Competition Archive » October, 2012

Competition - October, 2012

273 articles

• Barclays Could Face $435M FERC Fine, Along With FCPA Probe
• SigmaPharm Looks To Relaunch Skelaxin Antitrust Battle
• Rambus Asks Calif. Court To Revive $4B DRAM Antitrust Case
• DOJ Can't Stop Florida West Bias Claims In Price-Fixing Suit
• IP Owners Should Be Able To Deny Licenses, ABA Tells China
• DOJ May Challenge $500M AUO Price-Fixing Fine
• AA, Sabre Lay Down Swords In Middle Of Antitrust Trial
• FTC To OK Corning's $730M Labware Buy, With Conditions
• Judge Tosses Suit Over Wells Fargo Force-Placed Insurance
• Spain Fines VeriFone For Finalizing $485M Merger Before OK
• Glencore Offers Fixes To Win EU's OK Of $36B Xstrata Deal
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds Jones Day, K&L Gates Attys
• Highmark Fires Back In UPMC Antitrust Dispute
• Boies Schiller Accused Of Pilfering Colombian Clients
• Exec Testifies Sabre Sabotaged American's Flight Bookings
• Facebook Credits System Challenged By Virtual Currency Co.
• Dell Makes Peace With Toshiba In LCD Price-Fixing Fight
• In Search Of Google's Red Herrings
• NCAA Says 7th Circ. Ruling Doesn't Aid Players' Antitrust Suit
• Italy To Probe Kraft's Sale Of Preserved Meat Unit
• UBS Reveals Singapore, Switzerland Probes Of Libor Scandal
• BAE Rigged Bid, Overbilled On Contract, Whistleblowers Say
• Less Is More In Web Regulation, FTC Commissioner Says
• Nutraceutical Can't Shake 'Yummi Bears' Trademark Claims
• Heinz's Baby Food Co. Buy Faces Aussie Antitrust Probe
• Japanese Co. To Pay $18M For Auto Parts Price-Fixing
• Barclays Faces Trial In UK Over Libor Manipulation Claims
• American Says Sabre Plotted Its Takedown In Secret Meetings
• Ex-Magyar Telekom Execs Want Out Of SEC Bribery Case
• CAFA Provides Wide Removal Power, NAM Tells High Court
• Dykema Adds Katten Muchin White Collar Veteran In Chicago
• Owens-Illinois Launches Internal Foreign Bribery Probe
• Utah AG Calls Timeout On BCS Football Antitrust Probe
• Tenn. Law School Drops Antitrust Suit Against ABA
• DOJ Fires Back At Claims Of Price-Fixing Expert's Bias
• UK Competition Regulator Probes Eurotunnel's €65M Ferry Buy
• Attys Seek $23.5M For Settlements In LCD Price-Fixing Case
• A Different View Of Market-Share Discounts
• Ignorance Is Not Bliss: 'Sham Affidavit' In 9th Circ.
• J&J OK'd To Proceed With Investor Deal In Compliance Row
• Cos. Seek To Skirt Iraq's $10B Suit Over Oil-For-Food Scheme
• Vitamin C Judge Forces Chinese Co. To Hire E-Discovery Pro
• Novartis Given Reprieve In Elidel FCA Suit
• ATM Fee Ruling Kills Best Buy's LCD Antitrust Claims: Toshiba
• DOJ Wants At Least $1M Fine In Airline Price-Fixing Case
• Teva, GSK Face Another Suit Over Generic Lamictal Deal
• Humana FCA Claims Weren't Public Knowledge, Relator Says
• GSK Targeted In Antitrust Suit Over Drug-Discount Program
• NFL, Reebok Accused Of Monopolizing Merch Market
• No HSR Filing Doesn't Mean No Antitrust Concern
• Aegean-Olympic Air Deal May See Clearer Skies This Time
• Pfizer, Ranbaxy Can't Pause Lipitor Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Pearson, Bertelsmann Mull Merger Of Penguin, Random House
• Cement Exec Asks High Court To Shrink Price-Fixing Sentence
• Comcast Attacks Cert. Basis In Supreme Court Antitrust Row
• Boehringer Pays $95M To Settle FCA Suit Over Drug Marketing
• TARP Watchdog Wants Fed, Treasury To Ditch Libor
• Mexico Launches Antitrust Probe Of Mobile Phone Industry
• Customers Win Bid To Unseal Testimony In Cargo Cartel MDL
• Risk Management From The Board's Perspective
• Visa, MasterCard's $7B Deal In Fee MDL Nears Approval
• Ex-Pa. Lawmaker Found Competent For Bribery Trial
• Wal-Mart Taps Compliance Pro Amid Mexico Bribery Probe
• Top UK Court Clears Up Deadline For Cartel Damages Claims
• Kason, CHG Get Court OK On Price-Fixing Class Settlement
• Ore. Lands $4M Settlement In McKesson Drug Pricing Case
• DuPont's Supply Pacts Stifled Market, Kolon Tells 4th Circ.
