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Competition - October, 2019

286 articles

• 'Bitcoin Jesus' Says Market Hijacking Suit Short On Evidence
• Roger Stone Trial Among 3 Worth Tracking Next Week
• Drillers On Edge As Pa. Justices Mull Consumer Law's Scope
• US Gov't Wades Into HTC-Ericsson License Dispute
• Don't Nix BASF Antitrust Counterclaims, Judge Recommends
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Auto Data Co. Fights Reynolds' Bid To Slice Up Antitrust Case
• Ford Duped Consumers On Trucks' Fuel Economy, Suit Says
• Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Says His Wealth Could Prejudice Jurors
• NFL, NBA Player Unions File Amicus In NCAA 9th Circ. Suit
• Forex Trader Tells NY Jury 'Immature' Chats Aren't Criminal
• 5 Trends Influencing RFPs For Law Firms
• SEPs In The Wake Of Qualcomm: 4 Defense Issues
• Judge Admits 'Mistake' But Still Permits Atty Suspension
• DOJ Clears $900M Pet Food Deal With Plant Sale
• EU Looking Closer At $60M Franco-Italian Shipbuilding Deal
• Zetia Generic Delay Was A Conspiracy, Court Told
• Capacitor Makers Seek To Decertify Antitrust Class
• McKesson Can't Ditch Generic Drug Price-Fixing Fraud Suit
• Verizon's Visa, Mastercard Swipe Fee Suit Meets Quick End
• Australian Watchdog Sues Google Over Location Tracking
• MDLs Are Redefining The US Legal Landscape
• 5G Network Flexibility Will Feed Competition, Experts Say
• What Industry, Investors Think Of The Proposed CFIUS Regs
• HP Wants $176M Price-Fixing Trial Win Boosted To $438M
• Ex-Alstom Exec's Emails Show Bribery Strategy, Jury Hears
• MGM Says Gov't Must Justify Clearing Way For Tribes' Casino
• ​​​​​​​Allergan's $750M Deal Among Pharma's Top Antitrust Payouts
• Trump Wants Another Round In 2nd Circ. Emoluments Fight
• Dems Press DOJ On Feds' Lack Of Criminal No-Poach Cases
• Mallinckrodt Defends Price Hike As Necessary To Save Drug
• Retailers Fight To Keep 3-Way Zetia Conspiracy Claim In MDL
• TV Networks Rail Against Streamer's Antitrust Counterclaims
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Being There For Families In Trouble
• UK Gov't Sets Dec. 12 Election After Pulling Brexit Bill
• AB InBev, Molson Can Renew Bid To Dump Ontario Beer Case
• Outgoing FTC Antitrust Head Talks Qualcomm, Tech Scrutiny
• Auto Supplier Can't Show Harm In Licensing Suit, Nokia Says
• Too Late For Landlords To Sue Holy Cross, Mass. Court Rules
• DOJ Guidance Offers Needed Flexibility For Corporate Fines
• Advent's £4B Cobham Buy Nabs EU Regulatory Approval
• Nets Seek To Monopolize Ticket Resale Market, Suit Says
• Trucking Cos. Win Funding Fight In UK Cartel Litigation
• Drugmakers Ink $242M Settlement In Ill. Medicaid Fraud Case
• Ex-Alstom Exec's Bribery Ties Are Plain, DOJ Tells Jury
• Heinz To Drop Egg-Price Suit After Transfer Denied
• French Antitrust Watchdog Lifts Altice Merger Restrictions
• FTC Rips Gilead's 'Erroneous' Argument In HIV Drug Rumble
• 3rd Circ. Revives Merck's Arbitration Bid In Vaccine Suit
• Allergan Paying $750M To End Namenda Antitrust Fight
• FERC Orders Vitol To Pay $2.7M For Calif. Market Manipulation
• Peloton Copyright Case Isn't A Conspiracy, Music Cos. Say
• EU Grants UK New Brexit Delay As Dec. Election Looms
• Ex-Domino's Workers Must Arbitrate No-Poach Antitrust Suit
• Baker McKenzie Expands LA Securities Litigation Team
• Novel Libor Sentence Shows Issues Foreign Defendants Face
• La. Freight Forwarder Fined For Price-Fixing Conspiracy
• FCC Releases Parts Of Mass., Hawaii From Cable Price Rules
• Pharmacy Claims Online Rx Co. Strangled Market
• FTC Investigates Northrop's Bid For $85B Air Force Contract
• FRAND At UK's Top Court: What You Need To Know
• DOJ Criminal Antitrust Rule Unconstitutional, High Court Told
• Nothing New In Lab's Amended Boycott Suit, Symantec Says
• NY Judge Again Refuses To Excuse NCUA From Libor Deals
• Recent Antitrust Lessons For The Life Sciences Industry
• SEC's Pitch To Spur Small-Cap Trading Likely To Draw Debate
• Ex-Deutsche Bank Traders Dodge Prison For Libor Rigging
• SEC To Settle $3.8M Smithfield Insider Trading Suit For $275K
• College Athletes Defend Win Over NCAA In 9th Circ.
