Competition Archive » August, 2013

Competition - August, 2013

284 articles

• Bail For AUO Exec Who Price-Fixed LCDs Denied By Judge
• Health Clinic Office Manager Gets 68 Months For $63M Fraud
• Physical Therapy Cos. Can't Duck FCA Kickback Suit
• Delta-Virgin Joint Venture Gets Tentative Antitrust OK
• Another Ex-DAP Employee In Kickback Case Pleads Guilty
• Birdsall Ordered To Pay $1M In Pay-To-Play Case
• Samsung Can Depose Amazon In Price-Fixing MDL: Judge
• Airlines Open To Settle DOJ Merger Suit As Nov. Trial Looms
• Ex-Worker Accuses Wells Fargo Of Anti-Competitive Activity
• Gazprom Can't Shake Russian Antitrust Fine
• PE Firm Thomas H. Lee Escapes LBO Antitrust Suit
• When To Tip Your Merger's Antitrust Hand To DOJ
• 5 Steps For Ill. Employers Post-Fifield
• It Ain't Over Til It's Over: American Airlines-US Airways
• Rail Freight Ruling Doesn't Doom Class, CRT Buyers Say
• Best Buy Tells Jury It's Owed $770M For LCD Price-Fixing
• $7B Antitrust Deal May Be Best Bet For Merchants: Expert
• Ex-DAP Employees Cop Pleas In FCPA Kickback Cases
• NY's Stevenson Pleads Not Guilty To New Charge
• Belgian Reforms Set To Create Tougher Antitrust Enforcer
• UK May Drop Antitrust Probe Into Amazon Pricing Policy
• Brazil Fines Airlines $125M Over Cargo Cartel
• US Atty Had Conflict In Bribery Probe, Ex-Ala. Gov. Claims
• AMR Judge Leaning Toward Ch. 11 Plan, But Won't Rule Yet
• OGX Will Pay $1.3M To Resolve Brazil Antitrust Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: Goldman Sachs, Shell, E-Trade
• Another Side Of Zhang: UCL Against Business Policyholders
• Wells Fargo Kickback Case Won't Be Reopened, Judge Says
• AMR Customers Want Antitrust Suit Handled Outside Ch. 11
• DOJ, Airlines Open To Settlement Over $11B Merger
• Dun & Bradstreet Cleared Of Fraud Claims In Class Suit
• TGI Friday's, Other NYC Eateries Settle Price-Fixing Suit
• UK Orders Ryanair To Shed Most Of Aer Lingus Stake
• Porter Wright Adds Antitrust Pro From Bradley Arant
• Prom Dress Retailer Can't Escape Rivals' Antitrust Suit
• MRI Diagnostic Co. Pays $3.6M To End Kickback, FCA Claims
• Ex-White Sox Exec Gets 2 Years For Kickback Scheme
• 5th Circ. Tosses $25M Antitrust Fine Against Pilgrim's Pride
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bailey Brauer's Alex Brauer
• 2nd Circ. Ruling May Weaken Double Jeopardy Protections
• Doctor Must Serve 2 1/2 Years, Pay $8M For Medicare Fraud
• $112M Settlement OK'd In Int'l Price-Fixing Conspiracy Suits
• ABA Urges African Agency To Raise Dominance Threshold
• Alcon Dodges FCA Suit Over Eye Drug Marketing
• E-Book Judge Threatens Apple With Outside Monitor
• Bally Won't Have To Slim Down To Seal $1.3B Gambling Deal
• NFL Urges Judge To Ditch Hatmaker's Antitrust Suit
• Zipper Cos. To Pay $17.5M To Settle Price-Fixing Suit
• Myriad Says It's Immune From Ambry's Antitrust Claims
• NJ Court Nixes Trade Secrets Row Over Generic Cough Syrup
• Taiwanese Cos. Face Treble Damages In Auto Lights MDL
• China Isn't Targeting Foreign Cos., Antitrust Officials Say
• Silver Lake's Accounting Software Buy Gets FTC Nod
• TNT Looks To Offload Fashion Unit After Failed UPS Takeover
• Amazon Backs Off Price Policy Amid German Pressure
• Wells Fargo, Assurant Stuck In Force-Placed Kickback Suit
• China OKs $3.9B MediaTek-MStar Merger With Restrictions
• Google's Waze Buy Draws Antitrust Scrutiny In UK
• Amex Oral Arguments Reveal Hope For Consumers
• UK Competition Court Says Reform Plans Miss The Mark
• Class Trimmed In Paint Pigment Antitrust MDL
• Quikrete, Kelso Win FTC Nod On Building Products Deal
• Viacom Fights To Preserve Cablevision Licensing Deal
• JPMorgan, Citibank Duck Antitrust Claims In Libor Suit
• DOJ Wants More Info, Docs On $2.2B Gannett, Belo Merger
• Dairy Consumers Nixed From Milk Price-Fixing MDL
• Antitrust Agency Hits Mexico's Pemex With $50M Fine
• Lost Opportunities: Why Cases Settle At The Wrong Time
• Pfizer Settles Former Exec's FCA Suit In 1st Circ.
