Competition Archive » August, 2012

Competition - August, 2012

292 articles

• El Paso Officials Accused Of Trading Contracts For Bribes
• $12B Nestle-Pfizer Deal Could Impact Formula Market: Regulator
• Trade Groups Ask High Court To Review AmEx Arbitration Case
• Brazil Bars 2 Hospital Deals Due To Buyers' Ties
• Upsher-Smith Urges High Court To Hear K-Dur Antitrust Case
• 4 Firms Feared Most By In-House Counsel
• NZ Appeals Court Backs Watchdog On Cardboard Cartel Case
• High Court Grants Review Of CAFA Dispute
• SEIU, Kaiser Escape Hospital Operator's Antitrust Claims
• China Won't Contend WTO's E-Payments Favoritism Ruling
• Ex-UBS Execs Convicted Of Bid-Rigging Charges
• Ohio Hospital Group Must Face Rival's Boycott Complaint
• Defining The Mission Of The Complex Case
• Foreign Trade Law Won't Bar Nokia LCD Antitrust Claims: Judge
• Haynes And Boone Antitrust Bungle Cost $118M, Rx.com Says
• FTC Cephalon Case Stayed Pending K-Dur Supreme Court Bid
• Libor Classes Fight Banks' Antitrust Dismissal Bid
• German Court Preserves Cover For Cartel Cos. Seeking Leniency
• E-Trade, TradeKing Settle Multistate Antitrust Probe
• Allstate, Geico, Others Beat Car Repair Parts Antitrust Suit
• Japanese Co. Cooperates To Exit Freight Antitrust Lawsuit
• Toshiba Resolves Price-Fixing Suit Over Patent Deals
• Publishers Pay $69M To Settle State AGs' E-Book Claims
• Case Study: Qwest V. FCC
• Rx.com Had A Solid Antitrust Case, Ex-DOJ Atty Says
• Ryanair In For A Bumpy Ride As EU Eyes €694M Merger
• LCD Retailers Ask 9th Circ. To Revisit ATM Fee Antitrust Ruling
• Jury Starts Deliberations In UBS Bid-Rigging Case
• New York Fed Gets More Time To Produce Libor Documents
• 6th Circ. Won't Revive Antitrust Claims In Lexmark-Static Row
• NY High Court Won't Reboot KeySpan Price Inflation Suit
• Schwab, Others Fight Bank Bids To Nix Libor Antitrust Suits
• American Airlines Booking Antitrust Suit Survives Challenge
• The Auto Parts Investigations: Lessons From The 1st Year
• Utah Ducks Antitrust Allegations Over New Alcohol Restrictions
• Rx.com Exec Lied, Haynes And Boone Says In Malpractice Case
• Firm Can't Seek Penalty It Paid For Convicted Worker: 3rd Circ.
• FTC May Have To Follow Merck's Lead In Pay-For-Delay Fight
• Paint Cos. Win Class Cert. In DuPont Antitrust Case
• Highmark, UPMC Extend Contract Amid Antitrust Feud
• Feinstein Asks FTC To Investigate Calif. Gas Price Spikes
• CVS Says Pharmacies Must Arbitrate Patient Info Claims
• FTC Gains Support In Opposing Ga. Hospital Merger
• Nippon Seiki To Pay $1M In Latest DOJ Auto Parts Plea
• $324M Casino Tie-Up Draws UK Antitrust Scrutiny
• Ex-Wynn Partner Lobs $140M Defamation Suit At Casino Co.
