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Competition - April, 2013

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• NC Assembly Clears Ban On Favored Nations In Health Deals
• Aetna Skirts Docs' False Ad Claim In Reimbursement Fight
• Teva, Orchid Settle Patent Dispute Over Azilect
• Teva Loses Amgen Spying Suit Over Blood Drug Secrets
• 6th Circ. Gives ProMedica Another Shot At FTC Suit Coverage
• InterMedia Rebids For Outdoor Channel After Rival's FTC Nod
• Dow Says Urethane Buyers Underestimate Comcast Ruling
• Schwab Lodges Libor-Rigging Suit Against BofA, Barclays
• CVS Tells 5th Circ. Patient Info Suit Must Be Arbitrated
• Turf Wars Hurting Energy Market Regulation, Sens. Say
• Craigslist's Claims Trimmed In Real Estate Listings Row
• Forensic Analytics Can Find Needles In Multiple Haystacks
• EMusic Exec Again Warns Court On DOJ E-Book Settlements
• T-Mobile Drops LG, AU Claims From LCD Antitrust Suit
• Q&A With Axinn's Michael Keeley
• EU Closes Antitrust Probe Of French Water Utilities
• High Court's Eaton Snub Forces Close Look At Discounts
• Blue Shield, Quest Say Lab Monopoly Suit Doesn't Hold Water
• Miami Club Accuses Investor Of Sabotage To Help Competitor
• Athletes Shoot For Cert. In NCAA Likeness Antitrust Row
• Merck Escapes Suits Over Prescription Copay Coupons
• Twitter, PeopleBrowsr Settle Dispute Over Data Access
• Total Expecting To Pay $398M To Settle FCPA Bribery Claims
• Highmark's $1.1B Deal For West Penn Clears Final Hurdle
• Greek Gas Pipeline Co. Fined €4.3M For Abusing Dominance
• AUO Exec Sentenced To 2 Years For LCD Price-Fixing
• Macmillan Puts Up $25M To Exit E-Book Antitrust Saga
• Motorola Injunction Bid Barred By FTC Order, Fed. Circ. Told
• Wells Fargo Gets Mortgage Kickbacks Action Pared Down
• Israel Aiming For More Foreign Airline Antitrust Scrutiny
• Q&A With Hunton & Williams' Bruce Hoffman
• Protect Your Company From FCPA Risks In Latin America
• Pharma IP Rights In China: Avoiding The Antitrust Pitfalls
• Supreme Court Declines Truck Parts Co.'s Monopolization Suit
• Cancer Treatment Device Maker Beats Antitrust Claims
• SF State Official, Contractor Plead Not Guilty To Bribery
• UK Antitrust Overhaul Still Hazy On Details
• Brazil Urges Antitrust Fix For Nordic Paper Cos. Tie-Up
• AT&T Slams DOJ Push For Competition In Spectrum Auctions
• An Outline Of SEC's Bold Enforcement Plan
• UPMC Blasts Highmark's Bid For Sanctions In Antitrust Row
• Novartis Faces Another DOJ Suit Over Alleged Kickbacks
• White House Names FTC's Shelanski To Lead Oversight Body
• Greenberg Fends Off DQ Bid In Drug-Discount Antitrust Suit
• QBE, BofA Conspired To Rip Off Mortgage Holders, Suit Says
• FTC's $195M Phoebe Merger Row Remanded By 11th Circ.
• Wright Accuses Arthrex Of Medical Device Trademark Ripoff
• Ex-Aeropostale Exec Convicted In $350M Kickback Plot
• Q&A With Burr & Forman's Mark Lawson
• Yet Another EC Energy Case Resolved Through Commitments
• Amazon E-Book Monopoly Case May Get Shelved
• Foley Adds Former K&L Health Care Pro To Boston Team
• Lender Denied $28M Slice Of Alioto Attys' Fees In LCD Case
• UK Passes Legislation Overhauling Antitrust Regime
• Ex-Health Care Boss Found Guilty In $63M Medicare Fraud
• UK Opens Criminal Fraud Probe Into Kazakh Mining Co.
