Competition Archive » March, 2018

Competition - March, 2018

280 articles

• Ill. Court Finds No Rigging Of Property Tax Auctions
• AT&T-Time Warner's Potential Competitors
• Pa. Trading Firm Can't Ditch FERC's $42M Manipulation Case
• Goodwin Liu Talks Academia, Constitutional Law, Oxtail Stew
• Major Banks Accused Of Mexican Bond Price-Fixing
• Bridgestone, Other Tire Cos. Can't Escape Price-Fixing MDL
• Agilent Looks To Reacquire IP Assets Shed In Varian Deal
• Toshiba Memory Biz Sale Delayed Amid Antitrust Review
• Singapore Watchdog Pumps Brakes On Uber-Grab Deal
• ITC's US Steel Decision Unlikely To Have Broad Impact
• Music Licensing Reform Is Singing The Same Old Song
• BigLaw Doesn't Have A Diversity Problem
• Solar's Achilles' Heel Opens Door To Exclusionary Conduct
• NCAA Amateurism Suit Tees Up Conference Autonomy Debate
• HSBC Inks $100M Deal With OTC Investors In Libor-Rig MDL
• Cohen Milstein Waived Right To Collect $600K: Magistrate
• Libor Judge Surprises Feds With 'Thoughts' On Case
• Stock Photo Co. Says Google Search Shuts Out Non-Partners
• HP Must Face Trimmed Ink Cartridge Monopoly Suit
• Comcast Exec Saps Gov't Theory On AT&T-Time Warner Union
• Booking Sites Agree To Nix Hotel Pricing Limits In Brazil
• Australia Questions $138M Accounting Software Deal
• Trial Court Disrespected China, Exporters Tell Justices
• UK Antitrust Watchdog To Form Tech Team, Readies For Brexit
• Japanese Watchdog Ends Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank Probe
• Roman J. Israel, Esquire, Meet Donald J. Trump, POTUS
• Impax Ends Acne Drug Pay-For-Delay Suit For $20M
• UK Merger Authority Puts Cos. That Slow Discovery On Notice
• Pharmacies Again Sue Express Scripts After Talks Fail
• Turner CEO Scoffs At Threat Of 'Must-Have' Content To Merger
• NCAA, Athletes On Path To Trial In Pay Cap Antitrust Row
• Fla. Cancer Centers Accused Of Illegally Dividing Up Market
• US Soccer Execs Want Out Of NASL's NY State Court Suit
• EU Antitrust Enforcer To Study Market Effects Of Data
• Gas Futures Settlement Can't Bar Price-Fix Suit: 9th Circ.
• Judge OKs Drug Distributor Info Sharing In Opioid MDL
• Ex-UBS Trader Can't Nix 'Front-Running' Evidence, Feds Say
• Jury Clears Allergy Advocacy Group In Antitrust Suit
• Libor Trader Hayes Loses Appeal Over Sale Of £1.6M Home
• We Need A Cybersecurity Framework For Law Firms
• Au Pairs' Expert's Testimony Will Not Be Barred, Judge Rules
• Goodwin Procter Adds Wilson Sonsini Antitrust Partner In D.C.
