Competition Archive » July, 2012

Competition - July, 2012

270 articles

• FTC Policy Change Goes After Antitrust Offenders' Pockets
• Deutsche Bahn Cartel Claims Filed In Time, UK Court Says
• Lawmakers Propose Antitrust Whistleblower Protections
• Epson Pays $150M To Settle Motorola LCD Price-Fixing Feud
• Libor Scandal Spurs MSRB To Examine Muni Bond Benchmarks
• EU Targets Visa For Fixing Interchange Fees
• UK Watchdog Says Expedia, Booking.com Fixed Hotel Prices
• 2 Plead Guilty To NY Presbyterian Hospital Kickback Plot
• Gabon FCPA Informant Gets 18 Months In Prison
• Ex-Ohio County Commissioner Gets 28 Years For Bribe Scheme
• Ex-UBS Director Fingers Execs In Muni Bond-Rigging Trial
• Defining Compliance After Wal-Mart And Morgan Stanley
• Investor Targets BofA, Barclays, 14 More Over Rigged Libor
• Dealing With State Antitrust Officials: 5 Considerations
• Verizon's $4B Spectrum Plan Draws Fire From Senators
• EU Provides Favorable Turf For Pay-For-Delay Cases
• Muni Bond Bid-Rigging Trial Begins For Ex-UBS Execs
• MLB, NHL Say Viewers Can't Demonstrate Antitrust Conduct
• TRW Unit To Pay $5.1M In Auto Parts Price-Fixing Deal
• Ex-Innospec CEO Pleads Guilty To 3rd UK Bribery Charge
• Amica Ducks Antitrust Claims Over Trademark Fight
• Shook Hardy FCPA Pro Decamps For Loeb & Loeb
• Indian Cement Co. Faces $72M Fine In Price-Fixing Probe
• UK Will Examine New Methods To Set Libor
• ATM Fee Antitrust Case: Ill. Brick Is Still The Law
• Berkshire Bank Sues Barclays, HSBC Over Libor Manipulation
• Potato Cos. Lose Early Exit Bids In Price-Fixing MDL
• Chicago Pols, Businessmen Charged In Corruption Probe
• McKesson To Pay $151M To Settle States' Drug Pricing Claims
• Libor's Complex Web May Limit Rate-Rigging Damage Claims
• Korean Air, Emirates Fined $4M In NZ Air Cargo Probe
• Masco Puts Up $75M To End Fiberglass Price-Fixing Action
• Helicopter Cos. Shake Price-Fixing Case In 3rd Circ.
• Walgreens, Par Escape Ill. Generic Overcharge Suit
• Indian TV Network Claims Nielsen Based Ratings On Bribery
• Universal Offers EU Antitrust Fixes To $1.9B EMI Deal
• UK Court Backs Antitrust Ruling Against British Telecom
• Omega Misusing Copyright In Costco Case, 9th Circ. Told
• Mail Contractors Say USPS Created Monopoly For Label Maker
• Doctors Accuse Blue Cross Of Anti-Competitive Scheme
• Interpreting Section 1782 Post-Intel: Part 1
• Senate Sends Sequestration Transparency Act To President
• LCD Buyers Say Toshiba Owes $87M Despite Paid-Up Award
• Judge Pulls Trigger On Smith & Wesson FCPA Derivative Suit
• Physicist Group Must Face Accreditation Antitrust Suit
• DOJ Antitrust Nominee Knocks Leegin At Confirmation Hearing
• Report Faults DOJ Staff For Nepotism In Hiring
• Doctors' Groups Sanctioned In Wellpoint Conspiracy MDL
• US, EU Say UTC Must Sell Assets For $18.4B Deal To Clear
• Grocers Group Latest To Oppose $7B Interchange Fee Deal
• Haynes And Boone Can't Dodge Antitrust Malpractice Suit
