Competition Archive » January, 2011

Competition - January, 2011

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• Nissan, Honda Duck Antitrust Action Over Car Imports
• Guy Carpenter To Settle Antitrust Case For $4.25M
• Maxwell Tech To Pay $14M Over FCPA Allegations
• Broker Manipulated Rice Futures, Trader Class Says
• UK Bribery Act Faces 2nd Delay
• Oracle To Pay $46M To Settle Sun Kickback Suit
• Google Nabs House Antitrust Counsel Amid ITA Cloud
• EU, Book Cos. Launch Appeals Over Vivendi Asset Sale
• Gibson Dunn Snags 5 Experts To Bolster Dallas Office
• UK Watchdog To Probe BSkyB's Cloud Networks Buy
• Case Study: Kwikset V. Superior Court
• Airbus Claims Victory In Boeing Row After WTO Report
• Korean, Mongolian Airlines Face KFTC Antitrust Probe
• Ugglebo Drops Trademark Suit Over Uggs
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Toss Of Aspartame Antitrust Suit
• FCC Seeks To Toss Verizon, MetroPCS Net Rules Appeals
• France Telecom, Vivendi Get €20M In Fines Reversed
• CORRECTED: S. Korea Fines CDT Makers For Cartel
• German Watchdog Extends Probe Of DSM-Lanxess Deal
• Dean Execs Defeat Shareholder Suit Over Milk Monopoly
• US Says Deleted Texts Held No Evidence In FCPA Case
• Health Care In The DOJ's Antitrust Crosshairs
• 5th Circ. Clears BP Traders Of Propane Antitrust Plot
• Hoops Legend 'Big O' Joins NCAA Antitrust, IP Fight
• Live Nation Settles Ticketmaster Online Fees Action
• Investment Banks Should Lower Underwriting Fees: UK
• S. Africa Closes Most Of Supermarket Antitrust Probe
• EU Takes 8 Countries To Court Over Travel Tax Rules
• Evergreen Wins On Contract Claim In Antitrust Suit
• Physicist Group Loses Bid To Nix Antitrust Suit
• EU Investigates 7 Countries Over Siberian Air Deals
• Twombly And Antitrust Class Action Plaintiffs
• CDR Asks Judge For 15-Month Delay In Bid-Rigging Trial
• AstraZeneca To Pay $20.5M In Ky. Medicaid Fraud Suit
• Deputy AG Names Career Prosecutors To Staff Posts
• Pfizer Sanctioned Over Shoddy Witness Testimony
• TradeComet Battles Google Over Antitrust Suit Forum
• Kohl Resurrects 3 Antitrust Bills For New Congress
• Plaintiffs Push $40M Deal In Moving Co. Antitrust MDL
• Omnicare V. UnitedHealth: Premerger Best Practices
• EU OKs $7.7B Intel-McAfee Deal With Conditions
• EU Watchdog Grounds Greek Airline Merger
• US Destroyed Evidence In Bribery Case: Defendant
• Dutch Antitrust Agency Probes TUI Over Price-Fixing
• Irish Beef Industry Drops Antitrust Appeal
• AGs Ask 8th Circ. To Revive Drug Monopoly Suit
• Cathay Pacific Appeals $82M EU, Korea Cartel Fines
• MetroPCS Challenges FCC Net Neutrality Rules
• Contractor Says No Bribery Found At Ghana Oil Field
• UK To Hear News Corp. Before BSkyB Merger Probe
• Lockheed Martin Settles Navy Contract Suit For $2M
• Exec Gets 4 Months For Kitchen Hardware Price-Fixing
• Ex-Innospec CEO Settles SEC Claims Over Iraq Bribery
• 3 Indicted Over Alleged Oil Shipping Kickbacks
• OfficeMax Sues Over Sales Manager's Jump To Rival
• High Court Skips Suit Over Antitrust Role In Packing Law
• Avis Tries To Shake Antitrust Suit Over $1.5B Tie-Up
• DOJ Ends J&J Blood Reagent Price-Fixing Probe
• Terra Ex-Controller Gets 2 Years For Bribery Scheme
• The China Syndrome
• EU To Probe Telefonica, Portugal Telecom Agreement
• FTC Boosts Merger Review Threshold To $66M
• Judge In Ice Antitrust MDL Berates Jones Day, Dykema
• FBI Investigates Foreclosure Auction Bid-Rigging
• St. Jude To Pay $16M To Settle FCA Suit
• Ugglebo Picks Trademark Fight With Deckers Over Uggs
• Auto-Repo Tech Cos. Hit Rivals With Antitrust Suit
• Kosmos Contractor May Face Bribery Allegations
• Raytheon Bid-Rigging Suit Gets Bumped To DC Court
• Chinese Co. Told To Hand Over Docs In Vitamin C Case
• The Rise Of 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• Russia Probes Gazprom Unit's Diesel Price Hike
• EU High Court Nixes Repsol Appeal Of Cartel Fine
• Korean Antitrust Regulator Probes 4 Oil Refining Cos.
