Competition Archive » August, 2019

Competition - August, 2019

259 articles

• Pet Med Cos. Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Merger Challenge
• PE Firm Hit With Price-Fixing Suit Over Bankruptcy Services
• Investors Can Ask To Depose UK Traders In Forex Suit
• Hotels Can't Check Out Of Search Conspiracy Case
• 3 Compliance Considerations After New DOJ Antitrust Policy
• The Antitrust Showdown Rocking Hollywood
• Rx Info Site Fights To Get Off Pharma Groups' Web Blacklists
• Contacts Users Must Turn Over Glasses Info In Antitrust Suit
• EU Greenlights AXA, NN Group Joint Venture
• New Best Practices Under E-Discovery Spoliation Rule
• 5 Questions Attys Want Answered By CFIUS Rulemaking
• Uber's $20M Driver Misclassification Deal Gets Final OK
• T-Mobile, Sprint Tell Court Merger Will Benefit All Americans
• Hawaii Homeowners Want Out Of $22M Lloyd's Antitrust Deal
• 2nd Circ. Affirms BP, Shell's Escape From Oil Antitrust Claims
• Keep Nokia 5G Tech Suit In Calif., Judge Is Urged
• USDA To Probe Beef Industry After Tyson Slaughterhouse Fire
• Retailers Want Giant Eagle To Pay Back Fuel Subsidies
• YES Network Sold To Yankees Parent Co.-Led JV In $3.5B Deal
• How Law Firms Can Create Content Decision Makers Will Read
• Milk Makers Want Price-Fixing Trial To Bar Talk Of Small Farms
• Struggling Soccer League Says MLS Used Letter To Malign It
• Cboe Wants Out Of Index Manipulation MDL For Good
• BofA, JPMorgan Strike $1.5M Deals In Libor-Rigging Suit
• Health M&A Opportunities Demand Special Care
• Convicted Contractor Asks To Take Bid-Rig Plea He Rejected
• Bad Faith Atty Privilege Claims Draw $1.9M Sanction
• Hymnal Giant Accused Of Pushing Rivals Out Of Pews
• Third Point Settles FTC Claims Over DowDuPont Deal Filings
• TK Holdings Gets Initial OK On $8M Seat Belt Price-Fix Deal
• Auto Parts Buyers Want DOJ Docs In Antitrust Row
• T-Mobile Can Bid On Spectrum Despite Pending Deal
• 9th Circ. Judge Sees 'Obvious Error' In $45M Battery Deals
• After Calm Summer, Expect CFIUS Landscape To Erupt
• Farmers Defend Fresh Theories In Ocean Spray Pricing Row
• UK Edges Toward No-Deal Brexit As PM Suspends Parliament
• Indicted Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Wary Of SF Hippies In Jury Pool
• Drywall Co. Says Bloomberg, Turner Can't Dodge Bid-Rig Suit
• NFL Asks 9th Circ. To Reverse Decision Reviving DirecTV Suit
• Wash. Court Boots Alcohol Price Rules In Costco Appeal
• EU Probing Concerns About Google Job Search
• 2nd Circ. Revives Aluminum Buyers' Antitrust Case
• Canada To Probe Air Canada's $544M Transat Deal
• EU Commission Is Getting Tough On 'Gun-Jumping' Mergers
• DOJ Tells 4th Circ. Doormaker's Divestiture Argument Sinks
• High Schools Say NCAA Pay Ruling Will Erode School Spirit
• FTC, AT&T Settle 2014 Data Throttling Suit
• TravelPass Must Give Up FTC Investigation Docs, Hotels Say
• Jersey Mike's Settles Wash. Atty General's No-Poach Suit
• 5 Firms Vie For Lead In Latest Teva Investor Suit
