Competition Archive » December, 2015

Competition - December, 2015

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• Merger Reviews To Watch In 2016
• Competition Cases To Watch In 2016
• How To Woo In-House Counsel In 2016
• Heir-Finder Co. Pleads Guilty In Criminal Antitrust Row
• 3 Things To Expect From Legal Tech In The New Year
• Ariz. Utility Can't Withhold Usage Data In Antitrust Suit
• Animators, Studios Reach Anti-Poach Docs Discovery Deal
• Staples Blasts FTC's Blocking Of $6.3B Office Depot Merger
• 49ers, Ticketmaster Look To Escape Ticket Antitrust Suit
• DC Atty Accused Of Slipping Private Info In Chiquita MDL
• Valeant Faces Contact Lens Antitrust Class Action
• Actavis Says Namenda Product-Hopping Suit Has No Hop
• The Biggest Competition Cases Of 2015
• Generic Paxil Flap Ends Without Explanation
• Cox Renews High Court Bid To Overturn Cable Box Decision
• Charter Touts $2.5B Investment Planned If FCC OKs Merger
• FERC, Energy Groups Ask DC Circ. To OK Auction Decision
• Brazil Probes $8.9B Bid-Rigging Plot For Petrobras Deals
• New Jersey's EMS Takeover Law Jettisoned
• Trade Groups Back Warner Chilcott In 3rd Circ. Doryx Row
• Norfolk Southern Again Spurns Canadian Pacific's Advances
• Judge Refuses To Toss Ex-Army Officer's Guilty Plea
• MLB Says Scouts Can't Get Around Antitrust Exemption
• High Court Dives Into The Restraint Of Untainted Assets
• Judge Signs Off On $9M Skelaxin Antitrust Settlement
• DHL To Pay $53M To Exit International Price-Fixing Suit
• Drug Cos. Ask 3rd Circ. To Halt Trial For Class Cert. Fight
• Songkick Claims Live Nation Is Throttling Ticket Market
• Boston Scientific Can't Get Fees From Blank Rome DQ
• 9th Circ. Won't Bar Access To Patient Data In Monopoly Suit
• Advocates Tells FCC To Expand Charter Broadband Offer
• Ban On Contractor Campaign Money Still Vital, Justices Told
• Physician Assistant Gets 42 Months In Test-Referral Scheme
• Vegas Adviser Indicted In $30M Pump-And-Dump Scheme
• Duke Energy Gets FTC OK For $5B Piedmont Acquisition
• FIFA Says Platini Can't Bypass Official Appeal Process
• Ariz. Utility Can't Get Quick Appeal In Antitrust Row
• Gray TV To Sell Stations In $442M Media Biz Merger
• Redflex Gets Testimony Blocked In Chicago Bribery Case
• Ex-Allen & Overy Partner Charged In Petrobras Probe
• Pandora Ends Royalty Fight With ASCAP, BMI
• FCA In 2015: 10 Qui Tam Highlights From The Past Year
• Cohen Milstein, Hagens Berman To Lead Panasonic Suit
• Voided Air Cargo Fines Highlight Risks For EU Antitrust Suits
• FTC Rejects Staples' Concession In $6.3B Office Depot Deal
• Feds Arrest Two Over Venezuelan Energy Corruption Scheme
• Mexico Antitrust Regulators Nix Sempra-Pemex $1.3B Buyout
• UK Court Cuts Sentence For Ex-Libor Trader To 11 Years
• Serious Fraud Office Charges Trader In Euribor Scheme
• Ex-Newark Water Agency Head Cops To $1M Kickback Scheme
• Clear-View To Ask 9th Circ. To Nix Attys' Fees In IP Row
• Mass. Hospital Operator Slaps Rival With Monopoly Suit
• CRT Buyers' $9.7M Settlement OK'd In Price-Fixing MDL
• Chiquita Wants No Interlopers In Colombia Discovery
• EU Requires Antitrust Fixes In $5.1B Honeywell-Elster Deal
• Passengers, Delta Slam Each Other's Experts In Bag Fees Suit
• HSBC Settles Kickbacks Suit Over Force-Placed Insurance
• Blatter To Appeal 8-Year FIFA Ethics Ban For Him, Platini
• FTAIA May Bar US Cos. From Relief Under US Antitrust Laws
• ERISA Suit Likens Prudential Revenue Sharing To Kickbacks
• Walgreens Pushes Lipitor Pay-For-Delay Row At 3rd Circ.