• Fla. Sues Hitachi For Damages Over Disc Drive Cartel
• Opponents Of $7B Swipe-Fee Deal Face Contempt Finding
• DOJ Scores 12th Plea In Tax Lien Bid-Rigging Plot
• Ill. Chronic Pain Bill Will Cost Patients Proper Care, FTC Warns
• Ex-Mass. Probation Head Charged With Bribing Lawmakers
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's John Roberti
• EU Antitrust Watchdog Tests Google Search Bias Settlement
• Expedia MDL Won't Wait For Pending High Court Ruling
• Michelin Hit With Fraud, RICO Suit Over Tire Scheme
• Medical Board Cons Docs Into Recertification, Suit Says
• 5 Tips To Make A Strong Competitor Complaint
• Penguin Can't Get Jury Trial In States' E-Book Antitrust Suit
• Pharma Cos. Get Cert. In MDL Over Generic Prograf Delays
• Omnicare Faces Probe Over Possible FCA Offenses, Kickbacks
• Alioto Claims $47M Fee Objection Ghostwritten By Lender
• Dairy Groups Lose Bid To Ship Milk Antitrust Case To Calif.
• K&L Gates Adds 2 From Jackson Walker, Haynes And Boone
• UK Watchdog Wary Of BlackRock-Credit Suisse Unit Merger
• Another Example Of The Benefits Of FCPA Self-Reporting
• Lead Attys Named In Blue Cross Antitrust MDL
• Q&A With Anderson Kill's Larry Kill
• Parking Co. Sues Rival For Defamation In Trade Secrets Row
• Baker & McKenzie Snags Sidley Austin Antitrust Expert
• Bosley Information Exchange Case Is A Cautionary Tale
• High Court Won't Hear Keyspan Price-Gouging Suit
• Highmark Objects To Giving UPMC $5M Antitrust Deal Docs
• Dealers Hit Carfax With $50M Suit Over Auto Report Monopoly
• LCD Maker Says EU Inflated €300M Cartel Fine
• Argentina Wants Names In Ralph Lauren Bribery Case
• Time Fails In Anderson Sanctions Bid Over Disputed Meeting
• Mexico Senate OKs Telecom Competition Bill With Changes
• China OKs Marubeni's $3.6B Gavilon Buy With Conditions
• DOJ Sues Novartis Over Alleged Myfortic Kickback Scheme
• DOJ Has Provided Enough Info In $168M Merger Row: Judge
• $92M Aegean, Olympic Merger Under Scrutiny By EC
• AMR's Antitrust Deals With Orbitz, Travelport Win Approval
• FTC Clears Nordic Capital's $767M Sale Of Wheelchair Co.
• Office Space Giant Dodges RICO, False Ad Claims
• Metabyte Competition Claim Nixed In Nvidia Trade Secrets Suit
• Q&A With Wilson Sonsini's Chul Pak
• FTC Veteran Joins Kilpatrick's DC Antitrust Team
• China Is Cracking Down On Abuse Of Prepaid Cards
• Ralph Lauren FCPA Deal Puts NPAs In Fashion
• Unsettled SEP Injunction Law Calls For Caution, Report Says
• Natural Gas Cos. Pay $1M To End Antitrust Suit Over Leases
• CFTC Chief Gensler Renews Call To Scrap Libor
• FTC Looks To Speed Up $195M Phoebe Merger Challenge
• Ex-Mayer Brown CIO Pleads Guilty To $4.8M Kickback Scam
• Comcast Can't Sink $400M Dow Verdict, Urethane Buyers Say
• Ex-Jersey City Pol Pleads Guilty In Corruption Probe
• Syniverse Offers EU New Concessions In $694M Mach Buy
• Brazil Antitrust Chief Pushes To Block Chemical Merger
• Okada Review Blasts Wynn Resorts' 'Biased' FCPA Probe
• Q&A With Nossaman's Carl Blumenstein
• German Gas Cos. Hit With Boosted €244M Cartel Fines
• Ralph Lauren To Pay $1.6M To Settle Argentine Bribery Claims
• Asian Airlines Fined $8.1M Over Air Cargo Price-Fixing
• OIG's Alert Has Broad Implications With A Hint Of Warning
• Sanofi Can't Duck Amphastar's FCA Suit Over Lovenox
• With InBev-Modelo Deal, DOJ Antitrust Chief Sends Message
• Assurant, Citibank Try To Sink Force-Placed Insurance Claims
• Sentences For $6M Naval Base Bribery Scheme Won't Be Cut
• Highmark Hospital Antitrust Suit Halted Amid Affiliation Deal
• NJ Pure Can't Quash Rival Malpractice Insurer's Ads
• EU Disclosure Rule Irrelevant To SEC Rule, API Tells DC Circ.
