Competition Archive » September, 2012

Competition - September, 2012

249 articles

• 3rd Circ. Revives Damages Dispute In Eaton Antitrust Case
• Eliot Spitzer, Slate Get Marsh Exec's Libel Suit Nixed
• Lobbyist Gets 3 Months For Bribing Ex-NY Pol Kruger
• EU Watchdog Targets 13 Food Packaging Cos. Over Cartel
• Amerigroup To Shed Va. Unit Amid WellPoint Merger Probe
• JPML Won't Consolidate Mortgage Insurance Kickback Suits
• FERC Allows Mobil Pegasus Oil Pipeline Tariff Hike
• Proposed Libor Fixes May Open Door To New Benchmark
• Sham Litigation Claims Nixed In Androgel Pay-For-Delay MDL
• ING Can't Foil Class Cert. Bid In ERISA Kickbacks Suit
• Hogan Adds Ex-Sprint Spectrum, Competition Ace
• Spotlight On Global Merger Control
• West Penn, Highmark Cancel $475M Deal Amid Antitrust Feud
• Stryker Says Wright Medical Copied Implant Name For Website
• Boehringer Can Keep Many Docs On Barr Deal Away From FTC
• SEC Gets Tough On Muni Conflicts With $12M Goldman Fine
• Comcast Needn't Turn Over Data To Directory Co.: 11th Circ.
• NJ Radiologist Cops To $2M Kickback Fraud
• Miss. AG Fights Appeal To Move LCD Price-Fixing Suit
• EU Seeks $12B In Sanctions From US Over Boeing Subsidies
• FCA Suit Alleging Omnicare Medicare Kickbacks Trimmed
• Calif. On Board As Health Care Antitrust Enforcer
• Shell Gets €27M Cut From EU's Bitumen Price-Fixing Fine
• Microsoft To Face Charges In Europe Over Browser Tying
• Deutsche Bank Unit, Others Escape Libor-Tied Loan Lawsuit
• Goldman Paying $12M To End Landmark SEC Pay-To-Play Case
• Judge Rules Current Comcast Antitrust Deal Unenforceable
• Feds Win 10th Guilty Plea In NJ Tax Lien Bid-Rigging Probe
• Brazil Watchdog Flexes Cartel Muscle With Salt Raids
• Truck Makers Can't Appeal Transmission Antitrust Ruling
• McWane Blocked Domestic Competitors, Customer Claims
• Astellas Skirts $867M Antitrust Suit Over Heart Test Drug
• Standard Parking Wins OK On $345M Merger By Selling Lots
• Ex-NY Hospital CEO Charged In $1.4M Kickback Scheme
• Postal Service Says Antitrust Exemption Dooms Tying Suit
• LendingTree Escapes Bank Rate Price-Fixing Allegations
• A 'Trial Penalty' For AU Optronics
• AstraZeneca To Pay $11M To Settle Toprol-XL Antitrust Claims
• DOJ Ordered To Explain Prosecutors' Conflict In Kickback Case
• Ex-Pipe Fitting Co. Manager Denies Collusion With Rivals
• Eagle Eyes Vice Chairman Admits To Auto Light Price-Fixing
• FTC A Stickler Even Sans Antitrust Issues, Biglari Deal Reveals
• Bayer, Others Ask High Court To Review Pay-For-Delay Case
• Hospital Mergers May Help Competition, AHA Tells 6th Circ.
• Verizon Protest Upends $1.6B Federal Wireless Contract
• EU To Challenge US To WTO Over Boeing Subsidies
• Experian Seeks To Kill Credit Report Monopoly Suit
• 3Taps Lodges Antitrust Claims In Craigslist Copyright Row
• Power Cos., Others Weigh In On FERC Capacity Policy
• Ethypharm Urges 3rd Circ. To Revive Abbott Antitrust Row
• Searching Google For Anti-Competitive Conduct
• UK Bankers Group Votes To Give Up Libor-Setting Role: Report
• Restaurants Latest To Rip $7B Visa, MasterCard Swipe Fee Deal
• Libertarians Sue For Spots In Presidential, VP Debates
• $500M AUO Price-Fixing Verdict Highlights Risks Of Trial
• Judge OKs Marine Equipment Price-Fixing Class Settlements
• Warner Chilcott Hit With Suit Over Doryx Market Misdeeds
• Music Exec Strikes Back At DOJ Over E-Books Appeal
• Tyco Hands Over $26M To End FCPA Cases
• CFTC Chief Pushes EU On Transaction-Based Libor Substitute
• Costco Can't Prove Losses From LCD Sales, Judge Says
• US Claims Compliance With WTO Boeing Subsidy Ruling
• Wal-Mart Aims To Shield Execs From Investor's Bribery Probe
• EU-China Antitrust MOU: A Wake-Up Call For Chinese Cos.
