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Competition - July, 2019

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• Tribune Media, Nexstar To Unload Stations In $6.4B Merger
• PhRMA's New Attack On Calif. Drug Pricing Law Gets Traction
• Tuna Buyers Win Cert. In Sprawling Price-Fixing MDL
• H&R Block Urges 8th Circ. To OK Arbitration In 'No-Poach' Suit
• New CRT Price-Fixing Deal Still Excludes Omitted States
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• DOJ's Sprint-T-Mobile Merger Justification Relies On FCC
• Celgene To Pay $62M To End Antitrust Suit Over Cancer Drugs
• Delta Denied Costs For Bag-Fee MDL Over Discovery Blunders
• Debunking 3 Myths About Contract Attorneys
• Banks Try To Escape Philly, Baltimore Bond Rate-Rigging Suit
• CMA Bans 3 More Directors In Construction Cartel
• Nuveen Exec Says He Put Lid On Preston Hollow Trash Talk
• Merck, Glenmark Rip Zetia Buyers' Par Deal As 'Tactical Move'
• Little Caesars Ducks Ex-Manager's No-Poach Suit
• DOJ Merger Probes Much Faster Than FTC, Study Finds
• La. Appraisers Board Gets FTC Proceeding Paused
• Advocacy Groups Seek To Stop McGraw-Hill, Cengage Merger
• Investors Get OK For $10.9M Forex Deal With Citigroup, MUFG
• Effective Compliance Programs Look Beyond DOJ Guidance
• Uber's Quick Win Bid Is 'A Farce,' Boston Cab Cos. Say
• Fate Of CVS-Aetna Deal In The Hands Of Judge
• Nuveen Exec Says He Puffed Up Attacks On Preston Hollow
• NHK Spring To Pay $28.5M Penalty For Hard Disk Price Fixing
• Generic Lamictal Buyers Defend Class Cert. At 3rd Circ.
• Oilfield Co. Sues Ex-VP Who Went To Work For Competitor
• Caesars Looks To Exit Antitrust Suit Over Search Terms
• Chemical Cos.' $7.9M Deal In Price-Fixing Suit Gets First Nod
• 3 Issues That Will Control The Coming Sprint/T-Mobile Battle
• 3rd Circ. Grounds Antitrust Dispute Over Helicopter Helmets
• EU Agency OKs Carlyle Energy Deal Worth Up To $4.8B
• Bayer Cornering Market On Pet Tick Meds, Antitrust Suit Says
• Lawmakers Push Bill To Simplify Biosimilar Patent Fights
• Leaked Email In Price-Fixing Case Is Privileged, Heritage Says
• FTC's Antitrust Win Against Qualcomm Should Not Stand
• Teva, Endo Curb Pay-For-Delay Pacts In $70M Deal With Calif.
• Bearings Maker SKF Strikes $2.4M Deal In Price-Fixing MDL
• Retaining Ephemeral Messages To Prepare For DOJ Scrutiny
• The Issues To Watch In UK Mastercard Class Action Appeal
• Barclays, JPMorgan Face UK Forex-Rigging Class Action
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2019
• Meet The Top Attys In Gilead's 'No Generics' Antitrust Rumble
• Sibor Price-Fixing Suit, Related $21M Settlement Tossed
• Opioid Seller Seeks To Lead Antitrust Class Despite Charges
• AARP Backs Up FTC At 3rd Circ. In AbbVie Antitrust Suit
• Sprint, T-Mobile Must Cough Up More Merger Docs, States Say
• ADP Wins Bid To Enforce Noncompetes For Ex-Sales Workers
• 16 Big Banks Want Opt-Outs' Forex-Rigging Suit Dismissed
• AGs Fire Back After Pharma Bid To End Price-Fixing Claims
• 9 Tips To Ensure Deal Success Under Growing CFIUS Scrutiny
• Sprint, T-Mobile Get DOJ Nod But No Respite From State Suit
• Raiders Beat Oakland's Suit Over NFL Team's Move, For Now