• AUO Case Could Have Major Impact On Cartel Investigations
• Amazon Says Bookstores Haven't Alleged E-Book Collusion
• Penguin Becomes Last Publisher To Settle EU E-Books Probe
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Hits GSK With Pay-For-Delay Claims
• Q&A With Steptoe's Ken Ewing
• FTC Best To Address Net Neutrality, Commissioner Says
• Ex-Siemens Board Member To Pay 2nd Highest FCPA Penalty
• AB InBev Must Sell Off Modelo US To Settle $20B Merger Row
• Market Researcher Ruined Rival, $20M Antitrust Suit Says
• New Kansas Law Undoes Antitrust Ruling On Resale Pricing
• Calif. Lobs $101M Wage Suit At Embattled Hospital Chain
• Whistleblowers Say BAE Is Behind The Times On FCA
• Elevator Co.'s €143M Cartel Fine Should Stand, EU Court Told
• Marketing Execs Can't Shake Claims They Defrauded Simon
• 5 Lessons From The Wal-Mart FCPA Scandal
• Sports Mogul's $227M Outdoor Channel Buy Gets FTC's OK
• Graco Settles FTC Antitrust Claims Over Spray Foam Buys
• Lost Baggage Co. Can't Duck Rival's Bid-Rigging Suit Again
• Siemens' $2.7B Invensys Rail Buy Notches EU Approval
• SNC Lavalin Banned From World Bank Projects For 10 Years
• Brazilian Antitrust Watchdog Raids Wheat Flour Cartel
• Boies Denies Ethics Breach In $350M Marriott Antitrust Case
• Q&A With Vinson & Elkins' Craig Seebald
• Force-Placed Insurer QBE To Pay $10M In NY Probe
• FTC Shakeup Means No New Initiatives Soon
• News Corp. Tabloid Editor Hit With UK Bribery Charges
• FTC's Opinion On Norman PHO — Significant But Unclear
• Indicted Placement Agent Accuses Apollo Of Pay-To-Play
• FTC's Wright Warns Against Reaching Too Far On Trolls
• Brazilian Antitrust Watchdog Clears Retailer Tie-Up
• West American Sinks Appeal Over MRI Kickback Suit Coverage
• Kenyon Sued For Not Giving Judge Credit On ITC Treatise
• High Court Urged To Revive Pfizer, GSK Price-Fixing Suit
• Makeup Tattooists Get Monopoly Claim Scratched
• Q&A With Perkins Coie's Tom Boeder
• Pharma Cos. Say Whistleblower's FCA Case Recycles Old Suits
• Pa. Rep. Aims To Kill State's Troubled Turnpike Commission
• Calif. High Court Urged To Toss Developer Bribery Charges
• NY Anti-Corruption Law Could Be A Game-Changer
• 10th Circ. Backs 6-Year Sentence For Corrupt Prison Official
• Hospital Execs, Docs Arrested Over Medicare Kickbacks
• FTC Head Says Google's Voluntary Fixes Didn't Set Precedent
• Linking Libor To Real Data Could End Benchmark Rate's Reign
• Fla. Hospital Shakes Whistleblower's Kickback, FCA Suit
• Telkom Drops Appeal Of $49M S. African Antitrust Fine
• Jefferson County Judge Halts $378M JPMorgan Coverage Suit
• Parker Drilling Shells Out $16M To Settle FCPA Actions
• CORRECTED: Bayer Wants Rival's Flea-Killer Ads Exterminated
• Canadian Watchdog Loses Antitrust Case Against RE Group
