Competition Archive » January, 2016

Competition - January, 2016

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• CORRECTED: Quinn, Pearson Seek $254M In Fees In Banks' CDS Suit Deal
• DirecTV Again Prevails Over Marketer's $84M Antitrust Claims
• Rabobank Slams Class Claims Over Libor Trades
• Treasury Official Talks Tax Probe Worries With EU Watchdog
• DuPont Dodges $176M Pigment Price-Fixing Suit
• Indivior Fights For Sales Docs In Product-Hopping Case
• Desire To Divest Hits New Heights Amid Hunt For Growth
• Becton Shakes Hospital's Antitrust Suit Over Syringes
• Sherwin-Williams' Suit Over Torpedoed Comex Deal Tossed
• T-Mobile's 'Binge On' Flouts Net Neutrality, Report Says
• Investor Won't Get New Trial In Tax Lien Bid-Rigging Case
• Facing Blackout, Cox Criticizes Nexstar-Media General Deal
• Exec Used Up Sentencing Appeal With Sex Addiction Claim
• Medical Airlifter Sues To Block Price Regulation By Texas
• Proposed EU Tax Rules Could Hinder Investment
• Del. Justices Won't Revive Suit Over DuPont-Monsanto IP Row
• Chinese Bauxite Exporters Duck Antitrust Suit
• $173M In Attys' Fees Recommended In CRT MDL Deal
• Ex-Navy Officer Pleads Guilty In Bribery Scandal
• Aetna Can Run Surgery Center Kickback Claims By 3rd Circ.
• Fattah's Attys Bound By Ethical Duty Despite Unpaid Bills
• NY AG Says Promoters, Brokers Unfairly Mark Up Tickets
• AmEx, Retailers Spar Over Reach Of 2nd Circ.'s Antitrust Stay
• 'King Of Nursing Homes' Medicare Fraud Trial Gets Started
• AAI Warns FTC Of Impact Of Teva's $40.5B Generics Deal
• Industry Group Wants More Conditions On Charter-TWC Deal
• Management System Standards' Growing Role In Compliance
• Chinese Garlic Exporter Says Competitors Defrauded US
• Cicero On Legal Advocacy
• Zinc Buyers Can't Get Data In Aluminum Antitrust Suit
• Whistleblower Aids Swiss AG In FIFA Prez Criminal Probe
• EU Considering Probe Of Google's $186M UK Tax Deal
• UK High Court Clears Serious Fraud Office's Privilege Practice
• EU Floats New Rules To Stymie Corporate Tax Avoidance
• Total Says FERC Gas Manipulation Case Belongs In Court
• London Jury Acquits 6th Trader Of Libor Rigging
• Libor Scandal Acquittals End Prosecutors' Winning Streak
• UK Watchdog To Charge Ahead On Libor Despite Acquittals
• Del. Justices Urged To Revive DuPont Investor's Suit
• Circuit City Settles With Technicolor And Others In CRT MDL
• Foam Cos.' $151M Price-Fixing MDL Settlement Gets Final OK
• Gov't Says Ex-NJ Political Boss' Appeal Doesn't Warrant Bail
• Hospitals Can Seek Limits On Private Docs In FTC Merger Suit
• Meredith Latest To Find Silver Lining In Failed Merger Play
• Judge Doubts Sherwin-Williams Suit Over Dead Comex Deal
• Mass. AG Targets Gilead Over Hep C Drug Prices
• Shire Expert Opinions Draw Fire In Adderall Antitrust Suit
• NuWave Escapes False Billing Suit But Can't Win Sanctions
• EU Fines Mitsubishi, Hitachi €138M For Price-Fixing
• Jury Acquits 5 Ex-Brokers In London Libor Rigging Trial
• 4 Ways To Improve The Business Intake Process
• Right Distribution Is Key To Successful Beer Remedies
• Federal Rule Changes Should Not Affect Subpoena Practice
• Cinema's Antitrust Suit Says Says Regal Doesn't Play Fair
• Ex-College Players Tell 6th Circ. To Revive Pub Rights Suit
• Shrimp Breeders Snagged In Antitrust Suit By Texas Rival
• Skelos, Son Say Corruption Trial Guilty Verdict Must Go
• Arbitration Wrong Venue For $100M Antitrust Case, Court Told
• Gilead Hit With Suit In HIV Drug Patent Manipulation Row
• Constangy Opens Miami Office With Ex-Jackson Lewis Partner
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 2015 JPML Practice Trends
• Robbins Geller Blasts SEC Refusal To Produce Wal-Mart Docs
• EU Watchdog Will Weigh In On Dell, EMC Deal By March
• Convicted NY Pol Tells 2nd Circ. Judge Misread Bribery Law
• 3rd Circ. Stays Provigil Pay-For-Delay Trial During Cert. Appeal
• Sears, DuPont, Others Fight For Share Of Air Cargo Deal
