Competition Archive » June, 2009

Competition - June, 2009

165 articles

• Debate Brews Over Obama Regulatory Reform Plan
• Solvay, Unimed Hit With AndroGel Suit In Pa.
• Plaintiffs Drop Antitrust Suit Over G-Fees
• Sen. Blasts College Bowl System As Anti-Competitive
• UK OFT Releases Merger Guidance
• EU To Consider Concessions In Pfizer, Wyeth Review
• Calif. High Court Rejects Transit Union's Breaks Suit
• DOJ Marine Products Bid-Rigging Probe Hooks Exec
• Erickson Air-Crane Faces Helicopter Antitrust Suit
• Antitrust Claims OK'd In Rembrandt Patent MDL
• Mintz Levin Snags Former Yahoo In-House Counsel
• German Court Halves €650M Cement Cartel Fines
• High Court To Hear NFL Licensing Antitrust Case
• DOJ Says Continental Alliance Deal Fails Antitrust Test
• Schering To Pay $55M To Settle AWP Suit
• DOJ Continues Probe Into $7.4B Oracle-Sun Deal
• Obama FCC Nears Completion With 2 New Nominees
• Novo Settles Danish Oil-For-Food Probe For $5.7M
• Ariz., Drugmakers Settle Fraud Claims In AWP Suit
• Flying J Told To Cough Up Transaction Data
• FTC Says Authorized Generics Can Aid Competition
• Mexican Railways Hit With $32M Price-Fixing Fine
• Ky. Jury Finds Sandoz Liable For $16M In AWP Case
• EU Confronts 25 States About Energy Competition
• EBay Sellers Demand Access To UK, Australia Docs
• Cement Makers' Offices Raided In South Africa
• Crowell Draws Antitrust Partner From Cohen Milstein
• Neutrogena, Coppertone Sunscreen Spat Heats Up
• Teva Blasts FTC's Position On Pay-For-Delay
• DOJ Can Copy Flat-Panel MDL Discovery Docs: Judge
• Insurer Loses Bid In Antitrust Exclusion Spat
• Comcast Set-Top Box Actions Consolidated In Pa.
• Judge Enjoins Tenn. Insurer In Trade Secrets Row
• Metadata Request Nixed In Equity Firms Antitrust Case
• Jones Day Lures Former FTC Competition Head
• Ocean Spray Hit With Antitrust Claims In Patent Suit
• Dicar Gets Antitrust Claims Tossed From Patent Suit
• Galil Sues HealthTronics In Endocare Merger Spat
• Liberty Chairman To Pay $1.4M In Antitrust Deal
• FTC Chief Says Generic-Drug Deals Cost Public $3.5B
• Rebate Discovery To Proceed In TriCor Antitrust Suit
• EU To Reveal Bank Guidance, Pharma Findings: Report
• DOJ Issues 2nd Requests To Fidelity, Metavante
• Condo Unit Owners Hit Fla. Hotel With Antitrust Suit
• FCC Nominee Will Study Exclusive Wireless Deals
• C&S, Supervalu Accused Of Market Division Plot
• Home Auctioner Says Rival's Lies Drove It Out Of Biz
• High Court Won't Hear 'Reverse Payment' Challenge
• FTC Issues 2nd Request In Merck-Schering Merger
• Ariz. Gets $4.4M In Microsoft Antitrust Settlement
• Europe OKs Lufthansa Takeover Of Brussels Airlines
• NY Seeks Unredacted Settlement Docs In DRAM MDL
• States Join Qui Tam Medicaid Suits Against Wyeth
• $3M Sirva Deal Finalized In Fuel Surcharge MDL
• F21 Fights To Get Anthropologie Copyright Suit Nixed
• Korean FTC Targets Qualcomm Over IP Licenses
• FCC Told To Clarify Denial Of Verizon Immunity Bid
• Bingo Price-Fixing Deal Docs Not Shielded: Court
• Epson Turns Sights On Online Ink Cartridge Sellers
• Injunction Lifted In Spat Over Ed Hardy Images
• DOJ Takes Heat Over Prosecution Deal Oversight
• Q&A With Duane Morris' Ed Biester
• EU Proposes More Centralized Merger Review
• Superior Alleges Prices On Flights To Oil Rigs Fixed
• Gen Re, Marsh, ACE Escape AIG Derivative Case
• Detroit Fund Named Lead In Horizon Securities Case
• Michael Foods Loses Bid To Stay Pricing Injunction
• Q&A With Morgan Lewis' Scott A. Stempel
• Senate OKs More Time For ACPERA Damage Limits
• REACH: Key Competition Issues
• China Says BHP-Rio Tinto Deal May Require Review
• DOJ, DOT Team Up To Consider Airline Antitrust Case
• Whole Foods Rival Seeks Input In Discovery Spat
• Antitrust Claim Is Toast In Quiznos Franchise Suit
• Autodesk, SIIA Targeted In Software Copyright Spat
• Dairy Market Manipulation Suits Consolidated
• DuPont Slaps Monsanto With Antitrust, Patent Claims
• FTC Lifts Orders Related To Hexion-Huntsman Deal
• Should Trustbusters Go Easy On Newspapers?
• Diesel Engine Cos. Support EPA Against Navistar
• Maryland Opposes Constellation Appeal Over EDF Deal
• Supreme Court Won't Hear FCC Franchise Rule Appeal
• Mack Trucks Prevails On Revived Sherman Act Claim
