Competition Archive » November, 2012

Competition - November, 2012

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• FTC Wants More Info On $1.3B Tempur-Pedic, Sealy Deal
• EU Court Backs Antitrust Watchdog On French Bank Card Fees
• Facebook Escapes Online Ad Co.'s Antitrust Suit
• Merged Snack Co. Is Stingy With Cape Cod Chips, Suit Says
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 52 Firms
• JPMorgan Emails Sought By FERC Are Privileged, Judge Says
• Texas Hospital Can Sell Discounted Drugs, FTC Staff Says
• Visa, MasterCard Oppose Delay On $7B Antitrust Settlement
• Hitachi, Samsung Get Claims Trimmed From Antitrust MDL
• UPS, TNT Offer Asset Sales To Allay EU Competition Fears
• FCPA Guidance On 3rd-Party Liability Is Confusing
• Inside Calif.'s Conflicting Take On Duty To Defend
• Calif. High Court Snubs Price-Fixing Case Against Pfizer, Others
• Barclays Vows To Take FERC To Court If Fined $435M
• FTC May Waste Time Updating Price-Bias Guide, Attys Say
• AUO Exec Deferred To Bosses On LCD Prices, Witness Says
• Analytics Co. Wins TRO In Suit Over Twitter Data Access
• Cartel Liability Can Extend To Parent Cos., EU Adviser Says
• Louis Dreyfus Seeks Toss Of Suit Over Cotton Losses
• Hospital Mergers Drive Up Prices, Insurers Tell 6th Circ.
• New UK Antitrust Chief Vows Efficiency In Agency Merger
• UK Court Won't Revive Cartel Claims Against Mersen
• Judge Pares Claims In Texas Taxi Price-Fixing Suit
• Brazil Antitrust Chief Urges Cartel Sanctions For Fridge Execs
• How Healthy Is Your Law Firm? Time For A Stress Test
• Nexium Maker Wants Antitrust Claims Handled By Patent Judge
• Former SNC-Lavalin CEO Arrested In Corruption Scandal
• AUO Exec Set LCD Prices After Talks With Rivals, Jury Hears
• Bag Co. Can't Dodge Irish Utility's Cartel Claims
• Sen. Says FTC Needn't Probe Google, Meddle In Search Market
• Amerigroup Sheds Unit, Winning OK For $5B WellPoint Deal
• Music Exec Fights DOJ Bid To Nix E-Books Appeal In 2nd Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Cans Dooney & Bourke Founder's Bribery Appeal
• Chocolate Antitrust MDL Plaintiffs Can Depose Ex-Nestle CEO
• US Health Insurance Market Lacks Competition, AMA Says
• NJ Sues More Hotels, Gas Stations Over Sandy Price Gouging
• DOJ Commitment To Challenging Hiring Practices Continues
• Steinway Piano Dealers Raided By Swiss Antitrust Agency
• FTC Stands Against Essential-Patent Bans, But Fight Isn't Over
• AUO Exec Was In On Secret Price-Fixing Meetings, Jury Hears
• ABA Sections Press EU To Ease Data Protection Reforms
• Retailers To Appeal $7B Visa, MasterCard Swipe Fee Deal
• EU Conditionally OKs $400M Swedish Packaging Merger
• Western Senators Ask DOJ To Probe Gas Price Spikes
• Ex-PE Firm Head Ducks Prison For Pay-To-Play Scam Role
• Judge Balks At $4.8M Deal In Highmark Antitrust Suit
• Potash Cos. Want 7th Circ. Foreign Antitrust Ruling Reviewed
• Gas Co.'s Bid For Market-Based Rates Rejected By DC Circ.
• How Rigorous Is The 'Rigorous Analysis' Requirement?
