Competition Archive » March, 2017

Competition - March, 2017

295 articles

• Cohen Milstein Says It Should Share In Deal In $360M Suit
• A Law Firm's Guide To Social Media
• Politics Won't Play A Role In FTC Antitrust, Official Warns
• Tyco, Mutual Settle Long-Running Restoril Patent Suit
• Bosch's Nucap Monopoly Claims Tossed In IP Suit
• EU's Vestager Pushes Antitrust World To Tackle Subsidies
• Au Pairs Get Conditional Cert. In Wage-Fixing Action
• Baker McKenzie Adds Ex-DOJ Senior Counsel To Antitrust Ranks
• DOJ Defends Antitrust Leniency Policy Amid Uncertainties
• Health, Pharma Sectors Will Be FTC Focus, Ohlhausen Says
• Exploring 2 Different Approaches To Anti-Rebate Laws
• Danone To Sell Stonyfield For DOJ $10B WhiteWave Deal OK
• Why UK Now Needs To Worry About EU's Article 218
• Tusk Says Trade Talks Possible After Good Brexit Progress
• DOJ Says Bomb Screeners' $700M Merger OK After Unit Sale
• FCC Sets Vote On Business Data Services Rules
• Pharma Cos. Made $1B Off Wasted Cancer Drug, Suit Says
• Hong Kong Watchdog's Say On Fines Hazy As 1st Case Starts
• Trump No Threat To Antitrust Policy, Former Officials Say
• Fla. Judge Trims Taxi Cos.' Uber, Lyft Monopoly Suit
• GSK Asks 3rd Circ. To Ignore Prior Ruling In Wellbutrin Case
• NY Enforcer Urges States To 'Rearm' For Merger Scrutiny
• States Weigh Legislation After Dental Board Antitrust Ruling
• DOJ Patient-Steering Suit Survives Hospital Attack
• MLS Union Sheds Suit Over Youth Soccer Training Fees
• Traders' Platinum And Palladium Antitrust Suit Trimmed
• Hike In UK Merger Work Post-Brexit Could Lead To Reforms
• Swaps Buyers Fight To Keep Claims Broad In ISDAfix Suit
• MasterCard, Visa Push To Nix Testimony In Chip Antitrust Row
• FTC May Turn Away From Court For Complex Conduct Suits
• Major Antitrust, Merger Changes Coming To Chile, Argentina
• Farmer Says $50M Milk Antitrust Deal Is Product Of Extortion
• FTC Tells DC Circ. To Undo Boehringer Doc Privilege Ruling
• 7 Key Takeaways As UK Pulls Brexit Trigger
• Delrahim: The Right Captain For The Antitrust Division
• Delta, AirTran Score Win In Bag-Fee MDL
• DOJ Gets Extension For AmEx Appeal Amid New Leadership
• The €60B Question: Who Picks Up The Tab After Brexit?
• Patient Flow Still Matters In Hospital Tie-Ups, FTC Official Says
• Advocate For An Agency: Ex-FERC GC Cynthia Marlette
• EU Parliament Proposes 3-Year Transition Period For UK
• 'Frontier' Issues: Pay-For-Delay And Patent Holdup
• India's Competition Watchdog Flags PotashCorp, Agrium Deal
• Europe Aims For 'Damage Control' As It Puts Continent First
• UK's May Officially Starts Country's Exit From EU
• EU Shoots Down £24B LSE-Deutsche Börse Merger
• Charter Build-Out Mandate Gets Flak From Small Telco
• Brexit State Aid Uncertainty Leaves Lenders Hanging
• Deutsche Bank Unit Gets $150M Libor-Rigging Deal Approved
• Geico Loses RICO Suit Over Alleged Device Kickback Scheme
• Beer Drinkers Ask 9th Circ. For Another Round In Merger Fight
• Nev. Recycler's Competition Claims Against Rivals, Reno Axed
• Trade Group Warns FCC Of Special Access Market Power
• Athlete Hits Back At NCAA, Northwestern In Transfer Rule Suit
• Fosamax Ruling Aids Wellbutrin Case, 3rd Circ. Told
• Ex-Barclays Trader Claims Many Libor Rigs Were 'Pointless'
• FTC To Counter State Special Interests, Ohlhausen Says
• Nestle Likely To Get Crest Counterclaims Tossed In TM Suit
• FCC Told CenturyLink, Level 3 Must Show Merger Benefits
• Freeborn Nets Locke Lord Antitrust Pro For Insurance Group
• Delrahim Pick Signals Traditional Republican Antitrust Tack
• Judge Urged To Nix Antitrust Suit Over Card Shuffling Patents
• Cox Lobbies FCC Against Special Access Regs For Cable
• Trump Names Makan Delrahim As DOJ Antitrust Chief
• UK Antitrust Tribunal Denies ICE Divestment Appeal
• EU Probes More Deal Reviews Over Misleading Info Worries
• Are Your In-House Lawyers Happy?
