Competition Archive » July, 2011

Competition - July, 2011

230 articles

• Siemens Escapes Argentine Whistleblower's Tort Suit
• Judge Merges Shareholder Suits Over J&J FCPA Cases
• NM Prison Exec Cops To Taking Contractors' Bribes
• Q&A With Vinson & Elkins' William Sims
• Foam Makers Fight MDL Judge's Twombly, Iqbal Analysis
• Oprah Hit With Trademark Suit Over 'Own Your Power'
• $577M Award For Asahi In Drug Licensing Row Trimmed
• 10th Circ. Revives Energy Tying Suit Against Okla. City
• Fed. Circ. Won't Rehear Rambus Spoliation Case
• Coordinating US And Chinese Antitrust Enforcement
• UK Competition Commission To Examine Audit Market
• EA Can't Shake NCAA Players' Revised Antitrust Claims
• Paving Co. Head Cops To Bribing Ohio Commissioner
• LCD-Buying Class Can't Expand In Antitrust MDL: Judge
• IOM Construction Manager Can't Escape Bribery Charge
• Oil Co. Accuses DOD Fuel Contract Partner Of Breaches
• Quilted Bath Tissue Can't Be Trademarked: 7th Circ.
• Judge Nixes Subclass In Milk Antritrust MDL
• Senate Panel Sets Date For Google Antitrust Hearing
• Sidley Austin Nabs Seasoned Prosecutor For NY Office
• Ex-Kane CEO Inks Deal In Muni Bond Bid-Rigging Probe
• Alaska Pol's Bribery Retrial Doesn't Need New Venue: US
• State AGs Urge Approval Of AT&T's $39B T-Mobile Buy
• Ex-Hospital Admins Face 2 Trials In Kickbacks Case
• OFT Rightly Delayed Ryanair-Aer Lingus Probe: UK Court
• Building Your Own Business Development Plan
• The HSR Act Makeover
• Judge Threatens To Nix Comcast-NBC Antitrust Deal
• Marine Equipment Sellers Pay $5M In Antitrust Actions
• Contractor Denied Own Hurricane Cleanup Fraud Trial
• Leggett & Platt Can't Duck Foam Price-Fixing MDL
• Muni Bond Bid-Rigging Charges Aren't Time-Barred: Feds
• German Watchdog Fines Fire Truck Co. €18M For Cartel
• New Dallas Litigation Firm Eschews Hourly Billing
• Lindsey Execs Say Gov't Misconduct Dooms FCPA Case
• Diageo Settles SEC Bribery Claims For $16M
• Franken Wants Regulators To Kill AT&T, T-Mobile Deal
• Perrigo, Paddock Must Sell 6 Drugs In $540M Merger
• US Airs Disgraced Pol's Calls In Hospital Bribe Trial
• Dish's $1.4B Bid For TerreStar Wins Antitrust OK
• Locke Lord Lures Stroock Insurance, Securities Team
• JFTC Raids Bearings Cos. Over Antitrust Worries
• 2nd Circ. Kills Google Antitrust Suit Due To Venue Clause
• Website Owner Can't Escape Suit Over Flavay Mark
• GAO Suggests Whistleblower Protection For Antitrust Law
• UBS Given Limited Immunity In LIBOR Probe
• Astellas Stress Test Antitrust Suit Survives
• Trends In Qui Tam False Claims Cases
• Auto Lighting Consumers Get Class Cert. In Antitrust MDL
• NFL Players' Reps OK Settlement With League
• Telecom Badgers University Over $32M Broadband Grant
• Rabobank Closes Book On Muni Bond MDL Suits
• GSI Says Cypress Conspired To Set SRAM Standards
• Cablevision Gets Cable Box Tying Action Tossed
• Obama Lays Out New Offensive Against Overseas Cartels
• Arbitration Antitrust MDL Plaintiffs Want Deal Approved
• Ky. Sues McKesson, First DataBank Over AWP Inflation
• 9th Circ. Shuts Down Calif. Inmate Care Antitrust Suit
• Q&A With Shearman & Sterling's Stephen Fishbein
• FTC Signs Off On $12B BHP-Petrohawk Deal
• 1st Circ. Revives FCA Claims In Amgen Kickback Suit
• No Sanctions In American's Noncompete Row: Judge