• 3 Ways To Make An Antitrust Dawn Raid Worse
• Mass. Hospital Operator Seeks To Duck Rival's Monopoly Suit
• Ex-Chicago Official Found Guilty In Red-Light Camera Case
• Hart-Scott-Rodino: The Year Ahead
• N. American Soccer Group Kicks Off Reform Program
• Arista Alleges Antitrust Conduct By Cisco
• Milk Retailers Lose Cert Bid In Dean Foods Competition Suit
• Dentists Pull Together To Sue Supply Distributors
• Office Depot, BrandsMart Drop State Claims In CRT MDL
• Solar Co. Asks 9th Circ. To Ax Utility's Dismissal Bid
• Fans Told Agents In FIFA Cup Ticket Row May Be Dismissed
• MLB Fans Get Initial OK For TV Antitrust Settlement
• US Atty Calls For 'Justice' As Chicago Corruption Trial Wraps
• Ex-FCS Player Ready To Step Up In NCAA Scholarship Suit
• Battery Purchasers Push To Form Class In Antitrust MDL
• Ericsson Slips Sanctions Over Non-Disclosure In Patent Row
• 4 Hospitals Say Sensitive Info At Risk In FTC Merger Suit
• AB InBev, SABMiller Tie-Up Faces Aussie Antitrust Probe
• Ukraine To Fine Gazprom $3.4B For Abusing Dominance
• FTC Probing Turing For Antitrust Violations, Shkreli Says
• FCC Extends Small Biz Net Neutrality Transparency Relief
• FIFA Slams 'Frivolous' World Cup Ticket Overcharge Suit
• Merger Investigations Set Records In 2015
• Justices Urged To Deny Teeth-Whitening Clinic's Appeal
• Drug Buyers Must Play Nice At Trial, Provigil Judge Says
• HarperCollins, Penguin Duck E-Book Co.'s Antitrust Row
• Theater Co. Blocks Regal From Excluding Small Competitors
• Jury Convicts Tech Exec Of Lying To FBI In Corruption Case
• Ex-NY Speaker Sheldon Silver Wants New Trial, Acquittal
• Brazil Dings Cisco, Technicolor $7M For Merger Gun-Jumping
• FCC Should Block Altice-Cablevision Deal, Union Says
• Attys Awarded $8.5M In Oil Futures Manipulation Settlement
• FCC Frees Time Warner Cable From Rate Regs In NY Towns
• Goldman, JPMorgan Say It's Too Late For Zinc Discovery
• 3 Traits Of Best-In-Class General Counsel
• A Closer Look At China's Draft Antitrust Guidelines For IP
• 11th Circ. Rejects Ex-Terra VP's New Bribery Trial Bid
• Japan Tweaks Standard Essential Antitrust Guidelines
• 4th Circ. Upholds Virginia Certificate-Of-Need Laws
• NCAA Says Insurers Must Defend Student-Athlete Pay Cases
• Consequences Of EU's Belgium Tax Scheme Decision
• Debating Old And New Trends In Auto Distribution
• New Data Takes Patent Royalty Theory To Task
• Ore. Seeks $4.8M In Fees, Costs In LCD Price Fixing MDL
• 'Old School' Tools May Hinder Attorney Collaboration
• Caterpillar, Others Escape Group Boycott Antitrust Suit
• Ex-Navy Officer Gets 27 Months Over Bribery Scandal
• FIFA Suspect Gets $1M Bail At 3rd Brooklyn Hearing
• Judge Won't Toss Expert Milk Price Testimony In Antitrust Row
• Netherlands, Belgium, France Must Start Taxing Seaports
• Ex-UN Official May Face New Charges In Bribery Case
• 'Stop Mega Cable' Group Forms to Thwart Charter Mergers
• Sponsor Targets Track-And-Field Body's Limits On Logos
• T-Mobile Hits Back At AT&T Over Rural Spectrum Buy
• Fee Notice Immaterial To Fare Deception, 11th Circ. Hears
• Kirkland Antitrust Pro Tapped To Serve On NY's Highest Court
• MLB Avoids Antitrust Hit With Single-Team Streaming Deal
• Consumers Fight For Class Certification In Adderall Suit
• Court Says EU Leniency Bid Not A National Fine Shield
• Apple Again Urges High Court To Hear E-Books Antitrust Case
• 6 Types Of Legal 'Mumbo-Jumbo' Attorneys Must Avoid
• Netflix CEO Says Charter-TWC Merger A Plus For Online Video
• 2nd UN Bribery Suspect Pleads Guilty In NY
• Pentair Gets $6M Deal OK'd In Pool Product Antitrust MDL
• Hong Kong Weighs Antitrust Exemption For Shipping Industry
• Belgium Must Recover €211M From Steel Cos., EU Says
• Telecom Labs Told To Produce Docs In $58M Avaya Fee Fight
• Express Scripts Tried To Shutter Small Pharmacies, Suit Says
• AmEx Fires Back At DOJ Over NCAA Reference
• Southwest Takes Delta's Dallas Airport Win To 5th Circ.
