Competition Archive » May, 2020

Competition - May, 2020

262 articles

• National Assoc. Of Realtors Hit With More Antitrust Claims
• Judge Won't Revive Antitrust Suit Against Bankrate
• DOJ, Doormaker Defend Private Tie-Up Challenges At 4th Circ.
• Avoiding Inadvertent Privilege Waivers In E-Communications
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Pharma Suppliers Appeal CMA Action Over UK Market Rig
• Pet Products Maker Accused of Monopolizing Online Market
• Investors' Forex-Rigging Claims Against Banks Narrowed
• Assessing The Novel Antitrust Claims In Humira Case
• Lye Makers Want Out Of National Consolidated Antitrust Suit
• Farmers Want To Delay Peanut Price-Fix Trial Over COVID-19
• Express Scripts Loses Bid To Probe Emails In Antitrust Case
• Constellation Revises Gallo $1B Deal Again To Placate FTC
• Feds Say Virus No Basis For Ex-Bumble Bee CEO To Skip Jail
• Pharma Cos. Slam Cert. Bid In Diabetes Drug Price-Fixing Suit
• DOJ Clears Satellite Cos. Merger With Conditions
• EU Court Unblocks £10B Hutchison-O2 Deal
• Poultry Cos. Say Crisis Response First, Price-Fix Depos Later
• Anadarko Can't Duck Wyoming Landowners' Antitrust Suit Yet
• FDA Asks Full DC Circ. To Undo Eagle's Orphan Drug Win
• Don't Cancel Your Summer Associate Programs
• Truck Biz Wants Price-Fix Suits Against Oil Cos. Linked
• EU Waives Fix For Takeda's £46B Shire Deal
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Cohen Milstein's Daniel A. Small
• Calif. Law Firm Hits Google With Antitrust Suit Over Ads
• Non-Medical Faculty Launch Own Duke No-Poach Suit
• Tech Giants Beat Conservatives' Free Speech Suit At DC Circ.
• Judge Won't Fast-Track Vegas Sun's Antitrust Row With Rival
• 'Apocalyptic' Virus Merger Args Won't Work, FTC Official Says
• CRT Buyers Hit Back At Bid To Stop $577M Deals At 9th Circ.
• 5 Ways To Reduce Post-Pandemic Legal Malpractice Exposure
• Risk Management Concepts For Public-Private Crisis Projects
• Convicted Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Dodges Civil Suit For Now
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Berger Montague's Eric L. Cramer
• FTC Continues To Zero In On Problematic M&A Noncompetes
• Taiwan Antitrust Agency Clears Mylan, Pfizer Unit Deal
• All-Star Gym Hits Cheerleading Org With Antitrust Suit
• $750M Namenda Deal OK'd But 21% Atty Fee Request In Doubt
• NatWest Ducks Libor-Rigging Case After Missed Deadline
• Pfizer, Mylan Can't Quickly Appeal EpiPen RICO Class Cert.
• Latest Deals In Libor Suit Boost Lenders' Recovery To $35M
• Credibility Concerns About Virtual Arbitration Are Unfounded
• Shkreli, Vyera Look To Duck Monopolization Claims
• Tyson Asks To Be Named Victor In Antitrust Suit
• Ryanair Challenges Lufthansa's €9B Bailout Package
• Mallinckrodt Wants More Cuts To Seizure Drug Price Suit
• Investors Seek To Wrap $95M Deal On Bond Price-Fix Claims
• EU Probe Puts Air Canada's Transat Deal In Holding Pattern
• Google's Fair Use Defense At High Court Is Disingenuous
• EU Approves Dutch Plan To Bolster Trade Credit Insurance
• Daimler, Shipper Settle Vehicle Cartel Dispute In UK
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Set For June In-Person Sentencing
• COVID-19 IP Catch-Up: Courts Divided On Getting IP To Trial
• FTC Attys Talk COVID-19's Impact On Hospital M&A Oversight
• Pfizer, Ranbaxy Sued Over Delay Of Generic Lipitor
• Ex-GE Workers Accused Of Forgery In Angola Energy Deals
• Brewer Says It Fixed Case Against AB InBev, Molson
• Virus Set To Extend Already Growing Merger Times
• SEC Actions Point To 'Hyperfocus' On Disclosure Issues
• Philly Hospital Fights Bid To Quash Subpoena In Merger Case
• How CFTC's Agricultural Enforcement May Evolve Amid Crisis
• Ex-DOJ Enforcer Pozen Joins Clifford Chance Global Leaders
• 9th Circ. Urged To Undo Buyers' Cert. In Tuna Antitrust Fight
• Instagram Promises To Purge Fake Reviews Amid UK Scrutiny
• Surescripts Can't Take FTC Monopoly Case To DC Circ. Yet
• NCAA Amateurism Under Fire As 9th Circ. Opens Door To Pay
• 5 Things To Expect In Vertical Merger Reviews
• A Lawyer's Guide To Client Service Continuity Planning
• Try Again On Swipe Fee Limitation Dispute, Tribunal Told
• 9th Circ. Ruling Threatens Online Filters, Justices Told
• Gray Urges Justices To Rein In 3rd Circ. On Media Ownership