• EU Enforcer: Competition Helps Beat Back Climate Change
• Xceligent To Pay $11M In Real Estate Photo Fight With CoStar
• EU Greenlights Britain's £1B Electricity Support Project
• Groupon Slips Antitrust Claims In Las Vegas Skydiving Fight
• DOJ Fights States' Bid To Pause Sprint, T-Mobile Deal Review
• UK Launches Probe Of $642M Energy Deal
• LinkedIn Data Scraping Case Shows 9th Circ. Shift On CFAA
• Uber Escapes Unfair Competition Suit Brought By Limo Biz
• UK Outlines Issues With Illumina's $1B DNA Sequencing Buy
• Loestrin Buyers' $1M Lupin Deal Gets Initial Approval
• $16M Kraft Deal Axed After CFTC Press Release Debacle
• Lloyds Settles Developer's Libor-Rigging Swaps Suit
• Heinz Can't Move Pa. Egg-Price Suit To Kraft Case In Ill.
• Fuel Buyers Blast Refiner's Sanctions Bid For 'Minor Mistake'
• Hymnal Giant Calls Antitrust Suit Ploy To Swipe Music Catalog
• Conn., Tribes Want In On MGM Suit Over $300M Casino Plan
• Sens. Tell DOJ To Fix 'Growing Divide' With USPTO Over SEPs
• Where Law Firm Partners Go When Changing Jobs
• UK Construction Cos. Fined £36M For Price-Fixing Scheme
• Shearman Antitrust Atty Named New DOJ Tech Adviser
• FDA Struggles To Foster An Affordable Biosimilar Insulin
• Intel Says Investment Firm Is Backing Abusive Patent Scheme
• Papa John's Can't Escape Proposed Class' No-Poach Suit
• Dutch Watchdog To Probe Big Tech's Payment Market Plans
• Dems Probe Legitimacy Of FCC Station Ownership Decision
• Broadcasters Want TV Deals Kept Sealed In NCAA Appeal
• DC Court Weighs Doc Deluge In FTC Chemical Merger Suit
• Momenta, Sandoz Can't Pause Blood-Clot Drug Antitrust Suit
• CFTC Officials Won't Have To Testify In Kraft Sanctions Fight
• 3 Ways To Leverage Vulnerability For Lawyer Well-Being
• HP Wins $176M Verdict In Disk Drive Price-Fixing Trial
• Gov't Pauses Brexit Legislation After Lost Fast-Track Vote
• Genworth's $1.8B Brookfield Deal Faces Regulatory Pushback
• Antitrust Takeaways For Tech From New Australian Report
• Facebook Antitrust Probe Gains Support From Dozens Of AGs
• 3rd Circ. Declines To Reconsider J&J Remicade Antitrust Case
• E-Records IP Claims A Ploy To Stifle Competition, Jury Told
• Insurance Customers To Try Again On Sutter Damages Class
• FTC Probes Clearances For Local Health Mergers
• Colo. Drops Out Of Challenge To Sprint, T-Mobile Merger
• High Court Lets $44M Antitrust Award Against Swisher Stand
• Verizon Says Visa, Mastercard Still Charging High Swipe Fees
• 9th Circ. Judge 'Concerned' Over Hagens Berman's $42M Fees
• Epson Disables Printers With Non-Epson Cartridges, Suit Says
• 5-Hour Energy Didn't Illegally Favor Costco, Jury Says
• Ex-Bumble Bee CEO's Trial To Omit Tuna Industry Guilty Pleas
• Humana Slaps Generic-Drug Makers With New Price-Fix Suit
• McKesson Faces Uphill Fight To Toss Investor Price-Fix Suit
• Judge 'Ignored' Patent Fraud Evidence, 8th Circ. Told
• Jury To Decide If 5-Hour Energy Illegally Favored Costco
• Justices' Cert Denial Won't Quell Circuit 'Pingpong' Matches
• Senators OK Antitrust Whistleblower Protections, Again
• Canada Antitrust Watchdog Loses Case Over Airline Catering
• Crypto Co. Parent Seeks Own Exit From Market 'Hijacking' Suit
• Ill. City Ran To Court In Discovery Row, Express Scripts Says
• Qualcomm Courts Must Fully Weigh DOJ Nat'l Security Claim