• London Appeals Court Says BAA Must Sell Stansted Airport
• SuperValu, C&S Beat Class Cert. In Price-Fixing Suit
• NCAA Scholarship Cap Draws New Antitrust Challenge
• Prepaid Card Seller's Antitrust Claims Against Rival Nixed
• Case Study: Polypore V. FTC
• 8 Pharma Cos. To Pay $38M For Boosting La. Drug Prices
• Retail Opposition Clouds $7B Interchange Fee Deal's Future
• Ala. Real Estate Investor Admits To Auction Bid-Rigging
• EU Regulators Lay Out Plans For Rate-Fixing Crimes
• Google May See More EU Antitrust Probes Despite Deal
• Wells Fargo Gets Forced-Placed Insurance Class Tweaked
• DOJ Antitrust Vet To Head Allen & Overy's Cartel Unit
• Geithner Defends Libor Measures Taken By NY Fed In 2008
• Cathode Ray MDL Cos. Want Direct Purchaser Class Trimmed
• EU Finds Lundbeck Pay-For-Delay Deals Blocked Generics
• The Risks Of FCPA Joint Venture Liability
• FCC Won't Review Ruling In Comcast, Tennis Channel Bias Case
• EU Markets Regulator Wants To Criminalize Libor Rigging
• DOJ Aims To Keep Helper In Failed Gabon Sting Out Of Prison
• Kellogg Huber Hires Antitrust, IP Atty From Verizon
• Chicago Hospitals Delaying Antitrust Suit, Patients Say
• Magnesite Buyers Fight Arbitration Push In Price-Fixing Case
• Swiss Regulator Probes Cisco Over Software, Service Bundling
• PE Titans Try Again To Whittle LBO Bid-Rigging Claims
• EU Targets CD, DVD Drive Makers In Bid-Rigging Probe
• Calif. City Officials Took Bribes For $102M Contract: Suit
• K-Dur: The Rejection Of 'Scope Of The Patent' Test
• OIG's Warning To Impermissible Health Care Arrangements
• Following Target, Wal-Mart Opposes $7B Swipe Fee Deal
• House Lawmaker Demands More Libor Info From NY Fed
• Biovail Puts Up $37.5M To Ditch Wellbutrin Antitrust Case
• Antitrust Class Needs More To Compel Docs From Jobs Author
• No-Contest Plea Unlikely To Derail DOJ Antitrust Enforcement
• Judge Boots Antitrust Suit Over W.Va. Building Contract
• Trial Called Off In Masco Fiberglass Price-Fixing Action
• QuikTrip Bests Gas Station Owners' Price-Fixing Suit
• LCD Makers Cite ATM Case In Bid To Nix Price-Fixing Claims
• Target Says $7B Visa, MasterCard Settlement A Raw Deal
• DOJ Moves To Close 4 Antitrust Offices In Coming Months
• Apple Wants Amazon To Cough Up Docs In 'App Store' IP Row
• DOJ Defends E-Book Settlements From Apple's, B&N's Gripes
• French Antitrust Cop Conditionally Approves TV Acquisitions
• $27M Deal Struck In EA Football Game Antitrust Suit
• Inside Italy's New Antitrust And Competition Rules
• A 2nd Look At Class Action Requirements
• Fight Over Florida West Plea Deal Highlights Inflexible DOJ
• Ex-BofA Exec Indicted In Municipal Bond Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Attys In $7.25B Visa, Mastercard Case Ask To Drop Trade Group
• NC Dental Board Says FTC Can't Back Its 'Radical Position'
• EU Antitrust Unit Eyes UPS's $6.8B TNT Buy
• Judge Sinks Class In Car Parts Antitrust Suit Against Insurers
• Bank Of England Emails Show No Libor Warning To NY Fed
