Competition Archive » December, 2020

Competition - December, 2020

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• The Most-Read Legal Industry Guests Of 2020
• UK, EU Reach Post-Brexit Trade Deal At 11th Hour
• Android User Case Transfer 'Easy Call To Make,' Google Says
• Memphis Hospitals Ditch Deal In Wake Of FTC Challenge
• AbbVie Tells 7th Circ. Asserting Rights Isn't 'Patent Thicket'
• Prudential Unit Pays SEC $18M Over Improper Wrap Fees
• House Dems Tell High Court To Keep Tight Media Rules
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive NYC Tour Bus Co.'s Antitrust Suit
• Portugal Pours Out €304M In Fines For Beverage Price-Fixing
• CFIUS Eyes A Laser Focus On Chinese Players In 2021
• A Law Firm's Guide To Producing A Podcast
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• German Antitrust Watchdog Fines Aluminum Cartel €175M
• Judge Pans Cigna Bid To Delay Arbitration In MDL
• Shkreli Can't Delay January FTC Deposition, NY Judge Says
• Congress Repeals Health Insurers' Antitrust Immunity
• Domino's Asks Justices To Keep No-Poach Suits In Arbitration
• Concrete Co. Loses Challenge To £25M Cartel Fine
• FCC Punts Fox's Bid For Permanent Waiver To Own NY Post
• Facebook Antitrust Suits Not All The Same, Users Say
• Epic, App Cos. Slam Google's Bid To Toss Antitrust Case
• The Biggest Rulings In Antitrust Cases Of 2020
• Australia Rejects Google's Fitbit Fix, Continuing Probe
• 3rd Circ. Denies FTC Bid To Halt $599M Philly Hospital Deal
• 5 Important E-Discovery Trends And Developments In 2020
• AGs Say Their Facebook Antitrust Case Belongs With FTC's
• TravelPass Settles Hotel Antitrust Claims With Caesars
• EU Approves Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot Deal With Fixes
• Poultry Giants Seek To Trim Workers' Wage-Fixing Suit
• EU Raises Antitrust Worry About Aon's $30B Willis Takeover
• DOJ's Visa Merger Challenge Gets Late June Trial Date
• The Big SEP Victories Of Patent Owners In 2020
• Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse Bench
• Talent Co. WME And WGA Urged By Judge To Settle
• FERC Upholds $20M Fine Against BP For Market Manipulation
• M&T Case Revival Threatens Capital Markets, High Court Told
• Epic Judge Calls Apple Bid To Limit Depos 'A Disappointment'
• Gasoline Price-Fixing Suit Can't Rope In Diesel Allegations
• DOJ, Google Looking At Sept. 2023 Date For Antitrust Trial
• HP Firmware Update Locked Out Competitors' Ink, Buyers Say
• 'Killer' Deals, Internet Mergers Caught Enforcers' Eyes In 2020
• EpiPen Trial Not Feasible Nor Prudent Amid Virus, Judge Says
• 2nd Circ. Won't Review Aluminum Buyers' Cert. Denial
• Google Hit With 3rd Monopolization Suit
• UK Eyes Tougher Rule For Big Tech Amid Global Clampdown
• CMA Targets Scottish Soccer Club Over Replica Jersey Pricing
• EU Clears Google's $2B Fitbit Deal, With Conditions
• Antitrust Watchdog Fines Construction Supply Cartel £15M
• ITC Orders Import Ban For Botox Rival In Trade Secrets Case
• Facebook Vows To Tell On Apple In Epic's Antitrust Suit
• Talent Agency CAA Can Rep Writers Again With WGA Deal
• Judge Unlikely To Nix Korean Oil Co.'s Calif. Gas Price-Fix Suit
• NCAA Amateurism On The Line As Top Court Takes Pay Case
• Banks Go Back To Mat Against Odd-Lot Bonds Antitrust Suit
• Caesars Biz Hits Tyson, Others With Chicken Price-Fixing Suit
• 2nd Circ. Dubious Of Marketwide Harm In AmEx Steering Case
• Split SEC Approves Leaner Payment Disclosure Rules
• FCC Wrongly Reversed Media Diversity Agenda, Justices Told
• Assessing 2 Years Of DOJ Corporate Criminal Enforcement
• Australia Sues Facebook Over App Targeted By US Enforcers
• FDA, USPTO Data Show Earlier Small-Molecule Drug Patenting
• Texas, Other States Launch 2nd Google Antitrust Suit
• AA Can't Ground Delta's Changes To Heathrow Slot Usage
• Tips For Identifying A Culturally Competent Mediator
• InterDigital Denied Extra Trial On 'Unwilling' Lenovo Licensee
• Skating Union Wins Challenge To EU Antitrust Arbitration Ban
• High Court To Hear NCAA Athlete Education Pay Case
• EU Sees 'Narrow' Path For UK Trade Deal, Competition Hurdle
• Apple, Intel Face Uphill Fight In Antitrust Suit Against Fortress
• Kaplan Fox, Bartlit Beck To Co-Lead Google Antitrust Suit
• DOJ Tells Court To Toss Poultry Execs' Request For More Info
• 2020 Marked By Blockbuster Compliance Cases, Milestones
• EU Proposes Sweeping Restrictions On Tech Giants
• 3rd Circ. Doubts Par's Exclusive Deal Is Anti-Competitive
• Epic Games Fights To Depose Apple Execs In Antitrust Suit
• A Look At Spoliation Risk In The 11th Circ., By The Numbers
• Mylan Tries To Escape Pharmacy's EpiPen Antitrust Suit
• An Active Year For Health Care Antitrust Enforcement
• Trump's Bid To Revive Emoluments Case Moot, Justices Told
• DOJ Clears Health Insurance Merger With Fixes
• Walgreens Goes After Generic Cos. Over Alleged Price-Fixing
• April FRAND Trial Between Ericsson, TCL Pushed Over COVID
• FTC Asks 3rd Circ. To Halt Philly Hospital Deal For Appeal
• DOJ's 1st Wage-Fixing Indictment Is A Warning To Cos.
