Competition Archive » April, 2017

Competition - April, 2017

249 articles

• EU Leaders Formally Set Tough Brexit Guidelines For Talks
• Flawed Analyses Undermine Gold Price-Fixing Suit, Banks Say
• FCC's Clyburn Pushes Help For Independent Programmers
• Anthem Ruling May Upend Companies' Merger Case Strategy
• Qualcomm Rips Apple For Unpaid Contractors In Royalty Row
• Banking Giants Hit With Indirect Investors' Forex Rig Suit
• Senators Revive Bill To Speed Up Generic Drug Approval
• 2nd Circ. May Clarify 5th Amendment Issue In Libor Case
• ABA Sections Urge EU To Avoid New Data Access Regs
• Aventis Says K&L Gates Fee Bid Survives High Court Ruling
• The Mediator's Proposal As A Tool For Litigants
• Increasing Focus On Info Exchanges Among Competitors
• Anthem Loses Appeal In $54B Cigna Merger Case
• AkzoNobel Loses Bid To Lower Heat Stabilizer Cartel Fines
• Singapore Rate-Rigging Suit Sent Back To Drawing Board
• EU Merger Rules Should Exclude Minor JV Moves: Adviser
• Expectations After The Trump Administration's First 100 Days
• Quorumless FERC Sits Out Ill. Nuke Plant Subsidy Fight
• Texas Jury Hits GE For $44M Anesthesia Machine Monopoly
• EU High Court OKs Use Of Tax Probe Docs In Price-Fix Case
• 2nd Circ. Says Gov't Must Stick To BMI Appeal Deadline
• Best Practices For Managing Data In Antitrust Cases
• EU Says No Quick UK Trade Deal, Warns of Brexit 'Illusions'
• Pharmacies' Price-Fixing Actions Too Similar, Judge Says
• Fox Lobbies FCC To Renew NY Post Ownership Waiver
• The Challenges For CEA Price Manipulation Plaintiffs
• Allergan Settles Apotex Pinkeye Meds Product-Hopping Suit
• AmEx Antitrust Judge In No Hurry With DOJ Appeal Likely
• Professors Ask High Court To Revive Recycling Antitrust Suit
• MasterCard Accused Of 'Ambush' In Europe Swipe Fees Suit
• Deere, Monsanto Can't Get DOJ Expert Notes In Merger Suit
• Justices Mull Biosimilar Duties At Amgen-Sandoz Arguments
• Delrahim Confirmation Hearing Postponed Over Paperwork
• The 9-Year Winning Streak Of Virginia 'Rocket Docket'
• Canada Fines Mitsubishi Electric $9.9M For Auto Parts Rigging
• Swaps Buyers Say Morgan Stanley Slow-Walking ISDAfix Docs
• EU Raids Swedish Telecom Cos. Over Plot To Block Rivals
• Delrahim On Hot Seat Over Antitrust, Merger Views
• EU Parliament Greens Look To Sink Bayer, Monsanto Deal
• ICE Must Drop Trayport Contract, Antitrust Watchdog Repeats
• Let's Talk About Half-Hearted Innovation
• DOJ, Radioactive Waste Firms Spar Over $367M Merger Risks
• ABA Sections Urge China To Tweak IP-Antitrust Guidelines
• Mylan Rebates Doomed EpiPen Rival, Sanofi Says
• Uber: The Turning Of The Tide
• 10 Tips For Creating Winning Trial Visuals
• Consumer Subpoenas Denied In Chicken Antitrust Suit
• Tyson Broiled Competition, Restaurant's Antitrust Suit Says
• LG, Samsung Anti-Poaching Suit Gets Tossed, For Now
• Vitamin C Antitrust Case Could Trip Trump Up On Trade
• High Court Declines Challenge To Chicago Ride-Hailing Regs
• Supreme Court Refuses Credit-Card Holder Antitrust Appeal
• Sen. Criticizes FCC's Business Data Services Deregulation
• Counsel To Counsel: Insights From Law Firm GCs
• Airlines' $40M Antitrust Deal Unfair, 9th Circ. Hears
• Water Cos. Launch NJ Suit Over Chemical Price-Fixing Plot
• Tech Giants Urge Trump Not To Drop Qualcomm SEP Suit
• DOJ Says Deere, Monsanto Can't Access Expert's Notes
• Gillette's Unfair Practices Suit Against Startup Unravels
• In-Flux DOJ Looks To Extend Deadlines In AmEx, BMI Appeals
• MMA Fighters Ask Court To Reschedule UFC Execs' Depos
• FCA Probes 5 Aviation Insurance Brokers Over Info Sharing
• Sabre Fires Back At US Airways For $122M Fee Request
• Gray Matters: The Attorney-Client Team
• EU Ends Biofuel Price-Fix Case As Benchmark Probe Goes On
