Competition Archive » November, 2010

Competition - November, 2010

157 articles

• GrafTech Acquires Ex-Supplier On Heels Of DOJ Deal
• Ex-Bank VP 8th To Plead Guilty In Muni Bond Probe
• 3rd Circ. Revives Suit Against UPMC, Highmark
• FCC Examining Level 3-Comcast Net Neutrality Row
• DOJ Says No To Amnesty Program For FCPA Cases
• Consumers Fail To Revive ATM Fee Antitrust Suit
• BASF Concessions Lead EU To OK €3.1B Cognis Deal
• Singapore Airlines To Pay $48M Air Cargo Fine
• S. Africa OKs 3rd Deal In Plastic Pipes Cartel
• S. Africa Hits Concrete Co. With Record Cartel Fine
• EU Probes Antitrust Claims Over Google Search, Ads
• The FTC's Aggression Affirmed
• Judge Tosses Antitrust, IP Misuse Suit Against FASB
• Nero's Antitrust Suit Over MPEG Patent Pools Nixed
• Clear Channel Wins Toss Of Station's Antitrust Suit
• Halliburton Staff Freed In Nigerian Bribery Probe
• Supreme Court Ends Antitrust Match Against ATP Tour
• UK Starts Competition Inquiry Into Home Appliances
• Calif. High Court Passes On SF Weekly Antitrust Suit
• Farmer Groups Push High Court To Review Tyson Case
• NZ Air Ambulance Cos. Settle Price-Fixing Claims
• Doc Production Order Stands In Air Cargo MDL
• Sweden Seeks $1.3M In Fines For Tire Bid-Rigging
• Weighing The Repeal Of Oceangoing Antitrust Immunity
• 7th Circ. Pins Down Atty Fee Awards In Lanham Case
• Exxon, BP, Shell Fight Price-Fixing Suit Appeal
• Pharma Struggles To Escape FCPA Net
• Ex-Direct Mail Director Nabbed In $2M Kickback Scheme
• US Steel Cos. Fight Appeal Of Price-Fixing Suit
• Cox Agrees To Support $11B Qwest-CenturyLink Merger
• The Content Marketing Revolution
• Greece Eyes Snack Maker Over Exclusivity Deals
• BSkyB Says News Corp. Deal Wouldn't Restrict Media
• Franken Asks DOJ To Probe Comcast NBC-Exec Picks
• Broader Standards In FTC Subpoena Enforcement
• AmEx, Others Agree To UK Consumer Debt Changes
• House GOP Urges FCC To Drop Net Neutrality Push
• Comital Group Settles Marine Hose Antitrust MDL
• Canada Seeks To Fine Rogers $10M Over Ads
• DOT Seeks More Info On Delta-Virgin Blue Tie-Up
• FERC Enforcement Actions Decrease In FY2010
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Adds EU Antitrust Expert In Germany
• FERC Probes Kinder Morgan, Ozark Over Pipeline Rates
• UK Steps Up Review Of $7M Chemicals Merger
• Bar ALE Withdraws Suit Against Magnesium Oxide Cos.
• Judge Preliminarily OKs $42M Micron Securities Deal
• The 21st-Century Law Firm
• Antitrust Claim Still Ripe In Tomato Processor Suit
• Top DOJ Economist Defends Merger Guidelines
• Class Claims Stay Grounded In BA Cartel Case
• Judge Trims Antitrust Class Action Against Sirius XM
• US Blasts EU Subsidies In Airbus WTO Appeal
• Supplement Makers Ordered To Bury False Ad Dispute
• S. Africa Raids Agricultural Lime Cos. In Cartel Sting
• UK Allows $50M Zipcar-Streetcar Deal To Move Forward
• DOJ Wins Discovery Stay In Tomato Antitrust Fight
• Ameritox To Pay $16M To Resolve Medicaid FCA Suit
• Aussie Regulators Oppose $210M Grocery Store Deal
• Travel Cos. Urge Congress To Fight Google-ITA Deal
• Syngenta's $160M Monsanto Unit Buy Wins EU Approval
• EU OKs €1.2B Unilever-Sara Lee Deal With Divestment
• New Leegin Petition Seeks To Shake Up Antitrust
• EU, US Report Progress After Open Skies Agreement
• Japan Airlines, Nippon Execs Indicted For Price-Fixing
• 3 Things Accountable Care Organizations Can Do Now
• Special Master To Oversee LCD Panel Settlements
• High Court Rejects Challenge In USIS Antitrust Fight
• Universal Health Agrees To Divest For $3.1B PSI Deal
• Warhol Group Ends 3-Year Battle With Collectors
• DOJ, FCC Approach Decisions On Comcast-NBC Deal
• Pay-For-Delay Is Smart And Legal, Drugmakers Argue
• Concrete Exec Tries To Avoid Jail For Price-Fixing Plot
• Flonase Purchasers Win Class Cert. In Suit Against GSK
• AU Optronics Wants Price-Fixing Charges Tossed
• Russian Court Upholds Antitrust Fine For Lukoil Unit
• BASF Dodges Claims From Vitamin Cartel Victims
• DOJ Deal Leaves 'No-Cold Call' Pacts Down, Not Out
• Questioning The Legitimacy Of LEED
