Competition Archive » June, 2013

Competition - June, 2013

286 articles

• Ex-Execs Duck Bribery Claims Over Rival's Hospital Buy
• FTC Finalizes Merger Notification Withdrawal Rules
• Teva Sues Reckitt Over UK Generic-Drug Delay Tactics
• CFTC Asks Judge To Gut Suit Over Swaps Data Rule
• Global Cartel Fines Down In 2013, But Big Probes Loom
• 'Stay Tuned' For More Hospital Merger Battles: FTC Head
• Figurehead Gets 4 Years For $31M NASA Kickback Scheme
• Challenge To $29B Express-Medco Merger Trimmed Again
• Spain Opens Music Industry Agency Antitrust Probe
• Obama's Picks For GSA, NRC Win Senate Approval
• HSBC Can't Shake Captive Reinsurance Kickback Suit
• UPMC Rips Highmark's Challenge To Antitrust Doc Turnover
• A Midyear Review Of FCPA Enforcement
• EU, US May Get Same Results In Pay-For-Delay Enforcement
• Highmark Flouting Settlement In Antitrust Row, UPMC Says
• Senate Antitrust Chair Urges FTC Action On 'Patent Trolls'
• UK Watchdog Requests Antitrust Review Of Payday Lenders
• Waived Medicare Deductibles Are Not Kickbacks, OIG Says
• Best Buy Resolves LCD Price-Fixing Claims Against Chimei
• Intuit Resolves Calif. Antitrust Suit Over Hiring Pacts
• Some Practical Antitrust Reminders From Google-Waze Deal
• Bribery Statute Doesn't Cover Gratuities, 1st Circ. Says
• SF Chronicle Accused Of Unfair Ad Rates By Rival
• EU Names New Chief Economist, Media Unit Director
• NY Clinic Hits Hospital, Insurer With Collusion Suit
• Scientific Findings Can't Yield False Ad Claims, 2nd Circ. Says
• Bloomberg Pushes FCC To Make Comcast Group Channels
• Pfizer Can't Halt Pay-For-Delay Suit Pending Appeal
• Georgia-Pacific Shifts $1.5B Buckeye Buyout To Merger
• FTC Powers May Help Fight IP Theft, Ex-Commissioner Says
• Quest, Health Insurers Escape Monopoly Plot Suit
• 3 HSR Lessons From Case Against MacAndrews & Forbes
• U. Of Calif. Lodges Libor-Rigging Suit Against BofA, Others
• Big Cos. May See Higher Cartel Fines In Germany
• No Evidence Samsung Ban Hurts Consumers, ITC Staff Says
• McSweeny Would Bring Political Finesse To FTC Role
• Visa, MasterCard Want Interchange Fee Fixing Suit Stayed
• Apple, Google Fight Renewed Class Bid In Poaching Row
• GSA, OIRA Nominees Headed For Full Senate Vote
• J&J Unit Asks 3rd Circ. To Nix Cert. In Blood Test Antitrust Row
• Foes Of $7B Swipe Fee Deal Want Expert Report In Writing
• Pa. Biz Groups Slam Bill To Expand AG's Antitrust Authority
• Texas Appeals Court Revives Shell FCPA Defamation Suit
• McDermott Lures DOJ Official To Silicon Valley Office
• Publishers Urge EU To Reject Google's Antitrust Remedies
• What To Know About The Common Interest Privilege
• More BigLaw Layoffs Expected After Massive Weil Cuts
• FTC Probes Google's $1B Waze Buy
• Orbital Accuses Boeing/Lockheed Space JV Of Colluding
• Shell, Others Fight To Keep Oil Futures Probe Docs Private
• Crowell & Moring Lands Antitrust Atty From DLA Piper
