Competition Archive » July, 2014

Competition - July, 2014

319 articles

• AbbVie Investor Says Brass Exposed Co. To Off-Label Claims
• Boies Schiller Dodges Fashion Model's Malpractice Suit
• OPINION: Lawyers Should Think In Terms Of Big Data
• AmEx CEO Says Antitrust Case Could Doom Company
• Legal Copy Co. Says Continuant Ignored Bills After $20M Win
• Wind Co. Antitrust Claims Not 'Feeble,' 7th Circ. Says
• Indian Harbor Can't Shield Reserve Info In Coverage Battle
• Ex-Auto Parts Exec Cops To Price-Fixing, Gets 13 Months
• 1st Circ. Grills Attys On Nexium Pay-For-Delay Class Cert.
• FTC Tells High Court Dental Board Lacks Antitrust Immunity
• Ex-Army Contractor Cops To Afghan Kickback Scheme
• The Caremark Standard At Issue In Wal-Mart Bribery Case
• Different Health Care M&A Get Same Rigorous FTC Scrutiny
• Killers Purportedly Want In On Apple, Google Anti-Poach Row
• Forex Investors Say Record Justifies Big-Bank Cartel Suits
• French Regulators Challenge $23B Altice, SFR Deal
• MIT Economist To Join DOJ Antitrust Division
• Pa. Medical Suppliers Can't Duck Antitrust Class Action
• Cephalon Can't Fight IP Battle In FTC Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Huntsman Chases EU Approval For $1.1B Rockwood Biz Buy
• DOJ Forces Sale In $330M PE-Backed Aviation Merger
• Apple, States Can't Agree On Changes To E-Books Deal
• EU Again Closes Swatch Antitrust Probe Without Fines
• Time Warner Unit Dodges Antitrust Suit Over Cable-Box Tying
• Bosch Releases Trico From Suit Over Wiper Trade Secrets
• Class Arbitration A Question For Courts, 3rd Circ. Says
• EU Fires Warning Shot Against Gun-Jumping In M&A
• Death Rattle For Unfinished Business Claims?
• China Food Co.'s Ex-Chairman Targeted In Bribery Probe
• Toshiba Can't Force Settlement Discovery In Price-Fixing MDL
• Chinese Antitrust Watchdog Raids Microsoft Offices
• Belgian Shipper Wants DOD's False Claims Suit Dismissed
• SEC's FCPA Crackdown Looms Over Small-Cap Cos.
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Top 10 Venue Arguments
• BP, Shell Blast Class's Crude Oil Manipulation Claims
• EU Approves $260M Aid For Struggling Polish Airline LOT
• Deutsche Bank, Barclays Face Monitors In NY Forex Probe
• Endo, Watson Seek Dismissal Of Lidoderm Pay-For-Delay Suits
• Iraq Extradites Ex-Gov't Contractor Accused Of Bribery To US
• Judge Axes Discovery For DQ Bid In Kaplan Fox Freight MDL
• Suit Over Deutsche Bank Takeover Bid To Get A Closer Look
• Pfizer Unit Can't End Skelaxin Pay-For-Delay Row In Pa.
• An FTC Reminder On Communicating With Competitors
• Kodak Joins Aluminum Price-Fixing Suits Against Banks
• $350M Antitrust Lawsuit Against Marriott Dismissed
• Drug Discount Deal Won't Trigger Kickback Penalties: OIG
• Eurotunnel, SeaFrance Fight UK Merger Ban
• GSK, Teva Fight FTC Bid To Join Lamictal Args In 3rd Circ.
