Competition Archive » November, 2011

Competition - November, 2011

212 articles

• Kolon Wants Judge Booted From DuPont Antitrust Case
• EBay Beats Antitrust Action Over Seller Rating Policy
• Southwest, AirTran Escape $1.4B Antitrust Suit
• Ex-Peruvian Airline Exec Cops To Price-Fixing Scheme
• AAI Presses FTC To Block Express Scripts' Buy Of Rival
• Prosecuting Individuals To Deter FCPA Violations
• Taiwan Auto Lights Co. Indicted Over Price-Fixing
• Antitrust MVP: Axinn Veltrop's John Harkrider
• Aussie Watchdog Can't Block Metcash Supermarket Buy
• EU Moves To Open Up Auditing Market
• Coca-Cola, Johanna Foods End Juice Bottle IP Fight
• Canada Raises Worries Over Maple's TMX Buy
• Antitrust Law And The Digital Economy
• FCC Says AT&T Merger Would Harm Competition
• Class Cert. Premature In Insurer Antitrust Suit: Judge
• Horizon Settles With Opt-Outs In Shipping Antitrust Action
• DOJ Faces Reversal Of Lindsey FCPA Victory
• Greek Competition Watchdog Revises Leniency Program
• 11th Circ. OKs Ala. County Official's Bribery Sentence
• Bribery Charges Land NY Assemblyman In Hot Water Again
• NBA Players End Antitrust Class Action
• Dean Antitrust Claims Skimmed From Distributor's Suit
• Why Tech Companies Buy E&O Insurance
• Homebuyer Must Prove Harm, Insurer Tells High Court
• Calif. Man Cops To Conspiring With Mayor In Bribery Plot
• Health Systems, Insurer Sent To Mediation In Antitrust Row
• Dodgers Rip Fox For Disrupting Bidding On TV Rights
• High Court Spurns Midwest Towns' Gas Price-Fixing Suit
• SunTrust Wins 1st Round In Schwab Secrets Row
• UPS, FedEx Again Dodge Consultant's Antitrust Suit
• Google Asks EU To Approve $12.5B Motorola Buy
• AT&T, T-Mobile Deal Falters As Cos. Yank FCC Application
• 8th Circ. Won't Rehear Heart Defect Drug Competition Suit
• Germany Fines Reckitt €24M For Price-Fixing Scheme
• Pool Product Co. Unfairly Monopolized Market: Suit
• Apple iPod Users Recertified In Antitrust Suit
• AT&T Presses 9th Circ. To Revive LCD Price-Fixing Claims
• Ex-Mass. Pol Can't Delay Ky. Prison Date For Wife's Surgery
• Morgan Stanley Exits Muni Derivatives Suits For $6.5M
• Feds Want Misconduct Claims Barred In La. Mayor's Case
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Boot Clear Channel Antitrust Suit
• Hungary Probes Banks Over Cartel Activity
• Visa, MasterCard ATM Price-Fixing Actions To Be United
• Korean Phone Co. Sues US Over Samsung Contract Bribes
• Singapore Fines 10 Modeling Agencies For Price-Fixing
• Polish Antitrust Watchdog Fines Telecom Cartel $34M
• EU Clears Western Digital's $4.3B Hitachi Buy
• Wrangling Over The Preemptive Scope Of Calif.'s UTSA
• Netflix Fends Off Subscribers In Wal-Mart Antitrust MDL
• Sirius Antitrust Deal Objectors Off Hook For Appeal Bond
• Puerto Rico Telecom Sues Rival Over Cable Monopoly
• FCC Raises New Hurdle For AT&T's T-Mobile Takeover
• Orbitz Exits American's Ticket-Booking Antitrust Suit
• Okla. City Takes Energy Tying Suit To Supreme Court
• DOJ Eyes Antitrust Implications Of Debit Card Fees
• Canadian Agency Accuses 6 Cos. Of Sewer Services Cartel
• DOJ Adds Munger Tolles Partner To AT&T Merger Team
• Energy Co. Alstrom Fined $43M In Swiss Bribery Probe
• 39 State AGs Take On Tech Pirates
• NBA Players' Antitrust Actions Consolidated In Minn.
