Competition Archive » April, 2012

Competition - April, 2012

266 articles

• Janis Schuelke Partners Dissolve Firm, Seek Greener Pastures
• LG Display Settles With 8 States, Consumers In LCD MDL
• Microsoft Enters E-Reader Fray With $300M B&N Nook Stake
• Semtech Filed Bogus Suit To Sink Merger, Rival Claims
• 4th Hitachi-LG Exec Cops To Disk Drive Bid-Rigging Plot
• $310M Bratz Award Against Mattel Is Fair, 9th Circ. Hears
• Ill. Lawmaker Denies Bribery Charge Tied To State Grant
• Group Says Utility's Auction Competition Push Flawed
• Under Armour Sues Body Armor Drink Maker To Protect Mark
• Iraq Contract Schemers' Appeal Chances Help Win Bail
• MOFCOM's 'Fusion' Approach To Chinese Merger Control
• The Perils Of Exchanging Wage Information
• LG Unit Dropped From Cathode Ray Price-Fixing MDL
• Oil Traders Get Prison Stints For Lyondell Kickback Scheme
• Air Cargo Co. Looks To End Antitrust Case In Rare Plea
• 9th Circ. Won't Hear Appeal In Apple, AT&T Antitrust Suit
• Italian Regulators Put Brakes On Insurance Merger
• Contractor Pleads Guilty To Katrina-Related Kickbacks
• Spain's Antitrust Body Fines Endesa €1M For Noncompliance
• Google Faces Antitrust Probes In Argentina, Korea
• 2 More Investors Cop To Auction Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Health Group Defends Egg Donor Price Rules In Antitrust Feud
• Dell Blasts $9M 'Take It Or Leave It' Freight Price-Fixing Deal
• Ex-NY State Sen. Kruger Gets 7 Years For Bribery Scheme
• High Court Asked To Review Antitrust Standing Rule
• Former Naval Engineer Indicted In $10M Bribery Case
• FTC Enlists Paul Weiss Litigation Star To Lead Google Probe
• Wis. DOJ Forms New Consumer Protection, Antitrust Unit
• Sirius XM Shareholders Seek To Nix $180M Settlement
• Traders Can't Dodge CFTC's $50M Oil Manipulation Suit
• SEC Sets Sights On Bristol-Myers In Foreign Bribery Crackdown
• Estee Lauder Accused Of Trying To Kill Retailer's Business
• LoopNet To Shed Unit To Reboot $860M CoStar Deal
• NJ Mayor Charged With Attempted Extortion
• Judge Won't Stall On Penguin's E-Books Arbitration Bid
• Denso Exec Prison Bound For Auto Parts Price-Fixing Scheme
• EU Agency Seeks Unified Rules To Curb Market Abuse
• BCBG Can't Bag Givenchy's Purse IP Suit
• Egg Cos. Beat Indirect Buyers' Federal Price-Fixing Claims
• Operationalizing Law Department Performance Metrics
• Brazilian Lawmaker Can't Kick Charges Over $11.6M Scheme
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Exec Cops To Role In China Bribery Scheme
• Nippon Says Posco Swiped Electrical Steel Secrets
• AUO, Toshiba Settle Consumer Claims In LCD MDL
• FTC Loses Androgel Pay-For-Delay Appeal In 11th Circ.
