Competition Archive » May, 2012

Competition - May, 2012

265 articles

• Microsoft, Nokia Face Google Antitrust Claims In Europe
• Judge Won't Stay West Penn Antitrust Suit Pending Merger
• Paul Hastings Nabs Dewey DOJ Vet As 4 Others Exit Broke Firm
• Brazil Merger Filings To Drop As Gov't Raises Thresholds
• High Court Seeks More Info On FTC, Ga. Hospital Merger Fight
• OFT Seeks Probe Of UK Auto Insurance System
• NCAA Calls Bill Russell's Antitrust Suit A Publicity Grab
• Graco Must Sell ITW Unit Before $650M Buy, FTC Says
• Renew De Beers Diamond Antitrust Judgment, 2nd Circ. Told
• AstraZeneca To Settle Toprol-XL Antitrust Action
• EU Wants 5 Countries Fined For Putting Off Telecom Reforms
• AstraZeneca V. EC — The Advocate General's Opinion
• Facebook's $1B Instagram Buy Gets Closer Look By FTC
• Barr Urges Calif. High Court To Heed Feds On Pay-For-Delay
• Sirius Stamps Out Shareholder Suit Over XM Merger
• Whole Foods Escapes Wild Oats Consumer Antitrust Suit
• Simpson Thacher Nabs FTC Antitrust Atty
• Blue Cross Mich. Can't Score DOJ Interviews In Antitrust Suit
• Troutman Sanders Adds Duane Morris Antitrust Ace
• Ohio Hospital System Claims Immunity From Antitrust Attack
• Publishers Call DOJ's E-Book Price Fixing Claims 'Innuendo'
• NY Rep Calls For End To Force-Placed Insurance 'Kickbacks'
• Homeland Insurance Sues To Dodge Software Cos.' IP Battle
• Caraco V. Novo Nordisk: Antitrust Implications
• Canada Watchdog Wins Divestiture In CCS Merger Challenge
• 4 Mortgage Insurers Cut From HSBC Kickback Scheme Suit
• Haiti Telecom Exec Gets Sentence Cut To 18 Months
• Brazil Finalizes Merger Rules With Reduced Info Demands
• American's Antitrust Trial Against Ticketing Firm Delayed
• Ex-CCI Sales Chief Pleads Guilty In Foreign Bribery Case
• Time Warner Fights Pause In Enforcement Of Franchise Ruling
• DuPont Unit's Pannar Buy Gets OK From S. African Court
• AG Eyeing Claims Dartmouth Invests Endowment With 'Cabal'
• FTC Says NC Dental Bill Would Thwart Competition
• Split 2nd Circ. Won't Review Amex Antitrust Arbitration Suit
• Vertical Pricing Restraints — State Developments
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Files For Bankruptcy
• US Drops 9th Circ. Appeal In Lindsey FCPA Case
• Community Bank's Libor Antitrust Suit Targets BofA, Others
• Allergan, Others Look To Ice Apotex Monopoly Suit
• Uncertainty Reigns On Eve Of Brazil's Antitrust Overhaul
• FCC General Counsel Schlick To Step Down
• AT&T, Motorola, Qualcomm Say Conspiracy Claims Lack Legs
• Texas Co. Says Cybex Stole Secrets, Muscled Competition
• NRG Rival Sues To Halt $120M Calif. Car-Charging Deal
• Ex-CCI Sales Chief To Change Plea In FCPA Case
• Emerson's Garbage Disposer Dominance Stinks, Suit Says
• DS Smith's $2.1B SCA Packaging Buy OK'd After Concessions
• Texas Duo Indicted In $19M Medicare, Medicaid Fraud
• Facebook's Instagram Deal: Why Is The FTC Involved?
