Competition Archive » March, 2013

Competition - March, 2013

302 articles

• Microsoft Escapes $1B Antitrust Suit Over Windows Rules
• Christie Delivers Pay-To-Play Warning In Birdsall Case
• 9th Circ. Revives SK Foods Price-Fixing Victim's Suit
• BofA, JPMorgan Ditch Most Antitrust Claims In Libor MDL
• Bond Market Is Subject To Antitrust Law, High Court Told
• Zuckerberg-Microsoft Ad Biz Deal Gets FTC Approval
• ATM Operators Call $7B Interchange Fee Deal Too Broad
• Antitrust Scholars Back Eaton's High Court Bid In Price Case
• Oxbow Wants Latham DQ'd From Rail Price-Fixing MDL
• Japan Fines Bearing Cos. $142M For Price-Fixing
• Allergan Drops Patent, Ad Claims Over Eyelash Drug Latisse
• Greenberg Traurig Faces DQ Bid In Antitrust Suit
• Minor League Baseball Can't Dispatch Antitrust Suit
• Q&A With Cooley's Howard Morse
• DOJ Drops FCPA Probe Into DynCorp
• Rule 12(e): What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing
• Del Monte Hit With Injunction In Fresh Fruit Fight
• Cloud Computing Contracts Run Into Bottleneck At GSA
• FTC Bares Teeth As Hospitals Buy Doc Groups
• EU Merger Control Reforms To Slash Costs For More Deals
• U. of Penn. Sues Consulting Firm Over 'Wharton' Name
• Walgreen FCA Suit Over Drug Kickbacks Dropped
• 2nd Circ. Tosses Music Exec's Appeal Of E-Book Deals
• Pharmacies Lose Suit Calling CMS Rule Anti-Competitive
• Blue Shield Says Lab Testing Monopoly Suit Falls Short
• After EU Veto, TNT Sells Off Chinese Delivery Unit
• Q&A With Bryan Cave's Phil Bartz
• 5 Things To Know About Oral Argument In FTC V. Actavis
• Litigation Support At A Crossroads
• NJ Pol Can't Recoup Fees In Tossed Corruption Case: 3rd Circ.
• High Court's Comcast Ruling Raises Bar For Class Actions
• Auto-Parts Makers Slam Indirect-Purchaser Antitrust Suits
• Lawyers Weigh In On Supreme Court's Comcast Ruling
• The Business End Of Supreme Court's Current Term
• Tenet Healthcare Can't Dodge Doc-Referral Kickback Suit
• SEC Trims Nigerian Bribery Suit Against Noble Execs
• Insurers Object To $4.8M Ferring, Aventis Antitrust Deal
• Macau Watchdog Fines Wynn For Customer Data Transfers
• Convicted Ex-Detroit Mayor Denied Bond
• UK Hits Mercedes-Benz With $4.3M In Antitrust Fines
• NFL Says Rival Gear Decks Antitrust Suit Over Reebok Deal
• Q&A With Arnold & Porter's Annette Schild
• High Court Sides With Comcast In Antitrust Class Action
• Davis Polk To Host $28B Heinz LBO Vote In NY Office
• Wal-Mart Says $157M FCPA Legal Tab Will Grow
• An Insider's View Of The FCPA Resource Guide
• Takeaways From The Microsoft Internet Explorer Saga
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petrobras, Random House, BNP Paribas
• 7 Birdsall Execs Indicted Over Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Visa, MasterCard Urge Judge Not To Revive ATM Antitrust Suits
• 4 Tips For When The FCPA Police Come Knocking
• Microsoft Faces EU Antitrust Complaint On Startup Controls
• 11th Circ. Rehearing Sought In Nielsen Monopoly Suit
• Rehab Cos. Want Sanctions Against US In FCA Fight
• EU Expands Credit Default Swaps Antitrust Probe
• Nova Datacom, President To Plead Guilty In Bid-Rigging Case
• Perkins Coie Expands Dallas Office With 5 New Attys
• Headset Maker Files Appeal Over €1B Blocked Sonova Sale
• Monsanto, DuPont Reach $1.8B Deal To End Antitrust, IP Row
• Q&A With SNR Denton's Stephen Libowsky
• Higbee May Escalate Unfair Competition Claims In Calif.