• Verizon Also Wants Info Sealed In Qualcomm Class Fight
• Qualcomm Pushes 9th Circ. To Upend FTC's Antitrust Win
• Loestrin Buyers Say Splitting Trial In 3 Would Cause Chaos
• FTC Fights E-Prescription Co. Bid To Nix Monopoly Case
• Facebook Blocks German Order Curbing Data Collection
• 5 Firms Shape Amgen's $13.4B Celgene Drug Buy
• Sinclair Closes $9.6B Fox Sports Deal With DOJ's Blessing
• Pot Giant's Acquisition Plans Stymied In Competition Dispute
• Pot Site To Halt Unlicensed Retailers' Ads, Warding Off Suit
• CVS Says Sentry's Heel-Dragging On Doc Production 'Tactical'
• Judge Links Consumer, Developer Suits Over Apple App Store
• Unilever Cuts Deal With Rose Acre Farms In Egg MDL
• Rural Groups Intensify Call For Sprint/T-Mobile Comment
• Australia Hits Norwegian Shipping Co. With Cartel Charges
• Qualcomm Wins Partial Stay In FTC's Chip Licensing Case
• Antitrust Regulator Faults RBS, Santander PPI Handling
• T-Mobile Tests Regulators' Bets On Wireless Convergence
• Reinsurers Say $150M Insurance Suit Can't Go To Local Court
• AmeriGas Topples 11 States' Antitrust Claims In Propane MDL
• Soccer Leagues Say Rival Can't Claw Back Copy Of Feds Deal
• Recycling Co. Tells 9th Circ. Reno Can Grant Monopoly
• Class Certification Insights From McCormick Slack-Fill Suit
• Hard Disk Consumers Accuse NHK, Others Of Price-Fixing
• NCAA Athletes Must Produce Billing Records In $45M Fee Ask
• Cancer Centers Denied Bid To Block Fla. Noncompete Law
• ADHD Drug Indirect Purchasers Lose Antitrust Class Cert. Bid
• Trustee Still Unimpressed By McKinsey App In Coal Co. Ch. 11
• Pharmacy Retailers Fight Glenmark's Bid To Exit Zetia MDL
• 9th Circ. Lets Sprint, Intel Into Qualcomm Class Appeal
• Finnish Watchdog Satisfied With €9M Fine For Bus Cartel
• Ga. City's Utility Must Face Antitrust Suit, 11th Circ. Says
• Litigation Finance Can And Should Protect Its Reputation
• France Clears Ineos' €100M Deal For Soccer Club
• TravelPass Says Caesars Can't Check Out Of Conspiracy Suit
• DOJ Calls Sabre's Bluff, Challenges $360M Farelogix Merger
• UK Issued Timely Notice On Saudi-Linked News Deals: Court
• Canada Settles Challenge To PE Firm's Software Buy
• Qualcomm Can't Put 'Blinders' On 9th Circ., Cell Buyers Say
• Bankruptcy Tech Co. Owner Looks To Duck Antitrust Suit
• EU Approves €60M In Aid For Austrian Broadband Build-Out
• CFTC's Silence Stings In Wheat Futures Manipulation Case
• Pfizer Says It Shouldn't Be Included In EpiPen Class Cert. Bid
• 3 Tech Competition Concerns In Europe
• A Robust Federal Consumer Protection Law May Be Ahead
• Mushroom Antitrust MDL Deals Totaling $34M Get Initial OK
• WGA Takes Antitrust War With Talent Agencies Federal
• Husch Blackwell Boosts Phoenix Office With Lewis Roca Team
• Doormaker's Trade Secret Claims Shut Out By Antitrust Case
• Sprint Distributor's Fraud, Contract Case Sent To Arbitration
• 4 Drug Cos. Strike $1.5M Deal In Namenda Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Cheese, Butter Buyers Fight Bid To Nix Antitrust Classes