• New Data Shows BigLaw's True Profitability
• Big Tech's Data Hoards Hurt Competition, FTC Official Says
• UK Business, Finance Groups Want Speedy EU Trade Regime
• Nationwide To Refund Customers £2M For PPI Breaches
• SFO Closes Libor-Rigging Probe Without More Charges
• Gannett Investor Sues To Block $1.4B New Media Tie-Up
• Judge Questions Eagle's Orphan Drug Market Exclusivity
• 9th Circ. Halts 'Sunday Ticket' Suit For NFL High Court Bid
• Bipartisan Bill Aims To Ban Noncompetes, With Exceptions
• Diversity Pledges Don't Redeem T-Mobile Deal: FCC's Starks
• Facebook Co-Founder Launches Anti-Monopoly Fund
• Facebook Must Face Trimmed Advertiser Suit Over Ad Reach
• Consumers Want 1st Circ. Rethink In Nixed $3B Utilities Row
• SmileDirect Accuses Calif. Dental Board Of Harassment
• Novelis Calls DOJ Antitrust Challenge 'Divorced' From Reality
• Brazil Fines Port Operator $1.7M For Additional Cargo Fees
• EU, UK Agree On New Brexit Plan To Avert No-Deal Disruption
• Costco, Wholesalers Aren't 5-Hour Energy Rivals, Jury Told
• Kirkland Antitrust Pro Joins MoFo In San Francisco
• IPhone Buyers Urge 9th Circ. To Revive Class Cert. Bid
• FTC Judge Finds 2 Dental Suppliers Violated Antitrust Law
• Quanta Fixed Prices On HP's Disk Drives, Jury Hears
• Why Trump's Orders On Agency Guidance Are Significant
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Studio's Antitrust Claims Against Ill.
• Toss 3-Way Zetia Conspiracy Claim, Judge Says
• Allergan Clashes With Buyers Over Cert. Bid In Antitrust MDL
• Perdue, Other Chicken Cos. Hit With Wage-Fixing Suit
• 8th Circ. Judge Casts Skeptical Eye On Minn. Grid Law
• Banks Must Face Bond Price-Fixing Suit Post-Deutsche Deal
• Realtors Must Face Antitrust Case Over High Broker Fees
• McDonald's Says Worker Can't Pin Woes On No-Poach Pact
• Sandoz Revealed Trade Secrets In Antitrust Suit, Court Told
• UK Launches Formal Probe Of Amazon's Deliveroo Deal
• Suzanne Somers Says QVC Sabotaged Her Supplement Biz
• Sutter Health, Calif. AG Near Antitrust Deal On Eve Of Trial
• Gibson Dunn Adds Former DOJ Antitrust Appellate Chief
• UK To Probe Whether Playing Card Merger Could Hurt Market
• FCC Passes T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Along Party Lines
• Lloyds Settles Swaps Suit With Property Investor Over Libor
• EU Tells Broadcom To Halt Exclusivity Deals Amid Probe
• Capital One Urges Fed. Circ. Rethink On IV Antitrust Decision
• Forex Fee Objector's $300K Deal Gets No Support In NY Court
• German Automakers Say Dealers 'Ignore' Antitrust Dismissal
• CDK, Reynolds Fight New Theory Adding Millions In Damages
• Writers Guild Looks To Erase Talent Agencies' Antitrust Suit
• AbbVie Says Humira's Many Patents Is No Antitrust Violation
• FX Fraud Decision Tests Limits Of Right-To-Control Theory
• UK Gov't Seeking More Power To Block Foreign Takeovers
• High Court Won't Hear $2.7M Fees Appeal In BioScrip Deal
• Courts Keep Rejecting Litigation Funding Discovery Campaign
• BoE's Carney Backs Tighter Regulation Of Forex Market
• Teva, Mylan, Other Generic Makers Hit With Price-Fixing Suit
• Feds Call Ex-Deutsche Traders 'Emblematic' Of Banking Ills
• Lyft Sues NYC Regulators To Annul Limits On 'Cruise' Time
• Akin Gump's Local Focus Helped Land Bull Semen IP Win
• Generics, Others Back Impax Against FTC In 5th Circ.
