Competition Archive » June, 2008

Competition - June, 2008

149 articles

• Gillet Prevails In Antitrust Dispute Over Patent Suit
• After Roadblocks, Judge Allows Aloha Claim Sale
• Competing To Win: Canada Must Get Its Act Together
• EC Enacts Cartel Settlement Plan
• Joint Venture For Video On Demand Faces Scrutiny
• Carlyle Signs FTC Pact Over INEOS Buyout
• Judge Keeps Most Of SRAM MDL Complaint Intact
• Sixth Circuit Upholds FCC's Video Franchising Rules
• Court Certifies Pharmacy Class In AWP Suit V. Eckerd
• EU Probes Calcium Carbide Suppliers For Price-Fixing
• U.S. Jail Time Suspended For British Cartel Members
• Plaintiffs Demand Le Carbone Data In Antitrust Suit
• MasterCard Contests Bid To Revise Protective Order
• EU Debates Air Cargo Competition Case
• Wake-Up Call For Oil Industry Competition Compliance
• Prices For Ocean Shipping Being Manipulated: Suit
• Exxon Ruling Will Drill Punitive Awards: Experts
• Airlines Agree To Pay $504M In Price-Fixing Probe
• DOJ, FTC Raise Red Flags Over Interchange Fee Bill
• $90M Damages Stand In Construction Cartel Verdict
• EU Smacks Chemical Cartel With €5M In Fines
• MasterCard To Pay AmEx $1.8B To Settle Case
• Judge Dismisses Bemis Parent From Labelstock MDL
• $3M Sliced From Award To Ex-Sonnenschein Lawyer
• Ohio AG To Open Probe Into DHL Deal
• Wireless Companies Fight Over Telecom Licenses
• Lawmaker Pushes DOJ To Block JBS Takeover
• A Wide-Ranging Investigation In The Oil Industry
• EC Raises Concerns Over OMV Takeover Of MOL
• EU Seeks Antitrust Damages From Elevator Cos.
• S. Korea FTC Fines 8 Chemical Cos. For Price-Fixing
• Judge Prods Microsoft To Produce Technical Data
• ERISA Plaintiffs Seek OK For $24.2M Deal With AIG
• Marathon Bows Out Of Citgo Terminal Deal
• Chinese Steel Pipe Imports Harm U.S. Industry: ITC
• Celanese Sues Kaye Scholer For Legal Malpractice
• Thomson-Reuters Clears DOJ Hurdle
• Supreme Court Takes Up AT&T Price-Squeeze Case
• 7th Circ. Lets Marathon Petroleum Off Antitrust Hook
• W. Va. Newspaper Antitrust Case Forges Ahead
• EU Targets Major Detergent Makers In Cartel Probe
• ATP's Bid To Split Tennis Tour Trial Denied
• States, Customers Ask FERC To Reopen Edison Probe
• Patent Pools Grow More Popular In Tech Sector
• ACCC Lobs Criminal Claims Against Visy Owner
• AstraZeneca Will Appeal Alabama Medicaid Ruling
• EU Raids Sara Lee's Dutch Office
• FERC Rule Loosens Gas Capacity Releases Markets
• Take-Two Makes Deal With FTC For Documents
• China Denies Antitrust Probe Of Microsoft
• Lawmaker Grills Yahoo On Google Ad Deal
• Sale Of Aloha's Mesa Claim Runs Into Trouble
• NHL Asks To Start Disciplinary Procedures For MSG
• Mack Truck Dealer Wins Appeal In Price-Fixing Case
• Lawsuit Flies In The Face Of Airline Merger
• Contractor To Pay $3.3M To Settle Bid-Rigging Case
• EU Tackling Patent Ambushes With Antitrust Tools
• EU Parliament OKs Full Unbundling In Power Market
• Large-Scale Damages Actions Tested In Europe
• South Korea Vows Antitrust Vigilance
• Microsoft Royalty Cuts Draw Cheers From DOJ, States
• Court Slashes Hoechst's Sorbate Cartel Fine
• After Hiatus, FCC's Cable Ownership Cap Is Back
• China Starts Anti-Monopoly Probe Of Microsoft
• EU Settlement Plan Needs More Incentive: Attorneys
• Senators Prod U.S. Trade Rep To Act Against OPEC
• 4 Hurdles That Will Deter Private EU Antitrust Actions
• Qantas Negotiating Cartel Fine With Australia: Report
• Fed. Circ. Boosts Commerce Dept.'s Policing Powers
• Ex-Milberg Partners Sued By Former Colleagues
• Spain Fails To Respond To EU's Endesa Deadline
• 9th Circuit Dismantles Suit Against Boeing, Lockheed
• Reddy Ice Probe Expands With Arizona AG's Request
• FCC Chairman Endorses Sirius, XM Merger
• Ex-Fleet Bank Exec Admits To Distressed Loan Fraud
