Competition Archive » July, 2013

Competition - July, 2013

285 articles

• Judge Kills Samsung Infringement Claim In Apple Patent War
• 11th Circ. Won't Reduce Medicare Fraudsters' Sentences
• Ex-Venezuelan Ambassador Accuses Energy Execs Of Bribery
• Intuit Settles Suit Over Anti-Poaching Pact
• 9th Circ. Sacks EA's Free-Speech Defense In Likeness Row
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Revive Market Research Antitrust Suit
• FTC Commish Urges China To Play It Straight On Antitrust
• FTC's Brill Voices Support For Broad 'Patent Troll' Probe
• A Post-Actavis Approach To Reverse Payment Settlements
• S. African Builder To Pay $5.6M Over World Cup Bid-Rigging
• ITC's Apple Import Ban Would Set Dangerous Precedent: Sens.
• Schnader Lures 6 Trujillo Rodriguez Attys To NJ, Pa. Offices
• Pemex's Racketeering Suit Against Siemens Gets Axed
• Judge Won't Toss $100M Trade Secret Suit Against Akorn
• MF Global Sues Banks Over CDS Market Control
• 4th Circ. Won't Rehear NC Dental Board's FTC Challenge
• Group's Cloned Horse Ban Violates Sherman Act, Jury Finds
• Spain Targets BP, Others In Auto Fuel Antitrust Probe
• Alstom Exec Pleads Guilty In Foreign Bribery Scheme
• Sen. Eyes Bill On Standard-Essential Patent Import Bans
• Sanctions Bid Stymied In Pool-Product Antitrust MDL
• Watchdogs Taking Hard Look At Commodities Manipulation
• MLS Seeks $6M From Insurer For Antitrust Row Defense
• Inside FTC's Google Standard-Essential Patents Deal
• JPMorgan To Pay $410M Over FERC's Price-Rigging Claims
• Cross-Border Lessons In Misleading Advertising
• 5th Circ. Kickback Ruling Further Squeezes Contractors
• JPMorgan Energy Unit Rigged Energy Markets, FERC Says
• German Bank Hits Top Banks Over CDS Price-Fixing
• $9.5M Kaplan Antitrust Settlement Challenged Over Fees
• Obama Veto Of IPhone Ban Could Defang ITC In SEP Cases
• Costco Wants State Claims Kept Alive In CRT Antitrust Row
• Henkel Takes Detergent Cartel Doc Fight To EU High Court
• Railways Say Plaintiffs Withholding Info In Freight Pricing MDL
• DuPont Inks Deal To Exit Paint Pigment Antitrust MDL
• S. Korea Fines Hyundai, Others $104M In Price-Fixing Probe
• Philadelphia Sues Banks Over Libor Losses In Swaps
• Eagle Eyes Offers $3M To Settle Price-Fixing Suit
• China Bribery Crackdown May Trigger US, UK Investigations
• 11th Circ. Affirms Convictions In $29M Medicaid Scheme
• Spain Raids More Auto Cos. On Antitrust Concerns
• Dow Urethane Price-Fixing Judgment Reduced To $1.1B
• Orange Ends French Antitrust Probe With Infrastructure Deal
• Apple Asks Fed. Circ. To Revive Motorola FRAND Fight
• Flagship, Doctor Dismissed From Suit Over Kickback Scheme
• Google Can't Delay Antitrust Suit By UK's Foundem
• Orange Faces Spanish Antitrust Fine Over Deal Notice
• Are ITC Exclusion Orders A Serious Antitrust Concern?
