Competition Archive » June, 2012

Competition - June, 2012

264 articles

• Hutchison's €1.3B Bid For Orange Draws EU Inspection
• GE Escapes Employee Suit Over Iraq Bribery Worries
• Intel's €1B Antitrust Appeal May Test Standard Of Proof
• Consumer Class Actions Survive Brush With High Court
• Japan Airlines Exits NZ Air Cargo Antitrust Probe For $2M
• NJ Town Official Admits Laundering Bribe To Mayor
• Antitrust Suit Claims Denso Rigged Bids On RV Parts
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Open Up New Frontiers
• $26B Duke, Progress Merger Approved By NC Regulators
• EU Court Slashes €1.1B Antitrust Fines On Natural Gas Cos.
• Wiley Rein Picks Up White Collar Veteran From Akerman
• FTC OKs Sony Group's $2.2B EMI Music Publishing Buy
• NJ Business Owner Admits To School Contract Bid-Rigging
• Feds Cleared Of Witness Tampering In Hospital Bribery Case
• Takeaways From Pa. Hospital Merger Investigation
• 7th Circ. Boosts DOJ's Leverage In Foreign Cartel Crackdowns
• FTC Says Dental Board Can't Clear Antitrust Immunity Bar
• 2 Ex-Chicago Area Officials Charged In Bribe Schemes
• Toshiba, LCD Purchasers Close Cases In Cartel Trial
• Canada's Competition Bureau Commissioner To Step Down
• Barclays CEO Will Get 'Serious Questions' On Libor Dealings
• E-Book MDL Arbitration Would Trample On Rights, Judge Says
• DOJ Scores Guilty Plea In $63M Medicare Fraud
• UK Watchdog Says Mercedes Dealers Share Prices, Markets
• Expanding The Extraterritorial Reach Of US Antitrust Law
• Getting To A Rule For Reverse Payments
• Supreme Court Drops First American Kickback Case
• Comcast Makes Concessions To End FCC Probe Of NBC Purchase
• Microsoft Ruling Gives EU Ammo In Essential-Patent Cases
• Home Solutions Exec Says He Bribed New Orleans Official
• NEC Tells 9th Circ. Jaco Must Arbitrate Price-Fixing Claims
• $200M Medicare Schemer Gets 5-Year Sentence, $13M Fine
• EU Fines Reflex, Flamco €13M In Settled Cartel Probe
• SEC Sues Falcone Over Market Manipulation, $113M Loan
• Feds Net 10th Guilty Plea In $1B Army Bribery Scheme
• 7th Circ. Revives Potash Cartel Suit, Clarifies FTAIA Reach
• Internet Video Data Caps Hurt Competition, Lawmakers Told
• EU Hits Mitsubishi, Toshiba With Reduced Cartel Fines
• Microsoft Loses Bid To Toss $1.1B EU Antitrust Fine
• Barclays To Pay $450M For Alleged Rate Manipulations
• Nucor Unit Faces $40M Antitrust Suit Over Unfair Pricing
• Texas Atty Convicted Of Bribing Judge Seeks Acquittal
• Army Sgt. Convicted For Role In Kuwait Kickback Scheme
• Ex-Detroit Mayor's Friend Gets Mistrial In Bid-Rigging Case
• Comcast Case Gives Justices A Chance To Expand On Dukes
• EU Court Ready To Decide €899M Microsoft Antitrust Fine
• Cable Industry Rep. Deflects Lawmakers' Antitrust Concerns
• German Antitrust Watchdog Seeks Tougher Merger Rule Reforms
• Memory Card IP Antitrust Suit Time-Barred, Panasonic Says
• S. Africa Court Kills Watchdog's Fertilizer, Foam Appeals
• CEZ To Sell Off Power Plant To End EU Antitrust Probe
• State Farm, Others Pan 'Junk Science' Antitrust Testimony
• Spain Probes Heineken, Others Over CO2 Price-Fixing
• EU Can Sue Elevator Price-Fixers Despite Prior Fine: Adviser
• Facing Competing Pressures In Hospital Consolidations
• JPMorgan Pays $4M To End WaMu Mortgage Kickback Suit
• Cardinal, GE Ask Judge To Toss Imaging Drug Antitrust Suit
• Justices May Refine State Action Antitrust Rule In Phoebe
• Chesapeake-Encana Emails Could Be Antitrust 'Smoking Gun'
• Foreign Arbitration Tribunals Fair For Discovery: 11th Circ.
