Competition Archive » November, 2016

Competition - November, 2016

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• Cisco Presses Arista Execs On Interface Choice At IP Trial
• Prosecutors Tout Individual Accountability In FCPA Cases
• Kodak, Fujifilm, Others Get Aluminum Antitrust Claims Tossed
• Xitronix Wants Fed. Circ. To Rethink Patent Antitrust Claim
• Silver Schemed 'Under Any Definition,' Feds Tell 2nd Circ.
• USTelecom Wants Rural Subsidies Fully Funded
• Comcast Antitrust Fee Row Resolved By Susman, Heins Mills
• 4 Takeaways From The High Court's Double Jeopardy Ruling
• NTN Inks $6.6M End-Payor Deal In Auto Parts Price-Fix MDL
• Anthem Will Restrain Cigna After $54B Merger, DOJ Says
• The Ethical Risks Of A Multijurisdictional Practice
• Media General-Nexstar Deal Gets Auction-Related Challenge
• EU Loses Appeal Of France Télécom Aid Case At High Court
• Regulators Need More Time For Bass Pros-Cabela's Review
• Trump Adds 3rd Anti-Reg Voice To FCC Transition Team
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rethink Mylan's Doryx Product-Hopping Loss
• Conflicting Agency Guidance On Confidentiality Policies
• Loyalty Rebates In China: A Look At Tetra Pak
• Ex-Soccer Atty Says Privilege Issue Testimony Misconstrued
• Pipe Makers Get Preliminary Nod For $30M Antitrust Deal
• 3 Key Takeaways Buried In 1st Circ.'s Nexium Ruling
• NTN To Pay $2M To Settle Auto Parts MDL With Dealerships
• Lidoderm Buyers, Payors Near Cert. In Pay-For-Delay MDL
• Transcripts In Anthem-Cigna Trial Show Merger Tension
• Qualcomm Investors Fight Dismissal Of China Corruption Suit
• Banks Ask Court To Put $1.7T Of CDS Deals In Play
• Judge OKs $25M To Dealers' Attys In Auto Parts MDL
• Uber Can't Arbitrate Price-Fixing Suit, Rider Tells 2nd Circ.
• FERC Told To Think Bigger In Energy Merger Reviews
• How Law Firms Are Using Analytics To Reduce Write-Offs
• Jury 'Bored To Death' In $134M US Airways Row, Judge Says
• FERC Manipulation Court Fight Must Fail, 5th Circ. Told
• Aluminum Antitrust Decision Should Be Set Aside, Buyers Say
• Hunton's Higbee Adds Antitrust Chops To Trump DOJ Team
• Delta, AirTran Want Class Cert. Reversed In Bag-Fee MDL
• A Review Of Key Cases Against Executives In Q3
• Justices Say Double Jeopardy Doesn't Prevent Bribery Retrial
• Cisco Says Arista 'Slavishly' Copied IP As Trial Opens
• FTC Expands Docs Needed For Premerger Notification Filings
• PharMerica Escapes Federal FCA Claims Over Kickbacks
• Economist Says Anthem-Cigna Deal Will Stifle Innovation
• Judge Gives Final Nod To $125M In Auto Parts MDL Deals
• 'Open Banking' Threat Looms Over UK Lenders
• Justices Won't Hear Va. Chiropractor's Antitrust Appeal
• TV Networks Challenge FCC's Drop Of UHF Station Perk
• EU Greenlights $32.8B Czech Clean Energy Subsidy Program
• MasterCard Can't Appeal £68M UK Interchange Fee Ruling
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Southwest CEO Subpoena Appeal
• FCC Pressed To Mitigate Nexstar-Media General Deal Issues
• With The New Administration, A New FCC Focus?
