Competition Archive » September, 2020

Competition - September, 2020

288 articles

• Keurig To Pay $31M To Grind Indirect Buyers' Antitrust Claims
• House Dems Lay Into Pharma CEOs, Urge Price Negotiations
• 3rd Circ. Wipes Out FTC's $448M AbbVie Win
• Law360's The Term: The Impact Of Amy Coney Barrett
• Toyoda Gosei Gets Final OK On $44.8M Auto Part MDL Deal
• Axon Asks 9th Circ. For Pause In Antitrust Row With FTC
• FCC Inks Clearer Rules For Referring Deals To Team Telecom
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Apple And Epic Want Antitrust Fight To Go To A Bench Trial
• What We Know About How Judicial Bias Can Influence Rulings
• CMA Plans Rules That Could Land Repeat Offenders In Court
• Tiffany Investors Sue LVMH As It Tries To Ditch $16.2B Merger
• Surgery Robot Maker Accused Of Banning Third-Party Repairs
• Expert Says FTC Misdiagnosed $599M Philly Hospital Merger
• Dairy Farmers, Co-Op Settle Competition Suit On Eve Of Trial
• Meatpackers Duck Cattle Ranchers' Antitrust Suit, For Now
• Buyers Say 9th Circ. Qualcomm Ruling Doesn't Nix Class
• EU Watchdog Hits Auto Parts Cos. With €18M In Cartel Fines
• Merck, Glenmark Blast 'Extremely Small' Zetia Buyers' Class
• BlackRock Aims To Sink Bias Claims From Black-Owned Firm
• Digital Platform Agency Would Imperil Internet Commerce
• AGs In A Pandemic: Grewal Talks NJ Price-Gouging
• Law Firm Social Responsibility Strategies In The New Normal
• Peabody, Arch Drop Merger Plans After Judge Sides With FTC
• Tiffany Rips LVMH's Countersuit In $16.2B Merger Dispute
• Dental Supply Investors Get Class Cert. In Price-Fixing Suit
• Calif. To Manufacture Its Own Generic Drugs Under New Law
• Apple And Epic Antitrust Judge Eyes July 2021 Jury Trial
• Justices Urged To Kill FTC's Claimed Restitution Power
• Swisher Beats Rival's Antitrust Suit
• Nordic Antitrust Enforcers Propose Digital Platform Regs
• Ad Co. Must Redo 'Virtually Impossible' To Read Google Suit
• Swiss Tech Co., IP Firm Settle Patent Licensing Antitrust Fight
• What To Expect On Key Civil Procedure Issues From Barrett
• LVMH Fires Counterclaims At Tiffany In $16.2B Merger Brawl
• Slot Maker Must Face Rival's Antitrust Suit Over 'Sham' Patent
• Time To Remove Treble Damages From Antitrust Class Actions
• Cleary, Jones Day Help Forge $1.4B Steelmaker Merger
• NY Man Charged With COVID-19 Price-Gouging To Donate PPE
• 3 Firms Drive Devon-WPX Merger Creating $12B Energy Giant
• How Law Articles And A Viral Clip Got Barrett The Nomination
• What Happens Now That Amy Coney Barrett Is The Nominee
• Judge Amy Coney Barrett: 7th Circ. Decisions To Know
• Among Democrats, A Growing Appetite To Alter High Court
• What A 6-Vote Majority Would Mean For The Supreme Court
• Judge Barrett Worth Nearly $2M, Disclosures Show
• A History Of Supreme Court Confirmations In 3 Charts
• Trump Chooses Amy Coney Barrett For Ginsburg's Seat
• Dem Reps. Eye High Court Term Limits, Temporary Expansion
• FTC Asks 9th Circ. To Rethink Qualcomm Licensing Ruling
• Buyers Defend Standing In German Car Cos. Antitrust MDL
• Spotify Wants Claims From 'Cryptic' Music Rights Group Cut
• Poultry Co. Can't Get Patent Claim Case Revived At Fed. Circ.