• Tweaking Brand-Name Drugs Can Hurt Competition, FTC Says
• Texas AG Blasts Subpoena In $421M FCA Suit
• Medtronic Says Off-Label Marketing FCA Claims Fall Short
• Ex-Credit Union Exec Gets 14 Years For Massive Loan Scheme
• Justices Scrutinize Immunity Claim In Hospital Merger Case
• Head Of Brazil Antitrust Watchdog Gives OK To Airline Merger
• AUO Exec Had No Authority In LCD Price-Fixing, Jury Hears
• EU Court Stands Tough Against Tampering In Antitrust Raids
• FTC Says Bosch's $1B SPX Buy Contingent On Patent Licensing
• Web Privacy May Become A Competition Issue, EU Official Says
• Overview Of Oral Argument In FTC V. Phoebe Putney
• Japan Fines Mitsubishi, Others $41M Over Auto Parts Cartel
• Congressman's Bribery Appeal Won't Get High Court Hearing
• Why Employment Counsel Should Study FCPA Guidance
• 5th Circ. Rules Miss.'s LCD Price-Fixing Suit A Mass Action
• State Dental Agency Urges 4th Circ. To Curb FTC Powers
• Ex-NY Hospital Exec Appeals Conviction In Kickback Case
• Calif. House Democrats Warn FTC On Google Probe
• Vitamin C Co. Needn't Yield Audit Docs In Price-Fixing MDL
• Bribery Charges Move Forward Against Ex-Pa. Legislator
• Costa Rican Utility Takes $18M FCPA Challenge To High Court
• Foster Poultry Sues Bankrupt Rival Over Trademark Deal
• Diabetes Test Strip Suppliers Should Expect Audits
• New FCPA Guidance: Important, But No Sea-Change
• High Court To Weigh Antitrust Immunity Rule In Merger Fight
• Feds Slam Ex-Mayor's Deposition Bid In $100M Kickback Case
• Canadian Merchant Seeks Docs From US MasterCard, Visa Case
• LegalZoom Says Rival Falsely Markets Services As Free
• Fed. Circ. OKs Direct Buyers' Patent Fraud Antitrust Suits
• Sentencing Under Canada's Competition Law Stiffens
• Exploring The Limits Of A Ch. 11 Discharge
• Merck Says High Court Should Hear 2 Pay-For-Delay Cases
• Retailers' LCD Antitrust Claims Survive 9th Circ. ATM Ruling
• Radio Flyer, Target Resolve Suit Alleging Wagon-Market Fixing
• EU Court Bars Watchdog's Release Of Akzo Cartel Case For Now
• Antitrust Issues Kill $12B Nestle-Pfizer Deal In Mexico
• Northeast Dairy Farmers Win Class Cert. In Antitrust Suit
• Hesse Strong Pick To Lead DOJ Until Baer Confirmation
• Last Defendant In $70M Bank Fraud Case Pleads Guilty
• Foreign Buyer Claims Stand In Vitamin C Price-Fixing MDL
• NY Pols Get Prison For Real Estate Bribery
• CFPB, FTC Must Coordinate Mortgage Ad Push, Attys Say
• Fla.'s CRT Price-Fixing Suit Should Be Nixed: Special Master
• Sanyo Loses Bid To Escape LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• House Dems, Ex-FCC Heads Blast Verizon's Net Neutrality Suit
• FERC Fines Entegra Unit $2.5M For Calif. Market Manipulation
• Ex-Mayor Admits To Mortgage Crisis Corruption
• UK Antitrust Agency Appoints New Criminal Enforcement Head
• Pa. Hospital Merger Killed After FTC Broaches Challenge
• Pfizer Says Lipitor Buyers Can't Bring Antitrust Challenge
• Ex-DOJ Antitrust Acting Head Returns to Simpson Thacher
• F1 Chief Faces $650M Suit Over Alleged Bribe-Tainted Deal
• DOJ Ends Antitrust Probe Of Monsanto, Seed Industry
• Regulatory Vet Hesse To Head DOJ's Antitrust Division
• EBay Sued Over Recruiting, Hiring Pact With Intuit
• S. African Court Clears Up Rule On Watchdog's Antitrust Cases
• DOJ Chief Says Compliance Programs Aren't An FCPA Shield
• Visa Says FTC Wants Info On Debit Card Charges
• FTC To Challenge Pa. Hospital Merger Over Antitrust Worries
• Feds Net 2 Guilty Verdicts In $205M Medicare Fraud Case
• Long-Delayed $45M Becton Antitrust Deal Wins Court OK
• Auto Parts Exec Pleads Guilty To Price-Fixing Scheme
• Abbott Cert. Bid Says Nixing Pay-For-Delay Will Kill Innovation
• Surgical Centers Lodge Antitrust Claims Against HCA, Centura
• Quest, Insurers Hit With Suit Over Testing Monopoly Scheme
• FCPA Guide: What Industry Wanted And What Industry Got
• Did The Supreme Court Mean What It Said In Concepcion?