• Justices Won't Hear Marine Radio Providers' Collusion Suit
• Apple Says Consumers Repeating Arguments In Antitrust Suit
• GCs Say This Firm Is The Most Arrogant
• Why DOJ Is Right To Appeal BMI Consent Decree Ruling
• The Missing American Jury
• Whistleblower Blasts Dismissal Bid In $1B Food Fight
• Bio-Rad Says Ex-GC Faked FCPA Concerns To Save Job
• Judge OKs $38M Deutsche Bank Silver Price-Fixing Settlement
• Consumer Orgs. Ask 2nd Circ. To Rehear AmEx Antitrust Win
• Cognizant Execs Accused Of $40M Earnings With Inside Info
• Anthem, Cigna Say Exchanges Blunt Potential Merger Impacts
• EU OKs Abbott's $25B Acquisition Of St. Jude With Caveats
• Broadcasters Tell DC Circ. FCC Erred In Nixing UHF Break
• Odebrecht Nears $2B Deal Over Petrobras Fraud, Bribery
• EU Antitrust Enforcers Need Beefing Up, Vestager Says
• Billionaire Bristles At 'Boss Wu' Tag In Fresh UN Charges
• UK Competition Watchdog Wants More Tech In Retail Banking
• 5 DOT Rule Proposals Likely To Draw Trump's Scrutiny
• Tenet Case Signals Shift In Health Care Fraud Enforcement
• Chinese Mogul Faces New FCPA Charges In UN Bribe Case
• Trial Set For HSBC Exec Accused Of Scamming Forex Trade
• Bank of America Beats Reinsurance Kickback RICO Suit
• CORRECTED: Feds Issue Indictment In Cuomo Aide Corruption Case
• Anthem Targeted Cigna Business Before Merger, Says DOJ
• 1st Circ. Won't Revive Takeda FCA Actos Kickbacks Suit
• Trump Biz Dealings May Hobble Global Corruption Crackdown
• Wright, Ohlhausen May See Antitrust Spotlight Under Trump
• Whatley Kallas Wants Arbitration With Health First Trial Clients
• 11th Circ. Gives New Life To DynCorp Trade Secrets Case
• City Of Orange Says It's Immune From EMS Antitrust Suit
• Trump Team Taps Proskauer, Cahill Attys For Agency Advice
• No Quick Appeal Warranted In Egg Price-Fix MDL, Buyers Say
• Daily Fantasy Merger Won't Help Much With Legal Woes
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms
• 2 Decisions Strengthen FTC's Hand In Hospital Merger Cases
• Avoiding Law Firm BYOD Risks: Tips For Securing Devices
• Feds Say Songwriters' Licensing Pact Suit Is Unsound
• Gov't Argues To Shut Down Anthem's Cigna Buy
• Radio Stations Sue Rights Agency Over Size Of Royalty Fees
• Attorneys Wary As FCA Ups Ante For UK Asset Managers
• Calif. Lobs Latest Auto Parts Antitrust Suit Against Panasonic
• 1st Circ. Won't Revive Nexium Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Mylan, Par, Others Rigged Divalproex Sodium ER Prices: Suit
• NTN Corp. Settles Auto Bearings Price-Fix Claims For $10M
• LG Settles Cathode Tube Price-Fix Suit With Sears, Kmart
• Calif. Appeals Rail Hazmat Fee Injunction To 9th Circ.