• 3 GE Units Settle Claims They Rigged W.Va. Muni Bond Bids
• 9th Circ. Halts St. Luke's Doc Group Sale During Appeal
• Apple's $3B Beats Buy Wins EU Antitrust Watchdog's OK
• Norton Rose Faces Renewed DQ Bid In Pamlab Suit
• Smith & Wesson To Pay $2M To Settle FCPA Charges
• Lloyds To Pay $370M In US, UK Libor-Rigging Deal
• UK Bribery Act Turns 3 — Not A Time For Complacency
• FCC Approves Sinclair's $1B Acquisition Of 8 TV Stations
• House Passes Bill Restoring Cellphone Unlocking Rights
• 1st Circ. Nexium Case May Ripple Beyond Pharma
• France Fines Yogurt Maker €1.6M For Abusing Dominance
• Travelers Seek High Court Review of Southwest-AirTran Tie-Up
• GSK Investigating Alleged Misconduct By Former Syria Ops
• Dallas Leader Pleads Not Guilty To Bribery, Fraud Charges
• Ex-BSGR Agent Gets 2 Years For Obstructing FCPA Probe
• Profs Urge Judge To Block Partners' Hospital Takeovers
• Ex-BofA Employee Spared Prison In Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Lloyds Confirms 'Late-Stage' Libor-Rigging Settlement Talks
• DOD Annual Report May Affect Antitrust Reviews
• BNP Paribas Reaches $80M Deal In Federal Credit FCA Suit
• Ex-BizJet CEO Pleads Guilty In Latin America Bribe Scheme
• DOJ Urged To Extend Review Of $9B Tyson-Hillshire Merger
• Visa Tackled AmEx To Keep 'Bread and Butter,' Ex-Exec Says
• Judge Tosses Chinese Magnesite Antitrust Class Action
• Judge Mulls 'Discount' Clause In $450M Apple E-Books Deal
• Brazil Antitrust Agency Fines Payment Processor $3.4M
• Alstom's UK Division Hit With Corruption Charges
• Criden Fight Over Lieff Plaintiff Fee Stays In Calif.
• Auto Shops Defend Antitrust Suit Against State Farm, Others
• Ex-SEC Litigator Healy Leaves Reed Smith For Locke Lord
• Aussie Antitrust Watchdog Won't Fight AGL Merger Loss
• Amid M&A Uptick, Bidders Must Heed UK Code Changes
• Generic Drugs At 30: Fulfilling The Promise And Path Ahead
• AmEx Won't Work With Cos. Who 'Prefer' Rivals, Exec Says
• Quarles Adds Former Baker & McKenzie M&A Atty In Chicago
• Quinn Emanuel, Berger & Montague To Helm Gold Fix Cases
• Grant & Eisenhofer Best To Lead Class, Zinc Buyers Say
• FCC Warns ISPs Some Net Neutrality Rules Remain On Books
• Brazil Antitrust Watchdog OKs AT&T's $48B DirecTV Buy
• More Ballplayers Sue MLB For Wages In Labor, Antitrust Suit
• Apotex Blocked From Continuing Generic Paxil Sales
• Former CEO Of Noted Charity Jailed For Huge Looting Scheme
• Kodak Tells 6th Circ. To Flip Ink Pricing Injunction
• Google Rival Blasts EU Antitrust Regulator Over Search Deal
• EU Slaps Marine Harvest With $27M Fine Over Morpol Takeover
• Domestic Silicon Maker Sues Brazilian Rival For Fraud
• High Court Will End Circuit Split With Libor MDL Case
• Trial-Ready In 180 Days: Prepare For SDNY's Rocket Docket
• US Foods Accuses Ex-Managers Of Conspiring With Rival
• 'We Don't Compete On Price,' AmEx Exec Testifies
• Panasonic, Samsung Accused Of 9-Year Price-Fixing Scheme
• Propane Cos. Hit With Another Price-Fixing Class Action
• Benihana Scores Double Win In Trademark, Libel Suits
• AT&T-Verizon Class Arbitration Appeal Called Improper
• Developer Fights Dismissal of NJ Grocery Monopoly Suit
• Vitamin C Makers Tell 2nd Circ. To Uphold Chinese Law
• When You Are Responsible For Your Book Of Business
• Loblaw Sells 4 Stores In Antitrust Deal For $12B Drugstore Buy
