Competition Archive » March, 2011

Competition - March, 2011

308 articles

• Office Depot Accuses LCD Makers Of Price-Fixing Plot
• Ex-Okla. State Senator Indicted In Bribery Scheme
• Lindsey Can't Nix FCPA Case For Brady Issues: Judge
• Actavis Pays $10M To Exit Kentucky Medicaid Suit
• Judge Lets Yaz Counterclaims Against Bayer Stand
• Agencies Assemble Antitrust Guidance For ACOs
• Ark. High Court Says General Tobacco Owes $2.45M
• Seahawk Asset Sale To Hercules Gets Antitrust OK
• Target, Others Can't Kick Bruce Lee Trademark Claims
• UK Software Cos. Scuttle Merger Amid Antitrust Probe
• Judge Nixes Dismissal Bid In Thalomid Antitrust Suit
• Arctic Glacier To Pay $12.5M To Exit Ice Antitrust MDL
• EU Raids Deutsche Bahn Offices In Antitrust Probe
• Antitrust Enforcers Urge End To Free-For-All Probes
• WTO Says Boeing Got $5B In US Subsidies
• Google Blocks Rival Search Engines, Microsoft Tells EU
• GSK Gets $3.5M Verdict In Norvir Antitrust Case
• Loeb & Loeb Nabs Ex-Howrey Antitrust Partner
• Power Balance Cuts Deal In False Ad Action
• Supreme Court Mulls Entrance Fees In Telecom Fight
• UK Lays Out Limits To Overseas Reach Of Bribery Act
• Dean Foods Deal Gives DOJ Firepower In Food Fights
• Ex-Bank Employee Pleads Guilty In Muni Bond Probe
• Airport Owner Must Sell 2 More Hubs: UK Watchdog
• Energy Co. CEO's Comments Cut From FCPA Case
• Sirius XM Subscribers Win Class Cert. In Antitrust Suit
• Farmers Launch Assault On Monsanto Seed Patents
• Lannett Loses Bid To Enforce Celgene Oral Agreement
• Prosthetics Maker Can't Dodge Antitrust Claims
• Paint Price-Fixing Suit Against DuPont Survives
• Dean Foods To Settle Antitrust Suit With Assets Sale
• Opus Slaps Ex-Trader With Trade Secrets Suit
• AmEx Can't Dodge Currency Fee Price-Fixing Suit
• Motorola's Price-Fixing Claims Preserved In LCD MDL
• NY AG To Review AT&T's $39B T-Mobile Deal
• ProMedica Merger In Ohio Blocked Over Antitrust Fears
• Baker Hostetler Gains 17 Howrey Attys
• Toys R Us To Pay $1.3M To End FTC Dispute
• Visa, MasterCard Hit With Canadian Antitrust Action
• EU Court Says Steel Cos. Must Pay €13M Cartel Fines
• Feds Add Wire, Tax Fraud To Espada Corruption Charges
• Apax Wins Toss Of Bank Rate Listing Antitrust Suit
• FTC OKs $76M Astellas-Maxygen Protein Program Deal
• Marine Gets Probation For Taking Bribes In Iraq
• High Court Kills County's Drug Price Class Action
• An Ounce Of Prevention For Problems With No Cure
• The Uncertain State Of Class Action Waivers
• Ex-NFLers Hit League With Antitrust Action
• 4th Circ. Upholds FCA's Whistleblower Secrecy
• Kirkland Adds Ex-FTC Chair, 3 Others To DC Office
• Bryan Cave Snags Ex-McKenna Long Antitrust Head
• BAE Wins Body Armor Contract Antitrust Suit
• AT&T's T-Mobile Buy Is Anti-Competitive, Sprint Says
• Ball Resolves SEC Case Over Bribes In Argentina
• Merck To Pay $4.2M To End Wis. Medicaid Fight
• Ohio Judge Found Guilty In Public Corruption Case
• Perusing Google Books
• Tech Contractor Pleads Guilty To E-Rate Bribes
• CORRECTED: FTC OKs Quest's $740M Buyout Of Athena
• Class Rep Pushes To Kill Deal Over Chemo Drug Sales
• DOJ Expands Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Probe
• Medtronic Unit Must Face Antitrust Claims: Judge
• Rival Filed Sham Suits, Insurance Manager Says
• Browns Ticket Holder Sues Team, NFL Over Lockout
• Auto Insurers Can't Shake Repair Part Antitrust Suit
• Amazon Ties Up $500M Diapers.com Deal After FTC OK
• Cable Box Antitrust Action Survives Dismissal Bid
• Haynes & Boone Adds Ex-Howrey Antitrust Atty
• Antitrust Suit Over Failed Spinkler Co. Deal KO'd
• Combating Junior Lawyer Fallout — Part I
• Fate Of Google Books Up In Air After Ruling
• Jones Day Snags 4 Howrey Insurance, Antitrust Attys
• Fla. Directed To Amend LCD Price-Fixing Suit
• Solvay Wants Firms, Expert Removed In AndroGel Suit
• Truck Stop Chains Can't Shake Antitrust Claims
• Mexican Cell Giant Targets TV Cos. In Antitrust Fight
• UK Court Slashes Antitrust Fines On Construction Cos.