• West Penn Says $1.6B Highmark Deal Will End Antitrust Suit
• French Man Tampered With FCPA Mining Probe, DOJ Says
• Q&A With Faegre Baker Daniels' Kathy Osborn
• China OKs $34B Glencore-Xstrata Tie-Up After Concessions
• How New Carveout Policy Will Impact Cartel Plea Deals
• 9th Circ. Pares Convictions In Calif. City Corruption Case
• 'Kids For Cash' Class Barred By Comcast, Prison Cos. Say
• Birdsall Cuts $3.6M Deal With NJ On Ch. 11, Forfeiture
• EU Readies Market Test On Google Search Bias Settlement
• Calif. Bill Proposes Office To Probe Fuel Price-Fixing
• Alioto Trying To Evade $28M Debt After LCD Win, Lender Says
• NJ Tax Lien Schemer Gets Probation, Fine
• $9.5M Kaplan Bar Prep Antitrust Deal Wins Initial OK
• Mexico Clears $12B Nestle-Pfizer Deal After Divestiture
• Judge Resigns From Review Of $120M Aetna Antitrust Deal
• Corruption Busts Prompt NY Dems To Push Reform Measures
• Liberty Global's $23B Virgin Media Buy OK'd In Europe
• Q&A With Troutman Sanders' Glenn Manishin
• Steptoe Nabs Ex-SFO Bribery Chief To Aid FCPA Practice
• Attorneys Reap $17.2M In Becton Antitrust Dispute
• How To Perform A Corruption Risk Assessment
• DC Circ. Won't Kill FTC Bid For Boehringer Deal Docs
• Section 5 Cases Offer Best Guidance, FTC Chief Says
• DOJ Stops Naming Carveouts In Cartel Plea Deals
• EU Antitrust Chief Expects First Libor Case In 2013
• Merchants' Attys Seek $720M In Fees In Visa, MasterCard MDL
• Safety Controls Eyed As New Way To Block Generic Drugs
• FCC Urged To Back Wireless Competition In Spectrum Auction
• Tyson Axes Claims Against Marsh In Antitrust MDL
• Wells Fargo Says Rate Rule Bars Force-Placed Insurance Suit
• EU Court Nixes Copyright Royalty Antitrust Decision
• Arris' $2B Motorola Home Buy Gets DOJ Approval
• Ex-German President Charged Over Oktoberfest Bribes
• Judge Skims Claims From Pool Products Antitrust MDL
• How Do You Solve A Problem Like ReDigi?
• Q&A With Dickstein Shapiro's Rick Leveridge
• FTC Revamps Challenge To $195M Hospital Merger
• Antitrust Watchdogs Say No Special Rules For Tech Markets
• Foes Of $7B Swipe Fee Deal Ordered To Correct Websites
• Chinese Co. Wants $153M Award Vacated In Vitamin C MDL
• Ex-FTC Head Predicts Partial Win On Pay-For-Delay
• Ex-Soldier Indicted Over Fuel Theft Scheme in Afghanistan
• FTC Not Going Overboard On Disgorgement, Officials Say
• BofA Can't Escape Reinsurance Pay-To-Play Class Action
• Bookstores Slam Amazon Bid To Nix E-Book Antitrust Suit
• Bingham Beefs Up Antitrust Arm With FTC, DOJ Hires
• Music Exec Seeks En Banc Review Of E-Book Settlements
• EU Accepts CEZ Plan To Sell Power Plants In Antitrust Probe
• Q&A With Dentons' Curt Woods
• Retail Group To Sit Out $7B Visa, MasterCard Swipe Fee Deal
• What Do Staub And Sharef Really Tell Us?