• Texas Medical Supply Firm Owners Admit Medicare Kickbacks
• Millennium Says Ameritox Libeled It In Press Release
• Netflix Wants 9th Circ. To End 'Wasteful' Antitrust Suit
• Wal-Mart Investor Sues Execs Over Reported Bribery Plot
• Imaging Firm Pays $1.5M To Settle FCA Medicare Suit
• Trade Groups Can't Stall $29B Scripts, Medco Merger
• Tomra — The Latest EU Judgment On Rebate Schemes
• Nike, Apple Duck Antitrust Claims In IPod Fitness IP Row
• Movie Studios In FCPA Spotlight For China Dealings
• Sony, Others Can't Nix Conspiracy Claims In Disk Drive MDL
• UK Minister Objected To BSkyB Antitrust Probe
• Outdated Telecom Law Shortchanges Consumers, Senators Hear
• Mayer Brown Snags EU Antitrust Vet From Hunton & Williams
• Wal-Mart Creates New Officer Post To Ensure FCPA Compliance
• New UK Plan Pushes Opt-Out System For Antitrust Suits
• Microsoft, Others Escape MedioStream's Video Monopoly Suit
• Mylan Loses Bid To Block Teva's Provigil Market Rights
• A Bitter Pill: Personal Liability For Health Care Execs
• Judge With Manatt Ties Won't Step Down From Racetrack Row
• Wal-Mart May Face FCPA Charges Over Mexican Bribery Plot
• Tongues Wag Over Wal-Mart's Choice Of Greenberg Traurig
• Slaughter & May Guides PE Fund's £807M BAA Airport Buy
• DOJ's Tax Lien Bid-Rigging Probe Nabs 8th Guilty Plea
• Fidelity National Wants Home Warranty Kickbacks Suit Tossed
• Auto Parts Co. Fujikura To Pay $20M For Price Fixing
• Italian Court Nixes $7M In Antitrust Fines On Toshiba, Others
• $26B Duke, Progress Merger Plan Faces Antitrust Heat In SC
• Ex-AUO Exec Says He's Not Liable For Price Fixing Outside US
• Info-Sharing Lessons From FTC Pipe Fitting Case
• Recruiters Got Kickbacks In $45M Medicare Scam, US Says
• Judge To Mull Chinese Arbitration For Magnesite Antitrust Case
• LCD Price-Fixing Trial Gets Split In Two
• Ameritox Says Rival Charged Medicare For Unnecessary Tests
• Case Study: Caraco V. Novo Nordisk
• New FERC Rule Ramps Up Oversight On Market Manipulation
• Ex-Corps Official, Son To Cop To $1B Contract Scheme
• Real Estate Investor Gets 6 Months For Auction Bid-Rigging
• Sex Shouldn't Erase Hospital VP's Bribery Sentence, US Says
• SanDisk Ditches Licensee's Antitrust Claims For Now
• Blue Cross Says Aetna's $2B Antitrust Damages Bid Is 'Stale'
• Ex-LatiNode VP Gets 2 Years For Telecom Bribery Scheme
• EU High Court Won't Scrap Recycling Co.'s €24M Antitrust Fine
• Walgreen To Put Up $8M To End New Customer Payoff Claims
• CFTC Plays Hardball As Oil Crisis Intensifies
• A Recap Of FCPA Enforcement So Far This Year
• Airlines Warn Of Chaos In 2nd Circ. Cargo Price-Fixing Suit
• Consumers Push Judge To Block Express Scripts Deal
• House Dems Push Holder On Oil Speculation Probe
• Chamber Backs Arbitration In Grocery Antitrust Suit
• Facebook Wants $18M Over Spamming Scheme In IP Suit
• Naval Subcontractor Admits To Lying To FBI About Kickbacks
• Hospital Says Rival Poaches Patients By Deceiving Them
• Liquor Deal Termination OK Under Sherman Act, 8th Circ. Told
• LCD Makers, Consumers Oppose Split Trial In Price-Fixing MDL
• Apple, Google Can't Dodge Anti-Poaching Conspiracy Suit
• EU Approves $2.2B Sony-Led EMI Buy After Concessions
• Patient Recruiter Admits Role In $5.5M Medicare Fraud
• Data Privacy And Competition Law — A View From The EU
• J&J's $21B Synthes Buy Gets EU Nod After Divestiture
• UK Cuts Price-Fixing Fine To £58.5M For British Airways
• SAIC Hit With Securities Suit Over Alleged Kickbacks
• Contractor Cops To Kickbacks Scam In $1B Army Corps Scandal
• Hachette, HarperCollins Look To Exit Apple E-Books Suits
• Verizon Blasted For Tying Spectrum Sale To $3.9B Cable Deal
• FTC Backs Cardinal Health's Nuclear Pharmacy Sale Plan
• EU High Court To Review €38M E.ON Probe Tampering Fine
• Mylan Fights FDA On Teva's Provigil Market Rights
• Real Estate Info Cos. Advance $860M Merger With FTC Deal
• UK-Based Stewarts Law To Open US Offices In NY, Del.