• FTC Drops Appeal Of LabCorp Merger Challenge
• K&L Gates Adds Dewey IP, Antitrust Atty To DC Office
• 2nd Pipe Co. Owner Cops To ConEd Kickbacks
• Abbott Strikes Deal In Antitrust Battle Over HIV Drugs
• HTC Sues Samsung Over Smartphone Trademarks
• EU Court Nixes €100M In Cartel Fines On Copper Co.
• Antitrust Record Review: Obama's Judges
• Real Estate Listing Antitrust Suits Survive
• Conduct Expert Can Testify In Ohio Corruption Case
• Spain Opens Price-Fixing Probe Against Shipping Cos.
• FTC Blesses Daiichi Sankyo's $805M Plexxikon Buy
• BT Loses Overcharges Appeal In UK Competition Court
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Prison Stint For Morgan Crucible CEO
• Bacardi Fights To Avoid Claims Over Distribution Deals
• EU To Sue Italy Over Alcoa Power Subsidies
• KeySpan, Morgan Stanley Antitrust Action Tossed
• Kaplan, West Agree To Pay $5M In Bar Prep Scheme Suit
• Targeting Health Care Antitrust In Texas
• Dechert Snags Skadden Antitrust Veteran
• Sprint CEO Raises Red Flags Over AT&T's T-Mobile Deal
• Judge Rejects $125M Google Books Settlement
• Apple, Amazon Go Head To Head Over 'App Store' Mark
• 4 More Howrey Antitrust Partners Flock To Baker Botts
• FTC Warns Miss. Lawmakers Over Drug Manager Bill
• 2nd Auto Light Exec To Plead Guilty To Price-Fixing
• Judge OKs $34M Countrywide Reinsurance Settlement
• 9th Circ. Mulls Quick-Look In Grocery Profit-Sharing Suit
• Baker Nabs SNR Denton, Weil Gotshal Antitrust Attys
• NYSE, Deutsche Boerse Deal May Face Long EU Review
• Apple CEO Jobs Can Be Deposed In ITunes Suit: Judge
• H&R Block Can't Shake Jackson Hewitt Ad Suit
• Sanofi, Merck Drop Animal Health Joint Venture
• Defining 'National Security' In Chinese Mergers
• AIG, Others To Pay $36.8M To Settle Antitrust MDL
• NFL Blasts Players' Injunction Bid In Antitrust Case
• Palm Beach Public Corruption Probe Snares 13
• 2nd Circ. Revives Fight Over US Foreign Surveillance
• AT&T Stakes $3B On Antitrust Clearance Of T-Mobile Buy
• Out-Of-Court Statements OK'd In Ohio Corruption Case
• Ex-JPMorgan Exec Contests DOJ Intervention Bid
• Dewey Nabs Another Howrey Atty For Antitrust Team
• UK Court Nixes Cartel Claims Against Mersen
• Court Snuffs Out Protest Of Master Tobacco Deal
• 5 Marketing Lessons From Howrey's Graveside
• ATS Drops Epson Price-Fixing Claims In LCD MDL
• Fueling Fresh Analysis Of Horizontal Market Power
• Medco Sued Over CalPERS Bribery
• Calif. Joins Relator's Kickback Suit V. Bristol-Myers
• FCC Blesses $22B CenturyLink-Qwest Deal
• Mayer Brown Snags 21 Howrey IP, Antitrust Lawyers
• Samsung To Pay $32M In Display Tube Antitrust Case
• SigmaPharm Appeals Skelaxin Antitrust, Contract Suit
• UK Weighs Unilever Offer In Alberto-Culver Deal
• Google Loses Bid To Scrap AdWords Class Action
• 'Foreign-Cubed' Investors Ousted From Infineon Suit
• IBM To Pay $10M To End SEC's Asian Bribery Suit
• Chilean Antitrust Court To Probe LAN-TAM Merger
• Germany Nixes Online Video Deal Over Antitrust Fears
• The Limits Of FTAIA's Jurisdiction
