Competition Archive » September, 2014

Competition - September, 2014

327 articles

• BD Stuck With $114M Antitrust Verdict After New Trial Denied
• Louis Dreyfus Can't Shake Cotton Price Manipulation Suit
• NY Delays Review Of $45B Comcast-TWC Deal Amid Worries
• Gas Groups Ask Justices To Undo 9th Circ. Price-Fixing Ruling
• Goldman, Others Get Initial Approval For $590M LBO Deals
• Novartis' FCA Suit Discovery Request Slammed By States
• FTC Gets Beat Up On Appeal, Wright Says In Call For Clarity
• Antitrust Cases To Watch As Supreme Court Term Kicks Off
• Daimler Ruling Comes To Banks' Aid In Yen-Libor Action
• And Now A Word From The Panel: ABCs Of JPML Practice
• DOJ Wants Shipping Price-Fixing Suit Stayed Amid Trial
• Hyundai Slams Supplier's Bid To Toss Counterfeit Parts Row
• EU Says Apple, Fiat Tax Deals Gave Unfair Advantages
• Antitrust And Cybersecurity — Still A Long Way To Go
• Firm Owner Admits Paying $1M In Bribes To JPMorgan, GMAC
• UBS In Forex-Rigging Settlement Talks, Warns Of Fines
• Avon Shareholders' FCPA China Bribe Class Action Tossed
• Cos. Try To Nix More Experts In Nexium Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Fla. High Court Presses Gov. On Cleared Mayor's Suspension
• Wal-Mart Can't Escape Suit Over Mexico Bribery Allegations
• Univ. Counsel Gets Probation For Hiding Kickback Scheme
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• Beats Sues Competitor For Claiming To Be Co-Founder
• Lipitor Plaintiffs Admit Pay-For-Delay Suit Doomed
• 10th Circ. Affirms Dow's $1B Price-Fixing Judgment
• Apple Fights Govt's Bid to Strike Arguments Over Monitor
• FTC Taps U Of Mich. Prof As New Chief Economist
• Whistleblower's FCA Suit Against PharMerica Passes Muster
• Administrator Gets 68 Months For $6M Fla. Health Care Fraud
• Auto Parts Co. To Pay $26M Fine, Plead Guilty To Price-Fixing
• Lloyds Fires 8, Axes $4.9M In Bonuses Over Libor Rigging
• DuPont Tells High Court Kolon Wrong On Recusal Request
• FTC Holds Up Verisk's Planned $650M EagleView Buy
• EU To Explain Reasoning For Apple, Fiat Tax Investigations
• Twin City Off The Hook For Potato Exec's Antitrust Defense
• Family Dollar Says $9.1B Dollar General Bid Under Probe
• Attys Seek $200M In Fees Amid Deals In LBO Collusion Suit
• Ex-NJ Mayor's Conspirators Get Combined 10.5 Years In Jail
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Must Reopen Hotel Booking Probe
• ING Kickback Settlement Worth $415M Gets Final OK
• LegalZoom Wants To Sanction Rival Over 'Baseless' Brief
• Chilean Poultry Cos. Hit With $61M Antitrust Fine Over Quotas
• Battelle Fights Army's Bid To Dismiss Data Leak Claims
• 7 HSR Filing Reminders From Berkshire Hathaway Case
• UK Regulators, Banks Could Settle Forex Price-Fixing Claims
• Apple Can't Eject Consumers' ITunes Monopoly Suit
• Intel Pulls Plug On Shareholders' Suit Over No-Poach Policy
• Nippon Cargo To Settle Air Cargo Price-Fixing MDL
• Wynn Hits Chanos With Slander Suit Over FCPA Accusation
• Japanese Shipper To Pay $68M In DOJ Price-Fixing Plea
• Medco Can't Escape Latest FCA Claims Over Hemophilia Scam
• Press Co. Wants $35M Antitrust, Trade Secrets Verdict Undone
• Abbott Labs Wins Nix Of RICO Claims In Humira, AndroGel Suit
• Judge Won't Exclude Experts In Nexium Pay-For-Delay Trial
• Judge Koh Asked To Hear 2nd Dreamworks Anti-Poaching Suit
• Holder To Leave DOJ Emboldened To Tackle Corporate Crime
• LCD Co. Can't Nix Proview's State Claims In Price-Fix MDL
• 26 Cos. Object To $30M Blue Cross Deal In Antitrust Suit
