Competition Archive » March, 2020

Competition - March, 2020

292 articles

• Ill. Hospital Chain Ducks Competitor's Antitrust Suit
• German Car Cos. Dodge 'No Arms Race' Conspiracy Claims
• Feds Ask 2nd Circ. To Nix Ex-SocGen Exec's Fugitive Appeal
• EpiPen Buyers Can't Inject RICO Suit Into MDL, Court Told
• Law Firm Pay Cuts, Layoffs Will Likely Multiply
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Mitigating Antitrust Risks With DOJ-FTC Pandemic Guidance
• Vintage Souvenir Machine Operator Can't Sue Upstart In Ill.
• Realtors Can't Arbitrate Antitrust Row, Consumers Say
• UK Watchdog Wants Estate Agent Execs DQ'd For Price-Fixing
• 3 Steps To Building Effective Teams While On Lockdown
• Ra Pharma's $2.1B Sale Teed Up To Close After False Starts
• National Hot Rod Association Can't Outrun Drag Racer's Suit
• Traders' Platinum, Palladium Antitrust Claims Nixed For Now
• Coalition Says Bitcoin Cash 'Hijack' Claims Again Fall Short
• La. Appraisers Fight FTC Bid To Depose Outgoing Expert
• Mo. Goes After Amazon Sellers For COVID-19 Price-Gouging
• FTC Fights Surescripts' Bid For DC Circuit Appeal
• Civil Liberties Firm Backs Challenge To FTC Authority
• EU OKs €1.2B French Plan For Small Biz Aid During Outbreak
• Law Firm Mergers Dry Up Due To Coronavirus Pandemic
• Client Advocacy Tips For Remote Hearings During COVID-19
• How To Conduct Depositions Remotely
• Competition Watchdog Raises Concerns Over Fintech Merger
• Qualcomm's Ex-Antitrust Chief Gets Virtual Start At Axinn
• The Attys And Legal Logic Behind Stay-At-Home Orders
• UK Tribunal Says Truck Makers Can Appeal Cartel Ruling
• Jushi Can't Stop Harvest's Acquisition Of Fla. Medical Pot Co.
• US Enforcers To Resume Early Premerger Clearances
• EU Proposes Adding More Support For COVID-19 Aid
• HK Competition Watchdog Signals Flexibility Amid Pandemic
• FTC Fights Coal Cos.' Bid For In-House Atty Doc Access
• Antitrust Rules Still Apply During COVID-19
• A Guide To Zealously Representing Clients During COVID-19
• Cisco Objects As $63M Capacitor Deals Exclude Foreign Buys
• German Regulators Fine Contractors €110M For Bid-Rigging
• Law360's 2020 Competition Editorial Advisory Board Members
• Feds Strike Deal In Planned Raytheon-UTC Merger
• Judge Axes Investors' Libor Rigging Suit As 'Wishful Thinking'
• Frac Sand Shipping Container Cos. Agree To End $49M Appeal
• CWA, Consumers Drop Challenges To T-Mobile/Sprint Merger
• Egg Buyers Push 3rd Circ. On Strict Antitrust Standard
• Drug Pricing Legislation In Doubt After COVID-19 Relief Bill
• Calif. Taxi Service Given One Last Crack At Uber Antitrust Suit
• UK Watchdog Probes Elanco's Dog Ear Treatment Deal
• FTC Out Of Time On Chem Merger Loss
• Trade Group Urges High Court To Bury Arkansas PBM Law
• Israel's Generic COVID-19 Drug Licensing Lacks Due Process
• Coronavirus Creates A Strange New World For State AGs
• 7 Ways Attys Can Create The Right Home Office Environment
• Swiss Antitrust Watchdog Says Cartel Law Applies Amid Crisis
• Judge Won't Acquit Bumble Bee Ex-CEO On Price-Fixing
• US Banks Escape Bond Price-Fix Suit
• US Co. Says Electronics Antitrust Suit Must Be Litigated
• Coronavirus State Aid Plans Get Bloc Approval
• Gov't Wins Argument Time In 5th Circ. Licensing Rate Fight
• UK Watchdog Won't Go After Most COVID-19 Coordination
• Telescope Co. Seeks Fees From Chinese Foe, Sheppard Mullin