• Rail Shippers Look To Revive Cert. Bid In Fuel Price-Fix Row
• Va. Water Authorities Bring Price-Fix Suit Over Chemical
• Venezuela's Oil Co. Can't Sue In US, Court Told
• Uber Monopoly Claims Fail In Philly, 3rd Circ. Says
• Exec Stopped On AT&T-Time Warner Transcript At 'Good Stuff'
• DLA Piper Hires White Collar Partner From Alston & Bird
• Qualcomm Can Hold Back Full EU Decision In Antitrust Row
• Euribor Investors Want $309M Deal With $69M Fees OK'd
• ITC Initiates Probe Of Rockwell Automation Logic Controllers
• FCC's O'Rielly Defends Media Ownership Deregulation
• Equity Partnership Isn't What It Used To Be
• Toshiba Memory Biz Eyes Investment Amid Antitrust Issues
• Justices Approve Individual Appeals In Combined Cases
• Schumer Counsel, Ex-Sidley Austin Atty Picked For FTC Post
• American Airlines Questions Merits Of Ch. 11 Merger Trial
• Transcript Peek Draws Warning In AT&T-Time Warner Trial
• 4 Things To Watch As AT&T-Time Warner Trial Picks Up Steam
• Acer, Samsung Settle As Battery Price-Fix MDL Winds Down
• FTC's Acting GC Leaves To Head Redgrave's Privacy Group
• Antitrust Group Calls For DOJ To Block CVS-Aetna Deal
• Forex Traders Say Rate-Rigging Claims Fall Short
• OECD Says Australia Lags In Levying Competition Fines
• Ireland Picks Goldman, Others for €13B Apple Tax Recovery
• Judging A Book: Hardiman Reviews 'Without Precedent'
• CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid Settle Impax Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Ramen Cos. Can't Get Buyers Decertified In Price-Fixing Row
• Vitamin C Case Brings A First For China, US Supreme Court
• Up First In AT&T-Time Warner Trial: The Negotiators
• Dems Urge DOJ To Reject 'Sham' Sinclair-Tribune Merger
• Direct Purchasers Seek Default Against Capacitor Maker
• Travelport Reaches Deal To Duck Ticket Buyers' Antitrust Row
• Bar Prep Co. Blasts Rival's Appeal In Antitrust Row
• Ice Skating Union's Arbitration Regime Ruled Anti-Competitive
• Int'l Enforcers Have Been Hitting Vertical Mergers Hard
• 2 Things Missing From Debates On US-China Fights
• Top Tax Changes For Law Firms: What Lawyers Need To Know
• Brexit Transition Deal Doesn't Remove Legal Risks For City
• SFO's Expert Witness 'Debacle' Unlikely To Help Libor Appeals
• Investment Advisors Failing To Pick Best Funds, CMA Says
• Calif. Bar Committee Has Anti-Competitive Bent, Suit Says
• HSBC, RBS Parents Beat Forex Suit, Others Still On Hook
• AT&T, Time Warner Say DOJ Lacks 'Crystal Ball' In Opening
• EU Moves Ahead With Airline Competition Safeguard
• Akerman Adds Ex-Baker Donelson Health Antitrust Co-Chair
• FTC Commissioner Criticizes DOJ's Patent Approach
• UK Lawmakers Say Fox Deal Could Curb Sky's Independence
• Jimmy John's Tries To Toss Franchise Noncompetes Row
• FTC's Big ViroPharma Loss Has Antitrust Silver Lining
• Real Estate Exec Gets 2½ Years For Auction Bid-Rigging
• Gibson Dunn DQ Sought By Ex-Pharma Execs In RICO Suit
• Companies Should Avoid The BigLaw Bonus Structure
• Ozzy Osbourne Sues AEG Over Staples Center Tour Policy
• TracFone, Hitachi Settle Battery Price-Fixing MDL Claims
• Germany Clears $1B Rail Car Deal With Divestitures
• Ex-UBS Trader Can't Ditch Feds' Indictment, Judge Says
• Auto Parts Co. Settles Dealers' Antitrust Claims For $1.2M
• Tesla, Ariz. Utility Deal Won't End Solar Antitrust Debate
• Chicago Exchange Manipulating VIX For Profit, Suit Says
• EU Clears Bayer's $62B Monsanto Deal After Divestiture Vow
• Law Schools Ask 2nd Circ. To Affirm $50M Antitrust Suit Win
• EU Fines Japanese Capacitor Cos. $312M For Price Cartel
• Endo, Others Ink $166M Lidoderm Pay-For-Delay Settlements
• Chief Innovation Officer — The New Star On Legal Teams
• Pay-TV Cos. Urge FCC To Study Impact Of Broadcast Mergers
• Streaming Services To Factor In AT&T-Time Warner Challenge
• CFTC Can Use Class Action Transcripts In Kraft Wheat Suit
• FTC Loses Assault On Shire Unit's Serial FDA Petitions
• Blue Cross Unit Fights Sanctions Bid In Aggrenox MDL
• Allergan Drug Buyers Urge 1st Circ. To Keep Class Cert.
