Competition Archive » March, 2022

Competition - March, 2022

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• Wall Street Giants Beat Treasury Auction Rigging MDL, Again
• Facebook Users 'Exploded' By 2010, MIT Scholar Says At Trial
• 3rd Circ. Lets Merck Arbitrate Antitrust Suit Over Vax Prices
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• US Chamber Backs Food Delivery Apps In NYC Fee Cap Fight
• Despite 2 Mistrials, DOJ Won't Say Chicken Case Is Done
• Level 3 Drops Local Connection Fee Suit Against AT&T
• EU Antitrust Enforcers To Reevaluate Foundational Rules
• Health Plans Squeezed By Opioid Drug Scheme, 3rd Circ. Told
• 11th Circ. Asked To Revive Construction Co.'s Antitrust Case
• UK Blocks £1B Forex Class Action, But Leaves Lifeline
• 5 Mediation Mistakes That Create Obstacles To Settlement
• Microsoft's UK Arm Seeks Exit From £270M Software Suit
• EU Raids German Natural Gas Suppliers Over Antitrust Fears
• Va. Court Seeks DOJ Input On Doormaker Divestiture Plan
• Grubhub, Postmates And Uber Can't Dodge Antitrust Suit
• The Problem With GOP Attack On Jackson Immigration Ruling
• Klobuchar Touts Tech Antitrust Bill At Small Business Event
• Senate Votes To Advance Bedoya, Biden's FTC Pick
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Doing The MDL Math
• Sabre Doesn't Want Current CEO Testifying In Antitrust Trial
• Convicted Bumble Bee CEO Ducks Kansas-Based Tuna Suit
• Meta's Barrage Of Arguments Can't Stop Ad Reach Class Cert.
• High Court Urged To Review SEC Judges Alongside FTC Case
• BA, Others Get Fines Trimmed In EU Air Cargo Cartel Appeal
• Which? Wants 29M Class Certified In £480M Qualcomm Claim
• Apple App Store Users Denied Class Cert. In Antitrust Suit
• Poultry Execs Get 2nd Mistrial In Feds' Price-Fixing Case
• Chamber Sides With Facebook In States' Antitrust Fight
• Medical Device Group Seeks Win In Copyright Office Suit
• Gilead Can't Force Aetna HIV Suit On Its Terms
• DOJ Backs Blocking Big Tech From Favoring Own Products
• Apple Hit With €5B Consumer Antitrust Case Over App Store
• NCAA, Congress Should Do More To Guide Athlete Publicity
• Cooley Adds Linklaters Antitrust Head To Brussels Office
• Optum Pays $5.4B For Alston & Bird-Led Home Care Provider
• Cargo Equipment Cos. Abandon Merger
• Data Co. Nielsen Inks $16B Go-Private Deal Led By 7 Firms
• ​​​​​​​Illumina Wins Injunction, Loses Triple Damages In BGI IP Case
• With No Fixes Offered, CMA Digs Deeper Into Norton Deal
• Amazon Looks To Further Cut Consumer Antitrust Claims
• 'Volume Of Evidence' Sustains US Airways' Suit Against Sabre
• Biden Floats $2.6B Boost In Justice Department Funding
• Exchanges Defeat Revived 'Flash Boys'-Inspired Suits
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Court Won't Rethink Wage-Fixing Dismissal Rejection
• HP Bets On Remote Work With $3.3B Poly Buy Led By 3 Firms
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• Ethics Principles Call For Justice Thomas Recusal On Election
• FDIC Ready To Push Forward On Bank Merger Policy Review
• Door Maker Opposes Buyer For Court-Ordered Plant Sale
• Enforcement Still Priority As EU Wraps Digital Antitrust Law
• Gilstrap Sets Dec. Trial In Apple-Ericsson FRAND Row
• Hedgeye Can't Delete Trade Secrets Twitter Ban, Judge Told
• 5 Ways Law Firm Leaders Can Prioritize Strategic Thinking
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Paul Hastings
• UK Moves To Revamp Open Banking Regulation
• Alcon Reaches $20M Lens Price-Fix Deal, Leaving Only J&J
• Apple Defends Win Against Epic At 9th Circ.