• Ex-La. Official Pleads Not Guilty To Kickbacks
• 3 Airlines Settle New Zealand Cartel Probe
• LG, Investors Settle LCD Price-Fixing Suit For $18M
• BofA, Citi, Barclays Subpoenaed In LIBOR Probe
• Lithuania Calls For Court Ouster Of Gazprom Execs
• Understanding FTC V. LabCorp.
• UK Mortgage Software Merger Needs More Scrutiny: OFT
• Rising Star: Skadden's Ingrid Vandenborre
• Apotex Doesn't Infringe Provigil Patent, Judge Says
• Kraft, Unilever Fined In €38M German Antitrust Probe
• Reinsurer's Losses Disprove Kickback Suit: Wells Fargo
• Tekmira Claims Alnylam Stole Gene Therapy Secrets
• Euro-Pro Sues Black & Decker Over Steam Mop Claims
• Dell Claims Survive In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• Importer Blasts Bid For Duties On Asian Sleeping Bags
• UK Proposes Competition, Trade Agency Tie-Up
• KBR Faces Kickback Claims In $41M Contract Row
• Toshiba, Others Accused Of $1B Digital Card Cartel
• Premier Wins Bid To Arbitrate Rival's Antitrust Suit
• Spain Targets 17 Envelope Makers In Cartel Probe
• Convicted Army Major, Wife Seek New Bribery Trial
• Rising Star: Wilson Sonsini's Scott Sher
• The Real March Madness
• MeadWestvaco Settles School Supply Antitrust Suit
• House Panel Votes To Block FCC Net Neutrality Rules
• Chrysler Sues To Defend 'Imported From Detroit' Mark
• Random House Sued Over 'Super Bowl Shuffle' Rights
• Ex-Md. Pol Pleads Not Guilty To Bribery Charges
• 9th Circ. Refuses To Freeze $58M LabCorp Merger
• House Bill Would Ax Medicare Bidding Program
• Poland Fines Mobile Co. $45M Over Antitrust Raids
• S. African Court Dumps Fertilizer Cartel Case
• Board Can Impose Enviro Terms On Mergers: DC Circ.
• Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Josh Lipton
• Merger Negotiations Can Stay Private — Usually
• DOJ, SEC, Others Probe UBS Over Rate Manipulation
• Another Bench Change Possible In NFL Antitrust Suit
• FTC Clears Golden Gate Acquisition Of Conexant
• Pipe Supply Co. Pleads Guilty In ConEd Kickback Case
• Rising Star: Labaton Sucharow's Kellie Lerner
• Media Cos. Urge Full Review For News Corp-BSkyB Deal
• Ex-Exactech Director Avoids Prison In Kickback Case
• 9th Circ. Won't Toss Korean Air Price-Fixing Appeal
• One For The 'Have Nots'
• Berkshire Deal Could Raise Rail Rates, Sens. Say
• EU Widens Antitrust Probe Of Russian Air Agreements
• EU Antitrust Pro Joins Gibson Dunn In London
• Avis Sinks Antitrust Suit Over $1.5B Merger
• Manager, DOJ Strike $82M Deal In Lyondell Fraud Case
• CORRECTED: Medline To Pay $91M Over Medicare Kickback Suit
• Construction Cos.' UK Bid-Rigging Fines Lowered
• NFLers Sue League, Get Locked Out
• 4th Circ. Revives Kevlar Antitrust Claim V. DuPont
• Howrey Attys Scatter To Arnold & Porter, Covington
• Texas Jury Awards $10M In Developer's Contract Suit
• DOJ Says It Rightly Interpreted FCPA In Bribery Case
• 9th Circ. Grants New Bribery Trial For Ex-Alaska Pol
• NZ Court Backs Antitrust Watchdog In Gag Order Case
• Senate Antitrust Panel Puts Google On Priority List
• Minn. Pharmacy Class Suit Wrongly Remanded: 8th Circ.
