Competition Archive » June, 2011

Competition - June, 2011

255 articles

• Feds Target Execs Over Penny Stock Fraud, Bribery
• 3rd Circ. Revives United Health Kickback Claim
• Calif. Real Estate Investors Will Cop To Bid-Rigging
• 9th Circ. Nixes Cert. Appeal In Toshiba Antitrust Action
• Contractor Denies Bribery In Hurricane Ike Cleanup
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Daniel Floyd
• Ex-Mass. House Speaker Seeks To Undo Bribery Conviction
• Dairy Co-Op Contends Antitrust Suit Is Baseless
• Md. County Councilwoman Cops To Tampering Charge
• UK Expected To Come Down Hard With New Bribery Law
• FTC Backs Ashland's $3.2B Chemical Maker Buy
• Ex-Dick's Atty Can't Ditch Prosecutor In Kickbacks Case
• FDIC Wins Bid To Toss WaMu Mortgage Kickback Suit
• Rebooting 'Dot Com Disclosures'
• UK Requires Sky News Independence In News Corp. Deal
• Consumer Watchdog Chases Facebook To FTC
• Mexican Competition Chair Recused From Telcel Appeal
• Radio Flyer, Target Accused Of Fixing Wagon Market
• NY Mayor Seeks $600M From CityTime Contractor SAIC
• 'Chipmunks' Owner Claims Tribute Album Infringes IP
• Oracle Calls HP Contract Suit A 'Publicity Stunt'
• Feds Urge Up To 15 Years For Ex-Mass. House Speaker
• Contractor Seeks Own Trial Over Hurricane Ike Fraud
• 8th Circ. Refuses To Block Dodd-Frank Debit Fee Rule
• Arent Fox Snags Former Judge From Girardi Keese
• Australian Regulators Smash Grain Transport Monopoly
• Getting Specific About FCPA Compliance
• Chrysler Can't Block 'Imported From Detroit' Use
• Judge Boots Title Insurance Case To Arbitration
• Ex-Fla. Port Official Fights Corruption Verdict
• The DOJ's Revised Merger Remedies Guidelines
• Real Estate Boards Can't Dodge Antitrust Class Action
• Apple Gets ITunes Antitrust Action Tossed
• Q&A With Jones Day's Meir Feder
• Judge Keeps Norfolk Southern Derivative Suit Alive
• Ex-Execs Say Marsh Colluded With Spitzer
• CityTime Manager Faces Battle Over Defense Fees
• Judge Tosses FTC Suit Challenging Hospital Merger
• Specter Of Dismissal Raised In Lindsey FCPA Case
• Google Faces New €290M French Antitrust Complaint
• Mylan Takes $76M Antitrust Verdict To High Court
• 5th Circ. Says Texas Can Claim $4M From Antitrust Deal
• Canada Moves To Block Air Canada-United Joint Venture
• New Charges Coming In Hospital Bribery Case, Feds Say
• High Court Won't Hear Firms' Antitrust Subpoena Fight
• JPMorgan Units Hit With Force-Placed Policy Action
• Magyar Telekom Settles SEC's FCPA Probe
• Benihana Seeks Dismissal Of Widow's Libel Suit
• FCPA Enforcement After Lindsey
• VW Alters MAN Takeover Bid In Face Of EU Objection
• Atty Can't Represent AWP Classes, 1st Circ. Rules
• St. Jude Wins Injunction, Verdict Trimmed By $1.3B
• 2nd Circ. Kills 'Zohan' Copyright Suit
• Classmates.com Sued Over 'Memory Lane' Trademark
• MedioStream Accuses Microsoft Of Video Monopoly
• Google Acknowledges FTC Antitrust Probe
• Putting Up Dukes In Antitrust Class Actions?