• Texas Judge Mulls If IBM Owes $895M, Or Nothing For Breach
• Vitamin C Cos. Ask Justices To Save Price-Fixing Case Again
• Chancery OKs Some Job Limits In Exec's Noncompete Suit
• DoorDash's Suit Over San Francisco's Fee Cap Trimmed
• Google Says Attys CC'd Under Legit Rules, Not Fake Privilege
• Senators' Absences Delay Vote On FCC Nominee Sohn
• Ranbaxy Confirms 'Global' Deal Resolving Antitrust MDL
• Endo Wins Dismissal Of FTC's Suit Over Impax Opioid Deal
• AndroGel Buyers Can't Use FTC Case Against AbbVie, Besins
• Mallinckrodt Creditor Payments Won't Be Held For Appeals
• How Law Schools Can Navigate Toward Equity And Inclusion
• Mass. Fines Bitcoin Miner $1M Over Series A Funding
• Poultry Execs Move For Acquittal Amid Price Fixing Retrial
• Doctors' Worries Over PE Deals Dominate Merger Comments
• DirecTV Inks $9.4M Deal To End Small Businesses' Suit
• Takeda Asks Fed. Circ. To Undo Trintellix IP Loss
• Sports Agency Can't Stop Rival From Hiring Basketball Exec
• Data Miner Says Foe Stole Trade Secrets After Buying Client
• From Alice To Fintiv: Judge O'Malley Dishes On Patent Law
• Where Judge Jackson Stands On Key Civil Procedure Issues
• A Look At Jackson's False Claims Act Jurisprudence
• What DOJ's Shifting Stance On IP Means For SEPs, Mergers
• 4 Firms Lead SPAC Deal For $1.28B Israeli Cybersecurity Co.
• Ranbaxy Settles MDL Antitrust Claims For $485M
• Big Banks Can't Argue Pass-On In Forex Rigging Suit
• BBC Accused Of Failing To Seek Feedback On Digital Launch
• Davis Wright Adds Katten Corporate Litigator To LA Office
• Tuna Buyers Win Revival Of Price-Fix Claims Against PE Firms
• EU High Court Says Double Jeopardy Protection Has Limits
• States Urge Court Not To Nix Google Display Ad Suit
• Claims That NFL, Fanatics Conspired On Merch Move To NY
• Meta Looks To Dump Advertisers' Antitrust Claims
• Calif. AG Preserves Oil Trade Rigging Suit On Appeal
• DC Circ. Won't Touch FERC's Grid-Builder Decision
• Federal Preemption Helps US Steel Duck Tariff-Abuse Suit
• 3rd Circ. Upholds FTC Bid To Pause NJ Hospital Merger
• Ex-Pfizer Execs Deny Taking Trade Secrets To Their Startup
• Former Jones Day Atty Joins Winston & Strawn In Dallas
• Apple Can't Dodge Bulk Of Suit Over Heart Monitor Software
• FTC Probes $68.7B Proposed Microsoft, Activision Merger
• DC Says Grubhub's Hidden Fees Harm Residents, Eateries
• Justices Skip $420M Secrets Suit, 'Candy Colors' Fight & More
• DOJ Says Google Abusing Attorney-Client Privilege Claims
• Uncertainty, Activism And SPACs Top Of Mind For M&A Attys
• Google, Apple Say Search Deal 'Benign,' Not Anti-Competitive
• Unsatisfied With Fixes, UK Watchdog Deepens Auction Probe
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Becton Buyers' Antitrust Suit Again
• DC Group Backs Pharma Cos. In Niaspan Pay-For-Delay Case
• Ex-Paul Weiss Antitrust Leader, BigLaw Attys Form Boutique
• Tobacco Cos. Aim To Cement $11M Rolling Paper TM Win
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• How To Avoid Prematurely Publicizing A Case Outcome
• GOP Rep. Says Privacy, Section 230 Reforms Not Enough
• Regulatory Uncertainty Prompts 'Sign-And-Close' M&A Deals
• Nike Hit With Legal Fees After 'Cool Compression' TM Loss
• Canadian Entrepreneur Can't Ditch $4M Kratom Merch IP Fight
• Shkreli Can't Press Pause On $64M Antitrust Judgment
• The ITC's Crucial Role In Countering Russia's Aggression
• Zimmer Can't End Rival's IP Suit Over Knee Replacement Tech
• Court Tosses DC AG's Antitrust Suit Against Amazon
• Senators From Both Parties Push For 'Right To Repair' Law
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Social Media Cos. Want Info Shielded In FTC, Meta Dispute
• Amazon Closes $8.5B MGM Deal With FTC Warning On Heels
• 9th Circ. Partially Revives SmileDirect's Dental Board Suit
• DOJ Subpoenas Shipping Giant Maersk Amid Antitrust Focus
• DOJ Sues To Block $360M Merger Of Wall Panel Makers
• Military Base Contractors Indicted On Bid-Rigging Claims
• DC Judge Pauses Tribal 'Monopoly' Suit For Washington State
• Senator Asks FTC For Proof Of Gas Price Manipulation
• Kroger Fights Butterball's Turkey Price-Fix Subpoena
• Rural Telecom Group Pushes FCC To Reject Fargo TV Merger
• Grid Tariff Change Can't Be Fought, FERC Tells DC Circ.
