Competition Archive » May, 2021

Competition - May, 2021

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• Law360 Names 2021's Top Attorneys Under 40
• Vegas Paper Can't Yet Appeal Order In Adelson Antitrust Case
• Senate Punts On Massive Tech, Trade Bill Aimed At China
• Eli Lilly Gets More Time To Respond To HHS Letter
• Amazon's MGM Buy Fuels Streaming Wars, Irks Lawmakers
• Top 3 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Video Games Are Latest Antitrust Target But May Not Be Last
• Samsung's LCD Cartel Claim Against LG Tossed In UK
• 5 Tips To Help Your 2021 Summer Associates Succeed
• EU Renews €6.5M Fine On ICAP Over Yen Derivatives Cartels
• Senate Adds Trade Package To Major Tech Bill Aimed At China
• Illumina, Grail Say FTC Just Wants To Run Out Merger Clock
• Judge Questions Bid To Move Acthar Cases To Delaware
• Bill Would End NCAA Amateurism, Allow Player Unions
• Panel Hears 3 Venue Options For Crop Inputs MDL
• 9th Circ. Asked To Revive Antitrust Suit Against Realtor Group
• 5 Current Ad And Marketing Legal Risks To Watch Out For
• Firms Should Use Surveys To Make Smart Legal Tech Choices
• Feds Tell Justices To Skip Comcast, Viamedia Antitrust Suit
• DC's Amazon Antitrust Suit Could Just Be A Test Case
• Live Chat IP Trial Is About A 'Copycat' And A 'Bully,' Jury Hears
• Mallinckrodt Ch. 11 Trustee Hearing Set For Confirmation
• Health Tech Co. Says Apple Stopped Heart Monitor Competitor
• Ex-Staffing Co. Owner Looks To Duck Wage-Fixing Charge
• Senate Bill Aims To Boost State AGs In Antitrust Cases
• CN, KCS Seek Voting Trust Approval In $33.6B Takeover Push
• Swiss Ditch Trade Talks With EU With Differences Unresolved
• Google Must Face Deception Claim In Data-Harvesting Row
• DOJ Wants Time During SmileDirect's Calif. Dental Board Args
• Huntington's $22B TCF Deal Approved With Branch Sales
• Actavis Inks $1.1M Deal In ADHD Medication Antitrust Suit
• Biden Admin. Faces Broad IP Threat From China, Iancu Says
• Divided Senate Confirms Biden Pick For DOJ Civil Rights Post
• FCC's Carr Says Big Tech Must Pay For Its Strain On Internet
• Fla. To Revoke Tax Breaks For Platforms That Ban Politicians
• Don't Forget Due Diligence In Race For Lateral Associate Hires
• UK Regulator Will Scrutinize AstraZeneca-Alexion Deal
• Holland & Knight Welcomes Veteran Litigator To Philly Office
• Mattress Co. Warns 8th Circ. To Rethink 'Initial Interest' Ruling
• DC AG Sues Amazon For Antitrust Violations
• Epic-Apple Judge Suggests No Clear Winner As Trial Wraps
• Tyson 1st To Settle In Turkey Price-Fix Case With $4.6M Deal
• German Automakers Tell 9th Circ. Antitrust Suit Rightly Nixed
• US Teen Soccer Star Cleared To Go Pro
• Eli Lilly Says HHS Trying To Foil Case Over Drug Discounts
• Ex-JPM Trader Tells 2nd Circ. Courts Decide Antitrust Rule
• Korein Tillery Adds Former Federal Prosecutor In Chicago
• Google's Antitrust Win Irrelevant To Facebook Suit, AGs Say
• BMW Expects EU To Trim $1B Emissions Cartel Fine
• Holland & Knight Accused Of Malpractice In Fla. Case
• Baker Botts, Wachtell Lead $17B Merger Of Oil & Gas Cos.
