Competition Archive » March, 2012

Competition - March, 2012

260 articles

• Blue Cross Michigan Dodges City's Price-Fixing Suit
• EU Watchdog May Probe Apple-Microsoft-Motorola IP War
• FTC Enforcers Tout Benefits Of Facebook Privacy Deal
• Expedia Lobs EU Antitrust, Consumer Suit At Google
• Senate OKs 2nd Term For FTC Chairman, Fills Commish Post
• Arent Fox Welcomes Latest Dewey Defector To NY Office
• 9th Circ. Dismisses TV Bundling Action Again
• Elpida Settles DRAM Price-Fixing Suit For $6M
• US Seeks WTO Compliance Panel In Airbus Subsidies Feud
• New E-Discovery Tools In Antitrust Investigations?
• Oracle Drops DRAM Price-Fixing Suit Against Micron
• Lambda Says Gay Juror's Dismissal Illegal In GSK-Abbott Row
• UK Agency Says Banks Need Stricter Bribery Safeguards
• Crowell & Moring Nabs Winston & Strawn Competition Wiz
• 3rd Circ. Boots Judge From West Penn Antitrust Case
• Rising Star: Hunton & Williams' Ryan Shores
• State Antitrust Enforcers Urge Cooperation In Discovery
• Novartis Settles Kentucky Drug-Pricing Claims For $3M
• Ex-LA Coliseum Official Cops To Role In Kickback Scheme
• Defending Class Actions Challenging Mergers
• Pharmacy Groups Sue Express Scripts, Medco Over $29B Deal
• Shareholders Accuse Wynn Of Bribery In Macau Casino Deal
• Judge Grounds Airport Servicer's Antitrust Suit
• FTC Says Pharmacy Antitrust Amnesty Will Hurt Competition
• Cadwalader Adds DOJ Vet To Business Fraud Group
• EU Court Rejects Telefonica's Challenge To $202M Antitrust Fine
• Ex-Postal Worker Gets 90 Days For $13M Bribery Scheme Role
• 5 Hit With New Indictment In $14.5M Medicare Scam Case
• Czech Energy Traders Fined €2.5M For Impeding Antitrust Raid
• UK Competition Watchdog Wants New Rules Before Overhaul
• Libor Panel Includes Banks Named In Rate-Fixing Probes
• $29B Express Scripts, Medco Merger Could Come Next Week
• Sirius XM Rocks Music Copyright Collective With Antitrust Suit
• Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Corey Roush
• DOJ Defends Use Of Conduct Fixes For Anti-Competitive Deals
• FTC Orders ProMedica To Sell Ohio Hospital
• 11th Circ. Keeps Door Shut On Cigna Antitrust Claims
• Ex-DOD Official Gets 2 Years In Afghanistan Bribery Case
• FTC Says Mo. Bill Would Limit Pain Treatment Choices
• Nike Raises Cain Over Reebok's Tebow Jets Apparel
• EU Trims €5M From Spanish Co.'s Bleach Cartel Fine
• EU Hits Freight, Window Cartels With $340M In Fines
• Ratting Out The Competition: New DOJ Strategies
• Must-Have Performance Metrics For Law Departments
• Feds Drop Remaining Charges In Gabon FCPA Case
• GE, Cardinal Accused Of Manipulating Cardiac Imaging Market
• Philips, Chunghwa Pay $37M To End CRT Price-Fixing Claims
• Graco Wins Antitrust Clearance For $650M ITW Buy
• Global Re Fails To Keep Equitas Antitrust Suit Alive
• DOJ's Tax Lien Bid-Rigging Probe Nets 6th Guilty Plea
• Dean Foods, Others Dodge Retailers' Milk Antitrust Class Action
• Humana Divests To Win DOJ Blessing For $150M Arcadian Buy
• Rising Star: Hausfeld's Megan Jones
• Fender, Others Pick At Antitrust Action's Scanty Evidence
• Lessons From China's Hard Drive Merger Decisions
• Aussie Regulator Postpones Call On $2.7B Foxtel-Austar Deal
• Sony Tries To Ease EU Competition Fears Over $2.2B EMI Buy
• EU To Take Closer Look At $16.5B UTC, Goodrich Deal
• Hospital Group Says FCA Suit Is Light On False Claims
• S. African, Singapore Airlines Pay $6M In 2 Collusion Fines
• Duke, Progress Try To Zap FERC's Antitrust Concerns
• Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' J. Clayton Everett
• Cos. Strive To Keep Up With Bribery Laws, Survey Finds
• Dukes Dooms Clear Channel, Live Nation Monopoly Suits
• 11th Circ. Maintains Block On Aetna Antitrust Claims
• Denso Exec To Admit To Auto Parts Price-Fixing Scheme
• France OKs Saint-Gobain's $247M Brossette Buy, With Proviso
• Biomet Inks $23M Deal In Latest Doctor Bribery Sting
• Case Study: Carrier V. Outokumpu
• Medco Settles CalPERS Bribery Suit For $3M
• EC Launches Review Of Universal's $1.9B EMI Buyout
• Drug Claims Violate FCA, Ex-Pfizer Exec Tells 1st Circ.