• VW Says Ex-Exec's Death Raised As Distraction In M&A Case
• A Likely Tipping Point For Nonlawyer Ownership Of Law Firms
• The Challenges Facing Trump's Drug Pricing Order
• 6 Months Into Virus, Antitrust Enforcement 'Close To Normal'
• EU Commission To Appeal €13B Apple State-Aid Case
• DoorDash Steers Users From Non-Partner Eateries, Suit Says
• AGs Defend Ky. Over Amazon Seller Price-Gouging Probes
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Clears Private Health Care Takeover
• House Bill Would Allow NCAA Sponsorship Pay, Empower FTC
• Ex-Cancer Center Prez Indicted In Antitrust Conspiracy
• FTC Wrongly Got Docs In Auto Dealer DMS Suit, Court Told
• How RBG Tamed Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination
• Bain-Led Group Inks $2.5B Take-Private Deal With Fiber Co.
• DOJ Support Of SEP Injunctions Should Stabilize Licensing
• 8 Firms Build EW Scripps' $2.65B Ion Media Purchase
• A Road Map For Drafting Persuasive Discovery Motions
• ECJ Pulls Plug On Italian Cable Maker's Cartel Fine Fight
• NCAA Wants Clarity On Capping Academic Awards At $5.6K
• Calif. AG Asks Senate Not To Replace CCPA With National Law
• 9th Circ. Antitrust Ruling Threatens NFL, Free Enterprise
• Doctor Certification Group Ducks Antitrust Claims
• DC Circ. Wary Of Fight Over FERC's Grid Rate Incentives Cut
• Shire Fights Latest Class Rep In ADHD Drug Antitrust Suit
• PTAB Weighs Wells Fargo's Digs At USAA Check Deposit Tech
• Rawlings Hits Back On Bid To Deny False Ad Suit Coverage
• NY AG Loses Lysol Price-Gouging Case Against Wholesaler
• 3 Firms Win Lead Counsel Roles In Insulin Price-Fixing MDL
• How Congress Can Depoliticize The Supreme Court
• Burger King Workers Ask 11th Circ. To Revive No-Poach Suit
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Justifying An MDL
• Spain Ordered To Take Back Ship Investors' Tax Benefits
• DOJ Floats Section 230 Immunity Rollback Targeting Big Tech
• The Case For A Nonpolitical Federal Judiciary
• Topgolf Says Rival Wants A 'Mulligan' In Antitrust Suit
• California Consumers Lose Bid For Subclass In Lipitor Case
• ITC Will Review Allergan's Win In Botox Trade Secrets Case
• Antitrust Class Actions Netted $24B In Deals Last Decade
• Trump's Drug Pricing Order Is More Bark Than Bite
• $2B Online Slots Deal Draws UK Antitrust Scrutiny
• Judge Says Brewer Can't Fix Case Against Anheuser, Molson
• Anthem-Cigna Merger Ruling Highlights Post-Deal Issues
• Top EU Court Clears UK State Aid To Hinkley Nuclear Project
• The Keys To A Better Privilege Logging Paradigm
• Justice Ginsburg: Who She Was, How She Shaped The Law
• Law360's The Term: The Life And Legacy Of Justice Ginsburg
• Budding Textualist Star Barbara Lagoa Eyed For High Court
• Juul, Altria Seek To Snuff Out RICO Claims From Vaping MDL
• FTC Wants More Info On Some Deals, Exemptions For Others
• McConnell Defends Election-Year Plan To Replace Ginsburg
• Labor Unions Appeal Akorn's Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation In Del.
• Epic Games Says Fortnite Isn't Security Threat To Apple
• Zetia Buyers Fight Quick Appeal Of Antitrust Class Cert.
• House Votes To Repeal Health Insurers' Antitrust Immunity
• Angola Says Energy Co. Must Arbitrate $1.1B Forgery Suit
• Chancery Sets Fast Trial For $16.2B Tiffany-LVMH Merger Suit
• UK Top Court Ruling May Be Problematic For Global SEP Suits
• White House Due Process Memo Could Reform Enforcement
• Microsoft Inks $7.5B Deal For Skadden-Led Video Game Maker
• Cravath, Latham Craft $8B Deal For Cancer Detection Biz
• Birthdays, Weddings And In Between: RBG And Her Clerks
• Our 'North Star': What RBG Means To Women In Law
• Will The Senate Replace Ginsburg Before Election Day?