• 3rd Circ. Doubts Trade Group's Stake In Mazda Program Fight
• Cotchett Pitre Gets $8.3M In Fees In Resistor Antitrust Fight
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Spotlight On MDL Venue
• DOJ And States Creatively Respond To Fraud Amid COVID-19
• EU Probing J&J's $400M Deal For Takeda's Surgical Patch
• 10 E-Discovery Challenges Caused By COVID-19
• Fortress Patent Fight Shows Abusive Litigation Hurts Startups
• Burger King Dodges Workers' Consolidated No-Poach Suit
• 8th Circ. Says Minn. Grid Law Is Constitutional
• Uber Prevails Over Calif. Cab Cos.' Predatory Pricing Claims
• HP Can't Use COVID-19 To Delay Disk Drive Row, 5th Circ. Told
• 7th Circ. Upholds Chicago Exchanges' Antitrust Win
• Berkshire Construction Co. Can't Nix Insulation Monopoly Suit
• Colorado Lets AG Bring State-Law Merger Challenges
• FTC Veteran Joins Faegre Drinker Litigation Team In DC
• Comcast Asks 7th Circ. To Revisit Antitrust Suit Over Ad Sales
• In-House Attys Need Doc Access To Fight FTC, Coal Cos. Say
• EpiPen Buyers Tear Into Mylan, Pfizer Bid For Cert. Review
• DOJ, FTC Speeding Up Antitrust Prechecks For Coronavirus
• BigLaw Leaders Must Prepare For COVID-19 Economic Fallout
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Says Music Cos. Blocked Discounts
• Walgreens 'Systemically Overcharged' For Drugs, Insurers Say
• FCC Told To Preserve Network Sharing Amid COVID-19
• FTC Says Calif. Beer Bill Could Raise Prices And Hurt Variety
• DOJ Backs Fortress Against Apple, Intel Antitrust Suit
• Orthodontist Assoc. Denied Amicus In SmileDirect Suit
• Mallinckrodt Dodges MS Drug Monopoly Suit
• EU Won't Bring Cartel Charges Over COVID-19 Cooperation
• Qualcomm, Consumers Spar At 9th Circ. Over Pause
• Ireland Can't Use Disputed Apple Tax For COVID-19, PM Says
• EU Greenlights Members' COVID-19 State Aid Plans
• 3 Ways Leaders Can Improve Remote Work For Lawyers
• Tips For Online Mediation In The Age Of Social Distancing
• 'Absurd' Time-Bar Claim Can't Kill Card Shuffler Antitrust Suit
• For US Merger Enforcers It's Business As (Almost) Usual
• Drug Cos. Say 'Buy US' Order Would Hurt COVID-19 Response
• Suit Accuses Amazon Of $55B To $172B In Antitrust Damages
• UnitedHealth Unit Says Its Tech IP Claims Were Legit
• Shkreli-Founded Co. Defends Its Handling Of Life-Saving Drug
• Volkswagen Says $750M Antitrust Suit Belongs In Germany
• EU Clears Aid For Denmark's €8.7B Tunnel Project, Again
• Rail Exec Exits CSX And Norfolk Southern's Antitrust Fight
• Antitrust Considerations For Collaboration During COVID-19
• For DOJ And FTC, Clearing Deals Remains A Gray Area
• Mass. AG Bans Price-Gouging During COVID-19 Crisis
• Calif. Pay-For-Delay Ban Hurts Pharma Cos., 9th Circ. Told
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Genentech Sues Fresenius Kabi Over Generic Cancer Drug
• Kraft, Mondelez Say CFTC Ducking Contempt Order Too Soon
• App Makers Say 'Predatory' Fortress Patents Justify Discovery
• Danaher Gets FTC Approval For $21B GE Biopharma Deal
• SmileDirect Complaint Against Calif. Dental Board Trimmed
• Mylan, Pfizer Want EpiPen Row Paused For Class Cert. Appeal
• New US Policy On SEP Remedies Restores Critical Balance
• Wabtec, Knorr Get Initial Nod On $49M In No-Poach Deals
• CVS Settles Drug Administrator's Antitrust Suit
• Israel Defies AbbVie IP To Import Generic Drugs For COVID-19