• CRT Makers Don't Want $542M In Deals Paused For Appeals
• Judge Finds Invisalign Maker Can't Dodge Monopoly Claims
• Drug Buyers' Retooled $34M Celgene Deal Wins Initial OK
• Virtual Meetings Could Be Fertile Ground For Legal Discovery
• Contractor Says Financing Co. Helped Clients Skip Payments
• Tenneco Hit With Exhaust System Price-Fixing Suit
• Insulation Deal Crumbles Under Pressure From UK Watchdog
• $34M MDL Fee Bid Needs 'Complete Reanalysis,' Judge Says
• Stoel Rives Snags Business Litigator From Perkins Coie
• Ga. Board Faces 11th Circ.'s 'Real Doubts' In SmileDirect Fight
• Indicted Generic-Drug Exec Wants Case Tried In New York
• Contingent Fees A Great Option For Cos. During Downturn
• Doormakers Say Big Box Stores Sink Cert. In Price-Fix Suit
• The Role Of Remote Mediation After The Crisis Is Over
• AbbVie Says Recent Antitrust Ruling Irrelevant In Humira Case
• Cboe Investors To Take VIX Manipulation Loss To 7th Circ.
• French Regulator Eyes Tech Giants' Impact On Digital Banking
• A Vertical Challenge May Have Fared Better In Sabre Merger
• 7 Steps To Romancing The Virtual Classroom
• Nidec Settles Out Of Auto Switch Price-Fixing Suit For $1.4M
• Spotify Calls Exec Behind Music Rights Group A 'Fraudster'
• CRT Buyers Urge 9th Circ. Not To Ax $577M Deal Challenge
• Food Lion Targets Part Of Co-Op's $433M Dean Foods Deal
• Comcast To Take Viamedia's Antitrust Case To Supreme Court
• Gov't Amicus Efforts Show Antitrust Policy Via Advocacy
• Jiffy Lube Looks To Trim No-Poach Suit Again
• 9th Circ. Says Reno Immune To Recycle Co.'s Antitrust Claims
• Gibson Dunn Adds Litigation Group To Hong Kong Office
• CMA Trial To Ban Ex-Real Estate Pro Will Proceed, Judge Says
• Rival Targets Topgolf's Deal For Ball-Tracking Tech In New Suit
• Key Return-To-Work Considerations For Law Firms
• Mylan Pushes For Mediation In EpiPen Antitrust Suit
• 9th Circ. Affirms NCAA Can't Limit Education-Related Benefits
• Judge May Toss IP, Monopolization Claims Against Apple
• 1-800 Contacts To Pay $15M To Exit Consumer Antitrust Case
• FCC Mulls Rule Break So Broadcasters Can Offer Internet
• FAA Defends Grounding Of Abandoned Newark Flight Slots
• Banks Fight To Nix Exchange's Boycott Conspiracy Suit
• A Creative Solution For Teaching Local Practice In Law School
• Bayer Foe Says Emailing Arnold & Porter Counts As Service
• Identifying Antitrust 'Safety Zones' During The Pandemic
• EU Approves €903M Belgian Plan To Reinsure Trade Credit
• Quanta Tells 5th Circ It Was Ordered 'To Do The Impossible'
• DOJ Approves Farmers' Collaboration To Euthanize Hogs
• What To Watch As COVID-19 Cash Crunch Fuels Hospital M&A
• 9th Circ. Nixes Hagens Berman's $48M Fees In Disk Drive MDL
• Software Co. Tells Justices 9th Circ. Erred On Content Filters
• DOJ Gets Time In Doormaker's 4th Circ. Divestiture Battle
• Making Law Firm Panels Work For The Cost-Conscious GC
• Peanut Giants Lose Bid To Dismiss Price-Fixing Suit
• Highlights From The Virtual Antitrust Spring Meeting: Part 3
• EU Lets Nidec Repurchase Unit Shed For Embraco Deal
• COVID-19 Merger Moratorium Could Hamper Vital Innovation
• Veeva Slams IQVIA's Sanctions Bid As 'Hyperbolic'
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 3rd Round Of Brexit Trade Talks End In Stalemate
• Rolls-Royce Wants Jet Fan Blade Suit Clipped
• Sens. Want Antitrust Spotlight On Live Venues Amid Pandemic
• Ex-Cargo Exec Gets Early Release From Price-Fixing Sentence
• Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Looks To Avoid Jail Amid COVID-19
• Prison Biz Wants Lewis Rice DQ'd From $3.3M Coverage Row
• For One Software Co., Open 5G Is A Gateway To Competition
• Pandemic Presents Teamwork Test For Law Firms
• Highlights From The Virtual Antitrust Spring Meeting: Part 2
• No Bellwether For Diabetics In Insulin Case Despite Virus Risk
• ITC Comcast Patent Ruling Shouldn't Be Overturned
• Top EU Court Trims Power Cable Cartel Fine
• Data Backs £14B Mastercard Class Suit, Consumer Rep Says
• Top Dem Says Uber-Grubhub Deal Is 'Pandemic Profiteering'
• 4th Circ. Revives Emoluments Case Against Trump
• Pork Processors Push Bid To Duck Antitrust Suit
• AmEx Anti-Steering Suit Headed Back To Calif. State Court
• 8th Circ. Blocking Customer Division Claims, Grocers Say
• Uber Win 'Infected With Errors,' Cabbies Tell 1st Circ.