• Ancillary Transaction Provisions Need Antitrust Review
• DOJ Not Wavering On Antitrust Guilty Pleas, Official Says
• No Love Lost Between Google, Microsoft In Antitrust IP Debate
• Cos. Can Cut Merger Costs By Being Up-Front, DOJ Says
• DOJ, FTC Get Earful On Patent Troll Antitrust Issues
• Prime Healthcare's Conspiracy Claims Against Kaiser Fall Flat
• 9th Circ. Revives State Claims In Gas Price-Fixing MDL
• Highmark Should Give UPMC $5M Antitrust Deal Docs: Report
• Feds Investigating FCPA Allegations Against Kazuo Okada
• Plan To Alter NY Grand Jury Immunity Splits DAs, Defense
• FTC Says $10M Budget Cut Won't Slow Enforcement
• Sanofi Can't Revive Antitrust Counterclaim In Vaccine Case
• Panasonic Sheds Claims In Compressor Price-Fixing MDL
• FERC's Unclear Guidance On Horizontal Market Power
• Judge Taps NYU Prof To Help Mull $7B Visa, MasterCard Deal
• Gogo Beats Suit Claiming In-Flight Internet Monopoly
• Q&A With Mintz Levin's Bruce Sokler
• NJ Medical Lab Workers, Doctor Charged In Kickback Scheme
• Philips Pays $5M To Settle SEC Suit Over Polish Bribes
• Ex-Aeropostale Exec Was Not A Kickback Schemer, Jury Hears
• Atty Bucks Claim He Breached Duty By Filing Rival FCA Suit
• ICAP Says It's Cooperating With Rate-Swap Probe
• EU Advances Transparency Rules For Oil, Gas, Mining Cos.
• Google Uses Android To Box Out Rivals, Microsoft Says
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Don Klawiter
• Retailers Urge 6th Circ. To Revive Milk Price-Fixing Suit
• NJ Appeals Birdsall's Access To $3M In Frozen Assets
• FTC Takes Closer Look At $1.2B Office Depot-OfficeMax Deal
• Polsinelli Lands Ex-Bell Nunnally Health Care Litigation Pro
• InBev, DOJ Get More Time To Settle $20B Modelo Merger Fight
• Drywall Price-Fixing Suits Merged Into MDL In Pa.
• MasterCard Hit With EU Antitrust Probe Into Card Fees
• 'Hot' Documents Do Not Tell The Whole Story In Antitrust
• Human Egg Donors' Price-Fixing Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Ecolab Must Shed Deepwater Assets In $2B Merger, DOJ Says
• Birdsall Ch. 11 Trustee Tapped Amid Pay-To-Play Scandal
• Delta, Virgin Atlantic Seek DOT Antitrust Immunity For New JV
• Facebook's Sandberg Looks To Nix Poaching Suit Deposition
• Dow Says Comcast Dooms $400M Urethane Antitrust Verdict
• Ex-Krahl CFO Gets 3 Years In Kickback, Billing Fraud Case
• Barclays Can't Duck FERC Probe Of Energy Pricing Scheme
• DOJ Urges 9th Circ. To Back AUO Price-Fixing Convictions
• DOJ Antitrust Ace To Head King & Spalding Team In NY
• QuikTrip Targeted Over Alleged Gas Station Price-Fixing
• Union Fund Hits Reckitt With Suboxone Antitrust Suit
• Warner Chilcott Sued Over Loestrin Pay-For-Delay Deals
• Cigna, Clinics Escape FCA Suit Over Patient Perks
• Q&A With Baker Botts' Catriona Hatton
• UPS Appeals EU Block Of $6.8B Merger With TNT
• Antitrust Lessons From Interplay Of Hospitals, Doc Groups
• 4 Ex-Lufthansa Execs Charged In Latin America Bribe Scheme
• Nokia Gets OK To End Samsung LCD Price-Fixing Case
• Atty Bashes Lender's Bid For $28M From LCD Fee Award
• Prom Dress Store Accused Of Spying To Dominate Market
• CFPB Shines Harsh Spotlight On Shady Reinsurance Deals
• CORRECTED: SL Industries Probing Possible FCPA Violations In China
• AB InBev, DOJ Reach Deal On $20B Modelo Merger Fight
• Greenberg Blasts DQ Bid In Drug-Discount Antitrust Suit
• Tax Lien Bid-Rigging Schemer Settles Class Action
• Unilever Faces Injunction, Antitrust Fine In Chile
• Euribor Antitrust Class Slams UBS' Bid To Move Case To NY
