Competition Archive » August, 2014

Competition - August, 2014

306 articles

• Carlyle Group To Pay $115M To Settle PE Collusion Row
• Goldman, JPMorgan, Others Dodge Aluminum Warehouse MDL
• Eckert Seamans Pushes To Stay In 'Kids-For-Cash' Fight
• EBay's $4M Deal In Calif.'s No-Poach Case Wins Judge's OK
• Auto Parts Makers Lose Bids To Nix Antitrust Suits
• AIG Needn't Cover QBE Defense In Kickback Case, Court Says
• Wind Co. Seeks Sanctions Over 'Frivolous' Antitrust Appeal
• FTC OKs Deals With Barcode Resellers Over Price-Fixing Plot
• Feds Rip PhRMA's Free Speech Claims In FCA Off-Label Suit
• Banks Say Forex Plaintiffs Have No Proof Of Antitrust Plot
• Microsoft Asks High Court To Reject Antitrust Suit
• CFTC Calls Challenge To Data Swaps Rule Flawed
• FTC Puts Reynolds' $27B Lorillard Buy To Antitrust Test
• 5 Reasons Large Companies Are Turning To Boutique Firms
• High Court Should Review Scope Of Crime-Fraud Exception
• Prestige Must Shed Bonine To Win FTC Nod On $750M Deal
• Apotex Says Generic Paxil Suit Should Be Tossed
• Lannett Faces Shareholder Suit Over Price-Fixing Scheme
• Intel Takes Fight Over $1.5B Antitrust Fine To Top EU Court
• NFL Branding Antitrust Suit To Lose Its Lead Plaintiff
• German Cartel Office Fines Mining Cos. €17M For Bid-Rigging
• Dollar General Still Angling For $9B Family Dollar Pickup
• With Antitrust OK, Investors Bless $9B Tyson-Hillshire Deal
• India Enters The 'Pay-For-Delay' Fray
• AT&T, Verizon Lose Bid To Stop Class Arbitration Decision
• Sigma, McWane Say Construction Price-Fixing Claims Too Old
• Antitrust Profs Urge FCC To Approve Comcast-TWC Merger
• Bearings Maker SKF Can't Duck Auto Parts Price-Fixing MDL
• Tyson Agrees To Sell Sow Biz Ahead Of Hillshire Merger
• Delta Settles With Visa, MasterCard To Exit Swipe Fee MDL
• MLB, NHL Antitrust Actions Deserve Cert., Plaintiffs Say
• Expedia Dodges Class Action Over Unfair Tax, Pricing Charges
• Time Warner Outage Spurs Further Scrutiny In Comcast Probe
• Del.'s Adoption Of Garner — And Practical Ways To Respond
• A 2014 US-UK Criminal Competition Law Roundup
• LG, Others Back Middleman Defense In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Pemex's Tossed $160M Bribery Suit
• Virtus, Pamlab Settle Vitamin B False Ad Row In Fla.
• Morgan Stanley Evades Schwab's $15M Trade Secret Claims
• AUO Asks Full 9th Circ. To Rehear $500M Antitrust Case
• China's Antitrust Glare Leaves Few Options For Foreign Cos.