• Weil Nabs Veteran CFIUS Atty From Kirkland
• Mattress Giants Claim Immunity Against Antitrust Suit
• Billboard Co. Says Pa. Town Bent Rules For Competitor
• Pot Co. Moxie Says It Was Conned Out Of $2.5M Investment
• 3 Firms Nab Co-Lead Role In Developers' Google Antitrust Suit
• California To Join DOJ's Landmark Google Antitrust Suit
• Judge Grants $34M In Atty Fees For Battery Price-Fixing MDL
• Judge Slams Doormakers' Effort To Seal Price Fixing Docs
• Competition Group Of The Year: WilmerHale
• Dual Facebook Antitrust Cases Land Before Different Judges
• Facebook Taps DC Firm Kellogg Hansen For Antitrust Suits
• A Closer Look At High Court Schein Carveout Case Arguments
• UK Fast-Tracks Review Of $39B Liberty Global-Telefonica JV
• Telecom Calls Iowa Town's $50M Google Fiber Build Illegal
• Misguided Sensipar Ruling Threatens Patent Settlements
• Privacy, Not Price, Takes Focus In Facebook Antitrust Suits
• EU Says Brexit Negotiators 'Remain Apart' Over Competition
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• UK's Top Court Paves Way For £14B Mastercard Class Action
• Tale Of The Tape: Two Facebook Complaints
• Invisalign Maker Not Likely To Dodge Dentists' Antitrust Suit
• Facebook Users Hit Social Media Giant With Monopoly Suit
• Sen. Graham Pulls Bill Trimming Section 230 Tech Shield
• Judge Awards Attys $6M In Fees In Intuniv Antitrust Suit
• Raiders, NFL Tell 9th Circ. Oakland Can't Show Antitrust Injury
• Ex-Nat'l Lampoon Prez Claims Execs, Attys Bullied Him
• Health Care Staffing Co. Ex-Owner Charged With Wage-Fixing
• UK Watchdog Probing Walmart's £6.8B Plan To Sell Asda
• Senate Approves Subcontrator Whistleblower Protection Bill
• Competition Group of the Year: Skadden
• FTC Seeks Emergency Halt To Looming Philly Hospital Deal
• FCC Exempts Mass. Towns From Cable Rate Regs
• High Court Gives States Green Light To Regulate PBMs
• EU Launches No-Deal Brexit Plan Ahead Of Sunday Deadline
• 4 Takeaways From Antitrust Campaign Against Facebook
• DOJ Tells 11th Circ. No-Poach Franchise Analysis Needs Work
• SEC To Accelerate And Expand Public's Stock-Market Data
• Competition Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis
• State AGs, Orgs Back FTC's Restitution Power At High Court
• COVID-19 Spurs Associates To Think Bigger — Like Partners
• K&L Gates Nabs Skadden Antitrust Pro For Charleston Office
• Agencies' Joint Antitrust Focus May Spur Whistleblower Tips
• FTC, State AGs Launch Suits Over Past Facebook Deals
• VW Can't Hurry ECJ Query Over Shipping Cartel Case
• Ex-Barclays Traders Lose Appeal Of Rate-Rigging Conviction
• Paramount Antitrust Settlement Tossed In EU Pay-TV Case
• Split 9th Circ. Revives Hospital's Kaiser Antitrust Suit
• FTC Sues To Stop Procter & Gamble From Buying Razor Co.