• Rising Star: Cadwalader's Jonathan Kanter
• Hot Tub Parts Makers Settle Antitrust, Patent Spat
• British Atty Admits To $132M Nigerian Bribery Scheme
• A Shot In The Arm For Section 2 Enforcement
• 2 LCD Makers Exit Electrograph Antitrust Suit
• NY Legislators, Hospital CEOs Charged With Bribery
• Eaton Can't Ditch Judgment Over Gear Monopoly
• Municipal Contractor Appeals 2-Year Bribery Sentence
• SEC Urged To Rethink AT&T Net Neutrality Finding
• Dooney Founder Asks Court To Retry Oil Bribery Case
• EU Raids Baltic Rail Cos. In Antitrust Probe
• 2010 In Review: Canadian Competition And Marketing
• Not So Sweet 16
• Ill. AG Targets 4 Ice Cos. Over Antitrust Practices
• Allergan, Rivals Debate Competition Claims' Validity
• Music Licensing Co. Can't Shake TV Antitrust Suit
• Coin Graders' Antitrust Suit V. EBay, Others Tossed
• Muni Contractors Get Light Sentences In Bribery Case
• House Bill To Nix Net Neutrality Rule Passes 1st Test
• China Delays $1.2B Nokia Siemens-Motorola Deal
• FTC Clears Danaher's Beckman Buy But Hurdles Remain
• Barclays, Buyers Rigged Bids In Del Monte Deal: Suit
• Australia Bars $368M Asahi-P&N Combo
• Antitrust Risks For ACOs
• Norex Sues Russian Billionaires Over Oil Co. Takeover
• Ex-ABB Manager Wants FCPA Charges Tossed
• Ford Wants Out Of Antitrust Action Over Car Imports
• 6th Circ. Orders AT&T To Publicize Contract Terms
• AmEx Can't Bar Merchants' Class Action: 2nd Circ.
• Judge Dismisses Iowa Concrete Antitrust Suit
• EU OKs French Insurance For Aircraft Parts Suppliers
• News Corp.'s $670M Shine Deal Clears FTC Hurdle
• Ex-Ala. Mayor Asks 11th Circ. To Flip Bribery Verdict
• HP's Antitrust, IP Claims Nixed In Turbon Pact Suit
• EU Court Shaves Spanish Tobacco Cartel Fine
• Fed. Circ. Kills Mylan's Prilosec Antitrust Claims
• FTC Blesses GTCR's $675M Purchase Of Sterigenics
• FTC Backs $127M Summit-Answers Deal
• Fueling The BPCI Debate
• Where Subsidies Turn Into Liabilities
• Bell Canada Gets OK For $1.3B CTV Buy
• Drugmakers Beat Price-Fixing Claims In Ca. Court
• Sears, Others Sell Infringing Shoes, Skechers Claims
• Ex-Insurance Adjuster To Pay $22M For Fraud Scheme
• Texas Motels Settle Hurricane Price-Gouging Claims
• AT&T Can Appeal Dismissal Of LCD Claims: Judge
• Expedia, Others Face Italian Antitrust Fines
• Ex-Telecom CFO Cops To Honduran FCPA Conspiracy
• FTC Recommends Revising Patent Notice And Rewards
• AstraZeneca, Mylan Spar Over Prilosec Suit Dismissal
• High Court Refuses To Hear Bribery Appeals
• Flavor Co. Won't Have Its Day In Supreme Court
• Key Machine Antitrust Suit Survives Dismissal Bids
• Tossing The 'Identical Or Nearly Identical' Standard
• Top Court Refuses To Hear Pay-For-Delay Challenge
• High Court Won't Hear Challenge To 1998 Tobacco Deal