• IQVIA Says 'Duplicative' Antitrust Claims Belong In NJ
• Cox's CDK Auto Data Deal Off-Limits In Antitrust Row
• Chemical Cos. Defend $625M Merger Against FTC
• NCAA Asks 9th Circ. To Undo Student-Athletes' Win
• Axinn Nabs DOJ Antitrust Veteran From Alston & Bird
• ADP Cases Show Pitfalls Of One-Size-Fits-All Noncompetes
• Attys Win $29M Fees In Samsung, Sony Battery Settlement
• CFTC Fights Kraft's Sanctions Bid Over $16M Wheat Suit Deal
• Crisis Messaging To Protect Law Firm Brand And Bottom Line
• UK Probes Mitsubishi's £6.3B Bid For Aviation Finance Arm
• Kraft Says CFTC Press Release Broke $16M Wheat Suit Deal
• Dental Startup Settles Boycott Claims Against Distributor
• New Compliance Steps For Filing Drug Co. Settlements
• Truck Heater Price-Fixing Deal Gets Judge's Recommendation
• Sabre Rattling: Merging Co. Gives DOJ Lawsuit Deadline
• Glenmark Wants Out Of Pharmacies' Pay-For-Delay Lawsuits
• Shuttered Investment Co.'s Libor Claims Against UBS Tossed
• Dems Urge FCC To Take New Comments On Sprint/T-Mobile
• DC Circ. Denies Rail Shippers' Bid To Form Class
• UK Raises Concerns About Sabre's $360M Farelogix Deal
• TM Case At The Intersection Of Antitrust And Design Law
• Drugmakers Can't Ax MDL's 'Overarching Conspiracy' Claims
• MoFo Nabs Dentons' White Collar, Competition Pro In SF
• Where Franchise No-Poach Agreements Stand Today
• Actavis Dooms Exforge Buyers' Pay-For-Delay Claims
• Inductor Buyers Push To Amend Price-Fixing Complaint
• AGs' New Complaint Takes Aim At DOJ's T-Mobile/Sprint Deal
• What You Should Know About Courtroom Closures
• Dental Co. Wins Arbitration Row After Loss At Supreme Court
• Merchants' Ex-Atty Fights For Piece Of $6B Swipe-Fee Deal
• UK Watchdog Busts Up £11M Assistive Comms Software Deal
• Japanese Hard Drive Cos. Hit With Price-Fixing Suit
• Sinclair Tells Court It Didn't Lie About Tribune Deal's Chances
• DOJ Antitrust Unit Wants More Info On UTC, Raytheon Merger
• Insurers Face Irish Competition Probe Amid Price Worries
• Kraft, Mondelez To Pay $16M In CFTC Wheat Futures Case
• Teva, AbbVie Face Certified Class Over Niaspan Pay-For-Delay
• Insurer Looks To Duck Claims From Truck Price-Fixing
• Ocean Spray Wants Outside Farmers Cut From Antitrust Suit
• Online Pharmacy Co. Hits Industry Orgs With Antitrust Suit
• Symantec, Cyber Standards Org Delete Lab's Antitrust Suit
• Education Group Urges DOJ To Block Cengage-McGraw Deal
• Tuna Producers Facing 'Death Knell' With Price-Fixing MDL
• CBS-Viacom Merger May See Challenges From Unlikely Places
• Latest Court Setback Narrows Path To Pay For NCAA Athletes
• Sabre To DOJ: Sue Us Or We're Closing $360M Farelogix Deal
• Knorr Settles With Workers In Railroad No-Poach Suit
• Drugmaker To Pay £8M To NHS To Settle Antitrust Probe
• FCC Chair Floats Final Sprint/T-Mobile Approval
• DuPont Can't Strip Home Depot's Paint Price-Fixing Suit
• Chancery Says It Doesn't Handle Defamation Claims
• France Approves New Streaming Service, With Conditions
