Competition Archive » May, 2013

Competition - May, 2013

310 articles

• Husch Blackwell Snags Patton Boggs White Collar Pro
• FCPA Powerhouse: Debevoise
• Judge's Alcon Dismissal Ends Drug Kickback Qui Tam Suit
• Best Buy, Innolux To Settle LCD Price-Fixing Suits
• FTC Notches Another State Action Win In NC Dental Case
• Class Too Narrow In PHH Reinsurance Suit, Court Told
• Boston Scientific Unit Can't Duck FCA Claims, DQ Blank Rome
• Kraft, Others Say Claims Not Too Late In Egg Cartel MDL
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Conviction Of Pa. County Commissioners
• EA Gets Nod For $27M Deal In Football Game Antitrust Row
• Baxter Relators Can't Reopen $30M Price Inflation Suit
• EU Competition Regulators Probe Apple Distribution Deals
• Comparing EU Marine Hose Cartel Case To US Enforcement
• Schering Says FCA Integrilin Kickbacks Suit Doesn't Stick
• Q&A With Winston & Strawn's Bruce Braun
• Disk Drive Buyers Seek Class Cert. In Price-Fixing MDL
• FTC Is Skeptical 'Patent Trolls' Aid Innovation, Atty Says
• Ryanair May Have To Sell Aer Lingus Stake, UK Regulator Says
• Apple Gets Ready To Gamble As E-Books Trial Begins
• Cartel Appeal Delays May Yield Damages, EU Adviser Says
• CFTC, Investors To Tag-Team Oil Futures Manipulation Suit
• Ex-Navy Engineer Cops To Heading $20M Kickback Scheme
• States Drop Some Claims In Advance Of E-Book Antitrust Trial
• Remaining NY Force-Placed Insurers Sign Up For Reforms
• Lions Gate Accused Of 'Twilight' Monopoly
• Wells Fargo Sheds Insurance Bid-Rigging Claims In MDL
• DairyAmerica Urges High Court To Ax Milk Mispricing Ruling
• Business Agent Pleads Guilty In Bandage Kickback Case
• Quinn Barlo Can't Dodge EU's €8M Acrylic Glass Cartel Fine
• Antitrust Group Wants Standard-Essential Patent Guidance
• Jury Must Decide 3-D Printing Antitrust Claims, Fed. Circ. Told
• Procurement: The Hidden Path To Maximizing Profits
• FCPA Powerhouse: Davis Polk
• Hitachi Ducks DRAM Price-Fixing Suit After Class Goes AWOL
• How Zhang Will Shape Future Of Calif. Insurance Cases
• Canada Launches Cartel Whistleblowing Program
• Doryx Antitrust Class Cert. Bids Fall Short, Warner Says
• US Foodservice Asks 2nd Circ. To Nix Class In Pricing Suit
• FTC Challenges $2.8B Pinnacle-Ameristar Casino Deal
• US Metal Cos. Win Access To Lost-Profit Data In Cartel Suit
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Ex-MediSys Chief's Bribery Conviction
• DOJ Allows $16.5B UTC-Goodrich Deal To Proceed
• State AGs Object To $7B Visa, MasterCard Swipe Fee Deal
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• EU Clears Lutosa-McCain Tie-Up With Antitrust Fixes
• EU OKs Syniverse's €550M Mach Buy With Conditions
• FCPA Powerhouse: Crowell & Moring
• Total To Pay $398M To Settle FCPA Bribery Claims
• Android Makers, RPX Didn't Form Conspiracy, Judge Hears
• FDA Blasted Over Shared Risk Plans For Brand, Generic Cos.
• High Court To Resolve CAFA Circuit Split In LCD Case
• CVS Sues Visa, MasterCard Over Interchange Fee Fixing
• Sergeant's Flea-Killer Ads Blocked In Bayer False Ad Suit
• DC Circ. Reverses FCC Comcast Discrimination Ruling
• DOJ Urges Approval Of Macmillan's E-Book Price-Fixing Deal
• DOJ Shows Flexibility In Structural Fix For InBev, Modelo
• Contractors In Naval Base Bribery Scheme Get 3 Years
• EU To Likely Ask More From Google To Settle Antitrust Probe
• FCPA Powerhouse: Cahill Gordon & Reindel
• High Court Refuses Appeal In Hedge Fund Price-Fixing Suit
• Car Shippers Accused Of Running Cartel In 1st Private Suit
• Whistleblower Hits Ascentia With Medicare FCA Suit
• JPML Head Judge Explains Why Panel Is More Picky
• First Data Lambastes $7B Interchange Fee Antitrust Deal
• Monopoly Claims Cut In Suit Over AQHA Horse-Cloning Ban
• Google Facing New FTC Probe Over Display Ads
• B&L Unit To Pay $34M For Drug Marketing Guilty Plea: DOJ
• Visa, MasterCard Sue Opponents Of $7B Swipe Fee Deal
• Dow Wants To Ice $1.2B Antitrust Award During Appeal
• Law360 Names 10 FCPA Powerhouse Firms
• FCC Cites High Court Win In Verizon Net Neutrality Fight
• Claims Pared From Pool-Product Antitrust Suit
• 'Kids For Cash' Judge Loses Conviction Appeal In 3rd Circ.