• Dems Want Fed, Treasury To Bar Mergers By Bailed Out Cos.
• Minimizing Damages In Gov't Procurement Antitrust Cases
• 8 Tips For Retaining An Expert During COVID-19 And Beyond
• Highlights From The Virtual Antitrust Spring Meeting: Part 1
• 1-800 Contacts Settles Search Term Class Action
• Paul Hastings, Baker Botts Drive $400M Animal Health Deal
• Mastercard Tells Justices £14B Class Action 'Overblown'
• UK Gov't To Guarantee Trade Credit Insurance Amid Crisis
• DOJ Seeks Divestiture After Win In Novelis Merger Arbitration
• 9th Circ. Revives Suit Over Coachella Noncompetes
• EU Has Cleared €1.9T And Counting In COVID-19 State Aid
• DOJ Asks 3rd Circ. To Nix Ruling On Scrapped Sabre Merger
• DOJ Seeks Time In Doormaker's 4th Circ. Divestiture Battle
• FCC's Sinclair Settlement Doesn't Dispel All Black Clouds
• Conn. Asks Justices To Pass On Drug Price-Fixing Discovery
• Pork Buyers Say 'Essential' Tag Bolsters Their Antitrust Case
• Think Tank Urges 9th Circ To Rethink Bar For Antitrust
• What It's Like To Move From Army JAG To BigLaw
• HP Rips Quanta's Reasons For Delaying $439M Award Payout
• Top UK Court To Decide Key £14B Antitrust Class Action Suit
• Watchdog Dodges Legal Bills In £89M Drug Cos. Case
• No Proof Of Conspiracy In Bitcoin Cash Suit, Coalition Says
• National Assoc. Of Realtors Hit With Antitrust Suit By Rival
• Sanctions Again Denied In Calif. Gas Price-Fixing Case
• COVID Crimes: White Collar Cases To Expect From The Crisis
• Frankfurt Energy Co. Loses Docs Fight In 2nd Circ.
• Administrative Power Critics Cheer 9th Circ. FTC Challenge
• How Law Firms Can Maximize COVID-19 Insurance Coverage
• CRT Buyers Press 9th Circ. To Ax Challenges To $577M Deals
• Mergers During COVID-19 Create New 'Failing Firm' Paradigm
• EU Signs Off On French Export Aid During Pandemic
• Takeaways From China's Antitrust Probe Of Music Industry
• Spanish Watchdog OKs Travel Biz Merger During Pandemic
• Adapting Defense Strategy To Twombly Plausibility Standard
• AmEx, Retailers Set Anti-Steering Suit Up For New Appeal
• Quanta Fights Sanctions In HP's $439M Price-Fixing Row
• Payors In Ranbaxy MDL Lose 2 State Claims On Notice Rules
• Liberal Groups Support Bill Banning Most M&As During Crisis
• Sheppard Mullin Can Drop Client After $47M Antitrust Loss
• DC Circ. Weighs Public Interest In USPS Fight To Protect Data
• COVID-19 IP Catch-Up: USPTO Gets Busy, Zoom Trial Begins
• A Musical Solution For Negotiating Wireless FRAND Rates
• Virtual Caucuses Can Improve The Mediation Process
• Apotex Seeks To Revive Hospira Unfair Competition Fight
• DC Judge Skeptical Of Hospital Price Transparency Rule
• Antitrust Pitfalls For Suppliers In A Constrained Market
• Japanese Electronics Suppliers Want Out Of Antitrust Suit
• Calif. Court Opts To Tie Together 8 Juul Antitrust Suits
• High Court Urged To Let Judges, Not Juries, Set FRAND Rate
• House Antitrust Chief Aims To End Tech Probe By Late Spring
• What All Attorneys Can Learn From Female Rainmakers
• Apotex To Pay $24M Criminal Fine In DOJ Price-Fixing Case
• No Privilege Shield For Firm Consultant, Express Scripts Says
• 5th Circ. OKs Speedy Appeal Of HP's $439M Disk Drive Win
• Left-Out CRT Buyers Want $542M Deal Paused For Appeal
• Trucking Co. Accuses Oil Traders Of Rigging Calif. Gas Market
• A Tale Of Two Antitrust Leniency Programs: Hong Kong Vs. US
• Alexion Nears $25M Settlement With SEC To End FCPA Probe