• How To Make It Rain By Marketing Individual Lawyers
• Vienna Beef Denied TRO In Hot Dog Advertising Suit
• FTC Clears Intel To Bid On Nortel Patents
• NFL Lockout Battle Sketches Path For Likely NBA Feud
• DOJ, FTC To Sign Pact With Chinese Antitrust Watchdogs
• Q&A With Fulbright & Jaworski's Layne Kruse
• FTC To Subpoena Google In Antitrust Probe: Report
• Judge Tosses Oil Rig Flight Price-Fixing Action
• Gabon FCPA Defense Attys Blast Informant At Closing
• Viacom Wrangles With Cablevision Over IPad Streaming
• Market Manipulation Without Market Power
• UnitedHealth To Pay $1M For Antitrust Pact Breach
• DOJ Ends Antitrust Case Over Va. Poultry Plant Deal
• Apple Gets Antitrust OK To Bid On Nortel Patents
• Google Execs Snub Senate Antitrust Committee
• Apple Injunction Bid 'Probably' Will Be Denied: Source
• NJ High Court Lets Coregis Off Hook For Sewage Deal
• Dutch Lawmakers Pass Net Neutrality Bill
• FBI's Tactics In Gabon FCPA Sting Come Under Fire
• States, Tobacco Cos. Close To Deal In $7B Dispute
• 6th Circ. Reverses Twombly Ruling In Antitrust Suit
• Enviro Co. Denied Payment In Kickback Case
• OFT Weighs Divestiture Offer In Princes' Canning Deal
• Polish Telecom Fined €128M For Blocking Rivals
• Army Sgt. Charged Over Kuwait Base Kickback Scheme
• Korean Regulator Says It Favors Structural Merger Fixes
• NY Art Gallery Wins Toss Of Ceramics Monopoly Suit
• E-Rate Bid-Rigger Gets Year In Prison
• Real Estate Brokers Settle Antitrust Suit For $2.4M
• 3rd Concrete Exec Sentenced In DOJ Price-Fixing Probe
• DevMarketing, SalesTraq Resolve Antitrust Fight
• The FTC's War On 'Pay-For-Delay' Agreements
• Ex-Terra Prez Can't Toss US Witness In Haiti Bribery Case
• 6th Circ. Won't Restart Tractor Co.'s Price Bias Suit
• AT&T Mobility Case May Have Limited Application
• Infineon, Investors Strike $6M Deal In Price-Fixing Action
• Suncor Accused Of Gas Price Discrimination
• Fallon Clinic Joins Atrius After Deal With Mass. AG
• Feds Unveil New Charges In CityTime Kickback Case
• Patent Co. Asks 2nd Circ. To Revive $500M Antitrust Suit
• China's Stance On Silvinit-Uralkali
• 2nd Circ. Favors Fly In Wall Street 'Hot News' Fight
• Maine Group Again Denied Role In Milk Antitrust Action
• FTC Eyes Oil, Gas Industry Amid Rise In Pump Prices
• Nortel's Patents To Give Buyer A Boost Against Rivals
• Q&A With Wilson Sonsini's Jonathan Jacobson
• Chi Mei Settles Electrograph LCD Price-Fixing Case
• BATS, Chi-X Deal Sent To Competition Commission
• FTC Backs Microsoft's $8.5B Skype Buy
• How They Won It: Morgan Lewis Snags $577M Verdict For Asahi
• Clorox, A&H Claw At Each Other Over Cat Litter Ads
• NH Worker Fired For Not Rigging Bid, Suit Says
• New DOJ Merger Remedy Guide Stresses Conduct Fixes
• Germany To Review Liberty Global's €3B Cable Buy
• Fluor Settles Nuclear Site Fraud Claims For $4M
• RI Navy Subcontractor Cops Plea In Bribery Case
• Technological Tying And 'Predatory' Innovation
• Micron, Hynix Must Relitigate Rambus Docs Dispute
• License Fees Gave DMX Unfair Edge, PROs Tell 2nd Circ.