• MasterCard London Swipe Fee Class Action Case To Go Public
• Antitrust Agencies Can Curb High Prices, Vestager Says
• Merger Control Update: It Ain't Over Till It's Over
• 4 Ways Lawyers Can Improve Their Marketing
• Donald Sterling Drops Suit Against NBA Over Clippers Sale
• Utility Immune To SolarCity Monopoly Suit, 9th Circ. Told
• Top 4 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Sessions' History Is Short But Not Silent On Antitrust
• Intel Wants Investor Suit Over Anti-Poach Deals Tossed
• 6th Circ. Junks Appeals Of $225M Auto Parts Price-Fix Deal
• Final OK Given To $5M Deal In NFL, Reebok Antitrust Suit
• JPMorgan's $264M Princeling Deal Just First Of Many
• 6 More States Join Suboxone Product-Hopping Lawsuit
• South Africa Affirms Record $104M ArcelorMittal Cartel Fine
• Fantasy Sports Rivals DraftKings, FanDuel Ink Merger
• 6th Circ. Contract Ruling Ignores Mich. Law, Auto Co. Says
• Beyond Bean Counting: How Legal Can Add True Value
• Trump Taps Jeff Sessions To Be Attorney General
• FTC Study On Patent Assertion Entities Is Incomplete
• UK's FCA Bares Teeth At Big Asset Management Sector
• Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal In ATM Fees Antitrust Case
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear $62M Avaya Award Appeal
• Procaps Wants Antitrust Suit Over $255M Merger Revived
• FTC Chief Warns Antitrust Not For Big Data Privacy Worries
• Ill. Property Tax Bid-Rigging Action Beats Dismissal Again
• What To Watch As Anthem-Cigna Antitrust Trial Kicks Off
• 3rd Circ. Told To Nix Immunity For Anti-Competitive Deals
• Profs Lose Bid To Weigh In On FERC's $453M Barclays Penalty
• Background Check Co. Dodges Job Seeker's Antitrust Suit
• Duane Morris & Selvam Taiwan Opens In Taipei
• Cuomo Poses Anti-Graft Reforms Amid 'Endless Scandals'
• Spain Fines Cash Handling Cos., Execs €46.4M Over Cartel
• Apotex Pushes To Have Late Sandoz Subpoena Tossed
• Enviros Says DTE-Spectra Gas Pipeline Will Create Monopoly
• Bharara Unveils Charges Against Ex-Valeant, Philidor Execs
• DOJ To Keep Focus On No-Poach Deals After Criminal Shift
• Ex-Rite Aid VP, NJ Businessman Get Jail In $13M Fraud Plot
• Visa Lays Into Retailers' Competition Claims In UK Trial
• Retailers Ask 2nd Circ. To Nix AmEx Anti-Steering Rules
• Former Mass. Speaker's Prison Term Cut Short
• Post-Election Thoughts On Antitrust
• JPMorgan Pays $264M FCPA Fine For Hiring Program In Asia
• A Quick Guide To Depositions In Japan
• OPINION: The US Supreme Court In 2017
• Radioactive Waste Merger Would Nuke Competition, Feds Say
• CRT Purchasers Can't Use $1.9B Judgment In MDL
• Kilpatrick Townsend Nabs Foley & Lardner Partner
• 3rd Circ. Could Clarify Preemption In Shipping Antitrust Suit
• Broadcast Group Exec Calls For Ease Of Ownership Rules
• Law Profs Want 2nd Circ. To Rehear AmEx Anti-Steering Suit
• W.Va. Highway Official, Contractor Face Pay-To-Play Charges
• Hospitals Press Forward With Merger After 7th Circ. Loss
• Retailers Urge Visa Not To Steer Transactions To Own Network
• Work For GSK Got Pair Jailed In China, Suit Says
• FTC's Unusual Settlement For Minn. Physician-Practice Merger
• Teva Pharmaceuticals Earmarks $520M To End FCPA Claims
• China Fines Tetra Pak $97M Over Antitrust Offenses
• A Primer On The Presidential Appointee Vetting Process
• Merging Law Firms: Think Before You Tie The Knot
• Retired Navy Captain Latest To Plead Guilty In Bribery Scheme
• Cardiac Monitor To Pay $1.35M To Settle False Claims Charge
• The Firms That Handle The Most Antitrust Litigation
• Brexit May Let UK Watchdog Blaze Its Own Antitrust Path
• DOJ Asks To Finalize Terms Of Nexstar-Media General Deal
• Mexico Fines Maritime Transport Cos. $2.2M For Price-Fixing
• NCAA Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Athlete Year-To-Play Rules
• NFL To Stop Ticket Resale Price Floor, Ending AG Probe
• Broadcasters Challenge FCC Ownership Rules In DC Circ.