• Lines Drawn In Tesla Direct Sales Battle
• Kilpatrick Snags IP, Employment Experts From K&L Gates
• AmEx Steers Clear Of Top Rates, Exec Testifies
• Two UPC Resellers Settle With FTC Over Price-Fixing Scheme
• Keep Norton Rose On Pamlab Unfair Comp Row, Judge Says
• Hong Kong Antitrust Watchdog Pulls CEO From EU Ranks
• Ex-Boeing Officer Pleads Guilty In Defense Kickback Scheme
• Egg Suppliers Fight Doc Production In Price-Fixing MDL
• Apotex 'Thumbing Its Nose' At Paxil Bar, Mylan Says
• Australian Regulator Says RBS Manipulated Swap Rate
• Circuit Board Parts Were Artificially Priced, Buyers Claim
• Family Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty To $10M DOD Fraud
• 'Kids For Cash' Atty Duped Biz Partner, Suit Says
• Lessons From Omnicare Settlement In 'Swapping' Cases
• UK Watchdog Launches Criminal Forex-Rigging Probe
• An Inventive Way To Remove Pure State Court Claims
• ABA Sections Urge More Work On China's IP Competition Rules
• High Court Asked To Restore Ruling Against Pa. Funeral Law
• Big Tobacco Didn't Collude On Kansas Prices, Panel Says
• Wal-Mart, Others Can Sue Visa, Mastercard Over Fees
• UK Banks Face Antitrust Probe Into Biz Loans, Checking
• SEC Narrows FCPA Case Against Former Magyar Execs
• LBDS Admits Using Phony Docs In $25M Trade Secrets Suit
• Mass. AG Wins Delay Of Partners' Antitrust Deal Hearing
• 5 Insights From Pfizer Chief Litigation Counsel Michael Parini
• Pfizer Celebrex Suits Should Be Coordinated, Judge Hears
• Powerful Tools For Discovery And Litigation Strategy
• AT&T Says FCC Can't Treat Internet Providers As Phone Cos.
• European Price-Fixing Fine Not Deductible: US Tax Court
• FTC Looks To Join Lamictal Pay-For-Delay Oral Args
• Circuit City Asks Court To Reconsider Hitachi Damages Denial
• FTC Says St. Luke's Trying To Stretch Facts In Stay Bid
• Delay Notice In $450M Apple E-Books Deal To Get Closer Look
• Former Alstom Exec Cops To Indonesian Bribery Scheme
• House Panel Probing Ex-Im Over Kickback, Bid-Rigging Claims
• PRISM Scatters Attorney-Client Privilege
• Ambiguities Remain Despite 9th Circ. AU Optronics Ruling
• EU Approves AMEC's $3.7B Takeover Of Rival Foster Wheeler
• High Court Asked To Hear Antitrust Suit Against Microsoft
• UK High Court Rules 'Secret Fees' Go To Wronged Investor
• OPINION: Let's Financially Reward Law Firm Diversity
• Comcast, AT&T Defend Mega-Mergers To Senate Panel
• NY Futures Broker Made Bogus Wheat Trades, Judge Says
• Mylan Scores Block On GSK's Generic Paxil Deal
• Cybersecurity Antitrust Policy Not Enough, Report Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Microsoft, Blackstone, Sanofi
• Vitamin C Buyers Say AUO Ruling Backs Their Antitrust Case
• Concierge Medicine Co. Cut Deals To Corner Market, Suit Says
• TracFone, HannStar Settle In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• DOJ Antitrust Ace, Dechert Tech Partner To Join Latham
• EU Clears Weichai's $1B Deal for Kion Group Stake
• Teva Says It Doesn't Belong In Pay-For-Delay MDL
• 2nd Circ. Kills Pemex's $160M Bribery Suit Against Siemens
• Apple Agrees To Pay Up To $400M To Settle E-Books Claims
• Crucial Predictive Coding Case Law: Progressive V. Delaney
• St. Luke's Presses 9th Circ. For Stay Of Doc Group Sale
• Lloyds May Be Near Settlement To End Libor Probe
• 3 Key Facts From The EU's Latest Pay-For-Delay Case
