Competition Archive » October, 2011

Competition - October, 2011

247 articles

• Calif. Court Tosses Pay-For-Delay Suit Over Bayer's Cipro
• Hospital Operator Drops Insurer From Antitrust Suit
• Judge Puts Brakes On H&R Block's $288M TaxACT Buy
• Amylin Can't Block Lilly's Rival Drug Sales: 9th Circ.
• Cephalon Patent Found Invalid In Pay-For-Delay Case
• Ex-ABB Exec Says Prosecutors Withheld Info In Bribe Case
• 9th Circ. Withdraws TV Bundling Class Action Dismissal
• No Bail For Ex-Terra VP Convicted Of Bribery
• Submarine Base Tarred By Bribery Can Deal Again: Navy
• Media24 Predatory Pricing Suit Sent To Antitrust Tribunal
• Obama Orders FDA Crackdown On Drug Shortages, Gouging
• Globus Says Sales Rep Was Double Agent For Rival
• Tips For Adapting To The UK Bribery Act
• Apple, Others Must Produce DOJ Docs In Pay-Fixing Suit
• IMS Health Sheds SDI Assets To Resolve Antitrust Concerns
• Marley Label Slams Judge's UMG Antitrust Suit Ruling
• Eatoni Fights To Keep RIM Antitrust Suit Alive
• Liberty's $4.5B KBW Buy Could Hurt Cable Market: Germany
• McGuireWoods Nabs Securities, Antitrust Pro From Sullivan
• Pharmacies Bring Pfizer-Wyeth Merger Suit To High Court
• Texas Pol Escapes Hurricane Ike Bribery Case
• Kickback Plot Lands Ex-Aviation Co. Heads Behind Bars
• Fate Of Hong Kong's 1st Antitrust Bill Hangs In Balance
• 8 Calif. Property Investors Admit To Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Implementing A Global Anti-Bribery Compliance Program
• Skilling Dooms Fraud Charges Against Ariz. Pol: Judge
• Avago, STMicro Resolve Antitrust Suit Over Optics Patent
• Bristol-Myers Can't Shake Suit Over Kickbacks Scheme
• Intel Tries To Trim NY AG's Antitrust Claims
• Gabon FCPA Informant Defends Lies While Helping FBI
• Judge Trims Weapons Disposal Co.'s Trade Secrets Suit
• Gamers Want Protected EA-NFL Memo In Antitrust Action
• US Wields Skilling In Exec's 7th Circ. Bid-Rigging Fight
• McKesson Pays $82M To End Drug Price Inflation Suit
• Transitions Lens Users' Antitrust Claims Tossed
• Avon Faces SEC Probe Of Analyst Contacts, FCPA Claims
• LCD Screen Makers Can't Nix MetroPCS' Price-Fixing Claims
• 2 More Ex-Innospec Execs Charged With Bribery In UK
• Dutch Agency Lowers Cartel Fines For T-Mobile, Others
• Inside The EU's New Antitrust Guidelines
• Hertz Drops Dollar Thrifty Offer, Vows To Keep Trying
• Canada Sued Over Bill Ending Wheat Monopsony
• Gabon FCPA Informant Defends Aggressive Methods
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Bribery Conviction Of UN Officer
• UK Watchdog Floats Changes To Antitrust Fines, Leniency
• China Extends Antitrust Review Of $861M Yum Brands Buy
• Antitrust Whistleblower Gets 2 Years For Falsified Doc
• Belgian Trucker Blasts $24M DOD Penalty As Excessive
• Blowing The Whistle On Private Cos.?
• Experts Urge PE Firms To Take Action On FCPA Compliance
• Chilean Airline Drops Bid To Block LAN-TAM Merger
• Gabon FCPA Informant Defends Plea Deal In Court
• UK Approves Merger Of Frozen Meal Giants
• Terra Execs Sentenced To Prison Over Haiti Bribery
• Flour Supplier Accepts €24M Fine To End Antitrust Probe
• The Curious Case Of Urology Of Central Pa.