• Investors Demand Goldman Execs' Evals In Bid-Rigging Row
• Medical Lab Rep Still Shunting Sales To Rival, Suit Says
• US Cable Industry Like A Cartel, 9th Circ. Hears
• Reddy Ice Makes $1M Deal In Shareholders' Cartel Suit
• Restitution Can't Be Based On Illicit Gains, 2nd Circ. Says
• Case Study: Global Re V. Equitas
• Jaco's LCD Price-Fixing Suit Stays Alive
• Docket Diving: Strategic Uses Of Online Docket Info
• GSK Pays $2.6M To Exit Idaho Drug Price-Fixing Suit
• Municipal Tax Lien Crackdown Nets 7th Guilty Plea
• NY Says Tempur-Pedic Resale Policy Amounts To Price Fixing
• Obama Vows To Get Tough On Oil Speculators
• Apple Says IPhone Antitrust Suit Is Nothing Without AT&T
• 2 Former CCI Execs Admit To Foreign Bribery Scheme
• Pay-For-Delay Suits Against Pfizer Consolidated In Tenn.
• Vivendi's $611M TV Buy Faces Scrutiny From French Watchdog
• Village Voice Abandons Scuffle Over 'Best Of NYC' Mark
• Alitalia Has Rome-To-Milan Monopoly, Regulator Says
• Hospitals To Pay $1.6M To Settle Nurses' Antitrust Suit
• US Denies Witness Tampering In Hospital Fraud Case
• High Court OKs Patent Use Challenges By Generic Drug Cos.
• Google TV In Europe: New Privacy And Monopoly Concerns
• German Antitrust Chief Says Reforms Don't Do Enough
• GAO Report Finds Health Care Antitrust Guidance Lacking
• 11th Circ. To Rehear CompuCredit Antitrust Suit Against Funds
• Apple Pans Image Of Kindle As 'Mortal Threat' In E-Book MDL
• Steptoe To Cough Up Docs In CCI Bribery Case
• Ex-GE Execs Ripped Off Cities In Muni Bond Scam, Jury Told
• Plaintiffs Make 2nd Bid To Split LCD Price-Fixing Trial
• As Virgin Mulls Appeal, EU Stands By IAG-Lufthansa Approval
• Are Parens Patriae Actions Removable Under CAFA?