• $28B Heinz Buyout Expected To Close In June After China OK
• Flonase Users Seek Sanctions For Foes Of $35M Antitrust Deal
• EU Orders Divestitures In Ahlstrom-Munksjo Merger
• Judge Leans Toward DOJ In Apple Antitrust Suit
• FTC Says High Court Case Dooms NC Dental Board Appeal
• Vaccine Distributor Antitrust Claims Should Stick, Judge Told
• Contractor Pleads Guilty In $31M NASA Kickbacks Scheme
• Air Force Base Bribery Schemers Get Prison Time
• Millennium Labs Drops Claims Over Kickback Suit Coverage
• Retail Giants Sue Visa, MasterCard After Spurning $7B Deal
• SanDisk, PNY Ordered To Work Out Discovery Issues
• Ex-Goldman Banker Settles SEC Pay-To-Play Case
• BP, Others Face Price-Fixing Claims In 1st Private Suit
• EU Court Slashes Parker's $33M Fine Over Marine Hose Cartel
• MoFo Eyes Singapore For FCPA Practice Growth
• 6th Circuit Takes Wide View Of Liability In Stock Inflation Suits
• Convicted Ex-Detroit Mayor Ousts Lead Attorney
• EU Approves Airlines' Antitrust Fixes On Transatlantic Deal
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive BofA Debit Card Fee Suit
• Brazil's New Merger Control Regime Passes Antitrust Tests
• Fla. Health Clinic Director Gets 9 Years, $24M For Fraud
• Sens. Push ITC Against Import Bans Over Essential Patents
• DOJ Wants Loss Findings In UBS Bid-Rigging Case OK'd
• NLRB Poster Ruling Dooms Net Neutrality, Verizon Says
• Corporate Leniency Should Come With A Warning Label
• Penguin To Pay $75M To Settle States' E-Book Antitrust Claims
• 9th Circ. Squashes MGA Suit Over Robot Co.'s Toy Bug Claims
• Hogan Lovells Partner To Run NY AG's Antitrust Unit
• Incoming UK Antitrust Chief Vows More Efficiency
• Rehab Co. Can't Use Public Disclosure Bar To Duck FCA Suit
• Starbucks, Wal-Mart Reject $7B Swipe Fee Settlement
• EU Oil Price-Fixing Probe Could Rival Libor Scandal
• Kolon Asks 4th Circ. To Ax $920M DuPont Trade Secrets Award
• Alioto Can't Unfreeze $28M LCD Fee Cut From Escrow
• Chimei Inks Initial Deal In Retailers' LCD Price-Fixing Case
• Highmark Says UPMC Can't Fight Sanctions In Antitrust Row
• Denso Execs To Plead Guilty In Auto Parts Cartel Probe: DOJ
• Q&A With Dow Lohnes' Parker Erkmann
• Bazaarvoice-PowerReviews Merger Case: Where's The Beef?
• Strine Tells Wal-Mart To Dig Deeper For Mexican Bribery Docs
• Brazilian Antitrust Watchdog Clears Merger Case Backlog
• Pfizer Can't Shake Skelaxin Pay-For-Delay MDL
• Fighting Agencies May Be Tougher After High Court Ruling
• Penn State Sanctions Don't Affect Competition, NCAA Says
• Sony Wants Toshiba, HannStar Docs In LCD Cartel Suit
• 7 Birdsall Execs Plead Not Guilty In Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Investors Give Libor Antitrust Claims Another Shot
• Cinemark To Divest 19 Theaters In $220M Rave Deal
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Exec Fights Kickback Rap In 2nd Circ.