• Ex-Dick's Atty Wants Prosecutor Off Kickbacks Case
• Inside Smith V. Bayer
• E-Rate Bid-Rigger Gets Offense Level Lowered
• Heineken's Dutch Cartel Fine Trimmed To €198 Million
• HP Sues Oracle Over Software Lockout
• EU Court Cuts Solvay, Edison Bleach Cartel Fines
• Turbulence — FTAIA And Air Transportation Claims
• High Court Greenlights W.Va. Class Bid In Baycol Fight
• Standard-Setting Orgs Need To Toughen Policies: AAI
• DOJ Fights Cleanup Co.'s Latest Bid In Kickback Case
• Dow Loses Bid To Alter FTC Deal Over $19B Merger
• NXP-Dover $855M Deal Wins Antitrust Approval In China
• Trash Co. Exec Gets 16 Months For Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Q&A With WilmerHale's Mark Flanagan
• Q&A With Jones Day's Matt Kairis
• RI Subcontractor Charged In Navy Kickback Scheme
• Economic Analysis Of Damages Under FCPA
• Verb Tense Tanks News Corp. Unit's Trade Secrets Suit
• Cartel Victims Not Barred From Leniency Docs: EU Court
• Sharp, Dell Settle IP Row Over UltraSharp Monitors
• Dean, Others Seek To Split Milk Producer Antitrust MDL
• Calif. Judge Won't Instruct Jury On Rambus Shredding
• CCI Execs Target Travel Act Charges In FCPA Case
• NZ Freighters To Pay $4.3M In Price-Fixing Probe
• Army Major Pleads Guilty In Bottled Water Bribe Case
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Amgen Tying Suit
• Public Approves Of Visa, MasterCard Antitrust Deal: DOJ
• 9th Circ. Refuses To Rehear Pfizer-Wyeth Merger Suit
• S. Africa Rethinks Cartel Cases Amid Scrutiny Of Methods
• Ex-AG Mukasey Tells Lawmakers FCPA Needs Reform
• US Says Early Plea Merits Leniency In E-Rate Case
• FTC Clears Ebro's €205M Acquisition Of SOS Rice Units
• FTC Seeks More Details On Teva's $6.8B Cephalon Buy
• UK Competition Commission Backs OFT Merger Plans
• US V. Microsoft Settlement — 10 Years Later
• Class Settlement Rejected In Compressor Antitrust MDL
• Sanyo, Others Seek Dismissal Of LCD Antitrust Suit
• Regal Lager Ordered To Chip In On $35M Antitrust Deal
• Lloyd's Unit Amlin Exits Bid-Rigging MDL
• 5 Tips For Deal-Making Under India's New M&A Regime
• FBI Agent Refutes Seeking Glory In Gabon FCPA Case
• Columbia Asks EU Antitrust Watchdog To Probe WL Gore
• Legal Acts Can't Be Evidence In Arminak Suit: Judge
• The Submarine Economy
• Vivendi Unit Sues Scent Maker Over MJ Perfume
• JFTC Says DeNA Barred Game Makers From Rival Site
• Ex-Skidmore Architect Sued Over Building Design Claims
• DC Circ. Upholds FCC Cable Access Rules
• NCAA Schools Accused Of Apparel Antitrust Scheme
• E-Rate Fraudster Gets 1 Year For $2.5M Conspiracy
• FTC Clears Constellation's $175M MXenergy Buy
• Pfizer Sanctions Affirmed In Neurontin Antitrust MDL
• Calif. Agency Probes AT&T's $39B T-Mobile Buy
• One Court's Cynical View Of The Legislative Process
• Eni Sells Gas Pipeline To Relieve Antitrust Pressure
• Coventry Sues To Take Down Parody Twitter Account
• Comco Probes Swatch Over Watch Part Supply Cutbacks
• Gabon FCPA Informant Told Execs Deal Was Legal: FBI
• Prosthetics Maker Wins Stay In Gel Liner IP Suit
• EU Raids Auto Safety System Suppliers In Cartel Probe
• Qantas, AA Get Preliminary OK For Joint Operations
• High Court Defers To FCC In Telecom Competition Dispute
• Case Study: Brantley V. NBC Universal
• FedEx, UPS Dodge Shipping Consultant Antitrust Suit
• Motorola Can't Nix Apple Antitrust Suit Over IP Licenses
• NY High Court Will Hear Equitas Antitrust Suit
• Medical Food Makers Settle False Advertising Suit
• FCPA Defendants Paid Informant For Consulting Work
• Lilly Wins TRO Battle In Byetta Marketing Case
• Rambus Antitrust Trial Kicks Off With Jury Selection
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Veronica Lewis
• 8th Circ. Again Upholds Catheter Maker's Antitrust Win
• Government Scrutiny Of Energy Industry Is Heating Up
• Betting Site Complains To EU About Greek Gambling Law
• Standing Under Calif.'s Unfair Competition Law
• German Co. Says Apple Unfairly Blocked Its Music App
• Blue Cross Michigan Can't Dodge DOJ Antitrust Suit
• FCPA Defendants Say Informant Liked Drugs, Prostitutes
• Lundbeck Settles Antitrust Suit Over Infant Heart Drugs
• Union Pacific, BNSF Hit With Antitrust Suit
• EU Court Slashes Arkema Glass Cartel Fine To €113M
• Mexico's Competition Regulator Stays $1B Telcel Fine
• Panasonic Wants Fish Off Antitrust Suit Over Patents
• 1-800 Contacts Uses IP Attacks To Quash Rivals: Suit
• H&R Block Can't Move DOJ Challenge To $288M TaxACT Buy
• British Airways, LAN To Pay $156M To Exit Air Cargo MDL
• Clarifying Obligation To Report Drug Patent Agreements
• Goodyear Sued Over Tire Service Network Trademark
• Vienna Beef Sues Ex-Employee Over Hot Dog Recipe
• Blue Cross Tries To Dodge Price-Fixing Action In Mich.
