Competition Archive » December, 2008

Competition - December, 2008

111 articles

• FTC Settles Price-Fixing Case With Doctor Groups
• Phosphates Maker Cleared In DOJ Antitrust Probe
• DOJ Wins Restraining Order In Microsemi Case
• 3rd Circ. Strikes Class Certification In Peroxide Suit
• EU Accuses EDF Of Suppressing Competition
• $33M Roche Antitrust Deal Gets Final OK
• Dairy Co-Op Manipulated Milk Prices: Suit
• Judge OKs Class In K-Dur Reverse-Payment Suit
• FTC OKs $1.6B King, Alpharma Deal With Divestiture
• MySpace's Conduct Not Anti-Competitive: 9th Circ.
• Lax Merger Enforcement In An Obama Administration?
• Marine Hose Makers Settle Antitrust MDL For $22M
• KFTC Hits Asian Paper Makers With $3.1M Cartel Fine
• DC Circ. Upholds FERC Competitive Markets Rule
• Inverness Agrees To Sell Pregnancy Test Assets
• Teva Agrees To Sell Assets In $8.9B Merger With Barr
• Bristol-Myers, States Settle Plavix Case For $1.1M
• Firm Fights Ex-Chair For Lead Role In Antitrust MDL
• EU Court Denies Beef Groups' Appeal Of Cartel Fines
• ITC Ruling On Duties Affirmed In OJ Anti-Dumping Suit
• Japan Fines Sharp $3M In LCD Price-Fixing Scheme
• EU Upholds €3.4M Fine Against Spanish Rubber Cos.
• Ryanair, Charleroi Deal Not State Aid: Court
• Russia Mulls Antitrust Fines For Rosneft and LUKoil
• Hynix Basks In Glow Of Dropped SRAM Probe
• Antitrust, Infringement Claims Split In Cardizem Suit
• French Regulator Balks At IPhone Exclusivity Deal
• Increasing Antitrust Enforcement Under Obama?
• Baker & McKenzie Snags Former FTC Commissioner
• BAA Told To Sell 1 Airport In Edinburgh, 2 In London
• Judge Tosses La. AG's Suit Against Allstate, Others
• Meijer Reaches $13M Deal With Barr In Ovcon Case
• The Risks Of Altering FTC Merger Review Practices
• Corrected: Prices For Processed Tomatoes Fixed: Class Action
• Arcelor Mittal, Others Hit With €575M Fine For Cartel
• Fed. Circ. Rejects Appeal Of Anti-Dumping Rule
• DRAM Feud Heats Up Over Sun's Purchaser Status
• Private Equity Firms Fail To Get Antitrust Suit Tossed
• Ovation Hiked Drug Price Almost 1,300 Percent: FTC
• Time Warner Cable TV Box MDL To Play Out In NY
• Dairy Co-Op, Execs Settle Antitrust Suit For $12M
• NZ Competition Agency Targets Air Cargo Cartel
• Siemens To Pay $1.6B To Settle Bribery Charges
• FTC Asks Court To Boot Whole Foods Counterattack
• Aluminum Centers Schemed To Keep Rival Out: Judge
• Direct Buyers Seek Class Certification In Flonase Suit
• Judge Won't Toss RIM License Dispute With Motorola
• Investment Funds To Pay $800K For HSR Violations
• Time To Revoke Railroad Antitrust Exemptions: Attys.
• Competition Practice: Paul Hastings
• AT&T Rate Dispute Case Moves Ahead
• 9th Exec Pleads Guilty In Marine Hose Cartel Case
• EU Charges Toshiba, Siemens, ABB In Cartel Probe
• Group Drops Legal Fight Against Lloyds-HBOS Merger
• EU Probes Poland's €52.7M Subsidy For Dell
• Qantas, BA Fined $25M Over Fuel Surcharge Cartel
• LCD Makers Hit With More Claims In Price-Fixing Suit
• National City To Sell 61 Branches In $5.6B PNC Deal
• Intel Seeks Reversal of $25M KFTC Fine
• House Report Strafes FCC Leadership
• DOJ May Still Charge 8 Sharp, LG Execs In LCD Probe
• Parties Dispute Limitations Statute In Gas MDL
• The Application of Article 82 EC — Part II
• Chocolatiers Battle To Get Antitrust Cases Tossed
• The Application Of Article 82 EC — Part I
• DOJ Nets Guilty Plea In Tomato Price-Fixing Probe
• Fla. Launches Morgan Stanley Price Gouging Probe
• EU Won't Back Off Telecom Antitrust Efforts: Kroes
• Qwest Sues Colorado Regulator Over FCC Rules
• Former Heller Antitrust Veteran Joins White & Case
• Labor Leaders, Economists Push For $900B Stimulus
• Dell Loses Challenge To AMD Subpoenas In Intel Spat
• Korean Co.'s Antitrust Suit Against Flexsys Tossed
• UK Group Challenges Lloyds-HBOS Union
• High Court Wrestles With Price-Squeeze Case
• AGs Reach Settlement As Part Of Student-Loan Probe
• Whole Foods Launches Counterattack On FTC
• Most 2nd Requests Due To Horizontal Market Concerns
• EU Seeks Input On RWE's Promise To Divest
• Plaintiffs Fight Apple Over Added Filing On IPod Class
• Discover, Morgan Stanley Spar Over $2.75B Payout
• KV Adds Sherman Act Counterclaims To Ritalin Suit
• UK Competition Tribunal Nixes BSkyB's New Appeal
• Retailers, Advocates Raise Battle Cry Post-Leegin
• EU Seeks Comments On Horizontal Cooperation Rules
• DOJ Demands Divestitures In Republic-Allied Merger
• Judge Nixes Cordis' Bid To Fend Off Stent Patent Trial
• France Slaps 4 Oil Giants With €41.1M In Fines
• Court Denies UK Agency's Appeal In Price-Fixing Spat
• Technology Legislation To Watch In 2009
• Miss. AG Hits Entergy Corp. With Antitrust Suit
• Competition Legislation To Watch In 2009
• Competition Cases To Watch In 2009
• VOD Joint Venture Anti-Competitive: UK Regulators
• Consumer Protection Drives EU Market Abuse Efforts
• Health Cases To Watch In 2009
• EU Clears BNP Paribas' €14.5B Fortis Bank Buyout
• EU Merger Notification Process Could Be Clearer: ABA
• Swiss Regulator Probes Cosmetics Manufacturers
• DOJ's Google-Yahoo Counsel To Rejoin Firm
• EU Extends Inspection Of Teva-Barr Deal
• Glenmark Lobs Counterclaims At Teva In Coreg Suit
• Unusual Issues Snarl High Court Price-Squeeze Suit
• NY AG Honcho Moves To Labaton Sucharow
• Germany To Drop Gas Price-Fixing Probes
• Dunlop To Pay $4.54M For Role In Marine Hose Cartel
• EU Attack On Drug IP Practices Presents Challenges
• Ineos Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Carbon Fiber
• Australian Cartel Whistleblowers May Dodge Jail
• Unjust Enrichment: Unjust, Indeed
• Ex-Cohen Milstein Chair To Keep Role In Air Cargo MDL