• Coffee Co. To Appeal Injunction Loss In Keurig MDL
• Cephalon's Patent Experts Barred In FTC Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Google Fights News Corp. CEO's Antitrust Claims In EU
• Fla. Lobbyist Gets House Arrest In FBI Bribery Sting
• Bed Bath & Beyond Flushes Towel-Warmer Trade Secrets Suit
• Judge Criticizes 'Excessive' Filings In LCD Antitrust MDL
• Parts Makers Get State Claims Pared In Price-Fixing MDL
• Aussie Watchdog OKs $1.2B Goodman Fielder Purchase
• DirecTV Stockholders Approve $48.5B Merger With AT&T
• UK Extends Libor Manipulation Law To 7 More Benchmarks
• Attorney General Eric Holder To Step Down
• NFL Wants End To Claims Of 2010 Salary Cap Collusion
• Buyers To Appeal Dismissals In Aluminum Warehouse MDL
• BNP Asks For Sentencing Delay Until DOL Determines Status
• Wal-Mart, 7-Eleven Back Supreme Court Swipe Fee Challenge
• Author Group To Seek DOJ Antitrust Probe Into Amazon
• 9th Circ. Wants Engineers' Input On $325M Anti-Poaching Deal
• Actavis Seeks Access To NY AG's Files In Antitrust Case
• Nexium Buyers Fight Bid To Nix Experts In Pay-For-Delay Trial
• Comcast, Time Warner Say Merger Criticism Not Fact-Based
• Haynes And Boone Snags Onetime FTC Litigator In DC
• 9th Circ. OKs Speedier Timeline In NCAA Athlete Pay Appeal
• Surgery Service Claims Blue Cross Affiliate Owes It $26M
• UK Antitrust Monitor Bans Car Insurers' Deals With Websites
• Public Records Website Urges Sanctions For Rival in IP Suit
• Corporate Probation May Follow An Antitrust Conviction
• Pom Won't Pursue 9th Circ. Appeal Over Coke Juice Labels
• Judge Koh Agrees To Hear DreamWorks Anti-Poaching Suit
• General Cable Investigating FCPA Concerns In 4 Countries
• Drilling Fluids Maker, Rival Settle Row Over Smear Campaign
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Daniel Berger
• Sen. Durbin Tells High Court Fed Got Swipe Fees Wrong
• RICO Claim Against Spirit Airlines Has Wings: 11th Circ.
• FTC Economics Chief Says Details Key In Merger Defense
• Schaeffler's US Arm Can't Dodge Auto Parts Antitrust MDL
• Sysco Plans Notes Offering To Fund $3.8B US Foods Buy
• TRW To Pay Consumers $5.4M In Auto Parts Antitrust MDL
• Canadian Antitrust Chief Vows To Tackle Pay-For-Delay Deals
• DuPont Gets Partial Dismissal Of Indirect Buyers' Cartel Suit
• Korean Beer Importer Sues Ex-Pres. Over Bribes, Sham Deals
• Opportunities And Pitfalls In The Legal Cloud
• LCD Makers Evaded Antitrust MDL Court, Judge Says
• The Rise of Coordinated Health Care Fraud Enforcement
• Yazaki To Pay $76M To Consumers In Price-Fixing MDL Deal
• Judge Swats MLB's Bid For 2nd Circ. Appeal In Antitrust Row
• Aussie Gov't Panel Backs Reforms To Cartel Rules
• Covington Atty Seeks To Escape Subpoena In Nexium MDL
• NY Litigation Funder Awarded $33.5M In Kickback Suit
• Oracle, Myriad Resolve Java Software Licensing Dispute
• FTC's Top IP Atty Says SEP Abuse Still A Priority
• Shell, Duke Ask High Court To Nix Gas Price-Fixing Ruling
• High Court Asked To Clarify 'Foreign Official' Under FCPA
• NCAA, Plaintiffs Seek Speedy Trial In Athlete Pay Appeal
• Signature MD Fights To Keep Duane Morris In Antitrust Suit
• Former CCI Exec Takes FCPA Reach Fight To High Court
• Pfizer Pushes To Ax Rest Of Lipitor Pay-For-Delay Suit
• A General Counsel's Top 10 Billing Tips
• Ominous Outlook For Physician-Owned Distributors
• Keurig Can Sell 2.0 Brewer During Antitrust MDL, Judge Says
• SanDisk Can't Escape Flash Memory Antitrust Suit
• Apple Antitrust Monitor Should Stay, Gov't Tells 2nd Circ.
