Competition Archive » April, 2008

Competition - April, 2008

150 articles

• DOJ Green-Lights Regal, Consolidated Cinema Deal
• Antitrust Class Actions Pile Up Against Filter Makers
• Ex-JP Morgan Muni Head Is Federal Target
• National Grid Appeals £41.6M Competition Fine
• New Investment Rules Endorse Broad Restrictions
• Nursing Home Can't Sue J&J For Pricing: 9th Circ.
• Warner Chilcott Settles Securities Case For $16.5M
• FTC Deepens Elsevier-ChoicePoint Investigation
• DOJ Probes MasterCard Regarding Antitrust Judgment
• EU Approves Oracle-BEA Deal
• Defendants Renew Dismissal Bids In Natural Gas MDL
• Siemens Says Probe Found Outright Corruption
• FERC OKs Its Part Of JP Morgan-Bear Deal
• Weyerhaeuser Plans Appeal Of $28M Jury Award
• FTC's Antitrust Suit Against Cephalon Moved To Pa.
• Heller Ehrman Antitrust Head Moves Back To Howrey
• FTC Issues Final Order After Chicago Hospital Merger
• Equifax Subsidiary Settles FTC's Antitrust Charges
• U.S., Abbott Spar Over Documents In AWP Case
• Raids Seek Evidence Of U.K. Grocers' Collusion
• Vermont Drops Out Of DRAM Antitrust Action
• Potlatch Approves $2.7 Million Antitrust Settlement
• Ontario Court Shuts Down Vitamin Antitrust Case
• 10th Circuit OKs Grocery Store Food, Gas Bundling
• Murdoch's Newsday Bid Likely To Be OK'd: Attorneys
• GPU Indirect Purchasers Ask For Class Certification
• AAI, Others Support FTC Action Against N-Data
• OFT Launches Tobacco Price-Fixing Probe
• Horse Racing Groups Hit With Antitrust Suit
• EU Biodiesel Group Calls For Dumping Probe Of U.S.
• Second Circuit Reignites Credit Card Arbitration Suit
• KPN Accuses Vodafone, T-Mobile Of Antitrust Abuses
• Merged Delta Will Benefit Everyone, CEOs Say
• Committee OKs Bill To Kill FCC Ownership Rules
• Yahoo-Google Experiment Attracts Antitrust Scrutiny
• EU, Rival Airlines Balk At Italy's Alitalia Bailout
• City Accuses Banks Of Price-Fixing On Investments
• The Implications Of Twombly And PeaceHealth
• Will Rambus Cause FTC To Tread More Carefully?
• Rambus Case May Impact Standard Setting: Experts
• DOJ Indicts Ex-Bristol-Myers Exec For Plavix Deal
• Lawmakers Seek 'Enron-Style' Probe Into Oil Prices
• Fed. Circ. Clears Osram Of Libeling Dominant
• FTC Tries Again To Stop Whole Foods Merger
• OFT To Pay Morrisons For False Price-Fixing Claims
• Calif. Suit Against Powerex Preempted: 9th Circuit
• Appellate Court Overturns FTC's Rambus Ruling
• Report Faults BAA Dominance Of U.K. Airport Market
• IBM Said To Face EU Scrutiny On Mainframe Business
• FTC Puts Heat On Executives Amid AndroGel Probe
• Winston & Strawn Nabs Antitrust Partner
• U.K. Regulators To Publish Joint Merger Rules
• Canadian Co. Indicted In Military Fraud Case
• $46M Settlement Gets Nod In Hydrogen Peroxide MDL
• Alston & Bird Antitrust Chair Moves To Jones Day
• Ala. Court OKs Joint Trials In Drug Pricing Suit
• Poker Players, World Poker Tour Settle Antitrust Suit
• High Court To Hear Anti-Dumping Case
• Heller Ehrman Launches New Trade Group In D.C.
• Bank Of England Plan Addresses Credit Crunch
• DRAM Indirect-Purchaser Cases Put On Hold
• Wholesaler Accuses Verizon Of Predatory Pricing
• Digital TV Dispute Could Tempt FTC, Experts Say
• Shareholders Sue Qualcomm Over Antitrust Violations
• Air Force Contract Under Antitrust Scrutiny: Report
• Don't Limit Real Estate Work To Lawyers: DOJ/FTC
• U.S. Senator Calls On FCC To Block XM-Sirius Deal
• Lawmakers Demand Probe Of NCAA Bowl System
• Airline Mergers Often Meet Turbulence At Takeoff
• Feds Eye Horizon Lines Over Pricing Practices
• Diamond Buyers Get A $295M Cut Of De Beers
• Ex-Manuli Exec Admits Role In Marine Hose Cartel
• Military Bid-Rigging Probe Elicits 7th Guilty Plea
• Balfour Beatty Among 112 That Fixed Prices: U.K. OFT
