Competition Archive » April, 2011

Competition - April, 2011

272 articles

• Pay Up, 9th Circ. Tells Gibson Dunn In Sanctions Row
• NFL Lockout Can Resume Pending Appeal: 8th Circ.
• Actelion Must Pay Asahi $550M In Fasudil Suit: Jury
• Feds Only After Me For My Husband: Grupo Director
• Ex-Hospital Exec Gets Bench Trial In Bribery Case
• EU OKs Arkema's €550M Total Resins Units Buy
• Swiss Watchdog Opens Probe Into Swisscom Network Deal
• Lilly, SEC Push Toward Deal In FCPA Probe
• API, Kronos Nix Merger Over DOJ Antitrust Fears
• Most Claims Tossed In Reggae Monopoly Suit Against UMG
• Lyondell Spurns $340M In Liability Claims
• Former Valve Co. Exec Pleads Guilty In FCPA Case
• Expertly Navigating Federal Expert Disclosure Rules
• Celgene Sues Americord Over Stem Cell Marketing
• EU Opens Antitrust Probes Into Major Banks Over CDS
• Mexican Senate Passes Antitrust Law Reforms
• Costa Rica Ex-Prez Gets Five Years For Alcatel Bribes
• Jury Sees Bribe Checks In Lindsey FCPA Trial
• Horizon Avoids Ch. 11 After Judge Cuts $45M Antitrust Fine
• EU Probes Cephalon, Teva Deal Over Generic Provigil
• Polypore Takes FTC Divestiture Order To 11th Circ.
• EU Aims To Improve Cooperation In Merger Reviews
• Ill., Wash. AGs Oppose $10M Chunghwa Deal In CRT MDL
• DuPont Did Not Spoliate By Deleting Emails: Judge
• NAIC Wins Suit Over Medicare Supplement Criticisms
• AT&T Mobility V. Concepcion: A Win For Class Waivers
• Cadwalader Launches Brussels Base With Antitrust Vet
• Lockout Lifted, NFL Players Back To Business For Now
• Doubling Down On Market Manipulation Enforcement
• Godzilla Creator Drops Suit Over Honda Minivan Ad
• Par Pharmaceutical Settles Medicaid Suits For $154M
• Jurors See Insider Emails In Lindsey Bribery Case
• Asahi, Actelion Throw Final Punches In Fasudil IP Row
• Duane Reade Settles Medicaid Fraud Suit
• Housing Authority Exec Faces Bribery Charges In Ohio
• Navy Freezes Facility's Contracting Authority
• FTC Orders Hikma To Shed Drugs For $112M Baxter Deal
• Sprint Asks FCC To Consolidate Reviews Of AT&T Deals
• UK Fraud Agency's GC Headed To McGuireWoods
• B&N Hits Microsoft With Antitrust Claims In IP Suit
• Cravath, Weil Rep J&J In $21B Deal To Buy Synthes
• Commodities Traders Hit With $60M Antitrust Suit
• NFL Players Tackle League's Bid To Stay Lockout Ban
• Arbitration Contracts Can Ban Class Actions: High Court
• Google Books And The Complexity Of Digitalization
• SAIC Can't Snip Whistleblower From Bid-Rigging Suit
• BP Settles 2nd Propane Monopoly Suit
• Texas Senate Passes Bill Deregulating Telecoms
• Former NC Chief Justice, 3 Others Join Nexsen Pruet
• DOJ Greenlights $1.4B Southwest-AirTran Combo
• Feds Fight Bid To Delay Ohio Corruption Trial
• Telcel Fights Mexican Antitrust Watchdog's $1B Fine
• 2 Ex-Air France Execs Indicted On Antitrust Charges
• Antitrust Law Can't Apply To NM Insurance Rates: 10th Circ.
