Competition Archive » February, 2015

Competition - February, 2015

284 articles

• LA Renews JPMorgan, Citigroup, BofA Redlining Suits
• Ex-NJ Power Broker Can't Kill Surprise Testimony In Trial
• Quinn, Boies Get $52M Fees From Foam Antitrust Settlements
• 2nd Circ. Agrees To Keep Aluminum Antitrust Appeal Paused
• Actavis Fights For Earlier 2nd Circ. Date In Antitrust Suit
• Revolving-Door Roundup: Paul Weiss, DLA Piper, Cadwalader
• Pols Introduce Bill To Stop FCC Preemption Of State Laws
• Nike Calls Racism, Hacking Claims Latest Salvo In Futile Suit
• Altice Offers Concessions For $8.3B Portuguese Assets Deal
• 2nd Circ. Revives Sleepy's Claims Against Select Comfort
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Netflix Antitrust Suit
• Takeaways From High Court's NC Dental Opinion
• With FCC Vote, Net Neutrality Moves To Next Act: Litigation
• A Brief History Of The FTC's State Action Battles
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Intervention Bid In Bad Faith Dispute
• Target, Sears Among Several To Settle CRT Price-Fixing Suits
• Feds Blast Ex-NJ Democratic Leader For Greed As Trial Opens
• FTC's Wright Calls For Vote On New FTC Act Section 5 Rules
• Ex-Willkie Atty's Personal Emails Sought In Swipe Fee MDL
• FCC Adopts Net Neutrality Regulations — What Lies Ahead?
• JSW Can't Nix Duty To Defend Claim Over $156M Judgment
• FTC Sees Privacy As Growing Issue In Merger Reviews
• Clorox Looks To Ax Antitrust Suit Over Bulk Package Sales
• Spain Fines Repsol, Others €32M For Gas Cartel
• FCC Votes To Impose Tough Net Neutrality Rules
• FCC Overrides State Broadband Restrictions
• 6th Circ Says Audit Not Public Disclosure In Reviving FCA Suit
• NC Dental Gives State Boards Map To Avoid Antitrust Trouble
• IRS Whistleblower Cites Bias Due To Judge's Kin's Bribe Case
• Objector Says LBO Antitrust Attys Want To Relitigate Fee Fight
• Attorneys React To High Court's State Board Antitrust Ruling
• Hospital Mergers Cut Competition, Efficiency, FTC Panel Says
• Hospital Fights Privileged Docs Release In Texas High Court
• General Cable Sets Aside $24M After FCPA Investigation
• Uber Scoffs At Cabbies' Bid To Bar It From Philadelphia
• Univ. Counsel Suspended For 9 Months For Kickback Scheme
• Bankrupt Ambulance Co. Seeks Stay of Medicare FCA Suit
• With Neutrality Vote Looming, GOP, Dems Trade Final Blows
• DOJ To Tailor Antitrust Actions For Health Care Market
• Cochran Firm Escapes DQ Bid In Row Over Law Firm Venture
• UN Africa Report Reveals Startling Illicit Financial Flows
• Justices Say State Boards Need Review For Antitrust Shield
• Mylan Says $107M Verdict Should Stand In Generic Paxil Fight
• Ireland Says $1.5B Offer For Aer Lingus Not Sweet Enough
• Union Pacific, BNSF Can't Duck Oxbow's Price-Fixing Suit
• Unanimous House Advances FCC Report Consolidation Bill
• Attorneys React To SEC's FCPA Action Against Goodyear
• Goodyear FCPA Fine Spotlights Dangers In Overseas M&A
• Brazil Slaps Former Petrobras Exec With Criminal Charges
• Dutch Antitrust Watchdog Vows Scrutiny Of Pharma Sector
• Investors' Attys OK Staggered Payout In LBO Antitrust Suit
• Return LCD Price-Fixing Suits To Home Courts, Judge Says
• Former NY Assembly Speaker Pleads Not Guilty To Corruption
• PREPA Took Kickbacks From Fuel Oil Suppliers, Suit Says
• Novartis Says Doc Deadline In FCA Suit Not Feasible
• Shook Hardy Snaps Up Boutique Firm To Enter Chicago Market
• Antitrust Concerns Abound In Hospital Mergers, Ramirez Says
• Human Egg Donors Seek To Intervene In Antitrust Pay Row
• Sidley Must Give Emails To Judge Mulling DQ Bid In Tuna Row
• Comcast Ups Stock Buyback To $10B As TWC Merger Looms
• Actavis Accuses NY AG Of Trying To 'Hijack' Antitrust Laws
• Sheldon Silver May Be Able To Beat This
• Legal Departments Are Ramping Up Revenue Searches
• Goodyear Pays $16M To Settle SEC's FCPA Charges
• PGA Tour Wants Antitrust Class Action Transferred To Fla.