• Judge Floats 'Hot Tubbing' For Capacitors Antitrust Litigation
• Ex-Bear Stearns, Scotia Trader Admits To Spoofing Scheme
• Prosthetic Maker Urges FTC To Reverse ALJ Acquisition Block
• Rep. Wants More Answers From Tech Platforms After Hearing
• DOJ Invokes Flawed Market Definition To Block Print Deal
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Recant $600 Million Antitrust Trial Revival
• Australia Clears $1.6B Car Dealership Tie-Up With Sale
• Do Not Let Sprint Buy All Educational Spectrum Licenses
• USA Cricket Says Jilted Competitor Is Just A Sore Loser
• CMA Accuses Pharmas Of Divvying Market For UTI Treatment
• Sens. Reintroduce Bipartisan Antitrust Whistleblower Bill
• UK Raises Antitrust Concerns Over Radio Merger
• Ireland Gets Extension To Wind Down Crisis-Era 'Bad Bank'
• 5 Hard Phrases Lawyers Should Master
• Top UK Court To Hear Mastercard Appeal In Antitrust Action
• 4 Takeaways From Facebook's Historic $5B Privacy Settlement
• FTC Fights La. Appraisers' Bid For Court Hearing
• Deals Rumor Mill: Charter Communications, WeWork, SDIC
• BB&T, SunTrust Dodge Diatribes At Merger Hearing
• Groupon Fights Sanction Bid In Skydiving Antitrust Suit
• EU's 1st Fine In 16 Years Shows Predatory Pricing Challenges
• India Antitrust Agency Rejects Studio Complaint On Theaters
• DOJ Probes Delay Cement Antitrust Suit Another 6 Months
• Celgene To Pay $55M Over Cancer Drug Monopoly Claims
• Insights From Recent Cases Considering Waiver Of Privilege
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 4 MDL Lessons At 40
• 1st Circ. Says FERC 'A Big Problem' For $3.6B Utilities Suit
• DOJ Makes Antitrust Probe Of Big Tech Companies Official
• BakerHostetler Adds FTC Vet, Antitrust Pro From Cooley
• Banks' Atty Bets 'Daughter's College Tuition' In Price-Fix Suit
• Samsung, Intel Can Intervene In Qualcomm 9th Circ. Appeal
• Trinity Sues Anesthesia Provider Over Noncompete Clauses
• AIG Sinks Maritime Co.'s Bid To Revive $2.5M Coverage Fight
• FTC Clears Chemical Maker Deal On Same Conditions As EU
• EpiPen Buyers Target Mylan CEO After Teva Disclosures
• Swipe Fee Counsel Knocks Hotel Brands' Plan For $6B Deal
• 1-800 Contacts Seeks Info On Eyeglass Buys In Antitrust Case
• Quad Abandons $1.4B LSC Buy Under Pressure From DOJ
• Hindsight Proportionality Is An Illogical And Meaningless Idea
• Hollywood Agents Call WGA Packaging Suit A 'Power Grab'
• FTC Asks 3rd Circ. To Revive Claims In AbbVie Antitrust Case
• Telecoms Want Less Info Sharing In Sprint, T-Mobile Case
• Excluded CRT Buyers Want $577M Deals Formally Nixed
• Conn. Denies Leaking Heritage Doc In Generic-Drug Case
• PayCargo Accuses Competitor Of Stealing Trade Secrets
• EU Approves €172M In State Aid For Postal Service
• Ericsson Says It Needs In On Qualcomm's 9th Circ. Appeal
• E-Discovery Experts Could Increase Fed. Court Efficiency
• Texas Nurses Told To Go It Alone Or Drop Antitrust Suit
• Cancer Center Ch. 11 Reopened, But Not For Antitrust Fight
• DOJ Tries To Push CVS-Aetna Deal Past Court Review
• Endo Pharma To Pay $2.3M To 18 States In Lidoderm Deal
• $5.5M Mahle Behr AC Price-Fixing Deal Scores Tentative OK
