU Fines E.ON €38M For Breaking Evidence Seal
• Sonnenschein Lures Litigator From Locke Lord
• 9th Circ. Reverses Costco's Win Against Liquor Board
• EC Calls For Less Regulation Of Notary Markets
• BSkyB Told To Cut ITV Stake For Competition's Sake
• France, Germany Propose End-Run Around Unbundling
• Judge Spurns State's Late Bid For Unclaimed $4.6M
• Microsoft Loses Bid To End Antitrust Supervision
• FTC Opinion Not Evidence In Rambus Case: Judge
• Price Tag Too High For U.K. Price-Fixing Class Action
• AARP, FTC File Amicus Briefs In Cipro Case
• Gannett Cornering D.C. Market For USA Today: Suit
• Speedway Seeks To Jump-Start Antitrust Appeal
• Retailer In Intel Suit Ordered To Open Its Files
• Plaintiffs Push For Trial Date In AWP Lawsuit
• Japan Considers Retooling Antitrust Regulations
• No Name-Calling In Rambus Patent Case: Judge
• FedEx, UPS Hit With Surcharge Price-Fixing Claims
• E.ON Vows To Fight EC Fine Over Broken Seal
• FTC Prevails In Chicago Bridge Antitrust Case
• Court Breathes New Life Into Suit Against Ikon, GE
• Physician Arrangements Get Device Makers In Trouble
• Justices To Reconsider $50M Massey Case
• DOJ OKs Pearson Merger Pending Divestiture
• PTO Rejects Gilead's Patents For HIV Drug
• Mylan Hit With $69.2M In Treble Damages
• Firms Tell EC To Offer Carrots For Cartel Settlements
• EU Studies Input On Cartel Settlement Plan
• JFTC Raids Suspected Price-Fixing Steel Companies
• District Court Dismisses Tyco Antitrust Suit
• Fine-Tooth Comb For $3B Murdoch-Packer Media Deal
• Vendors, Law Firms Clash Over E-Discovery
• FCC Has No Right To Void Contracts: Cable Industry
• Credit Card Plaintiffs Dealt Discovery Setback
• Protecting Privileged Information In EU Investigations
• India To Overhaul Merger Rules
• FTC Asserts Antitrust Authority In Patent Licensing
• Absence Of 2007 U.K. Fines Reflects Past Slump
• EU Fines Bayer, Zeon €34.2M Total For Price-Fixing
• Credit Card Defendants Oppose Special Master
• Retractable's Antitrust, Patent Claims Severed
• Plaintiffs In Dismissed Plastics Cartel Case Try Again
• N.Y. AG Widens Probe Of Study Abroad Programs
• LG Group Hit With Fine For Illegal Sales Tactics
• EU Steps Up Scrutiny Of IBM-Cognos Merger
• Airline Antitrust Plaintiffs Renew Push For Discovery
• European Parliament Debates Internet Privacy Limits
• High Court Wants Govt. Take On Price-Squeeze Case
• Antitrust Fears In Quanta V. LG Case Raise Eyebrows
• EU Pharma Probe Expected To Veer From FTC Course
• Morrison & Foerster Picks Up FTC Attorney
• Korean Investigators Raid Samsung Amusement Park
• Solvay Decries $23M Deal For Bleach Cartel Cohort
• Baker & McKenzie Forms Tokyo Antitrust Group
• Intel Faces Another Antitrust Class Action
• JFTC Fines Oil Cos. 4.48B Yen For Bid-Rigging
• EU Antitrust Enforcement Against Pharmas
• Sanofi Loses Bid To Dismiss Claims Over Arava
• U.S.-EU Split Over Tying, Bundling Growing Wider
• Duke Got Support For Rate Hike Via Kickbacks: Suit
• Florida Yanks Allstate's License To Write New Policies
• 1st Circ. Won't Hear CytoLogix's Patent Claims
• U.K. Energy Watchdog Finds No Collusion
• EC Raids Spike Plaintiffs' Interests, But No Suits Yet
• Delta Merger Would Face Antitrust Hurdles
• Net Neutrality At Issue In FCC's Comcast Inquiry
• AWP Plaintiffs Appeal Disqualification Of Counsel
• Singapore Squashes Bug-Control Cartel
• Qantas Officials Not Off The Hook Yet In U.S.