• T-Mobile Says Californians Slept Too Long On Merger Claims
• Tracking The DOJ's Threefold Response To COVID-19
• COVID-19 May Derail Dueling Railroads' Antitrust Trial
• Conn. Liquor Law Fight Has National Impact, Justices Told
• 'Pharma Bro' Suit Proceeds By Phone As COVID-19 Spreads
• Robins Kaplan To Share $2.2M Fee With NJ Solo Atty
• US Biz Escapes Telecoms' Fight Over Haiti Phone Call Costs
• Retailers Drop 2nd Circ. Appeal Of AmEx Arbitration Order
• Wabtec, Knorr Close To Court Nod On $49M No-Poach Deals
• Californians Make Last-Minute Bid To Halt Sprint/T-Mobile Deal
• Facebook Looks To Toss App Cos.' Antitrust Class Action
• FTC Staffers Greenlight Allergan Divestitures In AbbVie Deal
• A Work-From-Home Tech Checklist For Law Firms
• Virus Impact Delays Waste Management's $4.9B Bid For Rival
• Dems Urge FTC Action On COVID-19 Price Gouging
• Lord Chancellor Insists English Courts Must Go On Sitting
• Google Must Weigh Secrets Against Defense In Antitrust Suit
• Indivior Rips New Filings In 3rd Circ. Suboxone Antitrust Row
• Chicago Escapes Taxi Driver's Fraud Suit Over Uber, Lyft Regs
• DOJ Seeking Extra Month To Check Mergers As Virus Spreads
• Major Cos. Urge Justices To Hear Generics Discovery Row
• HSBC Money-Laundering Deal Relevant To Forex, Court Told
• Spirit Says FAA Is Locking It Out Of Competition At Newark
• 7 Keys To Keeping Your Firm Inclusive In The Coronavirus Era
• China's Review Of Vertical Mergers Is Instructive For US
• Pandemic May Disrupt Discovery In Credit Suisse Forex Case
• AVX Inks $65M Deal Amid Capacitor Conspiracy Trial
• EU Asks Cos. To Delay Antitrust Filings For Merger Plans
• DOJ Health Antitrust Chief Joins Clifford Chance
• FTC Commish Blasts Proposed USDA Rule Change
• Coronavirus: The Latest EU Court Closures And Restrictions
• FTC's Competition Bureau Mostly Remote During Outbreak
• Judge Won't Halt Texas Power Grid Law During Appeal
• How DOJ Uncovered Its Power To Arbitrate A Merger And Won
• FTC Wants Outgoing Expert Deposed In La. Appraisers Case
• Arch Coal, Peabody Blast FTC's Joint Venture Challenge
• Pharmacy Groups Say Scant Facts Doom Pricing Site's Suit
• Volkswagen Gets Discovery Paused In $750M Antitrust Suit
• FICO Under DOJ Probe For 'Exclusionary Conduct'
• Shippers Shift Blame In Roll-On, Roll-Off Cargo Cartel Suit
• Cboe Looks To Stymie Judgment In VIX Manipulation Case
• 10 Ways To Continue Biz Development During Coronavirus
• France Fines Apple €1.1B For Breaching Antitrust Rules
• Brazilian Watchdog Opens Bayer, Monsanto Probe
• Namenda Buyers' Attys Seek $212M From Allergan Deal
• FTC Rolls Out Temp E-Filing System For Merger Notifications
• Wis. AG Says Drugmaker Can't 'Compartmentalize' Cert. Fight
• AGs Ask FTC To Crack Down On Workplace Noncompetes
• DC Circ. Signs Off On Serial Exclusivity For Orphan Drugs
• 7 Ethics Considerations For Lawyers Using Lead Generators
• States' Case No Bellwether In Price-Fixing MDL, Teva Says
• Property Appraiser's Antitrust Suit Against La. Board Paused
• Judge Pauses HP's $438M Disk Drive Price-Fix Win
• EU OKs Raytheon-UTC Deal After GPS, Tactical Radio Sales
• Efficiencies Defense Newly Viable After T-Mobile/Sprint Ruling
• Coronavirus: The Latest Court Closures And Restrictions
• EU Adviser Says Challenge To Dawn Raid Methods Dead End
• Sprint, T-Mobile Reach Merger Deal With Calif. Utility Agency
