Competition Archive » May, 2017

Competition - May, 2017

236 articles

• 10th Circ. Affirms Toss Of $40M Antitrust Suit In Okla.
• 11th Circ. Told Not To Halt Class Cert. Appeal In Bag Fee Row
• EU High Court Revives Electric Co.'s State Aid Complaint
• FTC Challenges La. Real Estate Board Over Fee Rule
• France Raids Animal Remains Cos. Over Antitrust Suspicions
• The Return Of Attorney-Conducted Voir Dire
• Google, Netflix Back DOJ In 2nd Circ. Music Licensing Fight
• FCC Should Update Regs For Rural Business Data Services
• Walgreens Accused Of Hiking Generic Drug Copayments
• Advocates Seek DC Circ. Halt To FCC TV Ownership Change
• German Antitrust Watchdog Details Merger Remedy Guidance
• Gray Matters: Identities Are Us
• Swiss Antitrust Watchdog Probes Hockey Pay-TV Deal
• FTC Would Shred Privilege In Aggrenox Suit, DC Circ. Told
• UK Competition Watchdog To Review £3.7B Tesco-Booker Deal
• UK Law Society Monopolized Fraud Training, Court Rules
• Don't Sell US Short On Cross-Border M&A — But Mind CFIUS
• EU Details Brexit Plan For Top EU Court To Hold Sway In UK
• The Law360 400
• Turning 50, Greenberg Traurig Tops The Law360 400
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• The Firms That Lost The Most Ground In 2016
• The Firms That Grew Fastest Without Merging
• Biggest US Firms Opt For Modest Growth In Sluggish Market
• NFL Cheerleaders' Wage Plot Suit Tossed In Calif.
• Attys Win $10M For Work On $30M Pipe Makers' Antitrust Deal
• Calif. Sues Sumitomo In Auto Parts Price Fixing MDL
• Omnicare Pays $23M To End Kickback, Medicaid Fraud Suit
• Oil Storage Co., Magellan End Pipeline Access Antitrust Row
• Interest Rate Swap Trader Says Exchange OK On Its Own
• FTC OKs $11B Sherwin-Williams, Valspar Tie-Up With Fixes
• ABA Urges South Africa To Adjust Gun-Jumping Guidelines
• Qualcomm Can't Delay Discovery In Chip Price-Fix Suit
• FDA Chief Vows Action On Generic Approvals, Obstruction
• Pharma Cos. Say No Fraud Claimed In Cancer Drug Size Suit
• UFC Says Fighters Already Have Text Messages They Seek
• Qualcomm Wants Apple Manufacturers To Pay Up
• My Milkshake Is Better Than Yours: Part 2
• Drug Wholesalers Blast Forest's Bid For Profit Docs
• Pfizer Says Expert Testimony In Celebrex Suit Unreliable
• Competition Expert Joins Monckton From Brick Court
• GOP Drops Swipe-Fee Repeal From Dodd-Frank Replacement
• Biogen Asks Judge To Toss Neurological Drug Antitrust Suit
• Global Regulators Set FX Market Conduct Code After Scandals
• Ex-Heritage Execs To Help States Probe Drug Price-Fixing
• Matsuo's $4M Bid-Rigging Fine A 'Sweetheart Deal': Judge
• Novo Nordisk, Benefit Co. Conspired To Hike Prices, Suit Says
• My Milkshake Is Better Than Yours: Part 1
• BNP Paribas Pays $350M To Settle NY Currency Probe
• US Steel Producers, Manufacturers Differ On Import Controls
• And Now A Word From The Panel: MDL Forum Selection
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Regal 1st-Run Films Antitrust Suit
• Pilots, Flight Attendants Urge Trump To Take On Gulf Carriers
• Euribor Six's London Trial Pushed Back 4 Months
• Competition, Insurance QCs Among 21 To Join UK High Court
• Apple, Nokia Deal Resolves Slew Of Video Patent Suits
• High Court Asked To Review Car Shipping Price-Fix Dispute
• Cubs, Rooftop Owners Spar Over Stadium Views At 7th Circ.