• FTC Gets Ex-Patent Atty Testimony Blocked In Androgel Suit
• Demand For Single-Market Access Kicks Off Key Brexit Week
• Mead Johnson Sued Over $17B Reckitt Benckiser Deal
• Barclays Exec Must Have Known Of Libor Rig, Trader Says
• Dean Foods, Food Lion Settle Antitrust Suit On Trial's Eve
• MMA Fighter Says UFC Antitrust Claims Not Too Late
• EU Competition Watchdog OKs Dow, DuPont Deal With Fixes
• Utility Can't Use Ruling As Antitrust Shield, SolarCity Says
• Justices Won't Hear $7.25B Visa, MasterCard Fee Deal Appeal
• Big Banks Dodge Currency Buyers' Forex-Rigging Suit
• Cisco Says 'Barred' IP Rival Can't Bring Sales Antitrust Suit
• NCAA Says O'Bannon 'Win' Not Enough For $42M Attys' Fee
• High Court Asked To Flip Cup Antitrust Ruling From 1st Circ.
• Subscribers Want Blue Cross Antitrust MDL Trims Rethought
• Ex-Barclays Trader Tells Court Fixing Libor 'Couldn't Hurt'
• Chicago Cabbies Take Uber Regs Fight To Supreme Court
• Schenker Fights To Shield Client Info In Air Cargo Cartel Suit
• Uber Arbitration Appeal May Hinge On Rakoff Court Comment
• Anthem Battles To Save $54B Cigna Deal At DC Circ. Hearing
• Hong Kong Regulator Takes First Case To Competition Court
• Google, NASA, Planes And A Stronger Legal Team
• House Repeals Antitrust Immunity For Health Insurance Cos.
• Exec Sentenced To 15 Months In NYC Tour Bus Monopoly Suit
• Cozen Continues Miami Growth With 3 Commercial Litigators
• Anthem Merger Appeal Could Be Sideshow To DOJ Deal
• Israeli Coke Distributor Could Face $17M Antitrust Fine
• DirecTV Settles DOJ's Dodgers Channel Info-Sharing Suit
• Generics Face Antitrust Suit Over Antidepressant Prices
• Express Scripts Targeting Mail-Order Pharmacies, Suit Says
• Brazilian Watchdog Approves $3.8B Exchange Merger
• S. African Antitrust Watchdog Raids Produce Distributors
• 10 Tips For Better Legal Negotiations
• Jury Awards Calif. Mining Families $100M For County's Plot
• Apple Can't Fully Dodge Antitrust Row Over AT&T iPhone Deal
• Food Lion Stands By Merger Arguments In Dairy Antitrust Row
• LG's Sanctions Bid Rebuffed By Workers In Anti-Poach Suit
• US Chamber Can't Sue Over Driver Union Law, Seattle Says
• Drug Cos. Fight Bid For Quick Win In Namenda Antitrust Suit
• Abbott Denied Early Win In GSK Suit Over HIV Drug Cost
• Alston Nabs Reed Smith, MoFo Partners To Open SF Office
• France Fines Engie $108M For Abusing Gas Market Dominance
• Damages Nixed In Generic Blood-Clot Drug Monopoly Suit
• EU Seeks National Antitrust Power To Search Phones, Laptops
• DOJ Subpoenas Ocean Container Shippers In Antitrust Probe
• AkzoNobel Snubs PPG's Sweetened $24.5B Takeover Bid
• Plaintiffs Bar Perspective: Beasley Allen's Dee Miles
• Gray Matters: Decision Error
• Beware Antitrust Risks In Syndicated Lending
• Antitrust Enforcers Could Be Stymied By Computer Cartels
• NCAA's $209M Antitrust Deal Gets OK After Fixes
• Sabre Can't Overturn $15M Loss In US Airways Antitrust Row
• FCC Urged To Recognize Special Access Competition
• 5th Circ. Sides With Air Ambulance In Price Regulation Row
• MasterCard, Visa Seek Transfer Of Chip Card Antitrust Suit
• HP, Sony Reach Dismissal Deal In Disk Drive Antitrust MDL