• Watch Repair Firms Take Antitrust Fight To EU's Top Court
• Momenta, Sandoz Can't Dodge Amphastar Antitrust Suit
• FTC Forces CDK To Abandon Auto/Mate Buy
• EXCLUSIVE: Behind The Downfall Of Latham's Chairman
• Why CFIUS Intervened In Broadcom's Bid For Qualcomm
• National Lawyers Need National Licensing For National Courts
• Hotel Giants Hit With Search-Engine Antitrust Class Action
• CFIUS Short-Staffed As Workload Increases, GAO Finds
• ITC Turns Back US Steel's Antitrust Gambit In China Fight
• Comcast Asks For Quick Win Over Viamedia In Antitrust Suit
• Grocer Drops Claims Stop & Shop Tried To Freeze Out Rival
• DOJ Says AT&T Too Broad On Confidentiality Claims
• Justices Skip Airline's Challenge To 9th Circ. Rate Ruling
• SocGen Earmarks €1B To Handle US Probes Into Libor, Libya
• NASL Adds Major League Soccer To Antitrust Suit
• AT&T Says Emails In Merger Row Need 'Sponsor' Witness
• Acne Med Pay-For-Delay Deal Sped Up Generic, Exec Says
• Au Pair Cos. In Wage-Fixing Suit Say They Aren't Employers
• EU Probes German Power Giant's Cross-Border Transmission
• New Bribery Suit's Implications For Venezuela Restructuring
• Britain, EU Agree On Terms For Brexit Transition Period
• India Opens Antitrust Probe Into Honda Motorcycle
• Supervalu Fights Cert. For Boston Grocers In Antitrust MDL
• Kraft Knocks CFTC Bid To Funnel Depos From Investor Suit
• AT&T-Time Warner Challenge Winds Its Way To Trial
• A Chat With Littler Info Chief Durgesh Sharma
• End Legal Monopoly With Antitrust Review, Law Prof Says
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Taps 2 For Top Roles
• Changes To Rule 23 Are Coming, Are You Prepared?
• DOJ, AT&T Set To Spar Over Future Of Media Industry
• LinkedIn Tells 9th Circ. Startup's Bots Hurt Competition
• FCC Must Undo AT&T, Verizon Spectrum Sales, Rep. Says
• Sanden's $2.4M Deal With Auto Dealers Gets Judge's 1st OK
• Visa, AmEx, Others Duck Cert. In Chip Fraud Risk Suit
• Big Banks Win Dismissal In Indirect Forex Manipulation Suit
• Cigna, Express Scripts To Face Tough Antitrust Review
• EU To Decide Fate Of Apple's Shazam Purchase By Late April
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alibaba, Bayer, BP
• Cable Group Rips Sinclair Station Divestiture Plans As Vague
• Convicted Trader Appeals To Spare Home From Confiscation
• Judge Blasts 'Fake News' In AT&T-Time Warner Row
• Ex-Deutsche Bank Trader Pleads Guilty To Rigging Euribor
• Tokin, Toshiba Resolve Battery Price-Fixing MDL Claims
• Judge Rips Litigation Strategy In Samsung, Huawei IP Row
• Pilgrim's Pride Ducks Investors' Chicken Price-Fixing Suit
• Canada's Privacy Watchdog Probes Price-Fixing Grocer
• Morgan Lewis Adds Brussels-Based Competition Partner
• Antitrust Enforcement By State AGs Continues To Evolve
• Consumer Advocates Urge Scrutiny Of Antitrust Exemptions
• FTC Wants More Info On $2.8B Casino Merger
• Law360's 2018 Competition Editorial Advisory Board
• Ex-Philly Parking Head Immune In Uber Regulations Suit
• Takata Hit With Price-Fixing Charges By South Africa
• Broadcom Ends Pursuit Of Qualcomm Following Trump Block
• National Laws Apply To EU Swipe Fees Battle, UK Court Rules
• Uber Says Taxis Just Mad They Lost Industry 'Stranglehold'
• EVA Airways Settles Price-Fixing Class Action For $21M