• Spirit Airlines Tells 11th Circ. RICO Suit Rightly Tossed
• 5 Firms Are Competition All-Stars
• The Firms That Dominated In 2015
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Why All US Attorneys Should Read Justice Breyer's New Book
• 2nd Circ. Pauses Feds' Win In AmEx Anti-Steering Suit
• Texas Court Blocks $11M Antitrust Award In Marketers' Fight
• Net Neutrality Politics Likely Behind FCC Data Plan Interest
• Pfizer Should Face Lipitor Row In Calif., 3rd Circ. Hears
• Charter Promises Low-Income Broadband If FCC OKs Merger
• US Loses Next FIFA Extradition To Uruguay
• FTC Tells High Court To Nix Boehringer's Appeal In Doc Row
• Charges In Superfund Fraud Case Not Time-Barred, Feds Say
• FTC Moves To Stop Merger Of Chicago-Area Hospitals
• Ex-Philly Sheriff Charged In Fraud Scheme
• Ex-Warner Chilcott Exec Prods Feds For Witness Info
• Sports Blackouts Would Be Abolished Under Senators' Bill
• 5th Circ. Steel Boycott Ruling Likely To Be Controversial
• Groups Urge Fla. To Reject Health Insurance Mergers
• Warner Chilcott Defends Dismissal Of Doryx Case In 3rd Circ.
• DOJ Grilled Over 'Extraordinary' AmEx Antitrust Case
• Mylan, Ranbaxy Can't Halt Pay-For-Delay Suits Pending Appeal
• S. Africa Wants Conditions For SABMiller-Coke Bottling Tie-Up
• FERC Hits Calif. Power Trader With $2.5M Manipulation Fines
• Staples, Office Depot Say They Won't Gouge FTC Tattlers
• Caltrans' ADA Contracting Man Arrested For Bribery
• French Telecom Orange Fined $378M By Antitrust Watchdog
• 6 Ex-UBS Employees Banned In Wake Of Forex Scandal
• Judge Denies Bias Over Latham In Auto Parts Price-Fix Suit
• Did Sweepstakes, Contests And Promotions Win In 2015?
• Penn State Hershey, PinnacleHealth To Fight FTC Merger Suit
• Will Formula 1 Outrun Antitrust Complaints?
• Human Rights Expert To Work His Magic On FIFA Bid Process
• Judge Corrects Attys' Fees Split In NCAA Likeness Suit
• NJ Judge Demands Rationale For EMS Takeover Law
• AMC Makes Antitrust Concessions For $172M Starplex Deal
• Apple, Publishers Beat E-Book Antitrust Suit
• Canadian Pacific Ups Takeover Bid For Norfolk Southern
• UK Supreme Court Axes SeaFrance Merger
• Evidence Backs Rabobankers' Libor Convictions, Feds Say
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear O'Bannon Student-Athlete Pay Case
• Pa. Rep. To Resign As Part Of Sting Plea
• Judge Pushing To Set Trial Dates In FIFA Corruption Case
• DOJ Not Satisfied With Halliburton-Baker Hughes Tie-Up
• Apple Must Try Again To Ax Suit Over AT&T Pact, Judge Says
• Photogs Want 'Sham' NFL-AP Deal Out Of IP, Antitrust Suit
• FCC Draws Ire As It Extends Small Biz Net Neutrality Relief
• EU Court Voids $865M In Air Cargo Cartel Fines
• Anderson News Tells 2nd Circ. To Revive $371M Antitrust Suit
• Comcast Subscribers Take $15.5M Settlement Row To 3rd Circ.