• HHS Watchdog Warns Of Coupon Kickbacks In Part D
• TozziniFreire Expands Its Sao Paulo Antitrust Practice
• Auditing Co. Can't Ax Broker-Dealer's Suit Over $66M Fraud
• DOJ Says It Proved AmEx Steering Rules Harm Competition
• Ex-Mayer Brown CIO's Sentencing Delayed Again Over E-Book
• Bill Exposes Drug Cos. To Suits For Abusing Safety Controls
• Sharp Fights To Opt Out Of Deals In CRT Price-Fixing MDL
• UK Appeals Court Upholds Innospec Bribery Convictions
• SanDisk, PNY Settle Antitrust Suit Over SD Cards
• GSK Fined Record $489M For Bribery In China
• The EU General Court Gets A Rap On Its Knuckles
• News Corp.'s Google Worries Show Difficulty For EU Deal
• Ex-Detroit Public Library Honcho Gets 10 Years For Bribery
• Medtronic Pays States To Settle Defibrillator FCA Claims
• SEC Targets 8 Over Penny-Stock Fraud, Banker Charged
• 2nd Circ. Tosses Iraq's Suit Over $10B Oil-For-Food Scheme
• Hitachi, Mitsubishi Execs Indicted Over Auto Parts Cartel
• Pie Maker Seeks Dough With Antitrust Class Action
• Sen. Proposes 5-Year Sunset For NFL Antitrust Exemption
• UK Publishers Reportedly Seek Amazon Antitrust Probe
• 4 Hot Issues In 3rd-Party Due Diligence
• Contractors Hit Pixar, Disney With New Anti-Poaching Suit
• FERC Proposal Would Benefit Market-Based Rate Entities
• FCC Urged To Shut Down $49B AT&T-DirecTV Deal
• OECD Says Cooperation Bolsters Competition Enforcement
• DOJ To Target Individuals Over Financial Fraud, Holder Says
• Chile Eyes Jail Terms, New Fine Ceiling For Antitrust Breaches
• Tesla Urges NJ Court To Ax Ban On Direct Consumer Sales
• Reckitt Says Suboxone 'Product-Hopping' Didn't Harm Buyers
• Net Neutrality Camps Clash At Senate Hearing
• FERC Won't Review New England Power Auction Results
• Qantas, Singapore Air Pay $9.8M To Exit Antitrust Action
• OneBeacon Denied Again In Dish Malpractice Coverage Suit
• Comcast-TWC Deal May Hurt Content Provider Access: AAI
• House Panel OKs Trade Secret Bill, Disputed Seizure Rules
• Ex-MySpace Owner Accuses Google, News Corp. Of Collusion
• Family Dollar Snubs 'Meaningless' $9.1B Dollar General Bid
• What The EU MasterCard Ruling Means For Banks, Retailers
• NY Antitrust Suit Tests Key Tactic Of Brand-Name Drugmakers
• Judge Nixes 'Patent Troll' MPHJ's Suit To Block FTC Inquiry
• DLA Piper Snags Ex-Kirkland & Ellis Atty For NYC Practice
• Kaplan, Pomerantz Among Firms Sought To Lead Libor Cases
• FTC's Ohlhausen Troubled By China's Antitrust Law
• Beer Merger May Escape Antitrust Worries With Miller Sale
• Criminal Antitrust Policy: Bigger Sticks, Smaller Carrots
• DOJ, FTC Ink Deal With Colombian Antitrust Watchdog
• Ex-Mayer Brown CIO Should Get Prison Time, Prosecutors Say
• Music Licensing Co. To Settle TV Stations' Antitrust Suit
• Chiquita Floats Concessions To Fyffes Inversion Deal
• Judge Koh Urged To Take On DreamWorks Anti-Poaching Suit
• NY AG Attacks Actavis' Plan To Force New Drug On Patients
• FCC Gets More Than 3M Net Neutrality Comments
• Aetna Can't Close Book On Underpayment Saga, Class Says
• Ameritox's Drug-Test Cup Injunction Bid Falls Short
• Teva, AstraZeneca Want Expert Nixed From Nexium Trial
• Spain Probes P&G, Others Over Adult Diaper Cartel
