Competition Archive » July, 2010

Competition - July, 2010

185 articles

• Limits To 'Pass-On' Defense May Up The Ante In Calif.
• Pay-To-Play Criminal Case To Continue For Ex-NY Aide
• DOJ Antitrust Honcho Returns To Patterson Belknap
• Sen. Panel Advances Ban On Pay-For-Delay Deals
• Multiven, Cisco Lay Down Swords In Antitrust Suit
• Del. Title Insurers Dodge Price-Fixing Class Action
• Northwest To Pay $38M In Cargo Price-Fixing Probe
• BP Allowed To Appeal Remand Of Propane Suit
• Overhauling The Associate Recruiting System
• S. Africa Seeks Prosecution In Airline Antitrust Probe
• Intel Indirect Purchasers Dealt Blow In Class Cert. Bid
• US Hits Oracle With Fraud Suit Over Software Contract
• Witness Notes To Be Handed Over In Milk Antitrust MDL
• Rival Hits OCLC With Library Technology Antitrust Suit
• Australia Clears Novartis' Alcon Buy With Conditions
• Bracco Settles XL Suit Over Coverage Of False Ad Spat
• Cable One Loses Bid To Nix Cable Box Tying Action
• Pricing Conduct Beyond The Safe Harbor
• Visa May Face DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Surcharge Rules
• Hughes Hubbard Picks Up Howrey Antitrust Pro
• Disney, TV Stations Face Spanish Probe Over Ad Deals
• Nufarm To Sell Assets To Settle FTC Merger Worries
• Chi Mei Exec Takes Jail For TFT-LCD Price-Fixing
• Telstra To Pay $16.6M For Shutting Out Rivals
• Sea Star Settles Shipping Antitrust Claims For $18.5M
• Aspex Loses Injunction Appeal In VSP Antitrust Row
• States Are Slow To Embrace Twiqbal
• 3 Finance Execs Charged In Bond Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Ex-Morgan Crucible CEO Found Guilty Of Conspiracy
• Honda, Suzuki Face Antitrust Probe On Motorcyle Units
• Dow Loses Bid To Halt UK Rubber Cartel Damages Suit
• Judge Rejects $4.2M Hydrogen Peroxide Antitrust Deal
• Volvo Hits Nippon Unit Over Alleged Car-Glass Cartel
• GE To Pay $23.5M To Settle SEC Oil-For-Food Claims
• FTC Gaining High Ground In Pay-For-Delay Fight: Chair
• Charter Fails To Shake Cable Box Tying Action
• Daw, Otto Bock Settle Prosthetic Knee Antitrust Spat
• Air Cargo MDL Plaintiffs Seek OK Of $5M American Deal
• FTC Thinks Rules Don't Apply To It: Watson CEO
• Food Co. Wants Insurer To Pay For Pom False Ad Suit
• Fastener Makers Want Antitrust Claims Thrown Out
• SAA Ordered To Produce Cost Info In Air Cargo MDL
• Servier Gave False Info During Pharma Probe: EU
• IGC Dorel Accused Of Fixing Price Of Bertini Strollers
• Limiting Pass-On Defense In Calif. — With Exceptions
• EU Probes IBM Over Mainframe Antitrust Concerns
• 3rd Circ. Rejects Dirt Track Racing Antitrust Suit
• Innospec Faces Antitrust Suit Over Fuel Additive Bribes
• UK Antitrust Agency Reports Uptick In Challenges
• How To Gain An Edge When Bringing A Daubert Motion
• Plaintiffs Atty Appeals Ban From AWP Cases
• US Regulators Up Scrutiny Of Small Deals
• Avon Faces Shareholder Suit Over FCPA Claims
• Lieff Cabraser, DOJ Brace For 2nd Round In FOIA Feud
• Senate Strips Pay-For-Delay Ban From Spending Bill
• Soccer Groups Not Exempt From Antitrust Laws: Judge
• To Compete Or Regulate: What's Right For Health Care?