• Class Certification And Economic 'Argle Bargle'
• Samsung Says Verdict Left 'Gaping Hole' In Patent Row
• Provigil Buyers' Per Se Theory Nixed In Pay-For-Delay Row
• Trio Of CRT Price-Fixing MDL Trials Pushed To Late 2016
• Bio-Rad Denied Quick Appeal In Whistleblower GC's Suit
• Court Says AmEx Can't Cut Partners From Steering Notice
• Allergan Loses Latest Bid To Nix Botox Price-Fixing Suit
• Ill. Lawmakers Wary Of Norfolk Southern Takeover
• AmEx Antitrust Appeal To Highlight Market Share Fight
• FCC Exceeded Its Authority In Cable Reg Shift, DC Circ. Told
• Suspended FIFA Pres. Sepp Blatter Defends Himself
• Russian Nuclear Energy Exec Gets 4 Years For Bribery
• FTC To Get Its Mitts On AbbVie Docs In Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Courier Cos. Fined $735M For Fixing French Prices
• SEC, Ex-Compliance Chiefs Settle Adviser Kickback Claim
• Ill. Medical Co. Seeks Sanctions In 'Baseless' FCA Suit
• 7 Deadly Business Mistakes That Can Tank Your Law Practice
• $2B Forex Class Settlement Gets Preliminary OK
• 3 Legal Challenges Facing Pay-TV Business Models
• An Update On China's Anti-Monopoly Law Guidelines On IP
• Coca-Cola's Food Expert No Bean-Counter, Judge Told
• Aluminum Users Continue Bid To Revive Antitrust Suit
• Sports Arbitration Body Denies FIFA Pres. Hopeful Appeal
• Texas Med Board Not Immune From Teladoc Antitrust Suit
• Apple Says Exclusive IPhone AT&T Pact Didn't Hurt Market
• Foreign Arbitration Award Doesn't Bar RICO Claim: 9th Circ.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Halliburton, EDF, Bain Capital
• Iowa State Balks At Subpoena In NCAA Scholarship Row
• Drug Testing Co. Settles FTC's Invitation To Collude Case
• Comcast Says New $20B Race Bias Suit Recycles Failed Bid
• PHH Unit Calls $109M CFPB Mortgage Kickback Fine Illegal
• Tennis Channel, Comcast Volley Over Bias In DC Circ.
• Can Competition Produce Less For Creditors?
• $70B Shell-BG Megamerger Clears Last Antitrust Hurdle
• Cablevision Settles Long-Running Suit Over Box-Tying
• Platini Loses Bid To Nix 90-Day FIFA Suspension
• Ex-Citi Exec Gets Slap On Wrist For Role In Bribe Scheme
• Chrysler Wins Some Docs In Fight With Dealership
• FTC Asks Walgreens, Rite Aid For Info On $17.2B Merger
• Patients Appeal After Quest Escapes Antitrust Class Action
• LCD Maker Urges 9th Circ. To Nix Best Buy's Price-Fixing Win
• Obama Renominates Ramirez To Lead FTC
• Steris Loss Won't Change FTC Merger Tactic, Ex-Official Says
• Brazil OKs $8.2B Ball-Rexam Deal With Antitrust Fixes
• Judge Divvies Up $16M In Attys' Fees In NCAA Likeness Suit
• Blue Cross Says Discovery Requests In MDL Are Duplicative
• Skelos, Son Found Guilty In Corruption Trial
• Whistleblower Wants 2nd Shot At Ungaretti & Harris Case
• Will Changes To Federal Rules Reduce Scope Of Discovery?
• Takeaways From UK's 1st Deferred Prosecution Agreement
• Seafood Price-Fixing Suits Centralized In Southern California
• Canadian Watchdog Levies $1.7M Antitrust Fine Against Toyo
• Title Insurers' Atty Fees Not Kickbacks, Ill. Court Rules
• Jury In Skelos Corruption Trial Requests Mound Of Evidence
• EU Accepts Antitrust Fixes From Bulgarian Energy Co.
• Ex-UN Bigwig Claims Diplomatic Immunity In Bribery Case
• Barclays Wants Energy Price-Fixing Suit Nixed
• Antitrust Agencies' Capabilities On Full Display
• FCC Denies Ky. County Pass On Cable Price Regulation
• Army Sergeant Sentenced To 2 Years For Afghanistan Bribes
• Airline Seeks Costs For Expert Replacement In Antitrust Row
• Panasonic Wins Bid To Arbitrate Microsoft Ion Battery Row
• Pa. AG Joins FTC Bid To Block Penn State Hershey Merger
• The Art Of The Mock
• Fuller Picture Of FIFA Corruption Case Begins To Emerge
• Drug Cos. Ask Court To Delay Decision Over Aggrenox Market
• Faster Generics Approval Could Cut Drug Costs, Senate Told
• AARP Backs CFPB's $109M Fine For Mortgage Kickbacks
• Surgery Co. Blasts Aetna's Sanctions Plea In Kickback Suit
• Medical Imaging Co. Faces $15M FCPA Settlements
• Prosecution 'Hasn't Come Close,' Skelos Defense Tells Jury
• When Land Use And Antitrust Collide
• Car Buyers Double Down On Reviving Price-Fixing Row
• Comcast Must Face Antitrust Claims On Cable Installation
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds Ex-Hillenbrand In-House Atty In Ind.