• Apple, Amazon Fight Over Confidentiality In E-Book Case
• NYU Researchers Charged In Chinese Bribes-For-Secrets Plot
• Agencies Deserve Deference On Jurisdiction, Justices Say
• Latham Blasts Oxbow DQ Bid In Rail Price-Fixing MDL
• Google Faces Antitrust Probe From Canadian Watchdog
• Manhattan DA Asks Albany To Pass Gov.'s Anti-Corruption Bill
• Teradyne Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Chip Testing Equipment
• 4 UK Bribery Act Myths — Debunked
• MetroPCS Ditches Challenge To FCC Net Neutrality Regs
• ING Gave Morgan Stanley Kickbacks For 401(k) Biz, Suit Says
• Rise Of The Machines — Predictive Coding Goes Mainstream
• Ex-Broker Gets Probation For Muni Bond Bid-Rigging
• FTC Clears Tesoro's $2B Deal For BP Refining Assets
• EU, Switzerland Ink Antitrust Cooperation Pact
• Highmark Says Policyholders Can't Seek Antitrust Damages
• Apple Says It Sparked E-Book Competition With Market Entry
• Sen. Wants US To Join UK, EU In Oil Price-Fixing Probes
• Wal-Mart Busts Its FCPA Budget By $30M In Q1
• Unprecedented FCPA Wake-Up Call For US Broker-Dealers
• Purdue Puts Generic OxyContin Suits To Rest
• Wal-Mart Can't Keep Leaked Docs Out Of Mexico Bribery Suit
• Comcast Antitrust Ruling Offers Hope Despite Dow Loss
• Alioto's $47M LCD Fee Survives, But Loan Fight Continues
• US Foodservice Must Yield Docs In $800M Price-Scam MDL
• Athena Blasts Allergan's Competition Claims In Eyelash Fight
• GM Unit Faces Spanish Antitrust Probe Over Spare Parts
• 5 Overlooked Reasons To Be Class Rep In An Antitrust Suit
• Businessman Denies Blocking FCPA Probe Into Mining Co.
• Damages Against Dow Upped To $1.2B In Urethane Suit
• Wall Street To FCPA Enforcers: Bring It On
• EU Court To Hear Telefonica's €152M Antitrust Fine Appeal
• Obama's 1st Term Rulemaking Rate Soars By Bush's Mark
• Foxconn Beats Antitrust Suit Over USB Technology
• Hitachi, LG, Others Released From LCD Price-Fixing Suits
• Libor Litigation Must Overcome Significant Obstacles
• FTC Wins Restraining Order In $195M Phoebe Merger Fight
• FDA Tells DC Circ. KV Drug Compounding Wasn't A Priority
• Ex-Pa. County Officials Want Corruption Convictions Axed
• Apple Blasts 'Ringmaster' Label In E-Book Price-Fixing Case
• FTC Commissioner Defends Ending Google Probe
• Q&A With Squire Sanders' Brady Dugan
• More DOJ Use Of Cooperating Witnesses In Corruption Cases
• Chunghwa Exec Says Feds' Price-Fixing Suit Is Time-Barred
• EU Raids BP, Statoil Over Benchmark Rate Manipulation
• Delta Asks DC Circ. To Shut Down $3.4B Air India Loan
• Lipitor Pay-For-Delay Suit Returned To W.Va. State Court
• Dell Accuses Toshiba, Sony Of Fixing Prices For Disk Drives
• Google Rival Urges EU To Reject Search Antitrust Deal
• EU Regulators Raid Sugar Producers Over Cartel Concerns
• 'Kids For Cash' Plaintiffs Win Class Cert.