• Australia Says $2.7B Foxtel Deal Threatens Competition
• DOJ Antitrust Division Subpoenas Valeo's US Unit
• 3 Execs Plead Not Guilty In Haiti Teleco FCPA Case
• Macmillan To Pay $18M Over Alleged Africa Bribery
• Exxon, Conoco Biofuel Antitrust Suit Booted
• Kolon Sanctioned For Deleting Evidence In DuPont Fight
• Lessons Learned From Negotiating 'Hold Separates'
• South African Airways Settles Cargo Cartel MDL For $3M
• Bristol-Myers Settles AWP MDL Claims For $19M
• NFL Owners Ratify Agreement To End Lockout
• Heating Co. Exec Gets 3 Years In Ohio Corruption Case
• FTC Says Cardinal Health Must Sell Pharmacies
• Anytime Fitness Faces Antitrust Suit By Franchisees
• UK Agency Fines Willis $11M Over Anti-Bribe Controls
• Atty Fined For Sanctions Bid In Dog DNA Test IP Suit
• Express Scripts' $29B Medco Buy To Face Antitrust Test
• Pay-For-Delay Ban Heads To Full Senate
• Streamlining HSR Act Reporting
• Ex-Morgan Crucible CEO Wants High Court Review
• 9th Circ. Partially Lifts Block On Co.'s Defect Probes
• Texas Pol Wants Lying Charges Cut In Ike Bribery Case
• Honest Services Charges Survive In CDR Bid-Rigging Case
• Kohl Calls On Regulators To Bar AT&T, T-Mobile Merger
• Judge Won't Split Trial In Milk Antitrust MDL
• Alcatel, Others Cut TruePosition From Tech Standards: Suit
• The New UK Guidelines On Competition Law Compliance
• Jury Must Weigh Damages In AUO Price-Fixing Case: Judge
• Polyurethane Foam Makers Can't Shake Price-Fixing MDL
• Judge Extends Deadline For New Google Books Deal
• CFTC Milks Ecoval For $1.4M Over Market Manipulation
• Feds Contest Ex-CCI Execs' Bid To Dismiss Bribery Case
• 9th Circ. Urged To Rehear Cable Bundling Class Action
• BAA Must Sell Airports, UK Antitrust Agency Confirms
• TriQuint Destroyed Evidence In IP, Monopoly Suit: Avago
• DOJ Charges 3rd Auto Light Exec In Price-Fixing Probe
• Dental Board Hurt Competition, FTC Judge Says
• HGS Patent Suits Against Genentech Head To Calif.
• Canadian Builder Admits To Role In Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Mich. Man Gets 15 Months For E-Rate Fraud
• Judge Boots State Claims From Gas Price-Fixing MDL
• Managing Murdoch's Massive Legal Exposure
• Bertelsmann, Time Warner Escape Digital Music MDL
• Judge Halts $92M JPMorgan Deal In Muni Bond MDL
• Feds Want Stiff Sentence For Convicted Ohio Judge
• Sprinkles Targets Fellow Cupcake Maker Over Trademark
• Medical Group Defends Ethics Of Egg Donor Price Cap
• DOE Contractor Rigged $4.8M Subcontract, Suit Claims
• Cargolux, Others OKd To Pay $49M To Exit Air Cargo MDL
• All American, Micron Settle DRAM Antitrust Suit
• Wal-Mart To Pay $27.3M To Exit Netflix Antitrust MDL
• Lee Dynamics Ex-Prez Pleads Guilty In Contract Scheme
• BattleLore Owner Starts Copyright Clash Over IPad Game
• Asiana Will Pay $21M, Cooperate To End Price-Fixing MDL
• Random House Scores End To 'Super Bowl Shuffle' Suit
• US Seeks To Nix Attys In Tomato CEO's Price-Fixing Case
• Austrian Waste Co. Faces EU Antitrust Probe
• Costco Argues Omega Engaged In Copyright Misuse
• Waltrip Racing Sues Ex-Designer Over F1 Departure
• Jones Day Adds DLA Piper IP, Tech Pro In Dallas
• Check The Forecast Before Using Cloud-Based Storage
• EU Launches Antitrust Probe Of Czech Power Co.