• Aetna Files $120M Kickback Suit Against Houston Hospital
• Morgan Stanley Says Force-Placed Suit's Claims Fall Short
• USAID Contractor Dissolves Board Amid Suspension Scandal
• Insurers, AARP Back NY AG In Namenda Antitrust Suit
• Time Warner Ducks $11B Suit Over Lakers, Dodgers Bundling
• FTC Approves Novartis' $16B GSK Oncology Buy With Fixes
• Comcast, Al Sharpton, Others Hit With $20B Race Bias Suit
• EC To Probe Cargill's $440M Buy Of ADM Chocolate Biz
• High Court Won't Review WellPoint Antitrust Suit
• FX Investors Seek Shorter Stay Than DOJ In Antitrust Suit
• HSBC Legal, Regulatory Set-Asides Now Top $2B
• Net Neutrality To Spur Class Actions, FCC Commissioner Says
• Dachser Gets Nod For $2.5M Deal To Exit Price-Fixing Suit
• EU Launches Investigation Of GE's $17B Alstom Acquisition
• Bankers Beware: OCC Encourages Small Banks To Collaborate
• AmEx Antitrust Ruling Could Pay Off For Consumers
• Customers May Prove Key In FTC's Sysco-US Foods Challenge
• US Atty Won't Be Disqualified From Ferriero Racketeering Suit
• Google Bounces Search App Antitrust Suit
• Aluminum Buyers Look To Keep Antitrust Appeal Paused
• Aussies Greenlight $23B GSK-Novartis Deal With Divestments
• 3rd Circ. Says AWP Whistleblower Relied On Public Info
• Goldman, Others Seek Early Exit From Force-Placed Suit
• CBS Urges DC Circ. To Yank FCC's Merger Review Disclosure
• DC Circ. Asked To Revive Visa ATM Fee Class Actions
• 7th Circ. Urged To Revive Suit Over Abbott Off-Label Scheme
• In-House Counsel's Dirty 'Little' Secret: Data Leakage
• EU Delays Antitrust Ruling On ZF's $13.5B Auto Supplier Buy
• Ex-Willkie Atty Leaked Confidential MasterCard Info, Firm Says
• FTC Gives $2.5B Zillow-Trulia Merger A Pass
• Ex-Va. First Lady Gets 1-Year Prison Term For Corruption
• 6 Lessons From 9th Circ. St. Luke's Decision
• Nike Kicks Soccer Monopoly Accusations, Wins Atty Sanctions
• Ex-NJ Powerbroker Looks To DQ US Attys In Racketeering Row
• AmEx Shows Small Market Shares Carry Antitrust Risks
• Public Interest Groups Back NY AG In Namenda Appeal
• FTC Pushes 9th Circ. To Lift Stay On St. Luke's Divestiture
• Zurich On Hook For IMS Health's Antitrust Defense
• FTC Lodges Challenge To $3.5B Sysco, US Foods Tie-Up
• UK Regulator To Probe Competition In Investment Banking
• Express Scripts Escapes Jilted Rival's Monopolization Suit
• Rooftop Clubs Lose Bid To Stall Wrigley Field Revamp
• Mass. High Court Finds Satellite Tax Doesn't Favor Cable
• Sheldon Silver Indicted On Fraud, Extortion Charges
• Ball Corp. Set To Pay $8.4B For British Rival Rexam
• 7th Circ.'s Reading Of 'Referral' Under AKS Is Expansive
• Judge Finds AmEx Merchant Rules Anti-Competitive
• Sidley Should Be DQ'd In Tuna Antitrust Row, Court Told
• FTC Defends Disgorgement Bid In Cephalon Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Toyo, Sentury Settle Tire Patent Antitrust Dispute
• DOJ Asks Court To Pause Discovery In FX Antitrust Suit
• O'Melveny Antitrust Team Tapped By Sysco Amid Merger
• Retailers Renew Class Cert. Bid In Milk Antitrust Dispute
• Health First Faces FCA Suit Over Self-Referral Kickbacks
• Loestrin Buyers Teed Up For Appeal In Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Wireless Group Head Blasts FCC's Net Neutrality Approach
• TV Viewers Say 2nd Circ. Rulings Factor Into MLB, NHL Row
• Tiny ISPs Urge Exemption From FCC's Net Neutrality Rules
• Novartis Improperly Withholding Docs, Whistleblower Says
• A Troubling Disregard For FCPA's Business Nexus Element
• Hausfeld Expands London Office With Ex-Berwin Leighton Atty
• Koch Brothers, Sierra Club Join Law Prof To Support Tesla
• Recasting Claims Under CGL Policies Is Rough In 5th Circ.
