Competition Archive » February, 2019

Competition - February, 2019

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• Fla. Blue Cross Wants Rival Insurer's Antitrust Suit Tossed
• Walmart Hires AmEx Atty As Chief Antitrust Counsel
• Ex-Anthem CEO Describes 'War' With Cigna In $54B Deal Trial
• CFIUS Revamp Was 'Invigorating,' New Freshfields Atty Says
• Spirit Aero Makes EU Commitments To Clear $650M Asco Deal
• Original FTC V. Actavis Case Ends With AbbVie AndroGel Deal
• Apple Sued In EDTX Over Essential Ex-Samsung, LG Patents
• 2nd Circ. Sinks Antitrust Suit Over Amazon Marketplace
• CVS-Aetna Merger Deal Bad For Medicare Patients, Docs Say
• EU To Probe If Sweden-Denmark Link Flouts State Aid Rules
• UK Accuses Drugmakers Of Anti-Competitive Agreements
• Dems Launch Legislative Broadside At Mandatory Arbitration
• 3rd Circ. Limits Scope Of FTC Judicial Enforcement Authority
• Cross-Border Confidentiality And The Swaps Antitrust Case
• German Co. Can Quiz Ga. Biomass Plant Over E.On Merger
• Alcohol Delivery Co. Sues Ex-CEO Over Plan For Cannabis Biz
• Ex-Barclays Trader Accused Of 'Selective Memory' On Stand
• Cigna Hammers Anthem Decisions In $54B Merger Bust Trial
• Trivago Escapes Investors' Stock Drop Suit
• Map Coverage Claims Irrelevant To Merger, T-Mobile Says
• Philip Morris Blasts Tobacco Co.'s 'Delay' In $125M Suit
• Clyburn Teams Up With Incompas On Hill Messaging Effort
• 1st Circ. Pressed To Revive $3.6B Utility Manipulation Suit
• DC Circ Needed Facts, Not Just Theory, In AT&T Case
• Brazil Approves Disney's Fox Deal With Sports Channel Sale
• American Radiology Board Accused Of Curbing Competition
• Samsung, Huawei Reach Deal In Row Over Cell Network Tech
• Takeaways From AT&T-Time Warner Merger Win
• UK Watchdog Moves To Disqualify Real Estate Cartel Directors
• Experian Drops Bid For Rival ClearScore After CMA Objects
• Watchdog Says Inuit Airlines Merger Bad For Competition
• FTC Launches Task Force On Competition In Tech Industry
• InterDigital Says Antitrust Claim Is A Contract Row 'At Most'
• Anthem Antitrust Atty 'Stunned' At Cigna Balk On $54B Deal
• Fed Chair Pledges Thorough Review Of BB&T-SunTrust Deal
• TV Giants Say Bid For DOJ Docs Premature In Price-Fix Suit
• Bumble Bee Settles US Foods' Tuna Price-Fixing Suit
• Sierra Pacific Hit With Price-Fixing, Kickback Suit
• CORRECTED: Panera Forum-Shopping Noncompete Suit, Former IT Pros Say
• Spanish Soccer Teams Didn't Get State Aid, EU Court Says
• Weeding Out Meritless Claims In Multidistrict Litigation
• Euribor Submissions Were '1-Minute Job,' Trader Tells Jury
• AT&T, Time Warner's Merger Win Stands At DC Circ.