• Lawmakers Clamor For Tougher Vertical Merger Update
• Tentative Order Shows Likely Toss Of FTC Authority Case
• 'Last Man Standing' Can't Delay T-Mobile/Sprint $56B Merger
• Philly Health Networks Can't Keep Deal Value Under Wraps
• Britain Allows Bauer To Keep Local Radio Buys With Ad Deal
• Bloomberg Gets Drywall Builder's Bid-Rig Suit Tossed
• 4 Tips For Effective Antitrust Compliance Regimes
• Fugitive Barclays Trader Can't Appeal Rate-Rigging Conviction
• Spanish Soccer Clubs Win State Aid Row Over Subsidies
• $542M Deal In CRT Price-Fixing Suit Gets Initial Approval
• DOJ Fights For A Say In Nokia Patent Price-Fix Suit
• Judge Trims Suit Against Qualcomm For Sunk Broadcom Deal
• Remaining States Settle T-Mobile/Sprint Challenge
• Humana Missed Mark On Market In Seizure Drug Suit
• Delay Sought In Ponying Up HP's $438M Price-Fix Win
• First National Says S&T Poached Workers And Their Secrets
• Interchange Fee Rules Leading To Price Drops, EU Says
• New Pipelines Are Needed To Close Law School Diversity Gap
• States May Vigilantly Police Price Gouging During COVID-19
• How Companies Can Conspire To Save The Planet
• 21 Related Teva Price-Fixing Suits Consolidated
• Feds Eye Tougher Oversight Of Deals Blocking Biosimilars
• Litigation Funder Validity Nabs Boies Schiller, Kirkland Alums
• Telescope Co. Sanctioned For Bad Faith In Antitrust Fight
• Sens. Float Bill To Combat 'Exclusionary Conduct'
• Axon Blasts Latest FTC 'Avoidance Attempt' In Authority Row
• UK Gives Textbook Cos. Homework Over Antitrust Concerns
• Texas Utility Regulator Defends Grid Law Against NextEra
• BASF, Dow Can't Escape Polyurethane Price-Fixing MDL
• How To Search For A Transformational Law Firm COO
• No Fast Answer For Hausfeld, Scott+Scott's Rival Forex Suits
• CMA Sent Back To The Drawing Board In £89M Pfizer Case
• NCAA, Athletes Fight At 9th Circ. Over Pay Limits
• 4 Ethics Tips For Lawyers As Coronavirus Spreads
• 3rd Circ. Signals Disapproval Of Lamictal Antitrust Class Cert.
• Nascent Rights Group Alleges Music Industry Boycott
• Ill. Flooring Executive Admits Role In Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Amazon Says EU Goofed In Applying Transfer Pricing Method
• Surescripts Wants DC Circ. To Review FTC Antitrust Suit
• Vitol Blasts 4th Circ. In Bid To Toss FERC Enforcement Case
• Shareholder Fights To Stop $14B Woodward-Hexcel Deal
• Arbitrator Sides With DOJ In First-Of-Its-Kind Merger Row
• The Biggest UK Antitrust Class Action Cases To Watch
• Judge OKs Par's Settlement In Zetia Pay-For-Delay Case
• Lawmakers Concerned With DOJ's Sprint/T-Mobile Handling
• Kraft Pulls Bid To Sanction CFTC Over Press Release Feud
• 1-800 Contacts Disputes FTC Found 'Take It Or Leave It' Deals
• United Opens New Front In Celgene Monopoly Fight
• 11th Circ. Cans Body Shops' Antitrust Claims Against Insurers
• EU Clears Vodafone, Telecom Italia Deal To Pool Italian Towers
• DOJ Wraps Arbitration For Novelis' $2.6B Aluminum Deal
• Telescope Co. Rips Sheppard Mullin's Deal With Chinese Rival
• Asset Mgr. Piles Onto Perrigo Price-Fixing, Securities Claims
• No Unfair Tactics Over Coronavirus, Antitrust Officials Warn
• Californians Taking T-Mobile/Sprint Challenge To 9th Circ.
• Assertio, Lupin, Bausch Must Face Buyers' Price-Fixing Suit
• Gov't-Run Chinese Cos. Tell 9th Circ. They're Immune To MDL
• Suboxone Buyers Fight 3rd Circ. Appeal Of Class Cert.