• Rate-Swap Class Plaintiffs Paint Big-Dollar Damages Picture
• Generic Drug Price-Fixing MDL Fuels Worries For Defendants
• DOJ Antitrust Division, FTC Propose Cutting Employees
• Auto Parts Supplier Settles Price-Fixing Claims For $7.6M
• Judge Greenlights Merck's $60M Deal In Pay-For-Delay MDL
• 40 States Defend Power To Bring Generic-Drug Price-Fix Suit
• UK Watchdog Accuses Merck Of Arthritis Drug Scheme
• Attorneys, Your Input Is Needed On Deposition Rule
• Damage Calculations Trimmed In Provigil Pay-For-Delay Row
• Investors Ask To Keep Deutsche, JPMorgan Deals In NY
• Sullivan & Cromwell Snags EU Antitrust Pro In Brussels
• Concert Pharma Gets 2nd FTC Request Over Vertex Deal
• Buyers Want GSK, Teva To Cough Up Info In Lamictal Suit
• AIG Needn't Defend Carfax In $50M Antitrust Suit
• Visa, Mastercard Beat Injunction Bid In ATM Antitrust Suit
• EU Antitrust Watchdog To Study Syndicated Loan Market
• UK Watchdog Launches Probe Into Car Parts Cos.' Merger
• Facebook Eyes Settlement Of Virtual Cash Antitrust Suit
• High Court Won't Review La. Nursing Board Antitrust Suit
• Justices Won't Take Up Rabobank Tying Scheme Challenge
• Hi-Fi Retailer Latest To Sue MasterCard Over Swipe Fees
• The Efficiencies Defense: What Would High Court Do?
• Barclays, SocGen, Others Again Fail To Dodge Libor Suit
• Apple Not A Victim Of Monopoly, Nokia Tells Court
• 3rd Circ. Questions Early End To Lipitor Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Brazil's Antitrust Watchdog Raided Over Petrobras Probe
• Auto Parts Co. Can't Ditch Body Sealing Price-Fixing Suit
• Ex-Barclays Forex Trader Gets $1.2M Fine, Industry Ban
• Wine Bar Suing Trump Wants Case Out Of Federal Court
• Intel Investors Seek $2M Attys' Fees In Anti-Poach Suit
• Quinn Emanuel Raids Shearman Antitrust Team In Brussels
• Visa Fee Suit Can't Be Altered To Skirt CAFA, 9th Circ. Says
• Judge Threatens To Sanction $170M Disney Deal Objectors
• DOJ Asks 2nd Circ. To Overturn BMI Fractional-License Ruling
• High Court Backs Uber's Arbitration Bid, 2nd Circ. Told
• EU Accuses Altice Of Gun-Jumping In PT Portugal Deal
• Class Member In $2.7M Ice Price-Fix Deal Fights Attys' Fees
• 3rd Circ. Could Up Ante For Buyers In Pay-For-Delay Cases
• How Client Feedback Programs Benefit Law Firms And Clients
• EU Fines Facebook $122M Over Lies During WhatsApp Deal
• UK Lawyers Warn Nixing Fraud Squad Will Hurt Enforcement
• Nuke Plant Subsidy Plan Is Legally Sound, Ill. Says
• Mylan, Pfizer Say EpiPen Antitrust Suits Don't Need MDL
• Senate Confirms Trump's Associate Attorney General Pick
• Merger Notification In China And The Statute Of Limitations
• UK's SFO To Fold Into Crime Agency Under May Gov't
• Qualcomm Sues IPhone Manufacturers Over Unpaid Royalties
• Pfizer, La. End Neurontin Antitrust Suit With $1M In Naloxone
• Insurer Ordered To Defend 2 Au Pair Agencies In Wage Suit
• Disney Producers Object To $100M No-Poaching Deal
• EU Gives National Gov'ts Bigger Role In State Aid Reviews
• Bipartisan Bill Again Calls For Transparency In Settlements
• Foreign Boehringer Units Look To Ax Aggrenox MDL Claims
• UK Agency Eyes Antitrust Review Of $441M Autodata Buy
• City Firms Must Step Up With New Antitrust Cop On The Beat
• NCAA Given 'Carte Blanche' On Transfer Rule, 7th Circ. Told
• Calif. Case Hurts Uber Price-Fix Arbitration Bid, 2nd Circ. Told
• UK Mobility Scooter Antitrust Class Claim Gets Ditched