• Merck Hit With Antitrust Class Action Over Vaccine Data
• High Court To Hear Comcast's Class Cert. Appeal Post-Dukes
• S. Korea Fines Philips $1.29M In Wake Of EU Trade Pact
• Costco's LCD Cartel Suit Overreaches, Electronics Cos. Say
• An EU Antitrust Update
• Webkinz Maker To Pay $2.5M To End Antitrust MDL
• Justices To Hear FTC's Phoebe Putney Antitrust Immunity Claim
• Wis. High Court Upholds $13.5M Award Against Pfizer Unit
• Apple Strikes HTC With Antitrust Claims In Patent Quarrel
• High Court Ruling Makes Economics Crucial In Cartel Cases
• Apple-DOJ E-Book Fight Gets June 2013 Trial Date
• Mich. Hospital Pays $2M To Settle Wage-Fixing Claims
• NJ Court Lets PSE&G Keep $2.9B In Breakup Costs
• GCs Name Law Firms With Top Shelf Brands
• Race Cos. Steer E-Discovery Cost Fight To Supreme Court
• Wynn Brawl Returns To State Court Despite FCPA Element
• EU Commissioner Warns Essential Patent Bans May Be Abusive
• Citi, Others Face Appeal In Airport Bond Antitrust Suit
• Lessons From World Bank's Sanctions Board Decisions
• DOJ Fights Apple's Quest To Speed Up E-Book Suit
• Universal, EMI Defend $1.9B Deal Before Senate Panel
• Direct Purchasers Get Class Cert. In Railroad Antitrust MDL
• EU High Court Adviser Questions Review Of €38M E.ON Fine
• Alcoa Execs Face Shareholder Suit Alleging Bahrain Bribes
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Eatoni's Antitrust Suit Against RIM
• High Court Makes Steep Criminal Fines Harder To Come By
• LG Can't Enforce Daewoo Settlement Over Washing Machine IP
• Texas Sues To Get Google Docs In Antitrust Probe
• 5th Circ. Says Wartime Law Allows Colonel's Bribery Charges
• Taxi Co. Denies Scheme To Fix Prices Of Permit Fees
• Judge Greenlights Price-Fixing MDL Over Auto Lighting
• 3rd Circ. Lets Insurers Off Hook In Juvie Kickback Scandal
• Netflix Users Tell 9th Circ. Apple Ruling Can't Block Expert
• India's Antitrust Watchdog Hits Cement Cos. With $1.1B Fine
• Antitrust Among Friends
• Ryanair's 3rd Aer Lingus Bid Faces Familiar Turbulence
• Middleman In Texas Judicial Bribery Scheme Gets 10 Years
• Airlines Fight Carnival Bid For Cut Of $175M Price-Fixing Deal
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Insurer Win In 'Kids For Cash' Scandal
• Blagojevich Fundraiser Arrested For Alleged Bribe Scheme
• Toshiba Denies Ties To LCD Price-Fixing Plot
• Fidelity Gets Home Warranty Kickbacks Suit Tossed
• ABA Seeks Shorter Probes, Privacy In UK Competition Regs
• Italy's Antitrust Agency Conditionally OKs Unipol, FonSai Deal
• $1B Army Bribery Probe Nets 9th Guilty Plea
• Ex-JPMorgan Exec Says He Was Axed For Exposing Kickbacks
• Your Competitor Bribes The Government: What Do You Do?