• Anthem Seeks Injunction To Keep Cigna In $54B Merger
• Wis. 'Artisanal Butter Ban' Unconstitutional, Ohio Co. Says
• Deutsche To Pay Fed $157M For Forex, Volcker Violations
• FCC Deregulates Business Data Market Amid Pushback
• Fiat Dealership Won't Get New Price Bias Trial
• AIG Units Owe Sabre Monopoly Defense, NY Panel Says
• Stryker Cut From Zimmer's Howmedica Trade Secrets Suit
• Momenta, Sandoz Again Try To Nix Amphastar's Antitrust Suit
• Brocade, Broadcom Offer EU Antitrust Fixes For $5.9B Deal
• Litigation Finance, Big Data And The Limits Of AI
• Counsel To Counsel: Mama Said There'll Be Days Like This
• La. Nursing Board Asks Supreme Court To Skip Antitrust Suit
• Mark Cuban Looks To Duck UFC Antitrust Suit Subpoena
• FCC Expected To Ease Regulations In Special-Access Market
• Pfizer Hit With DOJ Subpoena Over Saline Shortages
• Qualcomm's 2nd Delay Bid In FTC Row 'Disappoints' Judge
• Payouts, Protections Needed To Lure Antitrust Tipsters
• Northwestern Says Ex-Basketball Player Can't Prove Contract
• Some Auto Parts Claims Sent To Arbitration In Price-Fix MDL
• Mexico Antitrust Watchdog Opens Probe Over Gov't Bonds
• Advent Gets EU OK For €2.4B Morpho Buy With Divestitures
• NFL Cheerleaders Defend Sufficiency Of Wage Plot Suit
• Philly Taxis Take Uber Antitrust Spat To 3rd Circ.
• Crocs Rival's Antitrust Row Gets Booted From IP Fight
• What An Illegal Price-Fixing Bot Might Look Like
• Counsel To Counsel: A Law Firm GC's Data Protection Duties
• Jury Awards First Financial $1.2M In Poaching Row
• MLB, Minor Leaguers Play Hardball On Wages At 9th Circ.
• Lawmakers Push FCC For More Time On Pricing Deregulation
• Bass Pro Shops, Cabela's Reveal Lower $5B Merger
• US Airways Defends $122M Fee Bid In Sabre Antitrust Suit
• New Antitrust Leadership Poised To Reset Tone On IP Issues
• Citigroup, JPMorgan Win Bid To Trim Euribor Antitrust Claims
• 2nd Circ. Affirms $50M Milk Price-Fixing Settlement
• FCC Greenlights Time Warner $70M Atlanta TV Station Sale
• May's June Election Gamble Stirs New Regulatory Doubts
• Calif. Real Estate Investor Guilty Of Foreclosure Bid-Rigging
• Counsel To Counsel: Evaluating Positional Conflicts
• Applying Buckman Preemption To Antitrust And RICO Claims
• UK's May Calls For Early General Election On June 8
• Calif. Says Boehringer Ingelheim Paid Barr $120M For Delay
• Co. Didn't Commit Fraud When Clicking Rival's Ads: Judge
• Labour Demands Public Inquiry Of BOE Libor Rigging Claims
• Consumer Groups Tell FCC To Rethink Biz Data Rules
• FTC Looks To Streamline Info Requests To Cut Costs To Biz
• Google Settles Android Dominance Abuse Claims With Russia
• Rep. Urges FCC To Keep Limits On TV Station Ownership
• Counsel To Counsel: 5 Challenges For A Law Firm GC
• High Court Skips Appeal Over Solar Co.'s $950M Antitrust Suit
• Justices Decline Paper-Industry Antitrust Certification Appeal
• Tesla Wants Lobbying Info In Direct Auto Sales Fight
• Seattle Claims Immunity From Uber Union Law Antitrust Suit
• Alcoa Can't Nix Claim That $200M Trade Secrets Suit Is 'Sham'
• Minor Leaguers Swing For Fence In 9th Circ. Exemption Row
• Cos. Have More Doubts About Antitrust Leniency Benefits
• Airlines Can't Ditch Price-Fixing MDL, 9th Circ. Rules
• Antitrust Group Urges China To Adjust Approach To IP Abuse
• FCC Should Delay Business Data Services Vote, SBA Says
• Baxter Hit With DOJ Subpoena Over Saline Shortages
• Lawyers In Flow: Get Out Of Your Head And Into Your Case
• Duane Morris Scores Up To $2.8M For Auto Parts MDL Work
• Consumers Would Pay More In Special Access Plan, FCC Told
• EU Initiative Seeks Clarity On Standard-Essential Patents
• FTC, Qualcomm Clash On Discovery In Patent Antitrust Suit
• Green Groups Back Illinois Nuclear Plant Subsidies
• Porzio Bromberg Nabs Former Asst. US Atty As Principal