• Dow Can't Duck $400M Antitrust Verdict, Urethane Buyers Say
• DC Councilman Hit With $100M Fraud, Bid Rigging Suit
• DOJ Ends Blue Cross Antitrust Suit After Favored Nations Ban
• Optics Maker Burnt In Magnifying Glass IP Row Against Rival
• Chinese Vitamin Cos. To Pay $23M To Settle Price-Fixing Plot
• NY Gun Law Challenge To Feature Fight Over Ammo Monopoly
• 8 Houston Attys Accused Of Chiropractor Kickback Scheme
• Plaintiffs Attys Say Sky's Not Falling After CAFA Ruling
• How They Won It: Weil Curbs Dish Win In ESPN Licensing Row
• High Court Split On Antitrust Test For Pay-For-Delay Deals
• 9th Circ. Limits Sanctions To Alioto In Southwest Merger Case
• HP Can Seek Cut Of $77M SRAM Antitrust Deal, Judge Rules
• Amazon, Publishers Face Beefed Up E-Book Antitrust Suit
• Q&A With Epstein Becker's Peter Altieri
• Detroit Hospital To Pay $8.4M To Settle Wage-Fixing Claims
• New UK Regulator To Bring Heightened Libor Oversight
• How The Belgacom Ruling Will Impact Atty Privilege In EU
• Sabre Keeps Flight Ticketing Pleadings Under Wraps
• Anheuser, Modelo Merger Will Be Tipping Point, Suit Warns
• Judge Scolds Attys For Snubbing Whistleblowers In FCA Suit
• Sanofi Urges DC Circ. To Force Subpoena In Antitrust Suit
• UK Regulator Fears Arena Deal Could Stifle Competition
• UK Watchdog Flexes Criminal Muscle With Cartel Arrests
• 'Kids For Cash' Plaintiffs Dispute Class Numbers In Cert. Bid
• Boies Schiller Hit With Sanctions Bid In $350M Marriott Row
• Supreme Court Tames Class Action Frankenstein's Monster
• Experian Again Beats Credit Report Monopoly Suit
• Q&A With Adams And Reese's Mark Beebe
• Clinic Wants FCA Suit Tossed After $1.6M Deal Collapses
• Apple IPhone Contracts Under Antitrust Scrutiny In EU
• Rising Star: Kirkland's Daniel Laytin
• How To Read FTC's Recent Letter To Okla. Hospital
• Where Privilege Protection Ends In Internal Investigations
• DOJ Nabs Another Shipping Exec In Puerto Rico Cartel Probe
• Rising Star: White & Case's Jack Pace
• Google Rivals Urge EU To Push Ahead With Antitrust Case
• WilmerHale Meetings Not Part Of Conspiracy, AmEx Says
• Sens. Launch Bill To Boost Rail Freight Competition
• Investors Win Class Cert. In Smith Barney Kickback Suit
• Judge Wants Prof To Help Him Mull $7B Visa, MasterCard Deal
• 11th Circ. AndroGel Decision Bolsters FTC Pay-For-Delay Case
• 11th Circ. Blocks Insurers From Joining NCAA Antitrust Row
• Japan Fines Auto Parts Cos. $49.1M For Bid-Rigging
• Android Device Cos. Fight Claims They Boycotted NPEs
• Q&A With Baker Botts' Paul Cuomo
• Do SEP Holders Seeking Injunctions Violate Section 2?
• 7 Reasons To Do Pro Bono Work
• Ex-Milberg Atty Faces High Hurdle In Bid To Sue Ex-Partners
• Pay-For-Delay To Test High Court's Pro-Settlement Stance
• 5th Circ. Sides With La. Monks In Casket Cartel Action
• Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Steig Olson
• FERC's Turf War Over Futures Contracts May Hit Ratepayers
• Milk Price-Fixing Suit Falls Flat, Dean Foods Tells 6th Circ.