• An FCPA Customs Investigation In Kazakhstan
• Ryanair Floats $881M Hostile Bid For Rival Aer Lingus
• Union Health Plan Sues Merck Over Drug Copay Subsidies
• United Healthcare Sues Surgery Firm Over $39M Kickback Plot
• Opt-Out System Could Be Key To Boosting EU Antitrust Suits
• Southwest Tells 9th Circ. Plaintiffs' Delay Dooms Merger Suit
• Judge Certifies Limited Class In Flonase Antitrust Action
• IBM Reseller's Attys Sanctioned In Monopoly Case
• Charcoal Co. Owner Cops Plea In DOJ Bid-Rigging Probe
• Estee Lauder Calls Airport Retailer's Antitrust Suit 'Frivolous'
• EU Targets $1.9B UMG-EMI Combo Over Antitrust Worries
• Inside The 2nd Circ. Approach To Anderson News
• EU Competition Official To Advance Visa Antitrust Probe
• Cahill Gordon Picks Up Shearman Securities, Antitrust Pro
• Power Plant Services Co. Pays $9M To End FCPA Charges
• Chile Fines Whirlpool $10M, Clears Tecumseh In Cartel Probe
• Latest Conviction In Judicial Bribery Case Falls On Texas Atty
• Ex-NCAA Players Fumbled Scholarship Antitrust Case: 7th Circ.
• Software Co. Eatoni Pushes To Revive RIM Antitrust Suit
• HHS Plans New Guidance For Disclosing Fraud, Kickbacks
• Spain Fines IP Licensing Groups $4.2M For Abusing Monopolies
• SCA Offers Antitrust Fixes For $1.7B Georgia-Pacific Buy
• Case Study: Church & Dwight V. Mayer Laboratories
• Deutsche Boerse Sues EU For Blocking $9.7B NYSE Merger
• EU Drops Areva, Siemens Antitrust Probe After Deal
• Disputed $140M Settlement Goes Through In Milk Antitrust Suit
• FTC Oks Safeway Grocery Store Takeover With Divestiture
• Small-Bookstore Group Rips DOJ's E-Book Antitrust Deal
• OFT Refers Ryanair-Aer Lingus Deal For Further Review
• Nishi Rail Pays At Least $20M To Exit Freight Price-Fixing Suit
• De Beers Can't Boot Price-Fixing Suit From British Columbia
• Oil Tycoon Accuses Goldman Of Conspiring To Block Financing
• UK Watchdog Hands Truck Cartel Probe To EU
• US Car Dealers Say Foreign Cos. Fixed Bearing Prices
• China OKs UTC's $16.5B Goodrich Buyout With Conditions
• Aetna Beats Blue Cross Bid To Nix Mich. Antitrust Suit
• A Compliance Defense For The FCPA?
• EU Decision In Areva, Siemens Antitrust Probe Impending
• Ex-CCI Customer Service VP Latest To Cop To FCPA Charges
• Sidley Austin Sued Over $4M Deal In Chinese FCPA Case
• EU High Court Gives Car Cos. Leeway In Picking Dealers
• New Hong Kong Antitrust Bill May Be Slow To Take Effect
• Top NY Dem Backs Bill To Let Doctors Negotiate En Masse
• UMG's $1.9B EMI Buy Is Raw Deal For Consumers, FTC Hears
• Title Insurers Spared Antitrust Scrutiny, Says 3rd Circ.
• JFTC Charges Japanese Bearing Cos. With Price-Fixing
• Mexico Approves Iusacell-Televisa Deal After Concessions
• Hitachi-LG Exec Wins Lowered 7-Month Bid-Rigging Sentence
• Malaysia Airlines Unit To Pay Australia $6M For Cargo Cartel
• DOJ Needs Collusion, Dominance To Make Cable Antitrust Case
• 7th Circ. Blisters Sears Shareholders' Antitrust Suit
• Judge Boots Ex-NFL Players' Antitrust Suit Over Game Footage
• House Dems Ask FCC, DOJ To Probe Verizon Spectrum Buy
• FERC Defends Authority To Fine Gas Trader $30M In DC Circ.