• Malaysia Airlines To Pay $3.2M To Exit Air Cargo MDL
• LCD Antitrust Defendant Gets Early Look At Witnesses
• Ex-Terra Prez Protests New Evidence In Haiti Bribe Case
• Using Financial Information In Settlement Negotiations
• Feds Indict 5 Over $50M Iraq Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Prospect Mortgage Pays $3.1M To End Kickback Probe
• Visa, MasterCard Face Suit Over WikiLeaks Blockade
• Sabre Says AA Suit Fails To Allege Antitrust Harm
• Q&A With Goodwin Procter's Forrest Hainline
• EU Court Upholds €79M In Arkema Bleach Cartel Fines
• Damages May Stymie First American Class Cert.: Judge
• Armor Holdings To Pay $16M In Foreign Bribery Case
• Insurer Accuses Pitt Hospital Of Dirty Ad Campaign
• McDermott Nabs Ex-FTC Health Chief From Dechert
• Cinergy, Others Indicted In Haiti Bribery Case
• ThyssenKrupp Cartel Fine Slashed By EU Court
• EU To Probe State Aid To BMW, VW, Airports
• EU Court Cuts €90M From Eni Rubber Cartel Fine
• Quest Escapes FCA Suit Over Medicare Kickbacks
• News Corp. Drops $13B BSkyB Bid Amid Scandal
• Dean Settles Dairy Farmers' Antitrust Suit For $140M
• Kason, CHG Can't Duck Food Hardware Antitrust Claims
• 9th Circ. Reverses Ruling On Grocers' Profit-Sharing
• Mitsubishi, Toshiba Escape €210M In EU Cartel Fines
• Ex-Dick's Atty Fails To Shake Kickback Charges
• Varney Defends Record, Counters Merger Review Critics
• Fertility Insurer Accuses Rival Of Infringing Policies
• Braintree Ducks Indirect Purchasers' MiraLax Suit
• UK To Probe Merger Of Frozen Meal Giants
• Up In The Air: Social Networks' Effect On Competition
• AGs, DOJ Subpoena Sprint Over AT&T, T-Mobile Deal Review
• Obama Directs Independent Agencies To Overhaul Rules
• Deutsche Bahn Gets OK To Appeal Cartel Suit Cutoff
• Fidelity Shells Out $4.5M To Settle HUD Kickback Claims
• UK Watchdog To Review News Corp.'s $13B BSkyB Buy
• Realtor Group Asks High Court To Hear Antitrust Suit
• Medicare, Medicaid Sued Over Preferred Pharmacy Rule
• Q&A With SNR Denton's Natalie Spears
• Market Definition And Implications For Merger Review
• DOJ Subpoenas TRW, Autoliv On Antitrust Concerns
• Sandoz, Others Settle Medicaid Inflation MDL Suits
• Google's Schmidt To Testify At Senate Antitrust Hearing
• Dick's Seeks To Quash Subpoenas In Kickbacks Case
• Iowa Co. Pleads Guilty To Concrete Price-Fixing Plot
• Q&A With Kirkland & Ellis' Corey Watson
• Coldwell Banker, Franchise Settle Contract Row
• Organon, Others Want $421M Medicaid FCA Suit Tossed
• Oracle Takes 'Cheap Shots' In Server Support Fight: HP
• Avon Shareholders Sue Over Possible FCPA Violations
• Doing Business With Sovereign Wealth Funds
• Air New Zealand Off Hook In Air Cargo Cartel Probe
• Sweeping HSR Revisions: Top 5 Changes To Know About
• EU Clears Imerys' $340M Buy Of Rio Tinto Talc Business