• Hyatt Brings Deceptive Ad Claims To TravelPass Antitrust Suit
• After Mississippi Exit, AGs' T-Mobile Suit May Dwindle
• DC Circ. Presses SEC To Justify Exchange Fee Program
• FTC Competition Bureau Head Leaving Next Month
• Restasis Payors Defend Class Cert. Bid In Allergan Suit
• How Emotionally Intelligent AI Could Assist With E-Discovery
• UK Watchdog Opens Probe Into Stonegate's £1.3B Pub Tie-Up
• PayPal Case Illustrates Difficulty Of Avoiding CMA Penalties
• Caterpillar Can't Ditch Antitrust Claims Even As Suit Slashed
• Tullett Prebon To Pay £15.4M To Settle FCA Trading Probe
• Towns Cut From Challenge To Maine's Cable Unbundling Law
• Dental Startup Settles With Last Distributor In Boycott Suit
• Did Citi Dupe DOJ In Forex Investigation?
• 9th Circ. Rejects Latest NFL Bid To Derail 'Sunday Ticket' Suit
• Hold Off On Sprint/T-Mobile Deal, States Urge DC Judge
• H&R Tells 8th Circ. No Poach Bid Belongs In Arbitration
• DOJ, Realtors At Odds Over Earlier Deal In Antitrust Case
• Dish Won't Save T-Mobile-Sprint Deal, Economists Tell DOJ
• Chinese Acquisitions Even More Uncertain In New CFIUS Era
• Jury Confusion Sinks Ericsson FRAND Win, 5th Circ. Told
• DOJ Pans Ex-Bumble Bee CEO's Bid To Nix Witness' New Info
• Preventable Risks Your Law Firm May Be Overlooking
• Greek Plan To Reduce Bad Loans Gets EU Green Light
• Conn. Fits Teva Stock-Drop Suit Better Than Pa., Judge Says
• Bitcoin Players Seek Exit From Market 'Hijacking' Suit
• Cannabis Investor Must Arbitrate Equity Fight Over $1.35B IPO
• Worker, Mom 'Brazenly' Poaching Gaming Co.'s Customers
• Objector Drops Opposition To $300M Fee Award In Forex Case
• Rival's Plagiarism Claim Is Bogus, Nursing Course Co. Says
• Judge Consolidates Wage-Fixing Suits Against Chicken Cos.
• TV Giants Want Out Of Ad Price-Fixing MDL
• 3 Policy Developments To Watch As US-China Divide Grows
• 6 Ethics Tips For Attorneys Making Lateral Transfers
• Competing Refusal-To-Deal Tests At 7th, 9th Circs.
• Phelps Dunbar Nabs Baker Donelson Health Care Team
• Sens. Seek US Review Of Maduro-Tied Brazilian Meatpacker
• Failure To Launch: The Patent Thicket Delay Of US Biosimilars
• Takeda Avoids Most Claims In Actos Buyers' Antitrust Suit
• Finland's Fortum Cuts $2.5B Deal For Control Of Uniper
• DOI Wants End To MGM Suit Over Tribes' Casino Deals
• FTC Chief Trial Atty Joins Hogan Lovells' Antitrust Group
• Australian Steel Exec Charged With Obstructing Cartel Probe
• Attys Denied Fee Set-Aside In Generics Antitrust Case
• Calif. Becomes 1st State To Target 'Pay-For-Delay' Drug Deals
• EU Ready To Act On Digital Tax If No Global Deal: Vestager
• Yukos Unit Loses $40M Suit Over Auction Rigging Plot
• Fender Hits Bum Note With Antitrust Watchdog On Prices
• Costco Siphoned Rivals' 5-Hour Energy Business, Jury Told
• HK Stock Exchange Drops $36.7B Bid For LSE
• UK Watchdog Worried About Payment Software Merger
• Justices Pass On Real Estate Mogul's $100M Libor Suit
• Refiner Says 'False' Price-Fixing Claims Warrant Sanctions
• Uber's Antitrust Fight With Boston Cabs Heading To 1st Circ.