• High Court Vacates 2 Pay-For-Delay Rulings Post-Actavis
• A Rising Voice On FCPA Compliance — The Courts
• High Court Rebuffs Nev.'s Energy Crisis Antitrust Appeal
• S. Africa Fines Builders $140M For World Cup Bid-Rigging
• EU Clears ICE's $8.2B Acquisition Of NYSE Euronext
• Judge Crushes Medtronic Bone Mill Antitrust Case
• High Court Leaves FTC Ban On $76M Polypore Merger In Place
• Obama Taps DOJ's McSweeny For FTC Seat
• High Court Isn't Keen On Class Actions, Latest Term Shows
• Plaintiffs Lawyers Still Hopeful After AmEx Ruling
• Perelman Firm Strikes Deal In FTC's Filing Violation Case
• Feds Bounce Back After High Court's Skilling Blow
• Judge Denies PE Giants' Bid To Reconsider LBO Collusion Suit
• South Korean Court Upholds Qualcomm, Intel Antitrust Fines
• EU Seeks To Extend Merger Oversight To Minority Stakes
• Samsung Rips Apple's Consumer Harm Claim In ITC Fight
• UK Competition Court Upholds Akzo Nobel Merger Ban
• Contractor Gets 6 Years Over $31M NASA Kickback Scheme
• Time Warner Looting $11B From Customers, Class Suit Says
• Hershey Pays $4M To Settle Canadian Price-Fixing Charges
• 4 Steps For Smooth Class Action Settlement Administration
• PNC, Insurers Beat Suit Alleging Captive Reinsurance Scheme
• A Step Toward More Private Competition Enforcement In EU
• 1st Circ. Clarifies Pleading Standard For Conspiracy Claims
• FTC Will Need Help Tackling 'Patent Trolls' After Probe
• Athletes Push For Class Cert. In NCAA Licensing Row
• Justices' AmEx Ruling Greenlights Class Action Waivers
• Surgical Centers File $15M Lawsuit Against Lap-Band Maker
• Attorneys React To High Court's Arbitration Ruling
• Apple Says DOJ Overreached As E-Books Price-Fix Trial Ends
• Delta-Virgin JV Cleared By US, EU Antitrust Regulators
• What The High Court's AmEx Ruling Means For Corporations
• UK Officials Seek Info From Tullett In Libor Probe
• Judge Kills Wells Fargo Mortgage-Referral Kickback Action
• Judge Shoots Holes In Wells Flood Insurance Class Cert.
• MPEG LA Skirts Antitrust Claims In Converter Box Royalty Row
• Canada Fines Cathay Pacific $1.5M For Cargo Price-Fixing
• FTC Head Calls For Broad Probe Of 'Patent Trolls'
• Mayer Brown Must Seek Antitrust Suit Fees In State Court
• Why The Tesoro-BP Deal Withstood Antitrust Scrutiny
• GAO Says American-US Air Tie-Up Would Restrain Competition
• Supreme Court Says Concepcion Covers Antitrust Cases
• 11th Circ. Clarifies Statute Of Limitations For Bribery
• FTC's Wright Proposes Limit To Section 5 Authority
• Sens. Say Pay-For-Delay Legislation Still Needed
• Miami Billboard Owner Appeals Grant Of Permit To Rival
• Players In CityTime Kickback Scandal Cop Pleas
• Ex-VA Medical Center Director Indicted In Bribery Scheme
• US Air, American Execs Defend Merger Against Senate Grilling
• BSkyB Draws UK Antitrust Probe Over Sports Channel Supply
• Judge Gives Final OK To $35M GSK Flonase Settlement
• EU Antitrust Watchdog Raids Train Cargo Cos.