• BA Pulls 32 Airlines Into UK Air Cargo Cartel Case
• FTC Denies Violations In Watson Pay-To-Delay Probe
• Dell To Pay $100M, CEO $4M In SEC Securities Probe
• Russian Court Nixes Gazprom Antitrust Law Challenge
• Novartis Offers EU Antitrust Fixes For Alcon Merger
• EU Regulatory Procedures In The Pharmaceutical Sector
• NY Hospitals Lose Bid To Toss Nurses' Antitrust Claims
• Nike Strips Claims From Jordan Licensing Fight
• 7-11 Must Shed Sites To Pursue Exxon's Aussie Assets
• Aetna Loses Bid To Intervene In Wellbutrin Suit
• FTC, Intel Get More Time For Settlement Review
• Google Offers AdWords Policy Changes In French Case
• KFTC Preparing To Launch Broad Antitrust Probe
• Model's Malpractice Claims Against Boies Revived
• The Opt-Out Decision In Price-Fixing Cases
• SAP Wins EU Approval For $6B Sybase Merger
• UK Watchdog Eyes $245M BSkyB Deal For Virgin TV
• EU Appeals WTO Loss Over Airbus Subsidies
• DOT Grants Oneworld Airline Alliance Antitrust Immunity
• Baker & McKenzie German Antitrust Team Founds Firm
• EU Orders Portugal To Recover €450M Grant To Bank
• AMA, Others Sue To Preserve Claims Against Wellpoint
• Truck Makers Face Transmission Monopoly Claims
• KeySpan Hit With Antitrust Action Over Power Rates
• Tatung America Loses Bid To Dismiss TFT-LCD Suit
• Trial Vet Joins Baker & Daniels From Levenfeld
• EU Eyes French Insurance For Aircraft Parts Suppliers
• EU Fines Chemical Cos. €176M For Animal Feed Cartel
• Searching For Meaningful Review Of Joint Ventures
• French Watchdog To Review Univar-Quaron Combo
• AXA, National Australia Agree To Delay $11.5B Deal
• Fidelity To Sell Databases Following FTC Probe
• Intel May Agree To Marketing Changes In FTC Deal
• Neutrogena False Ad Ruling Sticks In Sunscreen Spat
• Leveling The Anti-Corruption Playing Field
• Court Spares Part Of Kickback Suit Against Abbott
• AIG In $725M Deal To End Ohio Funds' Fraud Case
• Samsung Tries To Nix Classes In SRAM Antitrust MDL
• Troubleshooting NSA's Complaint Against Amex
• Canada Charges 28 More In Quebec Gas Cartel Probe
• DOJ Demands More Info On $3.1B Mirant, RRI Tie-Up
• 5th Circ. Snuffs Xcaliber's Challenge To Settlement Law
• State Claims Declined In Waste Antitrust Suit
• Okla. Wants In On Wyeth Protonix Medicaid Suits
• Q&A With Jon Leibowitz, FTC Chairman
• Carrefour Marinopoulos Fined €12.5M For Price-Setting
• GSK Ponied Up $2.4B In Legal Charges In 2nd Quarter
• 12 Guidelines For Law Firm Marketing Investments
• Houghton To Shed Assets From DA Stuart Deal
• Watson CEO OK'd To Quiz FTC In Subpoena Dustup
• Bankrate Loses Bid To Toss Listing Table Antitrust Suit
• 3 States Protest $5M Epson Deal In LCD Antitrust MDL
• Cert. Denied, For Now, In Flonase Antitrust Suit
• Dutch Antitrust Watchdog Fines Media Co. €19M
• Novo Hit With Another Monopoly Suit Over Prandin
• Mass. AG Escapes Sanctions In Medicaid Fraud Suit
• Penn. Realty Antitrust Suit Sent To Mediation
• Airlines Lose Challenge To Congestion Pricing
• EU OKs Antitrust Immunity For Oneworld Airline Tie-Up
• A Shifting Theory Of Criminal Liability — Until Now
• EU Approves $37B Comcast-NBC Joint Venture
• 3rd Circ. Nixes $295M Deal In De Beers Antitrust Suit
• EU Shippers Threaten Air France-KLM With Cartel Claim
• Experts Offer Cautious Praise For China's Antitrust Law