• Calif. Judge Axes Indirect State Claims In LCD Antitrust MDL
• DOJ Blasts Convicted GE Execs' Acquittal Bid In Bond Scam
• Authorized Generics And Pay-For-Delay Settlements
• Samsung Faces Tough Odds Against Apple's Sales Ban Bid
• Rx.com Says Haynes And Boone Agreed To File Antitrust Suit
• Ex-UBS Execs Cheated Cities In Muni Bond Scam, Jury Told
• Chamber Blasts 3rd. Circ.'s Class Cert. In Comcast Case
• Judge Guts Challenge To $29B Express Scripts-Medco Merger
• Ex-El Paso Officials Get Prison For Health Insurance Bribes
• AstraZeneca, Others Hit With Nexium Pay-For-Delay Suits
• Accomplice In NY Hospital Kickback Scheme Denied Release
• Ex-Mayor Gets 22 Years In La. Bribery Case
• Turkey Opens Antitrust Probe Into Live Nation Unit
• Hertz To Pay $2.3B For Thrifty After Lengthy Chase
• Simon Seeks To Ax Antitrust Suit Over Shopping-Center Share
• West Penn Says Antitrust Suit Aims To Shield UPMC Monopoly
• Profit Counting: The Pfizer FCPA Settlement
• Merck Asks High Court To Review K-Dur Pay-For-Delay Case
• DC Circ. Stays FCC's Tennis Channel Order Against Comcast
• After CityTime Scandal, SAIC Consents To Gov't Monitoring
• Cipro Buyers Urge Calif. Court To Revive Pay-For-Delay Case
• Hospital Chain Puts Up $16M To End Skid Row Kickbacks Case
• Toshiba Settles With LCD Direct Buyers After $87M Verdict
• Ex-El Paso Official Cops To $100M Kickback Scheme
• Defense Contractors Deny Bribing Navy Officials For $6M Deals
• Comcast Class Cert. Defies Dukes, Retail Group Tells High Court
• What's Making Attorneys Flee Their Firms?
• Live Nation Denied Early Win In Promoter's Antitrust Suit
• Haynes And Boone Knew Rx.com Relied On It, Founder Says
• Antitrust Review Extended For WellPoint's $5B Amerigroup Buy
• Economics Professors Back FTC In Phoebe Merger Case
• Consultant Gets 7 Years For Katrina Home Grant Bribes
• Pfizer, Others Shake Price-Fixing Appeal From Pharmacies
• Verizon's $3.9B Spectrum Buy Wins FCC Approval
• Chamber Rips FTC For Yanking Antitrust Penalty Policy
• DOJ Blasts Challenges To E-Books Price-Fixing Settlements
• Purchaser Class Certified In J&J Blood Test Antitrust MDL
• Antitrust Risks Of Health Care Consolidation
• Medicare Recruiter Gets 5 Years For $205M Fraud
• Netflix Subscriber Fights $27M Wal-Mart Antitrust Deal
• FTC Greenlights Facebook's $1B Instagram Buy
• Haynes And Boone At Fault For Late Filing, Witness Says
• McGuireWoods Asks 9th Circ. To Revive $7M Fee Suit
• Security Co., 3 Others Indicted Over $54M Bribery Scheme
• Retail Group Opposes $7B Visa, MasterCard Antitrust Deal
• Attys' Fees Trimmed In $50M AmEx Antitrust Settlement
• DOJ Shines Some Light On FCPA Definitions In 11th Circ.
• OneLink Wants 2nd Look At Immunity Rule In Antitrust Suit
• Ex-Miss. Official, Relatives Cop To $1.2M Katrina Kickbacks
• CORRECTED: Former NJ Mayor Denies Taking Insurance Broker's Bribes
• Atty's Judge-Bribing Conviction Was Right, Gov't Tells 5th Circ.
• OPEC Claims Immunity To Service In Bid To Nix Antitrust Suit
• Hatch-Waxman Safe Harbor: Post-Approval Activity Update
• Baggage Delivery Antitrust Suit Sent Packing For 2nd Time
• Rx.com Sank Before Late Antitrust Suit, Says Blamed Firm
• FTC Pharmacy Deal Shows Joint Bargaining Needs Justification
• Wynn Wins Attys' Fees After FCPA Issue Fails In Federal Court
• Guitar Cos. Beat Sherman Act Claims In Price-Fixing Suit
• Telecom Cos. Can't Dodge Collusion Suit Over 4G Standards
• Comcast Arbitration Bid Nixed In Antitrust Class Action
• Former Ohio Official To Appeal 10-Year Bribery Sentence
• Comcast Class Asks Court To Enforce Antitrust Settlement
• Judge Won't Reinstate Atty's Airport Bond Antitrust Suit
• LCD Buyers Say 9th Circ. ATM Ruling Can't Nix Antitrust Suit
• US Head of Czech Truckmaker Jailed In Graft Probe
• State Regulations Provide Antitrust Immunity, Blue Cross Says
• Inside The FTC-DOJ Annual HSR Report
• CCT's Suit Claiming CleanTech Monopoly Plot To Continue
• Interchangeability In The Tablet Product Market
• Haynes & Boone Blames Rx.com For Antitrust Suit's Late Filing
• Hilton, Expedia Reservations A Veil For Price-Fixing: Suit
• 11th Circ.'s $195M Hospital Merger Case 'Flawed,' FTC Says