• Ameritox Drug Testing Ads Contained False Info, Jury Finds
• Four Auto Parts Price-Fixing MDLs Combined In Mich.
• Jones Day Snags Fraud Chief From US Atty's Office In LA
• Aetna Solicits Blue Cross Exec Pay Docs In $2B Antitrust Suit
• EU Antitrust Regulator Probes German Rail Giant
• Case Study: US V. Milovanovic
• UPMC Calls Out Health Care Rivals For Antitrust Plot
• CVS, Rite Aid Latest To Sue Wyeth, Teva Over Effexor
• US Airways Eyes Antitrust Approval As Key To AMR Merger
• China Fast-Track Merger Plan Unlikely To Speed Deal Reviews
• Apple Blasts Motorola's Stance On Essential Patents
• Holder Grilled Over Antitrust Office Closings, 2nd Term Plans
• UK Antitrust Reform Bill Heads For Committee Scrutiny
• Whistleblowers Score $14M Of $64M Accenture FCA Deal
• The Forgotten Bank Holding Company Act Of 1972
• Wal-Mart's Worldwide Anti-Corruption Policies Under Review
• FTC Blasts Androgel Pay-For-Delay Ruling In 11th Circ.
• Bus Contractor Cops To School District Kickback Scheme
• Ajinomoto Cleared In French Animal Feed Price-Fixing Suit
• Alcoa Can't Escape $1B Bahrain Bribery And RICO Suit
• DOJ Asks 5th Circ. To Revive KBR Kickback Case
• J&J Dumps Wrist Device IP To Clear Way For $21B Synthes Buy
• NYC Pension Funds Sue Wal-Mart Over Mexican Expansion
• Case Study: In Re Magnesium Oxide Antitrust Litigation
• Bingham McCutchen Lures Away Gibson Dunn Antitrust Pro
• UTC Proposes EU Antitrust Fixes In $16.5B Goodrich Deal
• Ex-Innospec CEO Cops To UK Foreign Bribery Charges
• EU May Lodge Antitrust Charges In $2B EMI/Universal Deal
• Pa. AG Puts Conditions On Geisinger Health System Tie-Up
• Microsoft Atty Slams Google-Motorola On Patent Tactics
• Real Estate Investors Cop To Bid Rigging In DOJ Probe
• Autoliv, Others Face Class Action After $14.5M Antitrust Fine
• Ropes & Gray Aids HIG Buy Of Bankrupt Arctic Glacier
• Tech Giants Back FTC On Essential Patent Injunctions
• EU Says It's Still Tough On Cartels Despite Drop In Fines
• Google Must Commit To Antitrust Remedies By July, EU Says
• Mylan, Teva Settle Over Generic Provigil Market Rights
• Modernizing E-Discovery In The FTC
• Indirect Purchasers' Claims Cut In Compressor Antitrust MDL
• FTC Opposition To Import Bans Plays Murky Role In IP Debate
• FTC's Ramirez Cites Worries On Brazil, China Antitrust Regimes
• DOJ To Push For Stiff Sentences In AUO Cartel Case
• Oil Probes Show FCPA Enforcement Has Cos. Running Scared
• NYSE Calls Nasdaq's $40M Facebook Plan Anti-Competitive
• Recordings Off-Limits In Bid-Rigging Case Against UBS Execs
• Judge Scraps Recycler's Antitrust Suit Against Solo, Others
• Feds Lose Bid To Bar Experts In FCPA Trial
• Baker Hostetler Gets Veteran Trial Pro From McDonald Hopkins
• Orthofix To Pay $42M To End Kickback, Medicare Fraud Claims
• Judge Combines SMS Price-Fixing Cases Against AT&T, Others
• B&N Says E-Book Deal Turns DOJ Into Publishing Watchdog
• Oil Giants Investigate Allegations Of Bribery In Kazakhstan
