Competition Archive » December, 2016

Competition - December, 2016

251 articles

• 6 Key Commercial Litigation Finance Trends For 2017
• 5 Ways To Fight Costlier Legal Malpractice Claims In 2017
• Do Not Expect Lax Financial Enforcement Under Trump
• What We Learned About Patent Remedies In 2016
• 2016 Highlights From Indirect Purchaser Class Actions
• Mediating E-Discovery Disputes Can Save Time And Money
• Feds Push Through Record FCPA Week With Teva Case
• Mushroom Buyers Button Up Class Cert. In Price-Fixing MDL
• Rural Broadband Group Urges Caution In Next-Gen TV Rollout
• Merger Will Cut Costs, Boost Quality, Anthem Expert Says
• Technicolor Settles CRT Price-Fixing Suit With Sears, Kmart
• Tenet Board Faces Shareholder Suit Over $513M FCA Case
• Bio-Rad Can't Block Ex-GC's Evidence In Retaliation Trial
• 9 Blue Cross Plans Lose Bids To Escape Antitrust MDL
• ITC Will Take Another Look At US Steel's Antitrust Claims
• Property Co. Eyes Appeal In Landmark RBS Libor Swap Case
• Clear Channel, Fairway Must Divest Billboards In $150M Swap
• Takeaways From China's Antitrust Case Against Medtronic
• Baker Botts Partner To Be FTC Deputy Chief Trial Counsel
• Barclays $120M 'Ice-Breaker' Libor Class Deal Clears Hurdle
• Teva Pharmaceutical To Pay $519M To Settle FCPA Charges
• Reigniting The Debate Over Student-Athletes As Employees
• Insurer Says Au Pair Co. Isn't Covered For Wage-Fixing Suit
• Why Odebrecht Handed Prosecutors A Record FCPA Deal
• Yamada To Pay $744K To End Dealers' Steering Parts Suit
• DOJ Case Against Aetna-Humana Deal Probed Over Gov't Role
• Taro, Perrigo Hit With Price-Fixing Suit Over Skin Cream
• DOJ Nets Tuna Price-Fixing Guilty Plea At Bumble Bee
• Mass. Top Prosecutor To Step Down In January
• EU Top Court Rules Against Tax Scheme On Foreign Holdings
• $54B Deal Will Spawn Daunting Anthem-Cigna, Expert Says
• Uber Seeks Dismissal Of SF Predatory Pricing Suit
• Warner Chilcott Urges Judge To Nix Asacol Antitrust Claims
• Radioactive Waste Cos. Can't Move Merger Suit To Texas
• Irish Airlines On Hook For Tax Breaks Deemed State Aid
• Apple Launches Antitrust Suit Over Nokia Standard Patents
• Anthem, Cigna Discord Could Give DOJ Edge In Merger Trial
• Citing High Court, Judge Allows Bail For Fattah Cohort
• Swiss Watchdog Fines Banks $97M For Benchmark Rigging
• Customers Seek Tullett Prebon Docs In Libor Suit
• State AGs May Turn Up Enforcement Under Trump
• Odebrecht, Braskem To Pay $3.6B In Record FCPA Case
• Building Momentum For The Pay Equity Movement In BigLaw
• Goldman Pays $120M CFTC Fine For ISDAfix Rate Rigging
• Are You Prepared For A 'Post-Fact' Jury?
• Diebold, Wincor May Need To Shed UK Biz For $2B Merger OK
• Amphastar Urges 1st Circ. To Nix Rivals' Antitrust Immunity
• Calif. Attys' Press Statements Protected By Anti-SLAPP
• AMC To Divest Theaters To Clear $1.2B Carmike Buy With DOJ
• Bondholders Dismissed From Bank Libor Conspiracy MDL
• Jury Awards US Airways $15M In Sabre Antitrust Trial
• Anthem Tries To Raise Bar For DOJ In $54B Merger Trial
• Facebook Accused Of Deceiving EU In $19B WhatsApp Buy
• Trader Says FCA 'Fundamentally Wrong' In Euribor Case
• Teva, Actavis, Sandoz Hit With Skin Cream Price-Fixing Suit
• Film Studios Say VidAngel's Antitrust Claim A 'Distraction'
• Ex-Getty VP Restrained From Sharing Trade Secrets
• Ex-Fla. Official Channels McDonnell In High Court Appeal
• Economist Throws Weight Behind $37B Aetna-Humana Deal
• Akerman Adds Trial Partner From DLA Piper
• FERC's Enforcement Appetite Makes Compliance Key
• Law Schools, Bar Exam Co. Want $50M Antitrust Suit Tossed
• 10th Circ. Won't Block Utah Contact Lens Pricing Law
• FIFA Hits Ex-Honduran Soccer Head With Lifetime Ban
• Keeping Pro Se Litigants At Bay
• Gov't Review Of Telecom M&A Helps Consumers: DOJ Official
• A New Foreign Investment Regime In The UK
• Japan's Idemitsu Pushes Forward With $1.4B Showa Shell Buy
• EU Watchdogs See Contagion Risk In Financial Big Data Use
• Ill. Court Affirms Theft Conviction In Contract Steering Suit
• Pfizer And Subsidiaries Shake FCA Pain Patch Suit
• Jury Convicts 4 For Bid-Rigging Calif. Property Auctions
• Aetna Takes On Key Obamacare Admin In $37B Merger Trial
• Goldman Pays $56.5M To Exit ISDAfix Rate-Rigging Suit
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Accuses Actavis Of Excessive Pricing
• Investors Ask Supreme Court To Let Libor Suit Revival Stand
• Ex-Fattah Staffer Gets 3 Years' Probation In Corruption Case
• The Biggest Competition Cases Of 2016
• Media Groups Want FCC Rules Challenge Moved To 3rd Circ.