• 3rd Circ. Will Decide Lipitor, Effexor Pay-For-Delay Suits
• Posner Skeptical Of $300M Hospital Monopoly Suit
• Purchasers Seek Namenda Litigation Docs In Antitrust Suit
• How New Pricing Technology Raises New Antitrust Issues
• Battery Antitrust MDL Purchasers Denied Class Cert. For Now
• Farella Braun Atty Tapped To Manage Waymo-Uber Discovery
• Sherwin-Williams Inks Divestiture To Seal $8.9B Valspar Buy
• US Chamber Urges Judge To Keep Uber Union Suit Alive
• New Antitrust Litigation In Q1 Still Down From Highs
• Contractor Cops To Defrauding Banks In DOJ Antitrust Probe
• Nixing Alaska Law Would Boost Health Competition, US Says
• Boehringer Asks DC Circ. To Stay Aggrenox Doc Production
• MasterCard Wins Skirmish Before European Swipe Fees Battle
• Shire Blasts Allergan's Discovery Bid In Antitrust Suit
• Sport Court Sides With FIFA In Player Transfer Rule Dispute
• A Law Firm Ranking Model By 'Fake News & Distorted Reports'
• Judge Trims Illinois Bell Cable Availability Suit
• Shire, Actavis Say Intuniv Settlement Not Reverse Payment
• Sprint Blasts FCC Plan For Biz Data Services Regs
• Animators' Attys Defend $31.5M Fee Bid In Anti-Poach Deals
• Apple Hit With Counterclaims In $1B Qualcomm Royalty Row
• Cab Cos. Lose Fight Against Miami-Dade 'Uber Law'
• Ex-DOJ Antitrust Pro Joins Wilson Sonsini
• Bag Fee Case Highlights Antitrust Risk Of Public Statements
• Mexico OKs $43B ChemChina-Syngenta Deal With Conditions
• 1-800 Contacts Consumers Sue After FTC Targets Ad Pacts
• UK OKs £700M MasterCard, VocaLink Deal With Antitrust Fixes
• LeEco Scraps $2B Vizio Buy, Citing Regulatory Concerns
• Shire Scorches FTC Suit Over Anti-Generic Petitions
• Insurer Poached 1,400 Agents, Costing Co. $1.6M, Jury Hears
• FCC Dem Slams Lack Of Transparency In Biz Services Plan
• Judge Prods Euribor Class Action Parties On Discovery
• Actavis, Taro, Teva Fixed Skin Steroid Price, Suit Says
• McCormick, Wal-Mart Seek To Grind Up Pepper Antitrust Suit
• Teladoc, Texas Board Want More Time To Solve Antitrust Suit
• MLB Must Face 9th Circ. Args Over Antitrust Exemption
• Boehringer, Sanofi Must Divest To Clear $24B Deal In Mexico
• BOE Vows To Release Libor Docs After SFO Cases Wrap
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Jones Day, Weil, Paul
• BCBS Fires Back At Reconsideration Bid In Antitrust MDL
• Samsung Must Face Antitrust Claim In WiLAN Patent Case
• JPML Sends Generic Drug Price-Fixing Suits To Pennsylvania
• German Electricity Reserve Plans Spark EU State Aid Probe
• Costco Rivals Denied Class Status In 5-Hour Energy Suit
• Teva, Others Must Face Blood Pressure Drug Antitrust Suit
• Decline In DOJ Antitrust Division Fines Is Likely Temporary
• Crowdfunding For Legal Cases: 5 Trends Reshaping Justice
• Illegal Wiretaps Taint Foreclosure Bid-Rig Evidence, Court Told
• Ex-UBS Trader Hayes To Cite Latest Libor Trial For Appeal
• Murdoch's Fox Gets EU OK To Buy Sky As UK Review Lingers
• McDermott Nabs Litigation Partner In Dallas From DLA Piper
• Qualcomm Antitrust Suits Consolidated Without Apple
• Ex-Soccer Brass Rip RICO Overreach In FIFA Bribery Case
• Celebrex Buyers Seek Class Cert. In Pfizer Antitrust Suit
• Asus Likely To Face Via's Claim It Stole USB IP At Trial
• Rep. Floats Bill To Boost Broadcast Ownership Diversity
• Blue Cross Unit Not Covered In Antitrust MDL, Insurer Says
• Mylan, Sandoz, Taro Accused Of Fixing OCD Drug Price
• Doctors Lose 11th Circ. Appeal To Join BCBS Antitrust Suit
• Revised Charter-TW Merger Condition Helps Maine, Sen. Says
• Amphastar, Momenta Antitrust Dispute Gets 2019 Trial Date
• Drugmakers Face Antitrust Class Action Over Diabetes Drug
• UK Mulling Refinements To Merger Enforcement Regime
• Investor Suits Against Teva Combined, Moved To Conn.