• A Possible Limit On High Court 2005 Agency Deference Ruling
• AARP, Consumer Groups Back Calif. Pay-For-Delay Ban
• Justices Reverse Alito's Partial Stay Of Generics Discovery
• It Can Be Risky For Litigators To Advise On Litigation Funding
• Illinois Brick Doesn't Kill Med Supply Suit, 7th Circ. Says
• 1-800 Contacts Tells 2nd Circ. FTC Wrongly Barred Ad Deals
• HP Seeks Receiver To Keep $438M Price-Fixing Award Alive
• Parts Maker Says DOJ Has No Place In Nokia Price-Fix Suit
• Swipe Fee MDL Website Down Due To Ransomware Attack
• Judge Calls For Hearing In Challenge To FTC's Authority
• Ex-Uber Exec Bankrupted By $179M Trade Secrets Judgment
• Telecom Can't Escape New Mexico Competition Regs
• Will The FTC Get Burned By Arch Coal Again?
• Stop Asking Bar Applicants About Mental Illness
• Amazon Fights State Aid Ruling To Stave Off $280M Tax Bill
• Facebook Stole 'Secret Sauce' Code, Mass. Startup Says
• EU Power Cable Cartel Suits Move To UK Competiton Court
• Auditor Wins Competition Tussle With UK Rail Giant
• Google Owed $179M From Ex-Uber Self-Driving Car Head
• Defunct Rival Rips Uber's 'Quibbles' With Antitrust Suit Redo
• 9th Circ. Halts Qualcomm Cert. Fight For Input On FTC Appeal
• Conn. Urges High Court Not To Hear Liquor Law Challenge
• Gilead Can't Duck Sweeping Competition Suit Over HIV Drugs
• Thompson Coburn Launches In Dallas With Eye On Growth
• High Court Must Reject Unconstitutional La. Abortion Law
• Gov't Intervention In A Private Civil Suit Can Benefit Defendant
• EU Top Court Backs €20M Gun-Jumping Fine Against Fishery
• What The Coronavirus Means For Arbitration And Mediation
• Truckmakers Can't Escape EU Cartel Findings In UK Cases
• Pharma Suppliers Fined £3M For Rigging UK Market
• Sprawling Capacitor Price-Fix Conspiracy Laid Out For Jury
• Investors' $187M Big Bank Deals OK'd In Libor Rigging Case
• 5th Circ. Urged To Toss HP's $438M Disk Drive Price-Fix Win
• Rival Dental Supplier Slams 2nd Arbitration Bid At High Court
• Cleary Lures Ex-FTC Competition Bureau Chief
• NextEra Seeks To Blunt Texas Grid Law Amid 5th Circ. Appeal
• EU Teeing Up Stricter Antitrust Rules On State-Backed Firms
• Most Candid Party Often Wins At DOJ, Competition Head Says
• What The Presidential Race Means For Big Tech, Silicon Valley
• 'Big Choices Ahead' For US, EU Antitrust Enforcers
• Gilstrap Won't Judge Global FRAND Law, But US Is Fair Game
• What Congress Misses About Universal Injunctions
• FCC Enforcement Vet Joins Wilkinson Barker As Partner
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Lessons From 'Italian Summer Camp'
• Bumble Bee Ch. 11 Sale Deal Halts Antitrust Claims In Calif.
• Korean Auto Parts Exec Cops To Price-Fixing Gauge Displays
• 6 Firms Drive Thermo Fisher's $11.5B Deal For Qiagen
• Settlements Top $200M On Eve Of Capacitor Price-Fixing Trial
• FTC Atty Who Helmed Qualcomm Appeal Has Retired
• Pharmacies Say Surescripts Can't Duck Monopolization Suit
• Past Tech Mergers On UK's Post-Brexit Mind
• Investors Can Seek UK Trader's Testimony In Forex Suit
• Comcast Rips Denver Sports Network's Antitrust Claims
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• US Chamber Urges Justices To Hear Generics Discovery Issue
• Prepare Your Law Firm Tech For Coronavirus Impact
• Comparing The Presidential Candidates' Labor Policies: Part 1
• Atty Tips To Avoid 'Scope Creep' And Malpractice Claims
• Sandoz To Pay $195M For Generic-Drug Antitrust Violations
• AGs Claim Ample Evidence In Generic Drug Price-Fixing Suit
• Car Shipping Cartel Faces £150M Class Action