• Full 11th Circ. To Rehear SmileDirect's Ga. Dental Board Case
• Tech Self-Regulation Is Over, Say US, EU Antitrust Officials
• Congress Approves New Antitrust Whistleblower Protections
• Dental Co. Faces Scrutiny From High Court In Carveout Case
• Xilinx Investor Sues To Stop $35B Semiconductor Merger
• CRST Drivers Lose Class Cert. Bid In Sleeper Berth Suit
• Competition Group Of The Year: Dechert
• HSBC Bank Settles Gold Price-Fixing Class Action For $42M
• GCs Are Uniquely Qualified To Lead Diversity Initiatives
• UK Drops Controversial Bid To Rip Up EU Divorce Treaty
• Court Rejects FTC Challenge To Philly Hospital Merger
• Chick-Fil-A, Target File Suits In Chicken Price Antitrust Case
• Big Pharma Slams 'Most-Favored Nation' Rule On Drug Prices
• Ala. Dental Board Gets SmileDirect, FTC Cases Combined
• La. Appraiser Board Asks Justices To Pause FTC Fee Action
• Competition Group Of The Year: Cravath
• Justices Want Gov't View On Comcast, Viamedia Antitrust Suit
• Trump DOJ Leaves Mark On Antitrust With Active Amicus Role
• 3 Ways Defendants Can Nip Civil RICO Claims In The Bud
• Euro Commission Eyes Enforcement, Reforms For Payments
• 1st Circ. Wonders Why Uber Shouldn't Follow Boston Laws
• Justices Deny Review Of Grocers' Market Allocation Case
• EU Clears DIC's €985M Deal For BASF Pigment Unit With Fix
• Post-Pandemic Challenges And Opportunities For Aviation
• EU OKs €500M Spanish Trade Credit Insurance Scheme
• Judges On Race: Reducing Implicit Bias In Courtrooms
• FTC Says Likely Pay-For-Delay Deals Remain Few
• Portugal Hits Altice Europe Unit With €84M Cartel Fine
• Fed. Circ. Sticks With Ruling On Standard-Essential Patents
• Facebook Wields User Data To Stifle Competition, Suit Says
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rethink Nixing $448M AbbVie Penalty
• Competition Group Of The Year: Berger Montague
• La. Appraisers Look To High Court In FTC's Fee Case
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Latham, Wilson
• Hunton Andrews Adds Insurance Partner From Perkins Coie
• FTC Opposes NJ Health Network's Acquisition Of Competitor
• AT&T Can't Escape But Allowed To Pause VoIP Call Suit
• Ericsson, TCL Say April Trial 'Highly Unlikely' Amid COVID-19
• Calif. Judge To Keep Video Status Hearings After COVID-19
• DOJ Backs SmileDirect's Calif. Dental Board Case At 9th Circ.
• Cherokee Nation Firm Accused Of Poaching IT Employees
• Dueling Attys Call For Xyrem MDL To Be Moved To CA Or NJ
• UK Watchdog To Study Electric Vehicle Charging Sector
• ECJ Adviser Calls Belgian Excess Profits Scheme State Aid
• Navigating Atty Relationship Conflicts That May Imperil Cases
• Tyson, Others Try To Stop Consolidation Of Price-Fixing Suits
• Wachtell, Wilson Sonsini Assist On $4.2B FanDuel Deal
• Ex-JPM Trader Wins Bail As 2nd Circ. Mulls Antitrust Question
• DOJ, Google Sent 'Back To The Drawing Board' On Secret Info
• FTC Offers Competing Views On Past CoreLogic Deal Fixes
• 5th Circ. Won't Rethink La. Appraisers' Bid To Nix FTC Action
• Mayer Brown Partner, Ex-DOJ Official Mark Ryan Dies At 65
• Peanut Shellers Roasted In Farmers' Antitrust Class Cert. Win
• CMA Appealing Competition Tribunal's JD Sports Ruling
• How Mediators Can Help Parties Overcome Emotional Barriers
• Antitrust Watchdog Seeks More Powers Over Loyalty Penalties
• UK Competition Watchdog Issues New Post-Brexit Guidance
• Telecom Wins $2.3M Damage Calculation In Access Fee Fight
• Biosimilars Group Pushes For Medicine Access Measures
• Pork Buyers Seek Initial Approval Of $24.5M JBS Settlement
• Vegas Paper's Antitrust Suit Against Adelson, Rival Survives
• Ex-JPM Forex Rigger May Get Prison Put Off By 2nd Circ.
• FTC Says High Court 'Principle' Supports Restitution Power
• Tech Co. Sues Ore. Over Ban On Real Estate Fee Discounts
• Burger King Workers Say Franchisees Lack 'Economic Unity'
• Apple Gets IP, Antitrust Suit Over Email Software Trimmed
• Insurer Can't Block Ex-Exec's Work In 'Varsity Blues' Fallout
• Angola Energy Co. Fights To Keep Gov't Contract Row In US
• Sports Network Can Try Again In Comcast Antitrust Suit
• Shearman-Led Medical Device Co. Inks $800M Drug Biz Sale
• High Court May Clarify Key Arbitration Issue
• Ala. Judge Gives Initial OK To $2.67B BCBS Antitrust Deal
• Visa Loses Bid To Refer UK Interchange Fee Suits To ECJ
• Judging A Book: Wardlaw Reviews 'Hamilton And The Law'
• Forex Rigger OK'd To Use Docs In Investor Damages Suit