• A Preview Of Sentencing For Ex-Va. Gov.'s Wife
• Ex-Goodwin Atty's Tab In Apple E-Book Case Hits $2.65M
• 11th Circ. Upholds Sentences In Medicare Fraud Case
• FCC Honors Hotels' Request To Drop Wi-Fi Blocking Petition
• Boston Sci Pays J&J $600M To Settle Guidant Merger Suit
• Cubs Fire Back Against Wrigley Field TRO Request
• EU Plan To Regulate Financial Benchmarks Advances
• Psychiatrist Agrees To Pay $3.8M In FCA Kickbacks Case
• AbbVie Says FTC Withholding Key Docs In Pay-For-Delay Suit
• RTI Fights For Interest On $340M Becton Antitrust Verdict
• NFL, American Needle To Settle Antitrust Suit
• Wheeler Blasts ISP Concerns Over Net Neutrality Regs
• Ocean Spray Says Growers Lack Standing in Antitrust Suit
• Germany's New Merger Guidelines May Not Be Very Practical
• NY AG Says Actavis Trying To Shield Namenda Monopoly
• Expedia-Orbitz Deal Likely To Survive Antitrust Review
• Despite St. Luke's, The Efficiencies Defense Is Not Dead
• EU Watchdog Probes $7.6B Siemens-Dresser-Rand Deal
• Brazilian Antitrust Watchdog To Probe Auto Parts Market
• Nike Must Face Golf Retailer's Price Discrimination Suit
• Expedia Reveals Breakup Fee Tied To $1.6B Orbitz Pickup
• Players Fight MLB Bid To Link Employment, Antitrust Suits
• Lewis Brisbois Hires IP, Antitrust Atty In Chicago
• 6 Calif. Anti-SLAPP Fights To Watch In 2015
• Rooftop Owners Seek Delay Of Contested Wrigley Field Signs
• Qualcomm Case Means Uncertainty For IP Owners In China
• 3 Tips From Their Top Attys For Good FTC Commish Meetings
• UK Court Grounds Ryanair Appeal Of Aer Lingus Stake Row
• Becton Wants Interest Axed On $340M Syringe Antitrust Loss
• MLB Asks Judge To Weigh Tying Player Pay, San Jose Fights
• Willkie Given Protected Info In AmEx Battle, Retailers Say
• Sidley Nabs DOJ's Antitrust Assistant Chief In SF
• 'Chicken Scam' Execs Sentenced In London For Africa Bribes
• FTC Head Says Pom Ruling To Boost False Ad Enforcement
• EU Adviser Backs Deutsche Bahn On Antitrust Raid Missteps
• Brazil Seeks Restrictions On Novartis-GSK Deal
• NCAA Accuses Athletes Of 'Misdirection' In Antitrust Appeal
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Frank Emory
• Banks Say Aluminum Buyers Dumping Useless Docs On Court
• AUO Exec Tells 9th Circ. Blabbing Jurors Tainted Verdict
• Expert Eyes Sheldon Silver 'Of Counsel' Role At Weitz Firm
• CFPB Fines Mortgage Co. $2M For Deceptive Ads, Kickbacks
• GE's Imaging Drug Deal Is Antitrust Abuse, 9th Circ. Told
• Interpreting Stock Reactions To Reverse-Payment Settlements
• AstraZeneca Pays $7.9M To Settle Feds' Medco Kickback Suit
• 3 Navy Admirals Censured In GDMA Procurement Scandal
• FTC OKs Merck Plan To Shed Heartworm Plant To Merial
• Teva Probe Reveals 'Likely' FCPA Transgressions
• Wentworth-Peachtree Deal Created Monopoly, $15M Suit Says