• 5 To Watch As GOP Races To Fill Ginsburg's Seat
• RBG's Biggest Opinions, From Civil Rights To Civil Procedure
• VoIP Carrier Calls AT&T Dismissal Bid A Delay Tactic
• Anheuser's Hawaii Brewery Sale Appeases DOJ On Beer Deal
• In Her Own Words: 4 Of Ginsburg's Strongest Bench Dissents
• With The Passing Of Ginsburg, The Left Loses An Icon
• Justice Ginsburg, 87, Dies Of Cancer Complications
• Gilead Accused Of Paying To Stave Off HIV Drug Competition
• Wholesaler Fights To Stay Suboxone Product-Hop Class Rep
• Merck Says Vaccine Buyers Must Arbitrate Antitrust Suit
• Law Firm Hiring Considerations In A COVID-19 Economy
• 6 Indicted In $100M Amazon Marketplace Bribery Scheme
• How Pharma Cos. Can Evaluate Alliance Agreements' Validity
• Cannabis Mergers Skewed Hart-Scott-Rodino Report Data
• EU Top Court Upends Rebuke Of French Fishing Industry Aid
• Brexit Prompts Brussels Boutique To Launch London Office
• VW Supplier Says It Lost Antitrust Witness With Exec's Death
• Heir-Finder Exec Gets Probation For Working With Competitor
• FTC Expands Its Reviews Of Past Mergers
• Conn., Tribes Can Intervene In MGM Suit Over $300M Casino
• Ixchel Loses 9th Circ. Appeal In Antitrust Row With Biogen
• Feds Want In On Private Price-Fix Suits Versus Teva
• Tiffany's Blasts LVMH For Trying To 'Run Out The Clock'
• Class Attys Seek $69M Slice Of Capacitor MDL Deals
• Ex-JPMorgan Trader Gets 8 Months For Forex-Rigging
• Judge OKs $187M Libor Deals But Calls $54M Atty Fee 'High'
• Anthem Slips Pharmacy's Suit Over Alleged Network Shutout
• Lawyers Must Act To Preserve Democracy This Election
• Pressure On UK Gov't Builds Over Brexit Treaty Breach
• NKT Settles UK Power Cable Cartel Suit With National Grid
• New Apple, Intel Patent Complaint Even Worse, Fortress Says
• Poultry Processing Giants Dodge Wage-Fixing Suit, For Now
• Apple Fights Epic's Bid To Reverse Fortnite App Store Ban
• DC Circ. Mulls Upending FAA's Move On Peak Newark Flights
• Court Quashes Forex Investors' NY Agency Doc Request
• Jones Day Steers Planned $1.3B European Recycling Biz Sale
• Tribune Knew Of Issues In $3.9B Sinclair Merger, 7th Circ. Told
• Bill Curtailing NPE Suits At ITC Could Restructure Licensing
• Adelson Wants Accounting Docs Banned In Vegas Paper Row
• DOJ Says 9th Circ. Qualcomm Ruling May Hurt Class Cert.
• Best Practices For Health Care Mergers In The COVID-19 Era
• How To Effectively Defend Witnesses In Remote Depositions
• Spanish Antitrust Watchdog Can't Refer Questions To ECJ
• Watchdog Raises Red Flag On £26M Bike Insurance Merger
• Lawmakers Grill Google On 'Ad Stack' Dominance
• Trump Picks NTIA Adviser To Fill O'Rielly's FCC Seat
• FCC Prioritizes Paper Trails In Revamped Hearing Process
• DOJ Defends Clearance Of Co-Op's $433M Dean Foods Buy
• CoreLogic Again Rejects $7B Takeover Offer As Too Low
• The Clause At Center Of $16B Tiffany-LVMH Chancery Fight
• Investors Defend Doc Request To NY Agency In Forex Case
• Sen. Floats NCAA Athlete Pay Plan Requiring Shared Earnings
• FTC Says Texas Anesthesia Proposal Still Misses The Mark
• FTC Expert Predicts 20% Price Hike From Pa. Hospitals Merger
• Whether And How To Compel Remote Arbitration
• US Drops Aluminum Tariffs, Preempts Canada's Ire
• Norway Shipper Settles With Daimler In Price-Fixing Suit
• Jefferson CFO Walks Back Stance At Einstein Antitrust Trial
• Trade Group Legally Deleted Facebook Posts, NLRB Says
• DOJ Official Warns Of Anti-Competitive 'Information Exchange'
• FCC Gives Dish More Buildout Time After T-Mobile-Sprint Deal
• US Soccer Gets Extra Time To Respond To Antitrust Claims
