Competition Archive » September, 2016

Competition - September, 2016

339 articles

• FCC's Set-Top Box Setback Puts Outcome In Flux
• $413M Och-Ziff Fine Puts Hedge Funds On FCPA Alert
• Samsung Settles Dell's CRT Antitrust Claims In MDL
• Prosecutor Says Don't Hesitate To Prod Gov't On FCPA Cases
• Hospital Beats $300M Antitrust Suit Over Exclusivity Pacts
• Momenta, Sandoz Can't Beat Blood Clot Drug Monopoly Suit
• Commerce Committee Head Wants Set-Top Tweaks Public
• 3rd Circ. Junks $62M Verdict In Avaya Antitrust Case
• Gas Contract Suit Belongs At FERC, Pipeline Co. Says
• GlaxoSmithKline To Pay $20M SEC Fine Over China Bribery
• Teva Knocks Out FCPA Probe Retaliation Suit
• Data Rate Regs Would Ruin Broadband Investment, FCC Told
• Wrigley Rooftop Owners Ask 7th Circ. To Hear Their Pitch
• Yamashita Reaches $6M Deal In Auto Parts Price-Fixing MDL
• Cigna Objection Request Stumps Judge In $54B Merger Trial
• CORRECTED: NY Appeals Court Nixes Bid To Stop Marriott Merger
• HSBC Settles Mortgage Reinsurance Kickback Suit
• MLB Gets Antitrust Claims Tossed In Scout Wage Suit
• Charitable Donations And FCPA Risks: Lessons From Nu Skin
• Regal Can't Undo Injunction In iPic's Texas Antitrust Suit
• Oral Advocacy And 'Vocal Fry'
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Revive JPMorgan, BofA Swipe Fee Action
• DOJ Clears 2 Texas Cos. For Self-Reported FCPA Violations
• Barclays Wants Second Shot At Exiting Libor Suit
• NJ High Court Won't Hear Hospitals' Omnia Challenge
• FCC Delays Set-Top Box Vote As Dems Vow To Press On
• Lobbying Group Pushes For Robust National Antitrust Policy
• Chicago Denies Challenge To $1.3B Train Car Contract
• Egg Producers Can't Crack Price-Fixing Conspiracy MDL
• DOJ Subpoenas Chesapeake Over M&A Accounting Methods
• Big Data May Warrant New EU Antitrust Rules, Vestager Says
• AmEx Fraud Liability Row Unhit By 2nd Circ., Say Merchants
• Ore. Dealership Challenges New Fiat Chrysler Franchise
• Och-Ziff Inks $413M FCPA Deal, Unit Pleads Guilty
• ESMA Proposes Rules For New Benchmark Crackdown
• Ill. Hospitals Say 3rd Circ. No Help To FTC's Merger Case
• Should General Counsel Disclose Potential FCPA Violations?
• FCC Pulls Set-Top Box Plan From Meeting Agenda
• Och-Ziff Nears $400M Deal, Guilty Plea For Unit In FCPA Row
• Auto Parts Cos. To Pay Combined $44M In Price-Fix Deals
• Set-Top Box Plan Likely To Headline Active FCC Meeting
• FTC's Ill. Hospital Merger Suit Gets 3rd Circ. Boost
• Boehringer Can Hide Emails In FTC Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Dentists Smiling As Price-Fixing Conspiracy Case Survives
• Inside AB InBev's $100B Takeover Of SABMiller
• Investors Seek Final OK For $58M HSBC, Citi Libor Deals
• Ex-PetroTiger CEO, Quinn Emanuel Arbitration OK'd By Court
• EC Probes Deutsche Börse-London Stock Exchange Merger
• Multistate Tax Commission Slams Goodlatte's Sales Tax Plan
• Electronic Parts Cos. To Pay $32.6M To End Antitrust MDL
• Body Shops Want State Farm Price-Fixing Dispute Revived
• The Courtroom Where It Happened: Hamilton As A Lawyer
• Mylan Antitrust Suit Over Acne Drug Rejected By 3rd Circ.