• Microsoft Settles With Panasonic, Sanyo In Battery MDL
• Insurer Must Pay In Dispute With Law Firm, 5th Circ. Says
• Merging Law Firms: Why Deals Fail Or Underperform
• Oil Cos. Fail To Explain High Calif. Gas Prices, Court Told
• Merck Says Public Info Bars Whistleblower's Kickback Case
• Ex-Rabobank Trader Dodges Jail Time For Fixing Libor
• Judge Unplugs Barclays' Bid To End Energy Price-Fixing Suit
• Final OK Given To $58M Deal With HSBC, Citi In Libor Suit
• Au Pair Co. Seeks Arbitration In Wage-Fixing Suit
• Cumulus Media Gets Advertising Antitrust Suit Gutted
• Contractor Convicted In Mont. Tribe Corruption Scandal
• Tesco Strikes Visa Interchange Fee Deal On Eve Of UK Trial
• Frontier Lobbies FCC Chief Over Harm From Rate Regs
• FCPA Enforcement On Near-Record Pace For 2016: Part 2
• Witness Opinions Nixed Ahead Of Anthem-Cigna Trial
• FTC Eyes Changes To Contact Lens Competition Rule
• Impax Investor Says Drug Price-Fixing Probe Never Disclosed
• DOJ Wants 2nd Circ. Rethink Of AmEx Anti-Steering Suit
• Merging Law Firms: Beware Conflicts Of Interest
• DOJ Appeals Loss On BMI Music Rights Accord To 2nd Circ.
• Man Vs. Machine: Or, Lawyers Vs. Legal Technology
• OPINION: The Verdict — A Rejection Of Politics As Usual
• The New State AG Landscape
• Google Scolded By Judge For 'Emergency' Deposition Bid
• Fiat Chrysler Dodges African Distributor's RICO Suit
• Show's Over For Live Nation Rival's Doc Destruction Claims
• Ex-CEO Gets 30 Months In Chicago Red Light Camera Scheme
• ABA Experts ID Best Practices For Antitrust Investigations
• Russia Probes Microsoft Over Antivirus Competition Claims
• Rainmaker Q&A: Norton Rose's Joseph Graham Jr.
• Merging Law Firms: Why Hogan Lovells Has Worked
• US Vs. The Rest: Litigation Funding's Local Characteristics
• Japanese Co. Pays $9.5M To End Auto Wiring Antitrust Suit
• Houston Pharmacy Owner Cops To Paying $5M In Kickbacks
• Zuckerberg Choked Competition For Virtual Cash, Court Hears
• Ex-Venezuelan Soccer Head Pleads Guilty To Racketeering
• Telecom Group Urges FCC Against Ethernet Rate Regs
• Groups Ask DC Circ. To Scrap FCC's Cable Rate Order
• Google GC Blasts EU Over Android Antitrust Allegations
• France's Game-Changing New Anti-Corruption Law
• Ex-Rabobank Trader Gets 3 Months For Fixing Libor
• Boxing Promoter Says Manager Can't Toss Antitrust Claims
• $15M Deal To End Adderall Buyers' Class Action Wins OK
• EU OKs Boehringer Animal Health Biz Buy, With Conditions
• PennDOT Contractor Cops To Charge In Corruption Scandal
• RadioShack, Circuit City Win Discovery Bid In Drive Suit
• Ex-Honduran Soccer Head Faces FIFA Ethics Lifetime Ban
• Pfizer Slams Appeal In Off-Label FCA Case In 1st Circ.
• Impax Case Dies With Endo Pay-For-Delay Suit, FTC Says
• FCC Urged To Maintain Prices In Verizon-XO Deal
• Law Profs Say Barclays' $453M FERC Fine Needs Hearing
• Airlines' Deal Could Stifle Competition, Brazil Says
• Foreign Affairs Outlook For Trump Presidency, 115th Congress
• FERC $42M Manipulation Case Is Baseless, Trading Firm Says
• UK Antitrust Enforcer Says More Agency Actions Needed
• Windstream Pushes FCC For Biz Data Price Protections
• Calif. Voters Reject Measure To Limit Gov't Drug Costs
• Rural Telecom Group Wants FCC Subsidy Gaps Filled
• 8th Circ. Got Antitrust Time Limits Right, Panel Hears
• FCPA Enforcement On Near-Record Pace For 2016: Part 1
• Trump's Upset Win Puts Obama Legacy On Chopping Block
• After Trump's Triumph, What's Next?