• UK Gov't Will Allow Vote For Delay To Avoid Hard Brexit
• Don't Advance Drug Antitrust Claims, Express Scripts Urges
• CORRECTED: M&G Plastics Plant's $1.1B Ch. 11 Sale Cleared
• Pharmas Inflating Info Leak To Unseat Patent Loss, Rival Says
• Big Banks Fixed Freddie, Fannie Bond Prices, Investors Say
• Chancery Trial Shows Deep Rifts In $54B Anthem-Cigna Deal
• Calif. County Can't Get Deal Over Stroke Medication Tossed
• UK Regulator Seeks To Shift Focus To Consumer Protection
• Wabtec Tells Pa. Judge No-Poach Suit Is Too Broad
• FTC Can't Challenge Past Conduct In Court, 3rd Circ. Says
• Cancer Center, County Seek OK Of $7.2M Deal In Antitrust Suit
• Barclays, Deutsche Oppose Redo Bid In Libor Antitrust Suit
• 4 Things Smaller Banks Can Do To Prep For Libor's End
• EU Clears 4 French Offshore Wind Farms For State Aid
• Weigh Profits In Euribor Submissions? 'Nonsense,' SFO Says
• Beer Drinkers' InBev-SAB Challenge Tapped Out At High Court
• Lawmakers Eye Biosimilar-Delay Deals, But None Are Here Yet
• Generics Cos. Say No Grand Conspiracy In Price-Fixing MDL
• CORRECTED: Panera, Ex-CEO Sue Each Other Over Former IT Team
• Cotton Cos. Push To Tie Litigation Funder To $8.9M Award
• Anthem-Cigna Trial To Weigh 'Best Efforts' On Failed Deal
• Panera Says Chancery Noncompete Suit Belongs In Mo. Court
• In A First, EU Formally Objects To Telecom Buyout 'Breach'
• Ill. Youth Hockey Club Frozen Out Of Top Tier, Suit Says
• Google, Facebook Oppose Australian Algorithm Regulator
• FCA Flexes Antitrust Muscle With Unusual 1st Case
• Amgen, Teva Cut Illegal Deal To Pull Generic, Suit Says
• 3 Lessons From A Crypto Mock Trial
• Tracing Puerto Rico's Journey Through Bankruptcy
• Jury Verdict Clearing Allergy Advocacy Group Stands: Judge
• FTC Urged To Make Google Spin Off Nest After Privacy Flap
• News Corp. Must Face Trimmed $1.1B Antitrust Suit
• On Redo, Court Adopts Laxer Standard For Heir-Finder Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: Disney, Pinterest, DoublePoint Energy
• UPMC Hits Back At Pa. AG Over Extending Highmark Contract
• Canada Closes Antitrust Probe Into Janssen Over Biosimilars
• EU Launches More In-Depth Probe Of UK Energy Subsidies
• Telecom Urges NY Court To Keep Antitrust Suit Out Of Texas
• Bond-Fixing Dispute Belongs In US Courts, Investors Say
• French Watchdog Wants More Competition For Streamers
• Philly Sues BofA, Wells Fargo, Others Over Bond Rates
• FCA Hits Asset Managers With 1st Competition Fines
• Standard Chartered Sets Aside $900M To Cover UK, US Fines
• FTC's Teva Settlement A Sign Of Enforcement Evolution
• 2nd Circ. Says Conn. Wine Law Not Anti-Competitive
• Amphastar Says Rivals' Patent Loss Is Antitrust Ammo
• Apple Can't Delay IPhone Import Ban, Qualcomm Says
• Calif. AG Pushes Bill Banning Generic Drug Pay-For-Delay
• UK Regulator Raises Questions On Proposed Grocery Merger
• A Chat With McDermott COO John Yoshimura
• Bristol-Myers Gives FTC More Time To Review $74B Merger
• FCA Spares Wholesale Insurers From Competition Sanctions
• 2nd Recent FTC Split OKs Fresenius $2B Merger With Fixes
• High Court Won't Block Dr. Reddy's Opioid Treatment
• Ericsson's Licensing Offer To HTC Is FRAND, Texas Jury Finds
• Yelp Rejects Paralegal's Claim It Dominates Google Searches
• EU Raids Atlantic Salmon Farmers In Cartel Probe
• Generics Cos. To Face Most State Claims In Price-Fixing MDL
• Xitronix Patent Antitrust Row Not Welcome At 5th Circ. Either
• Health Cos.' Weakness Defense Won't Fly In Price-Fixing Suit
• Don't Expand Broadcast Viewer Discount, Group Tells FCC
• FTC Pens New Deal With Teva On Reverse-Payment Claims
• US Trade Group Warns Against Europewide 5G Standards
• Canada OKs Supermarket Chain Metro's Quebec Divestitures
• France, Germany Urge EU Rule Changes To Compete Globally
• Chamber, Uber Fight To Invalidate Seattle Driver Union Law
• DOJ Is Trying To Rein In Franchise No-Poach Suits
• The Problem With 'Optimal' Diversity
• The $1B Question: Can Puerto Rico Afford Its Bankruptcy Bills?