• 8th Circ. Backs NFL Player Lockout
• US Steel, Posco Shake Monopoly Claims In Canner's Suit
• Sirius Fights Derivative Suits Over $180M Antitrust Deal
• New HSR Merger Notification Rules Could Prove Costly
• Judge Won't Reconsider Ruling In Taiwan Car Parts Suit
• Varney's Report Card As DOJ Antitrust Chief: Incomplete
• Teva Settles With Iowa In Wholesale Drug Suit
• Mistrial Declared In Gabon FCPA Case
• Q&A With Locke Lord's Jeri Looney
• Trader Hits BofA, Citi, JPMorgan, UBS With Libor Suit
• MiraLax Plaintiffs Win Injunction Against Braintree
• Wyeth Illegally Blocked Effexor XR Generics: Suit
• 3rd Circ. Remands Media Cross-Ownership Regs To FCC
• Don't Rock The Concord Boat
• Pfizer Dodges More Sanctions In Neurontin Antitrust MDL
• Nokia Forced To Arbitrate Price-Fixing Claims V. AUO
• 11th Circ. Puts $195M Hospital Merger On Hold
• Apple Denied Injunction In App Store Trademark Suit
• JPMorgan To Pay $211M In Muni Bond Bid-Rigging Deal
• DePuy, Calif. Co. Want Stryker Noncompete Deal Nixed
• EU Slams Top Cable Makers With Price-Fixing Claims
• Judge Relinks Charge In Ex-Dick's Atty Kickback Case
• KBR Can't Shake Kickback Claim In $41M Contract Row
• DOJ Antitrust Chief Varney Leaving To Join Cravath
• Chadbourne Adds 2 More London Biz Pros
• DOJ Defends Ex-Concrete Exec's Sentence In 8th Circ.
• Grand Jury Subpoena Vs. Civil Discovery Protective Order
• AAI Urges Antitrust Probe Of $4.5B Nortel Patent Deal
• Boehringer Deal Leads EU Watchdog To Close Probe
• K&L Gates Adds Corporate Partners In Boston
• EU Sees Drop In Pay-For-Delay Deals On Generics
• Barr Must Produce Docs In Provigil Pay-For-Delay Suit
• C&S, Supervalu Antitrust Suit Sent To Arbitration
• Axiom Says Ex-Workers Stole Secrets, Trademarks
• NFL Retirees Seek To Halt Lockout Negotiations
• Dow, Others Dropped From Plastic Additives MDL
• EU Watchdog Nixes Cartel Fines For BASF, Elementis
• Both Sides Want Ex-Dick's Atty's Case Rejoined
• FTC Seeks More Info On Graco's $650M ITW Deal
• Accused Muni Bond Bid-Riggers Call Charges Outdated
• Cofepp Rum Maker Buy Sparks French Antitrust Probe
• The 2nd Circ. Stance On 'Hot News' Misappropriation
• Q&A With Bingham's Richard Taffet
• FTC Extends Review Of $860M CoStar's LoopNet Buy
• Reality Star Settles Trademark 'Situation' With Dad
• Cypress, Samsung Reach Deals In SRAM Antitrust MDL
• Wis. High Court Lets Nissan Exit Car Pricing Suit
• Simon Used Strong-Arm Tactics Against Retailers: Suit
• Facing FTC Inquiry, Google Loads Up On Lobbyists
• Feds Rip Ex-Cargo Exec's Dismissal Bid
• New Utah Alcohol Rules Reek Of Price-Fixing: Suit
• Ex-Mich. Congressman Tied To NM Pay-To-Play Plot
• Sabre Asks Court To Ground US Airways' Antitrust Suit
• The Bogosian Shortcut Post-Hydrogen Peroxide