• $251M Animal Health Co. Merger Moves Forward
• Army Major, Wife Can't Shake Bribery Convictions
• Microsoft Appeal Of €899M EU Antitrust Fine Set For May
• Judge Refuses To Exit Rutgers Asparagus Patent Suit
• Sprint Wants To See Confidential AT&T, T-Mobile Files
• FTC Clears Walter Investments' $1B Green Tree Buy
• Judge Lifts NFL Lockout In Labor Fight
• Delay Sought In Ohio Corruption Trial
• Judge Allows Revival Of Claims In Radiology FCA Suit
• Sharp Wants Dell NY Law Claims Nixed In LCD MDL
• Baxter, CSL Look To Nix County's Blood Plasma Suit
• Execs Can't Blame Prosecutors In FCPA Suit: Judge
• DOJ Wants More Info On Nasdaq's $11.3B NYSE Offer
• FTC Clears Schwab's $1B OptionsXpress Deal
• High Court Won't Hear Text Messaging Antitrust Case
• Non-Spock Economics In Antitrust
• St. Jude Wins $2.3B Verdict In Trade Secrets Trial
• Power Co-Op Can't Take Query To Okla. High Court
• Developer Gets 7 Years In Dallas Bribery Scheme
• Innovation Gets MGA False Statements Suit Nixed
• Ion Tech Co. Resolves Antitrust Action Against Varian
• UK Targets Starwood, Others In Hotel Price-Fixing Case
• FTC Won't Bar LabCorp's $58M Westcliff Tie-Up
• Plaintiffs Fear Retaliation In MiraLax Antitrust Suit
• Korean Air Asks MDL Judge To Rethink Doc Order
• Checkers Or Chess? Facing State Capitalism — Part II
• J.Crew Faces Trademark Suit Over Leopard Design
• Judge Clarifies 'Foreign Official' In Lindsey FCPA Case
• T-Mobile Merger Will Boost Competition, AT&T Tells FCC
• Feds Seek 27-Month Sentence For Ill. Contractor
• Watchdog Loses Bid To Renew $376M Swisscom Fine
• Cardinal Health Settles Kickback Claims For $8M
• US Airways Hits Sabre With Antitrust Suit
• Ciba Ends Combative Ads To Settle Bausch & Lomb Case
• DOJ Grounds Ex-Florida West Exec's Price-Fixing Case
• Chile Pushes $19M Antitrust Fines For Coke Bottlers
• Holder Launches Probe Into Energy Market Fraud
• Nasdaq Undeterred After Latest NYSE Rejection
• Judge Again Shoots Down Civil Fines In Bid-Rigging Case
• German Antitrust Watchdog OKs €310M Lanxess-DSM Deal
• Chinese Regulators OK $975M Nokia-Motorola Deal
• High Court Urged To Make Grand Jury Subpoena Rules
• 4th Circ. Affirms $13.5M PBM Verdict In Enfamil Case
• Judge Won't Approve Samsung's $32M Tube Cartel Fine
• S. Africa Drops Price-Fixing Case V. Nestle, Others
• Gibson Dunn Draws Ex-V&E Antitrust Leaders
• DOJ Forces Changes To Novell-Microsoft Group IP Deal
• Disney, Hanna-Barbera Sue Over Character Costumes
• Ex-ABB Exec Seeks To Limit Testimony In FCPA Trial
• Toro, Sprinkler Co. End Antitrust, Merger Fraud Fight
• FTC Seeks To Block Ga. Hospital Merger
• Survival Of The Fittest — Aspen Skiing
• ITC To Probe B&N's Nook After Microsoft Complaint
• SD Convention Center Slams Vendor's Antitrust Proof
• BP Settles Propane Monopoly Suit
• Big Banks Sued Over Libor Manipulation
• Afghanistan Contractors Want Kickback Cases Joined
• S. Africa Orders Divestment In $260M Coatings Merger
• T-Mobile Latest To Sling Arrow In LCD Antitrust Suit
• An Antitrust Guide To The NFL Labor Dispute
• AUO, Execs Fail To Escape Price-Fixing Charges
• FTC Clears Warburg's $438M Rural/Metro Buyout
• Funeral Trust Bilked $14M From Customers: Calif. AG
• EBay Wins FTC Approval For $2.4B GSI Buy
• Nasdaq, ICE Bet $350M On NYSE Deal's Antitrust OK
• FTC Greenlights AGL Resources' $2.4B Nicor Buy
• Mich. Hospitals Try To Nix Price-Fixing Action
• EU Vows To Protect Internet Competition
• Turkey Fines 15 Car Cos. $180M For Price-Fixing
• Defense Absent As St. Jude Trade Secrets Trial Begins
• 9th Circ. Pares State Claims In Airline Antitrust Suit
• Judge Mulls Purchase Provision In $30M Dean Foods Deal
• Delay Sought In Case Over Katrina Cleanup Contracts
• SAIC To Add Evidence In GSA Bid-Rigging Suit
• Canadian Rulings Imperil Indirect Purchaser Actions
• EU Watchdog OKs Barclays Egg Credit Card Asset Buy
• UK Court Cuts Antitrust Fines For More Construction Cos.