• Chevron, BP, Others Accused Of Price-Fixing In S. Africa
• UPMC Claims Highmark Funded 'Sham Lawsuit'
• Insurer Asks Supreme Court To Stop 'End Run' Around CAFA
• Sabre's Antitrust Scheme Cost American $993M, Jury Hears
• GSK, Teva Can't Put Brakes On Pay-For-Delay Challenge
• McWane's Prices Didn't Harm Competition, Witness Tells FTC
• Air Canada, United Make Deal So Joint Venture Can Proceed
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Axed KeySpan Price Gouge Claims
• How The Shrimp Peelers Cases Could Inform FRAND
• EU Hits Microsoft With Complaint Over Browser Choice Breach
• 4 Notable Aspects Of Tyco's FCPA Settlements
• Samsung Faces DOJ Antitrust Probe Over Standard-Essential IP
• American Airlines Begins Antitrust Trial Against Sabre In Texas
• Antitrust Experts See 2 Front-Runners For Sen. Kohl's Post
• West Penn Blasts UPMC Antitrust Claims In Hospital Feud
• Circuit City, Chi Mei Settle LCD Price-Fixing Claims
• Google Dumps $13M Into Lobbying Amid FTC Antitrust Probe
• Paper Co. Accused Of Skirting $20M In Chinese Import Duties
• EU Secures WTO Probe Of US Boeing Subsidies
• Capper-Volstead: 5 Things Antitrust Lawyers Need To Know
• 'Foreign Official' Under FCPA: Regal May Be Legal
• $36B Glencore-Xstrata Deal Gets Initial OK From South Africa
• Judge Recused From American Airlines' Antitrust Suit
• MasterCard Says EU Court Used Wrong Test In Fee Case
• Under Obama, Agencies Fight Mergers With Sharpened Teeth
• Mushroom Co. Can't Beat Sanctions In Price-Fixing MDL
• Halfway House Owner Gets 4 Years For $205M Medicare Scam
• Legal Industry Trends: Lawyer Salaries And Job Growth
• Hutchison Offers More Concessions In €1.3B Orange Austria Buy
• British Airways Lands $1.4M S. African Price-Fixing Fine
• Congressional Committees: The New FCPA Sheriff In Town
• Ryanair Suggests EU Antitrust Fixes In €694M Aer Lingus Buy
• Apple Faces Antitrust Suit Over AT&T IPhone Deal
• Powerful House, Senate Panels Set For Election Year Shake-Up
• Duke Seeks High Court Review Of Energy Rebate Antitrust Suit
• Merchants Seek OK Of $7B Deal In Visa, MasterCard Fee MDL
• Funds' Early Bond Call-Up Didn't Break Antitrust Law: 11th Circ.