• Bribery Trial Of Ex-New Orleans Mayor Nagin Put Off
• Apple Adds Gibson Dunn Appellate Star To E-Books Team
• Chem Co. Says Worker Took Trade Secrets To Competitor
• FTC To Probe Oil Industry Over Renewable Fuels Competition
• DOJ Taps Cleary Partner To Run Antitrust Litigation Efforts
• Challenge To AMR Merger Voids Ch. 11 Plan, Customers Say
• Utilities Urge FERC To Correct 'Discriminatory' Filing
• Dow Takes $1B Urethane Antitrust Verdict To 10th Circ.
• FCC Pushes For Private-Industry Phone Unlocking Deal
• 9th Circ. Weighs In On Player Likenesses In Video Games
• DOJ Reins In Injunction Bid In Apple E-Books Fight
• Rainmaker Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Stephen Kastenberg
• FTC Commissioners Blast McWane Price-Fixing Findings
• Judge Requires Horse Registry To Include Clones
• AA, US Air Push For Nov. Trial Date As Opposition Mounts
• FTC's Brill Questions Whether Section 5 Consensus Possible
• Microsoft FCPA Bribery Probe Expands Into Russia, Pakistan
• LG, Philips Can't Escape CRT Price-Fix MDL
• FTC Settles Phoebe Merger Fight But Can't Force Sale
• 1st Circ. Upholds Mass. Pol's Bribery Conviction
• Visy Hit With $2.8M Penalty In Packaging Cartel Case
• No 'Roadmap Problem' As DOJ Approves $1.5B Buckeye Deal
• Sanofi Settles Inflammation-Drug Kickback Claims
• Prosecutors Seek Lenient Sentence For White Sox Schemer
• Translation Protocols In Cross-Border Antitrust Litigation
• DOJ's Airline Merger Challenge Recalls AT&T Fight
• JPMorgan Taps Paul Weiss For China Bribe Probe
• Target, Macy's Seek Docs For $7B Visa Deal Challenge
• Chinese Official Urges IBM, GE To Cop To Antitrust Violations
• Doc Asks For Mercy Over Role In $205M Medicare Fraud
• Union Says Antitrust Suit Irrelevant To AMR, US Airways Plan
• Toshiba Says Best Buy Can't Prove Price-Fixing Conspiracy
• DOJ, FTC Urged To Launch Antitrust Probe Of Oil Industry
• Canada Slaps South American Air Cargo Firm For Price-Fixing
• No Damages Or Injury, No Predominance And No Class
• No Breakup Fee Coming If DOJ Blocks $11B Airline Deal
• 6th Circ. Affirms Cleveland Hospital Exec's 9-Year Sentence
• Wright Again Says FTC Can Best Handle Net Neutrality
• Docs' Blue Cross Antitrust Claims Barred By Prior Settlement
• Dana Can't Prove Trade Secrets Theft, Judge Rules
• FCPA Whistleblower Bounty May Turn Tide For SEC Program
• Comcast Subscribers Push For New Class In Antitrust Case
• Citing AmEx, Comcast Seeks Arbitration In Sports TV Suit
• Marc Joseph Says Clarks Moccasin Is 'Brazen' Copy
• Russian Antitrust Watchdog Warns Teva Over MS Drug
• How To Deal With Post-Consummation Challenges
• Stora Enso To Pay $8M To End Paper Antitrust MDL
• Packaging Cos. Look To Trash Recycling Antitrust Suit
• Canadian Court Convicts Agent In Foreign Bribery Case
• DOJ Investigating JPMorgan Energy Practices