• Mass. High Court Says Dealers Can't Fight Tesla Sales
• AT&T's $48.5B DirecTV Deal Under State AGs' Antitrust Lens
• Workers In No-Poach Tech Case Say Pacts Were Per Se Illegal
• Walgreen Blasts 'Chutzpah' Of Attys' Fee Bid In Pfizer MDL
• High Court Should Mull Antitrust Causation Rules, Groups Say
• WTO A Tough Venue To Challenge China On Antitrust Law
• OPINION: Why Didn't McDonnell Plead Guilty?
• Problems With Volume Of Commerce In Antitrust Sentencing
• Attys Get Do-Over On Botched Apple E-Books Class Notice
• Millennium Wins Bid to Reduce Damages in Ameritox Suit
• Pfizer Sheds Lipitor Buyers' Class Action In Antitrust MDL
• Christie Hit With Complaint Over Pension Fund Investments
• Fla. High Court Puts Mayor's Suspension Case On Fast Track
• DOJ's Baer Warns Against Protectionism In Antitrust
• Antitrust Group Decries Mass. AG's Partners Hospital Deal
• OPINION: Pro Bono May Help Diversity Recruiting Efforts
• Court Urged To OK $1.1B Deal In LCD Price-Fixing MDL
• EU Antitrust Chief Expects More Fines Before His Term's End
• OPEC Antitrust Suit Wins New Life At DC Circ.
• DOJ Litigation Chief Says Cos. Should Stick To The Facts
• EU High Court Backs French Bank Card Rate Appeal
• 2nd Circ. Limits Monopolist Duty To Deal With Competitors
• Esquenazi In Korea: Identifying Instrumentalities Abroad
• Toyo Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Tire Patent Settlements
• HP Russia Pleads Guilty to Bribery, Will Pay $58.8M Fine
• FTC's Ramirez Pushes Merger Remedies Review
• Continuant Gets $62M Judgment, Landmark Interest Award
• Doctors Fight To Join Blue Cross Antitrust Class Suit
• Estee Lauder Asks 11th Circ. To Nix Retailer's Antitrust Suit
• Novartis Whistleblower Trims FCA Claims Against CVS
• LCD Makers Denied Bid To Limit Costco Antitrust Damages
• Ex-NY Assemblyman Skirts Prison For Lying In Bribery Probe
• EU Approves BSkyB's $9.3B Deal For Fox Pay-TV Assets
• 'Kids For Cash' Defendant Wants Plaintiffs' Attys Sanctioned
• MasterCard Loses Interchange Fee Fight In EU High Court
• TPP Inches Ahead On IP, Labor As Deadline Looms
• VW, Chrysler Hit With $46M In Price-Fixing Fines In China
• How Research Efficiency Impacts Law Firm Profitability
• What FTC Is Saying In 1st Post-Actavis Pay-For-Delay Case
• 5 Insights From Ford General Counsel David Leitch
• DOJ Urges Companies To Report Anti-Competitive Behavior
• New EU Antitrust Chief To Join Restructured EC
• Aussie Watchdog Tweaks Leniency Policy To Boost Detection
• EU Conditionally Clears Huntsman's $1B Rockwood Biz Buy
• House Committee Approves Bill To Streamline Merger Reviews
• Ex-Airline Exec Gets Reduced Sentence In Kickback Scheme
• Surgical Chain Pays $5M To End FCA Kickbacks Suit
• Kaiser Accused Of Dumping Mentally Ill Patients
• Dollar Tree Deal May Beat Hostile Bid On Antitrust Review
• EU Google Probe To Continue Past Antitrust Head's Exit
• Ex-RedFlex Chief Denies Role In Chicago Bribery Scheme
• ACE Insurance Off The Hook For Real Estate Antitrust Costs
• JFTC Joins Regulatory Probes Of $13.4B Zimmer-Biomet Deal
• 7th Circ. Springs Jailed Sav-Rx Exec, Finding Entrapment
• Can EU States Do Whatever They Want To Foreign Takeovers?