• AUO Pushes 9th Circ. To Nix $500M Antitrust Verdict
• Visa Cuts Card Fees To Soothe EU Competition Worries
• EU Allows Aluminum Joint Venture, With Concessions
• Reader's Digest Says Ex-Workers Misused Business Info
• Sanofi Fined $53M In France Over Generic Plavix Smears
• Q&A With Robins Kaplan's Ryan Marth
• 4 Takeaways From 2nd Highest FCPA Penalty
• Docs' Prior Blue Cross Deal May Kill Bid To Join Antitrust Suit
• UK Deferred Prosecution Law May Avoid FCPA Pitfalls
• CR Bard Pays $48M To Settle FCA, Kickback Claims
• S. Africa Antitrust Watchdog Faces Key Test In Sasol Case
• Tech Workers Renew Class Bid In Anti-Poaching Case
• Kmart Allowed To Subpoena FCA Whistleblower's Records
• UK, US Officials Split On Libor Transition
• Wells Fargo, QBE Reach $19M Force-Placed Insurance Deal
• Supreme Court Snubs ISE's Appeal In Index Options Row
• Jones Day Adds Gov't Contracts Pro From Dickstein Shapiro
• DOJ Challenges EMusic Founder's Criticism Of E-Book Deals
• Vitamin C Classes Blast Bid To Nix $153M Antitrust Verdict
• Chase Says Force-Placed Policyholders Broke Contracts First
• Q&A With Stein & Lubin's Daniel Slaughter
• Calif. To Draw The Lines In Disparagement Liability
• 10 Steps To Effective Anti-Corruption Compliance
• Dial, Heinz Urged To Move News Corp. Coupon Suit To NY
• Italy Fines Telecom Giant €103M For Stifling Competition
• First Southwest Ends Muni Investment Bid-Rigging Claims
• Lender Wants To Keep Alioto's $28M LCD Fees In Limbo
• German Watchdog Raids 9 Potato Cos. On Cartel Worries
• German Banker Drops Appeal Of Formula 1 Bribery Sentence
• Q&A With Fried Frank's Barry Nigro
• DOJ Biz Review Letter Highlights Patent Pool Concerns
• LCD Makers Say Standing Issues Remain In Price-Fixing Row
• LCD Cases May Give Drug Cos. Gold Ticket Out Of State Court
• Estee Lauder Beats Duty-Free Retailer's Antitrust Suit
• Spanish Antitrust Guidelines May Boost Leniency Filings
• McWane Did Not Conspire To Fix Prices, FTC Judge Rules
• NBA Illegally Scuttled Merchandise Deal, Calif. Lawyer Says
• Bob Marley Label Asks 9th Circ. To Revive Antitrust Suit
• Feds Seek Record Jail Terms In UBS Bid-Rigging Case
• Whirlpool, Others Reach $41M Compressor Cartel Settlement
• Q&A With Thompson & Knight's Gregory Huffman
• In FCPA Compliance, Don't Forget About The Travel Act
• HP Dodges Derivative Suit Over Foreign Bribes
• Obstruction Charge Tacked Onto Investor's Bid-Rigging Rap
• FERC Mulls Market Manipulation Action Against JPMorgan
• W.Va. Frees RBC From Bid-Rigging MDL Tied To Muni Bonds
• Ex-NY Pol Bruno Asks 2nd Circ. To Kill Fraud Retrial
• Military Base Workers Cop To Trading Business For Bribes
• MasterCard Can't Put £400M UK Antitrust Case On Hold
• Cablevision's Bundling Suit Hypocritical, Viacom Says
• Get Ready For A 'Substituted Compliance' Regime
• AbbVie, Teva Pay-For-Delay Deal Draws More Antitrust Claims
• EU High Court Upholds €182M Eni Rubber Cartel Fine
• BakerHostetler Booted From Shipping Price-Fixing Suits
• Policyholders Can Exit $5M Highmark Antitrust Settlement
• Q&A With Burr & Forman's Devin Dolive
• Why The Libor Lawsuits Are Not Dead
• Sara Lee Defeats Distributors' Price-Fixing Claims
• EU Nudges High Court With Slap Of Motorola In Apple IP Case
• UK Antitrust Chief Vows Not To Back Off IP Enforcement
• Marsh, Kroll Dodge Ex-Veep's Malicious Prosecution Suit
• T-Mobile Drops LCD Price-Fixing Suit Against Chunghwa
• Traders Accused Of Bribing Venezuelan Bank Official
• Minn. Appeals Court Revives Drug Overcharge Class Action
• Latham, Oxbow Spar Over DQ Bid In Rail Price-Fixing MDL
• Health Clinic Therapist Cops To $63M Medicare Fraud
• Electrabel Fights Ruling Over €20M Merger Notification Fine
• 9th Circ. Urged To Revive BofA Debit Card Fee Suit
• Q&A With Munger Tolles' Rohit Singla
• Lessons From Philips FCPA Settlement Over Polish Bribes
• Long-Running AmEx, Citi Collusion Suit Nears Finish Line