• Goldman, Barclays Targeted In Centralized Securities Suits
• Ex-Contractor Wins $20M Case Against La. State Agency
• US Airways Can Revive Damages Claim In Antitrust Fight
• Witnesses Barred From CRT Price-Fixing MDL, Judge Says
• Ga. Military Contractor, Civilians Sentenced Over Bribery, Theft
• Strategies For Your Evolving Law Department
• NFL Sunday Ticket MDL Centralized In California
• Animators Gun For Pixar, Lucasfilm Anti-Poach Docs
• Subprime Auto Loan Antitrust Suit Tossed After Patent Row
• FTC Reprises Winning Strategy In Staples Merger Challenge
• Skelos Used Power To Build 'Cash Cow' For Son, Jury Told
• Ex-Official Says La. Contract Relevant To Chicago Bribe Case
• DOJ Urges Justices To Reject Appeal By Ex-UBS Execs
• European Commission Hits Qualcomm With Antitrust Charges
• Newly Charged FIFA Official To Be Extradited To US
• Lawmakers Probe $100B Beer Merger's Influence On Rivals
• Packing Cos. Urge 7th Circ. To Nix Class In Price Fixing Suit
• 5 Firms Take Lead In Airline Ticket Antitrust Row
• France Hits Virtu, Euronext With Market Manipulation Fines
• Doc Defends Drug Dosage In Medicaid Billing Suit At 11th Circ.
• FTC Moves To Block Penn State Hershey, PinnacleHealth Deal
• Rail Cos. Fight To Keep Expert In Play In Price-Fixing Row
• Crowell & Moring Adds Antitrust, Health Care Partner
• Norfolk Southern Snubs Revised Bid From Canadian Pacific
• DC Circ. FCA Ruling Is Important Setback For DOJ
• GCs Love These Firms More And More
• GE-Electrolux Merger Failure Offers Cautionary Tale
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• McWane Asks Justices To Undo Pipe-Fitting Monopoly Ruling
• 5 Firms Make It Back Onto GCs' Most Adored List
• 3 Firms Know The Secret To Keeping Clients Happy
• Still No New Trial For Ex-Terra Exec, Fla. Judge Rules
• RICO Claims Baseless In Price-Fixing Suit, Title Insurers Say
• Brazil Challenges $34.6B Halliburton-Baker Hughes Tie-Up
• $65B Charter-TWC Deal Will Expand Mobile Choices, FCC Told
• EU Probes Biofuel Cos. Over Benchmark Manipulation
• PNC Says 3rd Circ. Ignored Class Cert. Requirements
• Dean Skelos Coy On Whether He'll Take Stand In Graft Trial
• Dish Must Turn Over 70 Docs In Bollywood Blacklist Suit
• Delta Says Bag Fee Expert Can't Be Axed For Disagreeing
• Victory For Calif. Grid Operator In Rare Antitrust Suit
• Student-Athlete Class Certified In NCAA Scholarship Row
• FTC Sues To Block $6.3B Staples-Office Depot Merger
• Judge Nixes Shuttle Co.'s Suit Over SFO Pickup Zone System
• CFPB Says It Is Entitled To Deference In $109M PHH Penalty
• Where Common Law Litigation And Int'l Arbitration Divide
• DOJ Antitrust Trial Ends As GE-Electrolux Deal Collapses
• CEO Tells Jury Dean Skelos Never Linked Bills To Son's Job
• Ex-NJ Political Boss Gets 35 Months For Racketeering Scheme
• GE-Electrolux Expert Grilled At Trial Over Price Data
• DOJ Charges 2nd E-Retail Exec With Poster Price-Fixing
• DC Circ. Open To FCC Regulation Shift In Net Neutrality Args
• Texas Bar Seeks Convicted State Legislator's Suspension
• St. Luke's Reaches FTC Deal On Shedding Physician Group
• Brazil Raids Medical Device Cos. On Antitrust Worries
• Bankrupt Grocer May Push FTC To Dig Deeper On Divestitures
• Another Soccer Official Charged In FIFA Scandal Arrested
• KBR Wants 5th Circ. To Nix $108K Kickbacks Judgment
• BMW Can't Dodge $156M Swiss Fine For Blocking Sales
• SEC Slams Robbins Geller Discovery Bid In Wal-Mart Probe
• EU Won't Hand $15B Hutchison-O2 Deal Review To UK
• OPINION: How Fair Is Operation Car Wash?