• Japanese Bearings Maker Can't Dodge Price-Fixing MDL
• Coca-Cola Targeted In Swiss Antitrust Probe
• Relators Knock Doctors' Settlement Of Kickback Suit
• De Blasio The Latest NY Leader With Doubts Over TW-Comcast
• UK Metal Exchange Escapes Warehousing Antitrust MDL
• Ex-Porsche Execs Must Face German Trial Over Axed VW Deal
• No Kickback Penalties For Hospital Discounts, OIG Says
• Teva, AstraZeneca Say Court Rulings Kill Nexium Delay Suit
• Medical Directors At Risk Under Anti-Kickback Statute
• Fake Filer Forks Over 9th Circ. Fees In 'No Poach' Appeal
• Virtus Seeks Mistrial In Pamlab's Vitamin B False-Ad Row
• Antitrust Experts Push FCC To Nix Comcast-TWC Tie-Up
• Plasma Firms Can't Dodge Calif. Antitrust Claims
• Kolon Wants Supreme Court To Eye Recusal Rules In IP Case
• India's Antitrust Agency Hits Carmakers With $420M Fines
• Attys Milking Fees From $35.5M Toys R Us Deal, Objectors Say
• Ex.-Va. Lawmaker Can't Blame Bribery Conviction On Lawyer
• Dealers Slam Doc Requests In Auto Parts Antitrust MDL
• Hausfeld Seeks $52M For Plaintiff Attys In NCAA Suit
• Goldman Says EU Failed To Share Docs In Antitrust Case
• 4 Trends In FTC Antitrust Regulation And Enforcement
• PE Firm Urges End To AIG Aircraft Unit Trade Secret Suit
• Consumer Groups Urge FCC To Reject Comcast-TWC Merger
• Qualcomm To Cooperate With China Antitrust Probe
• Germany Sides With Google Over Publishers' Antitrust Claims
• Texas High Court To Weigh Shell FCPA Defamation Suit
• Sharp Renews Plea To Opt Out Of CRT Antitrust Deals
• Taxation With Representation: Fried Frank, Bingham, Bracewell
• Fla. Aircraft Systems Maker Says Worker Stole Trade Secrets
• PE Plaintiffs Hit Back At Carlyle In Antitrust Expert Row
• Transitions Wants Rival's Claims Tossed From Antitrust MDL
• TrialGraphix Sues Competitor FTI Over Employee Poaching
• FTC's Symbolic Phoebe Victory May Reap Real Win
• UK Sets Rule To Make Energy Cos. Disclose Gov't Payments
• Recent FTAIA Cases Leave Important Questions Unresolved
• Mayor Cleared Of Bribery Sues Fla. Gov. For Reinstatement
• 8th Circ. Says Grain Tax Fraudster Deserved Longer Sentence
• Etihad's Darwin Bid Needs Work, Swiss Regulator Says
• Antitrust Setbacks Won't Deter Buyers Amid M&A Boom
• AGs Of 16 States Back FTC In St. Luke's Merger Appeal
• GEICO Slams Repair Shops' Conspiracy Suit
• Sharp Can't Opt Out Of Cathode Ray MDL Settlement Class
• Samsung, LG To Pay $19M In Brazil LCD Cartel Probe
• NCAA Appeals Ruling Over Athlete Pay Ban
• Hartford, Cosmetics Co. End Coverage Suit Over Dior Claims
• Rival Casino Plan Won't Halt $203M Deal, Watchdog Says
• Canada Fines Denso $2.2M For Auto Parts Bid-Rigging
• Louisana AG Sues State Farm Over Auto Shop Manipulation
• Lexus to Cut Parts Prices in China Amid Antitrust Probe
• Antitrust Worries Derail $9B Family Dollar Counterbid
• How To Control Risk And Cost Of E-Discovery
• Inside 2nd Circ. Ruling On Overseas Whistleblower
• Ex-Aeropostale Exec Gets 8 Years For $350M Kickback Scheme
• S. African Antitrust Watchdog Names New Cartel Chief
• Carlyle Fights To Nix Experts In PE Antitrust Case
• Nexium Buyers Say Ranbaxy Should Turn Over Docs In MDL
• Nestle's Bottled Water Unit Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit
• $3.3B Scientific, Bally Merger Clears Antitrust Hurdle
• GM Urges 5th Circ. To Ax Auto Parts Antitrust Suit
• Berkshire Settles US Antitrust Claims Over USG Deal
• Judge OKs Tweaks To NCAA Player Pay Ban Ruling
• Execs Duck RICO Claims Over $1B Venezuelan Energy Deals
• Foam Antitrust Settlement Worth $40M, Furniture Co. Reveals
• DOJ Says Subcontractor Should Stay In KBR False Claims Suit
• China Hits Auto Parts Makers With $202M In Antitrust Fines
• How To React To Chinese Anti-Monopoly Surprise Inspections
• Waste Management Hits Oakland With Suit Over $1B Contracts
• Korea Fines Power Meter Cos. $11M For Bid-Rigging
• Auto Parts Co. To Pay $52M Fine In Price-Fixing Probe
• KBR Insists Business Gifts Aren't The Same As Kickbacks
• China Fines Japan Auto Part Cos. $48M For Price-Fixing
• Aetna Hits Indicted Medical Lab With $15M Fraud Suit
• Apotex's Claim Of Provigil Monopoly To Be Decided At Trial
• Schreiber Foods Wins Exit From Milk Price-Fixing MDL
• 5 Most Common Weaknesses In Anti-Corruption Compliance
• NACS Urges High Court To Nix Debit Card Swipe Fees Rule
• Michelin Tells 5th Circ. Le Mans Tire Row Lacks Merit
• DOJ Economist Testifies AmEx's Analysis Had 'Fatal Flaw'
• Leech Tishman Gets Deputy AG For Risk Management Work
• Furniture Supplier Settles With Purchasers In Price-Fixing MDL
• Ex-Rabobank Trader Cops To Libor-Rigging Scheme
• IMS Health Rival Can't Duck Poaching Claims In Antitrust Feud
• Carlyle Must 'Live With' November Trial, Plaintiffs Say
• Banks' Personal Jurisdiction Defense In Libor Suit Stands
• PNC Must Face Captive Reinsurance Suit: Pa. Judge
• PhRMA Says Integrilin FCA Suit Stifles Free Speech Rights
• China Says Mercedes-Benz Fixed Prices of Auto Parts
• So We Agree It's Price-Fixing, But ...