• It's Time To Hold DC Judges Accountable For Misconduct
• DOJ's UnitedHealth, Change Challenge Set For Aug. 1 Trial
• Concrete Cos. Want Cement Cartel Antitrust Suit Reopened
• Drug Purchasers Seek Blessing Of Sun And Taro Deals
• T-Mobile Seeks Del. Appellate Do-Over After Cox Remand Win
• Dem Bill Would Ban Mergers Over $5B, Hike Enforcer Funding
• UK Concerned With Norton's Deal For Cybersecurity Co. Avast
• BCBS Stays In Gilead HIV Suit As More Than An Intermediary
• Del. Chancellor Decries 'Worst Spoliation' She's Ever Seen
• Parsing Inflation, Price-Gouging And Regulatory Scrutiny
• WWE Looks To Take Down Rival's Antitrust Suit
• NE Capacity Market Rules Favor Gas Plants, FERC Told
• Cerner Corp. Sued Again In Del. For Oracle Deal Info
• Samsung Seeks To Revive LCD Cartel Suit Against LG
• Garland Strengthens Public Access To Government Docs
• Meta Asks DC Circ. Not To Revive States' Antitrust Case
• Meta Says FTC Guards Rivals' Docs Yet Claims It Lacks Rivals
• Mushroom Co-Op Seeks To Nix Winn-Dixie's Price-Fixing Suit
• Oakland Goes To High Court To Save Suit Over Raiders Move
• How Multinationals Can Withstand US-China Trade Conflict
• Tribal Leaders Seek Win In Okla. Gambling Pact Challenge
• DC Policy Debate On Competition And Antitrust Needs A Reset
• Natera Gets Mixed Rulings In Cancer Test Patent Suits
• Firm DQ'd From Representing Pa. County In Antitrust Case
• Quinn Emanuel, DiCello Levitt To Lead Raytheon Antitrust Suit
• States Fight Shkreli's Bid To Pause Monetary Penalty
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive VW Investors' Conspiracy Suit
• Ex-Quinn Emanuel Leader Among New Cooley Antitrust Hires
• ESG's Function In Merger Reviews Is Likely To Grow
• 4 Ways To Preserve Confidentiality Of Litigation Funding Docs
• EU, UK Probe Vehicle Recyclers Over Antitrust Worries
• BT Fights Opt-Out Class Status In £590M Landline Fee Suit
• Amazon Must Face Trimmed Antitrust Suit Seeking Over $55B
• ATM Deal Objector Slams 'Mind-Boggling' $20M Atty Fee Bid
• Sensipar Antitrust Claims Trimmed In Amgen, Teva MDL
• Judge OKs $264M Deal Ending Mylan EpiPen Price-Hike Suit
• Logistics Co. Slips Investor Suit After Judge Takes 2nd Look
• IBM Owes $895M Over AT&T Deal, Software Co. Says
• RM Sotheby's Sued In Del. For Pilfering Ex-Worker's Clients
• Bank Of China Unit Sues To Reclaim Plane From Russian Biz.
• Vanguard Faces Investor Class Action Over 'Massive' Tax Bills
• DOJ Wants Time At 2nd Circ. In FIFA, US Soccer Case
• Drafting Negative Limitations After Novartis Patent Ruling
• Market 'Doesn't Work That Way,' UnitedHealth, Change Say
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• NFL Agent Tackles Rival's Poaching Spat Win At 3rd Circ.
