Competition Archive » September, 2017

Competition - September, 2017

207 articles

• Bumble Bee, StarKist Can't Dodge Tuna Price-Fix MDL
• Activist Group Challenges UK Watchdog On Fox-Sky Decision
• Celgene Hit With Expansive Antitrust Suit Over Thalomid
• Bayer Further Trims Covestro Stake With €1B Sale
• Bosch Scores Early OK On $33.4M Deal In Auto Parts MDL
• Investors Blast Bids To Toss Indirect Forex Manipulation Suit
• Fed Fines HSBC $175 Million Over Forex Practices
• Chicken Cos. Must Hand Over Fla. AG Docs In Antitrust Suit
• Consumer's £14B Mastercard Class Action Appeal Denied
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Deutsche Bank To Pay $190M In Forex Rigging Deal
• 4 Deals To Watch With New DOJ Antitrust Chief At The Helm
• Abbott, Alere Settle Watchdogs' Issues With $5.3B Deal
• Odebrecht Units Say No US Jurisdiction In Bond Fraud Claims
• NJ, Calif. Eyed For MDL Over German Auto Antitrust Cases
• Justices To Review Judgment Appeal Outside MDL Context
• Becton Dickinson Offers EU Fixes For Planned $24B Bard Buy
• New Sedona Principles Stress Information Governance
• Minor Leaguers Urge High Court To Review Antitrust Case
• Banks Possibly Face Long Wait For Brexit Transition Terms
• Cooperator Draws A Blank On Details In HSBC Forex Trial
• Senate Confirms Allen & Overy Partner For Key Treasury Gig
• Norwegian Ocean Shipper To Pay $21M In Price-Fixing Plea
• Senate Confirms Trump Pick To Lead DOJ Antitrust Division
• FTC Strikes Deal Over Integra's $1B Offer For J&J Unit
• DOJ Orders Divestitures In €350M Graphite Electrodes Merger
• For More Value And Diversity In Outside Counsel, Go Small
• Scania Hit With €880M EU Fine For Role In Truck Cartel
• Qualcomm Must Face Chip Antitrust Allegations, Buyers Say
• HSBC Traders Blamed Forex Spike On Russia Bank, Jury Told
• Sanofi Urges Judge To Dump Antitrust Suit Over Lantus
• Ex-Deutsche Trader Claims UK-US Probe Tainted Libor Case
• FCC Finds Sufficient Mobile Competition Despite Objections
• EU Deepens Probe Into Essilor-Luxottica Megamerger
• DOJ Challenges Closed $4.3B Parker Hannifin Deal
• McSweeny To Stay On At FTC Until Reinforcements Arrive
• Buyers Seek OK For $7M Deal In 1-800 Contacts Antitrust Row
• Pharmacy Seeks Plan Reinstatement In $1.5B Antitrust Suit
• Forest Labs Must Produce Mylan Docs In Antitrust Suit
• CFIUS Concerns Halt Chinese Deal For Location Co.
• Insurers Demand End To Restrictive Online Contracts
• Insights On Provider Consolidation And Narrow Networks
• CMA Probes Insurance Comparison Site On Best Price Clause
• HSBC Exec Burned Energy Co. In Forex Scheme, Jury Told
• Dollar General, Expedia Sue Visa, Mastercard Over Swipe Fees
• Denso's $193M Car Parts Antitrust Deal, Others Score Final OK
• Stalled Antitrust Division Nomination Poised To Advance
• RBS, Other Banks Escape Swiss Franc Libor-Rigging Claims
• Law Schools, Bar Prep Co. Escape $50M Antitrust Suit
• Drugmakers Beat Health Plan's Generic Price Inflation Suit
• 'Codfather' Gets Nearly 4 Years For Falsely Labeling Fish
• Pension Fund's Actos Suit Against Takeda Moved To Illinois
• Cadwalader Lands Ex-FTC Atty From McDermott
• OTC Investors' Counsel Want $32M Fee In Libor MDL
• Applying Basic Antitrust Principles To SEPs
• Soccer Antitrust Suit A Long Shot To Dethrone MLS
• Supreme Court Competition Appeals To Watch
• What To Expect In Forex Fraud Trial Of Ex-HSBC Exec
• UK Clears Cardtronics' $460M DirectCash Buy
• Hospital Group Seeks To DQ Rival's Atty In Antitrust Suit
• Walgreens, Benefits Manager Hit With $1.5B Antitrust Suit
• Qualcomm Nabs Former FTC Official For IP, Antitrust Policy
• EU Urges UK To Finally Set Out Its Brexit Expectations
• When Antitrust Becomes Anti-Competitive
• UK's May Pitches Transition Period To Break Brexit Deadlock
• DOJ OKs Banks' Creation Of Real-Time Payment System
• UnitedHealth Asks 8th Circ. To Rehear $350M Insurance Feud
• Italy's €183M Pharma Antitrust Case Gets Boost From EU AG
• Dental Supply Co. Escapes Price-Fixing Claims In NY