• DOJ Wants More Info On DigitalGlobe's $900M GeoEye Buy
• Making AFAs Work By Leveraging Project Management
• EU Charge Fees May Need New Law, Antitrust Official Says
• Russian Co. Offers Up $13M To Ditch Potash Antitrust Claims
• SC Johnson Bribery Claims Not Preempted, 7th Circ. Says
• DOJ Antitrust Chief Warns Of Patents' Antitrust Risks
• Ex-Detroit Mayor Loses Bid For New Venue As Trial Begins
• RAIT Accuses Developer Of $25M Loan Kickback Scam
• Auto Cos. Seek To Bar Plea Docs From Criminal Antitrust Trial
• Medical Equipment Rental Cos. Agree To End Antitrust Row
• Wrong Standard Used In Acid Antitrust Suit, 7th Circ. Hears
• Banks Blast Retailers' Concerns Over $7.25B Swipe Fee Deal
• Stryker Pays $1.5M To End Investors' Kickback, FCA Suits
• World Bank Reinstates $1.2B Funding For Bangladesh Bridge
• US, EU Sign Off On Universal's $1.9B EMI Buy
• Orthofix, Pfizer FCPA Cases A Sign Of What's To Come
• FTC Updates Rules To Address E-Discovery, Atty Conduct
• Canadian Regulator Finalizes Abuse Of Dominance Guidelines
• Obama Admin's Welfare Waiver Rule Snubbed By House
• BofA Calls Bid To Join Mortgage Insurance Suits A Power Play
• UK Regulator Voices Concern Over Akzo-Metlac Merger
• Senate Panel OKs Obama's Pick To Lead DOJ Antitrust Unit
• FTC Sets Sights On High Court Pay-For-Delay Fight
• 2nd Circ. Pulls Plug On KeySpan Price Inflation Antitrust Suit
• Verizon Claims FCC Reached Too Far With Data-Roaming Rule
• Germany Fines Siemens, Others €24.3M For Collusion
• EU's Almunia Calls For End To Smartphone IP War
• Sutter Health Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Medical Plans
• AU Optronics Fined $500M, Execs Jailed For LCD Price-Fixing
• Predictions For DOJ's Upcoming FCPA Guidance
• Watson Sued By Fertility Drug Rival Over Ad Campaign
• Reddy Ice Settles In Ice Price-Fixing MDL
• Politics Delay Senate Vote On 6-Month Stopgap Budget
• Apple's EU E-Book Deal Doesn't Signal US Settlement
• FTC Head Blasts Reliance On ITC In Patent Disputes
• EU Antitrust Head Dampens Hope For Hutchison-Orange Deal
• DOJ Is Committed To Antitrust Fight, Head Promises Attys
• HCA Fined $16.5M Over Whistleblower FCA Kickback Claims
• McKesson Pegged With Price Inflation Claims On 400-Plus Drugs
• LCD Cos. Escape Retailers' State Price-Fixing MDL Claims
• FSA Raised Libor Worries About Ex-Barclays CEO In 2010
• Japanese Freight Co. To Pay $2.3M In Price-Fixing Probe
• Toshiba, LG Among Targets Of New Ill. CRT Price-Fixing Suit
• Bard Beats Contract Claim In Catheter Trade Secrets Fight
• Virgin Atlantic Appeals $280M IAG-Lufthansa Deal In EU Court
• Apple, Publishers Offer EU E-Book Antitrust Fixes
• New Concepts Under FTC Rule For Pharma Patent Deals
• LG Can't Escape LCD MDL Despite Coming Clean To DOJ
• Pipe Fittings Co. Exec Snaps At FTC During Price-Fixing Trial
• AUO Blasts DOJ's Bid For $1B Fine In LCD Price-Fixing Case
• DOJ, Publishers Buck Music Exec's Bid To Appeal E-Book Deal
• Ameritox Faces FCA Suit Over Physician Kickbacks
• Gibson Dunn Snags Former DOJ Antitrust Prosecutor
• Net Neutrality Groups To Challenge AT&T's FaceTime Plan
• Dodging Antitrust Risk During Claims Collaboration
• Merck Bashes Lawsuits Over Prescription Copay Coupons
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Army Captain's Bribery Conviction
• EU Panel Backs Transparency Rules For Oil, Gas, Logging Cos.