• Pharmacy President Dropped From FCA Kickback Suit
• My Strangest Day In Court: The 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing
• What The FCC Will Look Like In 2017
• Illegality In Arbitrations: What Is The Arbitrator's Duty?
• Are Courts In The Discovery Driver's Seat?
• Developer Can't DQ Opposing Counsel In Bid-Rigging Suit
• Wheeler's FCC Chairmanship Controversial, But Effective
• Alere Granted Discovery After Abbott Seeks To Kill Merger
• Plucky Hagens Berman Wins Spot In Chicken Price Suit
• Chicago Taxi Cos. Denied En Banc For Uber Regulations Row
• Starbucks Launches Fight Against €30M EU Tax Ruling
• DOJ Pounces On Molina Emails At Aetna-Humana Merger Trial
• Fox, CBS To Hand Over NFL Deal Docs In Sunday Ticket Case
• Hospitals Emphasize Cost Cuts In Renewed FTC Merger Fight
• 3 More Capacitor Co. Execs Indicted For Price-Fixing
• Competition MVP: Robins Kaplan's Hollis Salzman
• OPINION: 1,166 Pieces Of Evidence And No Due Process
• 20 States Sue Generic-Drug Companies Over Collusion
• FCC Chair Wheeler To Step Down In January
• Braskem To Pay $957M In Operation Car Wash Probe
• DOJ Fears About Aetna-Humana Divestiture 'Silly,' Exec Says
• Wal-Mart Investors Call Class Toss Fatal To Records Demands
• Feinstein Says Sessions' AG Docs Lack Controversial Talks
• DOJ's Case 'Internally Tortured,' Anthem Says At Merger Trial
• Direct Buyers Push 1st Circ. To Rethink Nexium Suit
• 'Scary' For US Air To Ditch Sabre, Jury Hears In Closings
• Baxter, Hospira Fixed Saline Prices, Pa. Hospital Says
• Uber Slams Rakoff's Arbitration Views In Price-Fix Ruling
• Top Telecom Cases Of 2016: Year In Review
• Suburban Philly Councilman Arrested In Kickback Scheme
• CDS Class Hits Back At Natixis Bid For More Of $1.86B Deal
• Sinclair Says AT&T, Others Can't Delay Next-Gen TV
• Menendez Urges High Court To Review Corruption Charges
• Competition MVP: Cohen Milstein's Richard Koffman
• DOJ Charges 2 Execs In Generic Drug Price-Fixing Plot
• Auto Dealer Robinson-Patman Act Cases After Stevens Creek
• Anthem's Defense In $54B Merger Trial Met With Skepticism
• Mercedes, Dealer Duck Repair Overcharge Class Action
• ACA's Shaky Future Looms Over Aetna-Humana Merger Trial
• Quinn Emanuel Hires Ex-Shearman Antitrust Pro In Brussels
• Fighting $225M Fine, Total Rips FERC's Defense Of Tribunal
• EU Council Breaks Deadlock On Anti-Dumping Trade Talks
• La. Tells 3rd Circ. It's Not Part Of GSK Antitrust Settlement
• Rules Of Civil Procedure Updates Affect E-Discovery
• The Path To The California Bench
• Indivior Wants States' Suboxone Product-Hop Claims Nixed
• SEC Says Bio-Rad Wrong To Call Ex-GC's Work Privileged
• $63M Health Fraud Ringleader Can't Get Sentence Vacated
• Buyers Want 1st Circ. To Rethink Nexium Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Argentine Marketing Co. Pays DOJ $113M In FIFA Bribery Deal
• FCA Fights Trial Redo After Price Bias Suit Victory
• Reflecting On Year 1 Of Hong Kong Competition Enforcement
• Competition MVP: Wilson Sonsini's Jonathan Jacobson
• AB InBev Inks $7.75B Sale Of Rest Of SABMiller's Europe Biz
• 3 Tips To Avoid Being On The Outs With In-House Counsel
• Doc In Menendez Case Can't Challenge Drug Rules, Feds Say
• GSK, Nev. Abused Fed. Drug Discount Program, 9th Circ. Told
• Aetna Execs Say ACA Flight Not Spurred By Humana Merger
• As Fintech Looks For A Home, 3 Main Contenders Emerge
• Toyota, Ford, Nissan Lose Appeals Of Indian Antitrust Fines