• Trump's Latest Drug Pricing Executive Order Draws Doubts
• Nokia Escapes Antitrust Suit Over Cellphone Tech Patent Pool
• UK Antitrust Arm Calls For 'All-Encompassing' EU Market Tool
• The Unique Challenges Of Protecting A Law Firm Brand
• NY's Proposed Antitrust Laws Are Out Of Sync With US Law
• Taboola And Outbrain Call Off Merger Amid UK Review
• Actavis $19M Deal In ADHD Drug Antitrust Suit Gets Initial OK
• TikTok Spurns Microsoft, In Talks With Oracle Instead
• Debevoise, Cleary Craft Up To $6.9B Verizon-Tracfone Deal 
• Senator Says He Still Worries About 'Ideological' Bias Online
• EU To Take Countries' Merger Referrals Regardless Of Size
• Home Health Care Co. Tries Again To Escape FCA Case
• ADHD Med Buyers Can't Yet Appeal Class Cert. Denial
• Ranchers To Get Docs From DOJ Meatpacking Investigation
• Big Banks Call Small Bond Conspiracy Suit 'Impossibly Broad'
• Peanut Farmers Seek Class Cert. In Price-Fixing Suit
• DOJ Antitrust Unit Says Responses Usable In Other Probes
• The Dollars And Sense Of Antitrust Class Certification: Part 2
• SmileDirect Decision Reveals Antitrust Risk For State Boards
• Brexit Trade Deal In Balance As UK Faces EU Ultimatum
• State AGs Say Drugmakers Want To Delay Price-Fixing Trials
• Calif. Enforcer Sees Less Focus On Economics After T-Mobile
• Bank GCs Don't Have To Sit For Depos In Forex-Rigging Fight
• DOJ Antitrust Head Touts Pushback On 'Radical' IP Theory
• LVMH To Countersue Tiffany After $16.2B Merger Breaks Down
• Einstein Seeks Contempt Order In Hospital Merger Doc Fight
• 4 Issues To Watch In Philly FTC Hospital Merger Trial
• Judge Trims Suit Accusing LinkedIn Of Holding Monopoly
• Irish PM Warns UK Treaty Breach Threatens Brexit Trade Deal
• 1st Circ. Says Energy Price Antitrust Row Is FERC's Domain
• Google, Advocacy Groups Battle For Europe's Digital Future
• Drugmakers Want Zetia 'Shortcut' Cert. Short-Circuited
• Europe's Advocate Gen. Takes Narrow View Of Telecom Case
• France Fines Pharma Cos. €444M For Abuse Of Dominance
• Qualcomm Tells 9th Circ. FTC Ruling Nixes Consumers' Case
• House Committee Weighs Broadcast Diversity Plans
• ITC Ruling Is Groundbreaking For IPRs In Investigations
• Paint Removal Co. Sues Rival For $35M For Bribing Feds
• Football Is Back. Football Litigation Never Left.
• How Credit Card Fee Antitrust Cases Fare In UK Versus US
• What To Know When Making Dispositive Motions In Arbitration
• NCAA Publicity Rule Raises Labor, Antitrust, Policy Issues
• Apple Loses Bid For ECJ Guidance Over 4G LTE Patents
• EU Commission Seeks Input On Rules For Broadband Aid
• LVMH, Tiffany To Face Off In Chancery Over $16.2B Deal
• Comcast Turns To High Court To Thwart $160M Antitrust Trial
• Jeld-Wen, Masonite Cut $75M Deal To End Door Price-Fix Suits
• Top Exchanges Back Cboe In 7th Circ. VIX Manipulation Fight
• NY Agency Rips 15M-Page 'Fishing Expedition' In Forex Case
• Indivior Wants Class Rep DQ'd In Suboxone Product-Hop Suit
• ITC May Be Willing To Wait On PTAB, If The Timing Is Right
• Apple Decries Epic's 'Larcenous' Conduct In Fortnite App Row
• FTC Says 3rd Circ. Ruling Can't Help AbbVie In AndroGel Case
• AGs In A Pandemic: Fox Talks Montana Meatpacking
• 4 Ways Amicus Briefs Can Support An Overall Legal Strategy
• Fed Paper's Inadvertent Antitrust Policy Questions For Biden
• Lloyds Told To Stop Bundling Biz Accounts With Virus Loans
• Calif. Panel Reverses C​​​​​​​inemark's $3.75M Antitrust Loss
• Google Wants Play Store, Apple App Store Suits Kept Apart
• Express Scripts Defeats Patient Poaching Appeal At 8th Circ.