• Sinclair To Pay $48M To End FCC Probe Of Axed Tribune Deal
• Zetia Buyers Blast Merck's 'Unhinged' Bid To Eject Class Rep
• Under Armour Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Activewear Tech
• High Court Booking.com Case Highlights Stale TM Test
• HTC, Ericsson Tangle At 5th Circ. Over How To Value Patents
• Australia Can't Halt Pacific National's $132M Rail Terminal Buy
• FTC's Phillips Blasts Dems' Calls For COVID-19 Mergers Ban
• 4 Takeaways From 3rd Circ. Classwide Antitrust Injury Ruling
• The 1st COVID-19 Prosecutions Under Defense Production Act
• Restasis Buyers Win Cert. Battle In Allergan Monopoly Case
• UK Watchdog Orders Unraveling Of £90M Sports Fashion Deal
• Promoting Lawyer Well-Being Is More Essential Than Ever
• London Hotels Sue Visa, Mastercard Over Swipe Fees
• Medical Supplier Gets Early OK For $35M Investor Settlement
• AbbVie Gets FTC Clearance For $63B Allergan Buy
• New HIV Antitrust Complaint, Same Problems, Gilead Says
• Las Vegas Sun's Antitrust Suit Against Adelson Heating Up
• Indivior Can Split IP, Antitrust Claims In Suboxone Fight
• La. Appraisers Board Can't 'Run To Court,' FTC Tells 5th Circ.
• Body Cam Maker Brings Battle Over FTC Authority To 9th Circ.
• 2 Firms Seek $17M Fee Award For Railroad No-Poach Deals
• Exchange Insists Bank Conspiracy Suit Can Survive Changes
• Cos. Must Prep For Potential Federal Price-Gouging Regs
• Remote Depositions Bring Ethics Considerations For Lawyers
• Burger King Workers Push Bid To Revive No-Poach Suit
• Daimler Wins Disclosure Fight In Cargo Cartel Suit
• Perrigo Follows FTC's Wake With AbbVie Testosterone Suit
• Door Makers Get Some Claims Shut Out In Price-Fix Case
• Sens. Call For Antitrust Vigilance During, After Pandemic
• Cricket League Retires Antitrust Suit Over US Bidding Process
• Calif. AG Says Oil Traders Bilked Drivers By Rigging Market
• Sellers, Anticipate Novel Calif. Price-Gouging Class Actions
• Suboxone Buyers Tell 3rd Circ. Case Is Not Like Lamictal
• 9th Circ. Open To Reviving Suit Over Coachella Noncompetes
• 3M Wins Its First NY Injunction Over COVID-19 Price-Gouging
• JPMorgan Chase Spoofing Treasury Futures Market, Suit Says
• Scott + Scott Looks To Lead FICO Antitrust Suits
• Live Nation, Consumers Tussle Over Related Cases
• EU Clears Aurubis' €380M Fusion With Copper Refiner
• Justices Weigh 'Monopoly Power' In Booking.com TM Case
• Preston Hollow Seeks $100M In Del. For Nuveen Defamation
• Early Pandemic-Related Shifts We're Seeing In Legal Finance
• The Death Of The LSAT
• McGraw-Hill, Cengage Cancel Merger Under DOJ Pressure
• EpiPen Buyers Lost Bid To Depose Ex-Teva CEO In MDL
• Nursing Home Co. Says Philly Hospital Wants 'Blueprint'
• DOJ Clears Co-Op's $433M Buy From Bankrupt Dean Foods
• 5th Circ. Pauses HP's Bid To Collect On $438M Disk Drive Win
• FTC Wants More Info On CoStar's $588M Ch. 11 RentPath Buy
• MUFG, RBC Escape Opt-Outs' Forex-Rigging Suit
• Grocers Press 3rd Circ. To Revive Egg Price-Fixing Case
• Insurer's $150M Hurricane Suit Heads To Arbitration
• Uber Can't Escape Defunct Rival's Antitrust Suit
• Examining Startup Investors' Thoughts On Big Tech's Power
• House Wants Bezos Testimony In Amazon Antitrust Probe
• Truck Makers Downplay Role In UK Cartel Claims
• Schein Settles Pair Of Investor Suits Over Price-Fixing Claims
• UK Opposition Forces Sabre, Farelogix To Drop Merger