• British American Tobacco's $49B Reynolds Buy Gets OK'd
• ABA Needs A New Model Legal Ethics Rule
• What Does Lateral Partner Success Look Like?
• Ex-Barclays Traders Acquitted In Libor Rigging Retrial
• Over FTC Protest, Lidoderm Pay-For-Delay Suit Stayed
• Huawei Faces UK Sales Ban After Judge Sets FRAND Rate
• Ex-NCAA Athlete Takes Transfer Rule Challenge To 7th Circ.
• FCC's Pai Kicks Off Drive For Economics-Based Decisions
• Providers Call Blue Cross Dismissal Bid A Delay Tactic
• Alere Presses Del. Court For Access To Abbott Atty Docs
• House Panel Advances Bill To Retool FTC Merger Enforcement
• Paul Weiss Atty To Run DOJ Antitrust While Delrahim Waits
• Deere, Monsanto Say Weak Analysis Dooms DOJ Antitrust Suit
• Are Lateral Recruitment Opportunities Shaping Your Strategy?
• Arrogance And Other Pet Peeves Of Merger Trial Judges
• Takeaways From The ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting: Part 3
• PPG Again Urges AkzoNobel To Consider $24B Tie-Up
• Auto Parts Buyers Want Sanction On Unrepresented Opponent
• Burges Salmon Adds Antitrust, Funds Pros
• EU Watchdog OKs ChemChina's $46B Syngenta Buy
• Parts Makers Can't Duck Conspiracy Claims: Truck Dealers
• EU Antitrust Enforcer Nixes Croatian Cement Deal
• NFL Teams Look To Sack Cheerleader Wage Suppression Suit
• EU Draws Red Lines For UK Withdrawal, Trade Talks
• Qualcomm Gets Regulatory OK For $37.7B NXP Buy
• Sandoz, Lupin To Pay Combined $6.7M In Pay-For-Delay MDL
• Spanish Soccer Broadcaster Probed For Restricting Access
• Chamber Gets Seattle Driver Union Law Blocked, For Now
• Vitamin C Buyers Ask Supreme Court To Revive Antitrust Suit
• Biogen Accused Of Stifling Neurological Drug Competition
• Lateral Partner Hiring: Time To Look In The Mirror
• Qualcomm Pushes To Ax FTC Patent Practices Antitrust Suit
• Takeaways From The ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting: Part 2
• FTC Orders ChemChina, Syngenta To Shed Assets For Merger
• Pa. AG Office's Antitrust Leader Details Enforcement Record
• Teac Inks $5M Deal In Optical Disc Drive Antitrust MDL
• McDonald's Hit With Consumer Antitrust Complaints In Europe
• Barbados Faces Backlash Over Sale Of State-Owned Oil Co.
• Broadcasters Continue To Urge FCC To Nix Ownership Rules
• Pet Food Makers Look To Escape Prescription Antitrust Case
• EU Unveils Antitrust Probe Into RBS Restructuring Plans
• Verizon Wins Suit Over 'Competitive' Labels For 4 Services
• FCC Rolls Back Charter Merger Overbuild Condition
• BCBS Gets Heart Device Co.'s $66.5M Antitrust Suit Tossed
• DOJ OKs $12.5B Danone Deal With Divestitures
• Visa, MC 'Playing Games' In Chip Antitrust Row, Shops Say
• Blue Cross Gets Hospital Contracts Antitrust Suit Trimmed
• Takeaways From The ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting: Part 1
• Dealers Get $5M In Auto Parts Price-Fixing MDL Settlement
• Schenker Must Supply Docs In $370M Air Cargo Price-Fix Suit
• South Africa Watchdog Says Cos. Restricted Potato Seed Use
• An Enthusiast's Guide To The New EU Cartel Damages Laws
• Orange County Cities Immune From EMS Antitrust Lawsuit
• Senate Panel Advances Gorsuch, Filibuster Showdown Likely