• Electronics Makers Want State Claims Axed In Antitrust MDL
• 3rd Circ. Misread Dukes With Cert. In Antitrust Row: Comcast
• US Steel Cos. Can't Skirt Import Tariff Conspiracy Claims
• Ryanair Again Fails To Stop UK's Aer Lingus Antitrust Probe
• UK Committee Wants Regulations Improved After Libor Probe
• Barclays Libor Prosecutor Joins Murphy & McGonigle
• Kinder Morgan Plans $2B Asset Sale To Quell Antitrust Worries
• BAA Consents To Sell Stansted Airport After Lengthy Appeals
• Turkey Targets Linde, Other Gas Cos. In Antitrust Probe
• US Soccer Bodies Prevail Over Ex-Promoter In Antitrust Suit
• Apple Witness Says Samsung Abused Its Market Position
• Domain Name Suits May Multiply After '.XXX' Antitrust Ruling
• Oil Field Co. Says Apache Contractor Sought Kickbacks
• The FTC Thinks Redress Looks Disgorgeous On You
• Ex-Ill. Campaign Aide, Others Deny HHS Bribery Scheme
• 3rd Circ. Keeps K-Dur Ruling In Place As FTC Fights IP Deals
• Lawmaker Booted From Ill. House Amid Federal Bribery Charge
• Calif. AG Asks 9th Circ. To Revive Energy Antitrust Suit
• FTC Urged To Prevent Gas Price Gouging After Refinery Fire
• Pension Fund Seeks Wal-Mart Info On Alleged Mexico Bribery
• NJ Pipeline Supply Co. Co-Owner Cops To Con Ed Bribes
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Exec Gets 9 Months For China Bribe Scheme
• J&J, Pfizer, Others Beat Pharmacies' Drug Pricing Suit
• Haynes & Boone Kicks Off Defense In $118M Malpractice Trial
• Blue Cross Denied Document Request In Mich. Antitrust Case
• Siemens Targets National Grid Over UK Market Dominance
• IBM Ditches Subpoena In Apple, Pixar Anti-Poaching Pact Suit
• American Airlines Beats Antitrust Claims In Booking Fight
• Oracle Pays $2M To Settle Claims It Breached FCPA In India
• Schiff Hardin Boosts Antitrust Team With GM Hire
• DOJ Wins 25th Guilty Plea In Real Estate Bid-Rigging Probe
• Yazaki Exec Agrees To Jail Time For Auto Parts Price-Fixing
• GSK, Teva Say Lamictal IP Licensing Deal Wasn't Conspiracy
• DOJ OKs $4B Verizon Spectrum Sale But Limits Side Deals
• Reverse Payment Settlements In Pharma Industry: Revisited
• Apple Asks E-Books Judge To Delay Ruling On DOJ Settlements
• Chinese Vitamin Cos. Push For Gov't Docs In Antitrust Trial
• FTC's Pay-For-Delay Push May Hinder Pharma Patent Deals
• RealPage Says Insurers In Yardi Row Can't Recoup Payout
• US Joins FCA Suit Over Off-Label Vein Treatments
• NY, Conn. AGs Add Chase, UBS, Others To Libor Probe
• Text Message Cos. Deny Conspiracy In Price-Fixing Class Action
• Hospital Can't Depose Government Officials In FCA Suit
• Ex-Auditor Gets 10 Years For Aiding Ohio Bribery Scheme
• Interest-Rate Ruse: Understanding The LIBOR Scandal
• Pool Product Distributor Aims To Sink Antitrust MDL
• ICM, ICANN Get Claims Cut From '.XXX' Antitrust Case
• Lawmakers Pressure Wal-Mart To Comply With FCPA Probe
• Time Warner Urges End To Hospital Internet Discount In Texas
• Telus Says $3.4B Bell-Astral Merger Is Bad For Consumers
• Consumer Groups Urge Scrutiny Of Google's Frommer's Deal
• Opposition To $7B Interchange Fee Deal Riles Class Counsel
• Covington Partner Says ABA's Antitrust Section Will Go Global
• Spotlight On Brazil's New Merger Control Rules
• Ex-Detroit Mayor Can't Ditch Atty On Eve of Corruption Trial
• Wal-Mart's Chinese E-Commerce Buy Gets OK, With Caveats
• J&J Unit Escapes FCA Case Over Alleged Procrit Kickbacks
• Supreme Court Urged To Review NBC Channel-Tying Case
• FTC's New Rule Zeroes In On More Pharma Patent Deals
• Former BofA Exec Testifies He Bribed UBS For Rigged Bid
• FTC Rips Wyeth, Teva Arguments In Effexor Antitrust Suit
• Puerto Rico Cable Co. Can't Duck Rival's Antitrust Suit
• Allstate, Others Say Poor Expert Witness Dooms Antitrust Suits
• Music Exec Says DOJ's E-Book Deals Threaten Competition
• 9th Circ. Nixes McGuireWoods' Fee Bid In Bar Prep Case
• When Your Most Trusted Employees Are Working For The SEC
• Google Faces Antitrust Probe In India
• Apple Suit Over Motorola Essential Patent Licenses Survives
• UK Hotel Booking Co. Seeks Rate-Fixing Probe In US
• Ex-China Official's Testimony Lends Boost To Vitamin C Cos.