• 'Conspiracy' Claim Can't Save Antitrust Case, 7th Circ. Told
• Oakland Faces Skeptical Judge In NFL Suit Over Raiders Move
• UK Raises Antitrust Concerns Over $585M Plastics Deal
• UK Antitrust Court Rules Against Rail Infrastructure Giant
• Qualcomm's Profitability No National Security Issue, FTC Says
• 4 Things FTC Competition Bureau Looks For In White Papers
• The Legacy Justice Stevens Left On Antitrust
• Preinstitution Submissions May Limit Certain ITC Probes
• Visa Settles Swipe Fee Suit With London Transport Operator
• Credit Suisse Loses £239M Banker Bonus Tax Row
• Mitsubishi, Corning Get Judge's Nod In Auto Parts Cartel Deal
• 'Repealer' Cathode Ray Tube Buyers Oppose Separate Trials
• G-7 Competition Authorities Reach Pact On Digital Markets
• DOJ Clears Fiserv's $22B Acquisition Of First Data
• Uber Leans On Mass. Official Blessing As Cabbie Trial Opens
• Vodafone Wins EU Approval For Liberty Global Deal
• Remembering Justice Stevens As A Law Firm Leader
• DOJ Probing Waste Management's $4.9B Disposal Biz Buy
• 8 Key Elements Of An Effective Antitrust Compliance Program
• EU Clears US Asset Manager's Acquisition Of Dutch Insurer
• Qualcomm Fined €242M For Predatory Pricing In EU
• 'May I Just Ask': Era Of Civility Passes With Justice Stevens
• How Justice Stevens Shaped Sports Law In 4 Cases
• Justice Stevens' Chevron Legacy Under Attack
• 'Kindness, Humility, Wisdom': Justices Remember Stevens
• The Stories They Tell About Justice Stevens
• Hear Justice Stevens In 5 Memorable Moments On The Bench
• Justice Stevens' High Court Legacy In 4 Charts
• FTC Facing Qualcomm Alone As Trump Admin. Turns On Case
• Uber Can Argue That Mass. Officials Greenlighted It In Boston
• No Need To Reopen 21st Century Ch. 11, Doctors Say
• US Should Stay On Sidelines In Raiders Row, Oakland Says
• Loestrin Buyers Win Cert. In Antitrust Battle With Pharmas
• Sprint, T-Mobile Say Trial Doesn't Need To Be Delayed
• ITC Set To Keep Chinese Steel Nail Duties In Place
• Antitrust Stick Becomes Compliance Program Carrot At DOJ
• EU Antitrust Watchdog Probes Amazon Sales Practices
• A Look Back At Justice Stevens' Most Important Opinions
• Battery Deals Near OK Over Objections To $34M Atty Fee Ask
• Justice John Paul Stevens' Brand Of Judicial Humility
• 3 Fed. Departments Back Qualcomm Against FTC At 9th Circ.
• Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, Hero To Left, Dead At 99
• State Lawmakers Target Noncompetes, But 'Sky Isn't Falling'
• No New Judge For IPhone Users In App Store Case
• Shepherds Fail To Revive Most Of RICO Suit Against Ranchers
• State AGs Want FTC To Increase Focus On Labor Issues
• Tech Giants Say More Regulation Is Unnecessary
• Loestrin Buyers Seek Approval Of $1M Lupin Deal
• Don't Toss Card Shuffler Antitrust Suit, Gaming Co. Urges
• No-Cost NJ Hospital Saves Cardiac-Patient Steering Claims
• Homebuilders Have Claims Sanded Down In Price-Fixing MDL
• The DOJ's Changing Expectations For Antitrust Compliance
• Answers To Key Legal Finance Ethics Questions
• DOJ, CVS In 'Uncharted Territory' In Final Aetna Deal Fight
• Ericsson Asks 9th Circ. To Stay Qualcomm Ruling