• Puerto Rico's Law Firms Find Their Footing After Disaster
• Kaepernick, Reid Settle NFL Collusion Grievances
• FTC Wants More Info On Boston Scientific's £3.3B BTG Buy
• FTC's Wilson Sees Pluses Of 'Total Welfare' Antitrust Standard
• US, UAE Firms Net EU Approval To Reel In Greek Fish Farms
• LabCorp Escapes Claims It Conspired To Block Smaller Lab
• Fla. Judge Tosses Music Fest's 'Baseless' Suit Against Rival
• Lamictal Case Won't Be Paused For Class Cert. Appeal
• Insulin Giants Beat RICO Claims Brought By Patients
• Water Tank Maker Can't Escape Cartel Fine In UK Appeal
• Norton Rose Fulbright Adds Antitrust Expert To DC Office
• BASF Says Rival Trying To 'Strongarm Customers'
• Flyers Ink $58M Deal With Last Airline In Price-Fixing Suit
• College Sports Marketer Settles Bid-Rigging Claims With DOJ
• Walgreens, Kroger Slam J&J's Challenge To Antitrust Claims
• 9th Circ. Sends CRT Settlement Back To Correct Error
• Bumble Bee, Sysco Strike Deal To End Tuna Price-Fixing Suit
• After Input, DOJ Says CVS-Aetna Merger Fix In Public Interest
• UK's CMA Warns A No-Deal Brexit May Limit Its Workload
• Austria The Latest To Place Amazon Under Antitrust Scrutiny
• Blue Cross CEO Must Testify At Anthem-Cigna Chancery Trial
• DC Firm Helped Ranbaxy Avoid FDA Scrutiny, RICO Suit Says
• Blocked, Abandoned Mergers Drop To $52B In 2018: Report
• Alstom Block Shows EC Won't Bend Rules For Euro Champs
• T-Mobile Dinged Over Service Record At Merger Hearing
• Poultry Co. To Cough Up $1.4M, Cooperate In Price-Fix Case
• Rail Suppliers Tell Court To Ignore Feds In No-Poach Suit
• French Watchdog Hits Nuclear Cos. With Surprise Inspections
• Ex-Barclays Trader Tells Jury Euribor Tweaks 'Even' Out
• GOP Sens. Advance Plan To Speed Up Judicial Confirmations
• Uber Wants Class Action Dismissed After Cab Driver's Death
• Merger Deadline Alert Not Rent-A-Center's Job, Chancery Told
• 'Days' Numbered? Sony Trying To Kill Soap, Producer Says
• Top Dems Urge Regulators To Kill Sprint, T-Mobile Merger
• Judge Nixes U-blox Injunction Bid In InterDigital FRAND Case
• Tronox, FTC See 'Progress' On Deal To Clear $2.4B Cristal Buy
• Mitsubishi Fights Price-Fixing Claim On Product It Doesn't Sell
• 5-Hour Energy Battles 'Near Default' Sanctions Bid
• Former Disney General Counsel Joins Chaffetz Lindsey
• Crocs Wins Atty Fees Sanction Against Rival In IP Dispute
• Ex-FTC Head Says German Facebook Order Sows Confusion
• EU Approves Deal Between Air France KLM, Delta, Virgin
• Telecom Says Texas Already Downed Rival's Antitrust Claims
• Brazil Seeks More Details On Disney's $71B Fox Deal
• Fresh Takes On Seeking Costs And Fees Under Rule 45
• Amphastar GC In On Docs Leak In Antitrust Suit, Cos. Say
• Brexit Pressure Mounts As UK's May Delays Key Vote
• Cisco, Aptiv Seek $192M, $199M Slices Of Antitrust Settlement
• Reg Rollbacks Seen As Bit Player In $28B BB&T-SunTrust Deal
• Gilstrap Won't Rethink HTC's Arbitration Bid In Patent Row
• Antitrust Can Handle 'Zero-Pricing,' DOJ's Delrahim Says
• Lawmakers Urge ITC Not To Ban IPhone Imports In IP Battle
• Rent-A-Center 'Crooks' Scuttled $1.4B Deal, Chancery Hears
• FTC Dem Wants Answers, Accountability From Tech Giants
• Brazil Targeting International Cable Cartel
• State Farm Tries To Nix Auto 'Undervaluation' Claims
• Spain's Competition Watchdog Targets Radiology Drug Makers
• VA Ambulance Co. Seeks Antitrust Block Against Richmond
• Ramen Noodle Buyers Seek Retrial In Defeated Antitrust Suit
• Korean High Court Axes $243M Qualcomm Fine
• Kraft Blasts Cert. Bid In Wheat Market Rigging Suit
• EU Approves $5.2B Amcor-Bemis Deal, With Caveats
• Watchdog Delays Report On Sainsbury's, Walmart Unit Deal
• Ex-Barclays Trader On Trial Felt 'Used' By Euribor Rate Plot
• Judging A Book: Smith Camp Reviews 'Echo Of Its Time'
• One Woman's Attempt To Rebuild After Hurricane Maria
• 'Now Is The Real Crisis': Puerto Ricans Struggle For Disaster Aid
• Looking To Start Over, Storm-Tossed Lawyers Land In Fla.
• 9th Circ. Restores $44M Antitrust Verdict Against Swisher
• Panasonic Faces New Capacitors Suit, Safeguards Threat
• Facebook Ruling Gives Antitrust Weight To Data Privacy
• House Panel Votes To Open OPEC To Antitrust Suits
• $62B Bayer-Monsanto Deal Gets Final OK Despite Pushback
• Deutsche Cooperator Skirts Prison In Libor-Rigging Case
• UK Takes Harder Look At Communications Software Tie-Up
• DOJ Antitrust Division Gets Off The Sidelines
• France Eases Some Canal Plus ISP Merger Restrictions
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Stroock, Vinson
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• The Role Of Data Analytics In Mass Torts
• SEPs Need Injunctions Too
• La. Real Estate Board Pushes Immunity Bid At 5th Circ.