• Gov'ts Win Cert. In McKesson Price-Rigging Suit
• Army Sgt. In Kickback Case Says DOJ Denied His Rights
• Calif. Mayor Indicted On Extortion Charges
• Cephalon Bid For Apotex Docs Denied In Provigil Suit
• Switzerland Widens Swisscom Fiber Optics Probe
• Tidewater Settles Bribery Probe With Nigeria For $6M
• Leibowitz, Piquado Tapped For Trade Enforcement Posts
• US, Calif. Watchdogs Probe Tech Standards Group
• EU Watchdog To Probe UPM's $1.2B Paper Cos. Buy
• Howrey Attys Flee To Dewey & LeBoeuf, Perkins Coie
• Spain Hits Hair Care Cos. With $71M Cartel Fine
• Hollywood Cos. Agree To Alter Theater Contracts In EU
• Don't Believe Your Lying Eyes
• Locke Lord Lures Baker's Dozen From Bullivant
• Texas Lawmakers Seek End To Austin Energy Monopoly
• Steptoe Nabs EU Antitrust Expert From Howrey
• Online Sales Bans Anti-Competitive, EU Adviser Says
• Railroad Antitrust Bill Heads To Full Senate
• Russian Watchdog Targets Alcoa Over Price Hikes
• Spain Seeks To Crush Wine Grape Price-Fixing
• Siemens Loses Bid To Toss €397M EU Cartel Fine
• Intel Accused Of Hindering NY Antitrust Probe
• An Eye On China's Version Of CFIUS
• UK Official OKs $13B News Corp.-BSkyB Merger
• Blue Cross Slaps Hofstra, Hospital With Logo IP Suit
• Coin Trade Group Exits EBay Antitrust Class Action
• UK Watchdog Taps Competition Head To Settle Spats
• Bracewell & Giuliani Nabs 3 For NYC Office
• Shot-Show Defendant Cops To FCPA Violations
• S. Africa Seeks Max Fines In Pilings Cartel Case
• McKesson Fights $212M Ariz. Fine Over Drug Prices
• Olympic, Aegean To Appeal EU Merger Rejection
• Are Consumer Class Actions Coming To The EU?
• OFT Fast-Tracks Review Of Travel Agencies' Merger
• EU Backs Ericsson's $65M Purchase Of Nortel Unit
• Feds Urge Light Sentence For Contractor Over Bribery
• Paul Hastings Grabs Howrey Antitrust Partner
• Major Found Guilty Of Bribery Over Iraq Contracts
• EU Raids Publishers In E-Book Cartel Probe
• B&N, Rival Settle E-Reader Trade Secrets Suit
• Astellas Sued Over Efforts To Block Generic Prograf
• Pay-For-Delay Deals Stay Under Wraps In Cephalon Suit
• $137M BofA Muni Bond Settlement Put On Hold
• FTC Gives Green Light To $1.25B CVS-Universal Deal
• Goldman, Carlyle Trim Buyout Antitrust Action
• FTC Blesses AOL's $315M HuffPost Takeover
• KemPharm Hits Shire With Antitrust Counterclaims
• Feds Seized Evidence Without Warrant, Utility Co. Says
• UK Competition Watchdog To Probe Ferry Route Deal
• DOJ Ordered To Share Docs In Bagram Bribery Case
• Howrey Partners Defect To MoFo, Kirkland, Others
• Sara Lee Presses Kraft Expert For Info On Atty Talks
• Fishermen Fail To Stop Seafood Cos.' Price-Sharing
• Aveng To Pay $18M To End S. African Antitrust Probes
• ClearCorrect Faces IP, Competition Suits Over Braces
• SEC, DOJ Open FCPA Probes Into Las Vegas Sands