• AstraZeneca, P&G Dodge Prilosec OTC Antitrust Suit
• Canada Probing Prysmian, Others Over Antitrust Worries
• Exec To Plead Guilty In $9M Navy Kickback Case
• Mexican Antitrust Watchdog Hits Telcel With $1B Fine
• Why The Google Books Settlement Was Rejected
• Welcome To The New Law360
• DC Circ. Seeks Input On Ferrosilicon Cartel Ruling
• Spain Targets Polyurethane Cartel For Antitrust Abuses
• UK Court Finds Heathrow Access Ban Anti-Competitive
• Lindsey Fails To Nix Evidence In FCPA Trial
• FTC Must Break Up CVS Caremark: Consumer Groups
• Plan To Add Muscle To Mexican Antitrust Law Advances
• FCC Launches Review Of $39B AT&T, T-Mobile Merger
• Customers Pick Up Deal In Trash Hauling Antitrust Suit
• Korean Search Co. Slaps Google Over Android Settings
• Checkers Or Chess? Facing State Capitalism — Part I
• Making Good Lawyers Into Great Partners
• UHS Demands More Info From Rival In Antitrust Suit
• Caterpillar Offers Antitrust Fixes For $810M MWM Deal
• EU Watchdog To Give Cartel Fine Info Sooner: Almunia
• Faiveley Nets Quick Win In Subway Brake IP Suit
• ConocoPhillips Dodges Union 76 Rent-Hike MDL
• EU High Court Urged To Again Nix €19M Solvay Fine
• Antitrust Group Says DOJ's Google-ITA Deal Has Holes
• Gibson Dunn Fights EnCana Suit Sanctions In 9th Circ.
• Align Buy Of Dental Scan Co. Isn't Crooked, FTC Says
• Arguments On Appeal: FTC V. Lundbeck
• FTC Says $600M Kirby, K-Sea Deal Fit For Launch
• Visa Fails To Escape €10.2M Antitrust Fine
• 2nd Circ. Parses Antitrust Implications In ARS Action
• High Court Asked To Hear Text Message Antitrust Suit
• Attys, Law Profs Demand Antitrust Probe Of BCS
• Sears Sues To Keep DieHard Mark From Sex Spray Cos.
• US Polo Association Loses EU Trademark Case
• Lawyers Trade Blows Over Asahi, Actelion Trial Conduct
• Polar Worldwide Forced Into Air Cargo Suit
• Medical Supplier Gets 6 Months For Hussein Kickbacks
• Quest's $344M Celera Buy Averts Antitrust Hurdle
• American Hits Orbitz, Travelport With Antitrust Suit
• Medical Group Kept Egg Prices Low, Donor Claims
• Questioning Class Action Waivers
• Mind The Gap In Rule 26(b)(3)
• EU Fines Unilever, P&G €315M For Detergent Cartel
• DOJ Urges 2nd Circ. To Block BMI License Premium
• Monks' Funeral Casket Cartel Suit Not Dead Yet
• FTC, CFTC To Share Info In Energy Enforcement
• Perkins Coie Adds Corporate, IP, Antitrust Pros
• Adidas Unit Targeted In Japan Antitrust Probe
• Consumer Union Warns Congress On AT&T, T-Mobile Buy
• Levi's EU Claim Tossed In Trademark Fight
• Hologic Sues IZI Over Mammogram Cushion Patent
• Demanding Antitrust Side-Letter Disclosure
• Playtex Loses Bid To Stop Rival Diaper Pail Ads
• States Ordered To Amend LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• Coach Claims Jo-Ann Fabric Infringed Logo
• Wells Fargo, QBE Face Suit Over Preset Policies
• Judge Sends NFL Labor Fight To Mediation
• Budget Woes Delay Brazil's Antitrust Reform
• SEC Sets FCPA Sights On Silicon Valley
• International Paper, Others Can't Dodge Antitrust Suit
• Judge Bars NY AG's Subpoenas In Intel Antitrust Probe
• The Cockroach Of Antitrust
• FTC Blesses Kindred's $1.3B RehabCare Purchase
• Berkshire's $9B Lubrizol Buy Wins FTC Approval
• Australia Fines Japan Air $5.8M For Cargo Cartel
• UK To Review Google's $62M Buy Of Price-Quote Site
• Judge OKs Craisin Monopoly Suit Against Ocean Spray
• Abbott To Pay $52M To Norvir Direct Purchaser Class
• DOJ Backs $245M Stericycle Deal With Plant Sale
• House Votes Down FCC Net Neutrality Rules
• Hawaii Exits NY Suit Over AmEx Merchant Policies