• Amazon Slams Apple's False Ad Claim In 'App Store' IP Row
• Clash Over E-Book Pacts May Put Consumer Damages In Doubt
• Chevron, Conoco Ask FERC To Block Pipeline Co.'s Rates Plan
• Spanish Government Sends Antitrust Reform Bill To Lawmakers
• Antitrust Group Pushes 2nd Circ. To Rehear KeySpan Suit
• Restrain Google's Monopoly By Empowering User Privacy
• A View From Inside The Litigation Finance Market
• 3 Former GE Finance Execs Sentenced To 3-Plus Years
• UK Antitrust Reform Bill Heads To House Of Lords
• Purported Consultant Cops To School District Kickback Plot
• Ex-Eyak Exec Gets 7 Years In Prison For Bribery, Kickbacks
• Ferring, Aventis Trim Claims In DDAVP Antitrust Class Action
• Watchdog Bars $3.4B BCE-Astral Merger Over Antitrust Fears
• Blackstone Boss Calls LBO Collusion Suit 'Bunch Of Malarkey'
• FTC Gets Extension In Probe Of Hertz's $2.3B Thrifty Buy
• MSR Creditor Seeks New Sale In Light Of Anti-Competition Pact
• Locke Lord Adds Ex-SEC Counsel With FCPA Expertise
• Serious Fraud Office's Serious Approach To Bribery Act
• Judge Trims Truck Transmission Conspiracy Case Against Eaton
• Pfizer Says Copay Subsidies Don't Harm Benefit Funds
• Brazil Praised For Quick Merger Review, But It's Early Days Yet
• Auction Crier Says Feds Owe More Info On Bid-Rigging Trial
• 2 NY Hospital Employees Get Prison For Kickback Scheme
• Store Rewards For Drug Copays Aren't Kickbacks, HHS Says
• Wal-Mart Hires Schlumberger GC To Lead Int'l Compliance
• Spain Fines 6 Paper Cos. €3.7M Over Envelope Export Cartel
• UK To Adopt Jail Penalty For Libor Schemes, Other Reforms
• The Latest In The WTO Aircraft Subsidy Dispute
• EU Approves Creation Of UK's Green Investment Bank
• 9th Circ. Tosses Antitrust Suit Over EBay's User Agreement
• Eagle Eyes Fined $5M In Auto Light Price-Fixing Case
• Emails Aren't Quite Smoking Gun In PE Buyout Antitrust Row
• US Seeks Prison For 3 In GE Muni Bond Bid-Rigging Case
• Lear Says Bankruptcy Kills Car Parts Price-Fixing Suit
• Wells Fargo Told To Pay For Doc Production In Kickback Suits
• Recycler Presses 1st Circ. To Reopen Solo Cup Antitrust Case
• Athletes Say 7th Circ. Supports NCAA Antitrust Suit
• Outokumpu Hit With Damage Claim Over Price-Fixing Cartel
• NYPSC Defends Plans For $78M Constellation Settlement
• $30M Toshiba LCD Deal OK'd Over Dell Objections
• Watson Gets FTC Nod For $5.5B Actavis Buy, With Concessions
• 8th Circ. Keeps Ex-Minn. Lawmaker Convicted For Kickbacks
• Eagle Eyes Says Feds Violated Plea Deal In Price-Fixing Case
• Sinopec, ENN Eye China Gas Venture After Failed $2B Buy
• Anytime Fitness Shakes Franchisees' Tying, Contract Claims
• Google Antitrust Action Could Cost FTC Power, Dem Warns
• Ikon, GE Capital Say NewCal Ruined Records In Antitrust Row
• Calif. Court Nixes Challenge To $120M Car-Charging Deal
• CareCore Resolves NY Medical Imaging Antitrust Suit
• BofA, Others Face Suit Over Libor-Tied Mortgage Plot
• West Penn Rips Antitrust Suit In Wake Of Nixed Highmark Deal
• Ameritox Can't Sink Rival's IP Suit Over Lab Reports' Format
• More Antitrust Litigation Might Come To England, Wales
• SanDisk Can't Skirt Licensee's Antitrust Suit
• US Can't Try Foreign Execs For Offshore Bribery, Defense Says
• Air Force Base Engineer Admits To Taking Bribes
• AU Optronics Ducks Dell's KO Blow In LCD Price-Fixing Case
• Solyndra Lobs Cartel Allegations At Chinese Solar Cos.