• Antitrust Compliance Programs: Risk-Benefit Analysis
• Mayer Brown Says Former Client Owes $5M In Unpaid Fees
• Goldman, Others Can't Duck HCA Claim In LBO Antitrust Case
• Blagojevich-Linked Federal Witness Gets 5 1/2 Years For Fraud
• Androgel Is FTC's Best Shot At High Court Pay-For-Delay Case
• Judge Won't Cut Weisheng Parent From Vitamin C Cartel Case
• Halliburton Settles Shareholder Suit Over Alleged Bribes
• Air Force Contractors Charged Over Bribery Scheme Roles
• Ex-Progress CEO Says Duke Tried To Exit Merger
• Snapshot: The Latest Medical Device FCPA Settlement
• Skadden Adds Former Head Of DOJ's Antitrust Division
• Former Hitachi-LG Exec Sentenced For Bid-Rigging Plot
• HSBC Can't Kill Kickbacks Suit Over Force-Placed Insurance
• Ex-Ohio Official Can't Shake Bribery Conviction
• Korean Air Pays $5.5M In Canadian Cargo Price-Fixing Probe
• US V. Spadoni — Document Retention Policy Is A Must
• Osheroff V. Tenet — A Proper Application Of Rule 9(b)
• Travelers Sues Pfizer For $47M Over Epilepsy Drug
• Judge Says Consolidation Order In Libor MDL Was A Mistake
• Insurers May Give Banks Cold Shoulder After Libor Scandal
• Ex-JPMorgan Banker Pleads Guilty In Muni Bond Probe
• 11th Circ. Won't Rehear FTC Androgel Pay-For-Delay Case
• DOJ Aims To Keep Rare Price-Fixing Plea Out Of Future Cases
• 9th Circ. Will Hear Class Cert. Appeal In Facebook Ad Suit
• Abbott Fairly Kept Gay Man Out Of GSK Jury, 9th Circ. Hears
• Ex-La. Insurance Official Admits To Bribery
• House Votes To Force OMB To Reveal Sequestration Plans
• Geithner Stands By 2008 Response To Libor Worries
• Russia's Anti-Corruption Efforts: The Latest Legislation
• Brazilian Antitrust Official Vows Quick Merger Reviews
• Campaign Aide, Others Swept Up In HHS Bribery Sting
• Nordam To Pay $2M For Bribing Chinese Airline Employees
• Judge Finds Atty in Contempt Over $202M Antitrust Case
• FERC Says JPMorgan Unit Can't Withhold Emails In Bid Probe
• GOP Rep. Wants To Open CBO Numbers To More Scrutiny
• Doctors, Therapist Seek Retrial Over $205M Medicare Scam
• Land O'Lakes Resolves Opt-Out Suit In Egg Antitrust MDL
• Arent Fox Brings Nixon Peabody White Collar, IP Pro To LA
• Ex-Telecoms Chief To Lead New UK Antitrust Agency
• 6th Circ. Closes Title Insurance Price-Fixing Case
• Bernanke Says Fed Has Limited Influence Over Libor
• New Distribution Of Burden Of Proof In Chinese Antitrust
• Microsoft Faces New EU Probe Over Web-Browser Tying
• AmEx Told To Hand Over Docs In Merchants' Antitrust Case
• Casino Operator Gets 80 Months In Ala. Bribery Case
• Fast-Filing Plaintiffs Rebuked In Wal-Mart Bribery Case
• Pilgrim's Pride Says Farmers' Antitrust Claim Won't Fly
• 3rd Circ. Pay-For-Delay Ruling Opens Door To High Court
• NY's Strong Fraud Laws Will Bolster State Libor Probes
• FTC OKs Novartis' $1.5B Fougera Buy With Divestitures
• FCA Recoveries On Steep Rise To Record Highs, Report Says
• Ryanair Fights UK Refusal To Halt Aer Lingus Probe