• Conn. Bill Would Boost Health Care Competition, FTC Says
• Q&A With Kaye Scholer's Claudia Higgins
• Keep Watch Of French Authority's Pharma Sector Inquiry
• DOJ, AB InBev Closer To Ending Suit Over $20B Modelo Buy
• NCAA Fights Athletes' Class Cert. Bid In Licensing Feud
• High Court's CAFA Ruling Carries Dangers For Defendants
• Class Action Lawyers React To Supreme Court's CAFA Ruling
• Prime Healthcare Says It Was Muscled Out Of Hospital Deals
• Ex-Cadwalader Atty's JPMorgan Bond Patent Suit Revived
• Freddie Mac Goes After Big Banks For Libor-Rigging
• Grand Jury Testimony To Stay Sealed In Air Cargo Cartel MDL
• Lawmakers Grill AA, US Airways On $11B Merger Plan
• Indirect Purchasers Pipe Fittings Price-Fixing Suit Tossed
• Microsoft Facing FCPA Probe Over Foreign Bribery
• Google's Domain Grab Could Hinder Competition, Rivals Say
• $20B Sprint, SoftBank Merger Would Up Competition, FCC Told
• Feds Charge Contractors In NJ Employee Kickback Scheme
• Q&A With King & Spalding's Jeff Spigel
• Resale Pricing In China: Rule Of Reason Or Something Else?
• Justices Restore Class Action Fairness Act's Removal Power
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• National Oilwell Can't Arbitrate Supply Contract Row: Judge
• Penguin Pushes For Jury Trial On States' E-Book Claims
• Rising Star: Hausfeld's Brent Landau
• GSK, L'Oreal, Others Fined €39M Over Pricing Scheme
• Russian Lawmakers Advance Merger Control Reform
• Wall Street Journal Publisher Denies FCPA Claims
• JPMorgan Beats Silver Market Manipulation MDL
• Q&A With Thompson Hine's Tom Collin
• Central Bankers Call For Transition Away From Libor
• What Litigators Must Know About Va.'s 'Rocket Docket'
• Major Makeover In The Works For Mexican Competition Law
• United Ch. 11 Bars DHL Antitrust Suit, 2nd Circ. Told
• Rising Star: Jones Day's Eric Enson
• SK Foods Price-Fix Victims Can Go After CEO In State Actions
• AB InBev, DOJ Seek New Stay Amid $20B Merger Deal Talks
• Pa. Sen. Proposes Antitrust Law As State Lags Behind Others
• Kaplan, West Agree To Pay $9.5M In Bar Prep Antitrust Case
• West-Ward Lobs $175M False Ad Suit At Generic-Drug Rivals
• FERC Overstepped With $30M Gas-Trader Fine, DC Circ. Says
• €6M Trimmed From Del Monte Banana Cartel Fine
• 9th Circ. Sides With FCC In WealthTV's Cable Lineup Suit
• Q&A With Ober Kaler's Bill Berlin
• When You Lose The Race To Corporate Leniency
• BP Can't Duck Franchisees' $200M Suit Over Sales To Rivals
• Crowley Keeps $16M Navy Contract Despite Price-Fixing Scam
• C.R. Bard Ducks FCA Suit Over Catheter Kickbacks
• Live Nation Sidesteps Parking-Fee Tying Class Action
• CFTC Probes Price-Setting By Banks In Gold, Silver Markets
• Private Equity Giants May Dodge LBO Suit Yet
• 9th Circ. Refuses To Rehear ATM Fee Antitrust Case
• Bristol-Myers Escapes $3.4B Apotex Suit Over Plavix Deal
• Jury Finds Chinese Vitamin C Makers Fixed Prices
• Highmark Rips Class Members' Bid To Exit $5M Antitrust Deal
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Gary Halling
• Samsung Dodges Indirect Purchasers' Cathode Ray Claims
• Another Shot In The Dark At FCPA Reform
• 11th Circ. Affirms Ex-Fla. Port Official's Bribery Conviction
• Private Equity Giants Get LBO Collusion Suit Pared Down
• American Airlines Settles Antitrust Feud With Travelport
• Hynix, Micron Assail Rambus' Appeal In $4B Antitrust Suit
• DOJ International Antitrust Adviser Leaves Big Shoes To Fill
• BHP Faces Bribery Probe Into Beijing Olympics Sponsorship