• Prosecutors To Probe Hermes' LVMH Insider Trading Claims
• Most Named Plaintiffs Oppose $7B Visa, MasterCard Fee Deal
• Apple Rejects Amazon Bid To Undermine 'App Store' Mark Suit
• ACA-Prompted Hospital Mergers Can't Escape Antitrust Scrutiny
• Italy Fines 7 Cos. €37M Over Road Barrier Cartel
• Exec Denies Bribes For NJ Port Terminal, Road Contracts
• Time, Others Warn Supreme Court Of Twiqbal Threat
• Music Rights Group Hit With Another Antitrust Suit
• Mexico's Crackdown On Corruption In Gov't Contracting
• AstraZeneca, Sandoz Dodge $30M Medicaid Fraud Verdicts
• French Panel Nixes Canal Plus' Appeal Of Antitrust Conditions
• $205M Medicare Fraud Gets Health Care Manager 9 Years
• FTC's Investigation Of Google: The End Game
• Australia Fines Airline Emirates $10M For Cargo Price-Fixing
• Akin Gump Lands Corporate Aces From Haynes And Boone
• Costco Ends LCD Price-Fixing Case Against Samsung
• Bus Contractor Admits To School District Kickback Scheme
• MGRA Can't Duck SEC Suit Over Alleged Detroit Mayor Bribes
• Hospital Groups Back Phoebe Merger In High Court Fight
• Aussie Regulator Rejects Merger Between TV Giants
• Steve Wynn Can't Escape Macau Casino Deal Bribery Suit
• Hospital Patient-Snatching Case Moves On With Fewer Claims
• With Remedies Agreed, We Can Close Our Deal, Right?
• State Air Cargo Antitrust Claims Preempted, 2nd Circ. Says
• KKR, Blackstone, Others Used Email In LBO Collusion: Suit
• Feds OK Eagle Eyes Leniency Request In Price-Fixing Case
• US Still Subsidizing Boeing, EU Tells WTO
• McWane Policies Killed Competition, Expert Says In FTC Trial
• Navy Officials, Defense Contractors Sentenced In $6M Fraud
• 33 States Sue Hitachi, Mitsubishi Alleging DRAM Cartel
• Morrison Express Agrees To Pay $4M In Price-Fixing Suit
• Contractor Gets 1 Year For Iraq Kickback Plot
• DOJ Pushes For Clearer Essential-Patent Licensing Rules
• UK Antitrust Reforms Get Murkier With New Cartel Defenses
• Fla. Hospital Wants Class Cert. In $867M Drug Antitrust Suit
• UK Bribery Act Guidance Sheds Little Light On FCPA
• Foxconn Schemed To Kick Rival Out Of USB Market, Suit Says
• IG Slams DOD For Single-Bid Contract Failings
• Broadcaster Can't Sidestep Nexstar Antitrust Suit
• Bloomberg Urges FCC To End Delay Of Comcast Channel Moves
• LCD Cos. Can't Ditch Retailers' Phone, Camera Antitrust Claims
• Injunctions For FRAND-Licensed Patents: Debate Continues
• DirecTV Can't Dodge Marketer's $84M Antitrust Suit
• Contractor Gets 2 Years For Role In $23M Iraq Kickbacks Plot
• Gulf Copter Cos. Can't Bill Attys For Lag In Antitrust Suit
• US Seeks More Info On NOV's $2.5B Robbins & Myers Offer
• EU Is Watching, But Facebook Shouldn't Be Scared Yet
• Writers' Groups Seek Antitrust Probe Of Google Books Deal
• K-Dur Applies To Authorized Generic Deals, FTC Insists
• Eagle Eyes Seeks Reduced $5M Fine In Price-Fixing Scheme
• Vitamin C Price-Fixing Trial Delayed By Evidence Challenges
• Alcoa Settles Alba's $1B Racketeering Suit For $85M
• Arnold & Porter Hires Pharma Industry Advocate In DC
• Motorola Settles LCD Price-Fixing Suit Against Philips
• EU Antitrust Head Vows Action On Microsoft Tying 'Soon'
• HSBC Says Mortgage Reinsurance Kickback Suit Is Too Late