• Ex-Innospec Exec Faces UK Bribery Charges
• 3rd Circ. Puts Away Garment Industry Antitrust Suit
• Spanish Chemical Co. Beats €10M Bleach Cartel Fine
• UK Paper Gets OK To Appeal Docs Ruling In Bribery Case
• EU Rips Telefonica, Portugal Telecom's Noncompete Deal
• Tiffany Backs Louboutin In 2nd Circ. Red Sole IP Battle
• Air Force Program Manager Cops To Contract Bribes
• EU High Court Tosses €23M Solvay Antitrust Fine Again
• Drug Cos. Made Record Pay-For-Delay Deals In 2011: FTC
• Case Study: Trailer Bridge V. Ill. Nat'l Insurance
• Amgen To Pay $780M To Settle Drug Sales Suits
• 11th GSA Contract Bribe Suspect Gets 30 Months
• Welch Can't Squeeze Insurer Over Ad Suits: 1st Circ.
• Imaging Co. Loses Sanctions, Dismissal Bid In FCA Suit
• Japanese Auto Supply Execs Cop To Price-Fixing
• Sprint Can't See DOJ Docs In AT&T, T-Mobile Merger Suit
• UK Arrests Canadian Investor For Alleged Bahrain Bribes
• FTC Warns NY Against Joint Health Care Negotiation Plans
• South Korea Fines GSK $2.6M Over Pay-For-Delay Deal
• Case Study: US V. Alcatel-Lucent
• Judge Keeps $160M UBS Loss Out Of GE Bid-Rigging Case
• SunTrust Ends Secrets Suit Against Ex-Workers, Rival
• Coordinating US-EU Cooperation In Merger Reviews
• Ex-Terra CEO Wants Softer Sentence In Haiti Bribes Case
• Microtherm Cuts Deal In Water Heater Antitrust Suit
• FTN, Sentinel Trustee Settle Bribery Case For $38.5M
• Halliburton Launches FCPA Probe Of Angolan Operations
• EU Extends Review Of Deutsche Boerse, NYSE Merger
• Divestitures Force Price Cut On Bimbo, Sara Lee Deal
• Condiment Co. Atty In Hot Sauce Over 'Unopposed' Motions
• DOJ Needs Win In AT&T Challenge To Boost Credibility
• Business Owner, Ohio Official Charged In Kickback Probe
• Ex-Alaska House Speaker Gets Time Served In Bribe Plea
• Old Testimony Out Of Bounds In NCAA Antitrust Suit: Judge
• Plant Liquidator Says Worker Stole Secrets For New Co.
• EU Scrutinizes J&J, Novartis Generic Painkiller Deals
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Probes Big 4's Dominance
• Case Study: FICO V. Experian Information Solutions
• MGA's Bratz Antitrust Suit Nixed In Mattel Battle
• Utility Should Repay €1B In French Aid: EU Court Adviser
• Ex-Con Ed Workers Sentenced For Kickback Schemes
• MiniFrame Hits Microsoft With $1B Antitrust Suit
• House Rep. Wants Antitrust Hearings On NCAA Realignment
• Hong Kong Scales Back Antitrust Bill To Appease Critics
• Pfizer Pays $14.5M To End Whistleblowers' FCA Suit
• Magnesium Oxide Price-Fixing Case Shut Down For Now
• Judge Greenlights $25M Deal In Auto Lights Antitrust MDL
• Players' Union Wants NBA's Antitrust Suit Benched
• EU Clears $1.4B Samsung-Seagate Hard Drive Deal
• Wyeth Sued Again Over Effexor Generics Delays
• Oil Traders Admit To LyondellBasell Kickback Scheme
• Investment Co. Says Workers Took Trade Secrets To Rival
• Case Study: FTC V. Lundbeck
• DOJ, FTC Finalize Antitrust Rules For ACOs
• Toys R Us Japan Will Be Fined In Antitrust Probe
• Mass Mutual Took Kickbacks In Pay-To-Play Scheme: Suit
• Nut Seller Restarts Trademark Battle With Kraft
• Rambus Jury Wants More Info In DRAM Antitrust Trial
• WilmerHale Adds Former DOJ Antitrust Bigwig
• 9th Circ. Upholds Contractor's Bribery Convictions
• Broke Anderson Wants 2nd Circ. To Revive Antitrust Suit
• ATM Users Swipe At Banks, Card Cos. In Antitrust Suit
• Concrete Buyers Want $18M In Antitrust Deals OK'd
• EU Fines Nippon, Others $178M Over Alleged CRT Cartel
• EU Raids Top Banks In Euribor Antitrust Probe