• Russian Antitrust Package Pushes Liberalization
• AT&T, Verizon Settle 'Girls Gone Mobile' IP Suit
• Italy Fines Saint-Gobain Unit €2.2M For Blocking Rival
• Shippers Want Pacific Antitrust MDL Tossed
• FTC Demands More Info On $1.6B Charles River Deal
• Epson To Pay $7M To Exit LCD Antitrust MDL
• USDA Move May Spark Antitrust Issues For Packers
• Confusion Abounds For Big Pharma After EU Astra Ruling
• Calif. High Court Nixes 'Pass-On' Defense
• Sonnenschein Adds Antitrust Partner From Howrey
• AAI Urges 9th Circ. To Rehear Car Rental Cartel Case
• Air France-KLM Settles Price-Fixing Claims For $87M
• Proposed Merger Reform's Effects On FERC Analysis
• Antitrust Litigation Still Down, But Leveling In Mid-2010
• Broadcom Tries Again To Nix Emulex Defamation Claim
• Real Estate Brokerage Antitrust Suit Survives Bid To Nix
• IPhone Antitrust Class Certified
• Mack Trucks Dumps Antitrust Suit On Appeal
• Russian Antitrust Watchdog Targets Novo Nordisk
• Czech Antitrust Authorities Put Spotlight On Ahold
• Regulating Info Exchange Under EU Antitrust Rules
• Spain To Probe Price-Fixing By Boat Operators
• Getty Drops Plan To Buy Rival Due To UK Pressure
• Cadwalader Trial Pro To Help Lead Litigation Team
• Portugal Loses Golden Share Fight At EU High Court
• Airbus Irked By WTO Delay Of Boeing Subsidy Report
• Shareholders Cry Foul At Intel Derivative Settlement
• Russia Targets Steel, Coal Cos. In Antitrust Probe
• Sonnenschein Draws Former Exxon Senior Counsel
• Rx USA Hit With Sanctions Over Faked E-Mails
• What Counterfeiting Crackdown Means For IP Owners
• C&S, SuperValu Lose Bid To Toss Antitrust Suit
• Polymer Maker Hits Rival With $60M Antitrust Suit
• US Futures' Suit Against Exchanges Partly Nixed
• Merck, Sanofi Vaccine Deals Could Face FTC Probe
• Atty Hits Labaton Sucharow With OT Action
• 9th Circ. Nixes CAFA Sanction For DLA, Bradley Arant
• Wal-Mart, Netflix Can't Shake DVD Rental Antitrust Suit
• Travel Content Antitrust Suit Survives Bid To Toss
• Stolt-Nielsen's Effect On Consolidation Of Arbitrations
• EU Eyes Google Over Web Search Antitrust Claims
• Amway Antitrust Suit Should Be Tossed: Texas Court
• Sasol To Shed Fertilizer Facilities In Antitrust Deal
• Bid-Rigging Convictions Overturned For Ex-Marsh Execs
• Ryanair Loses Appeal Of Barred €1.5B Aer Lingus Deal
• EU Report Shows Drop In Pay-For-Delay Deals
• McDermott Adds EU Antitrust Veteran In Brussels
• Hot Tub Control Maker Slaps Rival With Antitrust Suit
• Reddy, Arctic Fail To Melt Packaged Ice Antitrust MDL
• American Needle: Sea Change Or Steady As She Goes?
• Hong Kong Unveils Long-Awaited Antitrust Bill
• $44M Verdict Sticks In Dentsply Contract Spat
• 'Fly' Must Pay Atty Fees In Barclays 'Hot News' Spat
• Insurer Escapes Liability In Oil Filter Antitrust Case
• Spain Launches New Antitrust Probe Of Iberdrola
• The Power Of Procedure Under Anti-SLAPP Laws
• House Slips Pay-For-Delay Ban Into War Bill
• SAP Extends $6B Sybase Offer While Awaiting EU OK
• Airbus Ruling Stokes Flames As Trade Battle Rages
• County Launches Antitrust Action Against Concrete Cos.
• Canada Orders Divestitures In $370M Waste Co. Deal
• EU Court Backs Astra Antitrust Fine Over Patent Abuse
• EU High Court Backs €86M Cartel Fine On Knauf
• UCL Class Actions In The Wake Of Tobacco II