• Ex-Wynn Partner Blames Stock Drop On Bad Management
• MoFo Boosts Beijing Practice With Ex-Orrick FCPA Pro
• Fortescue Gets Redo In Bid For Rio Tinto, BHP Rail Access
• Highmark Says Filed Rate Doctrine Bars Antitrust Claims
• Schiff Hardin Lands Securities Pro For DC Office
• Former NJ Transportation Official Cops To Bribery Charge
• FERC Denies NiSource Unit's Rate Ceiling Waiver Bid
• Doctors Can't Shake Humana's Antitrust Suit
• Foam Buyers Drop Otto Bock From Price-Fixing MDL
• GE, Cardinal Escape Antitrust Class Action Over Imaging Drug
• Firm Says OneBeacon On Hook In Row Over Dish Sanctions
• Zynga Says EA Tried To Strike Anti-Poaching Deal
• BAE-EADS Merger Would Test Toughened CFIUS Laws
• Actelion Sues To Keep Tracleer Away From Apotex, Roxane
• Bloomberg Asks FCC To Order Comcast Channel Moves
• Publishers, State AGs Get Nod For $69M E-Book Settlement
• Bain, Others Must Show Harm To Shield Docs In Antitrust Case
• Kuehne & Nagel Pays $28M To End Cargo Price-Fixing Claims
• Lexmark Asks 6th Circ. To Review Static False Ad Claims
• Ex-Schools Chief Sentenced To 11 Years For Taking Bribes
• Qualcomm, Others Again Lose Bid To Toss 4G Collusion Suit
• DOJ Official Urges Consistency In Global Antitrust Efforts
• Steptoe & Johnson Snags Ex-BP FCPA Expert
• OneLink Again Fails To Shake TV Rival's Antitrust Claims
• Ex-Army Corps Worker Gets 6 Years In $20M Bribery Scheme
• Athletes Didn't ID Market In Scholarship Cap Suit, NCAA Says
• A Primer On Alternative Fee Arrangements
• Argentine Bribery Whistleblower Seeks $100M From Siemens
• Ex-Sigma Exec Denies Antitrust Tactics In Pipe Fitting Case
• Annexation Nets Extortion Charge For Dallas-Area Ex-Mayor
• Funeral Casket Antitrust Case Kept Alive By 5th Circ.
• House Passes Stopgap Bill To Fund Government For 6 Months
• 6th Circ. Revives Parts Of Energy Drink IP, False Ads Row
• McKesson Investor Targets Execs Over Drug Price-Rigging
• House Panel Moves To Block HHS Welfare Waiver Rule
• Capital One Netted $5M In Force-Placed Insurance Scheme: Suit
• Indianapolis Official Pushes Entrapment Bid At 7th Circ.
• CityTime Kickback Trial Postponed For Pile Of New Evidence
• Direct LCD Buyers Rip Dell's Bid To Stall $30M Toshiba Deal
• DOJ Eyes MacDonald Dettwiler's $875M Loral Unit Purchase
• Ex-CCI Sales Chief Gets Home Confinement For Foreign Bribe
• Germany Charges HP Employees In Russian Bribery Scheme
• Contractors And Campaign Contributions: The Latest Case
• Broadening Application Of The Filed Rate Doctrine
• Aussie Regulator Says Media Merger Poses Antitrust Risks
• Barclays Wants Libor-Tied Loan Lawsuit Dismissed
• Kirkland & Ellis Snags Ex-Goldman Sachs Counsel
• Eye Med Distributor Lobs $100M Suit Over Supply Contract
• FTC Urges FERC To Ease Entry Into Ancillary Services Markets
• Canadian Antitrust Watchdog Hits Waste Co. Over M&A Breach
• Magnesium Oxide Purchasers Abandon Price-Fixing Case
• Auto-Lighting Price-Fixing Charges Survive Dismissal Bid
• Bain, Others Bow To Pressure Over Sealed Docs In LBO Case
• A New Chinese Policy Could Create Antitrust Issues
• US Wants $1B Fine Against AU Optronics For LCD Price-Fixing
• Addressing The Scope Of CAFA In Supreme Court
• House Mulls Quick-Fix Spending Bill To Buy 6 More Months
• HarperCollins Changes E-Book Prices After DOJ Settlement
• New FTC Pick Likely To Resist Expansion Of Antitrust Powers
• Pharmacies Renew Challenge To Express Scripts, Medco Tie-Up
• Brazilian Court Nixes Google Shopping Antitrust Claims
• FCPA Liability In M&A: Lessons From Pfizer Settlements
• Toshiba To Pay Direct LCD Buyers $30M In Price-Fixing MDL
• Obama Selects GW Law Professor For ITC Post
• Suing On Behalf Of Association Members: Beware Pitfalls
• Opposition To $7B Visa, MasterCard Swipe Fee Deal Grows
• Attys. Defend Most-Favored Nation Clauses In Health Contracts
• Haynes And Boone Settles $118M Antitrust Malpractice Suit
• BCBS Hit With $67M Antitrust Suit By Heart Monitoring Co.