• Best Business Planning Practices For Lawyers
• Dollar General Goes Hostile With $9.1B Family Dollar Bid
• New Castle Says Spicy Beer's Claims Rely On Suspect Text
• ABA Sections Chime In On Patent Trial Issues In China
• American Guarantee Ducks Coverage In Sausage Co. Row
• EU Auto Parts Cos. Say China Needs To Open Competition
• Investors Urge High Court To Unblock Appeal In Libor MDL
• Lidoderm Buyers Fight Dismissal Bid In Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Comcast, Others Team Up With MLB In Antitrust Appeal
• US Companies Want UK Metal Exchange Back In Antitrust Suit
• Judge Koh Sets April 2015 Trial In Tech Anti-Poach Row
• Blagojevich Fundraiser Fights Fraud Conviction On Appeal
• FTC Asks For More Info On $8.5B Family Dollar Deal
• China Hits Cement Cos. With $18.6M Price-Fixing Fine
• AGs Back Ruling McWane Squeezed Out Pipe Fitting Rivals
• 2nd Circ. Ruling May Spark More Lanham Act Cases
• Not All Antitrust Auto Parts Cases Are 'Auto Parts Cases'
• State Claims Trimmed From AbbVie, Teva Pay-for-Delay MDL
• FTC Targets AbbVie, Teva In 1st New Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Distributor Says Pinnacle Foods Conspired To Replace It
• ITC Okays Google Intervention In Import Probe
• Bosch Ran Spark Plug Cartel, Brazilian Regulator Says
• Animators Sue Disney, Pixar Over No-Poach Deal In Calif.
• FTC Backtracks On Phoebe Deal As Divestiture Seems Doable
• Jailed Sav-Rx Exec Was Victim Of Entrapment, 7th Circ. Hears
• $1.2B Goodman Fielder Buyout Delayed By China's Regulators
• Auto Parts Co. Asks 5th Circ. To Restart GM Antitrust Row
• China Anti-Monopoly Law May Flout WTO Rules: US Chamber
• Antitrust Group, Gov't Want Motorola To Face Price-Fixing Suit
• DOJ Names Schulte Roth Atty Head Of Criminal Appeals, Fraud
• Mistaken Doc Distribution Doesn't Waive Privilege In FCA Row
• Visa's Europe Unit Wants Out Of Card Fees Antitrust MDL
• A Very Different EU State Aid Landscape
• Ex-JPMorgan Execs Can't Nix Claims In SEC Pay-to-Play Suit
• Indian Watchdog Questions $3B Sun Pharma-Ranbaxy Deal
• DuPont Rival Wants Korean Law Applied In Trade Secrets Row
• Microsoft Can't Hide Behind IP, MiniFrame Tells High Court
• Antitrust, FCA Claims On Merck Mumps Vaccine To Advance
• Tech Cos. Seek Review Of Nixed $325M Anti-Poach Settlement
• Taiwan, Corning Push 9th Circ. To Rehear AUO Case
• 2nd Vendor Indicted In Ga. DOD Kickback Scheme
• PE Firm Sues Canada For $1.1B Over Mobile Venture Flop
• Boston Scientific Whistleblowers Can't Duck Counterclaims
• Global Roundup: China Targets Microsoft, UK Eyes Fitting Cos.