• Big Banks Get Dozens Of Claims Cut From Libor-Rigging MDL
• 9th Circ. Revives DirecTV 'NFL Sunday Ticket' Antitrust MDL
• Sanofi, Novo, Lilly Look To Ditch Minn. AG's Insulin Suit
• Texas, Tobacco Cos. Battle Over Docs In Settlement Row
• UK Probes Kohlberg's Purchases Of Packaging Suppliers
• Blue Cross Looks To Duck Heart Monitor Co.'s Revived Suit
• $31M Capacitor Price-Fixing Deal Gets Preliminary OK
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Seaweed Scientist's Odyssey
• DOJ Enforcement Insights From Poultry Price-Fixing Case
• FTC Win Irrelevant To 9th Circ. Class Appeal, Qualcomm Says
• Investors Float Fixes To 'Problematic' Libor Deal Distribution
• T-Mobile-Sprint Highlights Antitrust Concerns Over Biz Docs
• Investors' Impax Drug Price-Fixing Suit Fails Again
• Jackson Lewis Nabs Sex Harassment Litigator From Littler
• Sprint, T-Mobile Tell FCC It's Time To Act On Merger Review
• Outsiders Defend Calif. Class Action Law In Qualcomm Appeal
• Richmond, Va., Escapes Ambulance Co.'s Antitrust Suit
• Pharmas Seek Separate Fraud, Antitrust Trials In Loestrin MDL
• Industrial Wholesaler Says Rival Is Locking It Out Of Industry
• Humana Says Acthar's Meteoric Price Hike Cost It $700M
• Zetia Buyers' Pay-For-Delay Lawsuits Will Press On
• Investors Want UK Traders To Testify In Last Leg Of Forex Suit
• Mushroom Farm Wants Out Of Winn-Dixie Price-Fixing Suit
• 4 More Chains Cut No-Poach Deals With Wash. AG
• Comcast, AT&T Get Sought T-Mobile/Sprint Info Locks
• Court OKs $65.8M Deal In Cephalon Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Providers Take Another Stab At Syringe Antitrust Suit
• Texas Says It Won't 'Acquiesce' To Tobacco Co. In $125M Rift
• Kessler Topaz Must Wait On VIX Manipulation MDL Top Spot
• Durational Disconnect Between Cartel Pleas And Class Certs.
• Adviser Claims Ex-Employee Stole Client Info For New Firm
• Pork Buyers See Tyson Price-Fixing Claims Axed, For Now
• Comcast, AT&T Call Info Locks In Sprint-T-Mobile Too Narrow
• Panasonic Says New Complaint Could Drag Out Antitrust Suit
• Russia's Antitrust Agency Probing Apple App Store
• CVS Aiming To Shake RxStrategies' Tying Claim For Good
• Australia Says Cheese Co. Merger Smells Kind Of Funny
• Both Sides Lose Bids To Jolt Judgment In 5-Hour Energy Suit
• Italy Hits Cardboard-Makers With €287M In Antitrust Fines
• Court OKs $865K Atty Fees In Taiwan Auto Parts Price-Fix Suit
• Clients Benefit From Law Firm Expense Growth
• Nationwide To Refund Customers £6M For Overdraft Charges
• MGM Sues DOI Over Approvals For Tribes' Casino Plans
• Jimmy John's Can't Appeal Antitrust Test In No-Poach Suit
• 'Textbook Conclusory' Price-Fixing Claim Tossed In Mill Row
• Fed. Circ. Befuddled In Hearing On Ericsson IP License Rates
• DOJ Urged To Leave Intact Music Licensing Orders
• Chicken Co. Says $10M Policy Valid Amid Price-Fixing Claims
• Boston Scientific Wins FTC Clearance For £3.3B BTG Deal
• StarKist Insists $100M Price-Fixing Fine Could Bankrupt It
• EU Probing Tie-Up Of Polish Oil Cos.