• Freshfields Snags CFIUS Expert From Homeland Security
• Utility Tells 9th Circ. New Ruling Boosts Antitrust Defense
• Spain Probes Pharma Giants For Restricting Competition
• Dental Supply Cos. Say Antitrust Suit Belongs In Arbitration
• Law Schools And Law Firms: Seeking Common Ground
• Bearings Buyers Seek Class Certification In Auto Parts MDL
• DC Circ. Should Be Wary Of Efficiencies Defense In Anthem
• Texas Ruling Boosts Uber Arbitration Bid, 2nd Circ. Told
• Uphold Express Scripts Quick Win Denial, Pharmacies Urge
• Justices Asked To Look At Nursing Education Antitrust Suit
• UK Offering Up To £100K For Cartel Tipsters
• EU Lawmakers Call For Fines On Gazprom In Antitrust Deal
• Chemical Cos. Offer EU Antitrust Fixes For PE-Backed Merger
• Electronics Giants To Pay $49M To Settle Battery Antitrust Suit
• Justices Reject Bid To Revive $340M Becton Antitrust Verdict
• Why We Need The Fairness In Class Action Litigation Act
• Killing Class Actions Means Everybody Loses
• Not From Around Here? Trying A Case As An Out-Of-Towner
• UK Sets Brexit Start For March 29, Amid Fears Of Legal Void
• Minebea To Pay $9.8M To Settle Bearings Antitrust Claims
• Class Member Appeals 'Token' $9.6M NJ Lien Bid-Rigging Deal
• NCAA Enjoys Home-Court Edge In Challenges To Its Rules
• Health, Consumer Groups Back Anthem-Cigna Merger Block
• Allergan Defends 3-Month Exclusivity Deal For Namenda
• FTC Can't Dodge Ruling On Litigation Authority, Watson Says
• IMS Health Settles Antitrust Coverage Suit With Zurich
• EU Renews $834M In Air Cargo Cartel Fines On 11 Carriers
• 2 Noerr-Pennington Rulings Affirm Narrow Scope Of Immunity
• Judge Sets Out Reasons For Barring Chicago Hospital Merger
• Trump's Proposed DOJ Budget Could Cut Civil Rights Funding
• UK Authorities To Probe Fox's Latest $14B Sky Takeover Bid
• EU Enforcer Takes Tough Line On Automated Price-Fixing
• Dean Foods Says Merger Conspiracy Claim Is A No-Go
• Warner Chilcott Wins Discovery In Loestrin Pay-For-Delay MDL
• UK Orders Diebold To Cash Out ATM Biz To Clear $2B Merger
• Barclays Exec Concedes Traders Had Poor Libor Training
• Female Lawyers Are Still Struggling To Land Lead MDL Roles
• Japan Warns Deutsche Unit Over European Bond Trade Chats
• Union Hits Mylan With 2 Generic Drug Price-Fixing Suits
• Mexico Finds Lack Of Competition In Rail Services Network
• State Law Claims Harpooned In Seafood Price-Fix MDL
• EU Competition Watchdog OKs $85.4B AT&T-Time Warner Deal
• Atty, Firm Seek Quick Win In Miami Land Price-Fix Suit
• Experts Want Coordination Of Competition, Trade Policies
• Barclays Exec Grilled Over His Own Email In Libor Trial
• My Strangest Day In Court: Hitting A Curveball
• Plaintiffs Bar Perspective: Hausfeld's Timothy Kearns
• FCC's Dem Pushes 5G, Expanded Broadband Access
• Consumer Goods Cos. Get OK For $250M In News Corp. Deal
• Russia Finds Apple Illegally Fixed Prices On IPhones
• Forced Charter Overbuild Threatens Investment, FCC Told
• Brazil Accuses Toshiba, Others Of Fixing CRT Prices
• 10th Circ. Affirms Suture Co. Loss In $200M Antitrust Suit
• Philips, Pioneer To Settle Optical Disk Drive MDL For $50.5M
• FTC Fights Impax Bid For Fees In Pay-For-Delay Case