• TNT To Sell Airlines Over Antitrust Issues Ahead Of UPS' Buy
• Former GE Execs Push For Bail While Appealing Convictions
• Psychiatrist Took Kickbacks From Teva, FCA Suit Says
• DuPont, Others Can't Contest Class In Antitrust Appeal
• Hertz Must Sell Units In Exchange For $2B Thrifty Buy
• GOP Sens. Warn FTC Not To Stretch Antitrust Powers
• Senate Slows Down Controversial Cost-Benefit Analysis Bill
• Sanofi Dodges Amphastar's FCA Suit Over Lovenox
• FERC Mulls More Stringent Natural Gas Sales Reporting
• How Companies Should Use New FCPA Guidance
• E-Book Deal Challenger Lacks Standing, 2nd Circ. Hears
• AdvancePCS Can't Arbitrate Antitrust Dispute, 3rd Circ. Rules
• DOJ Allows Star Atlantic's $2B Veolia Buy, With Conditions
• Bribery Rap Must Show Pact, Abramoff Lobbyist Tells DC Circ.
• Wal-Mart Expands Internal Bribery Probe To China, Elsewhere
• HP Ends LCD Price-Fixing Suit Against AU Optronics
• Exelon Settles Contempt Claims Over Deal In DOJ Antitrust Suit
• Apple, Google Say Cert. Not Justified In Hiring Pact Suit
• Suits Signal Lack Of Confidence In ICANN Processes
• DOJ Clears Entergy Power Plant Buy As 2nd Probe Proceeds
• EU Ruling May Signal More Cautious Cartel Raids
• Cuomo Faces Deep Skepticism After Vow To Gut, Rebuild LIPA
• FCPA Still An Enigma After New Guidance, Attys Say
• Brazil Aims To Boost Cartel Cases With More Leniency Bids
• Antitrust Suit Alleges Collusion Handed La. To Blue Cross
• Canada Says RBS Lied About Cooperation In Libor Probe
• NYISO Hits Back In $900M Power Line Project Tariff Dispute
• Brazil Antitrust Watchdog Ready For Complex Cases, Chief Says
• UK Clears $20B AB InBev-Modelo Deal Amid Antitrust Worries
• Pa. High Court Stifles Appeal In Orthopedics Kickback Suit
• El Paso Businessman Can't Shake Indictment In Kickback Case
• Mortgage Reinsurance Kickback Suit Against HSBC Slashed
• Feds Issue Long-Awaited Guidance On FCPA
• GE, Cardinal Say Imaging Drug Antitrust Claims Lack Specifics
• Ex-NY Senate Leader's New Bribery Indictment Is Timely: Feds
• High Court May Close Class Waiver Loophole In AmEx Case
• Ex-Refinery Worker Reaped $20M In Kickback Scam, Suit Says
• Watson Calls On High Court To Support 'Pay-For-Delay' Deals
• Paper Co. Asks High Court To Clarify Price-Fixing Evidence Bar
• Smith & Wesson Says Insurer Must Cover FCPA, Other Cases
• Idaho Health System Sues Rival Over Physician Practice Buy
• Ex-Army Major Gets 18 Months In Prison For $6M Bribery Plot
• Antitrust Suit Says C-SPAN Wrongly Left Internet TV Lineup
• Mitsubishi May Face Antitrust Claims In Cathode Ray MDL
• FTC Loses GC, Gains Privacy Officer
• K-V's Makena ITC Suit Would Create Monopoly, Pharmacies Say
• Samsung Reaches Settlement In SanDisk Memory Antitrust Suit
• High Court To Hear AmEx Antitrust Arbitration Row
• NJ Accuses 8 Businesses of Post-Sandy Price Gouging
• AT&T Expands IPhones' FaceTime Access After Challenge
• Canon Exits Dealers' Antitrust Suit Over Withheld Parts
• DOJ Seeks More Info On Aetna's $5.7B Coventry Merger
• Criminalization Of Customs Violations Not Abating
• $7B MasterCard, Visa MDL Settlement Wins Initial OK
• Brazil Raids Silicate Cos. In Cartel Probe
• France OKs Eurotunnel's €65M English Channel Ferry Buy
• Inside FTC's New Rules For Investigations
• DOJ Official Pushes ITC On Standards Patent Import Bans
• Brooklyn Prosecutors Crack Down On Post-Sandy Price-Gouging
• Convictions Upheld In Yonkers Bribes-For-Housing Case
• FTC's Rosch Plans To Stay Until Successor Takes Over
• DOJ Antitrust Head To Step Down Nov. 16, Official Says
• Planners Privy To Kickbacks Liable Under ERISA: 3rd Circ.