• Music Rights Co., Radio Group Call Each Other Off Key
• Pharma Foes Both Want Wins In Drug Access Antitrust Suit
• Tenn. Law Board Says It's Immune To Suspended Atty's Suit
• European Court Won't Toss Electronics Cos.' Bid Rig Fines
• CVS-Aetna Challengers Push Back On Exec's PBM Claims
• Sprint, T-Mobile Say Cable Cos.' Info Is Adequately Protected
• Federal Agencies Need A Uniform Record-Keeping Process
• E-Prescription Co. Hopes To Zap FTC Monopoly Case
• Samsung, Intel Ask 9th Circ. To Shield Info In Qualcomm Case
• How A Doc's FCA Suit Turned Into $1.4B Opioid Deal
• EU High Court Nixes $33M In Food Tray Cartel Fines
• Gov't Says Oakland Can't Cry Lost Taxes From Raiders Move
• Showa Strikes $14M Deal With Consumers In Auto Parts MDL
• DOJ Granted Deposition Delay In Forex-Rigging Suit
• CDK Cuts Deal With Cox In Auto Data Antitrust Case
• Dental Supplier Says 2nd Circ. Sunk Startup's Damages Claim
• Merck Says Zetia Buyers Can't Expand Pay-For-Delay Suit
• The Role Of Dictionaries In Last Term's High Court Decisions
• How To Evaluate The Rise In Legal Employment
• Cos.' Antitrust Compliance Programs Gain Leverage With DOJ
• La. Appraisers Push Court Challenge Ahead Of FTC Trial
• NH's GOP Gov. Inks Dem Bill Barring Low-Wage Noncompetes
• Loestrin Buyers Fight To Advance Antitrust Case To Trial
• Vinson & Elkins Snags CFIUS Expert From Covington
• Prosthetic Maker Can't Save Acquisition, FTC Staffers Say
• Preston Hollow Hint Led To Agency Check On Boycott Claims
• Realogy Accused Of Hiding Antitrust Conduct From Investors
• 9th Circ. Expedites Qualcomm's FTC Appeal
• Defunct Rival's Antitrust Suit A Cash Grab, Uber Says
• Cattle Price-Fixing Cases Consolidated In Minnesota
• Air France Loses Bid To End State Aid To Marseille Airport
• Biosimilar Patent Litigation Bill Would Change BPCIA Strategy
• Reckitt To Pay $1.4B To End US Opioid Probe
• 3rd Circ. Gives GN Netcom 2nd Shot At $600M Antitrust Trial
• 3 State Classes Certified In McCormick Slack-Fill Suit
• Justices Urged To Settle 'Untenable' Patent Pingpong Match
• EU Clears GSK-Pfizer Joint Venture With Conditions
• Heir Locator Pleads Guilty To Splitting Market With Rival
• Heritage Says Conn. Leaked Email About Congressional Probe
• Shell, Jiffy Lube Face Suit Over 'Oppressive' Pricing Scheme
• Disciplinary Action Omission Prompts Atty Admission Redo
• Gas Co.'s 'Misinformation Campaign' Not Protected Speech
• Credit Union Regulator Blocked From Exiting Libor Class
• Sprint, T-Mobile Tell Court Merger Will Benefit Consumers
• Retailers Retry For Cert. In Visa, AmEx Chip Fraud Risk Suit
• EU Antitrust Watchdog Loses Appeal In ICAP Libor Fine Fight
• RBS, SocGen Can Stay Out Of Forex-Rigging Suit
• EU Raises Hackles Over Hello Kitty, Fines Sanrio €6.2M
• ND Med Merger Fight Dropped After 8th Circ. Ruling
• Investors Can't Add Card Transactions To Forex-Rigging Suit
• DOJ 'Eviscerates' Antitrust Protection, Cyber Org Says
• Petrobras Selling Natural Gas Biz Over Antitrust Worries
• Lobbying Doesn't Violate Antitrust Laws, Texas Judge Says
• The Business Case For Championing Diverse Legal Teams
• Can Data Solve BigLaw's Diversity Problems?