• Ex-Barclays Boss Tells Jury He Had 'No Idea' About Libor Rig
• Reciprocity In CFIUS Reviews Might Hit Chinese Deals Hardest
• Klobuchar Calls For More Aggressive Merger Enforcement
• Rare Appellate Ruling On Indirect Purchaser Class Action
• How The Most Profitable Law Firms Structure Their C-Suites
• Lawmakers Clear UK Gov't To Start Formal Brexit Talks
• Veeva Countersuit Alleges IMS Monopoly Over Data Products
• Pharma Cos. Seek To Toss Blood Pressure Drug Antitrust Suit
• Israeli Exec Pleads Guilty To DOJ Foreign Aid Fraud Charges
• Feds Ask DC Circ. To Keep Anthem-Cigna Merger Blocked
• Generic Skin Cream Buyers Fight Price-Fixing Row Dismissal
• Banks Ask 2nd Circ. To Keep ERISA Forex-Rigging Suit Dead
• Retailers Seek Class Cert. In Card Chip Antitrust Suit
• Nixed $7.3B Antitrust Deal Unimpeachable, High Court Hears
• City Scorns Secretive Review Of Economic Crime Agencies
• EU Looks To Ease Gas Sales With Gazprom Antitrust Deal
• Settlement Strategy: What Does The Client Really Want?
• FDIC Sues Banks, BBA In UK Over Benchmarking
• Bharara Fired After Refusing To Resign
• Big Banks Dodge Investors' Rate-Rigging Claims
• Mitsubishi Loses Bid To Exit Cathode Tube Price-Fixing MDL
• End-Payor Actions Consolidated In Propranolol Antitrust Row
• US Chamber Again Sues Seattle Over Driver Unionization Law
• Developer Blasts Privileged-Doc Delay In Bid-Rigging Suit
• 3rd Circ. Says State Univs. Subject To Some Antitrust Scrutiny
• Sessions Asks Obama's 46 Remaining US Attys To Resign
• JPMorgan, Others See 6 Months Of Rate-Rigging Claims Cut
• French Watchdog Fines SFR €40M For Broken Merger Pledges
• House Passes Frivolous Suit Sanctions Bill
• In The Associate Lateral Market, All Law Firms Are Not Equal
• UK Asset Management Fees Need Reform, FCA Official Warns
• State Dept. Officer Clears AAR Airlift In Counternarcotics Row
• Ex-Rabobank Trader Gets Time Served Over Libor Rigging
• Advocates Ask FCC To Refuse Fox-NY Post Ownership Waiver
• Honeywell Settles Challenge To $140M Security Systems Deal
• Reflections From A Mock Trial
• Samsung Loses Final Appeal To Toss €150M CRT Cartel Fines
• 3rd Circ. Pushed To Revive $176M DuPont Price-Fixing Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bayer, Novomatic, Stada
• Drug, Pharma Benefit Cos. Sued Over Insulin Pricing
• 6 Legal And Regulatory Risks Facing Specialty Pharmacies
• Watchdog Predicts Record Year For New Payment Providers
• ITC Extends Comments On US Steel's Antitrust Claims
• 9th Circ. Urged To Revive Antitrust Suit Against UPS, FedEx
• Caution Key In 1st Bail-In Law Test, Antitrust Chief Says
• Recycling Co. Says Competition Suit Belongs In Fed. Court
• FTC Looks To Bar Ex-Patent Atty's Testimony In Androgel Suit
• Honeywell Denied Sanctions, Rebuked For Spying On Rival
• Shepherds' Antitrust Minimum Wage Suit Tossed
• Antitrust Litigators Urge Lawmakers To Greenlight Gorsuch
• EU Competition Watchdog Hits Auto Suppliers With €155M Fine
• Roche Wants Russian Co., Counsel Penalized For Drug Suit
• Winston & Strawn Nabs Shearman Atty For Antitrust Practice
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Bank's Alice Win Over Intellectual Ventures
• EU Antitrust Officials Raid Industrial Paper Cos.