• FTC Seeks High Court Scrutiny Of Ga. Hospital Merger
• NYC Housing Official Cops To Taking $2.5M In Bribes
• Brazil's New Rules On Cartel Fines Retain Broad Criteria
• Spanish Watchdog Says Antitrust Reform Plan Lacked Debate
• Rising Star: White & Case's Noah Brumfield
• Ex-SK Foods CEO Pleads Guilty To Price-Fixing
• FCPA, Bribery Laws Will Fuel White Collar Work, GCs Say
• Scottrade Will Cooperate in Conn. AG's Antitrust Probe
• GCs Say Focus On Client Needs Key To Winning Antitrust Work
• Hitachi, Samsung Can't Dodge Nokia's LCD Antitrust Claims
• The Achilles Heel Of Anti-Bribery Law
• Judge Trims Mich. Nurses' Wage-Fixing Action
• Canada's New Antitrust Guidelines Whittle Down Old Ones
• Ex-DOJ, FTC Economist Can't Weigh In On Milk Markets
• DuPont Says Kolon's Discovery Failure Warrants Dismissal
• De Beers Antitrust Ruling Bucks Dukes, High Court Told
• HP Boots Derivative Suit Over Alleged Bribes
• Request For 2 Trials Shot Down In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• Ex-LA Coliseum Managers Arrested Amid Kickback Scandal
• NYSE Won't Fight EU Over Nixed $10B Deutsche Boerse Deal
• Key Takeaways From US V. AU Optronics
• Premerger Reporting In Nonmerger Scenarios
• Dems Blast Verizon-Cable Plan As Competition 'Truce'
• Indirect Buyers Fight For Foreign Evidence In LCD MDL
• RIM Blasts Antitrust Appeal Over Scuttled Keypad Deal
• Ohio AG Wants $50M From Salt Cos. In Antitrust Suit
• Mitsubishi, Toshiba Could Again Face EU Cartel Fines
• Bingham Bolsters DC Trade, Antitrust Team With Orrick Atty
• Expanding The 'Quick Look' Framework
• What Trade Groups Want From FCPA Guidance
• New Brazilian Antitrust Rules May Speed Some Merger Reviews
• Indirect Buyers Don't Need In-State Roost In Egg Antirust MDL
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Cadbury Settlement In Price-Fixing MDL
• Waxman Pressures FTC On $29B Express Scripts, Medco Deal
• Ex-Marsh Exec Urges Judge To OK Spitzer Libel Suit
• Ex-Contractor Gets 3 Years For Bribe Scheme In Iraq
• Avon Shareholders Ramp Up FCPA Violation Allegations
• Construction Cos. Ink $47M Deal To End USAID Fraud Suit
• FTC Settles Price-Fixing Case With 2nd Pipe Fitter Co.
• Nestle, Mars, Colgate Face €35M French Antitrust Fine
• SEC's Charges Against Noble Execs — A Noble Pursuit?