• Epic-Apple's 'Super Bowl Of Antitrust' Trial May Be Watershed
• Endo Investors Win Operatic Class Cert. In Generic Price Suit
• Apple CEO Tim Cook Gets Tough Questions From Epic Judge
• Shkreli, Vyera Rip FTC Sanction Bid Over Alleged Phone Wipe
• ​​​​​​FTC Says No Way To $151M Pa. Cement Co. Merger
• DC Circ. Knocks FAA For Spurning Spirit's Airport Slot Bid
• Tribunal Tosses Sabre's Challenge Of CMA Merger Review
• Union Law Doesn't Block Soccer Phenom's Age-Limit Suit
• VW Escapes Investors' German Car Conspiracy Suit In NY
• How Tech Race Bill Expands CFIUS Purview To Academia
• Canadian National Tops Railway Rival With $33.6B KCS Deal
• Ky. Real Estate Agents Indicted For Rigging Farmland Auction
• Lessons In Civility From The Alex Oh Sanctions Controversy
• States' Suit Against Google Staying Put In Texas
• Google V. Oracle Hangs Over Apple's IP Defense In Epic Trial
• FTC To Focus On In-House Challenge Of Illumina Deal
• Iowa Town Must Face Challenge To $50M Google Fiber Build
• 9th Circ. Urged To Rethink Tuna Buyers' Class Decertification
• DOJ Expands Poultry Probe With 2nd Corp. Indictment
• Shoring Up Compliance Amid Change In Antitrust Tack
• FTC Tells Justices To Nix Sham Litigation Exception Case
• Mallinckrodt's Ch. 11 Claim Deadline OK'd Over Opposition
• Australia Clears Salesforce's $27.7B Deal For Slack
• Biz Record Admissibility Rule Must Adapt To An ESI World
• Canadian Pacific Calls For KCS To Snub Rival $33.7B Bid
• Peugeot Sues Auto Parts Makers For €632M Over Cartel
• EU Fines 3 Banks €371M For Operating Bond Trading Cartel
• Apple's Craig Federighi Says Epic's App Store Risks Security
• 5th Circ. Revives Conspiracy Case Against Quest Diagnostics
• FTC Too Busy To Scrutinize All Hospital Mergers, Sens. Told
• In Reversal, Crop Supply Antitrust Suits Paused For JPML
• Sens. Expand Massive Tech Bill Aimed At China
• House Again Passes Bill To Reform Orphan Drug Exclusivity
• Biz Groups Back PBMs In North Dakota Preemption Fight
• CSX Suit Can't Be Derailed, But Board To Hear Immunity Fight
• COVID Experiences Could Play Into Gas Price-Gouging Suits
• Union Calls For Antitrust Scrutiny Of AT&T's Spinoff
• Pa. Justices' Ruling Presents Big Hurdles For No-Poach Pacts
• Sens. Look To Bolster China Bill With Trade Enforcement
• FTC Wants Shkreli Sanctioned For Allegedly Wiping Phone
• Deutsche Bank Sued Over Forex Rigging By UK Currency Firm
• Apple's Phil Schiller Defends Data Practices In Epic Trial
• Diverse Team To Lead MDL Against Robinhood, Other Brokers
• Dems Call For FTC Probe Into AbbVie's Humira Deals
• DOJ Offers 5th Circ. Its Current View On Mobile Patent Pool
• UK Watchdog Looking Into Sony's $430M Music Deal
• Key GOP Sen. Slams FTC 'Mismanagement' In Merger Reviews
• Inside The 5 Largest M&A Deals AT&T Has Ever Completed
• Mayer Brown Nabs Former FTC Deputy Gail Levine
• Med Buyers Say Mallinckrodt Too Incompetent To Run Ch. 11
• Courts Are Aligning Patent Fraud, Inequitable Conduct Claims
• What's In A 'Beer'? Corona Owners Battle Over Definition
• LG Says UK Not The Place For Samsung's LCD Cartel Claim
• Judging A Book: Rodriguez Reviews 'When Machines Can Be Judge'
• BP Global Competition Head Joins Addleshaw Goddard
• Virus App Maker Insists Apple Antitrust Case Stay Out Of Calif.
• Epic-Apple Judge Praises Legal Teams For Diversity
• Hagens Berman Defends Keeping $52.8M While Fees Revised
• FTC Takes Disgorgement Off Table In Surescripts Case
• Progressives Say Trump Changes Hindered Regulatory Portal
• Kodak Says NY Has Threatened To File Insider Trading Suit
• Hagens Berman Mishandled $52.8M, Disk Drive Objector Says
• HP Says Ex-Worker Lacks Facts To Prove No-Poach Claims
• 6th Circ. Says Auto Parts Buyers Can't Bring Price-Fixing Suit
• Surgical Care Blasts DOJ Criminal Case Over Employee Pacts
• Shkreli Cos.' Ability To Pay Penalties Irrelevant, FTC Says
• Apple CEO, Execs On Deck For 3rd Week Of Epic Games Trial
• Apple's App Store Runs On 79% Operating Margin, Judge Told
• 7-Eleven Sparks FTC Uproar With Close Of Speedway Deal
• Buyers Win Cert. In Ranbaxy Generic-Drug Antitrust Case
• Inside The $33.7B Attempt To Wrest KCS From Railway Rival
• Apple Says App Store Complaints Are Just Biz Disputes
• Racer Wants Monitor Nixed After High Court Win Against FTC
• AGs Say High Court Ruling Doesn't Weaken Drug Price Claims
• Spirit Airlines Seeks DOT Probe Of JetBlue-American Deal
• Del. Justices Say Dyal-Owl Rock Merger Can Go Through
• 5 Steps For Law Firms Rethinking Flexible Work Post-COVID
• PBMs Aren't Ready To Throw In Towel In Preemption Fight
• Apple's Trial Witness Drop Leaves Epic 'Scrambling'
• Google Gets Calif. Antitrust Litigation Thrown Out, For Now
• Farms Denied Quick Win In Winn-Dixie's Price-Fixing Suit
• Bayer Tells Ill. Court Farmers' Antitrust Suits Must Go To Mo.