• Supreme Court Asked To Review Pa. Funeral Home Law Case
• Airbnb Driving Up San Francisco Rents, Class Action Says
• Novartis Can't Escape FCA Drug Kickback Suit
• NCAA Pushes To Nix Scholarship Antitrust Suit
• Fed Gov. Powell Urges Alternatives To Libor
• SEC Wins Permanent Bans In Microcap Kickback Scheme
• Family Dollar Spurns Rival's $9.1B Bid Over Antitrust Risks
• Less Than Meets The Eye: Amicus Briefs In St. Luke's
• 5 Insights From AT&T General Counsel Wayne Watts
• EU High Court Slashes €19M Zipper Cartel Fine To €2.8M
• Loestrin Pay-For-Delay Case Can't Survive Actavis, Judge Says
• Microsoft, Publishers Blast EU's Google Antitrust Deal
• Judge Koh Floats Early-2015 Trial In Tech Anti-Poach Row
• Market Rumors: Hootsuite, Alibaba, ChiNext
• Italian Shipping Price Floor Is Anticompetitive: EU High Court
• FTC Patent Troll Study To Disappoint Some, Wright Says
• Costco Wants $47M In Damages In LCD Price-Fixing Suit
• Broadband Competition Sorely Lacking, Warns FCC's Wheeler
• Banks Must Face Credit Default Swap Rigging Suit
• Ex-Va. Gov. McDonnell, Wife Found Guilty Of Corruption
• FTC Wants More Info On Zillow's $3.5B Trulia Buy
• Judge Greenlights Realtor Group's $3.3M Antitrust Deal
• Watchdog Raises Red Flag On Expedia's $659M Wotif Deal
• Shepherd & Wedderburn Adds Former BT Antitrust Counsel
• There's No Price-Fixing Among Class Action Plaintiffs Firms
• SEC Wins Permanent Ban On Ex-Urban CEO For Microcap Plot
• Netflix Jumps Into Fight Over City-Run Broadband
• Apple, Google Restart Talks With Employees In No-Poach Suit
• Coffeemaker Roasts Keurig 2.0 Machine In Antitrust MDL
• FTC's Joshua Wright Takes Aim At 'Stale' Thinking
• Investors Consolidate Suits Over High-Frequency Trading
• St. Luke's Tells 9th Circ. Doc Group Deal Followed ACA
• Highmark Suit Says UPMC Overbilled $300M For Chemo Drugs
• FTC Promotes Attys Who Scrutinized ProMedica, Thermo Deals
• KBR Subcontractor Challenges Jurisdiction In FCA Suit
• FTC Nears Deal To End Propane Price-Fixing Case
• Ranbaxy Fights Doc Bid In Nexium Pay-For-Delay Fight
• EU Fines Samsung, Others $181.3M For Smart Chip Cartel
• What O'Bannon Means For NCAA's Next Round Of Litigation
• 7th Circ. Nixes En Banc Bid In Motorola Price-Fix Appeal
• NC Dental Board Hits Back At FTC In Antitrust Fight
• Ex-Mayor Says Miami Lakes Has No Business In His Appeal
• Libor Investors Push High Court To Allow Immediate Appeal
• 4 Lessons From Carlyle's 7-Year Collusion Case
• Gov't Fights Ex-Alstom Exec's Bid To Toss FCPA Charges
• Keker Partner Joins FCC As Deputy Bureau Chief
• US Businesses Feel 'Targeted' By Chinese Regulators: Survey
• U.S. Foods Settlement Could Mean $100M Payday For 8 Firms
• Baker & McKenzie Adds Labor, Antitrust Pros In Hong Kong
• China Fines Insurers $18M For Auto Policy Price-Fixing
• Saudi Oil Bribe Suit Against Swiss Bank Won't Be Heard In NY
• EU Clears Telefonica Deutschland's €9B E-Plus Merger
• Amazon — The 1st Illegal Monopsony?