• Ex-Utah AGs Arrested For Bribery Scandal
• Mutual Pharma Inks $9M Deal To Settle Pay-For-Delay Claims
• Swiss Watchdog Says BMW, Ford Financing Cos. Fixed Prices
• Nielsen Sues MoodCast Over Stolen Name, Trade Secrets
• Dairy Co-Op Agrees To Pay $50M To Settle Antitrust Suit
• OPINION: Advance Conflict Waivers Send Wrong Message
• DOJ, Pa. AG Force Divestiture In $963M TV Deal
• FCC Pushes Neutrality Deadline As Web, Cable Cos. Weigh In
• 3 Defendants Avoid Prison In $100M CityTime Fraud
• EU Asks Members To Protect Small Food Producers, Retailers
• German Sausage Makers Hit With $460M Price-Fixing Fine
• Herbert Smith Snags Ex-Taylor Wessing Antitrust Chief
• Loose Lips Sink Ships, Careless Emails Torpedo A Merger
• Feds Demand Docs In Music Publishing License-Pricing Probe
• Google Seeks To Ax Antitrust Class Action Over Search App
• FedEx Faces Anti-Competitive Practices Probe In France
• Attorneys Win $50M From $130M Truck Stop Antitrust Deal
• Military Telecom Subcontractors Sentenced In Bribery Case
• Wyeth Defends Immunity Bid In Effexor Pay-For-Delay Case
• EU Puts Conditions On $1.5B Scandinavian Steel Deal
• Fieldfisher Adds 3 Legal Pros To Paris Office
• German Amazon E-Books Antitrust Row Catches EU's Eye
• UK Charges 2 More Execs In Water Tank Cartel Probe
• Judge Trims Claims In Chrysler Dealer Competition Row
• Warner Chilcott To Pay $8M Over Generic Doryx Delay
• Travelers Denies Coverage For Med Co.'s $67M Settlements
• Steel Nails From Korea, Vietnam Are Subsidized, ITC Finds
• Waste Co. Pays $100K To Settle Anti-Competitive Contract Row
• Know The Capacity Closure Analysis In Horizontal Mergers
• Noble Corp. Settlement Leaves FCPA Questions Unanswered
• Rail Freight Cos. Fight Class Cert. Bid In Price-Fixing MDL
• DOJ, SEC Continue Aggressive FCPA Enforcement: Report
• 3 Key Holdings From DOJ's 9th Circ. AUO Win
• 9th Circ.'s AUO Ruling Tees Up Moral Turpitude Issue
• Ex-CalPERS CEO Cops To Conspiracy In $3B Pay-To-Play Suit
• Senators Demand Pricing Details On $1,000-Per-Pill Sovaldi
• EU Court Slashes Sasol Wax Cartel Fine In Half
• Pioneer Escapes Acer's Optical Disk Drive Price-Fixing Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alibaba, Telefonica, Cemex
• Bob Marley Label Settles With Universal In Antitrust Suit
• 5th Circ. Urged To Revive GM Parts Monopoly Row
• FERC Claims Centrica Retail Unit Manipulated Gas Markets
• Silver Lake The Latest To Settle LBO Suit With $30M Deal
• NCAA's Latest Legal Nightmare May Be Most Important
• Fla. Disagrees With Insurers' Trade Secret Claims On Rates
• Wal-Mart Asks Del. High Court To Nix Order For Bribery Docs
• AmEx Rules Block Price Competition, Discover Head Testifies
• 4th Circ. Backs Wells Fargo In Mortgage Lender Fee Fight
• 9th Circ. Upholds $500M AUO Antitrust Fine Over LCD Scheme
• Chesapeake Faces Criminal Trial Over Michigan Lease Sale
• National Union Denies Coverage For Med Co.'s $100M Suit
• EU High Court Upholds €152M Telefonica Antitrust Fine
• Pfizer Unit Wants End To Skelaxin Pay-For-Delay 'Odyssey'
• Patent Troll Demand Letter Bill Clears House Committee
• Air New Zealand, Others Protest Price-Fixing Settlements
• 11th Circ. Told To Flip FTC's McWane Antitrust Ruling
• The Doomed Counterclaims In Egg Price-Fixing Case
• Legal Forms And IP Rights: Yours, Mine, Ours Or Theirs?