• The Latest FTC Challenge To A Hospital Merger
• $26B Duke Energy, Progress Merger Still On Track, Cos. Say
• Advertisers Lose Class Bid In Facebook Antitrust Suit
• 3rd Circ. Backs Ex-Army Officers' Bid-Rigging Convictions
• Coca-Cola, Others Sue Over Puerto Rico Shipper Price-Fixing
• Canada Fines Suncor For Gas Price-Fixing Scheme
• S. Africa High Court Ratchets Up Antitrust Tribunal's Powers
• Cessna Monopoly Claim Survives In Runway Crash Suit
• Judge Sends Trimmed Comcast Antitrust Suit To Trial
• Glencore, Xstrata Delay Docs Amid Antitrust Probe Of Merger
• Vodafone, Others Face EU Probe Of UK Mobile Wallet Venture
• Apple Says DOJ E-Books Collusion Claims 'Simply Not True'
• DOJ Demands Sentencing Date For AUO LCD Price-Fixers
• Antitrust Challenges To FDA Citizen Petitions: Part 2
• Apple, Publishers Unlikely To Cave On E-Books Soon
• Espadas Fight Use of Credit Card Info In Corruption Case
• Ill. Health Systems Ditch Merger Plans After FTC Antitrust Suit
• Judge Tosses Rival Condom Maker's Claims Against Trojan
• Ex-NJ Mayor Gets 30 Months For Bribery
• Wells Fargo Ducks 8th Circ. Racketeering Suit Over Appraisals
• US Calls For J&J Exec's Testimony In FCA Kickbacks Case
• Canada's New M&A Regs Require Attention To Assets, Revenues
• Case Study: Anderson News V. American Media
• Calif.'s $120M NRG Deal Raises Competition Issues, Group Says
• SEC Accuses Chinese Auto Firm Of Stock Market Manipulation
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Mechel Shareholder Suit Over Monopoly Probe
• Consumers Say 9th Circ. Cable Ruling Limits TV Choices
• CCI Execs Shouldn't Get Steptoe Docs In FCPA Case, US Says
• Wellbutrin Antitrust Class Survives Bid To Nix Cert.
• DOJ Sues Apple, Publishers For E-Book Price-Fixing
• FERC Asks Duke, Progress For More Info On Merger Plans
• Contractor Pleads Guilty In $23M Iraq Kickback Scheme
• 2 Ex-Prosecutors Join Baker & McKenzie Compliance Team
• US Fights Dimora Release Over Alleged Gambling, Drinking
• Gilead Ducks Reinstatement, Back Pay Claims In FCA Suit
• The Sherman Act's Increasingly Long Arm
• Beyond Conventional Wisdom: 4 Tips For New Lawyers
• $29B Scripts, Medco Deal Will Hurt Pharmacies, Judge Hears
• Morgan Stanley, KeySpan Zap Electricity Price Suit
• 1st Circ. Lets Feds Join Arguments In Pfizer FCA Suit
• Medicare, 27 ACOs Launch Shared Savings Program
• Bloomberg Says Comcast Favors NBC News Stations
• DOJ Says $475M Highmark Merger Won't Snuff Competition
• Australia OKs Foxtel's $2.7B Austar Buy After Concessions
• Spotlight On China's Antitrust Enforcement In 2011
• Teva Says Wyeth Patent Deal Doesn't Step On Antitrust Law
• Beware Bid-Rigging At Natural Gas Auctions
• Former Orthofix VP Cops To Paying Kickbacks
• Kirkland Adds FCPA Expert From DOJ
• Express Scripts Says Delay Of Merger Suit Is Inexcusable
• Verizon, AT&T, Others Fixed Text Message Rates, Suit Says
• Jury Cures Hospital Of Antitrust Suit Over Emergency Surgery
• Continuing The Trend: Biomet's FCPA Settlement
• UBS Asks To Shield Docs In GE Bid-Rigging Probe
• Reinsurers Deny Role In Alleged HSBC Kickback Scheme
• Don't Touch Copper Price-Fixing Ruling, Carrier Tells 6th Circ.
• Jury Hits Del Monte With $13M Verdict In Licensing Dispute
• SanDisk Defeats Antitrust Suit Over USB Drive IP Licensing
• Judge Axes Indirect Purchasers' Mineral Price-Fixing Case
• FERC Accuses Barclays Of Manipulative Energy Trading
• Suit Against Scotts Over Fertilizer Ad Claims Moved To Va.
