Competition Archive » December, 2013

Competition - December, 2013

215 articles

• What's Next For International Cartel Cases?
• Steel Co. Seeks High Court Review Of Nucor Antitrust Suit
• 4th Circ. Revives Belgian DOD Contractor's $24M Penalty
• Archer Daniels Midland To Pay $54M Over Ukrainian Bribes
• Spider-Man Toy Inventor Asks High Court To Nix Brulotte Rule
• US Intervenes In $150M FCA Suit Against Fla. Hospital
• Former Access Head Gets Late 2014 Trial In Kickback Case
• 2 Media Mergers Topping $2B Win FCC's Blessing
• Navy Says Contract Bribery Scandal Could Widen
• 2012 Highmark-UPMC Deal Approved, Suits To Be Dropped
• German Watchdog Bans Hotel Booking Best-Price Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hard Rock, Evonik, Vivendi
• EC To Probe Telefonica's Planned €8.5B E-Plus Buy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McCarter & English's Pam Moore
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Vorys Sater's Benita Kahn
• SKF Sets Aside $455M For Looming EU Antitrust Fine
• Australia Fines Mitsubishi $2.2M In Appliance Pricing Probe
• FTC Clears Pinnacle's Plan For $2.8B Ameristar Buy
• Singapore Airlines Pays $92.4M To Exit Air Cargo Cartel MDL
• EU Sends Google Back To Drawing Board In Antitrust Case
• BBB Hit With Antitrust Suit After Sinking Defamation Claim
• Toys R Us Revises Rejected $35M Antitrust Settlement
• EU High Court Lets €27M Bitumen Cartel Fine Stand
• NJ Doc Admits Taking Bribes In Lab Referral Scheme
• Physician-Owned Entities Still Under Federal Microscope
• Can A Franchisor Control Franchisee Pricing?
• Brazil Fines ABB Over Power Cable Cartel In 1st Settlement
• AmEx To Spend Up To $79M In Surcharge Suit Settlement
• Big Pharma At Crossroads After GSK Payment Reforms
• CORRECTED: Judge Mulls Damages Offset In FCA Suit Over Ex-Im Loans
• NJ Courts Lack Power Over Tech Co. Worker Row, Panel Says
• $4.75M Ferring, Aventis Antitrust Settlement Earns Approval
• Texas Ex-Mayor Gets 3 1/2 Years In $100M Kickback Scandal
• Top EU Court Upholds Siemens' $542M Fine In Cartel Case
• Jardine Lloyd Thompson Unit Fined £1.8M Over Bribery Risks
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Novak Druce's Pat Rogowski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: White And Williams' Joan Rosoff
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, KKR, European Commission
• Merck Unit Hit With €15.3M Competition Fine In France
• Post-Actavis, Pay-For-Delay Debate Is Far From Over
• Competition MVP: Weil Gotshal's Steven Newborn
• Ex-JPMorgan VP Gets No Prison, No Fines For Bid-Rigging
• FTC OKs $120M Deal To End Polypore Merger Fight
• Pa. Hospital Access Bills Hurt Competition, Lawmakers Hear
• Naval Law Enforcement Officer Admits To Corruption Rap
• Smucker's Hits Nestle With $10M Trademark Suit Over Jar Lids
• Allergan Hit With FCA Kickback Suit Over Eye Drugs
• EU Watchdog Probes Spanish Aid To Soccer Teams
• EU Watchdog Weighing Gazprom, Google Antitrust Proposals
• EC To Probe UK Aid For £16B Hinkley Point Nuclear Plant
• French Watchdog Hits EDF With $18.6M Market Abuse Fine
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ober Kaler's Barbara Werther
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dechert's Cathy Botticelli
• Deutsche Bahn's Rail Electricity Pricing Fixes Get OK'd
• Sherman Act's Int'l Reach — A Hot Issue In 2013 And 2014
• EU Eyes Case On Spanish Soccer Clubs' Tax Breaks
• FCC Pulls Proposal To Ease Media Cross-Ownership Rules
• Pfizer Pay-For-Delay Claims Get 2nd Chance
• Franken Urges Consumer Arbitration Fix After AmEx Ruling
• Competition MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Mark Kovner
• Expedia, Hotels Say Online Price-Fixing Suit Can't Stand
• German Court Nixes €176M Cement Cartel Suit
• Taiwan Auto Light Co.'s $25M Deal Could End Antitrust MDL
• GSK To End Doctor Payments To Market Meds
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Locke Lord's Denise Hanna
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morrison & Foerster's Anna White
• Libor-Rigging Suspects Deny Fraud, Conspiracy Charges
• Adidas Launches Infringement Suit Against Online Knockoffs
• China Threatens Arrest Of InterDigital Execs, Co. Says
• US Chamber Urges 10th Circ. To Nix $1B Dow Antitrust Award
• JPMorgan, BofA, Others Sued Over $54B In Swipe Fees