• Huron Consulting Hits Rival With $20M Worker Poaching Suit
• NCAA Can't Dodge Antitrust Suit Over Scholarship Cap
• Plaintiffs Want Treble Damages Kept In Auto Price-Fixing MDL
• Becton Can't Dodge Rival Syringe Maker's Antitrust Claims
• AA Union Chastizes Texas AG For Role In $11B Merger Suit
• Thompson Hine Hires Antitrust Guru From Loeb & Loeb
• Whirlpool Says GE Price-Fixing Claims Must Be Arbitrated
• Millennium Labs' Kickback Suit Against Rival Survives
• Gas Dealers, Irving Oil Worker Fined In Gas Cartel Case
• UK Bribery Act Comes To Life
• Windsor Proves Court Erred In Booting Gay Juror, GSK Says
• Shire Wins Dismissal Of Generic Adderall Antitrust Suit
• Visa, MasterCard Seek Help On Target Card Fee Fight
• FTC Wants To Extend Actavis To Authorized Generics Deals
• UK Antitrust Court Allows Rail Antitrust Suit To Proceed
• Drug Co.'s Readmissions Work Survives Kickback Scrutiny
• Health Plans Sue Abbott Over Depakote Off-Label Scheme
• AMR Judge Wants DOJ Suit Info Before OK'ing Ch. 11 Plan
• Powerex Pays $750M To Settle Calif. Energy Crisis Claims
• Proview Lacks Standing In LCD Antitrust MDL, Chi Mei Says
• Ex-Ohio Deputy Treasurer Indicted On Corruption Charges
• Consumers Fight Sabre's Bid To Exit Hotel Price-Fixing MDL
• T-Mobile, Philips Reach Accord In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• BHP Could Face US Enforcement Action In Corruption Probe
• No Heightened Pleading Standard For Antitrust Plaintiffs
• Apple Dodges IPhone App Store Monopoly Suit
• Sears Deserves Sanctions In FCA Pharmacy Suit, Court Hears
• S. African Antitrust Watchdog Puts Limits On Media Sale
• Buckeye Shareholders Approve Georgia-Pacific Takeover
• Sirius Waited Too Long To Send Litigation Notice, Insurer Says
• Multiplan Staffer In $2.3M Kickback Scheme Pleads Out
• Paint Pigment Cos. Lose Bid To Ax Antitrust MDL
• Thompson & Knight Lures 4 Ex-Patton Boggs Trial Attys
• EU Watchdog Weighs Deutsche Bahn Antitrust Fixes
• Wal-Mart To Spend At Least $150M More On FCPA This Year
• How Cos. Could Benefit From Charter-Time Warner Merger
• American Airlines, DOJ Trade Blows at Confirmation Hearing
• Toshiba Unit CEO Says He Never Heard of LCD 'Panel Cartel'
• Airlines Assemble Antitrust Guns In DOJ Merger Fight
• Chicago Man Snared In HHS Bribery Sting Gets Probation
• Novartis Opens Probe Into Whistleblower's Kickback Claims
• CityTime Player Fails To Get Statements Tossed
• The Cost, And Ethics, Of Doing (Legal) Business
• 5th Circ. Kickback Ruling Is Troubling For Contractors
• OneLink Faces Sanctions Bid In Puerto Rico Antitrust Fight
• Russia Warns EU Against Fining Gazprom In Antitrust Probe
• DOJ Charges Fla. Airline Fuel Co. In Kickback Plot
• Airlines' Antitrust Lawyers: 'We're Litigating, Period'
• Apple Faces May 2014 Trial On E-Book Antitrust Damages
• Apple Drops Antitrust Claim Against Samsung In 2nd Trial
