Competition Archive » October, 2017

Competition - October, 2017

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• Marketing Deal Joined US Soccer, MLS At Hip, Judge Told
• Ex-Biopharma Exec Enjoined From Sharing Trade Secrets
• HP Settles With NEC, Toshiba, Samsung In Disk Drive MDL
• 9th Circ. Won't Rethink UPS, FedEx Antitrust Ruling
• Airlines' $40M One-Size-Fits-All Deal Unfair, Justices Told
• Walgreens, CVS, Others Exit Lidoderm Antitrust MDL
• Dealers Say Carfax Can't Flee Auto Reports Antitrust Suit
• UK Requires Divestitures For Euro Car Parts Merger
• State AGs Triple Size Of Generic Price-Fixing Litigation
• 6th Circ. Renews TV, Internet Tying Claim Against Developer
• FCC Urges 8th Circ. To Uphold Charter VoIP Exemption Ruling
• Judging A Book: McConnell Reviews 'Unequal'
• Google Attacks EU's Analysis In Appeal Of Record €2.4B Fine
• Foreign Banks Can Be Tried In NY In Forex Suit, Judge Hears
• Union Sues J&J Over Alleged Remicade Monopoly Plot
• Trivago Hit With Stock Drop Suit Amid British Probe
• Drug Developer Must Face Suboxone Product-Hopping Claims
• FTC Judge Shoots Down 1-800 Contacts Online Ad Deals
• Sheriff's Captain Pleads Not Guilty To 'Codfather' Scheme
• High Court Won't Hear Challenge To Sony's $4M Antitrust Win
• Trial-Eve Deal Ends 5-Hour Energy Price Discrimination Suit
• Golf Gear Co. Appeals £1.45M Fine Over Online Sales Ban
• Making Pro Bono Work
• Being There: Preparing Witnesses For Depositions
• Brazil's Antitrust Watchdog Finds Taxi Cos. Didn't Harm Uber
• Amgen 'Completely Ignoring' Biosimilar Law, Genentech Says
• Making Pro Bono Work: The Sidley-Exelon Partnership
• DOJ's Antitrust Chief Preaches Balance In First Speech
• How To Streamline Multi-Jurisdictional Merger Reviews
• Australian Antitrust Body Won't Fight Essilor-Luxottica Deal
• Recipe For Legal Project Management: Look To BBQ Champs
• Ex-Ombudsman Aims To Revive £14B Mastercard Class Action
• Bankruptcy Software Co. Blasts Firm's Latest Antitrust Suit
• Mass. Cop Indicted For Helping 'Codfather' Smuggle Cash
• Volkswagen CEO Denies Automakers Colluded On Pricing
• Parent Company Escapes Suboxone Product-Hop Suit
• Medco Dodges 4th Version Of Drug Fraud FCA Suit
• Bayer's Financing Needs Shift As Monsanto Price Falls $2.5B
• EU To Investigate UK Tax Law On Controlled Foreign Cos.
• Bosch To Pay $10.6M To Exit Car Parts Price-Fixing MDL
• EC Must Review Liberty-Ziggo Merger, Effect On Cable Market
• Ex-HSBC Trader Rips Ruling Forcing Him To Stand Trial In US
• Conservative, Liberal Groups Oppose AT&T-Time Warner Deal
• Making Pro Bono Work: Can You Practice In Your State?