• McKesson, Hearst Inflated Drug Prices, Mich. AG Says
• Laundering Charges Trimmed In Gabon FCPA Case
• Grain Storage, Trading Cos. Settle Antitrust Probes
• FTC Clears DOD Contractor's $180M Supply Chain Co. Buy
• Q&A With Barnes & Thornburg's Annamarie Daley
• Mexico's Tough New Approach To Antitrust Enforcement
• Kason, CHG To Settle Price-Fixing Claims For $7M
• DOJ Probes Google, Apple Bids For Nortel Patents
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Tying Suit Against NBC, Others
• Grupo's Aguilar Gets Time Served In Lindsey FCPA Case
• Canadian Court Will Hear De Beers Price-Fixing Case
• Ill. Woman Pleads Guilty To $2.5M E-Rate Fraud
• FTC Approves AMEC's $280M MACTEC Buy
• Home Depot, Martha Stewart Sued Over Carpet Lines
• Huntsman To Pay $33M To Exit Urethane Antitrust MDL
• Lindsey Manufacturing's FCPA Battle
• Calif. County Seeks To Give US Drug Price-Fixing Docs
• Alcatel Finalizes $92M Settlement In FCPA Case
• GSK Denied Quick Win In Flonase Antitrust Cases
• 9th Circ. Refuses To Block $1.4B Southwest-AirTran Deal
• Feds Trim Charges In Muni Bond Bid-Rigging Case
• FBI Agent Details Undercover Role In Gabon FCPA Case
• Ropes & Gray Snags Former Assistant US Atty
• Q&A With Davis Polk's Chris Hockett
• BCS Chief To Meet With DOJ Over Antitrust Concerns
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Allan Van Fleet
• SEC Foreign Bribery Head To Join Simpson Thacher In DC
• FTC Clears Station Casino's $500M Green Valley Buy
• Superfund Kickback Conspirator Hit With House Arrest
• Japan Hits Industrial Gas Cos. With $174M Cartel Fine
• Ill. Hospital Prevails In 7th Circ. Antitrust Case
• Court Tells American Airlines To Put Fares On Orbitz
• Criminal Antitrust Perils For Government Contractors
• Industry Pressure Points May Shape Final ACO Rule
• WTO Adopts Appellate Body Report In Airbus Case
• Judge Won't Stay Apple's IP Claims Against Nokia
• Ex-Clark Thomas Atty Gets 500 Days For Kickback Scam
• Mexico Slaps Telmex With $7.8M Antitrust Penalty
• Ex-La. Official Cops To Kickback Conspiracy
• 1st Circ. Revives Blackstone FCA Kickback Case
• Witness Grilled On Plea Deal In Gabon FCPA Case
• Google Books Deal Still In Limbo, Atty Tells Court
• CDR Exec Says Bid-Rigging Case Belongs In Calif.
• Dish Network Blasts AT&T's $39B T-Mobile Buyout
• American Airlines Adds Sabre To Antitrust Suit
• EU OKs BASF Joint Venture With Ineos Plant Sale
• Air Cargo Plaintiffs Seek €799M EU Cartel Decision
• DOJ's Double Trouble
• FTC Signs Off On Grifols-Talecris Deal Divestitures