• Motorola Says Posner-Led Panel Shouldn't Decide LCD Case
• UK Watchdog Fires Up Financial Markets Competition Study
• AmEx Exec Says Antitrust Trial Threatens Customer Loyalty
• Dish Urges FCC To Nix $45B Comcast-TWC Deal
• House Panel Wary Of 'Patent Troll' Demand Letter Bill
• Cyanotech Says Trade Secrets Dispute Should Be Arbitrated
• Printing Co. Wins $35M Verdict Against Defunct Partner
• UK Fraud Watchdog Arrests 6 In Airbus-Saudi Bribery Probe
• EU Presidential Hopeful Pledges Corporate Tax Crackdown
• Bid To Oust Judge In Apple, Google 'No Poach' Row Was Fake
• FTC Approves Ski Maker Collusion Settlements
• EU Fines Servier, Others $583M Over Pay-For-Delay Deals
• Ex-New Orleans Mayor Nagin Gets 10 Years For Bribery
• Lawmakers Slam China On IP, Tech Trade As Summit Opens
• EU Questions Facebook Rivals Over $19B WhatsApp Deal
• FRAND Ambush?
• Rival Says J&J Unit Monopolizes Glucose Test Strip Market
• Ikea Can't Negotiate Lower Rates With AmEx, Witness Says
• Hartford Insurance Wants Out Of Steel Co. Antitrust Coverage
• 2 Auto Parts Makers Settle With Dealers In Antitrust MDL
• US Backs Broad View Of Liability In Omnicare Investor Row
• Orrick Snags Ex-Weatherford Counsel For White Collar Unit
• Jones Day Adds Weil Gotshal Atty To Miami Litigation Group
• 2 Biggest US Propane Tank Sellers Accused Of Fixing Prices
• US Steel Pays $58M To Settle Antitrust Suit
• Vitamin C Buyers Tell 2nd Circ. To Uphold $153M Award
• 5 Insights From Home Depot GC Teresa Roseborough
• DC Circ. Backs FERC Bid To Keep NE Power Market Level
• Hungarian Watchdog Levies $12M In Fines For Cement Cartel
• Guidant Can't Escape J&J's $22B Merger Suit Just Yet
• Tips For Maximizing Recoveries In Antitrust Class Actions
• A Step Toward Alleviating Growing Discovery Problems
• Sentencing Commission Considers Hike Of Price-Fixing Fines
• AmEx Merchant Rules Thwart Competition, DOJ Says
• FTC Says High Court Election Case Can't Help 'Troll' Suit
• NJ Doctor Gets Two Years In $100M Kickback Scheme
• Pfizer Faces 3 Class Actions Over Generic Delay Scheme
• German Cartel Office Hits Alstom Co. With $2.6M Fine
• Novartis Says Gov't Can't Prove Kickbacks Influenced Docs
• FCC Taps Ex-Hunton Atty For AT&T-DirecTV Deal Review
• Tele2 Next To Test EU Regulators With $744M Sale To Rival
• Anglo American Unloads $1.5B Stake In Lafarge JV
• Cox Can't Escape Okla. Set-Top Box Tying Suit
• Dealmakers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Andrew Weidhaas
• How Antitrust Damages Claims Really Play Out In England
• Lawyers And Email: Ethical And Security Considerations
• Antitrust Claims Trimmed From Auto Parts Price-Fixing MDL
• P&G Swiffer Marking Suit Nixed Over Retroactive AIA Limits
• Kaplan Fox Fights Airlines' 'Broad' Bid To Probe For Conflict
