Competition Archive » December, 2021

Competition - December, 2021

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• The Most-Read Legal Industry Guest Articles Of 2021
• Werner Enterprises Founder To Pay $486K Antitrust Penalty
• NFL, Fanatics Accused Of Monopolizing Amazon Market
• FTC's Khan Weighs In On CFPB's Big Tech Payments Probe
• Viamedia Drops 'Duty To Deal' Theory Against Comcast
• FCC Revises IHeart's Foreign Ownership Conditions
• FTC Judge To Rule On Altria-Juul Deal Challenge By Jan. 21
• Feds Fine Bilgari $1.3M Over Cracker Barrel Stock Buy
• Russia Creating Fake Gas Scarcity In EU, Ukraine Oil Co. Says
• US Cheerleading Org. Says Rivals Are Piggybacking On TM
• A Look At Tax Treatment Of Noncompetes In M&A: Part 2
• 11th Circ. Refuses New Trial In Booze Sales Tech IP Row
• State AGs Want Tougher Antitrust Enforcement In Meat Biz
• Cos. Must Brace For Antitrust Scrutiny Of Supply Chain Issues
• A Law Firm Leader's Guide To Seeking Effective Feedback
• Canada Reaches Accord With S&P Global On IHS Markit Deal
• Joint Venture's $4.53B Poultry Deal Faces DOJ Scrutiny
• New Draft Policy Will Create Obstacles For SEP Owners
• Tuna Giants' Price-Fixing Admissions Made Public In MDL
• Vitol, Trader Can't Shake FERC Market Manipulation Case
• EU Finalizes State Aid Guidelines Focused On Climate Change
• Realtors Group Can't Shake Antitrust Claim Over List Service
• FTC Demands Divestment Before Blessing Gas Station Deal
• Mylan Says Unharmed EpiPen Loyalists Undercut Class Cert.
• Axon Says New Circuit Split Allows High Court Review Of FTC
• A Look At Tax Treatment Of Noncompetes In M&A: Part 1
• Leahy Tells Justices Apple-Qualcomm Ruling Threatens AIA
• 1st Circ. Says Air Conditioner Fight Belongs In Court
• Takata Ch. 11 Trustee Must Take $53M Insurer Claim To Japan
• 2nd Circ. Ruling Offers Key Antitrust Takeaways On Standing
• What M&A Activity Looks Like Right Now
• Microsoft's $19.7B Nuance Buy Gets Unconditional EU Nod
• NatWest's Trading Unit Pleads Guilty To Spoofing Markets
• Major Merger Review Moments From 2021
• DOJ Fight Over Treatment Of No-Poach Cases Heats Up
• 11th Circ. Backs Hollister's $9M Win In Incontinence IP Row
• StarKist Says 9th Circ. Can't Overlook Judge's Stock Conflicts
• Justices Urged To Undo Fed. Circ.'s Qualcomm Ruling
• Doormaker Slams Bid To Duck $10M Of Settlement Coverage
• Apple Sues Ericsson, Ramping Up FRAND Fight In Texas
• UK's CMA Snags New Legal Director From Reed Smith
• Embracing ESG: Whirlpool CLO Talks Structural Improvement
• The Major Antitrust Conduct Cases Of 2021
• Minor League Teams Sue MLB To End Antitrust Carveout
• Oracle Inks $28.3B Deal For Medical Records Co. Cerner
• BNP Sells Bank Of The West In $16.3B Deal Built By 3 Firms
• DOJ Calls For More Input On Bank Merger Review Guidelines
• Mallinckrodt Balks At Bid To Withdraw Acthar Antitrust Claims
• €10B Cellnex Assets Deal May Require Divestitures, UK Says
• Wage-Fixing Defendant Seeks Rethink On Rejected DOJ Deal
• FCC's Carr Praises Steps To Limit Chinese Drone Maker
• DOJ's Poultry Price-Fix Case Ends In Mistrial, New Trial In Feb.