• House Lawmakers Launch Libor Manipulation Probe
• Watson To Pay $1.7M To Exit Idaho AG's Drug Pricing Suit
• Microsoft Prevails In Novell Antitrust Suit
• US Prevails In WTO Over China Electronic Payments
• India's Unique Approach To Cartel Enforcement
• JPMorgan Says Emails FERC Wants In Bid Probe Are Privileged
• UBS Execs' Bid-Rigging Charges Aren't Time-Barred: Judge
• Visa, MasterCard To Pay $7.25B To Settle Card-Fee MDL
• Samsung Asks 9th Circ. To Save Panasonic Antitrust Suit
• FTC Ends Antitrust Probe Into Trojan Condoms
• Ala. Court Nixes $78M Price Inflation Verdict Against Sandoz
• UK Office Of Fair Trading Eyes Personal Bank Account Market
• Geithner's Role In Libor Emerges Amid Lawmakers' Push
• Wells Fargo Faces New Force-Placed Insurance Class Action
• EU Launches Probe Into North Sea Shrimp Traders
• FERC Won't Give Private Energy Co. Slice Of $235M Settlement
• Examining Data Systems & Solutions' FCPA Settlement
• DOJ's $810M Antitrust Haul Illustrates Big-Money Trend
• Tenet Can't Shake FCA Suit Over Referral Kickback Plot
• 9th Circ. Affirms Banks' Win In ATM Fee Antitrust Suit
• Toshiba Seeks To Avoid Damages On $87M LCD Verdict
• NJ Mayor Pleads Not Guilty To School Contract Bribes
• High Court Asked To Weigh Juries' Role In Punitive Damages
• GSK Settlement: Changing The Way Drug Cos. Do Business?
• EU Testing New Proposal To Solve Reuters Antitrust Issue
• Dodging A Bullet: First American Financial V. Edwards
• FTC Seeks More Info On $5.2B Watson, Actavis Merger
• UK Minister To Reconsider Criminal Antitrust Changes
• AUO, LG, Toshiba To Pay $571M In LCD Antitrust MDL
• J&J Vows To Fix Compliance, Quality Issues In Investor Deal
• DOJ Develops A Taste For Deferred Prosecution Deals
• Import Bans On Essential Patents Must Be Rare, Officials Say
• Contractor Cops To Rigging Bids For NYC Hospital
• Ex-Mayor Can't Shake All Fraud Convictions In 9th Circ.
• 11th Circ. Backs FTC Order Undoing Polypore's $78M Deal
• FTC Chief Sees 'Sweet Spot' For Section 5 Antitrust Cases
• EU Raids Plastic Sewer Pipe Cos. Over Cartel Concerns
• Another Reason To Take HSR Compliance Seriously
• Mich. Judge Pares State Claims In Compressor Antitrust MDL
• 2 Get Jail Time For NY Presbyterian Hospital Kickback Plot
• EA Games Don't Use Athletes' Images, NCAA Tells 9th Circ.
• Experian, CoreLogic Hatched Credit Data Monopoly Plot: Suit
• Essential Patent Import Bans Should Be Rare, FTC Head Says
• Alcoa Floats Deal In $1B Bahraini Racketeering Suit
• FTC Won't Abandon Pay-For-Delay Offensive, Chief Says
• Former Haiti Teleco Director Gets 1 Year For Bribery Scheme
• DOJ Wants 180 Days For Hitachi-LG Exec In Bid-Rigging Plot
• Paving Co. Tries To Steamroll Lobbying Antitrust Suit
• Top Antitrust Counsel To Leave DOJ
• Orthofix Pays $7.5M To Settle Bribery Cases With SEC, DOJ
• EU Antitrust Regulator Seeks Input On Czech Coal Plant Sale
• Stagecoach Ditches Merger Plans After UK Seeks Review
• Chesapeake-Encana: Antitrust Lessons For Energy Cos.