• B&N, Others Back Apple In E-Books Cert. Bid
• Mylan Latest To Feel DOJ Heat Over Generics Price Hikes
• Norfolk Southern Snubs Canadian Pacific's $28B Takeover Bid
• Luxembourg Vows To Fight EU Ruling On Fiat Tax Deal
• NCAA Says Ex-Footballer Wouldn't Fit In Own Antitrust Class
• European Commission Clears 13 Banks In CDS Investigation
• Bumble Bee, Thai Co. Drop $1.5B Tuna Tieup Over DOJ Fears
• 3 Takeaways From The DOJ's $3.6B FCA Haul
• FIFA Probe Feeding On Itself As US Unveils New Charges
• Shareholders OK Anthem-Cigna Merger; Antitrust Check Ahead
• Medtronic Crushes Lenox Bone Mill Antitrust Row
• DOJ's 'Shifting' GE-Electrolux Claims Blasted At Trial
• NY Senate Atty Tells Jury She Pushed Co. With Skelos Ties
• Microsoft Fights Dismissal Bid In InterDigital Antitrust Suit
• The Arguments That Could Reshape Internet Oversight
• 5 Tips To Avoid Spoliation Sanctions
• PGA Tour Caddies' 'Human Billboard' Suit In The Rough
• Forex Judge Seeks Damages Details Before $2B Deal Approval
• Jaguar Land Rover Accused Of Illegally Restraining Trade
• FERC Makes Case For Barclays $453M Manipulation Fine
• Volvo Incentive Program Gives Edge To Rival, Dealer Says
• US Charges 16 More Soccer Officials In FIFA Crackdown
• UK Watchdog Calls London Uber Rules Anti-Competitive
• Sidense Didn't Recycle Claims In Antitrust Suit, Judge Says
• AB InBev Weighs Sale Of SABMiller's Grolsch, Peroni Brands
• The Unrealized Promise Of Rule 26 Amendments
• Fla. Bill Would Block Oil Cos. From Running Retail Businesses
• EBay Seeks To Bar 'Tainted' Cozen Attys From $45M Suit
• Home Depot Exec Grilled At Trial On GE-Electrolux Ties
• MMA Promoter Must Hand Docs To Casinos In Conspiracy Row
• Gov't Witness Teased Out Tipsy Adam Skelos' Digits For FBI
• Barclays Says Forex Fine Irrelevant To $2B Antitrust Deal
• Net Neutrality To Face Familiar Overseer At DC Circ.
• EU Antitrust Authorities Raid Rail Cos. In Austria
• Competition MVP: Venable's J. Douglas Baldridge
• Health Care Group Demands Records From Blue Cross VPs
• McDonald's Said To Be Latest Target Of EU Tax Probes
• Dish CEO Warns FCC A Charter-TWC Merger Could Kill Market
• Ex-NJ Democratic Boss Denied Acquittal In Corruption Case
• EU OKs Solvay's $5.5B Cytec Buy Subject To Sale Of Unit
• Beer Drinkers Target $100B Anheuser Merger In Antitrust Suit
• 5 FIFA Sponsors Push For Oversight On Corruption Reforms
• StubHub Takes Warriors Ticket Antitrust Suit To 9th Circ.
• Gibson Dunn Adds Ex-Jones Day Antitrust Atty In Hong Kong
• The Risks Of Applying FRAND Calculations To Non-SEPs
• France Fines Cellphone Co. $11.4M For Antitrust Violation
• Ex-Citi Exec, 'Bugsy' Actor Gets 2 Years For Taking Bribes
• Charles Schwab Wins Injunction In Non-Compete Suit
• Google Dodges Calif. Shareholder Suit Over Anti-Poach Deals
• Silver Conviction Will Change Law Firms' Albany Dealings
• Sens. Unveil Huge Stash Of Gilead Drug-Pricing Records
• Electrolux Says It Can't Hike Prices After $3.3B GE Deal
• NJ Hospitals Call EMS Takeover Law Irrational
• Skelos Judge Puts Jury Flap To Bed After Unusual Inquiry
• Jones Day Snags Senior DOJ Official For Antitrust Group
• 7 Banks Make Bid To Exit Forex Price-Fixing Lawsuit
• $1M Bribery Scheme Gets Ex-Iraq War Contractor 1 Year
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Armchair Quarterback MDL?
• Competition MVP: Skadden's Steven Sunshine
• Ex-Deutsche Bahn Atty To Head Hausfeld Berlin Office
• The Courage To Confront The Behemoth Of Russian Doping
• Making The Most Of Document Analytics