• Chamber Urges Texas Justices To End Shell Defamation Suit
• 7th Circ. Revives Blagojevich RICO Suit Over Casino Tax
• California To Probe Comcast On $45B Time Warner Merger
• Justices Told Gosselin's Massive Fines Disrupt FCA Law
• 2nd Circ. Leaves Foreign FCPA Tipsters High And Dry
• DOJ Ends FCPA Probe Of Layne Christensen With No Charges
• Ex-Virginia Gov. McDonnell, Wife Denied Acquittal At Trial
• GSK Appeals Mylan Trial Victory Over Generic Paxil Deal
• Supreme Court Petition Threatens FCPA Crackdown
• Airlines Say Antitrust MDL Barred By Filed-Rate Doctrine
• Cable Subscribers Fight MLB Antitrust Appeal Plan
• NCAA, Players Agree On Scope Of Pay Ban Ruling
• UK Clears Cancer Testing Merger On Firm's Financial Woes
• Panasonic, Samsung Again Sued Over Electronics Price-Fixing
• BNP Exec Exits FCA Bribery Suit Following $80M Settlement
• Founder of Gov't Contractor Pleads Guilty To Navy Bribery
• NY Judge Urged To Reject Personal Jurisdiction In Libor Suit
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revisit Tossed GE Bid-Rigging Convictions
• Is Project Labscam II On The Horizon?
• An In-House Lawyer's Top 10 Tips For Outside Counsel
• Avaya Stuck With $20M Antitrust Verdict
• High Court Asked To Define FCPA 'Instrumentality'
• 2nd Circ. Ruling On Overseas Tipsters Dodges Big Issues
• Jury Clears Florida Mayor Of Bribery, Extortion Charges
• Calif. Judge OKs $6.4M Settlement In Tomato Antitrust Suit
• AmEx Expert Cites 'Gaping Hole' In DOJ Antitrust Theory
• JPML Consolidates Gold Manipulation Suits In NY
• Brazilian Watchdog Targets Unions Over Price-Fixing
• FTC, Idaho AG Urge 9th Circ. To Toss Out St. Luke's Merger
• Toshiba Sheds TracFone Claims In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• Dodd-Frank Doesn't Shield Whistleblowers Overseas: 2nd Circ.
• FTC Approves Divestitures In $1.4B Funeral Co. Merger
• Big Data Can Yield Big Insights On Promotional Practices
• Medtronic Ruling Creates Hurdles For Antitrust Defendants
• Judge Koh Nixes Killers' Bid To Enter No-Poach Row
• Ex-Redflex Chief Indicted In Chicago Corruption Probe
• Global Bank Lobby Wary Of Wider Forex Fixing Window
• iTunes Monopoly Class Claims Lack Facts, Apple Says
• Aussie Transport Co. Reaches Deal To Exit Price-Fixing Suit
• Pipe-Fitting Cos. Lose 2nd Bid To Toss Price-Fixing Suit
• Players Say NCAA Injunction Covers Current Students
• Chinese Antitrust Adviser Booted Over Qualcomm Ties
• Attorneys Want $3M Fee In Skelaxin Antitrust Row
• BakerHostetler Adds Ex-DLA Piper Antitrust Atty In Philly
• FTC Gets Approval To Launch Patent Troll Study
• French Regulator OKs Italian Financier's $1.1B Club Med Bid
• Law Firms May Be Violating Copyrights
• Last Firm Standing In PE Collusion Case Prepares For Battle
• Lowenstein Sandler Continues Growth With New DC Office
• EU Targets Bulgarian Energy Co. For Antitrust Violations
• Navy Contractor Pleads Guilty To Accepting Bribes
• EU Merger Law May Soon Extend To Minority Acquisitions
• 2nd Circ. Should Hear Cable Deal Antitrust Defense: MLB
• Arbitration 'Reluctantly' Ordered In Foam Price-Fixing MDL
• Competition Cases To Watch As 2014 Rolls On
• Mobilex's Low Medicare Prices Aren't Kickbacks, Judge Rules
• Plaintiffs Suing Sony, UMG Must Give Illegal Download Data
• French Minister Says Amazon's Tactics Break Antitrust Law
• FTC Sends Allergan, Valeant Second Info Request
• MLB Antitrust Suit Not Barred By Exemption, 9th Circ. Told
• Pharmacies Grapple With Surge Of FCA Suits
• Ill. Judge Slashes Surgeon's Antitrust Claims Against Hospital
• Vitamin C Makers, Buyers Fire Closing Salvos In 2nd Circ.