• Miss. Hotel Group Settles Golf Voucher Antitrust Suit
• US Airways' Monopoly Claim Survives Dismissal Bid
• Indicted CDR Exec Can't Ditch Law Firm's Fee Suit
• 7th Circ. Affirms Lovenox Kickback Case Conviction
• Pfizer To Settle FCPA Bribery Probe For $60M
• Actelion To Appeal $415M Verdict Over CoTherix Buy
• Japanese Social Network DeNA Hit With $14M Antitrust Suit
• Pool Corp. To Ease Up On Rivals To End FTC Case
• Bribe Payers Index: An Important FCPA Compliance Tool
• AT&T Says DOJ Shouldn't Share FCC Data In Merger Suit
• H&R Ruling Shows Old-School Merger Analysis Alive, Well
• 7th Circ. Nixes Remand Appeal In LCD Antitrust Suit
• FTC Sues To Block Illinois Hospital Merger
• Quebec Court OKs Indirect Buyer Class In DRAM Cartel Suit
• EU Weighs Challenge To Law Barring VW Takeover
• Morgan Lewis Scoops Up Fox Rothschild Trade Expert
• Class Action Attys Awarded $7M For 'Mona Lisa'-Like Work
• AmEx Scores Cancellation Of 'Blackcard' Trademark
• NYSE, Deutsche Boerse Propose Merger Concessions
• Fighting Reverse Payments In The Drug Industry
• Bacardi Downs Liquor Distributor's Antitrust Suit
• Australia Fines Korean Air $5.5M For Cargo Cartel
• FTC, CFPB Officials Pledge Coordinated Efforts
• FTC's Rosch Slams ACOs As Detrimental To Costs, Care
• H&R Case Proves Merger Law Remains Consistent: Pozen
• Sea Star Line Pays $14M Fine For Part In Shipping Cartel
• Watson Ducks Ky. Drug Price Inflation Suit
• Charges Pile Up For Ex-Detroit Mayor's Cohort
• Implications Of Cumulus-Citadel
• Apple Adds False Ad Claim In Amazon 'Appstore' IP Fight
• NBA Players Gear Up For Jurisdiction War In Antitrust Case
• House Panel OKs Bills Targeting FCC Regulatory Power
• State Farm, Others Escape Antitrust Class Action
• Judge Delays Bribery Sentencing For Ex-Army Major
• China's Remedy In Private Equity Deal Shows US Influence
• Sandoz, States Settle Drug Inflation Claims For $150M
• Conn. Teeth-Whitening Rules Violate Constitution: Suit
• Judge Upholds Bond Ruling In $1B Army Contract Case
• Antitrust And Advertising Injury: Hurdles For Defendants
• Epson Beats Antitrust Claim In Ink Cartridge Patent Row
• Philips Can't Shake Motorola's Suit In LCD Antitrust MDL
• Rambus' $4B DRAM Antitrust Case Booted By Jury
• FTC Nominees Weigh In On Pay-For-Delay Deals, Privacy
• Ex-Athlete Asks 7th Circ. To Revive NCAA Antitrust Suit
• NBA Players Fire Antitrust Actions At League, Teams
• Postal Worker Strikes Plea Deal In $13M Kickback Case
• 2nd Circ. Should Remand Louboutin Red Sole IP Suit: INTA
• China Fines Cos. $1M Over Drug Ingredient Monopoly
• Attys Push 2nd Circ. To Resurrect KeySpan Antitrust Suit
• H&R Block Walks Away From $288M TaxACT Deal
• EU, S&P Resolve Antitrust Probe Over Identifier Fees
• Skullcandy Hits Toy Cos. With Trademark Suit
• Merger Trends: H&R Vs. AT&T
• Home Energy Analytics Co. Says Rival Ripped Off Report
• NBA Players' Union Dissolves To Prep Antitrust Challenge
• Apollo Tyres To Pay $5.6M To Settle Cartel Claims
• How Antitrust Will Shape The E-Book Industry
• Manatt Lures Advertising Heavyweight From Venable
• Watchmaker Omega Misused IP To Limit Imports: Judge
• Pumping Station Co. Can't Dodge Nigerian Bribe Suit
• Google Search Results Quash Competition, Rival Says
• US Seeks Life Sentence For Leader Of Army Bribery Scheme
• Ford Ducks Calif. Antitrust Action Over Car Imports
• Energy Drink Makers Defuse False Ad Fight
• Microsoft Tries To Force Google To Talk In E-Reader Suit
• NY Pol Found Not Guilty In Hospital Bribe Case
• Calif. Court Affirms AIG, PwC Win Over Annuity Losses
• Judge Backs DOJ Market Definition In H&R Block Case
• Senate Knocks Down Repeal Of FCC Net Neutrality Rules
• DOJ Has HSBC, First Niagara Drop Branches In $1B Deal
• Brazilian Watchdog Accuses Cement Cos. Of Running Cartel
• J&J Wants Rivals' Marketing Data In Omnicare FCA Row
• McDermott Sues DOJ For Hospital Docs In Antitrust Probe
• 11th Circ. Axes CompuCredit Antitrust Suit Against Funds
• EU Not So Sweet On Suedzucker's $255M Sugar Co. Deal
• 2nd Circ. Denies Cablevision's Bid To Hold HD Monopoly