• Avoiding FCPA Prosecution For Employee Conduct
• Obama Picks Akin Gump Partner For Afghanistan IG Post
• EU Antitrust Agencies Vow To Shield Leniency Docs
• UK Bribery Act Crippled By Lack Of Funding, Attys Say
• EU Court Tosses MasterCard Intercharge Fee Appeal
• BMW Hit With $163M Fine By Swiss Antitrust Watchdog
• Europe's Antitrust Regulators Urge Food Sector Scrutiny
• Ryanair Loses Bid To Stop Probe Into Aer Lingus Stake Buy
• Stericycle Must Shed Recently Bought Rival, UK Regulator Says
• FDA User Fee Bill Easily Slides Through Senate
• Novel Theories Have No Place In The Courtroom
• Huawei Says InterDigital Abused 3G Patents In EC Complaint
• UK Competition Watchdog Wary About Akzo's Metcal Buy
• High Court Asked To Nix FTC Protest To Ga. Hospital Merger
• NFL Players Accuse League Of Collusion On Salaries
• Senate To Vote On Pay-For-Delay, 16 Other FDA Changes
• UK Bill Outlines Plan To Ease Prosecution Of Cartel Cases
• NJ Panel Advances Bill Speeding Class Cert. Appeals
• Apple Rips DOJ's 'Flawed' E-Book Antitrust Claims
• West Penn Fights Buyer's Vow To Drop UPMC Antitrust Suit
• Canada's Abuse Of Dominance Guidelines Too Vague, ABA Says
• FCPA Crackdown Not Enough To Stop Bribery, CFOs Say
• Direct Buyers Have Antitrust Standing In SanDisk IP Row: US
• UK Watchdog Clears BSkyB In Pay-TV Antitrust Probe
• How They Won It: Skadden Reps Fresh Del Monte In Fruit Fight
• Bringing Civil Anti-Monopoly Cases Under China's AML
• Networks' Copyright Suit Against TV Streamer Aereo Trimmed
• Air Shipper Says No-Contest Plea Won't Ease Cartel Sentence
• Chinese Vitamin Maker Pays $10.5M To Bow Out Of Cartel Case
• Beware Obstruction Of Justice In Merger Investigations
• Ex-Haiti Official Hit With Hefty Sentence In FCPA Case
• Best Practices For Corporate Social Responsibility
• Chamber Of Commerce Members Flouted FCPA, Report Says
• Sens. Urge FTC To Follow EU's Antitrust Lead On Google
• CalSTRS Punishes Wal-Mart Board Over Bribery Scandal
• EU To Probe Finnish Steel Co.'s $3.4B ThyssenKrupp Unit Buy
• Goldman Execs' Evals Off-Limits In Buyout Price-Fixing Row
• Panasonic, Others Beat Memory Card Antitrust Claims
• Flagstar Accused Of Reinsurance Kickback Scheme
• EU Shouldn't Hold Breath On Google Antitrust Deal, Experts Say
• Senate To Consider FDA User Fee Bill Amendments
• Chemical Co. Lubrizol Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Rival Buy
• China OKs Google's $12.5B Motorola Buy After Android Deal
• FTC Picks Up Privacy Legal Scholar As New Policy Adviser
• NY Borrowers Overcharged $500M For Insurance, Expert Says
• Bill To Extend Leegin's Reach To State Claims Fails In Kan.
• Baker Hostetler Plucks Antitrust Guru From Mayer Brown
• Dewey Ranks Continue To Thin With Jumps To FCC, Proskauer
• Cracking Down On Cross-Market Hedging
• $200M Medicare Schemer Objects To Feds' Sentencing Plan
• UK Bribery Act — There's A New Constable In Town
• United Air Lines Can't Ground Cargo Pricing Antitrust Suit
• Groups Ask FCC To Bar Dish Spectrum Sales To AT&T, Verizon
• TriQuint, Avago Settle Cellphone Tech IP, Antitrust Suit
• Hogan Atty Blocked From AUO Exec's Price-Fixing Case
• US Nixes 2nd Corruption Trial For Ohio Official
• Conyers Targets Health Insurance Antitrust Shield Again
• Clear Channel, JCDecaux End OFT Outdoor Ad Probe
• Brokerage Says Rice Futures Manipulation Suit Still Flawed
• Class Appeals JPMorgan's Exit From Hedge Fund Suit
• The UMG-EMI Merger And The Substitutability Of Sound
• Hertz, Avis, Others Settle Rental Fee Price-Fixing Suit
• Going To Trial On FCPA Charges — The Percentage Play
• Miss. Says $540M LCD Price-Fixing Deal Leaves It In Lurch
• Canada High Court Takes On 3rd Indirect Buyer Antitrust Case
• De Beers Tells 2nd Circ. Antitrust Suit Is Too Late, Vague
• Kohl Troubled By Verizon's Internet Bundling Plan
• Ex-Corps Official, Son Plead Guilty To $1B Bribery Scheme
• AMA Says FTC's Dental Board Case Threatens Public Health
• Trademark Claim Revived In Trojan Condom Antitrust Row
• Wal-Mart Widens Internal Probe Of Overseas Bribery
• Carrefour Antitrust Fine Upheld In Polish Court
• Patent Use Codes In The Wake Of Caraco V. Novo Nordisk
• Altering 4(C) Documents May Land You In Jail
• EU Approves Suedzucker, ED&F Man Deal With Sell-Off
• Live Nation Settles Concert Ticket Antitrust MDL
• Feds Shut Down Off-Label Bone Graft Probe, Medtronic Says
• EA Fumbles In Bid To Dismiss NCAA Likeness Suit
• EU Approves $9B Angola LNG Joint Venture
• States Ask FERC To Limit Payouts In $6M Constellation Deal
• 2 LG Employees Can't Testify In LCD Price-Fixing Trial
• McDermott Lures Antitrust Bigwig From Greenberg
• Cox Ties Set-Top Boxes To Cable Service, Suit Claims
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Legal Chief Rejoins Ranks At Cravath
• Poland Plans Individual Antitrust Fines, Upped Leniency Program
• IBM Demands Sanctions For CEO No-Show In Antitrust Row
• Silver Manipulation May Have Just Been 'Hedging': JPMorgan
• Kansas' Take On Leegin Shows Risks Of Vertical Price Deals
• Old-Fashioned Conspiracy In Cutting-Edge Technology
• FCC Asks Verizon To Speak Up On Spectrum Sale Plan
• 4th Circ. Won't Knock Down Real Estate Listing Antitrust Suits
• ProMedica Knew Of FTC Merger Probe, Insurer Tells 6th Circ.