• Justices At Odds With 3rd Circ. On Pay-For-Delay, Merck Says
• Apple Says E-Book Prices Dropped After IBookstore Launch
• Covington Fights Doc Request In Prograf Antitrust Row
• EU Fines Lundbeck $125.6M In Pay-For-Delay Probe
• Evaluating Reverse Payment Settlements After Actavis
• EU High Court Says Legal Advice No Antitrust Defense
• 5 Arguments To Look For In Pay-For-Delay Cases
• Paul Hastings Snags Top Securities Atty From Fried Frank
• Barnes & Noble Exec Backs Apple's E-Book Defense
• Tesoro To Shed Assets To Close $355M Chevron Pipeline Buy
• Ex-FTC Chief Leibowitz Joins Davis Polk's Antitrust Practice
• Cancer Testing Co. Blasts False Claims Suit As 'Speculation'
• San Jose Says MLB Conspired Against Oakland A's Relocation
• Akin Gump Atty's Emails Irrelevant In MLB Row, Yankees Say
• Ex-Im Bank Must Explain $3.4B Air India Loan, DC Circ. Says
• Ex-TigerDirect Prez Charged In $230M Kickback Scheme
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Revive $1B Microsoft Antitrust Suit
• Sharp Targets Philips Over Alleged CRT Price-Fixing
• UK Joint Ventures: Sanctions And Corruption Risks
• How EU Competition Law Applies To Data Collection Issues
• UK Charges Ex-UBS Trader In Libor Scandal
• Lowenstein Lands Competition Pro To Lead Antitrust Group
• Arnold & Porter Partner To Head FTC's Competition Bureau
• Pay-For-Delay Suits Get New Life Following High Court Ruling
• High Court Pay-For-Delay Ruling To Revamp Drug Patent Deals
• FTC Fought Long, Hard Battle Against Pay-For-Delay Deals
• Big Pharma's Legal Bill To Take Hit From Pay-For-Delay Ruling
• Graco Hit With Antitrust Class Action Over Rival Buys
• Fla. Financial Cos. Sue Ex-Exec For Aiding Competitor
• Tyco Pays SEC $13M To Settle Foreign Bribery Charges
• Lawyers Comment On High Court's Pay-For-Delay Decision
• High Court Brings Economics Back To Pay-For-Delay Analysis
• Ex-Chicago Official, Others Convicted In Bribery Conspiracy
• Pinnacle Makes FTC Deal To Clear $2.8B Casino Purchase
• Apple Exec Concedes E-Book Deal Raised Prices
• Attys Offer To Trim Class To Save Comcast Antitrust Suit
• How To Get A Pass When A Corruption Problem Occurs
• Pay-For-Delay Deals Can Be Illegal, Justices Rule
• 1st Circ. Sinks Aviation Fuel Seller's Antitrust Case
• Judge Approves $150M Flonase Antitrust Accord
• Swarovski Calls $7B Interchange Fee Deal A Catch-22
• Travelocity Wins Arbitration Fight In Price-Fixing MDL
• Businessman Says FCPA 'Tampering' Was To Stop Extortion
• Alioto Fee Objector Looks To Take $47M Fight To 9th Circ.
• Novartis Can't Duck Elidel FCA Suit, But Kickback Claims Cut
• Singapore Sanctions Big Banks Over Rate Rigging
• FTC, Phoebe Eye Settlement In $195M Hospital Merger Fight
• DOJ Pressed To Probe JPMorgan Market Manipulation Claims
• Best Buy, T-Mobile Resolve LCD Cartel Suits Against Epson
• GAO Reopens CIA Cloud Computing Bidding After IBM Protest
• How Far Patent Licensors Can Go In US, China And Korea
• Apple Urges ITC To Widen Samsung Import Ban
• Realty Referral Co.'s Antitrust Claims Axed In Copyright Row
• Birdsall Firm Cops To Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Most Cartel Complaints Follow Leniency Apps, EU Says
• McGuireWoods Pumps Up Trade, Antitrust Group In Europe
• Navy Fraudster Asks To Boot Ex-US Atty From Kickback Case
• Air New Zealand Pays $6M Fine To Close Price-Fixing Probe
• United Can't Dodge DHL's Pricing Claims, 2nd Circ. Hears
• EU High Court Backs €182M Cartel Fine Against Eni
• Visa Sues Wal-Mart To Stop 'Endless' Antitrust Fight
• FTC Launches Probe Into Lockheed-Boeing Rocket Venture
• GE Offers Concessions For EU Approval Of $4.3B Avio Buy
• Apple VP Denies Colluding With Publishers At E-Book Trial
• Debate Over New GTLD Applications Won't End Soon
• Now Open: Floodgates To Price Advertisement Cases
• 1st Circ. Won't Revive J&J Whistleblower's Kickback Suit
• Sony, Beatles Label Came Together To Block Film, Suit Says
• DAP Partner Charged With Bribing Venezuelan Bank Official
• 5th Circ. Denies Bail For Ex-Army Official In Bribery Suit
• Plaintiffs Attys Say EU Antitrust Litigation Plan Falls Short
• Google's $1B Waze Buy An Antitrust Threat: Consumer Group
• Dallas Safari Club Hit With Antitrust Suit By Hunting Co.