• Senate Panel Splits On Contentious DOJ Civil Rights Nominee
• Soccer League Says Union Talks Bar Teen's Age Limit Suit
• FTC Probing $7.2B Natural Gas Merger
• Google's Fiber Deal In Iowa Hurts Competition, Telecom Says
• Senate Panel Clears Bill Hiking Megamerger Filing Fees
• Italy Fines Google €100M Over Blocked EV Charging App
• What UK's New Merger Controls Mean For Private Equity
• Facebook Loses Appeal Over CMA's Giphy Merger Probe
• Epic Antitrust Judge Doubts Apple Expert's AmEx Comparison
• EU Will Review Facebook's Kustomer Deal After Requests
• Real Estate Agent With Antitrust Violation Can Keep License
• Dyal Tells Del. Justices Sixth Street Seeks A 'Lowball Buyback'
• Amazon Did Not Receive Illegal State Aid, EU Court Says
• Flyers Elevate Merger Case From Bankruptcy To District Court
• House Committee Approves Tax Haven Disclosure Bill
• Ticketmaster Users' Monopoly Suit Set For Arbitration
• Big Tech Critic Lina Khan Clears Senate Panel For FTC Seat
• Bumble Bee Drops From Tuna MDL, But Attys Can't Buzz Off
• DC Judge Sanctions Paul Weiss, Alex Oh In Exxon Case
• Judge's Rebuke Of Mass. AG Has Lessons For All Attorneys
• Aon Floats $3.5B Disposal After Probe Into Willis Merger
• Retailers Seek Quick Win In MasterCard, Visa Swipe Fees Suit
• Apple Wanted App Users 'Hooked,' Exec's 2013 Email Reveals
• Apple Blasts Updated Virus App Monopoly Suit
• 8th Circ. Revives Sleep Number Mattress TM Suit
• Judge Calls Facebook's Bid To Toss Enforcer Cases 'Serious'
• Cannabis Co. Says It Was Elbowed Out Of Extractor Deal
• Dem Commissioner Blasts 'Pro-Merger' Pharma Stance At FTC
• 6 Firms Advise On Paper Excellence's $2.8B Domtar Deal
• Fiat State Aid Ruling Missed The Mark, Attys Tell EU Court
• Transmission Cos. Back FERC's Grid Connection Cost Rules
• AbbVie Slapped With Suit From Would-Be Humira Rival
• Font Considerations To Give Your Legal Briefs An Edge
• Apple Hit With £1.5B Lawsuit Over App Store Charges
• Apple's App Store Monopoly Made It Billions, Prof Testifies
• Cohen Milstein Rips Paul Weiss, Alex Oh's 'Half Apologies'
• Apple Wants Full Fed. Circ. Redo Of Qualcomm Decision
• GSK Gets Fines Slashed In UK Pay-For-Delay Case
• Watchdog Wants To End Stay In Australian Epic, Apple Fight
• FTC Wants NJ Hospital Merger On Ice During Antitrust Row
• Antitrust Suit Against Steam Heads To Wash. Fed. Court
• UK Watchdog Probing $35B AMD-Xilinx Merger Deal
• Make Profitability Management Part Of Your Law Firm Culture
• Data-Driven Scrutiny Of Federal Deals May Yield False Flags
• Facebook Wants Keller Lenkner DQ'd From Antitrust Suit
• Health Data Cos. Drop Merger Deal After UK Gov't Worries
• Class Counsel Seek $10.3M In Fees From $31M Keurig Deal
• Fiat Blasted Over 'Lamentable' Disclosure In Cartel Suit
• Apple's App Review Comes Under Fire In Antitrust Trial
• Epic, Apple Antitrust Trial: What's On Deck Week 2
• Judge Says Antitrust Claims Against Adelson Should Survive
• What To Watch In The Car-Share Rental Co. Turf Wars
• Alex Oh Says She Rues 'Breakdown Of Civility' In Exxon Case
• Dermatology Case Tapped As Bellwether In Generic Drug MDL
• Attys Must Share Vax Status Before In-Person Mass. Auto Trial
• Spanish Pipe Co. Says $20M False Ad Suit Comes Too Late