• Military Bid-Rigging Probe Nets Ninth Guilty Plea
• Celanese Settles Polyester Antitrust MDL For $107M
• Indie Group Continues To Battle Sony BMG Deal
• Ethanol Developer Hits Consultant With $72M Suit
• EU OKs Endesa Takeover Deal
• A Return To Traditional Principles Of Patent Exhaustion
• When Negotiation Amounts To Price-Fixing
• EU Investigates U.S. Biodiesel Subsidies
• Celgene Loses Bid To Stay Claims In Thalomid Suit
• Analogix Sues Silicon Image Over HDMI Monopoly
• Canadian Gas Retailers Cop To Price-Fixing Plot
• EBay Delays Australia PayPal Plan
• Start Of Yahoo-Google Deal Raises Antitrust Concerns
• Merger Of Beer Giants No Concern To DOJ: Lawyer
• MasterCard Nixes EU Cross-Border Interchange Fees
• EU Charges E.ON, Gaz de France With Collusion
• Three Brits Get Jail Time For Marine Hose Cartel
• Senator Questions Truthfulness Of Sirius CEO
• Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid Hit AmEx With Antitrust Suit
• EU Fines Chemical Companies €79M For Bleach Cartel
• Citric Acid Imports May Hurt U.S. Industry: ITC
• EU Probes Italy's €300M Loan To Alitalia
• Retired Colonel Pleads Guilty To Army Contract Fraud
• Quanta V. LG Electronics: Patent Licensees Go 2-0
• Verizon, RCC Agree To Divest Overlapping Assets
• Discover Seeks $6B In Visa, MasterCard Antitrust Suit
• AstraZeneca Asks Ala. Court To Toss $215M Verdict
• AWP Judge Sends Utah Complaint Back To State Court
• Vitamin C MDL Defendants Renew Call To Dismiss
• High Court Sets Patent Exhaustion Law Back On Track
• Judge Pours Milk Antitrust Dismissal Bid Down Drain
• Facing FTC Challenge, Hospitals Drop Merger Plans
• OFT Clears Air France KLM Merger With Belgian Airline
• Verizon Gets Conditional OK For $2.7B RCC Buyout
• Four Countries Appeal Microsoft's OOXML Standard
• Drug Cos. Protest Utah's Bid To Remove AWP Case
• FTC Seeks En Banc Review Of Rambus Ruling
• Measure Tackles Credit Card Interchange Fees
• Intel Probe May Be Sign Of New Attitude At FTC
• Wellpoint Loses Bid To Block 8 Missouri Plaintiffs
• Interlocking Directorships: Canada's Antitrust Stance
• Judge Nixes AWP Plaintiffs' Appeal For Class Counsel
• FTC Looking Into Mortgage Lender Practices
• FTC Subpoenas Intel Over Potential Antitrust Abuses
• EA Gives FTC More Time To Ponder Take-Two Takeover
• EU Committee OKs Compromise On Gas Unbundling
• Judge Says Intel Must Show Some Notes On Evidence
• DOJ Clears Beer Companies' Merger
• 'Patent Trolls' Can Boost Competition: Experts
• Germany Fails To Assuage EU Over Volkswagen Law
• South Korea's Antitrust Watchdog Fines Intel $25M
• EU Targets 11 Member States Over Merger Laws
• Fed. Circ. 2nds DVD Patent Pool Antitrust Dismissal
• Bill To Let DOJ Sue OPEC Introduced In Senate
• FTC Approves Comments On Illinois Retail Clinic Law
• Japan FTC Fines Steel Cos. $19M For Bid-Rigging
• DOJ Wants Info On Delta-Northwest Deal
• Intel Gets More Flak Over Discovery In Antitrust Suit
• EU Won't Give MasterCard More Time To Abolish Fees
• Pharma Execs To Be Videotaped At FTC Hearing
• Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy
• Brazil Plans $4B Sanctions On U.S. After WTO Ruling
• Counsel Asks Judge For OK Of Label Price-Fixing Deal
• Ohio Gov. Looking For Antitrust Holes In DHL Deal
• Chemical Cos. Settle Hydrogen Peroxide Antitrust Suit
• ConocoPhillips Subpoenaed By CFTC In Oil Probe
• Maryland Tax Lien Agent Pleads Guilty To Bid-Rigging
• Sanofi Illegally Blocked Inspectors During Raid: EC
• OFT Raids Barclays, RBS Over Loan Price-Fixing
• No IP Info For Protonix Antitrust Plaintiffs: Judge
• Aloha To Sell Off Claim Against Mesa: Report
• District Judge Joins Jones Day's Trial Practice
• National Dairy On The Hook In Milk Antitrust Case
• CFTC Scrutinizing Cotton Futures: Reports