• Tennis Governing Bodies Deny Match-Fixing Allegations
• EU Court Backs $143M Cartel Fines For Toshiba, Mitsubishi
• 5 Dickstein Antitrust Attys Depart For Zelle In DC
• Hospitals Urge FTC To Hand Over Data In Merger Opposition
• Private Eye Cops To Bribery Scheme With NYPD Officer
• Canadian Pacific Asks DOJ To Check Foes In Norfolk Bid
• High Court Nixes Boehringer's Appeal In FTC Doc Row
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Revive Claims Axed During Avaya Trial
• Lerner David Nabs Polsinelli Life Sciences & Patent Expert
• Feds Fight To Keep Ex-Rabobank Traders' Libor Convictions
• Ticket Distributors Look To Evade Air Travel Antitrust Suit
• 5 Insights From Sharp Electronics Deputy GC Deborah Tyler
• Track & Field Corruption — Olympic Sport On The Precipice?
• Antitrust And M&A: How Documents Can Derail Your Deal
• MLB, Fans Settle TV Antitrust Class Action Just Before Trial
• 7th Circ. Chief Judge Wood Deconstructs The FTAIA
• MLB TV Antitrust Suit Heads To Trial Amid Shifting Offerings
• Ranbaxy Can't Split Antitrust Claims From Provigil Trial
• Studios, Animation Workers Trade Blame Over Definition Delay
• Why Antitrust Concerns Won't Stop GE's New Appliance Deal
• News Corp. Can't Ditch Antitrust Suit Over In-Store Ads
• Ex-Va. Gov.'s Bribery Appeal Heads To Supreme Court
• Hogan Lovells Snags Ex-Glaser Media, Antitrust Trial Pro
• Venezuelan Ex-Banker Gets Time Served In FCPA Case
• Track & Field Officials Accused Of Criminal Doping Plot
• Accused Fattah Conspirator Pushes For Separate Trial
• 'New Charter' Would Strengthen Online Video, FCC Hears
• FCC Approves AT&T Spectrum Buy In Rural Texas
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Gives Go-Ahead To $16B BT-EE Deal
• EU Approves $7.7B Ball-Rexam Deal With Antitrust Fixes
• GE Inks $5.4B Sale Of Appliance Biz To Haier
• Saveri, Hagens, Others Snag $38M In Attys' Fees In CRT MDL
• 6 Bankers Accused Of Rate-Fixing Face London Trial In '17
• Venezuelan Oilman Sent To Texas To Face Corruption Charges
• FIFA Suspect Hawit Argues For Smaller Bail Deal
• Gov't Again Says NCAA Ruling Backs AmEx Antitrust Win
• Ticket Holder Drops Resale Suit Against 49ers, Ticketmaster
• Pa. Court Says Spouse's Testimony Protected In Civil Suits
• HBO Warns FCC Of Charter-TWC Deal's Risks To Online Video
• Zinc Buyers Want Aluminum Antitrust Data To Revive Suit
• DynCorp's Corporate Espionage Suit Tossed Again
• Feds Secure 1st Guilty Plea In UN Bribery Case
• Miami Medicare Fraudster Pleads Guilty In $63M Scheme
• No Need To Split Provigil Claims Before Trial, Cephalon Says
• 5 Reasons High Court Should Not Take Bob McDonnell's Case
• Jones Day Adds Competition Partner in Brussels
• Raiders Left With Few Legal Options As NFL OKs Rams Move
• FIFA Dismisses Secretary General Amid Ethics Proceedings
• Global Cartel Fines Dip Despite Record Year In US, China
• LG, Samsung Say Illinois Brick Limits Damages In CRT MDL
• Calif. Actuary Settles Tribal Embezzlement Suit
• Forex Trader Can't Beat UK Watchdog In ID Leak Case
• Investors Fight Banks' Bid To Exit Forex Antitrust Battle
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Eyes Legal Costs In New Probe
• FTC Finds Major Drop In Possible Pay-For-Delay Deals