• Recent Cases Provide Hope For Reverse-Payment Defendants
• 3rd Circ. Lets GSK Win Stand In Wellbutrin Pay-For-Delay Row
• The Role Legal Finance Can Play In Firm Year-End Collections
• EU Seeks To Tax Online Businesses Where Profits Are Earned
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Begins Investment Consultancy Probe
• DLA, Baker Slam Philly Firm's Fraud And Excess Fee Suit
• Why A Rare Tie Vote Doesn't Foretell Roadblocks At FTC
• Fox's $14B Sky Merger Referred To UK Watchdog For Probe
• J&J Blocking Remicade Biosimilar Sales, Pfizer Says
• The Road To Cox's 10th Circ. Win In Set-Top Box Tying Case
• DC Councilman's Estate Settles Out Of Bid-Rigging Suit
• $146M Deal In Aggrenox Pay-For-Delay MDL Gets Initial OK
• It's On Plaintiffs To Prove No Scientific Substantiation
• Considerations For Competitors Collaborating Post-Hurricane
• 'Per-Doc' Pricing Can Improve Document Review
• US Soccer Hit With Antitrust Suit Over League Decision
• Warner Chilcott Seeks Out Of Asacol Antitrust Suit
• NC Appeals Court Backs Duke Monopoly Over Power Sales
• 10th Circ. Upholds Cox's Dodge Of $6M Antitrust Verdict
• Germany's Knorr-Bremse Kills $694M Takeover Of Swiss Rival
• Valero Scraps Plains Terminal Deal Targeted By Calif. AG Suit
• FTC Contests Impax's Defense Of Opana ER Patent Settlement
• Walgreens' $4.4B Rite Aid Buy Advances Despite FTC Friction
• CFIUS Continues To Present Obstacle To Chinese Acquisitions
• Physician Practice Acquisitions And Antitrust Scrutiny
• Ohio State Seeks To Punt Ex-Player's Suit To State Court
• Merger Bills Show Dems Embracing Antitrust Enforcement
• Hemlock Asks 6th Circ. To Keep Win Against SolarWorld Unit
• Novo Nordisk, Benefits Co. Get Price Hike Suit Moved To NJ
• EU OKs RBS Move To Drop Williams & Glyn Sale
• Antitrust Policy Should Stay In Its Lane, EU's Vestager Says
• US Trade Rep Slams China's 'Mercantilist' Onslaught
• DC Drivers Sue Taxi Authority, Operator For Antitrust Claims
• Forest Labs Seeks Quick Win In Celexa, Lexapro MDL
• Big Data May Become Big Antitrust Concern
• AbbVie AndroGel Patent Suits Baseless, Pa. Judge Finds
• 6th Circ. Nixes Objections To $379M Car Parts Antitrust Deal
• EU Antitrust Official Defends Watchdog's Economic Analysis
• Conservative-Friendly Gab Hits Google With Antitrust Suit
• 3 Takeaways From Trump's Block Of China Chipmaker Deal
• PepsiCo Escapes Bottling Co.'s Antitrust Claims
• On CFIUS Reform, We Must Proceed With Caution
• Allergan To Pay $15M To End Asacol Antitrust Claims
• UK Competition Authority Sees Need To Amend Law For Brexit
• A Guide To The Executive Branch Official Nomination Process
• Allergan Deal May Set Stage For More Tribal Patent Pacts
• Fired Chicago Attys Win Fees From Air Cargo Settlements
• Libor Reversal Shows Need For Int'l Cooperation: DOJ's Finch
• Sen. Klobuchar Unveils Bills To Beef Up Merger Enforcement
• Alcon Fights Bid For Docs In Contact Lens Antitrust MDL
• 3rd Circ. Wellbutrin Ruling May Hinder Pay-For-Delay Suits
• LG, Philips Lose €1B CRT Cartel Appeal At EU High Court
• FCA Wants Antitrust Probe Into UK Investment Consultants
• Feds Say Ex-UBS Precious Metals Trader Manipulated Market
• Trump Blocks Canyon Bridge's $1.3B Chipmaker Buy
• Katten Muchin Picks Up Jenner & Block Trials, Fraud Expert
• Europe Wants A Closer Look At Foreign Takeovers
• UBS Says Gold Sellers' Evidence Weak In Price-Fixing Suit
• UK Antitrust Chair Who Headed Agency Merger To Step Down
• FTC Assistant Director Leaves For Crowell & Moring
• German Co. Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Car Door Latches
• How The FTC Has Erred On Innovation Policy Issues
• Hitachi, Purchasers Strike $14M Deal In Antitrust Suit
• Bosch Agrees To $33.4M Deal In Auto Parts Price-Fixing MDL
• DOJ's Finch Pushes Stability, Continuity In Antitrust Regime
• Yelp Accuses Google Of Breaking Search Bias Vows To FTC
• Judge Dismisses Ixchel's Antitrust Claims Against Biogen
• Herbert Smith Freehills Hires 1st Corporate Partner In NYC
• Calif. High Court Should Hear Antitrust Query, AG Says