• NY Fed Asked Barclays For Info On Libor In 2008
• Barclays, Others Face Suit Over Euribor Rate Fixing
• Sharp To Pay Dell, Others $200M In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• Judge Says Ex-NY Sen. Espada Must Prove He's Poor
• Ex-Triumph GC Can't Shake Obstruction Charge
• Bankruptcy Trustee, Brokers Duck FCA Kickback Claims
• India Launches Another Probe Into Google Ad Policies
• Mylan Accuses Warner, Mayne Of Plot To Delay Generics
• Verizon's $4B Spectrum Plan Ducks Antitrust Law, Group Says
• Hedge Fund Manager Attacked Over Biotech Stock Short Sales
• Bank Of England Denies Influencing Barclays On Libor
• Coordinating Direct And Indirect Purchaser Cases
• Panasonic To Pay $17.5M To Settle Cathode Ray Antitrust MDL
• DOJ Seeks Blue Cross Docs In Mich. Antitrust Suit
• Antitrust Group Backs FTC In 4th Circ. Teeth Whitening Fight
• Cypress Can't Shut Down GSI's Antitrust Suit
• Novartis, Merck Hit With RICO Suits Over Drug Copays
• Barclays Deal May Fuel Criminal Cases Against UK, US Banks
• African Bank Group Targets Corruption With New Rules
• Southwest Plaintiffs Ask 9th Circ. For Clarity On Merger Suits
• TD Ameritrade Settles Multistate Brokerage Antitrust Probe
• Walgreens, Kroger Sue Pfizer For Delay Of Generic Lipitor
• Spain Fines IP Rights Group €1.8M For Abusing Dominance
• Giving Robinson-Patman New Life In The 6th Circ.
• UK Fraud Office Begins Libor Criminal Probe
• Freight Rail Giants Protest Class Cert. In Price-Fixing MDL
• Potash Cos. Face Dim Prospects Of High Court Antitrust Review
• Portuguese Antitrust, Merger Overhaul Set For Saturday
• JPMorgan Must Justify Withholding Docs In FERC Bid Probe
• UK Lawmakers Vote For Banking Probe Amid Libor Scandal
• A Rare Judicial Perspective On Clayton Act Section 8
• EU Clears SCA's $1.7B Georgia-Pacific Buy, With Conditions
• French Banks To Cut Interbank Debit Fees In Antitrust Deal
• Apple Says Motorola Must License Standards Patents
• DOJ Antitrust Division Won't Challenge Nuclear Alliance
• Alibaba Group Manager Arrested In Bribery Investigation
• Germany Fines Rail Makers $154M Over Cartel
• Glencore-Xstrata Vote Delayed As Aussie Regulator OKs Deal
• Calif. Panel Shuts Down 'Anti-Concepcion' Bill
• Intel Rips EU's Evidence In Fight Over €1B Antitrust Fine
• Robert Half Claims Ex-Managers Took Trade Secrets To Rival
• FERC Wants JPMorgan Docs In Energy Market Bidding Probe
• Tying Claims In Auto-Theft System Suit Unproven: 3rd Circ.
• Tidewater Defeats Derivative Suit Over FCPA Settlements
• Title Insurance Cos. Beat Kickback Suit At 2nd Circ.
• Verizon Pushes DC Circ. To Scrap FCC Net Neutrality Rules
• Jury Awards LCD Buyers $87M In Toshiba Price-Fixing Trial
• Former La. Insurance Official Charged With Taking Bribes
• SAP, Ariba Send More Info On $4.3B Merger To DOJ
• Barclays' Ex-CEO Defends Bank in Libor-Rigging Scandal
• Docs Convicted In $205M Medicare Scam Want New Trial
• Omnicare Asks For Protection From Expected FCA Suit Flood
• State-Action Protection For State Licensing Boards?
• Citi, Others Say Libor Rigging MDL Claims Lack Proof
• UK, EU To Widen Probe Into Alleged Rate Rigging By Banks
• West Penn Lambasts UPMC's 'Bogus' Antitrust Claims
• Dreyfus Schemed To Inflate Cotton Futures, Investors Claim
• Title Insurance Customers Drop 3rd Circ. Rate-Fixing Appeal
• Magnesite Buyers Say E-Book Ruling Bars Arbitration
• Google Proposes Fixes To EU Antitrust Worries
• Glaxo Handing Over Record $3B To Settle FCA Claims
• Dewey & LeBoeuf And The 'Unfinished Business' Doctrine