• DOJ Can't Block AT&T, Time Warner Arbitration Evidence
• FTC Seeks More Info On DaVita's $4.9B Sale to Optum
• NCAA Transfer Rule Ripe For Reform Despite Court Success
• Comcast Gets SEC Blessing For Sky Share Buyout Plan
• 3 Takeaways From Broadcom's Blocked $117B Qualcomm Bid
• Lawyering A La Carte: Unbundled Dispute Resolution Services
• Wash. Health Care Price-Fix Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Mich. Auto Dealers Must Give Tesla Info On Lobbying Efforts
• Ex-Barclays Trader Loses Appeal Of Libor-Rigging Conviction
• Ohio Pension OK'd To Lead Investors Against Mallinckrodt
• Justices Delay Oral Arguments In Tesla Unit's Antitrust Fight
• Big Banks Can't Escape Currency Buyers' Forex Antitrust Suit
• $40M Acne Med Pay-For-Delay Trial Kicks Off In Boston
• Canadian Antitrust Watchdog Raids Toronto Media Outlets
• Trump Blocks Broadcom's $117B Takeover Bid For Qualcomm
• AT&T, DOJ File Pretrial Briefs In Time Warner Merger Row
• Chicago's 'Fear Index' Stained By Manipulation, Investors Say
• 11th Circ. Affirms Delta, AirTran Win In Bag-Fee MDL
• DOJ Rebuts Fla. Bar's Bid To Escape TIKD's Antitrust Suit
• Broadcom Faces CFIUS Scrutiny Over Upcoming US Move
• EU Says Pay-For-Delay Drug Settlements Still Down
• You're Perfect, Now Change: Perfectionism Hurts Lawyers
• Grassley, Feinstein Debate Judicial Vetting, Obstruction
• Why The 'Blue Slip' Battles Are Becoming White Hot
• Senior Judges Fill The Void Left By Rampant Vacancies
• How Far Right Can The President Pull The Courts?
• Impax Heads To Rare Trial In Pay-For-Delay Case
• Groups Petition DC Circ. Over FCC Media Ownership Rules
• EU Proposal Aims To Balance Antitrust Powers, Independence
• Judge Urged To Examine Trump CNN Bias Over AT&T Merger
• Qualcomm Wins Bid To See Confidential Apple-Samsung Deal
• Health Hires: Aronberg, Bracewell, Miles, Polsinelli, Sidley
• Antitrust Immunity Proposed For News Org Online Talks
• Stanley Electric Strikes $15.2M Deal In Car Parts MDL
• GlaxoSmithKline 'Pay For Delay' Suit Heads To EU Court
• Reasoning About The Rule Of Reason
• FTC Materials Barred In Imminent Solodyn Pay-For-Delay Trial
• Broadcom Says It Won't Sell Sensitive Qualcomm Assets
• 9th Circ. Rescues FTC Authority Over Common Carriers
• Sony, HannStar Settle LCD Price-Fixing Row
• 9th Circ. To Hear Consolidated Net Neutrality Challenges
• EU Axes Claims Against 18 Countries Over Antitrust Rules
• Investor Hits Dental Supplier With Suit Over Antitrust Case
• Comcast Prevails In Sports Network Dispute At FCC
• In Defense Of The Antitrust Rule Of Reason
• Asset Manager Sets Aside £1M For FCA Competition Probe
• Top EU Court Says Transport Co. Must Repay €642M In Aid
• Apple, Samsung Fight Qualcomm Bid For Confidential Deal
• Bayer In Talks To Sell BASF Its Vegetable Seed Biz
• Tesla Unit, Utility Near Deal In High Court Antitrust Fight
• Carl's Jr. Antitrust Row Calls For Scholarly Input, Judge Says
• Panasonic Ducks Class Cert. In Battery Price-Fixing Suit
• Ambulance Cos. To Shed Hawaii Air Unit To Finish Merger
• Sanden OK'd For $7.6M Settlement In Car Parts Price-Fix MDL
• 3 Unexpected Ways CFIUS Reviews Can Be Triggered
• Doctor Certification Org Fights New Antitrust Claims
• Broadcom Aims To Calm CFIUS Woes With 5G R&D Plan
• Is The Antitrust Rule Of Reason Reasonable?