• Brazil Probes Alleged Ambulance Bid-Rigging Scheme
• United Continental, ANA Get Final Antitrust Approval
• Simon Property To Sell Ohio Mall In FTC Settlement
• Italy Probes Sky Exclusive World Cup Broadcast Deal
• Beer Drinkers Seek Rehearing In InBev Merger Case
• S. Africa Raids Moving Cos. In Price-Fixing Probe
• S. Africa Issues Record Fine For Lack Of Merger Notice
• EU High Court Calls Portugal's Golden Shares Illegal
• Teva, Others Settle With Counties In Medicaid MDL
• Hawaii Sues McKesson For Allegedly Inflating AWPs
• EU High Court Rejects Appeal Of Repsol Contract Suit
• Avoiding Greenwashing Litigation
• High Court Hears CSX Challenge To Ala. Fuel Taxes
• Microsoft Accuses Motorola Of Patent License-Gouging
• BASF Offers EU Antitrust Fixes For €3.1B Cognis Deal
• Mass. Sues Broker Over Alleged Bid-Rigging
• Australia Probes SGX's $8.2B Purchase Of ASX
• DOJ Inquires Further Into $1.4B Southwest-AirTran Deal
• South Bay Exec Defends Info Request In Kickback Case
• 3 More Indicted In Display Tube Price-Fixing Probe
• High Court Weighs Class Action Bans In Arbitration
• Md. Hospital To Pay $22M To Settle Kickback Claims
• Court To Rule Soon On BHP's $39B PotashCorp Bid
• Polypore To Appeal FTC Divestiture Ruling
• DOJ Ends Reagents Antitrust Probe Into Immucor
• AAI Urges FTC To Reconsider CVS Caremark Merger
• EU Fines 11 Carriers €799M For Air Cargo Cartel
• Protest Of 1998 Tobacco Deal Heads To High Court
• Vt. Potato Antitrust Fight Shipped To Idaho MDL
• Integra Stops Fighting $11B Qwest-CenturyLink Merger
• Italian Food Distributors Face Antitrust Probe
• AUO Wants More Details On DOJ's Price-Fixing Case
• Dunkin' Donuts Settles IP, Contract Row With Fla. Shops
• Canadian Class Actions Create Headaches For US Attys
• 10 Appellate Tips From A Former Chief Justice
• High Marks For US' Foreign Anti-Bribery Efforts
• UK Eyes News Corp.'s $12.6B BSkyB Bid
• Spain Opens Another Competition Probe Into Endesa
• Pharmacy's Provigil Action To Remain In Federal Court
• FTC Taps Princeton Prof For Chief Technologist Position
• Italy Fines MasterCard, Banks Over Interchange Fees
• Recycler Envipco Files Antitrust Suit Against Tomra
• Class Can't Kill Plaintiffs Atty's AWP Ban Appeal
• Direct Purchaser Ends Suit Against Hitachi, Others
• Royal Dutch Shell, Others Settle FCPA Claims For $237M
• Food Service Exec Indicted For Price-Fixing Conspiracy
• Schleicher And Antitrust Class Certification
• Lukoil Loses Challenge To $13M Monopoly Fine
• SEC Has Ended Probe Into Reddy Ice, Company Says
• New Banks Face Barriers To Expansion, UK Says
• Swiss Fine Window Fittings Cos. $8M For Price-Fixing
• ICE Portal Ends Travel Content Antitrust Case
• Feds Blast Aeropostale's Bid For Kickback Evidence
• Fuel Co. Fights To Revive PR Ports Antitrust Case
• Antitrust Policy To Face Scrutiny Post-Election
• Canada Blocks BHP's $39B Bid For PotashCorp
• 2nd Circ. Shuts Down Del Monte Pineapple Antitrust MDL
• Russian High Court Reinstates Lukoil Antitrust Fine
• Target, Sears Sue Over LCD Price-Fixing
• Ocean Spray's Sanctions Bid Fails In Pom False Ad Suit
• Cloverleaf Contract Claim Against Jockey Club Nixed
• 2nd Requests Take Discovery To Next Level
• EU Probes News Corp.'s $12.6B BSkyB Bid
• Panasonic To Pay $1.5M In Canadian Price-Fixing Plea
• FTC Amends Antitrust Settlement Over Intel Chips
• FDA Starts On Path To Approving Biosimilars
• Fla. Agency Told To Clarify Price-Gouging Law For Exxon
• EVA, Others Lose Bid To Leave Cargo Price-Fixing MDL
• CareFusion Antitrust Claims Nixed In Medtronic Suit
• Church & Dwight Vows Appeal In FTC Condom Info Fight
• Horizon Loses JMOL Bid In Shipping Antitrust MDL
• Pioneer Settles South African Cartel Cases For $72M
• Braun Holds Minivan-Conversion Monopoly, Suit Says
• Dismissal Of Antitrust Claims Against AEP Upheld
• Supreme Court Rebuffs Forum Fight In EBay Suit
• S. African Tribunal OKs Plastic Pipes Cartel Deal
• All Nippon To Pay $73M In Guilty Plea For Price-Fixing
• Blue Cross Michigan Hit With 'Most Favored' Action
• Russian Court Cuts TNK-BP Antitrust Fine By $100M