• Chemical Supplier Inks $51M Deal To Exit Antitrust Suit
• Global Cartel Enforcement Down, But Not Out
• Hilton, Marriott, Others Urge Court To Toss Conspiracy Claims
• Booz Allen Made 'No Poach' Pact, Intelligence Worker Says
• Industrial Consumers Ask Justices To Nix Nuke Subsidies
• Judge's Retirement Voids Apple, Qualcomm Ruling, ITC Told
• Rate-Rigging Suit Targeting NYSE Owner Stays Out Of MDL
• Zetia Pay-For-Delay MDL Should Press On, Magistrate Says
• DLA Piper, BakerHostetler Settle Philly Excessive Fee Suit
• 7th Circ. Grills Comcast Over Local Ad Market Dominance
• 'The Mooch' Talks Mayhem, Con Law, Lessons From Harvard
• German Antitrust Watchdog Curbs Facebook's Data Collection
• Auto Glass Wholesaler Accuses Rivals Of Staging Boycott
• Telecom Says Antitrust Suit Belongs In Texas With Patent War
• Competition, Not Confiscation, Is Key To Lower Drug Prices
• FTC Decision Highlights Growing Divide On Vertical Mergers
• Sullivan & Cromwell, Wachtell Lead $66B SunTrust, BB&T Deal
• Antitrust Liability Follows 'Economic Activity,' EU Court Told
• GOP Measure Would Hasten Approval Of Judges, Nominees
• Insurer Denied Injunction Against Blue Cross In Antitrust Row
• Apple Prevails With No Damages On 1 Qualcomm Patent
• Drinker Biddle Snags Antitrust Pro For San Fran Office
• CVS-Aetna Merger Deal Still Has Holes, Patient Group Says
• EU Blocks Siemens-Alstom Rail Deal, Rejecting Concessions
• Supreme Court Could Toss A Brick Through Antitrust Classes
• Why Proper Document Redaction May Be An Ethical Duty
• Mastercard Urges Appeals Court To Reject £14B Class Action
• Feds Resist Judge's Call To Retrace Paul Weiss Libor Probe
• FTC Permitted To Force Exec Testimony In AndroGel Trial
• Celgene Investor Says Info Scant On $74B Bristol-Myers Union
• Express Scripts Dodges Pharmacy Services Antitrust Suit
• Ex-Akin Gump Atty Leaked Docs In Antitrust Suit, Co. Says
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Refugee's Journey Of Firsts
• Mastercard Consumer Class Action Should Get OK, Court Told
• EU's Antitrust Chief Warns Not To Let Data Be Monopolized
• Ex-Barclays Trader Tells Jury Influencing Euribor Was OK
• National Digital Taxes Could Face State Aid Challenge In EU
• T-Mobile Price Lock Pledge Doesn't Sway Sprint Merger Critics
• FCA Fines Fund Manager For Plot To Keep IPO Price Down
• Doormaker Says No Need To Replay Landmark Antitrust Trial
• No Conspiracy, Just Competition, Bitcoin Cos. Say
• NY Telecom Drops Suit Accusing Rival Of Impairing Its Signals
• ShopRite Operator Ends NJ Antitrust War With Developer
• FCC Restarts Clock On Inmate Calling Merger Review
• Fla. Blue Cross Defends Exclusive Contracts As Just Business
• S. African Probe Must Ignore Unilever's Bid For Immunity
• Trader Testifies To Lack Of Euribor Training At London Trial
• Buc-ee's Fuel Pricing Too Cheap, Ala. Gas Station Says
• Keeping PR Strategy Communications Privileged: Part 2
• EU Retail Group Says Slovak Turnover Tax Discriminatory
• Recent Trends In Energy Antitrust Enforcement And Litigation
• As Puerto Rico Recovers, Courts Heed Lessons Of Disaster
• Industry Groups Urge USPTO To Defy Delrahim On SEPs
• Music Festival Says Miami, Rival Conspired To Steal Venue
• Uber Gears Up For An Exit In Unfair Competition Case
• Banks Can't Redact Docs In Gold Price-Fix Suit, Sellers Say
• AGs Want To Unlock Redacted Generic Price-Fixing Complaint
• Brazil Hits Hitachi-LG, Quanta With $5.3M Price-Fixing Fines
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• The 'Naked Tax' In FTC V. Qualcomm Is Patently Absurd
• UK Councils Sue Barclays Over Costly Loans Linked To Libor
• Keeping PR Strategy Communications Privileged: Part 1