• New Judge Assigned In Foreign Gov't Bond-Rigging Case
• Remote Hearings Are Ill-Suited Default For Litigation Realities
• Sullivan & Cromwell Antitrust Pro Joins Gibson Dunn In DC
• Women In Antitrust Talk Careers, COVID And Work From Home
• Rabobank Fights Quick Appeal In Chicken Price-Fixing Case
• USDA Wants Input On Competition For Agricultural Supplies
• BCBS Unit Says COVID Tester Can't Back Up Claimed Tests
• ABA's New Anti-Bias Curriculum Rule Is Insufficient
• Justice, Labor Watchdogs To Share Info On Job Market Cases
• Bazooka Hits Candy Co. With Suit Over Novelty Lollipop TM
• Former Linklaters Attys Join Cleary Offices In NY, Brussels
• Sutter Health Defeats $411M Antitrust Class Action At Trial
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Wilson, Freshfields
• Google, Meta Face EU, UK Antitrust Probes Over Ad Deal
• Okla. Tribes Say Rivals' Gambling Pacts Hurt Casino Biz
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Revive Suit After Judge's Stock Conflict
• Live Nation, Ticketmaster Rip 2nd Monopoly Class Action
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Genius Suit Against Google
• Transmission Developer Insists It Can Fight FERC Tariff Order
• Court Rejects Bid For Split Trials In Rolling Papers TM Fight
• Sens. Still Eyeing MLB's Antitrust Exemption After Labor Deal
• Drug Patent Critic Hits Back At Claims Research Is Flawed
• Lawmakers Say Low-Cost Airline Deal May Need Grounding
• 2nd Minn. Contractor Charged With Local Gov't Bid-Rigging
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Software Co.'s Trade Secrets Suit
• Georgia Direct Sales Bill Could Be Boon To EV Makers
• Global South Groups Decry Idea Of Sanctions For Digital Taxes
• Deals Rumor Mill: Deutsche Telekom, Amazon, Merck
• Mastercard Antitrust Class Action Balloons As Millions Added
• Sutter Owes $411M In Antitrust Case, Jury Told At Trial's Close
• House Judiciary Members Want DOJ Probe Into Amazon 'Lies'
• Pool Toy Company Says Former Execs Stole Trade Secrets
• Impossible Foods Serves Up Meat-Replicating Patent Suit
• Fed. Circ. Affirms ITC Ruling In Jeep Trade Dress Fight
• DOJ, Google Continue Tussling Over Discovery
• Nothing 'Innocuous' In Drugmakers' Dismissal Bid, Court Told
• Internet Regulation Bills Would Bring New Risks To Tech. Cos.
• Remote Hearings Should Be The Default In Civil Litigation
• Nexstar Aims To 'Set Record Straight' On Carriage Talks
• Sports Agency Poached Rival's NBA Marketing VP, Suit Says
• UnitedHealth's HIV Drug Suit Against Teva, Gilead Trimmed
• Russian Oil Ban 'No Time For Profiteering,' Biden Says
• 6th Circ. Backs Nashville PD's Win In Antitrust Suit
• NYC Builds Delivery Fee Cap Defense Against DoorDash Suit
• Nev. Filing Hints At DOJ's Employee-Noncompete Stance
• Bars Defend Bid For Extension In NFL 'Sunday Ticket' Case
• Attorneys Today Need To Depose Like There's No Tomorrow
• States Seek $2.2M In Atty Fees For Joining In Shkreli Case
• Jury Invalidates Sherwin-Williams Beverage Can Coating IP
• Veteran FTC Antitrust Attorney Joins Baker McKenzie
• Freshfields, Wilson Sonsini Guide Google's $5.4B Cyber Deal
• Meta Slams Claims Facebook Inflated Ad Reach Metrics
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Antitrust Suit Against Chipmakers
• Teva Stalled Generics For Blockbuster MS Drug, Buyers Say
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Judge Picks Apart 'Generic' In Jeep's Wrangle With Indian Co.
• Parsing Recent DOJ Statements On Monopolistic Conduct
• DC Circ. Wary Of Judge 'Adding Language' To Evidence Law
• Globus' Ex-Sales Rep Says Work Contracts Are Unenforceable
• Treasury Report Takes Aim At Labor Market Competition
• Tyson Settles Aldi's Claims In Chicken Buyers Litigation
• 5th Circ. Unlikely To Return Fracking Patent Suit To Fed Circ.