• Jury Told Chicago Official Powerless To Plot $124M Scheme
• Marsh Turned On Execs In Bid-Rigging Case, 2nd Circ. Told
• Wilson Sonsini Nabs Ex-FTC Commish For Antitrust Group
• United, Delta Want Suit Over Newark Airport Slot Deal Axed
• Competition Group Of The Year: White & Case
• BigLaw 2016: A Look Ahead
• Chicago Hospitals Fight FTC, Say Merger Isn't Anticompetitive
• Hyperdynamics Unit Says Partners Bailed After FCPA Probe
• NJ High Court Maintains EMS Takeover Law During Appeal
• JPMorgan Escapes Silver Futures Manipulation Suits
• AT&T Defends Rural Spectrum Buy Attacked By T-Mobile
• US Attorney Takes Lead In Chicago Corruption Case
• Competition Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
• 9th Circ. Kills Allstate Cheap Car Parts Antitrust Suit
• Quinn Emanuel Nabs Trial Partner From Kirkland & Ellis
• Takeda Execs Admitted To Actos Scheme, Relator Claims
• EU Readies Intense Review Of Halliburton-Baker Hughes Deal
• Top 10 Antitrust Developments And Trends To Watch This Year
• Convicted Ex-Rabobank Traders Call Libor Entries Accurate
• Visa Says Home Depot Is Recycling Arguments In Fee Fight
• Hausfeld, Others Make Pitches To Lead Airline Antitrust MDL
• FERC Seeks $38M In Pa. Energy Trader Manipulation Fines
• Chiquita MDL Atty's Excuse For Sharing Info Gets Slammed
• Illegal Belgium Tax Scheme Saved Big Cos. $761M, EC Says
• Menendez Tells 3rd Circ. DOJ Bribery Case Lacks 'Quid'
• US Airways Slams Sabre's $6.4M Fee Request In Antitrust Suit
• Why Nonprofits Need FCPA Compliance Plans
• DOJ, FTC Back SC Bill To End Certificate-Of-Need Laws
• Aggrenox Judge Questions Need For Broad Market Discovery
• Yen Libor Suit Can't Re-Add Tossed Parties, Claims: Judge
• Blatter, Platini Armed With Info For Appeals Of FIFA Bans
• DOJ Should Block Health Insurer Tie-Ups, AAI Says
• Ill. Relators In FCA Suit Call Sanctions Bid Attempt To Mislead
• High Court Stays Out Of CAFA Dismissal Fight
• High Court Rejects Discovery Appeal In FCA Kickback Suit
• Justices Deny Ex-UBS Execs' Bid To Nix Fraud Convictions
• Competition Group Of The Year: Jones Day
• High Court Won't Review Ex-Ala. Gov.'s Bribery Conviction
• High Court Won't Hear Cox Appeal Of Arbitration Ruling
• College Player Compensation Issue Rages On Despite Reforms
• Global Competition Law Developments To Watch In 2016
• Norfolk Official Charged With Aiding Development Scheme
• Southwest Loses Bid To Kick Delta Out Of Dallas Airport
• Miami Man Convicted In $70M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Competition Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
• Texas Medical Board To Appeal Teladoc Immunity Decision
• TrueCar Must Face Some Claims In $250M False Ad Suit
• NY Sets Conditions For Approval Of Charter, TWC Merger
• Time Warner Cable Fights Town's Bid To Regulate Rates
• Ex-Contracting Official Gets 30 Months In Iraq Bribery Case
• Luggage Transporter Hit With Antitrust Claims
• Jenner & Block Competition Pro Joins DLA Piper In Chicago
• 6 Steps To Becoming A Superior Supervising Attorney
• A Look At FTC Challenge Of Chicago-Area Hospital Merger
• Polar Air Cargo To Pay $100M In Cargo Antitrust MDL
• 9th Circ. Won't Undo Best Buy's LCD Price-Fixing Win
• 5th Circ. Rebuffs Ex-New Orleans Mayor's Bribery Appeal