• Och-Ziff Brass Escape Derivative Suit Over FCPA Probes
• SanDisk Buyers Urge Fed. Circ. To Revive Antitrust Suit
• NCAA Gets Part Of Football Transfer Rule Suit Tossed
• AB InBev Pays $6M Over FCPA, Whistleblower Violations
• International Comity Saves Vitamin C Defendants
• EU Bank Regulators Come Off A Big Year In Court
• AB InBev Clears Final Hurdle For $100B SABMiller Buy
• Why Have Lawyers Forgotten About The Middle Class?
• Toshiba Churning Motions In Dell Battery MDL, Judge Says
• Ex-Hospital CEO Booted From Medicare In $1M Kickback Deal
• DOJ Loss In AmEx Case Could Imperil Hospital Steering Suit
• HP Trying To Cut Out 3rd-Party Ink Cartridges, Suit Says
• Brazilian Antitrust Regulator Looking At Top Exchange
• Sales Rep Wants Docs Public In $40B Celgene FCA Row
• PG&E Must Face RICO Claim From Natural Gas Supplier
• Business Data Rate Regs Will Hurt Workers, Union Tells FCC
• ABA Sections Largely Back IP Licensing Guideline Changes
• ECB Wants Banks To Participate In Euribor Transition
• Pa. Traders Ask Court To Nix FERC's $42M Manipulation Fine
• 7th Circ. Agrees With FTC That Size Doesn't Matter
• Drugmakers Tell 3rd Circ. To Punt Effexor To Fed. Circ.
• DOJ Won't Argue ACA Harm In Anthem-Cigna Merger Trial
• Rail Cos. Blast 'Rigged' Damages Model In Fuel Charge Suit
• Lipitor Buyers Ask 3rd Circ. To Keep Pay-For-Delay Fight
• EU Hits Skating Federation With Antitrust Allegations
• Big Banks Hit With Forex Price-Fixing Class Action
• Total Takes FERC Gas Manipulation Fight To 5th Circ.
• FTC Loss On Pa. Hospital Merger Reversed By 3rd Circ.
• Maxim Power To Pay $8M In FERC Market Manipulation Case
• FCC Refrains From Claiming Competition In Wireless Industry
• Rail Shippers Fight To Recertify Price-Fixing Class
• FERC Defends Proposed $225M Penalty For Gas Manipulation
• Mandarin Broadcaster Can't Claim TWC Contract Was Illegal
• Propane Tank Buyers Urge 8th Circ. To Revive Antitrust Suit
• AmEx Loss In DOJ Anti-Steering Suit Reversed By 2nd Circ.
• PhRMA Rips Feds For 'Regulation By Litigation' On Kickbacks
• Alere Hit With New Complaint Over $5.8B Abbott Merger
• Silver Investors Say Forex Ruling Proves Standing
• ChemChina Asks For EU Clearance Of $43B Syngenta Buy
• Lafarge Agrees To $5.2M Settlement In Drywall Antitrust MDL
• 11th Circ. Doesn't Buy Air Force Was Bilked In Radar Row
• Total SA Seeks Exit From Traders' Market Manipulation Suit
• Harris Corp. FCPA Declination Is First Of Its Kind
• Ex-Tribe Leaders Knock Judgment Bid In Embezzlement Row
• Justices Asked To Nix FCA 'Vagueness' Exemption
• HP Says Oracle Using Discovery In Bid To Spy On Its Business
• Google Blasts Ex-MySpace Owner For 'Harassing' Motions
• Heir-Finder Co., Owner Plead Not Guilty In Antitrust Case
• Cable Group Bashes 'Tax' In FCC's Special Access Rules
• NFL-DirecTV 'Unquestionably Anti-Competitive,' Court Told
• DOJ 'Fomenting A Breakdown' Of $54B Merger, Anthem Says
• Unfair Prices Not Antitrust Issue, FTC Commissioner Says
• EU Parliament Head Warns UK Delay Could Sour Brexit Deal
• Investors Blast Barclays' 2nd Circ. Case Use In Libor Row
• DOJ Antitrust Head Says More Int'l Collaborations To Come
• The Digital Divide Remains A Chasm In The US
• Ex-Cuomo Aides, Execs Charged In Corruption Dragnet
• Generic EpiPen Will Likely Secure Profits For Mylan
• FCC Fines Siemens $175K For Hiding FCPA Felonies
• 35 States Sue Indivior In Antitrust Row Over Suboxone
• FERC Mulls Changes To Utility Merger Reviews
• £14B MasterCard Antitrust Suit To Test UK Class Action Law