• Alcon Faces Antitrust Suit Over Eye Surgery Products
• EC Calls For Comment On Insurance Exemption
• EA Gets 2nd FTC Info Request Over Take-Two Deal
• Japan FTC Raids Offices In Air Cargo Probe
• Federal Courts See Huge Rise In Class Actions
• Judge Keeps Natural Gas Antitrust Suit Alive
• Lawmakers Promise High Scrutiny Of Delta-Northwest
• ICN Offers New Merger Analysis Recommendations
• Japan Airlines To Pay $110M For Cargo Price-Fixing
• Korean FTC Wants To Go Easier On Chaebol: Report
• DOJ Grants Sale Of ArcelorMittal Steel Mill
• States Win Some, Lose Some In DRAM Lawsuit
• Bear May Face SEC Action In Derivatives Probe
• Fare Hikes Inevitable With Delta-Northwest: Experts
• Regulator Takes Deeper Look Into Textile Deal
• EU Says It Left JFTC Out Of Switchgear Cartel Loop
• U.S. Food Cos. Call For Whopping Tariffs On Imports
• Manitowoc, Enodis To Merge Despite Antitrust Fears
• China To Join Antitrust Network: U.K. Official
• Government Asks For More Time In AWP Case
• Wachovia, JP Morgan Face 3 Antitrust Class Actions
• The Ins And Outs Of An ITC Section 337 Case
• TomTom Misses EU Deadline For Antitrust Plan
• DOJ OKs Media Auditor's New Code Of Conduct
• Google Hires Quattrone For Micro-Hoo Deal Advice
• EU Antitrust Reform May Be A State-By-State Matter
• Critics Wary Of Study's Praise For Civil Antitrust Action
• L.A. Purchasing Alliance Not Anti-Competitive: Judge
• DOT Signs Off On Delta, Northwest Immunity Bid
• Cuts Spare Antitrust Division, U.S. Attorneys
• DOD Contractor Pleads Guilty In Bid-Rigging Suit
• Rx.com Revives Battle With Pharmacy Managers
• EU Court Backs Deutsche Telekom's $19.8M Fine
• Yahoo-Microsoft Talks Spark Antitrust Concerns
• EU Pushes Non-U.S. Antitrust Class Action Model
• FTC Should Have Taken N-Data Claims Further: Dell
• Label Makers Urge Court To Toss Antitrust Case
• The Scope Of Solicitor-Client Privilege In Europe
• SRAM Cos. Challenge Consumer Protection Claims
• Judge Issues Injunction On Medicare Bidding Project
• Corporate Crime Deals Do Have Benefits: Attorneys
• Louisiana AG Yanks Amgen Antitrust Case
• Comcast Pushes For Set-Top Box Rule Reversal
• EU Reclaims €83M In Farm Subsidies
• Judge Shelves Claims In Nanya-Fujitsu DRAM War
• EU Court Pours Sweden A Victory Over Alcohol Taxes
• Orthopedic Surgeons Should Prepare For Scrutiny
• U.K.'s Energy Watchdog Probes Scottish Power Cos.
• Nextel Doctored Sales Data Before Sprint Sale: Suit
• EU Banana Tariffs Violate Trade Agreements: WTO
• Eni, Repsol, Total Caught In EU Wax Cartel Probe
• Paving The Way For Follow-On Private Damages In EU
• Vermonters Call For Antitrust Probe Of Big Oil
• Canadian Merger Decisions Point To Need For Reform
• Belgium Fines Solutia, Others In Chemical Cartel
• Wellbutrin Drug Cos. Were Anti-Competitive: Suit
• Massey And Justice Starcher Clash Over Recusal
• Microsoft New Doc Format Wins OK, Sparks Debate
• Suit Against Louisiana Insurers Stays In Federal Court
• Matthew Sonsini Moves To Sobrato Organization
• EU Proposes Civil Antitrust Enforcement Policies
• Corn Farmers Again Lose Class Bid In Monsanto Feud
• Respironics Wins Judgment in Antitrust Case
• DOJ Acknowledges Chocolate Industry Probe
• FERC Approves $85.7M Settlement Over Energy Crisis
• Montana Brokers Change Rebate Rule After DOJ Probe
• Visa Europe Wants To Strike Deal With EU
• EU Probes U.K.'s £24B In Aid To Northern Rock
• Carnival Settles Cruise Line Surcharge Probe For $40M
• Car-Filter-Makers Slammed With Antitrust Suit
• Judge Drops Epson Unit From TFT-LCD Action
• Costco Loses Rehearing Bid In Liquor Antitrust Case
• Florida AG Probes Reddy Ice For Price-Fixing
• Jury Awards Siemens $3.7M In Trade Secrets Case
• GSK Violated Competition Laws: EU Advocate General
• Probes Could Turn Darker For Chocolate-Makers