• Trump Win Puts These 4 On High Court Shortlist
• Trump Could Place Media In Antitrust Crosshairs
• Net Neutrality Rules In Jeopardy With Trump Win
• GOP Retains Control Of Both Houses Of Congress
• American Airlines Wants Trip Insurance Suit Grounded
• Labaton Beefs Up NY, Del. Offices With Trio Of Hires
• $7M Ends Criminal Price-Fix Charge Against Auto Parts Co.
• Senate Leaders Press 2 Fed. Agencies For EpiPen Reviews
• Settlement In Auto Parts Price-Fixing Row Gets Judge's OK
• FTC Wins Dismissal Of Opana, Lidoderm Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Nev. Judge Shuts Down Trump's Early Voting Suit
• FCC Urged To Crack Down On Ethernet Special Access Rates
• Fifth Broker Pleads Out In $131M ForceField Stock Pump Case
• Mexico's Anti-Corruption Reform Could Be Game Changer
• The Firms Cashing In This Election Season
• Maritime Co. Fights AIG Unit's Bid To Toss $2.5M Fees Suit
• Why The Candidates' BigLaw Bills Keep Rising
• Candid Advice From The Bench: Judges Are People Too
• FTC Asks 1st Circ. To Reverse Momenta Antitrust Win
• Haldex Backs Knorr-Bremse Bid But Warns Of Antitrust Risk
• Discovery Needed In $15M FERC Manipulation Suit, Firm Says
• France Fines Altice €80M Over SFR, Virgin Gun-Jumping
• Exclusive-Dealing Takeaways From Dominant Ill. Hospital's Win
• NuScience Says Atty's Vow To 'Destroy' Co. Shows Malice
• Valeant To Pop Out Paragon To Quell FTC Antitrust Concerns
• Homeowner Blames Libor Fix For Higher Mortgage Rate
• Judge OKs Ex-Willkie Atty's Bid To See Sealed MDL Docs
• Ex-Gaming Exec Must Testify In Facebook Antitrust Case
• Utility Consumer Group Wants More FCC Biz Data Reform
• Endo Faces Securities Suit Over Unit's Price-Fixing Probe
• Trading Platform Denies Role In Plot To Fix Rate Swaps
• Baker & McKenzie Adds DOJ Asst. Chief To Antitrust Group
• Justices' Guidance Still Needed On Pay-For-Delay Accords
• EU Officials Clear $14B French High Speed Internet Plan
• Rabobank Tells 7th Circ. To Toss Law Firm's Fee Case
• New VW Exec Added To German Market Manipulation Probe
• Citizens United Architect Predicts Future Finance Battles
• Clinton Trounces Trump In Donations From Biggest Of BigLaw
• EU Antitrust Watchdog Sheds Google Bias Accusations
• Minn. Right For Provigil Pay-For-Delay Suit, United Says
• 7 Steps For Managing An Associate Who May Be Impaired
• FCC Hit By New 3rd Cir. Challenge To Media Ownership Move
• Justices Won't Review NJ Superfund Contractor's Conviction
• Politics And The AT&T-Time Warner Merger
• High Court Won't Review Lamictal Pay-For-Delay Row
• Trump Vs. Clinton: Some Antitrust Predictions
• Military Housing Co.'s Last Claims Against Insurer Nixed
• NJ Bill Would Ban Drug Coupons When Generics Exist
• DHL, Hellmann Cleared For $53M Exit Of Price-Fixing Suit
• Comcast Can't Duck Antitrust Suit Over Spot Ad Sales
• Lawmakers Call On Feds To Investigate Insulin Pricing
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Vitamin C Antitrust Decision
• Health Care Provider Says Pharma Cos. Fixed Saline Prices
• Calif. Regulator's Data Ask Not Barred For Now, Judge Says
• Promotion Co. Wants To Strike Experts In Boxing Battle
• Aluminum Buyers Seek Reinstatement Of Antitrust Suit
• MLS Union Tells Texas Court To Ditch Youth Clubs' Suit