• Carolinas HealthCare Scoffs At DOJ Antitrust Suit
• Bayer Willing To Give Up $1.6B Yearly To Land Monsanto
• France Authorizes Agribusiness Takeover With Divestments
• Tesla Sues To Strike Michigan's Direct Auto Sales Ban
• Quinn Emanuel Brings In Veteran GC To Lead Moscow Team
• Teva, Apotex, Mylan Sued Over 'Extreme' Statin Prices
• Allergan Seeks Full 3rd Circ. Look At Eye Drop Antitrust Suit
• Cox Points To 2nd Circ. In 10th Circ. Cable Tying Appeal
• Set-Top Box Plan Would Mandate Modem Fee, Charter Warns
• UK Admissions To Irish Rolls Skyrocket After Brexit Vote
• 3 Key Questions As FCC Special Access Vote Nears
• Wilkinson Walsh Picks Up Gov't Trial Pros In DC, LA
• Cornyn Urges FCC To Delay TV App Access Rule
• FIFA Bribery Trial Date Could Spur Pleas, New Charges
• Dial, Heinz Attorneys Defied Order On Fees, Judge Says
• Fla. Power Traders Manipulated Market, FERC Says
• Insurance Broker Can't Shake Antitrust, RICO MDL
• Anthem, Cigna Both Claim Merger Breach, DOJ Says
• 2 Nishikawa Execs Blocked Antitrust Probe, Feds Say
• 3rd Person Pleads Guilty In Chicago Schools Bribery Scandal
• Buyer Lobs Antitrust Suit At 1-800 Contacts Over Ad Pacts
• Judge Nixes Some Forex Claims But Finds Banks Conspired
• Banks Lose Bid To Strike Lenders' Libor Class Claims
• Judge Says Pa. Tavern Can't Get Rate Data In Antitrust Row
• EC Fines Austrian Waste Co. €6M For Stifling Competition
• Costco, Technicolor Settle CRT Antitrust Claims In MDL
• Utility Gets SolarCity's Monopoly Suit Halted During Appeal
• Wal-Mart Investors Granted Cert. In Mexico Bribery Suit
• DOJ Merger Challenges A New Reality, Antitrust Head Says
• Antitrust Group Comments On Draft IP Licensing Guidelines
• FCC Chairman Pledges Review Of Data Roaming Rules
• Overhauling Law Firm Records Departments For A New Reality
• 2nd Circ. Vitamin C Ruling A Landmark For Comity
• W.Va. AG Says Mylan Dodged EpiPen Subpoena
• Developer Seeks Opposing Counsel DQ In Bid-Rigging Suit
• Marriott Gets OK From China To Close Starwood Merger
• McDonnell Ruling Kills UN Bribery Case, Billionaire Says
• AT&T Knocks 'Serious Flaws' In New FCC Set-Top Box Plan
• Leader In Ill. Bus Kickback Scheme Gets Sentence Reduced
• Senate Panel Grills Agriculture Execs Over Merger Motives
• Verizon Tells FCC Not To Void Special Access Contracts
• The Potential For Litigation In New Era Of Biosimilars
• Barclays Says 2nd Circ. Terrorism Ruling Dooms Libor Suit
• Trial Will Prove Fiat Price Discrimination, Dealer Says
• $147M Award In Vitamin Antitrust Suit Vacated By 2nd Circ.
• UK's Dentons Adds Financial Regulatory Atty In Johannesberg
• Hospital Slams Recommendation To Scotch Antitrust Suit
• Frontier Pushes FCC For More Relief In Set-Top Box Plan
• FIFA Bribery Trial Set For Fall 2017; Plea Talks Underway
• US CEOs Urge EU Members To Reject $14.5B Apple Tax Ruling
• AT&T Slams Verizon's Motives On FCC's Special Access Regs
• Music Rights Orgs Can't Rest Easy After Surprise Ruling
• Cravath Guiding Telia In Possible $1.4B Uzbek Bribery Deal
• Pa. Turnpike Agency Beats Ex-CEO's Reimbursement Suit
• Rainmaker Q&A: Crowell & Moring's Daniel Sasse
• Broker Slams Investors' Subpoenas In Libor Action
• US Slams Bid To Toss, Transfer FCA Suit Over Army Rations
• Verizon, XO Say $1.8B Fiber Deal Wouldn't Harm Competition
• Ex-Linklaters Competition Partner Joins Euclid In London
• Posner Says Ride-Hailing And Cabs 'Clearly Different'
• EU Investigates Luxembourg Tax Deal With French Power Co.