• Chinese Co. To Pay $2.2M To End Vitamin C Antitrust Case
• Millennium Labs Accused Of Hiding Evidence In False Ad Suit
• Canadian Antitrust Watchdog Demands Google Data
• Apple Looks To Oust Goodwin Atty As E-Books Monitor
• Gannett Must Dump TV Station In $2.2B Belo Deal, DOJ Says
• BCI Aircraft Exec Gets 20 Months For $31M Scheme
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnold & Porter's Maureen Jeffreys
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish's Ann Cathcart Chaplin
• Philly Law Firm Gets Antitrust Claims Cut From Bus Ad Suit
• Competition MVP: White & Case's J. Mark Gidley
• A Big Year For Section 5 Of The FTC Act
• Philips Wins Bid To Arbitrate Costco's Claims In CRT Row
• Sony, EMI Allowed To Intervene In Pandora-ASCAP Row
• Studies Find Little To Love In Google Antitrust Offer
• Competition MVP: Dechert's Paul Denis
• 2 AUO Execs Jailed For LCD Price-Fixing Released On Bail
• NJ Mayor's Associate Pleads Guilty In Corruption Case
• $7.25B Visa, MasterCard Swipe Fee Deal Gets Approval
• Gazprom Offers EU Watchdog Antitrust Fixes
• China Sees 'Substantial' Proof In Qualcomm Antitrust Probe
• Slovenian Power Co. Loses Bid To Toss $13M Cartel Fine
• FDA Encouraged Illegal Compounding, K-V Tells DC Circ.
• Wells Fargo Denies Fraud In Force-Placed Insurance Case
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Elizabeth Noe
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bartlit's Rebecca Weinstein Bacon
• 5 Steps To A Successful Cross-Examination
• Irish High Court Approves Perrigo's $8.6B Elan Buy
• Ex-Hospital CEO Beats Arbitration Bid In $3M Kickback Suit
• NCIS Agent To Plead Guilty To Role In Navy Bribery Scheme
• ASUS Can't Dodge Netgear's Router False Ad Suit
• $1B Dow Antitrust Verdict Lacks Support, 10th Circ. Hears
• Competition MVP: White & Case's Christopher Curran
• A Restraint On Gov't 'Stream Of Payments' Theory
• Patient Recruiters Get Prison Time For $48M Medicare Fraud
• Drugmakers Lose Bid For 'Indefinite' Extension In FTC Case
• Calif. Appeals Court Tosses LendingTree Subsidiary Suit
• NY AG Presses Wireless Giants On 'Kill Switch' Block
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: White And Williams' Patti Santelle
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Debora De Hoyos
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC Capital, Dish, European Commission
• Samsung, Other Cos. Fork Over $310M In DRAM Antitrust Suit
• Hospital Shouldn't Be Sanctioned In FCA Kickback Suit: Judge
• Competition MVP: Davis Polk's Arthur Burke
• FTC OKs Settlement With Actavis Over Warner Chilcott Buy
• Ex-Sea Star Prez Gets Longest-Ever Antitrust Sentence
• Nexium Direct Purchasers Win Class Cert. In Antitrust MDL
• Ex-Pa. Sen. Says Upcoming Corruption Trial Could Kill Him
• DC Transit Agency Beats $100M Bid-Rigging Suit
• EU Court Backs Approval Of $8.5B Microsoft, Skype Deal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morrison Cohen's Danielle Lesser
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Liner Grode's Angela Agrusa
• High Stakes In Sports-Licensing Antitrust Cases In 2014
• New EU Merger Rules: 1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Back
• Chicago Hospital Patients Get Class Cert. In Price-Hike Row
• Ex-Detroit Mayor Convicted Of Corruption Owes City $4.5M
• Target Sues Technicolor, Mitsubishi Over CRT Price-Fixing
• UK Drops Bribery Case Against Dahdaleh, Blames Akin Gump
• FTC Tries Pulling Teva Into Cephalon Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Cab Co. Can Intervene In Tampa Limo Fare Challenge
• Coal India Fined $290M By Antitrust Watchdog
• Sony Slams $100M Antitrust Suit Over Beatles Film
• Rambus, Micron End 13-Year Feud With $280M Licensing Deal
• Tennis Channel Takes Comcast Bias Case To Supreme Court
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akin Gump's Kerry Berchem
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Locke Lord's Cynthia Bast
• J&J, Novartis Fined $22.4M Over Pay-For-Delay Deal
• High Court Says It Shouldn't Have Taken Union Neutrality Case
• Pharmacy Wholesalers Escape Drug-Inflation FCA Suit
• Amazon, Publishers Dodge Bookstores' E-Book Antitrust Suit
• Apple's 'Hail Mary' Falls Short In E-Book Suit, States Say
• Quinn Emanuel Escapes DQ In Swaps Rigging Suits
• Prime Healthcare Loses Bid To Block Hospital Sale To Rival