• Fla. High Court Is Wrong To Ban CLE Diversity Requirements
• FCC Blocks Rural Broadband Funds Over New Co. Ownership
• Wawa, Sonic, Others Settle JBS Pork Price-Fixing Claims
• Environment Has Become a Global Merger Control Issue
• How Market Definition Fueled Antitrust Win For Apple
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• FERC's Grid Connection Cost Rules Leave DC Judge Skeptical
• NCAA Governors Greenlight New Streamlined Constitution
• 6 Aerospace Execs Indicted Over No-Poaching Agreement
• San Francisco Asks Judge To Toss 15% Delivery Fee Cap Suit
• FDA Tosses Par Pharma's Anti-Generic Bid, Vows FTC Referral
• StarKist Cites 'Unlucky Timing' As It Seeks Antitrust Rethink
• Judge Questions Feasibility Of October Google Play Trial
• GOP Sen. Floats Bill To Restore FTC's Restitution Powers
• Lawyers Must Prepare For Contract Tech Co. Consolidation
• Cravath Hires Assistant Director From FTC Merger Division
• Kilpatrick Townsend Fights DQ Bid In $5M Hotel License Row
• Railway Can't Stay Class Action On Other Operator's Appeal
• Mylan Can't Decertify EpiPen Antitrust Action Ahead Of Trial
• Hagens Berman Breached Client Duty, Objector Tells 9th Circ.
• EU Approves €610M In Aid For High-Speed Broadband In Italy
• Internet Association, Amicus Filer In Many IP Cases, Disbands
• Capacitor Makers To Pay $160M To End Price-Fixing Trial
• Centene Hits Gilead With HIV Generic Antitrust Suit
• Lawmakers Worry Rampant Mergers Crushing US Innovation
• FERC Wants 3rd Circ. To Delay Price Rule Impasse Fight
• Timing Is Key In Juul-Altria Arbitration Row With Buyers
• RR Donnelley Dumps Atlas For Chatham's $2.3B Bid
• AbbVie's $550M Medical Device Deal Moving Ahead
• Raytheon, Others Hit With Antitrust Suits Amid DOJ Probe
• 5 Things To Know About 7th Circ. Judge Diane Wood
• 6 Ways To Protect M&A Deals From Ransomware In 2022
• BigLaw's Big Guns Of Revenue Keep Growing
• Skadden, Wachtell Lead $6.5B Chipmaking Materials Co. Deal
• CFPB's Chopra Isn't Backing Down In FDIC Board Fight
• Morgan Stanley, 3 Others Ink $104M Deal In Rigging Case
• DOJ, Penguin-Simon & Schuster Expect Short, In-Person Trial
• Apple Seeks Funding Info For £1.5B Putative UK Class Action
• DOJ, States Defend Challenge Of American-JetBlue Alliance
• Apple, Google 'Mobile Ecosystem' Worries UK Watchdog
• Ex-Vyera CEO Criticizes Shkreli At Drug-Pricing Bench Trial
• Tech Firm's Challenge To Ore. Real Estate Fee Ban Tossed
• How Firms Can Adapt Amid COVID's Shifting Legal Needs
• FCC Eyes Competitive Tweaks For E-Rate, Satellite Systems
• K&L Gates Adds White & Case, Jones Day Attys In DC
• Nippon Chemi-Con Strikes Deal Ahead Of Price-Fix Closings
• Prestige Draws Young Attys, But Keeping Them Takes Work
• Penguin Random House Hits Back At DOJ Merger Challenge
• FTC Wants To Regulate 'Unfair Competition,' Seek Damages
• Mallinckrodt Says $1.75B Ch. 11 Opioid Deal Is Reasonable
• Poland's Antitrust Watchdog Probing Apple's Privacy Changes
• Justices Won't Review FTC's Impax Ruling
• Capacitor Antitrust Plaintiffs Nix Defense Damages Estimate
• Penguin Antitrust Fight Points To Past Piecemeal Enforcement
• Embracing ESG: Synchrony Counsel Talk Role Of Legal Teams