• Morgan & Morgan Adds Milberg Antitrust, Securities Duo
• Deutsche Boerse Will Fight EU Over Nixed $10B NYSE Deal
• Facebook Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Advertising Program
• Italy On Verge Of Raising Bar For Merger Notification
• Power Cos. Battle Antitrust Claims Over Calif. Energy Crisis
• 3rd Circ. Limits E-Discovery Costs Against Losing Parties
• Convicted NY Hospital Fraud Plotters Say DOJ Hid Witness
• Venable Lures FTC Leader Over To NY Office
• Justices Leave 3rd Circ. FTAIA Reading Intact
• Privacy, FCPA Probes Close Dun & Bradstreet China Unit
• UPS's $6.8B Tie-Up With TNT To Face Antitrust Scrutiny
• FTC Urged To Probe Merck, Sanofi Vaccine Bundling
• China Extends Probe Of $12.5B Google-Motorola Deal
• US Chases $12M From CityTime Subcontractor Technodyne
• Ex-Judge's Plea Deal Rejected In Hurricane Ike Bribe Case
• 2011 Anti-Corruption Year In Review
• Eisai Says Sanofi Misled Court In Feud Over Deposition Docs
• Liquor Supplier Asks 8th Circ. To Revive Antitrust Suit
• Willkie Enlists Ex-Herbert Smith Compliance Atty In UK
• S. Korea's Antitrust Cop To Limit Leniency For 2nd Filers
• Carbo Can't Use Noncompete Against Fracking Equipment Rival
• Bulgarian Watchdog Says 4 Fuel Cos. Fixed Prices
• In Re Amex: Law, Economics And A Call For Reform
• 6th Circ. Rejects Bid-Rigging School Official's Plea Appeal
• Apple Asks 9th Circ. To Unplug ITunes Antitrust Row
• UK Agency Overhaul Will Lower Bar For Criminal Antitrust Cases
• Fox, Big Ten Say NCAA Athletes Owe $125K In Sanctions
• Judge Gives GCC Alliance Probation For Concrete Price-Fixing
• Kinder Morgan To Ditch Assets For FTC Nod On $21B Deal
• The Ever-Broadening Reach Of Dukes
• Trends In White Collar Crime Investigations, Prosecutions
• Judge Combines 2 Suits Over Egg Donor Price Caps
• AUO Price-Fixing Verdict Shows Risks Of A DOJ Showdown
• Fans Slap NHL, TV Cos. With Antitrust Suit Over Blackouts
• Ill. Lawmaker Charged With Bribery After Sting
• IBM Dodges Antitrust Suit Over Mainframe Resales
• Aircraft Lease Co., CEO Convicted Of $50M Fraud Scheme
• Hospital Asks 3rd Circ. To Drop Judge In Antitrust Row
• Aircraft Repair Co. To Cough Up $12M Over FCPA Charges
• Contractor, 3 Others Charged In Iraq Kickbacks Scheme
• Pay For Delay, There For The Taking?
• EU Questions Telecom Cos. Over Mobile Standardization
• Siemens, Areva Trim Noncompete To End Antitrust Probe
• Patient Broker Admits Role In $205M Medicare Bribery Scam
• SAIC Will Pay $500M To End CityTime Kickbacks Case
• FTC Seeks More Info From Roche On $6B Illumina Takeover
• Airline Antitrust Preemption Fight Heads To 2nd Circ.
• Exec Admits To Bribing Corps Director For $1B In Contracts
• Ice Co. To Pay $2.7M To Settle With Indirect Purchasers
• Jury Convicts AUO, 2 Execs Of LCD Price-Fixing Plot
• Cement Cos. Settle Direct Purchasers' Price-Fixing Suit
• The Impact Of Pfleiderer Across The EU
• French, German Flour Makers Fined €242M For Cartel
• Haitian Ex-Official Convicted In Phone Co. Bribery Scheme
• HP Allowed To Contest $9M Freight Price-Fixing Deal
• Express Scripts, Medco Delay Deal Pending FTC Review
• HSBC Took $77M In Payments From Insurers, Suit Says
• China Places Strict Rules On Western Digital, Hitachi Merger
• Afghan Bros. Get 6, 18 Months In Contract Graft Case
• Novell Says Antitrust Claims Against Microsoft Valid
• Calif. County Wants Claims Cut Loose From Plasma MDL
• Electricity Retailers Rip Long Island Access Ahead Of Audit
• EU Open To Dropping E-Books Pricing Probe For Concessions
• GSK Skirts FCA Suit Over Physician Kickback Program
• WTO Affirms Boeing Received Illegal Subsidies From US
• FTC Asks Pharm Groups How To Fix $29B Express Scripts Deal
• British Airways Offers EU Concessions In $270M Deal
• US Pitches Evidence Of 2nd Air Cargo Price-Fixing Scheme
• Why Communications Is Key To Merger And Lateral Success
• Constellation Pays $235M To End FERC Investigation
• Ex-Ohio County Official Convicted Over Kickback Scheme
• Vitamin C Antitrust MDL Headed For October Trial
• Cemex, Others Settle Homeowners' Price-Fixing Action
• US Discounts Reports On WTO's Boeing Subsidies Ruling