• Fifth Third, BofA Got Reinsurance Kickbacks, Suits Say
• DuPont Escapes Kolon's Body Armor Antitrust Case
• Feds Won't Drop Daimler Foreign Bribery Charges Yet
• Russia's Turn Toward Anti-Corruption Enforcement
• Lessons From Omnicare Antitrust Litigation
• Antitrust Challenges To FDA Citizen Petitions: Part 1
• Class Cert. Bid Revived In Chicago Hospital Antitrust Case
• Chile's High Court Upholds Conditions On Airline Merger
• Facebook Claims 'Self-Defense' In Ad Co.'s Antitrust Suit
• Gas Titans Probed Over Possible FCPA Violations In Libya
• FTC Wins Bid To Temporarily Block Hospital Merger
• DOJ Litigation Ace Named Acting Head Of Antitrust Unit
• Blue Cross Says Neb. Health Contract Award Was Tainted
• Cadwalader Snags Another DOJ Vet For Business Fraud Group
• Ex-Regulator Urges DOJ To Probe Wall Street Oil Speculation
• Cooperative Production Limits: A 4-Course Antitrust Meal
• Predictive Coding — Cost Savings If Investment Is Made
• Rambus Appeals Loss In $4B DRAM Antitrust Case
• US Wants Air Cargo Exec's Immunity Kept From Jury's Ears
• Dialysis Giant DaVita Accused Of Shutting Out Competitors
• San Juan Off The Hook In Pay Phone Antitrust Suit
• T-Mobile Asks FCC To Halt Verizon's Spectrum Buying Spree
• Endurance Escapes Covering Consulting Group's Antitrust Fight
• OFT Calls For Full Probe Of UK Private Medical Industry
• In Search Of A Definition Of 'Foreign Official'
• Ex-Mayer Brown FCPA Pro Decamps For LeClairRyan
• Dickinson Nabs Williams Mullen Pro To Lead Antitrust Group
• Ex-Volvo Execs Fined Over Iraq Oil-For-Food Bribes
• Officials Set To Yield LA Coliseum To USC Amid Scandal
• Challenging The Legality Of Copay Coupons
• China's Wen Says State-Run Bank Monopoly Must Be Dissolved
• Top Potato Shipper Wants Out Of Price-Fixing MDL
• Sirius Calls Challenge To $180M Antitrust Deal Moot
• TripAdvisor Boards Google Antitrust Train With New EU Claim
• Japanese Auto Parts Co. Pleads Guilty In Price-Fixing Probe
• EU Antitrust Watchdog Probes $954M Sale Of Dexia Unit
• 2nd Circ. Revives Anderson News' Publisher Antitrust Suit
• Akzo Nobel Escapes $421M Medicaid Kickback Suit
• Fishermen Release Seafood Processors From Antitrust Suit
• Biomet Offers $280M For Johnson & Johnson Trauma Biz
• Antitrust Division's Pound Of Flesh: AU Optronics' Impact
• EU Launches 2 Antitrust Probes Into Motorola Over Patents
• $270M IAG-Lufthansa Deal Cleared For Takeoff In EU
• Rand Paul Pushes To Limit FTC's Enforcement Authority
• Tenn. Law School Loses Bid To Force ABA Accreditation
• Feds Seek To Weigh In On Pfizer Exec's 1st Circ. FCA Appeal
• US Bank, Others Sued Over Tax Lien Bid-Rigging Scam
• Judge Won't Toss Ceridian's Truck Stop Antitrust Suit
• ArcelorMittal Faces $410M Fine In S. African Price-Fixing Probe
• Sony Hurls New Cartel Claims At Hitachi, Toshiba In MDL
• 3rd Circ. Lets Insurers Pass The Bill For Catheter-Slur Defense
• Reddy Ice Says It's Struggling To Stay Afloat
• Texas Court Kills Antitrust Case Against Exxon Affiliate
• Office Depot Drops LCD Price-Fixing Claims Against Samsung
• Garment Industry Price-Fixing Suit Denied High Court Review
• $295M De Beers Antitrust Deal Won't Get High Court Scrutiny
• Bayer's $400M Cipro Payout Strangled Market, Consumers Say
• A Look At Litigated And Settled Class Certification
• $29B Express Scripts, Medco Tie-Up Wins FTC Approval
• A New Director For The UK's Serious Fraud Office