• Vitamin C Price-Fix Suit Loses 2 Defendants Before Jury Ruling
• Apple CEO To Testify In DOJ's E-Books Antitrust Case
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Ex-NJ Mayor's 30-Month Bribery Sentence
• Therapy Cos. Can't Shake Whistleblower's Medicare FCA Suit
• Ex-Pa. Pol, Highway Officials Charged In Pay-To-Play Probe
• Scripps Health Escapes Rival's Patient Poaching Suit
• Q&A With Paul Weiss' William Michael
• FCPA Scrutiny For Gaming Industry: Beyond Las Vegas Sands
• Class Cert. Bid Flawed In Transitions Antitrust Row: Judge
• FTC's Take On Drug Sales To Rivals May Cost Pharma
• FTC Sues Idaho Health System Over Acquisition Of Doc Group
• El Paso Fraudster Gets Hearing Over Kickback Forfeiture
• Cellphone Unlocking Bill Provides 'Band-Aid' Fix
• MSR Lender Can't Fight Wealth Fund's $1.5B Asset Bid
• Toshiba To Pay $14M In Cathode Ray Price-Fixing MDL
• $1.5B T-Mobile, MetroPCS Merger Gets Green Light
• HP Faces Foreign Bribery Probe Over $45M Russian Contract
• Polsinelli Nabs Health Pro With FCPA Chops From Mintz Levin
• Solyndra Hurt By Competition, Not Collusion, Chinese Cos. Say
• Remember To Pay Attention To Antitrust Standing Issues
• Latham Adds Ex-Manatt Litigator With Asian Ties To LA Office
• Ex-Army Engineer Gets 13 Years For Iraqi Contract Bribes
• Diagnostic Co. Can't Punt Kickback, FCA Claims, Feds Say
• Q&A With Winston & Strawn's Jeffrey Kessler
• 5th Circ. Nixes Parker Drilling Investor's FCPA Suit
• EU Objects To €550M Mobile Communications Merger
• EU Lagging On Private Antitrust Framework, Case Shows
• SK Foods CEO Should Lose Price-Fixing Loot, Court Told
• DOJ FCPA Veteran Joins Paul Hastings In DC
• S. African Antitrust Watchdog Gets Power To Probe Sectors
• Blaming Vitamin C Price Hike On SARS Absurd, Jury Hears
• Ex-Detroit Mayor Convicted In 'Breathtaking' Corruption Case
• Don't Underestimate The Value Of EU Merger Control Reform
• Q&A With Proskauer's Helene Jaffe
• Sirius XM Sues D&O Insurers For Post-Merger Defense Costs
• 2 More Plead Guilty In $63M Miami Medicare Fraud
• Brazilian Watchdog Fixes Rules For Cartel Settlements
• In-House Attys Shielded From Raids: Belgian Appeals Court
• Warner 'Confused' About Doryx Contracts, Retailers Say
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• FTC Clears Tempur-Pedic's $1.3B Sealy Buy
• Clinics Dispute Quest's Claims In Lab Testing Monopoly Suit
• HP Blasted For Wanting Cut Of $77M SRAM Antitrust Deal
• Japanese Freight Cos. To Pay $19M To Exit DOJ Cartel Probe
• FERC Says PE Firm's Power Plant Buy Anti-Competitive
• 'Kids For Cash' Plaintiffs Want Sanctions, Fees From Attys
• Lack Of Solo Pleas Will Slow EU Libor Probe: Antitrust Head
• Wash. High Court Won't Let Insurers Recoup Defense Costs
• Ex-Marsh Execs Can't Get Spitzer Docs In Termination Row
• Warner Chilcott Misbranded Drugs, FCA Kickback Suit Says
• Q&A With WilmerHale's Lee Greenfield
• Aussies Delay Probe Of $36M Virgin-Tiger Merger
• BCBS Alabama Broke Antitrust Laws, Class Action Says
• Broken Microsoft Vow Likely To Spur EU Settlement Scrutiny
• CIA Contractors Pay $3M To Settle FCA Whistleblower Claims
• DOJ Up To 29 Plea Deals In Foreclosure Bid-Rigging Probe
• China Ordered Vitamin C Price-Fixing, Jury Hears
• Doc Accuses Malpractice Insurance Exchange Of Fraud
• New Japan Antitrust Head Vows Tough Enforcement
• Brazilian Watchdog Targets Fuel Cartels With $61M In Fines
• Viacom Abused Position With $1B Fees, Cablevision Says
• WealthTV Asks 9th Circ. To Reverse FCC Cable Decision