• 12 Attorneys On How Diversity Gives Them The Edge
• Jimmy John's Wants Appeals Court Call On No-Poach Case
• Comcast Wants Info Guarded In Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Suit
• US Asks S. Korea To Play Fair In Antitrust Enforcement
• Qualcomm Asks 9th Circ. To Stay Blockbuster Antitrust Ruling
• IPhone Users Push For New Judge After High Court Win
• 3rd Circ. Suggests Remicade Fight May Require Arbitration
• Va. Distillery Passing Off Whiskey As Scotch: Trade Group
• State Law Claims Revived In Revitalized CRT MDL
• How The Legal Pipeline Is Failing Black Attorneys
• Concrete Biz Can't Hit Rival With Antitrust Suit, 3rd Circ. Says
• Visa, WH Smith Settle Interchange Fee Antitrust Suit
• UK Opens Competition Probe Into Health Care Sector Conduct
• Apple Moves To Settle Out Of South Korea Probe
• Antitrust Group Wants Google's $2.6B Looker Deal Scrutinized
• In Their Own Words: 9 Partners On Diversity At Work
• The Best Firms For Minority Equity Partners
• Luxottica Settles Out Of 1-800 Contacts Antitrust Case
• UK Antitrust Agency Probing Amazon's Deliveroo Investment
• Biggest Merger Reviews Of 2019: Midyear Report
• Johns Manville Wins Dismissal Of Insulation Monopoly Suit
• Real Estate Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2019
• Malpractice Atty Says Discipline Board Not Immune From Suit
• Connect Airways' Flybe Buy Cleared For Takeoff, EU Says
• Roche, Spark Extend Deadline For $4.8B Takeover Offer
• Misconceptions In The Debate About Noncompetes
• The Biggest M&A Moments Of 2019's First Half
• Diversity Efforts At Many Firms Ignore Disabled Attorneys
• Law360's Diversity Snapshot By The Numbers
• The Best Firms For Minority Attorneys
• Despite Progress, Firms Still Slow To Track LGBT Data
• Trading Data Trips SFO Case As Rate Rigging Trials Wrap
• EU Revives €16M Fines On Steel Makers For Price Fixing
• Barclays Ordered To Stop Loan Bundling Under CMA Order
• Ex-Deutsche Bank Exec Acquitted In UK Rate-Rigging Trial
• Judge Koh Won't Stay Antitrust Ruling Against Qualcomm
• Hospital Says Former Rival Can't Alter Antitrust Suit After Sale
• FCC Moving On USTelecom's Pared Deregulation Request
• UK Watchdog's New Plan Keeps Pressure On Digital Platforms
• Cancer Center Asks To Reopen Ch. 11 To End Antitrust Suit
• 9th Circ. Confirms $8.9M Arbitral Award For Cotton Cos.
• Texas Panel Cuts $256K From Order In Atty Fees Dispute
• Avoiding The Pitfalls Of DOJ Antitrust Leniency
• The Biggest Noncompete Decisions Of 2019: Midyear Report
• The Top Antitrust Conduct Cases Of 2019: Midyear Report
• China's Take On Take-Or-Pay, Most-Favored-Nation Clauses
• Wilson Sonsini Blasts Zetia Buyers' Bid For More Docs
• FCC Urged To Stop Fiber 'Overbuild' Using Federal Funds
• Apple Fights Bid For New Judge In IPhone Users' Revived Suit
• EU Finalizes Antitrust Pass-Thru Damages Guidelines
• Lloyds, Rabobank Settle Swiss Libor Rigging Probe
• Dairy Co. Asks For $150K Sanctions Over Jurisdiction Misfire
• Rethinking The Tech-First Approach To Law Firm Solutions
• Hauschild Atty Slams SFO For Ignoring Banker's Trading Data
• Jimmy John's Workers Say 'No-Poach' Suit Appeal Is Rushed
• Sanofi Casting Blame For Failed EpiPen Rival, Mylan Says
• CAA Piles On To Writers Guild, Becoming 3rd Agency To Sue
• Ex-JPMorgan Trader's Subpoena Should Be Axed, Feds Say
• Student-Athletes Bash NCAA's Bid To Trim Atty Fees
• States Want In On CVS-Aetna Hearing To Back DOJ
• States Won't OK Trial Date In Sprint-T-Mobile Challenge
• EU 'Has Doubts' About Spain's Plan To Aid French Auto Giant
• Ex-Barclays Trader Takes Conviction To European Court
• Fraud Went On Under Deutsche Bank Exec's Nose, SFO Says