• Cuomo Decries LIPA Monopoly Amid Post-Sandy Power Outages
• Judge To Mull $7B Settlement In Visa, MasterCard Fee MDL
• Problems With DOJ's Aggressive View Of Anti-Kickback Law
• Ex-CCI President Gets Jail, House Arrest In FCPA Case
• UK Banking Group Proposes To Scrap Most Libor Rates
• Deutsche Threatens Suit If FERC Doesn't Drop $1.5M Fine
• CORRECTED: Leo Burnett Sues Workers Who Quit With Kellogg Info
• Antitrust Developments To Expect In Obama's 2nd Term
• Aegean, Olympic $92M Merger Sent To EU Watchdog
• EADS Offices Raided In $229M German Bribery Probe
• Tsakos Paid Kickbacks For $100M In Shipping Work, Suit Says
• European Electronic Security Venture Clears Antitrust Test
• Ex-Guidant Rep. Asks 1st Circ. To Revive Pacemaker FCA Suit
• FTC Resolves Price-Fixing Claims Against Pharmacy Group
• LG USA, Others Didn't Conspire To Fix LCD Prices, Judge Says
• Skelaxin Pay-For-Delay Battle Heads To Pa. State Court
• EU OKs Outokumpu's $3.4B ThyssenKrupp Steel Unit Buy
• Next 4 Years: Same Antitrust Approach, New Agency Leaders
• Will Comcast V. Behrend Be SCOTUS's Hydrogen Peroxide?
• Archer Daniels Says Feds Discussing FCPA Inquiry's End
• Calif.'s $120M NRG Car Charging Pact Gets Federal Approval
• Dooney & Bourke Co-Founder Seeks New Bribery Trial
• ATM Operators Want Out Of $7B Visa, MasterCard Fee Deal
• EU High Court Says Commission Can Bring Cartel Suit
• Edwards Wildman Adds Ex-Venable E-Discovery Ace
• Transitions Must Produce FTC Probe Docs, Judge Rules
• DOJ Probes Novartis Ties With Specialty Pharmacies
• Sharp Seeks US Docs For Korean CRT Price-Fixing Suit
• Why Class Counsel Should Obtain Discovery From Objectors
• Citi Discloses Singapore Investigation Into Libor Rigging
• Time Says Anderson Lied About Meeting In Antitrust Suit
• Key-Cutting Cos. Lock Down Antitrust, Patent Settlements
• FCPA Enforcement Will Stay Robust Beyond Obama's 2nd Term
• Obama's Tough Antitrust Approach Gets 4 More Years
• Barclays Hit With Latest Airport Financing Antitrust Suit
• Justices Eye Expert Damages Testimony In Comcast Class Action
• Calif. Court Tosses Bribery Charges In Developer Row
• Small Pharmacies Seek Class Cert. In Caremark Antitrust Row
• Ex-Pa. Lawmaker Says Bribery Charges Aren't Specific Enough
• Apple Says IPhone Service Monopoly Suit Ignores Court Order
• NY AG Investigating Post-Sandy Price-Gouging
• Pa. Hilton's $22M Sale Violated Sherman Act, Suit Claims
• Insurer Off Hook For Wal-Mart Antitrust Suit Defense
• Supreme Court Pulls Plug On NBC, Viacom Channel Tying Suit
• Detroit's Ex-Water Head Pleads Guilty In Corruption Case
• Deutsche Post Faces German Antitrust Probe Over Pricing
• FTC Likely To Get New Chairman After Election
• ING Wants ERISA Kickbacks Suit Tossed
• Florida West Fined $1M For Price-Fixing After Rare Plea
• FTC Denies Phoebe's Claim It Wants To Upend Antitrust Rule
• Edwards Wildman Picks Up Litigation Pro From Neal Gerber
• Pushing The Boundaries Between Antitrust And Patent Laws
• Circuit City Resolves LCD Price-Fixing Claims Against LG
• Orthofix Division To Pay $30M To End FCA Kickbacks Suit
• DOJ Wants Teva Docs In Connection With FCPA Investigation
• RBS Says It Expects Fines Over Libor-Rigging Scandal
• Antitrust Attys Wary Of EU's New Oral Arguments Standard
• Supreme Court Asked To Hear Title Insurer Antitrust Case
• Merchants Oppose $7B Visa, MasterCard Interchange Fee Deal
• Kaye Scholer Adds Securities, Antitrust Litigator In NY
• Jury Will Hear Window Maker's Glass Price-Fixing Claims
• PhRMA Urges FTC Not To Expand Patent Licensing Scrutiny
• Ex-FDA Head To Testify In GSK Flonase Antitrust Row
• DOJ Nets 26th Guilty Plea In Real Estate Bid-Rigging Probe
• Comcast Gives Justices Chance To Raise Class Cert. Bar Again
• Ex-Ohio Union Leader Cops To Bribe-Taking
• Inside The UK's Latest Bribery-Related Settlement
• Ex-Obama Atty Perrelli Rejoins Jenner & Block In Washington
• Mapping The Pre-Election Landscape