• NFL's Bid To Sack Antitrust Suit Falls Short, Consumer Says
• Q&A With Dechert's Michael Weiner
• EU Drops Mobile Antitrust Probe Of Vodafone, Others
• Spain Issues €14M Fines In Polyurethane Foam Cartel Probe
• Novel Approach To Opposing Class Certification Rejected
• Ex-Official Backtracks On China's Role In Vitamin C Price-Fixing
• Immucor Puts Up $4M To Settle Price-Fixing Coverup Claims
• Ex-NY Hospital CEO In Talks With Gov't To End Kickback Case
• SEC Shouldn't Sweat Gabelli, FCPA Attys Say
• Haynes And Boone Boosts Brazilian Practice With Co-Op Deal
• No Timeout In NHL, MLB Antitrust Class Actions
• 2nd Circ. Lets $180M Sirius XM Antitrust Deal Stand
• Amazon, Apple End Dispute Over Survey After Expert's Death
• Shire Wins Dismissal Of Adderall Antitrust Suit
• Pipe Fitting Cos. Can't Duck Price-Fixing, Monopoly Claims
• Q&A With Quinn Emanuel's Nadine Herrmann
• Ferring, Aventis To Pay $4.8M To End Drug Antitrust Suit
• EU Fines Microsoft $730M For Breach Of Landmark Browser Deal
• 10 Anti-Corruption Developments To Expect This Year
• Apple's App Store Not An Illegal Monopoly, Judge Hears
• Chinese Vitamin C Collusion Was Coerced, Ex-Official Says
• AstraZeneca Escapes $100M AWP Suit Over Nexium
• US, EU Economists Push For Standard IP Licensing Reform
• Contractors Found Guilty Of $1M Naval Base Bribery
• Libor Plaintiffs Blasted By Judge For 'Piggybacking' On DOJ
• Pfizer Beats Medicare Fraud Suit Over Pain Patch Marketing
• DOJ After More Info On $11B American, US Airways Merger
• Dow Looks To Nix $400M Verdict In Urethane Antitrust MDL
• Why Can A Librarian Make Unlocking Cellphones Illegal?
• 2nd Circ. Kills Antitrust Suit Over Banks' ARS Exodus
• FSA Slow To Respond To Libor Scandal, Audit Says
• Q&A With Shearman's Stephen Mavroghenis
• Glencore Sets New April Deadline To Close Xstrata Tie-Up
• Ex-Seagate Exec Can't Suppress Emails In Kickback Case
• Cablevision's Viacom Bundling Suit May Be Long Shot
• 11th Circ. Scraps Nielsen Ratings Monopoly Suit
• Antitrust Cop OKs $3.4B BCE-Astral Deal With Divestitures
• Businessman Cops To Kickback Plot Over Bandage Sales
• Apple Reaches Deal To Allow Jobs' Bio In E-Books Suit
• High Court May Take Fight Over False Ad Standing
• Ex-NY Pol Jailed For Bribery Admits To Tax Fraud
• Chinese Vitamin C Makers Fabricated Export Docs, Jury Told
• Steelmakers Fight Class Cert. Bid In Price-Fixing Action
• Cellphone Unlocking Should Be Legal, White House Says
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Smart Online Stock Fraud Convictions
• UPMC Can't Use Highmark Merger Docs In Antitrust Row
• Q&A With Weil's Adam Hemlock
• A Victory For State-Action Doctrine Critics
• Las Vegas Sands Says It 'Likely' Violated FCPA
• NCAA Defeats Scholarship-Cap Antitrust Action
• Google Can Withhold Some Emails In Anti-Poaching Pact Suit
• Eaton Tells High Court Price-Cost Ruling Hurts Competition
• Jim Beam Maker Hit With $100M Suit Over Whiskey Contract
• Calif. Residents Propose New Homeowner Class In Libor MDL
• LCD Price-Fixing Suit Belongs In Miss. Court, Justices Told
• NY Energy Retailers Say Transparency Key To Competition
• $8.9M Award For HP Whistleblowers Gets 8th Circ.'s OK
• Q&A With Jones Day's Dave Wales
• EU Regulators Restore €90M Of Eni Cartel Fine
• Supreme Court Warned Of Risks Of Banning Pay-For-Delay
• Apple Denied Look At Amazon Docs In E-Book Antitrust Row
• How PE Firms Can Avoid Getting Blindsided By The FCPA
• DuPont Says Patent Suit Press Release Not Unfair Competition