• Dial, Heinz Seek Cert. In Suit Alleging News Corp. Ad Monopoly
• Cubist Acquisition Payments Targeted In FCPA Probe
• Microsoft Officers Seek To Toss Suit Over $732M EU Fine
• Endo, Impax Face Yet Another Suit Over Opana Pay-For-Delay
• Apple Shareholders Sue Over Anti-Poaching Agreements
• Ex-Bright Food Exec Faces Arrest In China Bribery Probe
• The Competition Landscape: What Do You Need To Know?
• Health Care 'Kickbacks' Cover More Than You Might Think
• A Close Look At NY's New Privilege Log Rule
• NCAA Ruling Clears Path For More Antitrust, Labor Brawls
• NCAA Seeks Clarity On O'Bannon 'Recruiting Cycle' Rule
• 9th Circ. Tells Fake Filer In 'No-Poach' Case To Pay Up
• Anti-Poaching Settlement Doomed By Earlier $20M Deal
• Lukoil Unit Fined For Hiking Gas Prices In Sochi
• Courtroom Challenge: Preparing For A First Trial
• NCAA Ruling Is A 'Game Changer,' Hausfeld Says
• Pa. High Court Limits Discovery In Turnpike Pay-To-Play
• Former Texas Mayor Gets 10 Years For Bribery
• Questcor Must Face Infantile Spasm Drug Antitrust Suit
• Apple Must Turn Over Email Contents To Feds In Bribery Case
• Boies Schiller Fined For Conflict In $350M Antitrust Suit
• Athena Claims Federal Preemption In Eyelash Product Fight
• Litigation Sure To Follow FCC's Net Neutrality Rules
• MLB, NHL Fans' Broadcast Antitrust Actions Headed For Trial
• San Jose Set To Swing Away At MLB Antitrust Exemption
• NuScience Can't Base IP Suit On One Sale, 9th Circ. Told
• Objections Can't Nix Airlines' $30M Deal In Price-Fixing MDL
• Via Technologies Says Asus Stole USB IP Through Ex-Exec
• Judge Rules NCAA's Athlete Pay Ban Violates Antitrust Law
• Aeropostale Kickback Case Expands Reach Of Restitution Law
• Deutsche Bank Says High Court Rulings Bar Libor Suit
• Auto Insurance Antitrust MDL Parked In Fla.
• Dairy Cos. Ask High Court To Review Antitrust Causation Rules
• Toyota, BMW Face Chinese Auto Part Antitrust Probe
• Judge Koh Rejects $324M Apple, Google Anti-Poaching Deal
• Obama's Net Neutrality Stance Differs From FCC's, Letter Says
• Novartis Gets Whistleblower Kickback Suit Pared
• LG, Hitachi Seek To Nix Contract Claims In Disk Drive MDL
• A Look At 1st M&A Deals Under China's New Review Process
• FTC V. Cephalon — The Actavis Fray Begins
• Russia Domesticating Funds, Data: Impact On Anti-Corruption
• Compliance Reigns Supreme As In-House Demographics Shift
• Fake Bid To Oust Judge Koh In Anti-Poaching Row Appealed
• Divisive IP Ruling May Mean New Antitrust Liability — Or Not
• Tourneau, Cartier Take Aim At Chanel In Antitrust Watch War
• 6 Japanese Banks Urge NY Judge To Can Libor Class Action
• Disbarred Fla. Atty Gets 6 Years For $28M Medicare Scam
• NCAA Lets Big 5 Conferences Make Their Own Rules
• Brazil Fines Merck $1.8M Over Plot To Block Generics
• Ex-Biz Partner Of 'Kids For Cash' Atty Seeks $200M Freeze
• ASCAP, BMI Push Big Changes To Music Antitrust Settlements
• FTC Seeks More Docs From Medtronic Over $42B Covidien Buy
• Dental Board Lacks Antitrust Immunity, High Court Hears
• Collaboration In The Shadow Of The Billable Hour
• KKR, TPG, Blackstone To Pay $325M In LBO Collusion Suit
• A Call For Antitrust Division Guidance On Cooperation
• Megamerger Madness Expected To Persist Despite Failed Bids
• FERC Feud May Lead To Clarity From Courts On Manipulation
• Shire Seeks To Ax Adderall Antitrust Class Action In Fla.