• Suspension And Debarment Under 2012 Appropriations Act
• FTC's Androgel Case May Not Be Best To Tackle Pay-For-Delay
• SanDisk Tells Fed. Circ. Patent Suit Will 'Open Floodgates'
• Little Slack For FCPA Self-Reporters Shows Need For Guidance
• Land O'Lakes, Sparboe Still On Hook In Egg Price-Fixing MDL
• Universal Health Sells Hospital To Win FTC Nod On Ascend Buy
• Druggists Say NY Medicaid Mail-Order Plan Harms Competition
• Cathode Ray Cos. Say 'Obsolete' Tech Poses No Cartel Threat
• Alcatel, Others Can't Duck TruePosition's 4G Collusion Claims
• Phone Recordings Admissible In Ex-UBS Execs' Trial: Judge
• EU OKs $5.2B Watson-Actavis Tie-Up
• Time Warner Urges 2nd Circ. To Nix FCC's Rival-Content Rule
• FTC Takes Androgel Pay-For-Delay Case To High Court
• $5M Settlement Enlists Highmark In UPMC Antitrust Fight
• Florida West Must Give DOJ Docs In Price-Fixing Case
• FTC May Be Gunning For Google With Economist Hire
• FTC Can't Weigh In On Effexor Authorized Generics Case
• DOJ Flip-Flop On 'Foreign Official' Baffles FCPA Attys
• Conduct Remedies: A Major Change In DOJ Merger Cases
• Qantas, Emirates Nix Bid For Early Approval Of Alliance
• Cuomo Says No To Weaker Kickbacks Law For Health Referrals
• Sony, Others Accused Of Fixing Lithium Ion Battery Prices
• Generics Group Urges High Court To Take Pay-For-Delay Case
• In-Flight Web Provider Gogo Accused Of Stifling Competition
• 3M, Avery Dennison End $550M Deal Over Antitrust Threats
• Philips Shakes Retailer Price-Fixing Claims In LCD MDL
• Amerigroup Ends $5B Wellpoint Deal Suit By Delaying Vote
• Paul Hastings Enlists Howrey Antitrust Pro In Europe Expansion
• Gas Cos. Ask Pa. Regulators To Limit Rate-Setting Inquiry
• Music Exec Loses Bid To Appeal E-Book Price-Fixing Deal
• Patent Licensing In The Cloud: Antitrust Risks
• Mortgage Seizure Plans: The Fight Continues
• Aetna Must Disclose Rates To Blue Cross In $2B Antitrust Suit
• Abbott Labs To Pay $700M In Depakote Criminal Case
• Funeral Group Settles Casket Price-Fixing Case In 5th Circ.
• Okada Loses Bid To Regain Control Of Wynn Shares
• Final 2 Ex-Krahl Employees Plead Guilty In Billing Fraud Case
• Phoebe Urges High Court Not To Raise Antitrust Immunity Bar
• FCPA Attys Leery As DOJ Drags Feet On Guidance
• Akzo Fights EU Confidentiality Ruling In Bleach Cartel Case
• Apple, Google Workers Seek Cert. In Anti-Poaching Pact Suit
• Cathode Ray Tube Buyers Want Class Cert. In Price-Fixing MDL
• Miami Docs Get 10 Years In $200M Medicare Kickbacks Scheme
• Apple's Anti-Amazon Alliance Had A Bad Month
• EU Antitrust Boss Again Doubts €1.3B Hutchison-Orange Deal
• CORRECTED: FTC Pulls Antitrust Probe Over Yasmin Deals
• Blue Cross, Hospitals Told To Yield Docs In Antitrust Case
• Justices Won't Hear Southwest Merger Sanctions Fight
• Vitamin C Makers Can't Use China Ministry Statements At Trial
• EU Antitrust Watchdog Raids Lead Recycling Cos.
• DOJ Wants Florida West's Financials In Price-Fixing Case
• Sanofi Gets Reprieve In Amphastar's Lovenox FCA Suit
• UK Limits Ryanair's Control Over Aer Lingus Amid Probe
• High Court Won't Review Case Over Skelaxin Antitrust Standing
• What Happens Abroad No Longer Stays Abroad