• EU Soccer Finance Rules Face Antitrust Challenge
• McCain Foods Offers EU Antitrust Fixes On Lutosa Buy
• Investors Get Chance To Revive Antitrust Claims In Libor MDL
• Birdsall Trustee Convinces Judge To Consider Sale
• Cartel Suit Against Exxon Advances In Dutch Court
• MasterCard, Visa To Slash Fees In French Antitrust Settlement
• No More 'Scarlet Letter' Policy At DOJ Antitrust
• Adventist Health Pays $14.1M To Settle FCA Kickback Claims
• Q&A With Zuckerman Spaeder's Dwight Bostwick
• EU Says Motorola May Have Abused Power In Apple IP Row
• Retailers' CRT Cartel Claims Should Be Pared: Special Master
• BofA, Citi Restrained Credit Default Swap Market, Suit Says
• Prime Healthcare To Purchase NJ Hospital System
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Motorola Bid To Toss Apple FRAND Appeal
• Feds' FCPA Probe Of Okada Puts Halt On Wynn's Suit
• NFL Players Ask 8th Circ. To Revive Salary Cap Collusion Row
• Railroads Ask DC Circ. To Ax Class Cert. In Price-Fixing MDL
• Sui Generis At Supreme Court
• Brazil Pushes Antitrust Fixes In $694M Mach-Syniverse Deal
• Circuit Split On Market Share-Based Discounts Remains
• 11th Circ. Denies Cert. Appeal In $867M Astellas Antitrust Suit
• S. Korea Antitrust Watchdog Nears End Of Google Probe
• White & Case Attys May Be Witnesses In $800M Scam: DQ Bid
• Feds Hint Convicted Lawmaker's Cooperation May Snag 3 More
• Opponents Of $7B Swipe Fee Deal Escape Contempt Finding
• New UK Antitrust Agency's Chief Pledges Tough Enforcement
• Exec Admits Being Bribed For $3.2M Afghanistan Contract
• Boies Ignored Conflict In $350M Antitrust Case, REIT Says
• GE Gets FTC Nod For $3.3B Deal For Oil Service Co. Lufkin
• Archer Daniels Reserves $25M For Potential FCPA Settlement
• Pfizer Unit Beats RICO Claims In Skelaxin Pay-For-Delay Row
• IBM Reveals DOJ Probe Into Alleged Global Corruption
• Q&A With Thompson & Knight's William Katz
• Lundy Law Firm 'Monopolized' Philly Legal Ads, Rival Says
• Judge Calls Ex-Milberg Atty 'Childish' For Court Cost Gripe
• Alioto Accuses Fla. Lawyer Of Extortion In LCD MDL Fee Row
• EU Revisits EDF Tax Aid Probe After Nixing Of €1.2B Penalty
• EU Launches Antitrust Probe Over Peugeot Restructuring
• Apple Antitrust Case Need Not Involve AT&T, 9th Circ. Told
• NJ Medical Sales Reps Plead Guilty To Kickback Scheme
• FERC Demands JPMorgan's Market Probe Emails In DC Circ.
• Japan Clears ASML's €2B Cymer Buy After Further Review
• Gallaher Appeals £50M Tobacco Antitrust Settlement
• CFTC Bowed To CME On Swaps Data Rule, Suit Claims
• Dechert Lands Ex-Shearman Competition Partner In Brussels
• Steward Accuses Blue Cross Of Blocking $40M Hospital Deal
• Magyar Execs Can't Yet Appeal Landmark FCPA Ruling: SEC
• Dish Seeks $4.8M In Fees In ESPN Licensing Row
• Adult Website Operator Manwin Settles '.XXX' Antitrust Row
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's Britt Miller
• Deals Rumor Mill: IBM, Unipol, Cerberus
• Clear Business Logic Can Foil Parallel Conduct Claims
• FRCP Changes Will Have Major Impact On 3rd-Party Discovery
• Union Accused Of Conspiring To Destroy NJ Contractor
• DOJ's Baer Displays Bold Antitrust Leadership Early On
• Antitrust Watchdogs Waged More Merger Fights In 2012
• Ralph Lauren: Inadequate Rewards For Exemplary Cooperation
• Foes Of $7B Swipe-Fee Deal Say They Obeyed Website Order
• Telecom Giants Must Cut Rates For Small Carriers: 2nd Circ.
• Arab Investment Bank Merger Fails Without Egypt's Approval
• NuVasive, Biosystems Settle Noncompete Dispute
• Former Alstom Exec Charged Over Foreign Bribery Plot
• Chesapeake, Encana Deny Rigging Bids On Oil, Gas Leases
• Cable TV Giants Have Carved Up NYC, Lawyer Group Says
• Atlas Air Undermined Staffing Contract, Global Inflight Says
• AbbVie, Teva Hit With 2 More Niaspan Pay-For-Delay Suits
• Q&A With Thompson Hine's Rob Ware