• Simon Property Must Face Antitrust Suit Over Mall Leases
• UBS Execs Denied Mistrial Motion In Bid-Rigging Case
• Dropbox Can't Pause Suit Pending Trademark Board Appeal
• Keeping Libor 'Not A Viable Option,' UK Panel Says
• Rio Tinto Curbs Licensing Controls To End Antitrust Probe
• 4 Years Of China's Anti-Monopoly Law
• FCC Denies Comcast's Bid For Stay Of Tennis Channel Ruling
• Feds Unleash Wiretap Barrage In UBS Bid-Rigging Trial
• DOJ Antitrust Probe Eyes Chesapeake Over Oil, Gas Rights
• JPMorgan Details Investigations Over Libor, $5.8B Loss
• Japan Seeks More Info On Hitachi's Seiko Nanotech Unit Buy
• Judge Sets October Deadline For $7B Card Swipe Fee Deal
• LCD Makers Can't Ax Motorola Foreign Injury Claims
• Orthofix Bribed Doctors To Use Surgical Services, Suit Says
• No Arbitration For CVS In Patient Info Suit, 5th Circ. Told
• EU Targets Auto Parts Makers In Price-Fixing Probe
• UK Reforms: A New Era In Criminal Cartel Enforcement?
• How To Manage Joint Defense Experts In Cartel Litigation
• Ex-UBS Traders Reach Deals In Libor Probe
• 10th Circ. Won't Revive Class Bid In Cox Set-Top Box Case
• Generics Industry Gets FTC OK For Shortage Prevention Plan
• Ryanair Loses Bid To Halt UK Antitrust Probe
• BSkyB Gets Regulator's Sports Channel Pricing Order Nixed
• Baker Hostetler Lures Litigation Pro From Winston & Strawn
• 2 North China Pharma Units Exit Vitamin C Antitrust MDL
• AMR-US Airways Merger Troubling, Advocacy Groups Say
• Court Kills TV Giants' Online Venture Over Cartel Worries
• Judge Grants Sanctions To Fox, Big 10 In NCAA Antitrust Row
• Rule-Of-Reason Analysis Of Pay-For-Delay Settlements
• SEC Drops FCPA Probe Of Offshore Driller Hercules
• Canada's Antitrust Cop To Review BCE's $3.4B Astral Bid
• Durbin Rips $7B Visa, MasterCard Interchange Settlement
• Filed Rate Doctrine Won't Bar Milk Mispricing Claims: 9th Circ.