• MasterCard, Visa Hit With New Antitrust Claims In UK
• UK Client Privilege Ruling Has Legal Sector On Red Alert
• Express Scripts Won't Get Quick Win Redo In Breach Suit
• Arnold & Porter Scoops Up Another Ex-DOJ Antitrust Atty
• PetSmart, Mars Pinning Pet Food Antitrust On FDA, Court Told
• Merck Seeks OK For $60M Settlement In Pay-For-Delay Row
• Auto Parts Buyers Slam Maker's Bid To End Antitrust Suit
• Wal-Mart Fingers Alleged Price-Fixing Execs In Tuna Suit
• Scientific Games Aims To Exclude Testimony In Antitrust Row
• Solving The Legal Industry's Data Protection Breakdown
• What US Cos. Must Know About EU E-Commerce Rules: Part 2
• DOJ Declares Investigation As Chicago Papers Signal Merger
• Nokia, InterDigital End IP Row As Microsoft Drops FRAND Suit
• 9th Circ. Nixes JPMorgan Energy Rate-Fixing Suit
• Sanofi Fights Bid To Combine EpiPen Suits Against Mylan
• Flextronics Price-Fix Claims Proceed In Battery MDL
• Ill. County Not Immune From Tax Auction Rig Suit, Court Told
• Mexican Watchdog Fines Panasonic, Ficosa Over Acquisition
• 5 Things To Know About Justice Gorsuch's First 30 Days
• Support Lines Up Behind FTC In Qualcomm Antitrust Suit
• Del. Gov. Picks Public Defender For Supreme Court Seat
• EU Antitrust Watchdog Probes Aspen's Cancer Med Pricing
• What US Cos. Must Know About EU E-Commerce Rules: Part 1
• Uber May Need Permits To Operate In EU, Court Adviser Says
• 5 Mistakes That End Law Firms
• FTC Looks To Keep Qualcomm Patent Practice Suit Alive
• NYC Hotel Owner Joins Suit Questioning Trump's Biz Ties
• Google Pays $7.7M Fine To End Russian Antitrust Probe
• Sprint, Windstream Ask DC Circ. To Undo Data Deregulation
• Seattle Urges Judge To Ax Uber Union Law Antitrust Suit
• Fox Rothschild Snags Ex-Brown Rudnick Antitrust Head
• EU Clears $5.9B Broadcom-Brocade Deal With Conditions
• ABA Groups Urge Caution On Japan Vertical Restraint Plans
• Reichhold-Polynt Deal Clinches EU Approval With Plant Sale
• Anthem Kills $54B Cigna Merger After Delaware Loss
• Fla. AG Jumps Into Chicken Price-Fixing Investigation
• Intuniv Buyers Fight Actavis Bid To Nix Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Boies Schiller, Robbins Geller To Lead Contacts Class Action
• Anthem Denied Injunction To Keep Cigna In $54B Merger
• Deals May See Clearer Path To Antitrust OK Under Trump
• Banks Say South Africa Can't Reach Them In Forex Rig Case
• Chicago Hospitals Aim For Win In Price-Hike Suit
• UK Probes £2.2B Wood-Amec Oil Field Services Merger
• Pa. Denied $1.2M In Atty Fees In FTC Hospital Merger Case
• Trump Claims Presidential Immunity In DC Wine Bar Suit
• Novartis Says Gleevec Antitrust Suit Should Remain Paused
• Watson Seeks Quick Win In Suit Over FTC Litigation Powers
• EU Antitrust Chief Says Watchdogs Must Back Free Trade
• Verizon Says FCC Must Recognize Wireless Competition
• EU Hones Antitrust Enforcement Approach On E-Retailers
• Over-The-Counter Investors Seek Cert. In Libor-Rigging MDL
• Ex-DOJ Antitrust Head Baer To Rejoin Arnold & Porter
• Mylan's 3rd Circ. Doryx Loss A Hurdle To Product-Hop Suits
• DOJ Antitrust Nominee Vows Focus On International Arena
• SFO Wins Landmark Privilege Ruling To Access Internal Docs
• Problems In Proposed Changes To Vietnam's Competition Law
• Crowell Tells Businesses To Take Lead On Regulatory Agenda
• Top 3 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Schumer Backs Consumer Advocate For Empty FTC Post