• Rainmaker Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Martin Lueck
• Class Dismissed: Recent Lessons From The Supreme Court
• IBM Pays SEC $10M To Settle FCPA Allegations
• DHL's Antitrust Suit Will Hurt United Debtors, 2nd Circ. Told
• Sony Settlement Docs Ruled Fair Game In LCD Cartel Suit
• Germany Renews Antitrust Claims On Hotel Booking Site
• Sacred Heart Kickback Scheme Caused Deaths, Suit Says
• Rival Drug Data Co. Hits IMS Health With Antitrust Lawsuit
• Cos. Need New FTC Disgorgement Rules, Wright Says
• Fla. Clinic Director Gets 11 Years, $24M For Kickbacks
• DOJ Antitrust Probe Into Fracking Market Underway, Cos. Say
• Spain Raids More Fuel Cos. In Price-Fixing Probe
• FTC's Ohlhausen Backs Section 5 Authority Limits
• EU Closes Book On Penguin Price-Fixing Probe
• Apple May Face A $500M Bill On E-Books
• Paul Hastings Draws Another Securities Pro From Fried Frank
• Former UBS Bankers Sent To Prison For Muni Bid-Rigging
• EU Proposes Limits On Credit, Debit Interchange Fees
• NJ Doc Admits Taking $1.8M In Bribes In Lab-Referral Scheme
• FTC Finalizes Google Standard-Essential Patents Deal
• $1.2B Verdict Limits Dow's Defense, Urethane Buyers Say
• Ropes & Gray To Investigate GSK Bribery Scandal In China
• Creditors May Collaborate To Avoid Borrower Default
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bird Marella's Gary Lincenberg
• 500 Days Of The Revised Removal Statutes
• A Rare, Important Robinson-Patman Decision In 9th Circ.
• Massive LCD Cartel Cost Best Buy $800M, Jury Hears
• Medicis Conspired To Block Generic Solodyn, Suit Says
• Miss. AG Urges Justices To Limit CAFA's Reach
• Highmark Hits Back In UPMC Antitrust Settlement Battle
• Texas Ex-Mayor Admits Role In $100M Kickback Scandal
• FTC Leader Backs Tough Pay-For-Delay Legislation
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• Sacramento County Sues Top Banks Over Libor Losses
• Latham Hires Ex-Covington Antitrust Ace In Brussels
• Citing AmEx, Comcast Plugs Arbitration Bid At 2nd Circ.
• HHS Warns Group Purchasers Against Equity Offers
• Houston Sues Banks Over Libor Losses On $1.1B In Swaps
• Cal-Maine To Pay $28M To Settle Egg Price-Fixing Claims
• ThyssenKrupp, Others Fined €98M In German Rail Cartel Probe
• Visa, MasterCard Rules Survive Canadian Antitrust Challenge
• Rainmaker Q&A: BuckleySandler's Margo Tank
• 5th Circ. Revives Kickback Claims Against KBR
• 3rd Circ. Orders GSK To Trial Over Paxil Deal With Mylan
• Fla. Home Health Co. Accused Of Medicare Kickback Scheme
• UK To Make Companies Tender Their Audits Every 5 Years
• Kodak, LG Strike Deals On Eve Of LCD Antitrust Trial
• Last Sentence Handed Down In Air Force Bribery Scheme
• DOJ Charges Airline Fuel Supplier In Kickback Scheme
• CVS Unfair Competition Claims Go To Arbitration, Judge Says
• FTC Forces Solera To Shed Assets Over $9M Rival Buy
• Tips For Disclosing A Possible FCPA Violation
• 4th Circ. Won't Revive Gas Distributor Antitrust Suit
• EU Clears Baxter's $4B Gambro Buy With Conditions
• Antitrust Claims Cut From WellPoint Reimbursement Rate MDL
• Rainmaker Q&A: Kelley Drye's John Villafranco
• GSK Says Execs May Have Broken Chinese Bribery Laws
• Target Settles LCD MDL As Best Buy, Kodak Head To Trial
• GE Settles FTC Suit Over $4.3B Avio Buy
• LG Can't Force All American To Arbitrate LCD Suit
• FCC Opens Competition Probe Of Satellite Operators
• Defendants In NY Politician Bribery Case To Fight Charges
• Robbins Geller Says NYC Blocked Access To CityTime Docs
• Epson Denied Coverage For Slew Of LCD Price-Fixing Suits
• 9th Circ. Tosses Gorlick's Muffler Pact Suit
• High Court Pushed To Revive ATM Fee Antitrust Case
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Blaze New Trails Worldwide
• A Developing Circuit Split Over Vertical Restraints?