• AdvancePCS Antitrust Row Can't Be Arbitrated, 3rd Circ. Told
• After Court Setbacks, UK Turns Up Heat In Antitrust Fight
• Insurer Off Hook For Intel Antitrust Defense
• Feds Back Army Captain's 3-Year Bribery Term In 2nd Circ.
• Calif. Official Asks DOJ To Probe Mortgage Seizure Collusion
• Chilean High Court Backs $40M Pharmacy Price-Fixing Fines
• NJ Mayor Charged With Taking Bribes For Parking Project
• Securities Group Calls For Gov't Role In Setting Benchmarks
• Microsoft Will Offer Browser Choice, EU Antitrust Chief Says
• Ex-REIT Employee Admits To Kickbacks In Billing Fraud Case
• Implications Of FCC's Special Access Suspension Order
• 1st Circ. Rejects Antitrust, Constitutional Claims In HMO Row
• ECJ Urged To Clarify Certain Antitrust Notices Aren't Binding
• Shippers Eyed By US, Europe, Japan Amid Cartel Concerns
• Music Exec Seeks To Appeal E-Book Antitrust Settlements
• Axis Says RealPage's Coverage Suit Flouts Mediation Clause
• WellPoint Price-Fixing MDL Survives Dismissal Bids
• Bain Gets FTC Approval For $1B Genpact Stake Buy
• Hospital Immune To Doctor's Suspension Suit, 10th Circ. Rules
• Michael Best Hires Back Former Insurance Co. In-House Atty
• Charter Subscriber Drops Cable Box Forced-Rental Claims
• Distributor Says Upper Deck Set Up Secret Competitors
• ATM Antitrust Case May Have Opened Loophole It Can't Close
• How Physician Acquisitions Attract Antitrust Scrutiny
• Haynes And Boone Blameless, Says Ex-Texas High Court Judge
• LG To Pay $25M To Settle Cathode Ray Price-Fixing Claims
• Ex-Army Corps Worker Wants 3-Year Sentence In Bribery Case
• GAO Welfare Ruling Adds Congress To Agency Rulemaking Mix
• FERC Wants $1.5M Market Fraud Fine For Deutsche Bank
• Judge Delays Sentencing For AUO, Execs In LCD Price-Fixing
• Judge Nixes $7.8M Orthofix Medicare Fraud Plea
• FERC Urged To Reconsider Pegasus Pipeline Rate Decision
• 3 Publishers' E-Book Price-Fixing Deals Win Court Approval
• Calif. AG Targets Pharmacy Co. Over Free Phones, Other Perks
• Judge Won't Toss Taiwanese Car Parts Price-Fixing Suit
• SD Convention Center Beats Cleaning Antitrust Verdict, Suit
• Age Of The Whistleblower: Incentives And Protections
• Haynes And Boone Seeks To Debunk Rx.com Conspiracy Theory
• Encana Says Probe Found No Collusion Over Mich. Land Bids
• AT&T, Motorola, Qualcomm Dodge Wireless Antitrust Suit
• Lawyers Must Learn To Dance Around FCPA Discovery Dangers
• NYC Hospital Pays $13M To Settle Medicaid Kickback Case
• Hogan Lovells Adds Two Ex-Squire Partners In SF Bay Area
• Baker Botts Grows Antitrust Group With New Partners, Office
• EU Gives Go-Ahead To Vodafone's UK Mobile Wallet Venture
• UK's Antitrust Cop Begins Study Of £32B Fuel Market
• Kirkland Lands Top UK Prosecutor For London Office
• No Oracle Could Have Foreseen Oracle's FCPA Settlement
• 3M, Avery Dennison Stick To Label Deal Despite DOJ Threat
• VW Franchisee Program Harms Competition, Suit Claims
• 3M Drops $550M Avery Deal After DOJ Threatens To Sue
• Hermes Accuses LVMH Of Insider Trading, Share Manipulation
• Haynes And Boone Could Have Won Fumbled Case: Witness
• Foundem Seeks More Than Labeling In Google EU Probe
• Epson Seeks Tokio Marine's Coverage In LCD Antitrust MDL
• AUO Fights To Delay Sentencing In LCD Price-Fixing Case
• EU Probes Gazprom Over Antitrust Violations
• GSK Whistleblowers Slam 'Excessive' $30M Fee Request