• Representing Women At The Intersection Of Law And Finance
• Wiretapped Real Estate Investor Admits Guilt In Bid-Rigging
• German Watchdog Opens 1st Consumer Protection Query
• EU OKs Hungary's €131M Chem Plant Aid, Cites Local Benefits
• Deutsche Bank To Pay $220M To States In Libor-Rigging Deal
• Compounder Can't Duck Drug Marketing Suit, Allergan Says
• Making Pro Bono Work: Building Sponsorship Relationships
• What I Learned In My 1st Year: Be A Sponge
• HSBC Exec Conviction A Cautionary Tale To Forex Market
• American Eagle Exits Visa, MasterCard Antitrust MDL
• United's DHL Counterclaims Preserved For Bankruptcy Court
• AmEx Merchant Rules MDL Paused During High Court Appeal
• Innovation Limits Enough For Antitrust Suit, 9th Circ. Says
• Soccer League Says It Would Fold If Downgraded
• Making Pro Bono Work: Beyond The Hurdles
• EU OKs $2.2B In State Aid To Banque Postale To Help Poor
• Qualcomm Says Its Probe Found Investor Claims Baseless
• Uber Fights Boston Suits, Saying Local Taxi Rules Don't Apply
• Antitrust Attys Back 3rd Circ. Rehearing In DuPont Suit
• Full Play Fights To Block Return To Soccer TV Rights Suit
• Doctors' Counsel Nab $27M In Sanofi Vaccine Antitrust Row
• German Car Giants See NJ Antitrust Claims Move Into MDL
• Luxury Watch Makers Escape EU Probe Again
• Judging A Book: Pryor Reviews 'Scalia Speaks'
• 8th Circ. Won't Rehear UnitedHealth's $350M Insurance Feud
• Gab Drops Google Antitrust Suit For App Store Resubmission
• Linde Drops Tender Threshold For $70B Praxair Merger
• AT&T Extends Deadline To Close $85.4B Time Warner Buy
• HSBC Executive Convicted Of Forex Fraud
• The Inside Counsel Revolution
• Deutsche Bank Trader Scores Hearing On DOJ Case Taint
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• HHS Looks To Dodge $1.5B Pharmacy Antitrust Suit
• Judge Urges No Sanctions For Withheld Ticketmaster Docs
• Doctors Fight Allergan's Attempt To Defeat Botox Pricing Suit
• Car Dealer Software Providers Hit With NJ Antitrust Suit
• EU Antitrust Watchdogs Raid BMW Office In Cartel Probe
• Banks Want Newest Round Of SIBOR-Rigging Suit Dismissed
• Funds Could Use 1st Amendment To Beat Antitrust Penalties
• How Arbitrators Maintain Proportionality In Discovery
• Officer Who Aided 'The Codfather' Gets 1-Year Prison Term
• US Airways Fights Sabre's Appeal Of $15M Antitrust Win
• An FTC Under Simons Will Likely Stay The Course
• Benefits Co. Rips Injunction Bid In $1.5B Antitrust Suit
• FCC Pauses Sinclair-Tribune Merger Review For Comments
• Ex-HSBC Exec's Trial Over $3.5B Forex Deal In Jury's Hands
• Water Utility Co. Latest To File Chemical Price-Fixing Suit
• Parker Hannifin Says Feds' Merger Challenge Came Too Late
• Finnish Co. Pays $15M To End Hydrogen Peroxide Cartel Suit
• Mitsubishi To Pay $1.3M To Settle Conspiracy Claims
• The Law Firm CFO's Role In The Strategic Planning Process
• Hayes Gets OK To Fight $1M SFO Asset Seizure In Libor Case
• Capacitor Maker Nippon Chemi-Con Indicted For Price-Fixing
• Ex-HSBC Forex Exec Gets 'F-Minus In Fraud,' Jury Hears
• Dollar Tree Says Dollar Express Claims Lack Factual Basis
• Argentine Co. Still Excused From Soccer TV Rights Suit
• Trump Nominates Joseph Simons Of Paul Weiss As FTC Chair
• AT&T's $85B Time Warner Deal Awaits DOJ After Brazil's Nod
• Uber Beats Most Claims In Cab Co.'s Competition Suit
• Sen. Asks FERC To Probe $3.6B Market Manipulation Claims
• Bridgestone To Pay $9M To Exit Auto Parts Price-Fixing Suit
• $1B Accor-Mantra Deal Hits Aussie Regulator's Radar
• Law Firms Must Transition To An Industry Sector Approach
• EU Accepts Becton Dickinson's Fixes For $24B Bard Buy
• MarkitServ Settles Swap Trading Monopoly Suit
• 7th Circ. Won't Rethink Cubs' Win In Rooftop Sightlines Fight
• Del. Jury Clears Plantronics In $600M Antitrust Trial
• UK Watchdog Challenges Building Insurance Monopoly