• LCD Consumers Worry Joint Trial Will Confuse Jury
• Aussie Watchdog Claims Flight Centre Plotted To Fix Airfares
• Prepaid Card System Won't Go Dark Amid Price-Fixing Claims
• Barclays, RBS Targeted By US In Libor-Fixing Probe
• NCAA Players Slam Sanctions In Antitrust Suit Over Likenesses
• China's Anti-Monopoly Law: What To Expect In 2012
• Wary South African Court Backs $2.4B Wal-Mart Tie-Up
• Android Makers Colluded To Boycott NPEs, Says Antitrust Suit
• DOJ May Force E-Book Industry To Dump Legal Sales Model
• Ex-Partner Goes After Troutman In $520M Malpractice Suit
• Atty's Bond Market Antitrust Claims Don't Hold Up, Banks Say
• Blue Cross Cites Split Circuits In Antitrust Immunity Appeal
• Army Captain Admits To Taking Cash From Iraqi Contractor
• Chase Escapes Claims In Flood Insurance Kickback Suit
• South African Cement Co. Fined $6.5M For Fixing Prices
• Criminal Price-Fixing Suit Against Auto Cos. Gets Go-Ahead
• NY Casino Developers Hit With $1.5B Antitrust Suit
• FTC Honchos Say Proposed HQ Move Could Waste $100M
• EU Says Reuters Antitrust Probe Has Reached 'Critical Stage'
• Consumer Class Bid Nixed In Del Monte Monopoly Row
• Tackling 'Pay-For-Delay' In Calif. Supreme Court
• Judge Blocks Rival Botox Drug In Trade Secrets Trial
• Bankrupt Domfoam Settles Claims In Foam Antitrust MDL
• AU Optronics Jurors Asleep On The Job, Literally
• Ranch Says Meat Co. Monopolizes Prime Cut Of Beef Market
• Chilean Antitrust Litigation Chief To Step Down In May
• Pfizer, Others Sued By Health Plans Over Copay Coupons
• Amcor Pins $252M Price Tag On Purchase Of Rival
• Aussie Antitrust Cop Looks Into Foxtel-Austar Proposal
• Antitrust Litigation And Enforcement — Gone Global
• Wynn Resorts Plans Vote To Oust Board Member
• US Conducting Criminal Libor-Fixing Probe, DOJ Says
• US Collected $509M FCPA Fines In 2011: Report
• Canada's High Court Sets Date To Hear Key Antitrust Cases
• JFTC Taps New Commissioner Amid Antitrust Law Overhauls
• Bankrupt Semiconductor Co. Ends DRAM Price-Fixing Suit
• France Fines Endive Growers €4M Over Price-Fixing Scheme
• DOJ Presses Judge To OK $5M Morgan Stanley Antitrust Deal
• T-Mobile, Sprint Urge Release Of Verizon Spectrum Deal Docs
• UK Antitrust Watchdog To Probe Security Cos.' Merger
• EU High Court Adviser Backs Lagardere, Vivendi Book Deal
• EU Court Slashes $7.6M From UPM-Kymmene Cartel Fine
• Reaffirming FERC's Merger Policy
• Premerger Plans Aren't Anti-Competitive: Calif. Court
• McGuireWoods Seeks Attys' Fees In 9th Circ. Hearing
• LCD Price-Fixing Judge Goes Easy On Indirect Class' Economists
• Brazilian Watchdog Readies New Antitrust Regulations
• Immucor To Pay $22M To Stanch Blood Test Antitrust Action
• Western Digital Must Sell Assets To Clear $4.5B Hitachi Buy
• Verizon Tells FCC Its $4B Spectrum Buy Won't Hurt Competition
• B&N Can't Revive Microsoft Patent Misuse Claims In ITC
• Class Action Says Union Central Runs Pay-To-Play Deals
• Drilling Services Cos. Battle Over Alleged Antitrust Tactics
• Guidance For Information Exchanges Between Competitors
• Eliminating A Standing Requirement Under Calif. UCL, FAL
• Squirrel Brand Goes Nuts Over Walgreens' Use Of Marks
• Microsoft Defends Licensing Change In $1B Antitrust Suit
• Apple Says Class Lacks Proof Of E-Book Price Conspiracy
• US Pins Ex-Laguna Officers For $5M Kickback Scheme
• 6th Circ. Revives Copper Tubing Cartel Action
• Millennium Labs Wants Rival's Attys Booted For Misconduct
• Law360 Competition Editorial Advisory Board
• GSK Shakes EU Scrutiny In Generics Delay Probe
• Japan Orders Adidas To Stop Fixing EasyTone Shoe Prices
• Google — Empowering The 'Tawdry' Side Of Capitalism
• Sharp, Others Can Grill Ex-Dell Worker In LCD Cartel MDL
• Jury's Out On AU Optronics LCD Price-Fixing Case
• EU Probes MathWorks Over Claims It Stifled Compatible Tech
• S. Korea Criminalizes Antitrust Probe Interference
• AT&T, Verizon, Others Escape Antitrust Class Action
• EU Kills Generics Delay Probe Of AstraZeneca, Nycomed
• Mattel Targets MGA's $310M Bratz Award In 9th Circ.
• Defense Contractors — New Market Environment, New Risks