Competition Archive » May, 2010

Competition - May, 2010

188 articles

• Doc Fight In LCD Antitrust MDL Heads To 9th Circ.
• Swiss Seek To Fine Dior, Others $22M For Price-Fixing
• Cephalon Faces Another Provigil Pay-For-Delay Suit
• WilmerHale Competition Team Moves To Hogan Lovells
• Italy Probes Eni, Shell On Bitumen Price-Fixing Claims
• Actavis To Pay $1.2M In Idaho AWP Case
• EU Cartel Settlements May Fast-Track US Actions
• DOJ Seeks Stay Of Alba Kickbacks Suit Against Sojitz
• United, Continental Tout Merger Benefits At Hearing
• Mich. Legislature Balks At FCC's Broadband Plan
• FCPA Partner Leaves DLA Piper For Paul Hastings
• Hospital's Suit Over Wash. Angioplasty Rules Nixed
• Lawmakers Back Crackdown On Card Swipe Fees
• Korea Fines 19 Airlines In Air Cargo Cartel Probe
• Canadian Competition And Foreign Investment Issues
• Funai, Vizio Settle Digital TV Patent, Antitrust Battle
• Celgene, Barr Resolve Spat Over Generic Thalomid
• FCC's Ownership Rules Need Reality Check: Experts
• German Antitrust Enforcer Blocks Magna-Karmann Deal
• Q&A With Kazuhiko Takeshima, JFTC Chairman
• New Campaign By States Curbing Leegin's Impact
• Kohl Seeks Tough Conditions For Comcast-NBC Deal
• FTC Urges 2nd Circ. To Overturn Tamoxifen Precedent
• Antitrust Counts Nixed In Inmate Medical Services Suit
• Parmalat Founder Loses Appeal Of 10-Year Sentence
• The Impact Of American Needle On IP And Contracts
• EBay Loses Bid To Sanction Hagens In Antitrust Suit
• DOJ Probes Apple's Online Music Tactics
• AT&T Settlement Calls For Unlocking Of Phones
• Google Shares Ad Info In Wake Of Antitrust Concerns
• EU To Further Probe Unilever's €1.3B Sara Lee Deal
• Ropes & Gray Adds Jones Day Atty To Antitrust Ranks
• House Votes To Extend Antitrust Leniency Law
• KitchenAid Asks Court To Toss $6M Antitrust Case
• Law360 Survey: Most Admired Competition Attys
• EMC Shells Out $87.5M Over Kickback Scheme
• JFTC Fines Fiber-Optic Cable Cartel $180M
• Iowa Ready-Mix Concrete Probe Yields Plea Deal
• Antitrust Lawyers React To NFL's High Court Loss
• US Lawmakers Look To Reform Communications Act
• Varney Vows Tough Reviews For Health Insurer Mergers
• Apple's IAd Violates Competition, Trademark Law: Suit
• Nissan Escapes Price-Fixing Class Action
• San Jose Sues BofA, UBS, Others Over Muni Derivatives
• Saab Unit Sued Over Army Camouflage Pricing Scheme
• Regal To Buy Theaters In DOJ-Mandated AMC Sell-Off
• Hatch Slams 'Biased, Secretive' BCS System
• Supreme Court Takes Up Class Action Arbitration Issue
• Q&A With Rep. Hank Johnson
• The New EU Rules For Online Sales
• Justices Sack NFL's Antitrust Immunity Play
• FTC OKs Google-AdMob Deal, Citing Apple
• Whistleblowing MD Gets $23.5M In Kickbacks Deal
• Sacramento Trims Claims In Muni Derivative MDL
• Japan Post Office Reform Could Hurt Rivals: US, EU
• Mylan's Antitrust Claims Nixed In Prilosec IP Suit
• Arcelor South Africa Could Be Forced To Divest
• Reddy Ice IP Suit Is A Sham To Create Monopoly: ISB
• France Telecom Wins Bid To Toss EC State Aid Ruling
• Aspex Loses Injunction Bid In Antitrust Suit Against VSP
• Credit Cos., Banks To Fight Durbin Amendment
• Q&A With Sen. Herb Kohl