• Lab Maker Settles Trade Secrets Suit Against Ex-Executive
• 4 Firms Shape Cornerstone's $5.8B CD&R Go-Private Deal
• Kirkland, V&E Lead $6B Merger Of Shale Oil Giants
• Jury Told Kaiser, Not Sutter, Dominates Hospital Market
• Bank Critics Flag Financial Stability In DOJ Merger Reviews
• UK Watchdog Looking For Bid-Rigging At Deportation Centers
• CBD Co. Accuses Amazon Sellers Of Stealing Name And TM
• S&P Accused Of Monopolizing Use Of Securities ID Numbers
• Fact Disputes Keep Cardiac Hospital's ER Contract Row Alive
• Celgene Can't Delay Cancer Drug Antitrust Case, Court Told
• Phone Retailer Says T-Mobile Crushed Biz After Sprint Deal
• UK Watchdog Concerned Over $1B Auction Services Co. Deal
• Judge's Bank Stock Prompts Call To Revive Rigging Claims
• Mitigating Antitrust Risk In Defense Deals Amid Scrutiny
• New York AG Explores Sweeping Rule To Fight Price-Gouging
• Law Firm Blasts Latest Sanctions Bid From Timeshare Co.
• Meta Market Cap Drop Fuels Argument For An Antitrust Tweak
• FX Rigging Suit Against Big Banks Sent To Antitrust Court
• UK Antitrust Agency Probing LSE's £274M Quantile Deal
• Garland Vows DOJ Headcount Surge In White Collar Blitz
• Nike Denied New Trial After 'Cool Compression' TM Loss
• Bottling Co. Says It Was Swindled By Bogus $55.3M Loan
• Sutter Antitrust Jury Hears ACA Spurred Lower-Priced Plans
• Ex-Fugitive Pleads Guilty To Fixing Truck Heater Prices
• Texas Trucking Co. Cuts $5.5M Deal To End Poaching Claims
• Del. Justices Reverse Ruling On Cox-Verizon Wireless Deal
• FTC's Meta Case Split Up And Set For No Earlier Than 2024
• Senate Commerce Committee Mulls Ocean Shipping Reforms
• Sen. Vows To Block FTC Pick Over Ag Supply Merger Review
• Sale Of 1K UK Towers Is Final Hurdle For €10B Cellnex Deal
• McFlurry Machine Fixers Hit McDonald's With Supersize Suit
• Class Seeks Bond-Rigging Suit Redo After Judge's Recusal
• Key Takeaways On Antitrust Reform Efforts In Alcohol Markets
• Senate Commerce Moves Sohn's FCC Nom To Full Chamber
• Cohen & Gresser Adds Top Antitrust Litigator In DC
• Illumina Looks To Triple $8M Win For BGI DNA IP Infringement
• PayPal Faces $5M Suit Over 'Buy-Now, Pay-Later' Product
• Some BMW, Daimler Car-Share Commitments Extended In EU
• Industry Split On Proposed FCC Spectrum Slicing Rules
• Chicken Execs Awaiting Price-Fix Trial Seek Delay To October
• Del Monte To Face Some Post-StarKist Price-Fixing Claims
• Arbitration Ordered In NYC Bakery's Delivery Apps Suit
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Ford Exclusive Car Showroom Perks Not Price Discrimination
• Ill. Judge Won't Hear From DOJ In McDonald's No-Poach Fight
• Ocean Carriers' Antitrust Shield Targeted In House Bill
• MLB 'Terrified' Justices Will Ax Antitrust Shield, Court Told
• People's United Bank Escapes Ga. Payment Biz Referral Suit
• Biden State Of Union Touts Russia Jets Ban, Supply Chain Fix
• Apple Wants Judge To Mull $27M Atty Fee Bid In App Case
• The Jackson Ruling That Reverberates In Drug Pricing Debate
• Acthar Claimants Seek End To Mallinckrodt Litigation Pause
• Groups Raise 'Red Flags' On Microsoft $69B Activision Play
• DOJ Backs STB's Switching Regs, Calls For More Work
• NFL Slams Extension Bid As Bailout In 'Sunday Ticket' Case
• Groupon Beats Vegas Skydiving Antitrust, Trademark Suit
• 5th Circ. Throws Out Antitrust Suit Over Mobile Patent Pool
• Crypto Miner Accuses Business Partner Of 'Double-Dealing'
• ATM Antitrust Plaintiff Law Firms Seek $20M In Legal Fees
• How Attorneys Can Ethically Terminate A Client Relationship
• China's Strict Scrutiny Of Semiconductor Deals May Intensify
• Public Vote With No Public Record Tests FTC Transparency