• Top Drugmakers Caught In EU Antitrust Raids
• Boeing-Airbus Squabble Over Govt. Subsidies
• As Special Master, She Sets Precedent
• Credit Card Cos., State Reach $16M Antitrust Accord
• Judge OKs Qantas' $61M Plea Deal
• Court Denies Some Claims In Interchange Fee Case
• FTC Tries For 11th-Hour Stay Of Whole Foods Merger
• Epson Imaging Tossed From LCD Antitrust Case
• Insurers, Brokers Not ERISA Fiduciaries: Judge
• Facing Antitrust Scrutiny, Agrium Yanks UAP Proposal
• Judge Bats Down Document Request In Urethane Case
• Judge, Massey CEO Accused Of Hiding Friendship
• U.K.'s Big Six Utilities Stifle Competition: Report
• Northern Trust Takes $100M Hit From Visa Suits
• Antitrust Claims Dismissed From HPV Patent Suit
• MasterCard Antitrust Claims Should Stay: Judge
• Microsoft Faces Two Fresh Probes In EU
• Samsung Probe Heats Up With Raids
• DHL Among Freight Cos. Nabbed In Price-Fixing Suit
• DRM Technology For Music May Be Dead: Experts
• Justices Ponder Curbing Downstream Patent Licenses
• States File One More Argument In Microsoft Case
• Japan Fires Back In Fight With U.S. Over Zeroing
• Mayer Brown Plucks Top EU Competition Official
• BSkyB Gets More Time To Appeal ITV Ruling
• N.Y. AG Investigation Raises Stakes For Intel
• Face-Off In Antitrust Suit Over Warhol Portrait
• Merck Inks Deal For Generic Fosamax: Report
• Brazil Mine Giant Vale Fined In Antitrust Dispute
• N.Y. AG Launches Antitrust Probe Of Intel
• Q&A With Dechert's Paul H. Friedman
• Reviving The Exhaustion Doctrine
• Clifford Chance Taps Top EU Talent
• Payout Of $295M De Beers Settlement Nears
• The Scope Of Legal Privilege In EU Antitrust Probes
• EU Probe Into Apple Ends With Pricing Agreement
• Belgian Supreme Court To Hear Telecom Merger Case
• High Court Puts Brakes On Freight Loading Case
• Applied Medical In-House Counsel Joins Crowell
• O2 Micro Seeks To Separate Antitrust, Patent Issues
• Fed. Cir. Reverses Pennzoil Tax Refund Ruling
• All American Creditors' Plan: Win Antitrust Suits
• Judge Finds Purdue's OxyContin Patents Enforceable
• Bristol-Myers Again Rebuffs Plavix Fraud Claims
• Iceland Slaps Shipping Co. With Record Antitrust Fine
• Apple, EU Expected To Resolve Antitrust Case
• $13M Payday For Lawyers In Paint Price-Fixing MDL
• NCAA Trial Abandoned As Settlement Nears
• Hershey, Mars Plotted To Fix Chocolate Prices: Suit
• Lengthy XM-Sirius Merger Review Raises Questions
• Marsh Derivative Plaintiffs Battle Over Deloitte Claims
• Judge Takes NASCAR Dispute Off The Track
• Cable Cos Gear Up To Boot The Set-Top Box
• Illegal Tying Is Core Of Apple's Business: Suit
• Travelers Settles Securities Fraud Case for $77M
• Court Won't Cancel Antitrust Action Against Nielsen
• EU Calls For Broadband Competition In Belgium
• Flash Memory Plaintiffs Can't Get Docs: Judge
• Plaintiffs' Attorney Kicked Off AWP Case
• Verizon-MCI Merger To Go Through In Pa.
• Effects of Stolt-Nielsen Case May Linger
• Intel Finalizing Response To EC's Antitrust Charges
• EU Mergers 2007: A Year Of Consolidation
• AT&T's "Triple Play" A Foul Pitch: Antitrust Suit
• Tyco Fires Back In Containers Case
• Energy Cos. Seek To Bar State Antitrust Claim
• AGs Lack Evidence To Extend Oversight: Microsoft
• FTC Cuts No Slack For Second Failure To File
• Drug Giants Probed Over U.N. Oil-For-Food Kickbacks
• Antitrust Filings Drop In 2007
• Travelers Cos. Settles Bid-Rigging Claims
• Intel Auto-Delete System Under Fire In Antitrust Suit