• FERC Won't Disturb Approval Of SE Power Market Plan
• What New FTC Workshop Revealed About Noncompete Regs
• Prestige Leaders: A Look At Our New Law Firm Ranking
• The 2021 Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders
• Prestige Leaders: Sizing Up Firms By Revenue
• CFPB Memo Says Majority Rules At FDIC Amid Board Fight
• Chancery Won't Let Polychain's 'Sweeping' Redactions Stand
• Chatham Says RR Donnelley Isn't Being Fair In Bidding War
• One Of 3M's N95 TM Suits Just Got More Complicated
• Shkreli, Vyera To Settle Out Of BCBS Antitrust Class Action
• Mallinckrodt Calls Opioid, Acthar Deals Vital To Ch. 11 Plan
• DOJ's Penguin-Simon & Schuster Challenge Eyes August Trial
• House Report Finds 'Unfair' Drug Pricing Practices
• EU Fines Abengoa €20M Over Ethanol Cartel
• Taxation With Representation: Ashurst, Freshfields, Gibson
• ECJ Urged To OK Customer Retention Efforts In Enel Case
• $427M Damages Bid In Capacitor Trial 'Nonsensical,' Jury Told
• Mixed Jury Verdict Nets Nomadix $4M In IP Royalties Fight
• FDIC Board Falls Into Disarray Over Bank Merger Review Vote
• Federal Judge Puts Calif. Pay-For-Delay Ban On Hold
• Group Sues FTC For Info On Antitrust Policy Shifts
• Germany Wants A Look At Facebook's Kustomer Deal Too
• Ga. Atty Calls Dismissal Motion An Attempt To Smear Him
• Banks Claim Forex Rigging Didn't Cost Funds Money
• For Junior Lawyers, Authenticity And A Solid Pitch Are Key
• DOJ Accuses Likely Pratt & Whitney Exec Of Wage Violations
• UK Needs More Time To Decide S&P Remedy In $44B IHS Deal
• Amazon Fined $1.3B By Italy's Competition Regulator
• Nippon Chemi-Con's Ex-CEO Takes The Fifth In Price-Fix Trial
• Apple Gets Epic App Store Order Paused Pending Appeal
• Surgical Care Can't Get Antitrust Trial 'Preview,' DOJ Says
• The Argument Against No-Poach Provisions In Buyer NDAs
• FAA Limits Altimeter Use Due To C-Band Interference Worry
• Amazon Sneaking Ads Into Product Searches, FTC Told
• A Compliance Primer For Attorneys Outsourcing Legal Work
• Fla. Firm Settles Trademark Suit Over Competitor's Billboards
• 3 Firms Lead £1.2B PE Buyout Of British Pharma Co. Clinigen
• 3 Firms Build $3.2B Deal For Black & Decker's Security Biz
• CFPB Adopts Rule To Smooth Libor's End In Consumer Loans
• Economic Pressures Drove Capacitor Price-Fixing, Jury Told
• Former Shkreli Co. Inks Deal Worth Up To $40M With FTC, AGs
• Mallinckrodt Exec Says Ch. 11 Plan A Fair Deal For Creditors
• 3rd Circ. Prods FTC Over AG Approval Of NJ Hospital Merger
• Like US, Britain Eyes Standard-Essential Patent Reforms
• DOJ Case Against Google Formally Split In Two
• Del. Superior Judge To Oversee Chancery Merger Dispute
• Amazon Takes Most Heat As Senate Scrutinizes Tech Sector
• Prison Phone Co. Says It's Immune To Rival's Collusion Suit
• People's United Seeks To Toss Ga. Payment Biz Referral Suit
• When And How To Depose Fact Witnesses Remotely In 2022
• Senate Confirms FCC Chief Rosenworcel To New Term
• EU Updates State Aid Rules For Export Credit Coverage
• Railway Can't Appeal Class Action OK In £93M Ticket Suit
• Alphabet Investors Sue Over 'Billions' In Antitrust Liability