• Fed. Circ. Revives Patent Antitrust Claims Against Tyco
• Most Of Med Device Sales Trade Secrets Suit Survives
• Aeropostale Supplier Gets 3 1/2-Year Kickback Sentence
• Ex-DOJ Antitrust Attys Team Up To Launch New DC Firm
• Auditor Wants Broker-Dealer's Suit Over $66M Fraud Tossed
• Abbott Won't Appeal 9th Circ. Gay Juror Decision in GSK Row
• FERC Says Outspoken Hedge Fund Manipulated Energy Market
• Audi, Chrysler To Get Punished By Chinese Antitrust Agency
• Obama Warns Against Internet Fast Lanes
• Contract Management Survey Reveals Untapped Opportunities
• Sprint To Call Off Pursuit Of $32B T-Mobile Merger
• Gov't Contractor Gets 3 Years In Navy Bribery Conspiracy
• 10th Circ. Revives Medtronic Bone Mill Antitrust Case
• Global 20 Firms Follow Clients Into FCPA Hot Zones
• 4th Circ. Clears Wells Fargo In Mortgage Kickback Suit
• Paris Court Orders Uber To Reveal Costs In Ride Invoices
• Formula 1 Chief Pays $100M To End German Bribery Case
• Glencore Says It Lacks US Link In Aluminum Antitrust MDL
• Brazil Fines GM Unit $14.6M Over Ambulance Bid-Rigging
• Norton Rose Fulbright Survives DQ Bid In Pamlab Suit
• Fannie Mae Official Gets 15 Months For Kickback Conviction
• EU Weighs Changes To Insurance Antitrust Exemption
• FTAIA Analysis: 7th Circ. Vs. 2nd Circ.
• Baker & McKenzie Adds Competition Hire To Jo'burg Office
• JPMorgan's $360M Carlson Unit Sale Scores EU Approval
• Daimler Offices Raided By Chinese Antitrust Officials
• JPMorgan Flags Possible $4.6B Hit From Legal Losses
• Cobalt May See FCPA Penalties From SEC For Angola Bribery
• OneWest Tells 9th Circ. Insurance Class Is Forum-Shopping
• Oil Traders End CFTC's Price-Manipulation Suit For $13M
• Merchants Can Opt Out Of AmEx, Exec Testifies
• Panasonic Accused In Scheme To Fix Capacitor Prices
• FTC OK's $324M Akorn Deal For Drugmaker, With Conditions
• Technicolor Fights Antitrust Plaintiffs' Bid For French Docs
• FTC Commish, Judge Urge More Antitrust Penalties For Execs
• EU Antitrust Watchdog OKs $1.3B Siemens-Rolls Royce Deal
• Former Innospec Execs Get Prison In UK For Bribery
• Possible Defenses To Health Care M&A Challenges From FTC
• BizJet And The Long Arm Of The FCPA
• Verein Tie-Ups Gain Allure As Firms Eye Global Expansion
• UK Firms Expand Global Empire, But US Firms Gaining Ground
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Take Global To New Heights
• FCC Wants No Wireless Co. Partnering At Spectrum Auction
• Global Roundup: France Eyes Mail Cos., Bulgargaz Gets Fined
• Judge OKs $450M Apple E-Books Settlement
• Legal Firm Settles Trade Secrets Suit Against Founder
• Retaliation Claims Revived In BAE Bid Rigging Suit
• Carlyle Not Backing Down In Massive LBO Collusion Suit
• 5 Things You Need To Know About Iliad's $15B T-Mobile Bid
• Consumers Lose Class Cert. Bid In Intel Antitrust MDL
• Ex-Alstom VP Says FCPA Indictment Is Time-Barred
• Investor Demands Parker Drilling Execs' Names In FCPA Case
• Deutsche Bank, HSBC Accused Of Manipulating Silver Futures
• Patent Validity And Scope Can Be Litigated In Antitrust Suits
• FCPA Diligence In Infrastructure Transactions