• Apple Deals Meant E-Book Price Hikes: Ex-Hachette CEO
• Looming News Corp. FCPA Settlement May Disappoint
• WellPoint Asks Judge To Gut Price-Fixing MDL Claims
• Warner Chilcott Can't Duck Consolidated Doryx Antitrust Row
• Constantine Atty Leading Fight Over Visa, MasterCard Deal
• Canada's Interim Antitrust Chief Lands 5-Year Bureau Post
• UK Regulators Reviewing Alleged FX Market Rigging
• 6th Circ. Won't Apply Class Waiver In JPMorgan Antitrust Row
• Class Arbitration Is Back In Arbitrators' Hands
• Senators Push Shelanski To Curb Oversight Costs And Delays
• Circuit City Settles LCD Price-Fixing Claims Against Sharp
• Cable Networks, Distributors Face Tough Carriage Disputes
• NCAA Says Scholarship Antitrust Claims Still Won't Fly
• EU Proposal Would Boost Antitrust Litigation
• Cadbury Reported Chocolate Cartel, Canadian Agency Says
• FTC Commissioner Brill Says ACA Is Antitrust-Compatible
• ABA Sections See Flaws In Spain's Cartel Leniency Plan
• Amazon E-Book Pricing Worried Apple's Jobs, Email Shows
• Georgia-Pacific's $1.5B Buckeye Buy Draws Antitrust Scrutiny
• 3 Recent Trends In US Merger Enforcement
• Insurer To Pay $20M More In Body Shop Rate-Manipulation Suit
• Class Action Attys React To High Court's Arbitration Ruling
• Motorola Approach To SEP Royalties Unfair, Microsoft Says
• High Court Ruling Pushes Cos. To Tighten Arbitration Deals
• Baxter Bosses Sued Over $588M Pump Recall, Plasma Prices
• Lab President, Salesmen Admit Bribing Doctors For Referrals
• DOL Tip-Pooling Loss May Spur More Agency Rule Challenges
• Antitrust Leniency Docs Ruling May Trouble EU Regulator
• SAIC Shakes Investor Claims Over CityTime Kickback Scam
• Shire Says Patent Deals Didn't Block Generic Adderall
• US Security Trumps Competition In $550M GenCorp Deal: FTC
• Deals Rumor Mill: Google, SnapChat, Asia Pacific
• Dell Adds Hitachi, Toshiba To CRT Price-Fixing Suit
• News Corp. Accused Of Monopolizing Grocery Coupons
• Malta Police Won't Indict Former EU Health Commissioner
• NJ Pure Says Fox Rothschild Should Stay In Competition Suit
• Murdoch Wanted Apple E-Books Deal To 'Screw' Amazon: DOJ
• Antitrust Claims Nixed In CatchPlay Film Licensing Dispute
• Justices Defer To Arbitrator On Oxford Class Arbitration
• Flector FCA Suit Short On Evidence, Pfizer Unit Says
• FCPA Powerhouse: WilmerHale
• FTC Decision May Reassure Info-Exchange Participants
• Eisai Destroyed Evidence In Antitrust Case, Sanofi Says
• Ex-DC Council Member To Plead Guilty To Bribery Charges
• SEC Can't Jump-Start JPMorgan Pay-To-Play Suit
• BP, Statoil Triumph Over Tycoon's $175M RICO Claims
• Dow Seeks Changes To $1.2B Judgment In Urethane MDL
• Nissan Unit, Other Shippers Accused Of Price-Fixing
• Wells Fargo Wins Jury Verdict In Mortgage Kickback Suit
• MDL Panel Combines Suboxone Antitrust Cases In Pa.