• Deals Rumor Mill: SoftBank, Broadcom, Atlantia
• EU High Court Asked To Weigh In On Publishers' Google Suit
• Steelworkers Union Doubles Down On Aleris Deal Opposition
• DOJ Antitrust Pick Faces Multiple Conflicts Of Interest
• Charter's VoIP Service Exempt From State Regs, Judge Says
• Car-Repair Shops Lose Insurer RICO Action
• Root Sports Networks Announce In-Market MLB Streaming
• Anthem, Cigna Battle In Del. Over $54B Merger Termination
• Fintech Co. Accuses Interest Rate Swap Servicer Of Monopoly
• Takeda, Generics Push To Toss Actos Buyers' Antitrust Suit
• Cab Cos. Say Uber Consolidation Bid Stirs Up Conflicts
• Verizon Spectrum Grants Challenged At High Court
• Bayer To Sell Liberty Biz To Clinch $66B Monsanto Buy
• Bumble Bee Pleads Guilty In DOJ Seafood Price-Fix Probe
• Uber On The Brink
• DOJ Denies Merger Rule Stretch In Radioactive Waste Trial
• Vivendi, Telecom Italia Offer EU Antitrust Fixes On Deal
• CORRECTION: Hinshaw Partner Seeks Sanctions After Price-Fix Suit Nixed
• Amphastar Fights Momenta, Sandoz Bid To Duck Antitrust Suit
• Calif. Visa, MasterCard Chip Antitrust Suit Moved To NY
• Anthem Appeals $54B Cigna Merger Case To Supreme Court
• News Corp. Lobbies FCC To Lift Ownership Restrictions
• Home Depot's Paint Price-Fixing Suit Needs Another Coat
• Steptoe & Johnson Picks Up Former FCC GC
• Aussie Antitrust Agency Questions Billboard Co. Merger
• Forest Blasts Bid For Namenda Patent Litigation Docs
• Ring.com Seeks Fast Trial In IP Battle With ADT
• EU Urged To Probe Gilead, Novartis, Roche, Aspen Pricing
• Amazon Settles Antitrust Case In EU With E-Book Fixes
• Mylan Won't Appeal 3rd Circ. Loss On Doryx Generic
• Generic-Drug Makers Want 40-State Price-Fix Suit Dropped
• Waymo Calls Uber's OttoMotto Buy A Tech-Theft Conspiracy
• ATM, Health Mergers Face In-Depth Probes In UK
• Wash., NM AGs Investigating Eli Lilly's Insulin Pricing
• Cumulus Moves Closer To Radio Ad Monopoly Suit Win
• Lender, CME Trader Classes Seek Cert. In Rate-Rigging MDL
• The Changing Nature Of Payments In The US And UK
• FTC Chair To Focus On Real Harms Over Speculative Ones
• DOJ Raids Perrigo In Generic Drug Price-Fixing Probe
• Express Scripts Seeks Quick Win In Pharmacy Antitrust Suit
• Why FTC's Qualcomm Investigation Is Important
• Merger Savings Defense Gains Toehold From Anthem Ruling
• Sidley Austin Snags Ex-FTC Chair Tim Muris From Kirkland
• ABA Asks China To Ease Language In Competition Law
• Dow, DuPont Get Conditional Nod From China On Tie-Up
• Electronic Vehicle Registration Co. Alleges Antitrust Scheme
• Gas Cos. Want Arbitration For Pa. Shale Royalty Suits
• Puerto Rico Telecoms Take Antitrust Fight To 1st Circ.
• What Lawyers Should Know To Avoid Online Scams
• FCC Plans To List Counties For Biz Data Deregulation
• Fans Look To Enforce MLB Broadcast Settlement
• Big Banks Must Face Aussie Benchmark Claims, Investors Say
• Herding Cats: Making The Most Out Of A Joint Defense Group
• Monsanto Drops Planting Unit Deal With Deere A Month Ahead Of DOJ Trial
• EU High Court's Ruling Widens Net For Antitrust Probes
• EU Drops Auto Exhaust System Probe After 2014 Cartel Raids
• Banks Say Price-Fixing Data Errors Buy Them Do-Over
• Clorox Wants Antitrust Suit Axed After High Court Denial
• Atty, Firm Reach Settlement In Miami Land Price-Fix Row
• Plaintiffs Bar Perspective: Bilzin Sumberg's Scott Wagner
• Web Servers: An Overlooked Cybersecurity Risk At Law Firms