• Former Ohio Judge Seeks New Trial In Kickback Suit
• Small Biz Group Sues DOD Over Raytheon Records
• DOJ Signs Off On Google's ITA Deal, With Conditions
• J&J Pays $78M To Settle Foreign Bribery Cases
• Bricks V. Clicks
• AT&T, T-Mobile Merger Could Strangle Upstate NY: AG
• FTC Clears Cowen's $192M LaBranche Buyout
• NY Lawmakers, Hospital CEOs Get More Bribery Charges
• DOJ Fights To Keep $19M Fine In Sewer Bribery Case
• Hercules Reveals SEC, DOJ Probes Of FCPA Violations
• Tenn. Court Asked To Move Steel Price-Fixing Action
• Intel Dodges Class Action Over Benchmark Practices
• Fears Of US Excess Stymie EU Class Action Efforts
• Steptoe Adds Versatile Litigator To DC Group
• NFL Players, Owners Open To Mediation In Labor Row
• S. African Court Nixes Watchdog's SAB Brewery Case
• Foreign Depositions OK'd In Afghan Kickback Case
• Minsurg Infringement Claims Survive Dismissal Bid
• Comverse To Pay $2.8M To End FCPA Cases
• Panel Sends NOPEC Antitrust Bill To Full Senate
• Italian Watchdog Calls For Reforms To Unbundling Law
• Warhol Group Sues Insurer For $6.6M In Legal Costs
• Superfund Kickback Schemer Gets 18 Months
• TD, Banker Group To Enter Canada Credit Card Action
• Judge Postpones NFL Lockout Ruling
• EU Targets 2 More Nations Over Russian Air Deals
• 6th Circ. Upholds FTC Ruling Against Realtor Group
• Quarles Adds Corporate, Antitrust Atty From Drinker
• Ex-Unilab GC Participation Dooms Relator's FCA Case
• AT&T Must Share Customer Info With Time Warner: FCC
• JGC To Pay $219M Fine In Nigeria Bribe Case
• Night Law School's Contract Suit Trimmed For Now
• Ex-NY Sen. Espada, Son Deny Corruption Charges
• The FTC And State Health Care Regulation
• Liberty Moves To Invalidate Progressive Patents
• Eviction Cos. Face Sanctions For Underpaid Homeless
• Mars' Bid To Block Deposition Nixed In Antitrust MDL
• Claims Trimmed In Radiology Co. Qui Tam Suit
• Construction Chief Gets 2 Years In Bribe Case
• Cargolux, British Airways Fined $5.8M For Cartel Roles
• Univ. Of Minn. Sued Over Fruit Tree Patents
• FTC Clears Cephalon's $225M Gemin X Buyout
• EU Backs ABN Amro Aid With Restrictions
• 7 Ways To Avoid Privacy And Data Security Trouble
• Judge Denies Bank's Injunction Bid In Durbin Suit
• Verizon Faces Antitrust Claims In Texting Fraud Suit
• Alpha Gets Antitrust Clearance For $7.1B Massey Buy
• Judge Nixes 'Foreign Official' Challenge In FCPA Case
• Conceptus Fired Salesman For Overbilling Report: Suit
• Liquor Distributor Says Bacardi Violated Sherman Act
• Amgen Expert Report Allowed In Aranesp Kickback Suit
• Bird & Bird Snags 4 Howrey Antitrust Attys In Paris
• DC Circ. Nixes Verizon, MetroPCS Net Neutrality Suits
• EU Slashes ArcelorMittal Antitrust Fine
• Ohio Willow Dodges Sanctions In Prosthetics IP War
• Judge Tosses Penske Car System Warranty Action
• Premerger Filings On The Rise, DOJ Reports
• Kwikset Ruling To Reignite False Ad Suits By Rivals
• Innospec Told To Give Bank Info To NewMarket
• Dean Foods Seeks To Decertify Milk MDL Classes
• UK Court Trims Recruiter Cartel Fine To $9.5M
• Mintz Levin Lures Ober Kaler Health Antitrust Guru
• Insurer's Bid To Avoid Kids-For-Cash Coverage Revived
• Hancock, Whitney Strike DOJ Deal Over $1.5B Merger
• US, EU Antitrust Heads Vow Cooperation, Enforcement
• GE's $3B Buy Of John Wood Well Unit Clears Hurdles
• Drug Test Co. Lured Doctors With Kickbacks, Rival Says
• AT&T And T-Mobile: Duopoly Deja Vu?
• Combating Junior Lawyer Fallout — Part II
• EU Appeals WTO Ruling In Boeing Subsidies Case