• Google, BlackBerry Urge FTC To Probe Patent 'Privateers'
• Apple, Google Beat Class Cert. In Anti-Poaching Suit, For Now
• Q&A With Troutman Sanders' Dan Anziska
• Highmark Seeks Sanctions For 'Baseless' UPMC Antitrust Suit
• Pa. Gov. Wants Turnpike Contracts Reviewed After Indictments
• Japan Power Cable Co. Fined $1.4M Over Australian Cartel
• Inside The FTC's Take On Generic Access To Branded Drugs
• The Economic Underpinnings Of Comcast V. Behrend
• AbbVie, Teva Accused Of Pay-For-Delay On Generic Niaspan
• Lenders Face Hefty Fines In CFPB Mortgage Insurance Probe
• China Simple Merger Review Plan Gets Guarded Praise
• Subcontractor Admits Role In Katrina Kickback Scheme
• Electronics Group Wants Laws To Curb Patent Trolls
• Spanish Lawmakers Advance Antitrust Overhaul Bill
• Feds Win Asset Freeze In $54M Afghan Contract Bribery Case
• Ex-SK Foods Head Can't Avoid Prison During Restitution Case
• Japanese Auto Parts Co. Fined $5M Over Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Q&A With Crowell's Jason Murray
• Sony Units Drop LCD Price-Fixing Suit Against LG
• CFPB Issues $15M Fines Over Mortgage Insurance Kickbacks
• NY Pol Took Cash To Draft Bogus Legislation, Feds Say
• Mexico Suspends $53M Telmex Antitrust Fine
• NCAA Win Will Impact Future Antitrust Claims Against NCAA
• No Defense Reimbursement For Insurers In Wash.
• China Merger Remedy Plan Mirrors US, EU Models
• Sidley Austin Nabs FTC Vets From K&L Gates, Clifford Chance
• Intel Leans On Comcast To Fight Class In AMD Antitrust Case
• Houston City Council Votes To Sue Over Libor Manipulation
• Oil Services Co. SBM Warns Of Possible Bribery Charges
• Pipe Co. Settles With FTC Over Acquisition of Rival
• Commerzbank Ducks EU's Credit Default Swap Antitrust Probe
• Barclays' Culture Led To $450M Libor Fine, Report Says
• Q&A With Pillsbury's Roxane Polidora
• Trinity Health Pays $5M To End Nurses' Wage-Fixing Suit
• Gibson Dunn Snags 2 British Antitrust Regulators
• Standard Fire Will Uniquely Impact Antitrust Class Actions
• How Lawyers Benefit From Early Neutral Evaluation
• NY Hospital Contractor Dodges Prison In Bid-Rigging Case
• Shire Faces Consumer Antitrust Claims Over Adderall
• Former Seagate Worker Cops To Role In Kickback Scheme
• Settlement Talks In ITunes Antitrust Case Fall Through
• Facebook Exec To Be Grilled Over Silicon Valley Hiring Pacts
• Chinese Co. Northeast Settles Vitamin C Antitrust Claims
• Amazon Asks Judge To Kill Booksellers' Antitrust Suit
• Marine Base 'Godfather' Whacked With Fed. Bribery Charge
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Scott Martin
• NFL Seeks To Punt Hat Maker's Antitrust Suit
• FERC Decision Sheds Light On The Importance Of Mitigation
• 4th Circ. Wartime Tolling Case Cited In Pa. Kickbacks Suit
• Banks Still Face Libor Risks Despite Bombshell Ruling
• Troutman Sanders Nabs Ex-DLA Piper FCPA Co-Chairwoman
• Co. Indicted For Pay-To-Play Hiding Behind Ch. 11: NJ AG
• Dairy Farmers' Attys Seek $53M Fees In Antitrust Case
• Plaintiffs' Attys Get $308M Fees In LCD Antitrust Suit
• American Airlines Ends Antitrust Battle Against Orbitz
• Generic Co. Lobs Antitrust Suit To Access Brand-Name Meds
• Martek Dodges Antitrust Suit Over Baby Formula Additives
• T-Mobile Wants LCD Antitrust Claims Revived
• Panasonic In-Flight Entertainment Unit Facing FCPA Probe
• Spain Slams Envelope Printers With $57M Cartel Fine
• Q&A With WilmerHale's Eric Mahr
• Blue Cross Accused Of Monopoly In Calif. Class Action
• EU Court's Take On Remuneration Of Insurance Brokers