• Calif. Cipro Case Puts Pay-For-Delay Deals Under Scrutiny
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• 2 Ex-Texas Housing Officials Busted For Bribery
• 7th Circ. OKs Doc's Kickback Conviction For Care Approvals
• NY DA Indicts 50 In Citywide Real Estate Bribery Crackdown
• Judge Accepts Guilty Pleas In $29M Rite Aid Scheme
• St. Luke's Shows ACA No Panacea For Health Care Mergers
• 5 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• Toyo's IP Settlements Don't Bar Antitrust Claims, Rival Says
• DuPont Wants Lawsuit Related To Monsanto IP Fight Tossed
• Nestle Wins Access To Hershey Leniency Filing In Canada
• Animators Say Poaching Pact Claims Not Time-Barred
• GCs Give Top Marks To 7 Standout Associates
• 3M Must Face Suit Over 'Baseless' Earplug Patent Claims
• GCs Name Cream Of The Crop Litigators
• 10 Antitrust Lawyers Know How To Keep GCs Happy
• 2nd Circ. Rejects Charles Schwab Bid To Revive Libor Appeal
• Zimmer Pitches Asset Sales Amid EU's Probe Of Biomet Buy
• Following The Factors That Have Impacted Biopharma Cos.
• What You Should Know About The EU Tax Investigations
• 9th Circ. Backs FTC Hospital Merger Challenge
• Prime, Kaiser Strike Deal To End Contract, Competition Suits
• Patent Owners Take Hit With Standard-Setting Body's Rules
• Boehringer Says Cephalon Ruling Can't Help Aggrenox Class
• $50M Milk Monopsony Deal Snubs Too Many Suppliers: Farmer
• 11th Circ. Affirms FCPA Conviction Of Ex-Haiti Official
• The Case For Professionalizing Pro Bono Services
• Qantas Bucks Idea $370M Surcharge-Fixing Suit Is Timely
• DC Circ. Urged To Revive DC Councilman Bid-Rigging Suit
• NCAA Looks To Slash $42M From Plaintiffs' $51M Fee Bid
• Qualcomm Pays $975M Fine To End China Antitrust Probe
• Fed, OCC To Review CIT Group's $3.4B OneWest Bank Buy
• Zenith Monopoly Counterclaims Get Foothold In TV Patent Row
• Top 10 Anti-Corruption Developments So Far This Year
• Calif. Appeals Court Affirms Cert. Denial For Apple Sellers
• Libor Plaintiffs OK'd To Join Antitrust Appeal In 2nd Circ.
• 5 Reasons US Cos. Should Care About The EU's Tax Probes
• Cardholders Tell Judge To Revive HSBC, BofA Swipe Fee Row
• Miami Turning Blind Eye To 'Rogue Cos.' Uber, Lyft: Suit
• DOJ Antitrust Chief Says Watchdog Must Be Trial-Ready
• Australian Watchdog OKs JBS's $1.25B Primo Acquisition
• Kibosh Put On Vringo In ZTE's Standard Essential Patent Row
• IAC Urges Dismissal Of Ex-MySpace Owner's Collusion Suit
• Second K-Line Exec Cops To Ocean Shipping Cartel
• The State Of Play In 2015: Year Of The Regulator
• Olympus Enters Talks With DOJ To End Kickback, FCA Probe
• Canada High Court Breathes New Life Into M&A Efficiencies
• Price-Fixing And Insider Trading Are Unconstitutional Crimes
• Can Chinese New Year And The FCPA Co-Exist?