• Delta-Aeromexico JV Gets Conditional Antitrust Immunity
• Phillips Nizer Adds Trial Partner From BakerHostetler
• EU Pauses Review Of $130B Dow, DuPont Tie-Up
• UK Truckers To Bring Class Action Over Price Fixing
• Another Key Victory For FTC's Geographic Market Definition
• Key Takeaways From Embraer's $205M FCPA Settlement
• The Role Of Litigation Analytics In Your Case
• 2 Admit To Fraud In $131M ForceField Stock Pump Case
• Prison Time Best Antitrust Deterrent, DOJ Enforcer Says
• Chamber Of Commerce Backs GSK In 3rd Circ. Drug Appeal
• McGuireWoods Adds Antitrust Partner From BakerHostetler
• US Seeks Less Than 3 Years For Ex-Rabobank Libor Fixer
• Abbott Offers Fixes To Clear $25B St. Jude Deal In EU
• Potential Daily Fantasy Merger A Tough Antitrust Sell
• Final Piece Of $194M Steel Price-Fix Settlement Clears Hurdle
• Uber Not Anti-Competitive In Philadelphia, Court Finds
• Pa. Wants $1.2M In Attys' Fees In Hospital Merger Row
• Teladoc, Texas Med Board Want To Pause Antitrust Suit
• Uber Says Taxis Just Clinging To Monopoly With Fla. Suit
• Google Remains Defiant Over EU Search, Ad Antitrust Claims
• Doctor In Menendez Case Can Wait At Home, Judge Affirms
• UK Treasury Forges Ahead With Competition Banking Reforms
• Australia Says Dow-Dupont Merger Could Harm Competition
• Investors In Angola Oil Bribe Case Set Sights On Class Cert.
• OPINION: 3rd Circ. Should Rehear Product-Hopping Case
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 5
• FCA Eyes Cap On UK Bank Overdraft Charges
• UK Must Get Parliamentary OK For Brexit, Court Rules
• SF Cab Co. Says Uber Driving Out Competition With Fares
• Capacitor Co. Execs Indicted Over Price-Fixing Conspiracy
• Texas Furniture Cos. File For Ch. 11 Amid Antitrust, FCA Row
• Shell Says Traders' Antitrust Claims Not Aided By Rulings
• 6th Circ. Mostly Upholds Verdict In Auto Cos. Contract Fight
• Dish Pushes FCC To Set Nexstar-Media General Conditions
• Thousands Sign On To AT&T-Time Warner Merger Opposition
• Embraer Deal Opens Brazilian Frontier For FCPA Enforcement
• DOJ Sues DirecTV Over LA Dodgers Info-Sharing Deals
• Delphi Urges End To Its Discovery In Auto Parts MDL
• Ex-Baker & McKenzie Attys Launch Chilean Boutique Firm
• 4 Ways To Get Associates Trial-Ready
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 4
• DOJ, FTC Float Changes To Int'l Antitrust Guidelines
• Express Scripts Wants Pharmacies To Back Up Antitrust Suit
• FTC's Pursuit Of Hospital Mergers Gets Key Validation
• Stiglitz Tells Antitrust Jury Sabre Profits Are 'Outrageous'
• Chicago Taxis Ask Full 7th Circ. To Rethink Uber Regs Spat
• Kirkland Hires Ex-Simpson Thacher Competition Partner
• AT&T-Time Warner Deal Raises Net Neutrality Q's, Sen. Says
• Verizon Lobbies FCC Against Wholesale Ethernet Rate Cap
• Chamber Backs Uber In 2nd Circ. Price-Fix Arbitration Suit
• Rainmaker Q&A: Winston & Strawn's Jeffrey Kessler
• UK Lawmakers Pour Scorn On Report Into Bank Competition
• Momenta Must Face Clot Drug Antitrust Row, 1st Circ. Told
• S. Korea Fines Japanese Cos. $9.7M For Car Part Price Fix
• Corker Binning Hires Veteran FCA Prosecutor
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 3
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 8