• Ohio Hospital Chain, Radiology Co. Escape Kickback Suit
• $3M Takeaways From GN Netcom V. Plantronics
• EU Docks Sony, Panasonic, Sanyo $176M Over Battery Cartel
• US Says High Court Shouldn't Review 2nd Circ. Libor Case
• Competition MVP: Cravath's Evan Chesler
• Natixis Asks Court To Reconsider $481B Of CDS Deals
• UK Finance Watchdog Opens Mortgage Competition Probe
• Deals That Died In 2016 And What Killed Them
• Aetna-Humana Divestiture Plan Falls Short, DOJ Expert Says
• NM Official Gets 1 Year For Role In $33M Kickback Scheme
• Och-Ziff Contractor Cops To Bribing African Officials
• 1,000 Russian Athletes Benefited From Doping, WADA Says
• FTC Says Boehringer Should Cough Up Pay-For-Delay Docs
• The Horrible Conflict Between Biology And Women Attorneys
• 2nd Circ. Got Libor Wrong, Industry Groups Tell Justices
• $577M CRT Settlement Objector Is An Atty Sham, Buyers Say
• Deutsche Bank Gets Nod For $60M Gold Price-Fixing Accord
• DOJ To Send Atty To UK Watchdogs To Boost Fraud Fight
• FCA Delays Deadline Decision For PPI Claims Against Banks
• Competition MVP: White & Case's Peter Carney
• UK Financial Regulator To Clamp Down On Crowdfunding
• How Latin America Is Stepping Up Anti-Corruption Efforts
• Michael Foods Settles Egg Price-Fix MDL For $75M
• Ex-Insys Executives Charged In Painkiller Kickback Scheme
• Anthem Loses Bid To Call Back Expert In $54B Merger Trial
• Broadcasters Drop DC Circ. Challenge Of FCC Rules
• Silver Investors Seek To Add 4 Banks To Price-Fixing MDL
• Reps Want 'Disco Era' FCC Media Ownership Rules Gone
• Delta, American, United Duck Price-Fixing Suit
• Chinese Billionaire Denied Separate Trial In UN Bribe Case
• Brazil Fines Foreign Banks $54M For Currency Manipulation
• NCAA Conf. Wants Testimony Limited In Grant-In-Aid Row
• Nestle, Mars Face Antitrust Suit Over Prescription Pet Food
• Broadcasters Hit 'Self-Serving' Move To Stall FCC Standard
• FCA Suit Witness 'Disobeyed' Subpoena, Whistleblower Says
• Lawyer EQ: Finding Success In Every Interaction
• Shippers Slam Feds' Brief In 3rd Circ. Antitrust Row
• DOJ Fights Anthem's Bid To Recall Witness At Merger Trial
• Ice Co. Secures Initial OK For $2.7M Deal In Price-Fix MDL
• Gold Investors Shouldn't Get Another Shot In MDL, UBS Says
• Managing Intergenerational Differences Within Your Law Firm
• UK Top Court Judge Casts Doubt On Gov't Brexit Case
• Media General-Nexstar Talks Should Sink Deal, Group Says
• FBI Arrests Puerto Rico Mayor On Extortion Charges
• Ex-Nicaraguan Soccer Head Pleads Guilty To Racketeering
• Sabre Didn't Force US Air To Sign Contract, Jury Hears
• Ex-NCAA Player Can't Appeal Partial Toss Of Antitrust Suit
• Bumble Bee VP Pleads Guilty To DOJ Seafood Cartel Charges
• Anthem Seeks To Call Back Expert In $54B Merger Trial
• Fla. Surgical Center Escapes Anesthesia Kickbacks Suit
• LG Chem To Pay $39M To Settle Battery Price-Fixing Claims
• Rights Org Calls Radio Group 'Illegal Cartel' In Fee Spat
• Colitis Drug Buyers Fight Doc Requests In Antitrust Row
• Pfizer Fined $106M Over Price Of Epilepsy Drug In UK
• Ex-Navy Officer Gets 6 Years For Role In Bribery Scheme
• AT&T, Time Warner Chiefs Vow $85B Tie-Up Won't Hike Prices
• Jailed Hospital CEO Urges 7th Circ. To Overturn Fraud Verdict
• Antitrust Concerns In Defense Transactions Under Trump
• Philip Hirschkop: Quietly Making Noise For 50 Years
• Body Shops' Filing Error Ends 11th Circ. Insurer Suit
• Bravo-Fernandez: Did The Court Incentivize Overcharging?