• FTC Wary Of Conn. Health Plan Joint Negotiation Bill
• FCPA Powerhouse: Willkie Farr
• NY Decision Underscores Need For Clarity On FTAIA
• Ex-Barclays Employees To Face Criminal Libor Charges
• Canada High Court To Weigh Cartel Wiretap Disclosures
• Ark. Blue Cross Hit With Antitrust Class Action
• Freddie Mac Can't Dodge Libor Suit's MDL Transfer
• Judge Keeps Intact Much Of Auto Parts Antitrust MDL
• Ex-Aeropostale Exec Slams $25M Forfeiture Verdict
• Canada Charges Nestle, Mars With Price-Fixing
• FCPA Powerhouse: Venable LLP
• Pa. Gov. Loses Antitrust Suit Over Penn State Sanctions
• Retailers Agree To Drop Samsung From CRT Antitrust MDL
• Phone Unlocking Bill Has Broad Support, But Some Want More
• Ex-UK Prime Minister Aide Denies Hacking, Bribery Charges
• West-Ward Pharma Drops False Ad Suit Against Rivals
• Aussie Antitrust Agency Objects To Heinz Baby Food Co. Buy
• Publishers 'Coordinated' E-Book Deals, Amazon Exec Says
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Blocks Eurotunnel's Ferry Plan
• Gov't Missteps Have Created Leverage For Corporations
• An Antitrust Cooperation Agreement Of Unprecedented Depth
• Mediators, Expand Your Tool Kit In Complex Litigation
• AB InBev, Modelo Tank Drinkers' Bid To Block $20B Merger
• ITC's Apple Import Ban May Prompt Legislative Response
• Lawyers Weigh In On Obama 'Patent Troll' Initiatives
• LCD Buyers Say Standing Worries Already Handled In MDL
• Employee Contractor Pleads Guilty In Mayer Brown Fraud Case
• IRS Withholding $125M Owed In Abbott Case, Va. AG Says
• Simon & Schuster CEO Boosts E-Book Case Against Apple
• FCPA Powerhouse: Reed Smith
• 4 Lessons From Total's FCPA Settlement
• Highmark Blasts UPMC Bid For Docs On $5M Antitrust Deal
• Fairfax Wants SAC Added Back To $8B Stock Scheme Suit
• Strine Tells Wal-Mart To Hammer Out Order For Bribery Docs
• Developer Ripped Off Data-Center Plans, Data Co. Says
• Sutter Health Beats Antitrust Suit Over Health Plan Deals
• FTC's Wright Backs 3rd Circ.'s Test In Meritor-Eaton
• Detroit-Area Health Official Cops Plea In Kickback Scheme
• Purchasers Seek Covington Docs In Prograf Antitrust Row
• Canada Blocks $367M Telecom Deal Amid Policy Changes
• FCPA Powerhouse: Kirkland & Ellis
• FRCP Amendments Could Change Discovery As We Know It
• Birdsall Creditors Back Liquidation Amid Pay-To-Play Woes
• Penguin CEO Says He Spoke With E-Book Competitor
• Sky Angel's C-SPAN Antitrust Allegations Fall Flat
• High Court's Message In Recent Class Certification Vacatur
• Alston & Bird Lures Privacy Litigator From Edwards Wildman
• Bristol-Myers Copay Subsidies Not Bribes, Judge Finds
• Vitamin C Co. Pushes To Ax $153M Antitrust Award
• US Says Apple Fixed E-Book Prices As Trial Begins
• Chunghwa Strikes Deal With Calif. In LCD Price-Fixing Suit
• Retailers Fight For Price-Fixing Claims In Cathode Ray MDL
• Random House, Penguin Merger OK'd By Chinese Regulator
• Shire Says Patent Settlements Didn't Delay Generic Adderall
• EU Court Rejects Antitrust Claims Against Microsoft
• High Court To Weigh False Ad Standing In Lexmark Case
• FCPA Powerhouse: Gibson Dunn
• Pfizer, GSK Price-Fixing Suit Won't Get High Court Review
• FCA First-To-File Rule Sinks Kickback Suit, 1st Circ. Says
• Supreme Court Continues To Tackle Class Actions