• UK Wants New Crime Agency, Banking System
• Consumer Groups Urge 2nd Circ. To Rehear Cipro Case
• BCS Chief Shoots Back At Congressional Critics
• Mitsubishi Files Antitrust Suit Over GE Patent Onslaught
• Schering Wins Neutrogena Sunscreen False Ad Suit
• Pom Loses Bid To Put Welch CEO On Hot Seat
• Brazil Clears Sanofi's $635M Medley Pharma Buy
• On Track With Direct Settlements In The EU
• Braintree Loses Bid To Toss MiraLax Antitrust Suit
• UPP Merger Test May Not Go Down Easy, Experts Say
• Ex-UBS Director Pleads Guilty In Muni Bond Fraud Case
• DOJ Jumps Into Disk Drive Price-Fixing MDL
• Japan Grants Samsung Hearing In Cartel Probe
• IMI, Chalkor Get EU Tubing Cartel Fines Reduced
• Shady Grove And State Limits On Competition Claims
• DRAM Makers Fined €331M In EC Cartel Probe
• Horizon Lines Securities Action Sunk For Good
• Italian Antitrust Regulator Probes Telecom Italia
• Bayer Must Destroy Docs In Cartel Suit Now: Goodyear
• France Nixes Teva Unit's Relief Bid In Plavix Case
• Dental Group's RICO Action Against Insurers Squashed
• Calif. Plaintiffs Appeal Pay-For-Delay Cipro Case
• LendingTree Faces $1.5B Price-Fixing Suit
• Telstra Strikes Out Again On Network Access Fee Bid
• High Court Won't Hear Cablevision's 'Must Carry' Suit
• Asics Hits Skechers With Another Trademark Suit
• EU To Hit DRAM Makers With Price-Fixing Fines
• Chinese Court Rejects Rio Tinto Bribery Appeals
• States Join Suit Alleging J&J Kickbacks To Omnicare
• FTC's Rosch Backs Section 5 Revival, Defends Limits
• High Court Declines To Hear Short-Sale Antitrust Suit
• High Court Lets Dismissal Of Conoco Oil Plot Suit Stand
• Australia Names 2 More In Air Cargo Cartel Probe
• FTC Backs $1.5B Agilent-Varian Deal With Divestitures
• When Is A Win A Win With Attorneys' Fees?
• Plaintiffs Still Alive In ATM Fee Antitrust Suit
• Colo. Regulator Fights Ruling In Qwest FCC Rules Suit
• UK Regulator Probes Infrastructure Ownership
• Samsung Revives Bid To Block Antitrust Arbitration
• UK Competition Watchdog Pushes Ahead With PPI Ban
• Pourfect Takes 2nd Stab At KitchenAid Antitrust Suit
• Google Promises To Open Up In Face Of Italian Probe
• Kohl Aims To Add Anti-Leegin Bill To Finance Reform
• The Latest On Leegin
• Honeywell Beats Ex-Distributor's Antitrust Claims
• Aetna Wants To Rep End Payers In Wellbutrin MDL
• Antitrust Suits Exempt From Notice Statute: Wis. Court
• LB Foster Agrees To Delay Portec Buy For DOJ Probe
• EU Vertical Restraints In Focus And Perspective
• Spain Targets Food Container Cos. In Antitrust Probe
• EU Raids Bale Wrap Cos. Over Cartel Suspicions
• Ad Sale Restrictions On UK's ITV Will Stay
• FTC Makes 2nd Request On Donnelley, Bowne Deal
• Canada Fines Solvay $2.5M For Peroxide Price-Fixing
• NYC's Bid To Undo Health Insurance Merger Nixed
• 9th Circ. Overturns $51M Insurance Award For HP
• Spain Probes Shipping Cos. Over Price-Fixing Claims
• Calif. Force-Placed Insurance Class Certified
• Palm Resolves IP, Antitrust Suit Over MP3 Technology
• Antitrust Fines Should Be Lesser For Hard-Up Cos.: EU
• Challenges For India's Competition Law Regime
• FTC Postpones Final Word On Google-AdMob Deal
• Pfizer Hit With Securities Suit Over Bextra Marketing