• Active College Football Players Join NCAA Likeness Suit
• PE Firms Blast Billabong's $364M Debt Rescue
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bailey Brauer's Clayton Bailey
• Rainmaker Q&A: Morgan Lewis' David Asmus
• Ex-Security Director Gets 15 Months In Bribery Scheme
• Barclays Will Test FERC's Power To Police Energy Pricing
• Schindler Can't Ax €143M Elevator Cartel Fine
• Panasonic To Pay $56.5M To Settle Price-Fixing Suits
• Brazil Probes Steel Co. Over Abuse Of Market Dominance
• DOJ Asked For More Details In Novartis Kickback Suit
• Bain, KKR, Other PE Giants Can't Escape Collusion Suit
• Mallinckrodt Pays $3.5M To Settle Kickback, FCA Claims
• Health Cos. Want Antitrust Cases Consolidated In Kan.
• AUO, Kodak Settle LCD Price-Fixing Fight
• Hogan's Katyal Joins AUO Exec's Team After Ethics Fight
• LG, HannStar Settle Claims In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• Novartis Challenges Puerto Rican Drug Oversight In High Court
• Orrick Adds Ex-Fulbright FCPA Pro In NY, DC
• EU High Court Upholds €64M Dow Rubber Cartel Fine
• EU Watchdog Accuses Recycling Co. Of Abusing Dominance
• Rainmaker Q&A: Cooley's Michael Rhodes
• The Best Rule Of Reason For Pay-For-Delay
• S. Korea Drops Antitrust Case Against Google
• FTC Seeks Details on $1.4B Deal Merging Funeral Giants
• 3 NJ Docs Plead Guilty To Cash-For-Referral Kickback Scheme
• 5th Circ. Says Ex-GE Exec Not A Dodd-Frank Whistleblower
• JPMorgan, Citi, Others Thwarted CDS Competition, Suit Says
• New Probes Show China Means Business On Antitrust
• F1 Head Indicted In Bribery Plot, Wants $650M NY Case Nixed
• Kemira Can't Duck Finnish Hydrogen Peroxide Cartel Suit
• Pfizer, Takeda Units End Antitrust Case Over Protonix Patent
• JPMorgan Could Pay $1B To End FERC Energy-Pricing Probe
• GSK Finance Exec Blocked From Leaving China, Co. Says
• Vans Can't Kick Dr. Martens Trademark Suit
• Skin Care Co. Can't Scrub Out Doc's Price-Fixing Suit
• US Air, American Offer EU Concessions In $11B Merger Plan
• Google Needs More Changes To End Antitrust Probe, EU Says
• Brazil Has Had It With Corporate Bribery
• 3 Resolutions To The Cross-Claim Conundrum
• Barclays, Traders Fined $453M Over Energy Pricing Scheme
• Ford Sues Fujikura For Price-Fixing Plot That Led To $20M Fine
• SigmaPharm Gets Skelaxin Suit Sent Back To Pa. Court
• Report Finds High Costs For Pay-For-Delay Drugs
• Jones Day Nets Willkie Farr Competition Partner In Brussels
• NC Dental Board Rips 4th Circ.'s Antitrust Immunity Ruling
• Japanese Auto Supplier Admits To Price-Fixing, Will Pay $19M
• A New Chapter In The Debate Over The 'Stealth Statute'
• Blue Cross Blasts Steward Suit Over $40M Hospital Deal
• EU Continues State-Aid Probe Of German Energy Law
• Rainmaker Q&A: Kelley Drye's Andrew White
• 11th Circ. Upholds Nucor Win In Antitrust Suit
• Apple, Google Hiring Pacts Fixed Pay, Engineers Insist
• $7B Smithfield Sale Gets Antitrust Regs' OK, CFIUS Still Looms
• FTC Seeks More Info On Fidelity's $3B LPS Acquisition
• Siemens, Alstom Wrapped Up In Brazilian Cartel Probe
• Ex-FTC Chief Kovacic To Join UK Antitrust Enforcer's Board
• 11th Circ. Backs HealthSouth Founder's Bribery Conviction