• Apple's Antitrust Claims Struck From Samsung IP Fight
• BNP Paribas Defrauded Federal Credit Program: US
• Fry's Electronics Seeks $65M From Ex-VP Over Kickbacks
• Informant Details Role In Organizing Gabon FCPA Sting
• 4th Defendant Refused Bond In $1B Army Contract Case
• Convicted Con Ed Workers Told To Repay Bribes
• Judge Seeks More Info On Attys In Libor Antitrust Actions
• Afghan Bros. Want Probation In Army Kickbacks Case
• Germany Fines Kraft, Others €9M For Cappuccino Cartel
• FTC Clears $265M Bid For Bankrupt Dallas Stars
• Plumbers Cop To Kickbacks For Health Facility Work
• Apollo, Others Accused Of Delays In LBO Price-Fixing Suit
• Cleary Gottlieb Lures Former UK Antitrust Chief
• Doing Business In The UK Under The Bribery Act
• Insurer Told To Pay $26M In Software Trade Secrets Row
• AT&T Fights Sprint, C Spire's Bid For Docs In DOJ Suit
• Egg Producers' Bid To Nix Price-Fixing Suit Rotten: Judge
• Gabon FCPA Witness Speaks Up On Past Drug Use, Bribery
• Airline Services Co. Head Admits Kickback Plot
• Jeweler Says Founder's Relative Exploits Trademarks
• Thompson Hine Antitrust Partner Accused Of Tax Fraud
• Twombly Bars Engineers' Wage-Fixing Suit: Apple, Others
• EU Reforms Cartel Probes To Boost Transparency
• Cautioning Bilateral Monopoly Markets In Health Care
• GSK Settles Direct Buyers' Wellbutrin Claims For $49M
• Judge Trims Insurance Kickback Action Against Wells Fargo
• Teva, Cephalon Win EU Antitrust OK For $6.8B Tie-Up
• Ex-Terra Execs Can't Nix Haitian Bribery Convictions
• US, Ex-Dick's Exec Both Push For Light Sentence
• Watts Water Puts End To FCPA Probe For $4M
• Lensmaker's Antitrust Suit Survives In Transitions MDL
• US, EU Agree To Step Up Antitrust Cooperation
• Ocean Spray Counterclaims Quashed In Pom False Ad Suit
• The Year So Far In FTAIA
• US, Sprint Dog AT&T For Docs On T-Mobile Merger
• FBI Agent Says Lurid Texts Were Part Of FCPA Probe
• Judge Pares Solvay Drug Marketing Scheme Suit
• Auto Parts Giant Magna Faces DOJ Antitrust Probe
• EU Court Casts Doubt On Cosmetics Co.'s Online Sales Ban
• House Dems Seek Antitrust Probe Of Debit Card Fees
• Antitrust Group Urges 8th Circ. To Rehear FTC Drug Suit
• 3 Indicted For Foreign Military Aircraft Contract Bribes
• Potash Buyers Fight For Global Cartel Suit In 7th Circ.
• DOJ, AT&T Fight Google Security Request In Merger Case
• 5th Circ. OKs Cab Permit Plan Over Competition Objections
• UK Watchdog Defines Probe Into Stericycle's Ecowaste Buy
• KBR Exec Defends Allegedly Corrupt Iraq Subcontracting
• Visa, MasterCard Fixed Prices On Fees, ATM Owners Say
• Shootout At The Mexican Competition Commission
• Russia Says Wireless Cos. Fixed IPhone Prices
• SciClone Shells Out $2.5M To Investors Amid FCPA Probes
• Pacific Fruit Faces €8.9M EU Fine For Chiquita Cartel
• Licensing Co. Seeks Coverage In NCAA Antitrust Actions
• US Airways, Delta Airport Slot Swap Still On DOJ's Radar
• Amylin Calls For Lilly Marketing Injunction In 9th Circ.
• Casino Game Co. Accuses Rival Of Lifting Trade Secrets
• MGA Fights To Keep Bratz Antitrust Case Alive
• UK Eyes $514M Lufthansa, Emirates Flight Catering Deal
• Realtor Group Locked Out Of High Court In FTC Fight
• Dollar Thrifty Off The Market After Bids Fall Short
• FCPA Lawsuits — Not Just For The Government
• Teva Must Surrender Generics To Get Cephalon: FTC
• Auto Parts Cos. Sued Again Over Price-Fixing Scheme
• TNK-BP Gas Prices Face Russian Antitrust Scrutiny
• Dental Board Pushes For Limit To FTC Reach In 4th Circ.