• 5 Big UK Financial Services Cases To Watch
• State Farm Policyholders Win Class Cert. In $1B RICO Suit
• NCAA To Hand Over Docs On TV Deals With CBS, Turner
• Taxicab Cos. Blast Miami-Dade's Bid To Ax 'Uber Law' Suit
• White House Official Backs Wheeler On Set-Top Box Agenda
• Judge Sides With BMI Over DOJ On Music Licensing Deals
• Sea Salt Firms Appeal $600M Antitrust Suit Boot To 9th Circ.
• Au Pair Company Fights Cert. In Wage-Fixing Class Action
• 2nd Circ. On Hunt For Antitrust Theory In $2B Takeda Action
• Law Firm Cries Conspiracy Over Ch. 7 Trustee Fees
• Attys Seek $4.7M Fee In Sony, Fox No-Poach Class Action
• Health Co. Execs Say $20M LeClairRyan Deal Too Broad
• Health Funds Say Drug Cos. Fixed Skin Cream Prices
• May, EU Official To Meet As Brexit Talks Still On Hold
• How High Court Views Prosecutor Charging Decisions
• 2nd Circ. To Scrutinize Antitrust Causation In Actos Case
• 2 More Charged Over 'Fat Leonard' Navy Bribery Scandal
• UnitedHealth Says Aetna Doesn't Need Bid Info In Merger Row
• Startups Urge Congress To Support FCC Special Access Plans
• Ex-Norton Rose White Collar Pro Joins Quinn Emanuel
• GCs Increasingly Spending Time Sweating Antitrust Actions
• Ex-Army Doc Asks To Toss 6-Year Term For Bribery Scheme
• Rep. Says FCC Republicans Have Withheld Open Internet Docs
• Alpha Corp. Will Pay $9M For Auto Parts Price-Fixing Scheme
• FCC Chair Defends Set-Top Box Plan From Senate Critics
• Judge Won't Alter Order Tossing Total Gas Manipulation Suit
• From Fapiao To Gestores: FCPA Risks In China, Latin America
• 3 Steps To Successful Judgment Enforcement
• Rainmaker Q&A: Kirkland & Ellis' James Hurst
• Feds Say 5th Circ. Can't Hear Texas Medical Board's Appeal
• Shearman Partner To Lead NY AG's Antitrust Bureau
• Deferred Prosecution Viable Tool To Fight Crime, SFO Says
• Fla. Judge Sees No Future For Insurance Kickback Suit
• Rival Companies Urge FCC Action In Special Access Market
• Lloyds Cites Sokolow Decision In Bid To Escape Libor Suit
• Takeda Says 2nd Circ. Zanaflex Ruling Torpedoes Actos Row
• 3rd Circ. Revives Trucking Co.'s Antitrust Suit
• Och-Ziff Unwinds Class Cert. Order Hours After Judge Errs
• Calif. Slams Rail Injunction Bid In Hazmat Transpo Fee Suit
• Amazon Opposes FCC Licensing Involvement In Set-Top Plan
• Steel Makers Lose Appeal Of €18.8M EU Cartel Fines
• European Commission Names Deputy Brexit Negotiator
• DOJ Says US Court Can Try Maruyasu Auto Parts Bid-Rig Suit
• China Cutting IT Product Duties, In Accord With WTO Pact
• A Road Map For Future Food And Ag Antitrust Litigation
• 3rd Circ. Pens Numerosity Rules In Provigil Antitrust Row
• Cumulus Media Nears Win In Advertising Antitrust Dispute
• 10 Calif. RE Investors Sentenced For Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Menendez Loses 3rd Circ. Bid To Revisit Criminal Charges
• FCC Walking Fine Line With Station Ownership Move
• Tyson, Perdue, Poultry Cos. Targeted Again Over Price-Fixing
• PNC To Pay At Least $24M In Mortgage Class Action
• EU Court Writes Prescription For Pay-For-Delay Enforcement
• NY Judge Narrows Investor Claims In Libor MDL
• Consumers Seek High Court Review Of $20B Anheuser Merger
• FCA Relator Asks 9th Circ. To Revive Drug Kickbacks Case
• Fortiline: FTC's New Twist On 'Invitation To Collude'
• EU Parliament's Brexit Chief Says UK Should Leave By 2019
• Should Your Law Firm Move To The Cloud?