• Auto Bearings Buyers Seek Final OK Of $21M Settlement
• UK Accepts Fixes In £2.23B Wood-Amec Energy Services Deal
• What The Intel Decision Means For European Commission
• FTC Chief Won't Rush To Police Digital Economy
• My Supreme Court Debut: A Lot Of Questions, A Little Luck
• Open Banking Reforms Gather Pace As Jan. Deadline Looms
• Global Forex Rules May Need Tweaking, BOE Official Says
• Investors OK'd To Switch Class Rep In Libor-Rigging MDL
• Utility Asks Justices To Rule On Immunity In SolarCity Case
• Forex-Rigging Depositions Delayed For Another 3 Months
• Antitrust No Cure-All For Economic Ills, FTC Chief Says
• Koch Must Turn Over Docs In Rail Antitrust Suit, Judge Rules
• Egg Buyers' Attorneys Want $25M In Price-Fixing MDL
• Tri-Union Admits To Blowing Whistle In DOJ Tuna Probe
• Cohen Milstein Wants Fees From $360M Hospital Antitrust Suit
• Antitrust Org Tells 11th Circ. Airline Fee Win Spurs Collusion
• Google Takes Record €2.4B Antitrust Fine To EU Court
• UK Gov't Minister Warns Of 'Chaos' If MPs Block Brexit Bill
• Why More Global Giants Are Renouncing Their HQs
• Where The Global 20 Are Bolstering Their Ranks
• Firms Stay The Course On London Growth Amid Brexit Haze
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2017
• Global Firms Snap Up India Work With Liberalization In Limbo
• 9th Circ Keeps Uber, Lyft Union Law Paused For Appeal
• UK Drugmaker Can't Dodge States' Suboxone Case Just Yet
• Allergan Transfers Restasis Patents To IPR-Immune Tribe
• PG&E Still On The Hook In Natural Gas Supplier's RICO Suit
• Iron Mining Co. Says Competitor Is Sabotaging Ch. 11 Plan
• Quinn Emanuel Expands In Europe With 9th Office
• Valeo, FTE Offer EU Antitrust Fixes On $985M PE Deal
• Saveri Firm Wins Fight Over Titanium MDL Referral Fee
• Qualcomm Can't Halt Apple's Foreign IP, Antitrust Suits
• Redaction Fails: 4 Times Doc Blunders Exposed Secret Info
• 11th Circ. Revives Auto Body Shops' Antitrust Claims
• How Collaboration Is Changing Inside Some Law Firms
• Profs Urge 3rd Circ. To Rethink GSK Win In Wellbutrin Case
• Capacitor Buyers Seek Class Cert. In Antitrust Dispute
• EU High Court Says Only Independent JVs Subject To Controls
• Cisco's IP Defense In Antitrust Suit 'Insane,' Arista Says
• 8th Circ. Won't Revive UnitedHealth's $350M Insurance Feud
• Ballard Spahr Settles $20M Antitrust Fee Suit With Symphony
• NCAA Athletes Seek $45M In Fees, Costs For Grant-In-Aid Deal
• J&J Defends Privileged Docs In Contact Lens Antitrust MDL
• App Buyers Ask High Court To Decline Apple Monopoly Row
• Cartel Case Against German Automakers Unlikely To Succeed
• Dealing With Difficult Lawyers
• 8 Years, 3 Commissioners And €1.1B: Intel's EU Antitrust Saga
• Kirkland Antitrust Partner Heads To FTC Competition Bureau
• Convicted Freight Exec Asks 1st Circ. For Antitrust Trial Redo
• EU Intel Decision Bolsters Tech Cos.' Antitrust Defenses
• Crowe & Dunlevy Enters Texas Market With Dallas Office
• Former FTC Chairwoman Ramirez Heads To Hogan Lovells
• Scientific Games Loses Bid To End Rival's Antitrust Suit
• Uber Drivers Should Be Bound By Taxi Laws, 3rd Circ. Told
• Airbus, Boeing Skeptical Of $23B Rockwell-United Tech Deal
• EU High Court Sides With Intel In €1.1B Antitrust Fine Appeal
• Flyers Ask 11th Circ. To Reverse Delta Win In Bag-Fee Suit
• S. Korean Court Denies Qualcomm Stay Of Antitrust Order
• Cox Seeks Arbitration, Dismissal In Used Car Antitrust Fight
• Interjet Says US Overstepped In Mexico Airport Slots Row
• $111M Forex Deals Get Preliminary OK, 15th Bank Settles
• 5-Hour Energy Discount Suit Not Over Yet, Judge Says
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Samsung, Toshiba Can't Toss Disk Drive MDL, Consumers Say
• Bumble Bee, StarKist Replace Counsel In Tuna Price-Fix MDL
• Cubs See Win In Rooftop Sightlines Battle At 7th Circ.
• 3rd Circ. Asked To Rethink Wellbutrin Pay-For-Delay Ruling
• Shkreli Trial And Other Magic Tricks: A Chat With Ben Brafman
• EU's Vestager On Google, Privacy And Merger Review Reform