• Visa, MasterCard Say Swipe-Fee Antitrust Claims Fall Flat
• 3 Takeaways From DOJ's Airline Merger Complaint
• DOJ Suit Throws American Airlines Bankruptcy Into Chaos
• Registry Ban On Cloned Horses Blocked By Texas Judge
• Airline Merger Fight Set To Become Slugfest
• UPMC Blasts Highmark's Jurisdiction Claims In Deal Dispute
• Kaye Scholer Snags Pepper Hamilton Antitrust Partner
• Attys Defend Fee Bid In $9.5M Kaplan Antitrust Deal
• DOJ Tweaks To Verizon's $4B Spectrum Buy Win Court's OK
• Birdsall Trustee Says Execs Must Pay For Co.'s Damage
• T-Mobile Drops LCD Antitrust Claims Against Samsung, Others
• Calif. Supreme Court Opens Up New Avenues For UCL
• American-US Airways Merger Hits Antitrust Turbulence
• Middle-Market Spotlight: Gencorp-Rocketdyne
• BofA Borrowers Defend Class In Force-Placed Insurance Case
• DuPont To Pay $72M In Paint Antitrust MDL Settlement
• FTC Approves Plan To Clear Pinnacle's $2.8B Casino Buy
• Railroads Antitrust Ruling Shows Comcast Dissent's Limits
• FTC Mulls Longer Transition For Kinder Morgan Pipeline Sales
• Mexico Unveils Oil Reforms To Lure Private Sector
• Canadian Gas Station Co. Found Guilty Of Price-Fixing
• CityTime Schemer's Miranda Argument Is Bogus, Feds Say
• PE Firm Hit With Noncompete Suit Over Marketing Co. Sale
• NJ Salesman Admits Bribing Docs In Lab-Referral Scheme
• Sanofi Faces China Bribery Probe Over Whistleblower Claims
• How A Unilateral Policy Can Morph Into An Illegal Scheme
• Rainmaker Q&A: Fish & Richardson's Tom Melsheimer
• DuPont Calls Plot Painted By Antitrust Suit 'Irrational'
• 'Unrepentant' Apple Could Face E-Book Sanctions, Judge Says
• Aegean Pitches Concessions To Sweeten Olympic Deal For EU
• Expedia, Booking.com Offer UK Watchdog Antitrust Fixes
• Standing Could Take Down 8-Year Magnesite Cartel Suit
• FTC's Ohlhausen Says Antitrust Enforcers Should Tiptoe On IP
• A Few Interesting Questions Raised By Apple E-Books Case
• DC Circ. Axes Class Cert. In Railroads Antitrust Case
• Dollar Tree, Family Dollar Accused Of Undercutting Grocer
• Antitrust Risk Breathes New Life Into Burger King Structure
• Air Force Contractors Charged In $5M Bribery, Fraud Scheme
• Apple Deserves Tough Penalty For E-Book Pricing, Group Says
• UK Watchdog Admits Data Loss In BAE Bribery Probe
• Sharp Fights Technicolor's Bid To Dodge Cathode Ray Suit
• MLB Calls Foul In Antitrust Suit Over Stalled A's Move
• Judge To Review Cephalon Docs In FTC Pay-For-Delay Row
• Ex-Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick's Kickback Conviction Stands
• Pfizer Can't Escape Neurontin Antitrust MDL
• Eimer Stahl Lures 4-Atty Team From Edwards Wildman
• Mail Boxes Etc. Defends $30M Freight Price-Fixing Deals
• Chinese Authorities Probe Danish Drug Cos. Amid GSK Fallout
• Has The Time Come For A Meaningful FTC Section 5 Standard?