• Apple, Publishers Can't Close Book On Price-Fixing MDL
• Steptoe Snags Ex-IDB Investigations Chief With FCPA Chops
• UPMC Says West Penn Merger Warrants Stay Of Antitrust Suit
• Whistleblowers Want $9M In Sun Microsystems Kickback Deal
• Plea Agreements With Antitrust Division Post-VandeBrake
• European Court Adviser Backs €53M AstraZeneca Antitrust Fine
• FCC Suspends Ruling On Comcast Bias Against Tennis Channel
• AUO Exec Says DOJ Overreaching In Bid To Bar Hogan Atty
• FTC Lures Back Davis Polk Antitrust Pro To Lead Econ Bureau
• Blue Cross Hit With Market Allocation Suit In Tenn.
• Google-Backed Wind Power Line Clears Competition Review
• Vinson & Elkins Opens San Francisco Office
• New Info Stalls EU's Google Antitrust Probe
• Ex-Bronx Sen. Espada Found Guilty Of Stealing From Nonprofit
• Polish Court Denies PGE's $2.3B Rival Energy Co. Buy
• Using Federal Antitrust Law To Void Class Action Waivers
• Tribe's Lawyer, Others Indicted In Casino Kickback Scheme
• House Declines To Keep 4 DOJ Antitrust Offices Open
• China's High Court Eases Way For Antitrust Plaintiffs
• 11th Circ. Denies Wells Fargo Appeal In Insurance Scheme Suit
• Kolon Can't Lift Asset Transfer Conditions In DuPont Case
• 3 Ex-GE Execs Found Guilty Of Muni Bond Bid-Rigging
• Medtronic Accused Of Off-Label Marketing Kickbacks Scheme
• NY Lawmaker Seeks Probe Into VoIP Deregulation Group
• GSK, Valeant Dodge Sham Patent Suit Claims In Wellbutrin Row
• Kan. Bill Would Extend Leegin Reach To State Antitrust Claims
• 17 States Seek To Join E-Book Price-Fixing Suit Against Apple
• The Latest FCPA Target: Private Fund Advisers
• Novartis, Lilly Rebut Indian Lawmakers' Collusion Claims
• ICM Says '.XXX' Antitrust Suit Is Bid To Corral Porn Market
• Plastics Co. Pact Gets OK To Buy Viscount, With Conditions
• Hogan Atty Barred From 'Switching Sides' To AUO, Says US
• Brazil Fines Solvay Unit, Others $76M For Peroxide Cartel
• Marine Equipment Price-Fixing Suits Wind Down With Deals
• Mozilla Accuses Microsoft Of Restricting Browser Choices
• Verizon Hiding Info On $4B 'Cartel' Deal, Telecom Group Says
• What Companies Can Learn From AU Optronics
• Where Rubber Hits Road: Examples Of Alternative Fees
• MLB, Comcast Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Game Packages
• Law Prof. Says Google Antitrust Suit Would Stifle Free Speech
• Polsinelli Shughart Nabs Mayer Brown Antitrust, Health Ace
• Expeditors Reaches Deal To Exit Freight Price-Fixing Suit
• Contractor Admits Role In $23M Iraq Kickbacks Scheme
• Dutch Enact Europe's 1st Net Neutrality Law
• EA Strikes Tentative Deal In Football Video Game Case
• South African Fishery Fined $4.3M For Price-Fixing Scheme
• Is Double Deletion Of Emails Evidence Of Conspiracy?