• EU Fines 3 Banks €485M For Euribor Price Fixing
• Weil Hires Ex-Simpson Thacher Antitrust Head In New York
• Aetna, Humana Execs Try To Undermine DOJ Antitrust Case
• Law Profs Back Uber Driver In 2nd Circ. Price-Fixing Spat
• US Calls Claims Of Wrongdoing 'Baseless' In FIFA Case
• Brazil Probes Bid-Rigging For 2014 World Cup Stadiums
• EU Clears Microsoft's $26B LinkedIn Buy With Conditions
• Momenta Asks 1st Circ. To Affirm Enoxaparin Suit Immunity
• Alaska Air's $2.6B Virgin Buy Gets DOJ's Conditional OK
• Apotex Can't Ditch Subpoena From Sandoz, Court Says
• Feds Want Suit Over $367M Waste Cos. Merger Kept In Del.
• Investor Libor Antitrust Arguments Fail, JPMorgan Says
• Aetna-Humana Deal Harms Seniors, DOJ Says At Trial Start
• Hogan Lovells Adds Former DOJ Deputy To Antitrust Practice
• Packing Co. Urges Dismissal Of Cardboard Price-Fixing Suit
• Ex-FIFA Prez Loses Appeal Over 6-Year Ban
• Ohio-Mich. Pipeline Monopoly Claims Are Baseless, FERC Told
• St. Louis Taxi Cos. Belong In Antitrust Suit, Uber Says
• DOJ Crackdown On Employee Recruiting And Compensation
• The Causation Question Left Unanswered By Actavis
• Will The FCPA Get Trumped?
• In Congress: The End Game
• Deutsche Bank Settles For $60M In Gold Price-Fixing MDL
• FCPA Risk Decreases In Russia, Estonia, Report Shows
• DOJ Expert Defends Analysis Of Anthem-Cigna Harms
• Nasdaq To Weigh In As ICE Battles To Keep Software Maker
• NJ County Not Obligated To Take Land In Grocery Row: Judge
• United Reaches $2.4M SEC Deal In Airline Bribery Scheme
• Price-Hike Demand May Sink Anderson Antitrust Appeal
• 5th Circ. Reverses $340M Antitrust Ruling Against Syringe Co.
• Follow The UK Model For Fintech Regulation, Experts Urge EU
• Norway Appeals Jury Acquits Ex-Yara CEO Of Corruption
• The Future Of Insurance Under A Trump Administration
• 10 Takeaways From Recent Global Merger Control Timelines
• Youth Clubs Hit Back In MLS Training Fee Suit
• El Paso Housing Agency Stifles Competition, Developers Say
• Trump May Yield Pullback On IP, Antitrust Enforcement
• High Stakes Ride On UK Supreme Court Brexit Hearings
• 5 Insights From Airbus Group's Joshua Walker
• McDonnell Doesn't Help Magnate In UN Bribery Suit, Feds Say
• FDA Smacks Down Vanda's Bid To Block Fanapt Generics
• Economist Rallies To Defense Of $54B Anthem-Cigna Deal
• Aetna-Humana Merger Trial Will Hinge On Market Contours
• $7B Visa-MasterCard Fee Deal Hits Supreme Court
• Pa.'s Role In Merger Suit Doesn't Warrant Fees, Hospital Says
• Shipping Act Allows State Antitrust Claims, Fed. Agency Says
• Verizon Hit With IP Suit Over 4G LTE Network Tech
• EU Demands US Arbitrate Over Norwegian Air License Delay
• Inside World Bank's New Report On Fraud And Corruption
• Former Cuomo Aide, Ex-SUNY Prez Deny Graft Charges
• FCA Forces Banks To Simplify Savings Accounts' Terms