• Lessons From China's Approval Of Google-Motorola Deal
• Apple, Microsoft Import Bans May Hurt Competition, FTC Says
• Blackstone Again Dodges Junk Insurance Suit, For Now
• 11th Circ. Asked To Toss Hedge Funds' Antitrust Exemption
• Hong Kong Antitrust Bill Clears Key Legislative Hurdle
• DOJ's Aggressive FCPA Enforcement Bites The Agency Back
• Woman-Owned Firm Scharf Makes Independent Debut
• Hitachi-LG Exec Seeks Reduced Sentence In Bid-Rigging Case
• AUO, Execs Lose Bid To Toss LCD Price-Fixing Convictions
• Judge Vacates FCPA Conviction Over Gov't Misconduct
• Autoliv Fined $14.5M In DOJ's Auto Parts Cartel Probe
• Antitrust Enforcement: What To Expect In The Next Year
• The Incompatibility Of International Business And Law
• Ethics Group Pushes For Natural Gas Price-Fixing Probe
• EU's High Court Sides With EDF In $1.5B State Aid Fight
• Va.'s Medical Certification Law Hurts Competition, Suit Says
• Chemical Co. Can't Escape EU's €91M Acrylic Cartel Fine
• 3rd Circ. Strips Hospitals Of Standing In Becton Antitrust Suit
• FTC Says Ga. Law Wasn't Meant To Shield Hospital Deal
• Morgan Stanley Pays $5M To Settle CFTC Futures Probe
• The New Era Of FCPA Enforcement: New Era Of Compliance?
• Authors Say DOJ's E-Book Antitrust Deal Favors Amazon
• Canon Cut Off Equipment Cos. After Xerox Unit Buy, Suit Says
• Spanish Cement Co. Fined €1.3M For Antitrust Probe Statements
• The Competitive Importance Of Serving Consumers
• Hitachi, Renesas Settle Price-Fixing Suit Over Patent Deals
• JPMorgan Pays $45M To Exit Derivatives Bid-Rigging MDL
• HCA Refuses To Weigh In On FTC Claims Post-Hospital Sale
• Sanctions May Chill Antitrust Cases, High Court Warned
• Ex-Army Captain Dodges Prison Term For Iraqi Bribes
• 6th Circ. Resuscitates Duke Energy Rebate Antitrust Case
• 6th Circ. Affirms Ex-Ohio Judge's Conviction In Bribery Probe
• 11th Circ. Backs Clear Channel In Advertising Contract Suit
• Judge Trims $421M Medicaid Kickback Suit Against Organon
• Judge Could Deal Out Fines In Vitamin C Antitrust MDL
• Supreme Court Disbars Dick's Atty Jailed For Kickbacks
• Google Calls Intuit Worker's Anti-Poaching Pact Suit A Rehash
• High Court Refuses Ex-Ala. Governor's Appeal In Bribery Case
• Deferred Prosecution Agreements — UK Edition
• Jury Convicts 5 In $205M Medicare Fraud, Kickback Scheme
• Acid Purchasers Ask 7th Circ. To Ditch Strict Antitrust Test
• Judge Won't Drop Tying Claims Against EBay, PayPal
• Florida West's No Contest Price-Fixing Plea May Get OK
• International Paper Sells Mills For $470M In DOJ Deal
• Dental Co. Bites Law Firm With $148M Malpractice Suit
• 9th Circ. Says Hexcel's Antitrust Claims Are Time-Barred
• Dairy Farmer Subclass Gets Recertified In Antitrust MDL
• Kuehne & Nagel Loses Bid To Toss NZ Cartel Claims
• First Horizon Accused Of Reinsurance Kickback Scheme
• CORRECTED: UK Supreme Court Clears Ryanair Stake Probe For Takeoff
• Case Study: Liu V. Amerco