• SanDisk Gets Monopoly Claims Pared In SD Card Row
• NCAA, EA Told To Tweak $60M College Athlete Class Deals
• AEP Asks High Court To Curtail 9th Circ. Jurisdiction Test
• Wal-Mart Moves To Save $7B Visa, MasterCard Deal Opt-Outs
• Floor Maker Can't Copyright Nature, Judge Says
• Insurers Say Auto Repair Rates Antitrust Suit Lacks Facts
• Defense Industry Group Asks High Court To Review FCA Case
• FTC OKs $500M Valeant-PreCision Deal With Acne Drug Sales
• In Defense Of Price-Fixing Among Class Action Plaintiffs Firms
• EU High Court Upholds $27M Electrabel Gun-Jumping Fine
• Morrison Cohen Snags Bingham Pro For New WC Group
• Ex-Noble Execs Duck Fine, Liability In Nigerian Bribery Case
• Aussie Competition Cop Seeks Input On $203M Casino Deal
• 4th Circ. Per-Invoice Rule: Warnings For Gov't Contractors
• NCAA Pay Ban Should Be Lifted, Players Tell Trial Judge
• Labaton Atty Tapped To Monitor Bazaarvoice's Sale Of Unit
• Global Roundup: Reform In Poland, France Goes 'Anti-Amazon'
• Texas Bar Sues Houston Atty Over Client Referral Scam
• Justices Eye Power Of Natural Gas Act In Antitrust Case
• Booksellers Back German Antitrust Row Against Amazon
• Nexium Buyers Say Judge Shouldn't Ax Conspiracy Claims
• $10B Vodafone-ONO Deal Gets EU Antitrust Regulators' OK
• Propane Tank Duo Hit With Price-Fixing Class Action
• Germany Ends Adidas Antitrust Probe Over Online Sales
• LCD Makers Can't Nix Antitrust Claims In MDL, Judge Says
• Ex-Novartis Exec Says She Was Fired Over Study Concerns
• Milbank Snags Jones Day Antitrust Partner In NYC
• FTC Asks For More Info On $13.4B Zimmer-Biomet Deal
• EU OKs $12B E-Plus Buy, Sweetening Telecom M&A Outlook
• FTC Provides Useful Update On Antitrust And Health Care
• 4 Signs Your Deal Might Be In For A State Antitrust Fight
• Noble Execs Settle Nigerian Bribery Case With SEC
• ComEd Loses Appeal Of Illinois Rate Formula
• Airlines In Antitrust MDL Want Info On Kaplan Fox Hire
• 7th Circ. To Rehear Motorola's Global Price-Fixing Suit
• High Court Libor Case May Mean Headaches For Defense Bar
• Wis. Atty Convicted of Kickbacks Suspended For 2 Years
• Lieff Cabraser Referral Fee Suit In Wrong Venue, Criden Says
• Partners HealthCare's Mass. Antitrust Deal Put On Pause
• High Court Will Hear Gas Antitrust Preemption Case
• Ex-CalPERS CEO To Plead Guilty In $3B Pay-To-Play Suit
• Adidas To Ease Online Sales Restrictions Amid Scrutiny
• Nutrisystem Accused Of Stealing Rival's Diet Mobile App
• Sen. Leahy Says Net Neutrality Is Online 'Bill of Rights'
• Mintz Levin Nabs Ex-Vinson & Elkins Antitrust Pro In DC
• Avaya Preserves Contracts In Maintenance Antitrust Row
• Sarkozy Detained in Probe Over Influence Peddling, Says AFP
• How Nonreportable Mergers Can Pass Reg Muster — 10 Tips