• Chicago Hospitals Can't Ditch Merger Price-Hike Suit
• Ex-Warner Chilcott Worker Seeks Path To File Age Bias Suit
• Ladbrokes, Coral To Sell 400 Shops Ahead Of £2.3B Merger
• Samsung, LG Workers Sue Over Anti-Poaching Deal
• Teva Sues United To Enforce Provigil Antitrust Settlement
• Billionaire's UN Doc Demand May Delay 2017 Bribery Trial
• Middleman In Chicago Bribery Plot Gets 6 Months In Prison
• PHH Says Lack Of Evidence Ends Reinsurance Kickback Suit
• BP Takes FERC Gas Manipulation Fight To 5th Circ.
• Spain Fines 23 Cement Cos. €29M For Cartel
• Taro, Execs Receive DOJ Subpoenas Over Generic Drug Prices
• CBS Wants No FCC Licensing Involvement In Set-Top Plan
• Gov't Witness In Fattah Case Gets 4 Years' Probation
• UK Expats To Challenge EU Commission Prez Over Brexit
• Extraction Payment Rule May Lead To More FCPA Scrutiny
• From The Partner's Desk: Paving Your Path To Partnership
• FCC's Set-Top Compromise Offers Promising Way Forward
• Honeywell Escapes Aerotec's Antitrust Claims At 9th Circ.
• LG Says Bench Trial Best In Cathode Tube Price-Fix MDL
• 9th Circ. Won't Undo Revival Of Antitrust Suit Against Sutter
• Car Transpo MDL Not Barred By Shipping Law, 3rd Circ. Told
• 3rd Circ. Wellbutrin Case Could Guide Patent Settlements
• Competition Agencies Should Scrutinize Data, Vestager Says
• Shrimpers' €28.6M Price-Fixing Fines Stick At EU High Court
• AstraZeneca And The SEC's Focus On Life Sciences
• How We Can Diversify The Legal Profession And Why We Must
• Fitbit Wins ITC Review Of 2 Patents In Jawbone Dispute
• Euro Drug Pricing's Tradeoffs May Limit Appeal In US
• Korean Noodle Cos. Destroyed Evidence, Buyers Say
• Ill. Court Partially Decertifies Class In Tax Sale Scheme
• Boehringer, Teva Want Aggrenox Pay-For-Delay Claims Nixed
• Passengers File Suit To Block $2.6B Alaska-Virgin Merger
• FCC Eliminates A Key Break For UHF Station Owners
• Walgreens To Sell Up To 1,000 Stores In $17B Rite-Aid Deal
• FCC Chief Floats Apps-Based Set-Top Box Plan After Backlash
• Rubycon Agrees To $12M Fine For Electronics Price Fixing
• EU's Top Court Annuls Rules Governing Agricultural Markets
• FCC Chairman Calls For Stronger 5G Wireless Push
• Contact Lens Cases Might Bring Clarity To Antitrust Issues
• Feds Drop Case Against Ex-Va. Gov. McDonnell And His Wife
• EU Parliament Hands Ex-Belgian Prime Minister Key Brexit Role
• FERC's Continued Pursuit Of Individual Trader Liability
• MasterCard Hit With $18.7B Antitrust Class Suit In UK
• Buyer Must Give Up Suboxone Docs In Product-Hopping MDL
• Feds Blast Bid By Ex-Rep, Pals To Overturn Convictions
• Celgene Knocks Feds' Support Of $40B Off-Label FCA Suit
• Treasury Petitioned To Investigate Apple For Tax Evasion
• 3rd Circ. Mulls Impact Of Wellbutrin Pay-For-Delay Deal
• Egg Product Claims Dismissed In Price-Fixing MDL
• HK Regulator Bans Ex-HSBC Staff From Securities For Life
• UK Accepts Fixes For Iron Mountain's $2.6B Recall Deal
• Shepherds' Antitrust Suit Against Ranchers Dismissed
• 8th Circ. Antitrust Limitations Ruling Reveals Circuit Split
• DOJ Closes Probe Into ABI's Craft Brewery Purchase
• EU Court Affirms €357M Pilkington Car Glass Cartel Fine
• Japanese Auto Parts Co. Settles Calif. Price-Fixing Suit
• Treasury Chief Vows To 'Maximize' Brexit For Finance Firms
• Allergan Eye Drop Antitrust Suit Revived By 3rd Circ.