• Iqbal And The Twombly Pleading Standard
• ArcelorMittal Antitrust Action Survives Dismissal Bid
• Bristol-Myers Nears Deal In Plavix Securities Suit
• Philips Accuses Pulse Oximeter Patent Rival Of Tying
• Dey Joins In Spoliation Cries In Drug Price MDL
• Horizon Puts Up $20M To Exit Shipping Antitrust MDL
• Sparboe, Direct Purchasers Settle In Egg Price MDL
• Rambus Offers To Trim DRAM Royalty Rates In EU
• Microsoft To Pay Up To $100M In Miss. Antitrust Deal
• Antitrust Case Against EBay, Coin Firms Transferred
• Lufthansa Offers Competition Fixes In Takeover Probe
• Judge Gives Nod To $586M Deal In IPO Action
• Microsoft Escapes Payout For S. Korea Market Abuse
• Chemtura Negotiates Deal To Reduce Antitrust Fines
• Calif. AG Sues Utilities Over $5B In Crisis Transactions
• Medical Device Maker Merger Battle Moves To Court
• Microsoft Drops Browser From EU Windows Release
• The Latest FTC Clinical Integration Advisory
• DOJ Expands Probe Of Google Book Deal
• UK Agency To Probe Ticketmaster, Live Nation Merger
• Sen. Wants To Require Offshore-Hoarding Disclosures
• Scotland Revises Cartel Immunity Guidelines
• Pilots Union Takes Issue With Airline Alliance
• GDF Suez Unit Fined €20M For Acquisition Of Rival
• FDA Should Regulate Biologic Generics: FTC Report
• Rewards Would Help Leniency Plan, Cartel Reporting
• EU Polls IT Firms On Microsoft Antitrust Solutions
• Sen. Calls For More Text Message Service Competition
• Sen. Seeks Reform On Credit Card Interchange Fees
• Judge To Mull Chemical Cos.' Deal In Price-Fixing MDL
• DirecTV Loses Bid To Dismiss Charter Attack Ads Suit
• China Steel Group Calls Rio-BHP Deal 'Monopolistic'
• Kaye Scholer Gets Access To CNA Docs In Fees Suit
• Comcast Loses Bid To Block Experts' Declarations
• States' Arbitration Powers In Telecom Deals Limited
• High Court Affirms Deadline For Qui Tam FCA Appeals
• China Adopts New Rules To Enforce Monopoly Law
• Vizio Antitrust Suit Joined With Funai Patent Suits
• Bingham Nabs Former DOJ Antitrust Lawyer
• New York Radiology Antitrust Suit On Path To Trial
• Antitrust Claims Stand In Madden NFL Games Suit
• CSL, Talecris Call Off $3.1B Deal Amid FTC Pressure
• Bid To Toss Morgan Lewis Off Antitrust Case Fails
• Supplement Maker Sues Rival Over Disparaging Claims
• BHP, Rio Alliance Triggers Antitrust Concerns
• Antitrust Group Adopts New Merger Review Standards
• Lawmakers Slam FTC Generic Biologic Report
• Intel Shareholder Suit Against Execs Tossed
• Solvay To Pay Indirect Buyers $2.1M In Peroxide MDL
• ABA Weighs In On China's New Anti-Monopoly Law
• Antitrust Claims V. Web Site Registry Co. Revived
• Bill Would Extend ACPERA's Civil Damages Limits
• Eni Challenges Fenosa, Gas Natural Link-Up
• Abbott Accuses DOJ Of 'Massive' Spoliation
• T-Mobile, Others In Hot Water Over 2001 Meeting
• Sidley Austin Partner Jumps to Baker & McKenzie
• Claim Trimmed From Adobe Trade Secrets Suit
• Russian Competition Agency Targets Microsoft
• Bill Aims To Help Merchants Slash Credit Card Fees
• UK Orders Capita To Sell Off IBS Software Unit
• Bill Seeks To Boost Competition For Govt. Services
• Judge OKs Synergetics Tying Claims Against Alcon
• Doctors Group Settles FTC Price-Fixing Claims
• Ga. Court Revives Southstar Overcharge Action
• Cohen Milstein Picked For Counsel In Milk Price Suit
• DOJ Probes Recruiting Practices At Google, Yahoo
• Obama To Tap McDowell For 2nd FCC Term
• Ex-School Superintendent Indicted Over E-Rate Bribes
• Premerger Notification For Cooperative Transactions
• Former Exec's Suit Against Ice Makers Shaved
• Ark. Town Seeks $29M Over Idle Pilgrim's Pride Plant
• Plaintiffs Seek Reconsideration In Gas Antitrust MDL
• Plaintiffs Fail To Alter $90M Micron DRAM Settlement
• Kohn Swift Named Lead Counsel In Ice Antitrust MDL
• Chesapeake Barred From Antitrust Cash: 5th Circ.
• FTC Pushes Congress To Pass Drug Settlement Bill
• Setting A Lower Patent Misuse Standard?
• Blood Reagent Buyers Put J&J, Immucor In Hot Seat
• ABA Sections Critique Canada's Cartel Leniency Plan
• Seiko Epson Hit With Antitrust Claims In Patent Case
• Senate Pulls Brake On Railroad Antitrust Bill
• Final OK Sought For $2M Deal In ACE Securities MDL