• Activision Adds EA To $400M Contract Fight Over Game
• Verizon Takes Net Neutrality Fight To DC Circ.
• Celgene Ordered To Turn Over Thalomid Price Data
• Howrey Antitrust Co-Chair Jumps Ship
• Princo Takes Patent Misuse Case To Supreme Court
• Atty Accused Of Bribery Should Be Extradited: UK Court
• Sidley Lures Ex-BT In-House Counsel
• DOJ Continues Inquiry Of $7.6B Caterpillar Deal
• Reassessing Heightened Antitrust Pleading Standards
• Dairy Co-Ops Call Antitrust Settlement A Bad Deal
• NCAA, EA Seek To Dismiss Athletes' Publicity Rights Suit
• Supreme Court Mulls Medicaid Clinics' Rights To Sue
• Russia To Fine Insurers At Least $2.3M For Collusion
• FCPA Can't Save $149M Alcatel-Lucent RICO Suit
• Who's Afraid Of ACOs?
• Sherwin-Williams Hit With Suit Over 'Eco Pro' Mark
• Puerto Rican Plane Fuel Antitrust Suit Tossed
• Drug Cos. Try To Keep Cephalon Case Info Under Wraps
• After Comcast, GOP To Rethink FCC Review Process
• Judge Sets Stage For Trial In Norvir Monopoly Case
• EU Seeks To Join Fight Over Chinese Wind Power Aid
• Judge Keeps Opt-Out Period Closed In Shipping MDL
• $76M Mylan Suit Remanded Over Jurisdictional Issues
• Decertification: The NFLPA And NBPA's Nuclear Option
• US Backs $37B Comcast-NBC Merger With Conditions
• EU Raids Major Truck Makers In Cartel Probe
• Spain Targets Vodafone, Others Over Text Rates
• Judge Nixes Polymer Maker's $60M Antitrust Case
• Greek Regulator OKs Unilever-Ice Cream Co. Deal
• EU Seeks Info On Drug Patent Deals From 2010
• Italy Closes Google News Antitrust Probe
• SEC Rankles Financial Firms With FCPA Probe
• Qantas To Pay $26.5M To Escape Air Cargo Cartel MDL
• Nielsen Escapes TV Ratings Monopoly Suit In Fla.
• AUO Exec Can Leave US Amid LCD Price-Fixing Charges
• Clearwire Infringed Logo Trademark, Sony Ericsson Says
• Bioelements Strikes Deal In Cosmetics Price-Fixing Suit
• High Court To Get Shot At Health Care Antitrust Suit
• Intel, Insurers Drop Last Antitrust Defense Claims
• Polish Antitrust Regulator Blocks $2.6B PGE-Energa Deal
• NY Drops Last Marsh Bid-Rigging Cases
• HannStar Exec Charged In LCD Price-Fixing Scheme
• The Year Ahead In Antitrust Enforcement
• 'Confident' Google May Face US Case Over ITA Deal
• 6th Circ. Asked To Resurrect Ink Antitrust Claims
• Antitrust Suit Against Realtor Association Nixed
• German Antitrust Group Says Power Market Vulnerable
• FTC Will Challenge Consummated Acquisitions
• UK Auto Insurers To Stop Sharing Pricing Data
• Arent Fox Decries BCS System As Anti-Competitive
• Print Broker Admits To Lying In Printing Bid
• NY Court Revives Antitrust Suit Against Equitas
• Avis, Dollar Thrifty Say Merger Would Lower Costs
• Centrica Can't Shake Antitrust Limits On Gas Facility
• Montana Camo's Price-Fixing Claim Tossed
• Groups Say MetroPCS Plans Violate FCC Web Rules
• Cable One Tries Again To Escape Tying Suit
• Regulators To Examine Rail Industry Competition
• Italy OKs Power Cos.' Antitrust Commitments
• Novo Seeks To Toss Antitrust Claims in Prandin Suit
• South Africa Nixes Exemption For Maize Export Pool
• Dutch Regulator Fines Insulated Glass Cartel €18M
• Competition Group Of The Year: WilmerHale