• Leveraging Trial Strategies To Improve Your Negotiating Skills
• 3 Potential Claims Mylan Faces In EpiPen Drama
• LeClairRyan To Pay $20M To End Bankrupt Ex-Client's Claims
• FCC Moves To Double Satellite Regulatory Fees
• SDNY Cybercrime Chief Joins Sullivan & Cromwell
• Holland & Knight To Gain Ex-DOJ Litigation Chief In DC
• Aetna, Humana Shouldn't Get Confidential Info, Judge Says
• Bull Semen Sorting Row Needs New Trial, Supplier Says
• FTC Says Allergan Must Face Lidoderm Generic Delay Suit
• Hospital Chain Shouldn't Face Antitrust Claims, Judge Says
• Nonprofit, Conn. Urge DC Circ. To Nix FERC Auction Call
• Old Skills, New Tricks: Opportunities For Law Librarians
• Google-Backed Group Open To FCC's Apps Set-Top Plan
• Total Says Price Manipulation Case Dismissal Cannot Stand
• Nissan, Dealers Smacked With €6M Price-Fixing Fine In Spain
• Ex-Siemens Director Must Face Fraud Charge: German Court
• NY To Investigate Mylan's EpiPen School Discounts
• US Steel's Unusual Section 337 Claims Could Have Big Impact
• Trader Pays $1.5M To End FERC Market Manipulation Case
• Aisin, Schaeffler To Pay Over $32M To Settle Auto Parts MDL
• 11th Circ. Tosses $140M RICO Claim Over Spirit Air Tix Fees
• FTC OKs Air Liquide Divestiture For $13.4B Airgas Deal
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Nixing Time Warner Cable Antitrust Spat
• Mylan Persisted In Delaying EpiPen Generic, Study Says
• Brazil Nixes $342M Leniency Deal In Probe Of Dutch Driller
• Feds Want To Retry McDonnell On Corruption Charges: Report
• Poultry Producers Hit With Chicken Price Antitrust Suit
• Irish Government To Appeal Apple's $14.5B Tax Bill
• 1-800 Contacts Defends Ad Compacts In FTC Antitrust Suit
• Expedia, Booking.com Back Off Hotel Price Limits In Australia
• Alere, Abbott Told To Mull Mediation Before Merger Trial
• Economist's Testimony Admitted In Egg-Buyer Antitrust MDL
• Will 'Dr. Bull' Affect Actual Jurors?
• Nexstar Gets DOJ Clearance Of $4.6B Media General Buy
• Bosch Wants Out Of Suit Claiming Saw-Safety Device Boycott
• Feds Deny Political Role In Macau Billionaire's Bribery Case
• Sony Wins 9th Circ. Bid To Enforce $4M LCD Antitrust Deal
• Beckenbauer Among 4 In Swiss AG Soccer Corruption Probe
• Dell Can't Bring Discovery Dispute To 3rd Circ., Judge Says
• Wrigley Rooftop Owners Won't Get Second Swing At Cubs
• Japanese Cos. To Pay $3.7M To End Wiring Antitrust Suits
• NJ ShopRite Chain Can't Limit Discovery In Antitrust Suit
• HSR Annual Report: Filings Up, 2nd Requests Down
• Comcast-Customers Agreement Spurs 3rd Circ. Class Cert.
• EU Clears Italian Hutchison-VimpelCom JV With Divestitures
• Investors Propose Distribution Plan In $2B Forex Settlement