• Axon Can't DQ FTC's In-House Judge From Merger Challenge
• Drug-Device Combos Divide Orange Book Feedback
• Akorn Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed Over MDL Plaintiffs' Objection
• Courts Referee NCAA Athlete Pay Fight As States Mull Change
• Teva's $23B Opioid Litigation Deal Faces New Wave Of Attacks
• 2 FCA Defenses Can Address Vague Pandemic-Related Rules
• Colo. Hydroponics Co. Sues Ex-Exec Over Soured $2.4M Deal
• Deciding Whether Co-Mediation Is Right For Your Case
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• FTC Antitrust Deputy Goes From 'Crisis' To 'New Normal'
• Watchdog Targets Property Giants For Potential Misselling
• Banks Seek To Cut All But 1 Buyer In Aluminum Antitrust MDL
• Blue Cross, Hospital Chain Tell 7th Circ. To Toss Antitrust Suit
• Ga. Concrete Supplier Indicted In Federal Price-Fixing Probe
• Humana's Glumetza Suit Too Little, Too Late, Court Told
• Netflix Says Fox Contracts Unfairly Restrict Worker Mobility
• DOJ Issues New Guidance On Merger Fixes
• Exec Gets Trade Secrets Suit Nixed For Citing Wrong Contract
• Ex-BigLaw Bankruptcy Atty Charged With Extortion In NY
• FAQs For 3rd Parties In Gov't Merger Suits Amid Pandemic
• Black Law Firm Leaders On Improving Diversity In BigLaw
• EU Probes Ladbrokes' Virtual Betting Rights In Belgium
• Swiss Antitrust Watchdog Probes Suspected Retail Cartel
• Ariz. Law Firm Ownership Rule Change Is A Win For Clients
• Streaming Cos. Say Charter Is Trying To 'Punish Cord Cutters'
• The Anthem-Cigna 'Soap Opera' That Led To Chancery Defeat
• Longtime Dechert Antitrust Co-Chair Heads To Steptoe
• Perrigo Fights AbbVie's Bid To Send Pa. Antitrust Suit To NJ
• 8th Circ. Won't Rethink Striking Down North Dakota PBM Law
• $184M Settlements OK'd In Loestrin Buyers' Antitrust Row
• Oil Co. Says Former Exec Can't Countersue In $214M Fight
• Medical Group Must Turn Over Docs In Hospital Merger Case
• UK Ruling Shows Global SEP Enforcement Dilemma
• InterDigital Says UK Ruling On SEPs Hurts Lenovo's Case
• US Inks Antitrust Coop Deal With Australia, Canada, NZ, UK
• German Criminal Liability Proposal Would Affect US Cos.
• Attys Seek $2.6M Fees For Wholesaler Antitrust MDL
• How To Write A Better Comment Letter On Agency Proposals
• AbbVie Faces House Subpoena Over Humira Pricing
• SEC Pays $2.5M Whistleblower Award To Wall Street Analysts
• DOJ Warned FIFA About Antitrust Concerns, Suit Reveals
• Chicken Farms Approve $13M Price-Fix Settlement
• 3 Lessons From The Failed $54B Cigna-Anthem Merger
• ABB Optical Settles Out Of Contact Lens Price-Fix MDL
• Australian Watchdog Knocks Facebook's News Threat
• Utility Tells 9th Circ. Solar Panel Users Can't Show Rate Injury
• The Problem With Collectability In Legal Malpractice Cases
• Aussie Steel Exec Pleads Guilty To Obstructing Cartel Probe
• Japanese Electronics Cos. Dodge Antitrust Suit
• Dr. Reddy's Inks Deal To Exit Namenda Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Visa Faces Another Antitrust Suit Over Interchange Fees