• 2 Admit Roles In $13.8M Home Health Care Fraud
• Sempra Whistleblower Seeks Docs From 'Outsourced' SEC Probe
• Atty Charged With $1M Litigation-Funding Kickback Scheme
• Spain's Antitrust Watchdog Eyes Elevator Repair Industry
• FTC's Top Mergers Litigator To Leave Regulator
• NY Senate Votes To Keep VoIP Services Unregulated
• Greenberg Lures Quarles Litigator To Phoenix Office
• Canadian Court Urged To Nix MasterCard, Visa Vendor Rules
• Crowell & Moring Welcomes Ex-Baker Antitrust Guru In DC
• Tempur-Pedic Again Survives Price-Fixing Allegations
• Lessons From Review Of UK Banks' Anti-Bribery Systems
• Consumers Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Airline Antitrust Suit
• Deutsche Telekom, Slovak Unit Broke Antitrust Laws, EU Says
• Mortgage Insurers Can't Dodge JPMorgan Kickback Suit
• CMS Urges 5th Circ. To Crush Preferred Pharmacy Appeal
• Live Nation Ticket Scalping Suit Goes Forward
• Ex-NY Hospital Network Head Gets 3 Years For Bribes
• US Metal Cos. Can't Duck Brazil Ferrosilicon Cartel Suit
• Google Faces Antitrust Probe In India Over AdWords
• Franken Asks Feds To Investigate Comcast's NBC Vows
• DOJ Fights AUO Exec's Bid To Hire Hogan Appellate Star
• Memory Card IP Antitrust Suit Timely, Samsung Tells 9th Circ.
• Abbott To Pay $1.6B To Settle Depakote Allegations
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit TV Bundling Case Against NBC, Others
• Reducing Corruption Risk By Disrupting Moral Hazard
• The Costs Of A Potential Blue Cross Conspiracy
• Construction Suppliers Settle Failed Venture Fight
• Antitrust Officials Still Skeptical On ACO Benefits
• FTC 'Still In The Game' On Pay-For-Delay Challenges
• 1st Circ. Gives U-Haul Price-Fixing Suit Another Look
• Jaco Must Arbitrate MDL Price-Fixing Claims, 9th Circ. Hears
• Ex-NY Senate Leader Ready For Bribery Retrial, His Atty Says
• Leegin Doesn't Preempt State Antitrust Claims: Kan. High Court
• Tatung Escapes Cathode Ray Tube Price-Fixing MDL
• Law360 Names Top Female Trial Attorneys
• Auto Parts Co. Socked With $1.5M Canadian Price-Fixing Fine
• Electricity, Gas, Google?: Why Google Is Not A Utility
• CalSTRS Goes After Wal-Mart Execs Over Alleged Bribery Plot
• FTC Chief Lambastes 11th Circ. Decision On Hospital Merger
• New DOJ Antitrust Chief Sets Sights On Health Care Mergers
• Tennis Group Seeks $1.5M From Insurer For Antitrust Suit
• Medicare Fraudster Can Testify In $200M Kickback Trial
• Groups Fear Obama Order Sends Excessive Power Overseas
• NHHI Unit Exec Cops Plea Over Altered Docs In Merger Probe
• Cert. Denied In Antitrust Suit Against State Farm, Others
• Takeaways From Caraco V. Novo Nordisk
• Mexico Sets Aside $1B Antitrust Fine Against Telcel
• Predictive Coding — Putting The Cart Before The Horse
• SanDisk Cuts A Deal In Price-Fixing Suit Over IP Licenses
• Visa Faces DOJ Probe Over New Debit Card Fees
• Ex-FEMA Worker Admits Role In $100M Katrina Contract Case
• Troutman Says Ex-Atty's $520M Malpractice Suit Came Too Late
• Modified Protective Order Upheld In DuPont, Kolon Fight
• Brazil Officials To Weigh Antitrust, Merger Rules Feedback
• Judge Urged To Lift Brakes On Auto Light Price-Fixing Case
• Bloomberg Wins FCC Fight Over Comcast Channel Grouping
• Kohl Urges DOJ To Reconsider Antitrust Office Closings
• DS Smith Offers Antitrust Fixes To €2B SCA Purchase
• Ohio Official Seeks To Overturn Corruption Conviction
• AmEx's $50M Payout In Currency Fee Suit Gets Judge's OK
• The FCPA Goes Hollywood
• NutraSweet, Others Settle Aspartame Antitrust Suit
• HarperCollins, Hachette Near E-Book Price-Fixing Deal
• Sulfuric Acid Cos. Urge 7th Circ. To Keep Tough Antitrust Test
• Bribe-Paying Hospital CEO Gets 4 Months
• 'Willful Blindness' May Be News Corp.'s Legal Undoing In US
• Big Biz Hails Obama's Order To Align International Regs
• Lieff Cabraser Antitrust Chief To Launch Own Firm
• Investors Implicate Banks In Libor Manipulation MDL
• After Divestitures, DOJ OKs $200M Bus Co. Merger
• Anglo, Lafarge Must Shed Assets To Proceed With Venture
• Quinn Emanuel Launches 2nd Germany Office
• Apple Consumer Asks 9th Circ. To Revive ITunes Antitrust Suit
• Blue Cross Says Licensing Deals Are Good For Competition
• Millennium Says Ameritox Copied Lab Report Format
• Should You Settle With The FTC In A Section 5 Case?