• High Court Declines Labels' Appeal In Music Price MDL
• 7th Circ. Upholds Omnicare Antitrust Suit Dismissal
• High Court Won't Hear Travel Agent Fee Appeal
• US Backs Drugmakers In Supreme Court Pricing Suit
• Goodlatte To Lead House IP Subpanel
• The 7th Circ.'s Guidance On Twombly
• AGs Push High Court To Hear Pay-For-Delay Drug Suit
• EU Opens Probe Into Joint Brazilian OJ Venture
• DOJ Probes UPS, FedEx On Antitrust Claims
• Sodexo Hatches Egg Price-Fixing Suit
• EU Sends Thomas Cook Deal To UK
• Corrected: Plaintiffs Appeal Toss Of Paper Price-Fixing Suit
• Competition Group Of The Year: Latham
• National Cartel Fines Not Tax-Deductible: Dutch Court
• AAI Asks 8th Circ. To Revive FTC Drug Monopoly Suit
• What Did You Know, When Did You Know It?
• Cargolux Wins Initial OK For $35M Price-Fixing Deal
• Toys R Us Price-Fixing Suit Shut Down
• Competition Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
• ProMedica's Hospital Buy Hurts Competition, FTC Says
• Minn. Car Dealer Settles Antitrust Suit Against Kia
• US Joins FCA Suit Over Food For Troops
• Criminal Subpoenas For Foreign-Originating Evidence
• $500M Telecom Antitrust Suit Goes To 2nd Circ.
• Kason Strikes Deal In Food Equipment Antitrust Suit
• Intel To Alter $8B McAfee Deal Over EU Concerns
• 10th Circ. Nixes $100M Pipeline Antitrust Suit
• Church & Dwight Sue Clorox Over Cat Litter Ads
• Competition Group Of The Year: Jones Day
• FTC Antitrust Adviser Reunites With Latham
• Judge Urges Dismissal Of Freight Price-Fixing Action
• STMicro Antitrust Suit Falls Short, Avago Says
• Hockey League Loses Injunction Bid In Antitrust Suit
• Philip Morris Drops Bid For Colombian Cigarette Co.
• Get It In Writing Or Pay The Consequences
• Plaintiffs Narrow Claims In Cement Price-Fixing Cases
• Suit Claims Honeywell Stonewalled Home Security Co.
• DOJ Wins Access To Docs In CDR Bid-Rigging Suit
• Competition Group Of The Year: Howrey
• SF Weekly, Bay Guardian Settle Antitrust Row
• Foreign Claims In SRAM Antitrust MDL Remain In Play
• China Unveils New Price-Fixing, Antitrust Rules
• Tip-Sharing Action Against Maui Resort Trimmed
• Portuguese Court Upholds €3M Abbott Price-Fixing Fine
• UK To Investigate Ryanair's Buy Of Aer Lingus Stake
• Pom's Latest Juice Battle Not Yet Ripe For Decision
• DC Circ. Rules Against Broker In NM Kickback Case
• Taxi Ad Co. Asks 2nd Circ. To Revive Antitrust Suit
• Oracle Faces $110M Software Trade Secrets Suit
• Switzerland Probes Swisscom Fiber-Optic Network Plans
• Reflections On Brazilian Cartel Enforcement
• Malaysian Telecom Cos. Eye Alcatel Over Bribes
• Google Wins Injunction On Microsoft DOI Contract
• Trade Secrets Suit Over B&N's Nook To Go To Trial
• Liberty Mutual Settles Kickback Claims For $7.5M
• Claims Trimmed In Cement Price-Fixing Actions
• Mylan To Pay $65M To Bury Medicaid Inflation Claims
• Law360's Competition Groups Of The Year
• FTC Challenges Lundbeck Drug Monopoly In 8th Circ.
• DOJ Knocks SEC, CFTC Derivatives Proposals
• Verizon, Others Duck $500M Suit Over Patent Trust
• Netflix Customers Win Class Status In Antitrust Case
• 7th Circ. Keeps Text Message Antitrust Suit Alive