• German Co. To Pay $32M In Nigeria Pipeline Bribery Plot
• Sheppard Mullin Brings In Antitrust Partner For NY Office
• Orchid, MPI Dodge Enzo Biochem's Patent, Contract Claims
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Mary Murphy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnold & Porter's Veronica Rendon
• 2nd Circ. Rebuffs Feds' Legal Theory In GE Bid-Rigging Case
• Hitachi Reaches $13.4M Deal In Cathode Ray Price-Fixing MDL
• AMR-US Airways Merger Takes Effect
• How FRCP E-Discovery Amendments Could Affect You
• GE To Pay $18M To Exit Municipal Bond-Rigging Class Action
• $95M E-Book Price-Fixing Settlements Get Final Approval
• Customers Can't Block AMR-US Airways Merger
• Panasonic Ordered To Remit Criminal Docs In Antitrust MDL
• Purdue, Impax Settle IP Claims In OxyContin Antitrust MDL
• Convicted 'Kids For Cash' Player Says Ex-Partner Duped Him
• Air New Zealand Moves To Toss Claims In Price-Fixing MDL
• Ex-Atty Gets Probation For Role In $10M Kickback Scheme
• Contractor Says Insurer Must Cover Kickback Defense Costs
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Debevoise's Peggy Davenport
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Reed Smith's Dusty Kirk
• Deals Rumor Mill: Chevron, Time Warner, Wing Hang
• EU Probes Samsung, Others Over Online Prices
• Brazil Pushes Antitrust Remedies On Education Merger
• German Antitrust Agency Outlines Limits Of M&A Controls
• Memory Card Patent Cartel Claims Timely, 9th Circ. Told
• FTC Staff Want Ardagh Spinoff Plans Kept From Merger Trial
• EU Simplifies Merger Rules, Trims Notification Demands
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Ad Research Firm's Antitrust Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: America Movil, JC Penney, Wilbur Ross
• Android Makers Still Can't Escape NPE Boycott Suit
• EU High Court Upholds €140M Solvay Bleach Cartel Fine
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Chadbourne's Lori Hoberman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: O'Melveny's Carla Christofferson
• Big Banks Face Aluminum Storage Antitrust Claims At JPML
• Takeaways From Weatherford Corruption Settlements
• Whole Foods Hit With Suit Over 'Eat Right' Trademarks
• BofA To Pay $20M To Exit Muni Bond Bid-Rigging MDL
• Sony Settlement Docs Barred In LCD Cartel Suit
• Navy Contractor Gets 3 Years For $10M Kickback Scheme
• UK Antitrust Court Overturns Ban On Eurotunnel Ferry Plan
• Miami Patient Recruiter Gets 9 Years Over $48M Fraud
• $3B United-Continental Deal Hurt Market, 9th Circ. Told
• Pamlab Can't Bar Virtus' Marketing In Unfair Competition Row
• Customers Lose Bid To Stall AMR, US Airways Merger
• Australia To Review Competition Laws
• Antitrust Advocacy Group Leader To Step Down In 2014
• Allen & Overy Lures Former Aussie Antitrust Regulator
• Emerging Trend Against Nationwide Venue In Antitrust Cases
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Lisa Sotto
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hogan Lovells' Emily Yinger
• EU Fines RBS, Citi, 6 Other Banks $2.3B For Rate-Rigging
• 2 KBR Cases Illuminate Kickback Risks For Contractors
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Too Hot Or Cold For An MDL?
• FTC Vows To Keep Watch On Pharmacy Benefits Cos.
• Boies Schiller Welcomes Back Ex-FTC Competition Director
• RBS, Deutsche Bank Hit With EU Fines Over Libor Rate Rigging
• Judge Pares Claims In Online Travel Content Antitrust Case
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: K&L Gates' Janice Hartman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: JAMS' Kimberly Taylor
• Murray's $3.5B Consol Coal Mines Buy Gets Antitrust OK
• Ex-Mexican Gov. Accused Of Drug Smuggling, Bribery Scheme
• DOJ Approves Microsoft's $7B Nokia Mobile Buy
• Miami Firm Sues Ex-Director For Breaching Noncompete Deal
• Justices Seek Advice On Gas Antitrust Preemption Case
• Apple Escapes App Store Monopoly Suit
• AB InBev Concealed Plans For Price Hikes, Beer Drinkers Say
• Following Up On Follow-On Biologics
• Spotlight On Latin America Business Risks
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: DLA Piper's Tara Lee
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jones Day's Lizanne Thomas
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Versace, Foster Wheeler
• Apple Says Goodwin Atty Milking Fees In E-Books Case