Competition Archive » December, 2011

Competition - December, 2011

219 articles

• SmartDrive Meets DriveCam Patent Claims Head-On
• Dairy Cos. Try To Block Antitrust Suit Over Cow Killings
• Visa Sets Aside $1.6B For Antitrust Litigation
• Camera Maker Sues Rival Over Ex-Exec's Email Hacking
• GE Funding To Pay $70M To Settle Muni Bond Probe
• Sulfuric Acid Producers Prevail In Antitrust Class Action
• Knocking Out Potential Kickback Relationships
• US Soccer Federation Seeks To Kick Antitrust Claim
• FCC Tries Again To Loosen Media Cross-Ownership Ban
• Innospec Agent Gets 30 Months For Iraqi Bribery Scheme
• BNY Mellon Shells Out $1.3M To Stave Off Bid-Rigging Probe
• WTO Sends Airbus Subsidies Dispute To Arbitration
• Deutsche Boerse Must Sell Direct Edge Stake For NYSE Deal
• Ex-Postal Worker Latest To Cop To Bribery In $13M Plot
• Judge Drops Revived UnitedHealth Kickback Suit
• Law School Sues ABA Over Accreditation Denial
• Nixed Conspiracy Charges Free 1 Gabon FCPA Defendant
• A Few Possible Flaws In Brazil's New Competition Law
• UK Puts Brakes On Criminal Cartel Probe Of Truck Makers
• Okami Sues Ex-Partner Over Long-Lasting Sushi Secrets
• UK To End Competition Order On Home Appliances
• DOD Contracting Official Cops To Afghanistan Bribes
• Tris Pharma Kicks Cough Syrup Infringement Claims
• Google Favors Own Shopping Site In Searches: Brazilian Co.
• Insurer Tries To Sidestep EA Antitrust Action Coverage
• Hagens Berman, Cohen Milstein To Lead E-Books Suit
• Tennis Channel Wins Cable Bias Dispute With Comcast
• Baggage Delivery Antitrust Suit Sent Packing
• DOJ Orders Exelon To Sell 3 Plants For $7.9B Deal
• Putting The Kibosh On Potash Cartel Allegations
• UK Watchdog Seeks To Amp Up Bus Market Competition
• Cessna Sued For Negligence Over 2008 Runway Crash
• Gabon FCPA Execs Try To Kick Conspiracy Charge
• Failed AT&T Deal Leaves Stronger DOJ In Its Wake
• Merck Reaches $24M Deal To End Mass. Medicaid Suit
• NY State Senator Resigns, Cops To Bribe Scheme
• Ex-Army Major Gets 5 Years For Afghanistan Bribe Plot
• 3rd Circ. Reinstates $295M De Beers Settlement
• Aon To Fork Over $16M In Deal Ending FCPA Case
• NYT Wants HuffPost Banned From Using 'Parentlode' Name
• Carnival Can't Hop Aboard Airlines' Antitrust Settlement
• Sens. Press FTC To Look Into Google's Search Tactics
• Nova Exec Cops To $16M In Army Corps Contract Bribes
• Longtime FTC Antitrust Litigator Joins Venable
• Ramping Up Fair Trade Enforcement In Taiwan
• Exploring The Updated US-EU Merger Best Practices
• Hagens Berman Seeks To Represent E-Book Antitrust Class
• Wells Fargo Force-Placed Home Insurance Action Nixed
• Sabre's Coverage Row With AIG Unit Sent To Federal Court
• Afghanistan Contract Schemer Seeks Leniency
• DOJ Won't Probe Fair Labor Collegiate Apparel Plan
• DOJ Extends Review Of International Paper's $4B Deal
• AT&T Drops $39B T-Mobile Bid Amid Antitrust Scrutiny
• CDI Defenses Slashed In Medicare Kickback Suit
• 'Friendly' Antitrust Agreements And Unfriendly Fines
• TAP, Brussels Air Deals May Violate Antitrust Laws: EU
• Ace Exits Insurance Bid-Rigging Suit For $2M
• Novell, Microsoft Antitrust Feud Ends In Hung Jury
• Lear Says Ch. 11 Case Should Block Bid-Rigging Suits
• Ex-Canadian Wheat Board Members Take Up Monopoly Fight
• Builders Settle 'Kids For Cash' Class Actions For $18M
• Feds Blast Ex-Ohio Official's Bid To Trim Fraud Charges
• Comcast CEO Fined Over HSR Notification Violations
• Colo. Exits Antitrust Suit Over Tobacco Master Settlement
• Scrutinizing Reverse-Payment Settlements
• Duke, Progress Plan Fails To Offset Antitrust Worry: FERC
• EU Eyes Honeywell, DuPont In Antitrust Probe
• Prosecuting Honest Services Fraud Post-Skilling
• Insurer Balks At Coverage In EA Antitrust Actions
• FTC Challenges Graco's $650M ITW Deal
• Ohio Housing Authority CEO Lied To FBI: Jury
• Global Trends In Multijurisdictional Merger Filings