• Verizon To Pay $17.7M To End FCC's Bidding Violation Probe
• $600M Jabra-Plantronics Antitrust Trial To Hit Jury Wednesday
• Feds Say Recorded Calls Prove Ex-HSBC Forex Exec's Guilt
• Songkick Seeks To Sanction Ticketmaster For Withheld Docs
• EU Probes Acetate Fiber JV Between Blackstone, Celanese
• Cohen Milstein Forfeited Fees For Exiting Suit, Court Told
• US Soccer Fights League's Bid To Rejoin Division II
• Reckitt Benckiser Dodges States' Suboxone Case
• Mitsuba Will Pay $23M To End Auto Parts Antitrust Suits
• UK Wants To Subject More Mergers To Nat'l Security Review
• Judging A Book: Kozinski Reviews 'The Judge'
• GE To Pay Feds While Selling Water Biz In Baker Hughes Deal
• Int'l Paper, Others Get OK For $354M Deal In Antitrust Suit
• End-Payors, Direct Purchasers Get Cert. In Solodyn MDL
• What's At Stake In The AmEx Merchant Rules Case
• Travel Agents Appeal To 9th Circ. In Airline Price-Fix Suit
• Kaepernick Grievance Tough To Prove In Face Of Controversy
• FCC Set To Share Data With DOJ For Wireless Antitrust Probe
• Valspar Asks 3rd Circ. To Rethink 'Impossible' Price-Fixing Bar
• Ticketmaster Denied Quick Win On Songkick Antitrust Claims
• New Post-Recession Metrics For BigLaw Partner Success
• Justices Will Hear Antitrust Suit Over AmEx Merchant Rules
• Anheuser, Molson Coors Slam Canadian Beer Antitrust Suit
• Cigna Tells 11th Circ. 'Interloper' Is 'Looting' $25M Deal
• Honeywell Antitrust Lawsuit Headed To Mediation
• Valeo Conditions Satisfy EU Worries In €819M FTE Merger
• FTC Chief Says Antitrust Enforcers Must Mind IP Rights
• UK Anti-Competitive Probe Targets South African Drugmaker
• Time To Lift Student Loan Counseling Restrictions
• Bayer Inks €5.9B Divestiture Amid Scrutiny Of Monsanto Buy
• Learning From DOJ's Parker Hannifin Merger Challenge
• Caddies Ask 9th Circ. For Mulligan In PGA Tour Bib-Ads Suit
• Ex-HSBC Exec Defends Actions Over $3.5B Forex Deal
• GAO Torpedoes S. Korean Co.'s US Navy Contract Protest
• Brazilian Watchdog Eyes $385M Petrobras Subsidiary Sale
• UK Ex-Traders Have Info They Need On Charges, Judge Says
• Valero, Calif. AG Settle Row Over Energy Terminal Deal
• Toyo To Pay $11.4M To End Auto Parts Price-Fixing Suit
• 9th Circ. Asked To Rethink UPS, FedEx Antitrust Ruling
• Investors Want $152M In Libor Settlements Approved
• Dealers Seek To Pause 26 Lawsuits Against Auto Parts Makers
• Trio Of Pharma Cos. Fight Post-Trial Bids In $1B Patent Row
• How Conduct Abroad Impacts Health Care Business In US
• Ex-HSBC Exec Tells Jury $3.5B Forex Deal Was Aboveboard
• Plantronics Locks Horns With Jabra In $600M Antitrust Trial
• Fish Magnate 'The Codfather' Must Forfeit 4 Boats, 34 Permits
• Fla. Jewelers Say Distributor Undercut Their Businesses
• Taiwan Fines Qualcomm $774M Over Mobile Chip Sales
• Why You Should Consider Hyperlinking Your Next Brief
• EU Blesses Portugal's Novo Banco Sale Under State Aid Rules
• Petrobras Hits Snag In $2.2B Asset Sale To Total
• Buchanan Ingersoll Hires Kirkland Pharmaceuticals Litigator
• Rail Shippers Denied Cert. In Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Row
• Jabra Calls 'Facts' Biased For Upcoming $600M Trial
• 'Pre-Hedging' Is Standard Practice, HSBC Forex Jury Hears
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Ex-Worker's Antitrust Appeal
• Antitrust Pro Leaves DLA Piper To Open Boutique's NY Office
• S. Africa Targets Soccer Agents For Price-Fixing
• Report Finds Merger Reviews Taking Longer In 2017
• Asian-Americans Facing Challenges In The Legal Industry
• Bridgestone To Pay $29.6M To End Price-Fixing Suit
• Fox Units Urge Court To Toss Soccer TV Rights Bribery Suit
• Dealer Fights Cox Arbitration Bid In Used Car Antitrust Suit
• Allergan Ordered To Prove Tribe Patent Deal Isn't A 'Sham'
• Qualcomm Offers EU Concessions In Stalled $38B NXP Bid