• DOJ Scores Record $3.8B In Cartel Fines In 2015
• FIFA Opens Ethics Proceedings Against Secretary General
• Merchants In AmEx MDL Can't Use Gov't Win During Appeal
• 9th Circ. Told MLB Can't Use Exemption To Duck Wage Claims
• Bank, Pension Co. Push To Exit Tribal Embezzlement Suit
• Competition Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
• Sanofi Dodges Securities Fraud Class Action In NY
• Legislators Warned North Jersey Casinos Could Cripple AC
• Goldman, JPMorgan, Glencore Escape Zinc Price-Rigging Suit
• UnitedHealth To Settle NY AG Antitrust Probe
• Former Birdsall Exec Cops To Role In Pay-To-Play Scheme
• 2nd UK Antitrust Watchdog To Weigh Telecom Rule Appeals
• McDermott's China Partner Adds Baker FCPA Expert
• FIFA Extends Secretary General's Ban Pending Decision
• Apotex Loses Bid To Block Cephalon Experts In Provigil Trial
• NJ Says Town Left In EMS Lurch Without New Law
• Competition Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb
• Vitamin C Buyers Say Vodka TM Suit Can't Nix Antitrust Win
• Wal-Mart Bid To Ditch Investors' Bribery Suit Denied For Now
• MLB Fans Want Execs' Testimony Limited In TV Antitrust Row
• Rodeo Cowboys Score Win In Suit Claiming PRCA Monopoly
• Dell Drops Panasonic, Sanyo Claims In Ion Battery Row
• Feds Fight Ex-Warner Chilcott Exec's Bid For Witness Info
• Broadcasters Fight NCAA Athletes' Call For Media Deal Info
• Adderall Antitrust Class Shouldn't Win Cert., Shire Says
• Predictions For Anti-Corruption Enforcement This Year
• High Court Urged Not To Hear Apple E-Books Antitrust Case
• Air Passengers Urge 9th Circ. To OK $40M Antitrust Settlement
• Law360's Pay-For-Delay Cheat Sheet For 2016
• Generic-Drug Cos. Urge Senate To Fight FDA Approval Delays
• Chemical Co. Hit With Price-Fixing Class Action
• Competition Group Of The Year: Boies Schiller
• NJ Didn't Justify Stay In EMS Law Case, Hospital Says
• Home Depot Calls Visa Suit In Swipe Fee Fight 'Useless'
• FCC Delays $65B Charter-TWC Merger Review Deadline
• Litigator Steven Edwards Hops From Hogan To Quinn Emanuel
• Top 10 Health Law Developments In 2015 And What's Ahead
• Doctrine Of Ancillary Restraints Can't Save Libor Offenders
• FTC Can't See Certain Docs In AbbVie Pay-For-Delay Row
• Provigil Antitrust Trial Should Be Postponed, Drug Cos. Say
• Competition Group Of The Year: Arnold & Porter
• Hagens Berman Blasted For 'Implausible' Claims In Lens MDL
• DOJ Urges Justices Not To Hear Apple E-Books Antitrust Case
• India Clothing Maker Settles Calif. Software Piracy Claims
• Real Estate Mogul Drops Quick Trial Bid In UN Bribery Case
• Profs Weigh In On 3rd Circ. Lipitor Pay-For-Delay Row
• NJ High Court To Decide If EMS Law Stays During Appeal
• Auto Parts Co. Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Vehicle Hoses
• Most Dealer Claims Survive In Auto Parts Antitrust MDL
• Perkins Coie Snags Ex-Goodwin Procter Antitrust Litigator
• Samsung Says Workers Took Kickbacks In Counterfeit Scheme
• FCC Challenged By Critics On Wireless Industry Competition
• Teladoc Antitrust Case Offers 3 Lessons For State Boards
• 3rd Circ. Ruling May Significantly Expand Antitrust Standing
• What To Expect From State Attorneys General This Year