• Beware Increased FCPA Scrutiny On Financial Services
• Whistleblowers Rip Boston Scientific's Bid To Bar Evidence
• 10 Steps To Limit Corruption Allegations In China
• Publishers Balk At DOJ's Proposed Punishment For Apple
• UPMC Continues Fight For Docs On $5M Antitrust Deal
• Rainmaker Q&A: BuckleySandler's Jonice Tucker
• MDL Panel Won't Join Milk Price-Fixing Suits
• Giant Eagle, Grower Settle Mushroom Antitrust Suit
• GeyerGorey Opens In Dallas With Former DOJ Antitrust Ace
• JPMorgan, Glencore Fixed Aluminum Storage Prices, Suit Says
• AMR, US Airways Customers Seek To Block $11B Merger
• $115M Macmillan, Penguin Antitrust Deals Win Initial OK
• Global Patchwork Of Bribery Laws Complicates GSK Defense
• Mead Johnson To Pay $33M In China Price-Fixing Probe
• AT&T Asks Texas To End Oversight Of 100 Local Markets
• Merchants Blast AmEx's Arbitration Bid In Antitrust Fight
• Magyar Execs Denied Immediate Appeal Of FCPA Ruling
• Denso Execs Get Prison For Roles In Auto Parts Cartel
• 2 South Fla. Mayors Charged With Bribery
• Spain Antitrust Regulator Slaps €35M Fine On Car Rental Cos.
• Quick Appeal Denied In Fridge Compressor Antitrust Suit
• Ex-Cadwalader Atty Conspiracy Suit To Proceed In NY Court
• Apple Must Provide Specifics On E-Books Appeal
• UPMC Says Highmark Lured Patients With False Ads
• Ambry Hits Myriad With Antitrust Claim In Gene Test IP Row
• Archer Daniels Squirrels Away $54M For FCPA Deals
• 2nd Circ. Says NY Pol Can Face Retrial In Fraud Case
• Inside The Latest Draft Of SAIC's IP Antitrust Rules
• How To Deal With The Risks Of Cross-Border M&A
• $200M Cardinal, Owens & Minor Antitrust Suit Trimmed
• Obama IPhone Veto To Keep Essential-Patent Cases Out Of ITC
• Shearman & Sterling Adds FCPA Pro From Arnold & Porter
• 7th Circ. Says Plaintiffs Can't Game Antitrust Venue Rules
• FTC Atty, Leibowitz Adviser Joins Freshfields Antitrust Group
• HP Wants Deutsche Bahn's $9M Freight Forwarding Deal Nixed
• Warner Chilcott Says FCA Kickback Suit Is Too Vague
• BP Faces $29M In FERC Fines For Gas Market Manipulation
• EU OKs $11B American-US Airways Merger With Conditions
• Goldman, LME Sued Over Aluminum Storage-Rate Scheme
• US Can't Reap Fees From Clinic's $1.6M FCA Settlement
• Ex-FBI Agent Charged In Bangladeshi Political Bribery Plot
• Club Deal Class Action Survives — What This Means For PE
• Seamless, GrubHub Keep Tie-Up On Track With Eatery Deal
• More UCL Lawsuits To Come In Calif.
• White House Vetoes ITC Ban On Apple IPhones, IPads
• DOJ Wants To Limit Apple Agreements On All Media
• DOJ's Bid To Limit Apple's Media Deals May Overreach
• Pharmacy Co-Op Asks High Court To Mull Medicare Refusals
• Potato Co. Chairman Sues Twin City Over Antitrust Coverage
• NFL, Reebok Can't Shake Antitrust Suit Over Licensing Deal
• DOJ Joins SEC Probe Of AB InBev Over Possible FCPA Breach
• The Reappearance Of Ticking Fees In Delayed Closings
• 3 Takeaways From The Apple E-Books Decision
• Halliburton, Others Face Fracking Antitrust Class Action
• Insurers Get Approval Of $10.5M Settlement In Antitrust MDL
• HMA, Tenet Face Whistleblower Suit Over Alleged Kickbacks
• Becton Dickinson Pays $22M To Settle Syringe Antitrust Suits
• J&J Fined In Landmark Chinese Antitrust Loss
• Verizon Says Defunct Rival Can't Prove Antitrust Claims
• Chinese Antitrust Watchdog Sheds Light On Past, Not Future
• Hughes Hubbard Nabs Ex-WilmerHale Antitrust, Deals Guru
• 46 States Back Miss. AG On CAFA High Court Appeal
• White House Should Rein In The ITC On SEPs
• Brent Crude Oil Price-Fixing: Have We Seen This Before?
• Rainmaker Q&A: Crowe & Dunlevy's Karen Rieger
• Avon Says Feds Rejected $12M FCPA Settlement Offer