• Nikon's Swiss Unit Fined $13M In Antitrust Probe
• Key Witness' Testimony Partly Stricken In Gabon FCPA Case
• Judge Pares Countrywide OT Competition Claims
• Building A Smartphone Patent Pool
• Cipro Pay-For-Delay Suit Heads To Calif. High Court
• Cadbury Melts Chocolate Price-Fixing Suits For $2M
• Inflammatory Evidence Barred In La. Mayor Bribery Trial
• How They Won It: Quinn Wins $12B DRAM Trial For Micron
• Gabon FCPA Judge Mulls Nixing Key Testimony
• US Wants 27 Months For Afghanistan Contract Schemer
• Martek Can't Duck Baby Formula Ingredients Antitrust Suit
• Canadian Wheat Board Wants Opt-Out Bill Blocked
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Oil Bribery Conviction of Handbag King
• Jury To Tackle Novell, Microsoft Antitrust Dispute
• Reuters Submits Data Feed Plan To End EU Antitrust Probe
• EU OKs IBM Antitrust Remedies In Mainframe Probe
• Fraud Without Penalties In NE Energy Market
• Watson Pays $27M To Exit Drug Inflation MDL
• 5 Indicted For Bid-Rigging At Foreclosure Auctions
• Retired Army Major Gets 2 Years In Contract Bribery Case
• Ironwood Lied To Patent Offices: $500M Suit
• Emirates To Cough Up $8M In Price-Fixing MDL Settlement
• Execs Copped To Payment In Gabon FCPA Case: FBI Agent
• Indirect Ice Purchasers Can't Add MDL Plaintiffs: Judge
• Deutsche Boerse, NYSE Promise More Merger Concessions
• 3 Hitachi-LG Execs Cop To Disk Drive Price-Fixing Plot
• Church & Dwight Must Cede Info In FTC Probe: DC Circ.
• Kraft, Others Jump Into Egg Price-Fixing War
• With Conditions, Watchdog OKs French Rum Co.'s QFS Buy
• JPMorgan Denies Silver Manipulation Class Action Claims
• The Slow Drift Toward More Antitrust Exemptions
• Ex-Siemens Execs Charged In $100M Argentine Bribe Plot
• Antitrust Claims Split From Ex-SK Foods CEO's RICO Case
• Merck Urges 3rd Circ. To OK Pay-For-Delay Settlements
• LG Ends Washing Machine Feud With Daewoo, Others
• Medtronic Strikes $23.5M Deal In Doctor Kickbacks Dispute
• Ex-Army Captain Gets 15 Months For Contract Bribes
• 11th Circ. Nixes FTC Bid To Halt $195M Ga. Hospital Deal
• Pharmacies' Pfizer Merger Appeal Stays Out Of High Court
• DOD Official Caught In Bribe Sting Could Plead Guilty
• Contractor Cops To $1M MFA Kickback Scheme
• Judge Sides With FTC In ProMedica Merger Challenge
• Valeant Cedes Drugs To Win OK For $770M Skin Care Buys
• EC Seeks More Data On Google's $12.5B Motorola Bid
• DOJ Challenge Put On Ice As AT&T Rethinks T-Mobile Deal
• Vaccine Purchasers Accuse Sanofi Of Stifling Competition
• Key Gabon FCPA Witness' Testimony Could Be Scrapped
• Regulators Eye $10B Boerse-NYSE Euronext Deal Again
• Rockford Rerun: The FTC On Hospital Mergers
• Tips For Building An Anti-Corruption Compliance Program
• Ex-Army Corps Engineer Gets 20 Months For Taking Bribes
• Judge Advises To Nix Ex-Cargo Exec's Price-Fixing Case
• 4th Circ. Scraps Billing Agent's AT&T Antitrust Suit
• Bid-Rigging Trial Can't Wait For Dying Wife: Judge
• FTC, Boehringer Wrangle Over Generics Settlement Docs
• NYC Bar Association Calls For FCPA Reassessment
• Australia Has Lingering Concern Over Telstra Split
• Japan Accuses Citi, UBS Of Market Trickery
• Ex-Con Ed Manager Gets 70 Months For Kickbacks
• Arcadia Petroleum Pushes To Kill CFTC Manipulation Claims
• 6th Circ. Backs Ex-B. Braun Worker In Off-Label Drug Case
• Dairy Farmers Lose Cert. Bid In Milk Antitrust Action
• E-Book Industry Antitrust Suits Joined In NY MDL
• Risk Vs. Reward In Exclusive Arrangments
• Ex-Air Force Sgt. Gets 40 Months For Afghanistan Bribes
• Quashing The Circuit Split Over RESPA
• DOJ Seeks To Delay Suit Over AT&T, T-Mobile Merger
• US Seeks $10B Sanctions On EU In Airbus Subsidy Fight
• Wal-Mart Launches FCPA Compliance Probe
• Cargolux Execs Cop To Air Cargo Price-Fixing Conspiracy
• Wis. AG Urges 9th Circ. To Revive State Claims In Gas MDL
• Indirect Purchasers Have Standing In LCD MDL: Judge
• Red Flags Were Raised On Gabon Military Deal: Co-Worker