• CMA Ups Probe Into UK Radio Merger After Fixes Fall Short
• Goldman Sachs, Others Escape Stock-Loan Antitrust Suit
• Czech Telecoms' Network-Sharing Hurts Competition, EU Says
• Texas Nurses Vow To See Antitrust Suit To End, Then Appeal
• Changing Ethics Rules Is Key To Law Firm Innovation
• Temp Agency's Race Bias, Antitrust Suit Against Rival Axed
• GOP Sens. Ask DOJ To Widen View Of Broadcast Competition
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bumble Bee, Adtalem, Deutsche Bahn
• FTC Taking A Closer Look At Edgewell's $1.37B Startup Buy
• UK Says Cleaning Chemical Deal May Need To Be Scrubbed
• Wine Bar's DC Circ. Appeal Looks To Revive Trump Hotel Row
• Airlines Urge DC Circ. To Jettison Challenge Of Price-Fix Deal
• Mylan Blasts '11th Hour' Discovery Push In EpiPen Row
• McKesson Tries To Nix Derivative Suit Over Drug Price-Fixing
• Unprecedented Agency Divergence On Antitrust Enforcement
• DOJ Subpoenas Tyson Amid Chicken Industry Antitrust Probe
• Kessler Topaz Wants Back On Top Of VIX Manipulation MDL
• DOJ Eyeing Auto Parts Maker ZF's $7B Plan To Buy Wabco
• 3 Things Employers Should Know About Antitrust Law
• Main CRT Class, Electronics Cos. Defend $577M Deals
• Judge: 2nd Circ. Didn't Sink Dental Startup's Damages Claims
• UK Says Its CFC Laws Didn't Violate European State Aid Rules
• Drugmakers Fight To Undo Loestrin Antitrust Class Cert.
• Sprint-T-Mobile Opponents Call For Public Comment On Deal
• Judging A Book: Castillo Reviews 'Raising The Bar'
• Qualcomm Can't Hang Up On Class Cert., 9th Circ. Told
• FTC Concerns Over Bristol-Myers Deal Raise Questions
• Portugal Fines Zurich, 4 Insurers €54M For Price Fixing
• AstraZeneca Hit With Pay-For-Delay Suit Over Seroquel XR
• Allergan To Pay $2.7M To End Certain Generic-Delay Claims
• DC Circ. Grounds Challenge To FAA Airport Runway Rules
• Helicopter Co. Didn't Prove Antitrust Claims, Judge Says
• Australia Fines K-Line $23M For Fixing Auto Shipping Prices
• UK Probing Salesforce's $15.7B Tableau Deal
• Texas Blurs Partisan Divide In Sprint/T-Mobile Challenge
• Car-Sharing Apps Face Tough Regulatory Road
• $625M Peroxide Merger May Hurt Competition, FTC Says
• Klobuchar Floats Bill To Beef Up Section 2 Enforcement
• Online Pharmacy Says Anthem Illegally Axed It From Network
• Mylan CEO Must Face New EpiPen Deposition, Judge Rules
• Jones Day Adds Vinson & Elkins Antitrust Co-Chair In Texas
• Uber Flouted Regs To 'Destroy' Mass. Taxis, Judge Hears
• Door Maker Merger Case May Transform Behavioral Remedies
• FaZe Clan Counterstrikes ESports Gamer With $20M Suit
• 1st Republican AG Joins Suit Against Sprint, T-Mobile Merger
• Attys In Au Pair Antitrust Wage Dispute Get $22.9M In Fees
• EBay Accuses Amazon Managers Of Poaching Top Sellers
• Objectors Had No Role In $6B Swipe Fee Deal, Court Told
• UK Fines Casio $4.5M For Online Piano Pricing Restrictions
• Info-Sharing Protocol Takes Shape In Sprint, T-Mobile Case
• 7th Circ. Says NJ Atty Not Allowed To Pursue Former Clients
• Amgen, Teva Antitrust MDL Over Sensipar Going To Del.
• Australia Concerned About Airline's Minority Stake In Rival
• Excluded CRT Buyers Blast New Price-Fixing Deal
• Banks Slam Investors' 'Vague' UK Forex Rigging Suit