• Huntsman To Settle Paint Component Price-Fixing Action
• Momentum Growing For 'Patent Troll' Legislation, Experts Say
• UK Watchdog Still Open To Oil Probe After Fuel Price Study
• Australia Sues Japan Ball Bearing Co. Over Alleged Cartel
• Pixar, Lucasfilm Reach Deals To Settle Anti-Poaching Suit
• GSK Sent Bribes Through Travel Agencies, China Says
• Rainmaker Q&A: Hogan Lovells' Stephen Immelt
• UK Charges 2 Ex-RP Martin Brokers In Libor Probe
• Defamation Claims Increase Cost Of Cooperation With Gov't
• PE Firm Says NJ Hospital Conspired To Undermine Sale
• Jury Favors Music Site In Antitrust Row With Denver Nightclub
• Bayer To Pay $74M To Settle Cipro Pay-For-Delay Fight
• Japan Bearing Co. Fined $5M In Canada For Role In Cartel
• Wal-Mart Accused Of Unlicensed Hearing Aid Sales
• LCD Buyers Can Cash Out $318M Price-Fixing Settlement
• Comcast Hits Screampix With Trademark Suit
• Canadian High Court To Review Watchdog's Merger Powers
• Danish Pension Funds Sue Big Banks Over CDS Competition
• Mexico Antitrust Watchdog Limits Beer Supply Deals
• Diamond Dealers Can't Force De Beers EU Antitrust Probe
• US Airways Shareholders Bless $11B American Merger
• A Month Of Important Guidance On HSR Filings
• EU Antitrust Regulators Raid Deutsche Telekom, Others
• EU Eyes Changes To Antitrust Safe Harbor For Minor Pacts
• RJ Machine Sues Pipe Rival Over Expired-Patent Monopoly
• Germany Fines Steel Co. €10M Over Rail Cartel
• FTC Urged To Block $1.4B Funeral Co. Merger
• Cardiologist Gets 30 Months In Kickback Scheme
• Mastermind In $1B Contract Bribe Case Gets 19-Year Sentence
• 9th Circ. Says Apprendi Doesn't Bar Restitution Without Victim
• Ex-NY Hospital CEO Pleads Guilty In Kickback Case
• Contractor's Worker Got Kickbacks For Referrals, Feds Say
• EU High Court Reinstates Moving Services Cartel Fine
• Omnicare Settles FCA Kickback Suit, After Yearlong Delay
• Bankrupt Birdsall Seeks Liquidation Under Ch. 7
• FTC Seeks More Info On $8.5B Actavis-Warner Chilcott Merger
• BofA, Others Say Schwab's Libor Suit Belongs In MDL
• GSK Execs Copped To Bribery, Tax Crimes, China Says
• Regulating Global Oil Benchmarks Is Not So Easy
• Key Parts Of Germany's New Antitrust Fining Guidelines
• Apple's E-Books Loss Will Carry A Hefty Price Tag
• Hospital Group Ducks Revival Of FCA Case Lacking New Facts
• Mead Johnson Cuts Prices As China Continues Antitrust Probe
• LA Coliseum Rave Promoters Escape Kickback Suit
• Japanese Auto Parts Cos. Hit With Bid-Rigging Suit
• 'Kids For Cash' Judge Asks 3rd Circ. To Revisit Convictions
• EU Dishes Out €141M In Fines Over Auto Parts Cartels
• Ongoing Tension Between Filed-Rate And State Doctrines
• Apple Conspired To Raise E-Book Prices, Court Rules
• Apple, Amazon End 'App Store' Trademark Fight
• Spain Fines Tangerine Growers $6.4M For Sales Cartel
• FTC Names Acting Head Of Economics Bureau
• US Joins $522M FCA Suit Alleging Hospital Kickbacks
• Cos. May See Stiff Fines Under Brazil's Anti-Corruption Law
• Antitrust Counterclaims Survive In RMLS Copyright Suit
• China Targets Tetra Pak In Antitrust Probe
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Insurers' Wins In 'Kids For Cash' Case
• Gov. Won't Take $60M Penn State Sanctions Up With 3rd Circ.