• France Fines Colgate, P&G For Fixing Detergent Prices
• Lawmakers Float Bill Barring Contracts With FCPA Violators
• UK Pushes Full Exam For $7.8B Private Medical Industry
• LabCorp's $85M Orchid Deal Depends On Divestment: FTC
• EU High Court Affirms €115M In Copper Cartel Fines
• USDA Releases Trimmed Antitrust Rule For Meat Industry
• DOJ Wants More Info On Oracle's $1.5B RightNow Buy
• A Slippery Slope In Ohio's Rock Salt Market
• France Telecom Loses Appeal In Illegal State Aid Case
• Wachovia Settles Bond Bid-Rigging Claims For $148M
• Canadian Judge Says Gov't Broke Wheat Monopoly Law
• Judge Trims NY's Antitrust Suit Against Intel
• Ice Co. Antitrust Qui Tam Suit A Retread Of MDL: Judge
• South Africa Blocks Merger Of Leaflet Advertisers
• AT&T's Yanked T-Mobile Merger App Won't Stall DOJ Suit
• LexisNexis Misuses Consumer Insurance Info: Rival
• Tight UK Auditing Market A Red Flag, Antitrust Panel Says
• NC Dental Board Stifled Competition: FTC
• DOJ Confirms Antitrust Probe Of E-Book Industry
• Lannett Cuts Deal With Celgene In Thalomid Antitrust Case
• Antitrust MVP: Skadden's Steven Sunshine
• Caraco V. Novo Nordisk — A Divided Supreme Court
• Panasonic, Others Fined €161M Over Fridge Cartel
• Express Scripts Exec Defends $29B Merger To Lawmakers
• AAI Backs 9th Circ. Revival Of State Claims In Gas MDL
• Antitrust MVP: O'Melveny & Myers' Ian Simmons
• Ex-Md. County Exec Gets 7 Years For Bribery Scandal
• Sprint Asks Judge Not To Delay AT&T Trial
• Feds Want Ex-Fry's Exec To Forfeit $66M In Kickbacks
• Nike, Apple Face IP, Antitrust Claims Over Fitness Monitors
• Ex-Hospital Workers Fight Tapes In $42M Kickback Trial
• Jury Sides With Ocean Spray In Pom Advertising Suit
• J&J Pays $2M To Exit Idaho AG's Drug Pricing Suit
• Sealing Cracks In The Pipeline Bidding Process
• France Clears Altarea's $142M Bid For E-Retailer
• Dutch Competition Agency Raids KPN, Vodafone, T-Mobile
• Apple, Publishers Face EU E-Book Antitrust Probe
• GOP Sens. Urge FTC To Probe $29B Express Scripts Merger
• Eatoni's Antitrust Suit Against RIM Scuttled
• Hatch-Waxman Provision Splits High Court In Generics Row
• The EU's Battle For Transparency
• Edwards Wildman Lures Reed Smith Competition Pro
• DuPont Painted As Anti-Competitive By Auto Coating Co.
• Aussies Won't Take $225M Metcash Merger To High Court
• Dole Pared From Potato Price-Fixing MDL
• Antitrust MVP: Gibson Dunn's Joel Sanders
• High Court Won't Weigh FCA's Scope In Blackstone Case
• Prosecutors Bungled Bid-Rigging Probe Of GE Execs: Attys
• Judge Won't Make EA Produce NFL Memo In Antitrust Suit
• High Court To Tackle Novo Nordisk's Generic Drug Fight
• Conn. High Court Tosses Bridgeport Antitrust Suit
• Antitrust MVP: Latham & Watkins' Alfred Pfeiffer Jr.
• China Telecom, Unicom Offer Fixes To End Antitrust Probe
• NJ Contractors Cop To Rigging School Contract Bids
• Google Gets All Clear From DOJ For $400M Admeld Buy
• EU Ends Financing Deals To Comply With Airbus Ruling
• Indianapolis Official Gets 3 Years For Bribery, Extortion
• NY Lawmaker's Chief Of Staff Arrested For Bribery Role
• AT&T, Apple Antitrust Suit Sent To Arbitration
• Container Makers Win Dismissal Of $25M Antitrust Suit
• National Arbitration Forum Exits Cardholder Class Action
• DOJ Went 'Badly Awry' In Lindsey FCPA Case: Judge
• Verizon Avoids Antitrust Claims Over Infrastructure Access
• 13 Charged In Microcap Kickbacks Scheme
• Canada High Court Takes Corn Syrup Price-Fixing Action
• Judge OKs $89M Del Monte, Barclays Investor Settlement
• Explaining US Antitrust And Baseball
• House Bill Would Open Door To Private FCPA Suits
• Antitrust MVPs: White & Case's Milne & Pace
• Airbus Subsidies Axed, EU Says
• AT&T Slams FCC Report On T-Mobile Deal As Biased
• St. Louis Gas Stations Sue Over QuikTrip Price War
• Walgreen, Kroger Join Fray Over Wyeth's Effexor Tactics
• Older Claims Cut From Egg Price-Fixing MDL