• FTC Urged To Take Closer Look At Big Data Mergers
• Tennis Pro Accuses Ohio Group Of Tournament Monopoly
• AUO, Circuit City Settle LCD Price-Fixing Dispute
• Banks Say Investors Can't Show Libor Conspiracy
• Nexium Buyers Call Drug Cos. 'Serial' Antitrust Violators
• A Few Surprises In FCC's New Net Neutrality Plan
• 2 Mitsuba Execs Charged In Auto Parts Cartel Probe
• FTC Hits Back At AT&T In Mobile Data Throttling Suit
• Beware Blurry Edges Of HSR's Investment-Only Exemption
• Can Maker Rexam Valued At $6.5B In Rival's Buyout Pursuit
• 7 Key Things To Know About FCC's New Net Neutrality Rules
• EU Widens Tax Probe To Include Belgian Multinational Scheme
• Petrobras' CEO, 5 Directors Resign Amid Bribery Scandal
• Aluminum Buyers Say Forex Case Backs Their Antitrust Suit
• SanDisk Asks Judge To Toss Flash Memory Antitrust Suit
• Dollar Tree Says Family Dollar Buy May Cost It More Stores
• Clorox Can't Toss Antitrust Suit Over Bulk Sales Policy
• ICAP Vows Fight With EU After $17M Libor Fine
• Student Housing Co. Scores $10M In Denver Monopoly Row
• FCC's Wheeler Debuts 'Strongest Ever' Net Neutrality Rules
• The Year Of FCPA Liability For Financial Firms?
• Avoid Spoliation Anxiety With Litigation Readiness Plans
• Staples Scoops Up Office Depot For $6.3B In Cash, Stock
• Nevada AG Ends Suit Over $9.2B Albertsons, Safeway Merger
• Human Egg Donors Win Partial Cert. In Antitrust Pay Row
• FTC To Get 1st Solo Crack At Cephalon Pay-For-Delay Claims
• FTC May Eye Corporate Sales In A Staples-Office Depot Deal
• Endo, Others Look To Pare State Claims In Lidoderm MDL
• ABA Sections Warn China Against Single IP Standards Policy
• PGA Tour Caddies Want Payment For Wearing Sponsor Logos
• Foam Cos. Say Nexium Case Widens Circuit Split On Standing
• Oil Traders Seek End To Crude Futures Class Action
• FERC Puts Maxim On Notice Of Possible $5M Fine
• Hedge Fund Blasts FERC Manipulation Accusations
• SuperValu, C&S Seek High Court Review Of Antitrust Row
• KBR Says It's Not Liable For Worker's Actions In Kickback Suit
• 5 Tips For Lasting Law Firm Success
• 4 Ways To Update Your Anti-Corruption Compliance Program
• Justice Dept. Drops News Corp. Phone Hacking, Bribery Probe
• FCC Chair To Propose Stricter Net Neutrality Regulations
• Cuomo Unveils Ethics Reform Plan Following Silver Arrest
• DOJ Approves IEEE Policy On Standard Patent Enforcement
• Silver Case Unlikely To Spur Referral Fee Rule Change
• Scottrade Seeks To Ax Consumer Kickback Class Action
• Consumer, Antitrust Agencies See Slight Boosts In 2016 Plan
• Japanese Bearing Maker To Admit Price-Fixing, Pay $13.5M
• Goldman Bucks Aluminum-Warehousing Antitrust Replead Bid
• Obama Drug Plan To Rein In Patents, Increase HHS Scrutiny
• MLB Strikes Out In Bid For 2nd Circ. To Hear Antitrust Row
• Deutsche Bahn Defends $370M Surcharge-Fixing Suit's Timing
• $195M Attys' Fees OK'd In LBO Collusion Settlement
• Trucking Cos. Fight Certification Bid In Parts Monopoly Row
• FCC To Override State Broadband Restrictions
• AstraZeneca, Ranbaxy Scoff At Request For New Nexium Trial
• Sysco To Sell 11 Centers To Seal $3.5B US Foods Buy
• Google, Slew Of Others Exit Visa, MasterCard Swipe Fee MDL
• Holcim, Lafarge Unload $7.4B In Assets To CRH
• Pa. Court Clarifies Actavis Rule-Of-Reason Analysis