• Restaurants Sued Over No-Tipping Policy 'Conspiracy'
• Merger Enforcement Takeaways From 5 Recent Cases
• What To Know About Post-Closing Merger Challenges
• EU Antitrust Team Raids Banks For 'Blocking' Fintech Firms
• HSBC FX Exec Said 'I Think We Got Away With It,' Jury Hears
• UK Watchdog's Water Tank Cartel Info-Sharing Fine Upheld
• Judge Sits Out Discovery Row In MarkitSERV Suit, For Now
• BDS Deregulation Premised On Bad Analysis, 8th Circ. Told
• McCaskill Drafts Bill To Block Tribal Immunity In Patent Review
• A BigLaw Ladies' Guide To Becoming A 1st-Chair Trial Lawyer
• $60M Merck Pay-For-Delay Deal, $20M Atty Fees Approved
• Medline Says CR Bard Copied Innovative Surgery Kit
• Massachusetts Judge Consolidates 7 Uber Antitrust Suits
• NCAA Basketball Bribe Case Calls Amateurism Into Question
• Attys Argue For 1/3 Slice Of $15M Asacol Deal Pie As Fees
• Interlocking Directorates — Not Just A Section 8 Issue
• Expert Tells Of HSBC Trading Frenzy Around $3.5B Forex Deal
• Dueling US, EU Tax Claims May Pose Challenge For Amazon
• Jury To Hear Of Plantronics Email Deletion In $600M Trial
• Top 4 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• FTC Seeks More Info On $285M Conagra-Smucker Oil Deal
• NCAA May Revamp Student-Athlete Transfer Rule
• German Auto Antitrust MDL Centralized In California
• Linde Presses Investors To Tender Shares For Praxair Tie-Up
• 5 Tips To Ensure Proper Deposition Behavior
• Body Shops' Win Allows For Antitrust Abuse, 11th Circ. Told
• LinkedIn Asks 9th Circ. To Stop Startup's Info Scraping
• HSBC Trader Dishes On Forex Collusion At Exec's Fraud Trial
• Mass. Court Stoutly Backs Beer Distributor's $2.6M Fine
• Merger Notices To Enforcers Tick Up Again In FY 2016
• End Payors Urge 4th Circ. To Revive Celebrex Antitrust Suit
• Failure To Collect On €13B Apple Case Lands Ireland In Court
• Tyson Moves Chicken Price-Fix Suit From Florida To Illinois
• Insurer Need Not Cover $23M Suit Over Energy Asset Sales
• DOJ Antitrust Deputy Connects Corruption, Competition
• Allergy Care Antitrust Case Headed Toward Trial
• MarkitServ Wants Withheld Data In Antitrust Suit
• DOJ Says Allen Ruling Already Chilling Int'l Enforcement
• Incoming Payments Reforms Put Banks At Risk, Report Finds
• Amazon Hit With €250M Tax Bill By EU Antitrust Watchdog
• Cairn Exec Says He Didn't Suspect HSBC Tanked $3.5B Deal
• Allergan Tribal IP Transfer Sparks House Oversight Inquiry
• Tribunal Asked For Clarity In Samsung Licensing Row
• Sports Marketer Wants Ex-OSU Player's Antitrust Suit Tossed
• Ticketmaster Says Withheld Docs An Error In Antitrust Row
• UHF Station Perk Creates Arcane Merger Loophole, Rep. Says
• Canadian Watchdog Still Eyeing Closed $7B Energy Co. Deal
• Carfax Aims To Revive $50M Antitrust Suit Coverage Bid
• FTC Says ND Physician Group Merger Must Wait
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive $176M DuPont Price-Fixing Claims
• Judging A Book: Tunheim Reviews 'Miles Lord'
• 4 Reasons We May Not See Colluding Robots Anytime Soon
• EU Legislators Nix Bid To Begin Early Post-Brexit Trade Talks
• Plantronics, GN Netcom Prepare For $600M Antitrust Trial
• HSBC Exec Admits Role In Russian Forex Buyer Tale
• Northwestern Can't Strike Deal Talks Info From Transfer Suit
• CenturyLink, Level 3 Reach DOJ Deal Over Proposed Merger
• Mitsuba Pays $72M To End Consumer Price-Fix Claims
• High Court Won't Eye Conviction For Ex-NY State Senator
• Fed. Circ. Hesitant To Wade Into Antitrust Aspect Of IP Feud
• NCAA Says O'Bannon Thwarts Quick Win Bid In Antitrust Row
• Shire Hits Allergan With Antitrust Suit Over Dry Eye Drugs
• Technology Assisted Review Can Work For Small Cases
• Roche Ducks Cancer Drug Antitrust Suit
• Supreme Court Turns Down Trio Of Antitrust Appeals
• EU Finance Committee Backs More Powers For Regulators
• Law360 Sizes Up The Term To Come