• Cartel Whistleblower Bill May Fall Short In Boosting DOJ Cases
• Vague $5M Settlement Orders Not Appealable, 11th Circ. Says
• Rx.com Says Haynes And Boone Is Ducking Upcoming Trial
• Vaccine Buyers Allowed To Bring Antitrust Suit Against Sanofi
• Zipper Cos. Denied 3rd Circ. Input In Price-Fixing Case
• Morgan Stanley's $5M Antitrust Settlement Gets Green Light
• South Africa Fines Telkom $55M Over Competition Violations
• Brocade Wins $112M In Trade Secrets Battle With A10
• Pfizer Will Pay $60M To End Foreign Bribery Probes
• Case Study: Minn-Chem V. Agrium
• AmEx Takes Merchant Arbitration Fight To High Court
• 10th Circ. Upholds FCC's Unbundling Order On Qwest
• Hospital Group To Suspend Docs' Noncompetes In FTC Deal
• Indicted Atty Used Bribes, Threats To Sign Clients, Suit Says
• NCAA To Hand Over Classified Docs In Player Antitrust Suit
• Paper Co. Should Face Price-Fixing Claims, 2nd Circ. Rules
• Sony Joins Critics Of $9M Freight Price-Fixing Settlement
• Pharmas Seek Pay-For-Delay Suit Stay Pending High Court Input
• Toshiba Says ATM Fee Ruling Dooms LCD Antitrust Claims
• MasterCard Takes Card Fee Appeal To EU's Highest Court
• 6th Circ. Kills Ohio Limits On Medicaid Docs' Political Support
• DOJ Urges Quick Approval Of E-Book Antitrust Settlement
• More Aggressive Monetary Remedies In FTC Antitrust Cases
• CME Group Can't Shake Antitrust Claims In USFE Suit
• Citi Targeted By NY, Conn. AGs In Rate-Fixing Probe
• Total Saves $391M For Possible Settlement Over Iran Deals
• Diebold Looks To Put Bribery Probe Behind It
• JPML Won't Centralize Drug Co-Pay Coupon Class Actions
• SEC Targets Teva In FCPA Compliance Probe
• Ex-American Antitrust Institute Official Named To FTC
• CFPB Probing AIG, Others Over Mortgage Insurance Deals
• 11th Circ. Won't Hear Appeal Over $92M Alcatel-Lucent Deal
• Taser Rival Can't Zap $40M Competition Suit Over PR
• Ex-Ala. Gov. Returning To Prison For 6 1/2 Years
• Zurich, Amerisure Avoid Tab In Cement Cos.' Antitrust Suits
• Sanofi Accord Brings Idaho Price-Inflation Haul To $23M
• Sens. Urge Antitrust Probe Of Universal-EMI Deal
• Pa. AG Sues Ryco Over Use Of Foreign Steel In Public Projects
• Simon Property's Kickback Scheme Suit Gets Green Light
• Airport Contract Spat Is An Antitrust Case, 10th Circ. Hears
• MasterCard Faces New Hungarian Antitrust Probe
• Destroyed Docs Get Mushroom Co. Sanctions In Antitrust MDL
• RBS Says It Canned Employees Over Libor-Rigging Scandal
• Interpreting Section 1782 Post-Intel: Part 2
• Sears Says Kickback, FCA Claims Against Kmart Don't Hold Up
• Tech Firm ZwillGen Picks Up Former K&L Gates, Yahoo Atty
• Weingarten Brown Adds Blecher & Collins Partner In LA
• Milk Price-Fixing Class Action Transferred To Calif.
• UK Competition Watchdog OKs BSkyB Movie Service
• Pharmacy Group Opposes $7B Swipe Fee Antitrust Settlement
• Ex-County Officials Plead Guilty In Kickback Scandal
• Sens. Want Detailed Cost-Benefit Studies For New Regs
• EU To Probe Ryanair's $843M Aer Lingus Takeover
• Recent Developments In German Competition Law
• Senate Dem Rips NY Fed Oversight In Libor-Rigging
• Comcast Says FCC's Tennis Channel Ruling Was Out Of Bounds
• Olympus Tells DOJ Of Possible FCPA Violations In Brazil
• Macau Privacy Regulator Probes Sands China Over Data Transfer
• B&N, Independent Bookstores Look To Fight DOJ E-Book Deals
• Shipping Co. Crowley Fined $17M Over Price-Fixing Scheme
• Feds Say Certain Tapes In UBS Bid-Rigging Case Are Hearsay
• LG Display Escapes Wash. State Price-Fixing Suit
• Comcast Data Caps Violate NBC Merger Deal, FCC Told
• Millennium Labs Can't Derail Ameritox's Kickbacks Suit
• 2 Ex-Ill. Public Officials, Others Deny Corruption Schemes
• Fired Med. Device Worker Didn't Show Retaliation: 8th Circ.
• German Antitrust Watchdog Fines Gummi Bear Co. $3M
• IBM Dodges Bankrupt Computer Reseller's Antitrust Suit
• Contracting With Third-Party Reps: FCPA Risks
• DuPont Owns Body Armor Fabric Market: Kolon To 4th Circ.
• Avon Negotiating With Feds To Settle FCPA Probe