• Judge Won't Trim LG Flat Panels From Price-Fixing MDL
• EU, Members Agree On Merger Antitrust Review Guide
• Ore. Says McKesson Artificially Inflated Drug Prices
• The End Of The Amateur Athlete
• SC Wants In On Protest Of $5M Epson LCD Antitrust Deal
• China To Probe State Telecoms In Test For Monopoly Law
• Judge Revives $1B Bahrain Bribery Suit Against Alcoa
• Calif. Pharmacies Sue Pfizer, Ranbaxy Over Lipitor Deal
• 4th Circ. Upholds Estonian Contractor's Fraud Conviction
• Sens. Probe Cigna, Quest, Others Over Lab Kickbacks
• Clear Channel Says Dukes Bars Classes In Antitrust MDL
• AGs Press FTC For Action Against Software Piracy, IT Theft
• Md. Lawmaker Escapes Grocery Store Corruption Charges
• B&N Wants Antitrust Probe Of Microsoft's IP Claims
• DOJ Settles Antitrust Suit Over $26M Blue Cross Deal
• Amylin, Lilly Wrap Up Diabetes Drug Alliance, Lawsuit
• US Ready To Try $39B AT&T, T-Mobile Challenge: Holder
• Google's Top Lobbyist To Step Down After 6 Years
• Obama To Veto Any Gutting Of Net Neutrality Rules
• AstraZeneca Indicted In Serbia Over Doctor Payments
• Wells Fargo Reaches $37M Deal In Bid-Rigging MDL
• Antitrust Issues In Bilateral Monopolies
• Toshiba Fails To Escape LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• Virgin Atlantic Still Immune In UK Price-Fixing Case
• EU Raids SKF, Other Bearings Cos. Over Antitrust Concerns
• 9th Circ. Reopens West, Kaplan Bar Prep Collusion Case
• Avaya's Digital IP Claims Trimmed In Phone Repair Suit
• Judge Pares Counterclaims In Sonar Contract Row
• Agent Or Distributor? US Suppliers' European Dilemma
• King & Spalding Adds DOJ Bigwig To Antitrust Group
• Verizon Wants Local Carrier's Antitrust Suit Nixed
• Spanish Antitrust Watchdog Fines Asphalt Makers €16M
• NY Times Accuses HuffPost Of Copying Blog Name
• BCBG Says Givenchy's Nightingale Bag IP Suit Won't Fly
• CFTC Says Silver Market Probe Still Going Strong
• LCD Cos. Can't Nix Production Claims In Price-Fixing MDL
• Sprint Must Hand Over Market Data To AT&T In Merger Row
• Juvie Exec Gets 18 Mos. For Paying 'Kids For Cash' Judges
• Air Charter Ex-Exec Cops To Kickback Scheme
• LA Coliseum Says Former Managers Ran $1M Scam
• AT&T, T-Mobile Deal Faces Potential Delay As Fight Rages
• What The New ACO Guidelines Tell Us About Antitrust
• Samsung, Apple Face EU Antitrust Probe Of IP Battle
• EU Puts Spotlight On $21B J&J-Synthes Merger
• NCAA Tries To Bounce NBA Star Russell's Antitrust Claims
• SEC Probes Aircraft Maker Embraer For FCPA Violations
• AmEx Offers $50M To End Currency Fee Claims: Atty
• Gabon FCPA Informant Says He Claimed Deal Was Legal
• Ex-ABB Exec Must Face Charges Of Mexican Bribery
• Predicting The Unpredictable
• Oven Manufacturer, Supplier Fixed Prices, Suit Says
• 2nd Circ. OKs Sentence For Corrupt Ex-KBR Worker
• Postal Worker Can't Stamp Out $13M Kickback Case
• China Forces Divestiture In PE Fund's Textile Deal
• Army Sgts. Deny Contract Bribe Scheme
• Sprint, C Spire Suits Over AT&T Merger Trimmed
• Soccer Groups Try To Kick RICO Claims In Antitrust Suit
• NBA's Antitrust Suit Against Players Thin, Judge Says
• Visa, MasterCard, Banks Call Card-Fee MDL Groundless
• Ocean Spray Can Call Pom Juice 'Snake Oil' In Trial
• Spanish Tech Co. Beats Apple IP Suit Over Tablet Imports
• Sandoz Settles Iowa, NY Drug Price Inflation Claims
• Taming The EU Energy Market
• Ill. AG Wants More Scrutiny Of Exelon Energy Merger
• Express Scripts, Medco Deal Slammed By Small Biz Group
• Gabon FCPA Witness Grilled Over Past Drug Use
• DOJ Wants In On FCA, Kickback Suit Against Hospital
• H&R Block Ruling To Spur On DOJ In AT&T, T-Mobile Case
• 7th Circ. Quashes Rose Acre's Antitrust MDL Coverage Suit
• AAI Wants Tight Review Of Exelon, Constellation Deal
• Lensmaker Transitions Can't Shake Antitrust MDL
• Ex-Ohio Official Can't Move Corruption Trial
• FTC Gives Go-Ahead To $725M Lab Testing Merger
• South African Cement Co. Stuck With $15M Cartel Penalty
• The Latest In FCPA Enforcement
• Simon Property Rips Antitrust Suit Over Mall Leases