• Sprint, C Spire Defend Suits Against AT&T's T-Mobile Buy
• Carnival Wants Cut Of BA, Virgin Price-Fixing Settlements
• Baxter To Exit Drug Price Inflation MDL For $30M
• Puerto Rican Power Co. Takes Flak On Rates, Fuel Fee
• Feds Blasted Over Sentencing Threat In Oil-For-Food Case
• Microsoft, Skype Merger Wins EU Approval
• Russian Insurer Can't Escape $1M Price-Fixing Fine
• Google, T-Mobile Defend HTC Phones That Use Apple IP
• Spanish Gas Groups Probed For Alleged Pricing Scheme
• FTC Speeds Approval Process For Divestiture Order Tweaks
• Fresh Lessons On The FTAIA Foreign Commerce Exclusion
• Attorneys At Work: A Flexible Notion Of Plagiarism
• Bill Russell Joins Fight Against NCAA Player Image Use
• JPML Won't Combine Airline Booking Antitrust Suits
• New Canada Merger Enforcement Guidelines Echo US Steps
• Foreign Sales Claims Survive In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• Vitamin C Ruling Shows Foreign Cos. Can't Pass Cartel Buck
• FBI Agent Grilled On Missing Reports In Gabon FCPA Trial
• A Creative Fix To A Medical Monopoly Problem
• DOJ Gets Special Master In AT&T Merger Fight
• Labaton Sues Auto Parts Cos. On Heels Of DOJ Fine
• Alleged Pedophile Testimony Won't Stop Alaska Pol Retrial
• Feds Bust 7 Over $1M Public Housing Bribery Scheme
• Italian Tobacco Cartel Can't Snuff Bulk Of €20M Fines
• EBay Tries To Boot Sellers' Antitrust Suit Over PayPal
• EU Lists Concerns Over Deutsche Boerse's $10B NYSE Buy
• Welch, National Union Debate Policy Wording In 1st Circ.
• Ex-Software Exec Wants Soft Sentence For Mass. Bribes
• Judge OKs Antitrust Safeguards On $700M Google, ITA Deal
• Ford & Harrison Adds Antitrust Pro In Denver
• Wi-LAN Wins Agency OKs For $490M Mosaid Bid
• FCC Seeks To Dismiss Verizon's Internet Rules Case
• Italian Liability Insurers Hit With $17M Antitrust Fines
• Questioning US Antitrust Liability Of Foreign Defendants
• Zuckerman Nabs Milbank Atty For NY White Collar Practice
• RDN Exits Auto Repo Technology Antitrust Suit
• Western Digital Aims To Appease EU On $4B Hitachi Buy
• Brazilian, Chilean Airlines Challenge Merger Conditions
• Kolon Faces Sanctions In DuPont Antitrust Case
• Foreign Injury Claims Nixed From Flight Price-Fixing MDL
• AT&T, T-Mobile Accused Of Hiding Info On $39B Deal
• Bid To Nix Hospital Antitrust Suit Is DOA In High Court
• Ex-Aeropostale Exec Tries Again To Bury Kickback Charges
• Army Corps Rocked By Bribery Scam Over $1B In Contracts
• Danfoss Unit To Pay $3M In Compressor Antitrust Probe
• IOM Manager Cops To Shaking Down Afghan Contractors
• EU Top Court Rips UK Soccer Broadcasting Scheme
• Penny Stock Pushers Settle SEC Fraud Claims
• Ex-NFL Star Turns To Antitrust Law In Jersey Fight
• New HSR Rules — In Effect
• DOJ Slams H&R Block's $288M Bid To Buy TaxACT Maker
• Suits Brought By State AGs Not Class Actions: 9th Circ.
• FBI Details Gabon FCPA Suspects' Miami Rendezvous
• OPEC Antitrust Suits Nixed By High Court
• Insurer Can't Dismiss Kickbacks Class Action
• Pilgrim's Ordered To Pay $26M For Price Manipulation
• Shareholder Suit Over J&J Recall, Kickback Woes Tossed
• Mylan Can't Get Top Court Review Of $76M Antitrust Ruling
• Hanger Kicks Prosthetic Knee Antitrust Suit
• UK Relaxes Terms Of Auto Insurers' Data Sharing Pact
• Clash Of The Class Action Law Firms