• UK Orders Cleaning Chemical Supplier To Undo Acquisition
• Security Co. Says Rival Infringed TM In False Instagram Profile
• DC Circ. Keeps Challenge To FAA Flight Caps Grounded
• Digital Platforms Must Heed Japanese Antitrust Law Updates
• Aluminum Case Can't Save Bond Price-Fix Suit Versus Banks
• FTC Distorted Actavis Ruling In Generics Dispute, Impax Says
• When The Jury's Vote Isn't The End: Recent Verdict Reversals
• Retailers Win Fight Over How To Carve Loestrin Antitrust Trial
• Dental Board Members Look To Extract Immunity At 11th Circ.
• EU Probe Into Boeing, Embraer Joint Ventures Takes Off
• FCC Nears Critical Mass On Sprint/T-Mobile Approval
• AdvoCare Deal Puts FTC's 13(b) Authority In Spotlight
• Rising Star: O'Melveny's Scott Schaeffer
• Merger Review Takeaways From New Hart-Scott-Rodino Data
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• FCA Unveils Plans To Curb High Car, Home Insurance Prices
• Hunton Andrews Kurth Snags Cartel Pro For DC Office
• Cox Parent Co. Tossed From TV Ad Price-Fixing Suit
• Mitsubishi Must Face Heat In AC Price Fixing Suit
• TWA Pilots' American Airlines Contract Suit Stays Grounded
• LegalZoom, Rival Settle IP, Antitrust Suits
• Don't Let Heinz, Kraft Combine Egg-Price Suits, Judge Told
• Simpson Thacher Taps 3 Gov't Vets To Helm Antitrust Group
• Momenta, Sandoz Try To Pause Blood-Clot Drug Antitrust Suit
• Where Are The No-Poach Prosecutions DOJ Promised?
• FCC To Decide Whether Streaming, Cable Compete In 2 States
• DOJ Wants In On 8th Circ. Oral Arguments In Minn. Grid Fight
• Rising Star: Hausfeld's Sarah LaFreniere
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Rest Of AB InBev, Molson Antitrust Suit
• Consider The Power Of Tactical Empathy
• Answer To Iancu's SEP Policy Call Is In Plain Sight
• EU Rejects UK's Latest Plan To Avoid No-Deal Brexit
• Watchdog Accuses Drug Cos. Of Illegal Market Sharing
• Citi Lied To DOJ In Forex Probe, Acquitted Trader Says
• Fla. Endorses DOJ's T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Settlement
• 3rd Circ. Doubts Merck's Arbitration Bid In Vaccine Suit
• Par Settlement Gets OK In Zetia Generic Delay Case
• Rising Star: Cravath's Rory Leraris
• The Problem — And Opportunity — Of Implicit Bias In The Bar
• FTC Seeks More Info On Performance's $2B Food Service Deal
• Huawei Case Might Mean UK Forum Sets Global FRAND Rates
• Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Wins Bid To Ax Fishing Method Evidence
• BNSF, CSX, Others Hit With Flurry Of Price-Fixing Suits
• T-Mobile Parent Slams States' Beef Over Docs In Merger Row
• Keurig Can't Recover Rival's Docs In Antitrust MDL
• EU Clears Novelis' $2.6B Aluminum Deal With Plant Sale
• Judging A Book: Thapar Reviews Gorsuch's 'A Republic'
• French Architects' Group Fined €1.5M For Fee Fixing
• Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Ken Reinker
• Philly, Baltimore Fight To Keep Big Banks In Rate-Rigging Suit
• Banks Get Mexican Bond Price-Fixing Suit Dismissed
• German Facebook Case Divorces GDPR And Competition Law