• DOJ, USPTO Mull Scope Of Remedies For SEP Infringement
• FTC's Nvidia Challenge Calls Arm 'De Facto Industry Standard'
• 9th Circ. Upholds Telescope Co.'s $50M Antitrust Verdict
• Warby Parker Wants 1-800 Contacts' 'Thin' Search Suit Nixed
• DOJ Wants 1st Wage-Fixing Win To Become 1st Domino
• High Court Won't Hear NC Hospital System Antitrust Challenge
• DOJ Antitrust Chief Says Expect More Collaboration With FTC
• Embracing ESG: PayPal CLO Talks Gauging Impact And Intent
• OCC Report Warns Banks Of Growing Cyber, Climate Risks
• Mallinckrodt Escapes $320M Acthar Antitrust Claim In Ch. 11
• Former Tyson Execs Denied Mistrial On Price-Fixing Charges
• Matsuo Agrees To Midtrial Capacitor Antitrust Payout Of $5M
• Motley Rice Atty To Lead PlayStation Antitrust Class
• UK Watchdog Clears Thermo Fisher's $21B PPD Deal
• Apple Claims Of Epic's Control 'Simply Untrue,' 9th Circ. Told
• 3rd Circ. Opens Door To Reviving Zillow Antitrust Claims
• Senate Republicans Seek To Ban FTC Use Of 'Zombie Votes'
• Indian Competition Probe Clears Intel Of Abusive Market Move
• States Say AMG Case Can't Save Drugmakers In Price-Fix Suit
• Conagra Must Face Trade Secret Suit From Schwan's
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of City's Gas Price Antitrust Suit
• Bass Pro, Sportsman's Warehouse Ax Deal After FTC Threat
• Visa, Mastercard Accused Of Banking Fees Antitrust Scheme
• 3rd Circ. Preview: BLM Masks, $1.4B Award Fight End 2021
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• How To Fix Discrimination Issues In SE Power Market Plan
• 9th Circ. Rejects Oakland's Suit Over Raiders' Vegas Move
• 3 Takeaways From FTC Challenge Of Nvidia's $40B Arm Deal
• DC Circ. Skeptical Of Reversing FERC Power Storage Order
• Attys Seek $113M In Fees From Glumetza Buyers' $454M Deal
• FTC Pushing Caris Life Sciences For Merger Challenge Docs
• Spurned Railroad Buyer Gets Chancery Case Fast-Tracked
• Buyers Say $40M In Chicken Of The Sea Antitrust Deals Fixed
• Investors Sue In Chancery For Bitcoin Miner Layer1's Books
• Attys Win $55M Fee In Purchasers' Chicken Price-Fixing Suit
• Security Experts Say US Can't Afford C-Band Delays
• Stoel Rives Hires Away Federal Prosecutor In Sacramento
• Hausfeld Welcomes A New Global Leadership Team
• FTC Moves To Block Nvidia's $40B Arm Deal
• Trading Card Cos. Settle Dueling Antitrust, Trademark Claims
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Banking Giants Fined €344M Over EU Forex Cartel
• Facebook Doubles Down On Dismissal Bid In FTC Dispute
• Kirkland Adds Prominent DOJ Atty To Antitrust Practice In DC
• App Makers Backing Epic 'Controlled By Epic,' Apple Says
• Broker Urges 4th Circ. To Revive $3.1B Satellite Deal Dispute
• Canada Raises Competition Issues In Closed GFL $724M Deal
• Judge Unsure If He Can Rule On Future Mallinckrodt Deal
• What FTC Report Reveals About ISP Data Collection
• StarKist Tells 9th Circ. Judge's Conflicts Doom Class Cert.
• Apple Gets Coronavirus Tracker's App Store Suit Thrown Out
• CFPB Plots Crackdown On 'Exploitative' Overdraft Fees
• Matsuo Cuts Midtrial Deal In $427M Capacitor Antitrust Row
• Commerce Committee Deadlocks On FTC Pick Bedoya