• Ropes Reps Green Mountain In $300M Diedrich Deal
• Travelers Falls Short In Bid To Recover Defense Costs
• Ceridian Moves To Kill Trucker Card Antitrust Suit
• Fair Isaac Loses New Trial Bid In Credit Scoring Suit
• Giants, Jets Want Contract Claim On Tickets Nixed
• The ICN's Bright Future
• Verizon, Cisco Hit With $500M Suit Over Patent Trust
• Spain Targets Endesa In Electricity Antitrust Probe
• BA Execs Acquitted In UK Price-Fixing Case
• NBA Star Says $90M Antitrust Suit Still 'Meritless'
• 17 More States Want In On Wyeth Medicaid Suits
• New Zealand And The Criminalization Of Cartels
• Dun & Bradstreet Deal Created Near-Monopoly: FTC
• FCC Internet Plan To Face Opposition, Attys Say
• Drug Mart Tallman, Purdue Settle In OxyContin MDL
• FCC Net Neutrality Architect To Leave Agency
• American Eagle, Payless Eye End To Trademark Spat
• Manley Tries To Force Settlement In Wham-O Toy Suit
• UK Again Clears Live Nation, Ticketmaster Combo
• The New EU Rules On Vertical Restraints
• Rep. Sees Tough Review For United-Continental Deal
• FTC Fights For Antitrust Claims In DuPont Secrets Case
• Claims Trimmed In Pom False Ad Suit Against Coke
• S. Africa Competition Watchdog Raids 4 Cable Makers
• Health Partners, Medica Drop OxyContin Antitrust Suit
• FTC Extends Deadline For Merger Guideline Comments
• FASB Faces Antitrust, IP Misuse Claims
• A Review Of China's Anti-Monopoly Law
• FCC Outlines Plan To Oversee Broadband Services
• Rambus, Qualcomm Shape EU Cooperation Guidelines
• Cozen Snags Antitrust Lawyer From Hogan & Hartson
• TracFone Enters Fray Against Price-Fixing LCD Cos.
• Consol, GeoMet Resolve Drilling, Antitrust Disputes
• Leahy Revives Insurance Antitrust Exemption Repeal
• Hillman, Ilco Implicated In Key Machine Monopoly
• Support Grows For Daubert Test At Class Cert. Stage
• $11.4M Securities Deal OK'd In Chemtura Bankruptcy
• Trailer Bridge Dismissed From Shipping Antitrust MDL
• Qui Tam Kickback Suit Against Stryker Booted
• 9th Circ. Clears Jaco In Fridge Recycling Case
• Delta, US Airways Fight DOT Rejection Of Slot Plan
• Ex-SK Foods CEO Pleads Not Guilty In Antitrust Case
• DOJ Hits St. Jude With Demand Over Defibrillators
• Speedo Scores Dismissal Of TYR Sport Antitrust Suit
• Lawmakers Urge Hearings On United-Continental Deal
• Hiring Probes Mark Shift In Antitrust Enforcement
• Spain To Probe Honda Unit Over Alleged Price-Fixing
• E.ON To Offer Competitors Better Gas Pipeline Access
• Promoter Opposes DOJ's Ticketmaster-Live Nation Deal
• KitchenAid Wins Dismissal Of $6M Antitrust Suit
• NEC Settles In Jaco DRAM Price-Fixing Suit
• DOJ To Eye $3B United-Continental Merger
• Competitive Effects In Transgenic Seed Markets
• 5th Circ. Tosses AT&T Predatory Pricing Injunction
• Amlin, Netherlands Fined €2.2M Over Fortis Deal
• MBIA Barred From Municipal Bond MDL Exit
• Text Message Antitrust Case V. AT&T, Others Revived
• Apple May Face Antitrust Probe Over App Policy
• Meatpacking Giants Subject Of USDA Probe
• Fried Frank Beefs Up London Antitrust Practice
• Toho Tenax Wants Cytec's Price-Fixing Claims Axed
• AmEx Antitrust Case Remanded After Stolt-Nielsen
• 3 Myths Of In-House Attorney-Client Privilege