• Delay In Naming New Antitrust Leadership Worrying, Lee Says
• Block On $6.8B UPS-TNT Merger Tossed By EU Court
• Beyond Pay-For-Delay: 3 Pharma Antitrust Cases To Watch
• German Auto Parts Co. Pays $6.1M, Cops To Bid Rigging
• Another Attack On NCAA's Sit-Out Rule For Transfers Tossed
• Chicago Hospitals Cancel Merger After Loss To FTC In Court
• Big Banks Urge Judge to Toss Some ISDAfix Rigging Claims
• Blue Cross Says Antitrust Suit Lacks Market Descriptions
• Momenta Isn't Shielded From Antitrust Suit, 1st Circ. Says
• S. Africa Accuses Shipper Of Fixing Toyota Shipment Prices
• Ex-USC Athlete Wants Labor Claims Out Of Grant-In-Aid Deal
• Justices Won't Hear Ex-UBS Trader's Bid To Ax Libor Charges
• ICE Loses Antitrust Appeal To Keep Trading Software Firm
• US Airways Asks For $122M Fees In $15M Antitrust Win
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive Conspiracy Suit Against Ex-Employer
• Express Scripts Says Contracts Prevent Pharmacies' Suit
• Justices Won't Tackle FERC's Ban On First-Refusal Rights
• Pharmacy Targets Heritage, Mylan, Others Over Drug Prices
• Deutsche Bank Set To Face Forex Rigging Suits In Europe
• Law360 Competition Editorial Advisory Board
• Data Analytics Now Cost-Effective For Smaller Firms
• Shipping Act's Antitrust Preemption Is Powerful
• Ex-Barclays Libor Traders Lacked Training, Jury Told
• CMA To Speed Up Market Probes After Deadline Failures
• US Steel, Others Beat Indirect Buyers' Price-Fixing Suit
• MLS Kicks Off Season As Top US League Despite Challenges
• Consumers Seek Certification In Contact Lens Antitrust MDL
• Del. Justices Uphold Chancery Ax Of Qualcomm Antitrust Suit
• Sabre Blasts US Airways' Bid To Expand $15M Antitrust Win
• Fox Stations Ask FCC To Allow NY Post Co-Ownership
• Rural Group Urges FCC To Undo Charter-TWC Build Proviso
• High Court Asked To Clarify Biz Speech Antitrust Liability
• GSK Won't Produce Docs In Merck Antitrust Suit, Buyers Say
• UK Regulators Likely To Probe Fox's $14.4B Sky Takeover
• UK Accuses Actavis Of Inking Deals To Prop Up Drug Prices
• Don't Underestimate The Value Of An Internal Audit
• LSE Still Working Hard For Deutsche Börse Merger Approval
• Animators' $100M No-Poach Deal Nears OK, But Fees Up In Air
• Truck Makers To Face Antitrust Damages Action In Germany
• Ex-Va. AG Joins Cozen O'Connor's DC Office
• AMA Tells DOJ Don't Settle $54B Cigna-Anthem Merger Case
• 9th Circ. Won't Rethink Sony Win On $4M Antitrust Deal
• Credit Card Swipe Fee Battles Destined For Appeal Showdown
• Panasonic Grounded Rivals' In-Flight Software, Suit Says
• Challenge To FTC Authority Belongs In Calif., Agency Says
• Koch Docs Not Relevant In Antitrust Suit, Oxbow Says
• Defining 'Fair' Licensing: Where We Stand On FRAND
• New Business Opportunities In Shared Workspaces
• 20 More States Join Generic Drug-Pricing Antitrust Action
• 8th Circ. Says Food Giants Can't Arbitrate Antitrust Row
• Class Action Reform May Curb, But Not Kill, Antitrust Actions
• Tribune Wants FCC To Restore UHF Ownership 'Break'
• Qualcomm Denies $2B Antitrust 'Red Flag' In Del. High Court
• 9th Circ. Urged Not To Rehear IPhone App Antitrust Suit
• ITC Calls For Oral Arguments In Chinese Steel Antitrust Case
• Comcast Lobbies FCC Against Special Access Rate Regs
• Spain Looks To Split Up Young Competition Watchdog
• China Merger Regulators To Hit New Peak In 2017, Firm Finds
• South Africa Looks To Fine Unilever Over Margarine Cartel
• Attys Request $8.8M Fees In Barclays Forex Rigging Case
• Philly Firm Denied Sanctions, New Shot At Ad Monopoly Suit
• Ex-Barclays Trader No 'Mere Puppet' In Libor Fixing, SFO Says
• 2nd Requests Almost Always Spell Trouble For Deals