• Germany Brings Antitrust Rules Closer To EU's
• Latham DQ May Complicate MDL Conflicts, Judge Says
• Toshiba Can't Exit Best Buy LCD Price-Fixing Case
• Wynn Unscathed After SEC Probe Into $135M Macau Donation
• NYSE Euronext To Oversee Libor Amid Rigging Probe
• Bankrupt Zacky Farms Settles Rival's Trademark Claims
• 7th Circ. Junks Overbilling Claims Against Walgreen, Par
• DOJ's Hammond Leaves Big Shoes To Fill
• EC Loses Bid To Reinstate $129M Aalberts Cartel Fine
• Antitrust Group Wants Cartel Fines Doubled
• AUO Loses Bid For Separate Kodak LCD Price-Fixing Trial
• 2 More News Corp. Journalists Face Bribery Charges
• UK Watchdog Releases New Cartel Leniency Guidelines
• Total SA Cleared Of Iraq Oil-For-Food Bribery Charges
• Questionable Constitutionality: Supreme Court's Amex Ruling
• Best Buy, Chunghwa Settle LCD Price-Fixing Suit
• Korean Air Reaches $65M Deal To End Price-Fixing Suit
• US Government Says Fla. Hospital Can't Nix FCA Suit
• Postal Service Beats Antitrust Claims In Label Suit
• Auto Parts Cos. Fixed Prices On Safety Gear, Suit Says
• EU Wants To Let Countries Buoy Struggling Airports
• Expedia's Practices Merit Antitrust Probe, French Union Says
• Bayer Inks Deal With Cipro Buyers In Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Objectors Of $7B Swipe Fee Deal Can't Cross-Examine Expert
• Wells Fargo Defeats Claims In Calif. Force-Placed Action
• BNY Mellon Beats Shareholder Suit In Forex MDL
• Baxano To Pay $6M To Settle FCA, Kickback Allegations
• Bail Revoked For Man Accused Of Obstructing FCPA Probe
• Toshiba Resolves Sony Units' LCD Price-Fixing Suit
• Tips For The Antitrust Lawyer Taking Depositions Abroad
• S. Africa's High Court Lowers Class Bar In Antitrust Case
• Consumers Say AMR-US Airways Merger Cripples Competition
• Aircraft Leasing Co. Exec Can't Shake $50M Fraud Verdict
• 2 Attys Lose Bid To Toss NYC Housing Bribery Charges
• BP, Shell Slammed With More Crude-Oil Price-Fixing Claims
• Target, Kmart Settle LCD Screen Row With Chunghwa
• MasterCard To Fight For Interchange Fees In EU High Court
• FTC V. Actavis: Reconciling Conflicts In Rule Of Reason
• Baxter Offers EU Antitrust Fixes On $4B Gambro Buy
• EU Greenlights GE's $4.3B Avio Buy, After Concessions
• Barry Diller Settles FTC Stock Reporting Case
• China Starts Antitrust Probe Into US, EU Baby Food Cos.
• Judge Shoots Down Antitrust Challenge To US Shipping Law
• AGs Join DOJ Probe Of Planned American, US Airways Merger
• Banks Conspired To Block CDS Exchange Trading, EU Says
• Chinese Police Detain GlaxoSmithKline Employees In Probe
• New Jeffer Mangels Hire To Pull Together Antitrust Group
• FTC Challenges Ardagh's $1.7B Bid For Glass Manufacturer
• Gibson Dunn Adds Competition Attys In Brussels
• Red Lobster, Applebee's Fixed Times Square Tip Rates: Suit
• Apple Offices Raided By French Antitrust Agency
• Ex-Cook County Official Cops To Extortion, Bribe Schemes
• Fla. Jury Convicts 4 In $70M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• US And EU Converging On Dominant-Firm-Abuse Theory