• Cab Co. Gets Last Chance To Fix Uber Unfair Competition Suit
• Investors Fight Banks' Bid To Ax Stock-Loan Antitrust Suit
• Legal Group Urges 1st Circ. To Flip Asacol Class Cert.
• Wilson Sonsini Snags DOJ, FTC Vet From Gibson Dunn
• France Signals Possible Google, Facebook Antitrust Probes
• Three, Vodafone Hit With UK Net Neutrality Violation Probe
• CFIUS Details Concerns Over Broadcom's Qualcomm Bid
• Gov't Urges Justices To Flip Vitamin C Price-Fixing Decision
• Eleven Madison Park Wants No-Tipping Suit Tossed
• Smucker, Conagra Drop $285M Wesson Deal After FTC Suit
• EU Study's Author Doubts Digital Transactions Undertaxed
• An Economic Analysis Of Proposed AT&T-Time Warner Merger
• Traders Finagled Chicago's 'Fear Index,' Investors Say
• Lloyds Unit Fights Hotel Group's £138M Hedging Loss Claim
• 10 Tips For Working With IT To Preserve Data
• Watchdog Sues DOJ For WH Memos On Fox-Disney Deal
• NASL Antitrust Claims Likely Won't Cause US Soccer Reform
• 6th Circ. Says Mich. Dealers Can't Duck Tesla Info Grab
• Payments Keep Heir-Tracker Charges Live, 10th Circ. Told
• Rakoff Knocks 2nd Circ. In Explaining Uber Arbitration Order
• High Court Lets Gov't Participate In Utility Immunity Row
• Fujifilm Sues Hologic For Mammography Patent Infringement
• Airline Ticket Buyer Class Seeks Cert. In Antitrust Row
• DOJ Antitrust Worries Spike $234M Navy Supplier Merger
• Smucker's $285M Deal For Conagra's Wesson Draws FTC Fire
• Justices Won't Wade Into Port Of Portland Labor Dispute
• Profs Tell High Court 2nd Circ. Wrong On Chinese Exporters
• Justices Pause 5th Circ. Arbitration Ruling In Antitrust Fight
• Qualcomm Delays Vote As CFIUS Probes $117B Broadcom Bid
• FCA Sanctions 'Reckless' Ex-Deutsche Bank Libor Trader
• The Firms Landing The Most Cases In 7 Practice Areas
• Cisco, Arista Vie For Quick Wins In Ethernet Antitrust Row
• Group Slams Sinclair Plan To Get $3.9B Merger In FCC Shape
• Insurers Defend $67M Antitrust Win Amid Mylan Appeal
• AT&T, Gov't Praised For No-Drama Discovery In Merger Row
• Skelos, Son Seek To Dismiss Case Citing McDonnell
• Ex-UBS Trader In Spoofing Case Wants Firm's Algorithms
• Chile Seeks $4.7M Fine Over Soccer League's Promotion Fee
• Qualcomm Fights Antitrust Class' Bid For Full EU Decision
• UK Appeals Court Rejects Landmark RBS Libor Swaps Suit
• CMA Demands Fee Transparency From Pensions Advisers
• Carfax Can't Revive Bid For $50M Antitrust Suit Coverage
• OTC Investors Win Class Cert. On Libor Antitrust Claims
• Valeant To Shell Out $58M To End Solodyn Pay-For-Delay MDL
• Brazil Antitrust Watchdog Blocks $800M Petrobras Unit Buy
• Political Cash 'Taint' Leads To Row Over Class Action Lead
• Brazil Squeezes $92M From Juice Cos. To End Antitrust Suit
• Belgian, French Cartel Watchdogs Raid Cosmetics Companies
• UK Payments Watchdog Opens 1st Antitrust Probe
• Puerto Rico Telecom Urges Justices To Revive Antitrust Case
• EU, FTC Clear Essilor-Luxottica Merger Unconditionally
• How The CFIUS Calculus Continues To Change
• Protecting Privilege In Litigation Financing Negotiations
• Using The Purchase Funnel To Analyze Consumer Behavior