• Enforcer To Regulator? FTC Dems Eye Antitrust Rulemaking
• Ericsson And Samsung Ink Licensing Deal, Ending Patent War
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Royal Mail Loses Appeal Over £50M Ofcom Antitrust Fine
• Apple Exec Testifies Epic's Payment Cheat 'Blindsided' Him
• 4th Circ. Mulls 'Murky' Law Around Small Zetia Buyer Class
• Sony Hit With Suit Alleging PlayStation Monopoly
• FDIC Says BofA Disgorgement Not Blocked By FTC Ruling
• Alex Oh Lawyers Up In Exxon Case After Brief SEC Stint
• Generic Drug Cos. Invoke FTC Restitution Limits Against AGs
• Recruitment Firm Says Ex-Worker Raiding Staff, Clients
• Nephron To Receive $7.9M To End Trade Secrets Case
• Blue Cross Unit Wants To Lead If Shkreli Faces New Suits
• Cybersecurity Firm Says Rival Is Raiding Workers, Information
• US Steel Tariff Tiff Belongs In Pa. State Court, Judge Told
• GoDaddy Taps McKesson Corp. Atty For CLO Slot
• Premier League Sued For Blocking £340M Newcastle Sale
• 4 Trends In Discoverability Of Litigation Funding Documents
• FTC, DOJ Show No Sign Of Resuming Early Merger OKs
• Microsoft Exec Reveals Epic Revenues In Apple Bench Trial
• T-Mobile/Sprint Merger: 1 Year And A Pandemic Later
• Generic-Drug Makers Knock States' Objection To Sanctions
• Gensler Says SEC Is Mulling Rules On Gamelike Trading Apps
• DOJ Says Antitrust Rules Are No Different For Employers
• New Jersey Hospital Merger Challenge Sized Right, FTC Says
• Judge Seeks Teva's Take On Morgan Lewis Conflict Claim
• Teen Soccer Phenom Sues League Over 'Unlawful' Age Limit
• Leadership Named For FTC's New Rulemaking Group
• Hotels Denied Booking.com Docs In Antitrust Suit
• DOJ Delves Deeper Into Piping Cos.' Merger Plan
• DC Circ. Mulls Burden Of Proof In FERC Power Auction Case
• High Court's AMG Ruling Could Hinder FDA Enforcement
• Expect Increasing Scrutiny Of Wage-Fixing, No-Poach Deals
• Does DOJ's Rebranding Of Patent Policy Letter Hint At More?
• Yoga App Exec Bent Out Of Shape With Apple In Epic Trial
• Republicans Ask DOJ To Probe Amazon's Role In JEDI Deal
• Defunct Wholesaler Fights Renewed DQ Bid In Suboxone Case
• Apple's App Tracking Shift Seizes On 'Spirit' Of Privacy Laws
• ​​​​​​​Nordstrom, Nike Say Fashion Co. Deceived USPTO Over TM
• FERC Defends Grid Connection Cost Rule Reversal
• Merck Unit Fined €7.5M For Hiding Project In EU M&A Review
• FERC Sees Red Flags In Southeast Power Market Proposal
• DOJ Antitrust Division Probing Taboola's Hiring Practices
• Wiley Adds Former T-Mobile VP As Telecom Partner In DC
• 7 Lessons For Young Lawyers Starting Their Careers
• Wachtell-Led Global Payments Inks $925M Deal For Zego
• Epic CEO Rips Apple's Fees As App Store Antitrust Trial Starts
• Invisalign Buyers Suffer Under Align's Monopoly, Suit Says
• FTC Fights Facebook Reading Of Justices' AMG Capital Ruling
• Jury Got Ex-JPM Trader's Conviction Right, Feds Tell 2nd Circ.
• FCC Asked To Intervene In T-Mobile, Dish 3G Shutdown Fight
• How Justices' AMG Ruling Affects Privacy And Cybersecurity
• Poultry Execs Can't Get More Info From Prosecutors
• Bayer Wants To Shake Off Flea & Tick Drugs Antitrust Suit
• Del. Justices Ax Cigna's $1.8B Fee Bid In Failed Anthem Deal
• 3 Firms Rep $5B Verizon Media Divestiture