Competition Archive » April, 2022

Competition - April, 2022

248 articles

• Meta Wants 'Shotgun' Data Mining, Antitrust Claims Axed
• UK, Cobham Mulling Fixes For £2.57B Defense Company Deal
• Report Shows FTC Staffer Satisfaction Sinking
• Epic Wants Play Store Changes Blocked To Protect Music App
• Ranbaxy Buyers' $485M Deal In Generics MDL Gets Initial Nod
• Decision-Makers Stress Markets In Recent Merger Challenges
• Associates, Look Beyond Money In Assessing Lateral Offers
• HSBC Broke Open Banking Rules With New Product Launch
• PayPal Says FTC Probing Its Commercial Customer Practices
• Medline Must Face Rival's Trimmed Misinformation Suit
• Dunkin', Beyond Meat Sued Over Stolen 'Plant-Based' Slogan
• Big Banks Say 'Odd Lots' Judge Had No Conflict At Dismissal
• Feds Beat NJ Doctor's FOIA Suit Over DNA Docs
• DOJ Backs DC AG's Bid To Revive Amazon Antitrust Suit
• Cisco Accused Of Using Coercion To Maintain Monopoly
• DC Judge Lacks Jurisdiction In Tribal Gambling Monopoly Suit
• UK Concerned About Completed Veterinary Merger
• BYOD Policy Lessons From Pork Antitrust Litigation
• Dealers Ask Justices To Take On German Car Antitrust MDL
• ER Chief Says Opioid Crisis Feels 'Hopeless' At SF Bellwether
• Dems Plan Legislative Pressure On Oil Companies
• Preventing Impermissible Client Solicitation After ABA Opinion
• Broadcaster Tegna Hit With Suit Over $8.6B Go-Private Deal
• CMA Appoints New Senior Litigation Director As Cases Mount
• COVID-19 Cases Won't Stop SF's Opioid Bellwether Trial
• App Maker's Suit Against Apple Deleted For Good
• AI Software Co. Hits Lumen With $6M Trade Secrets Suit
• Musk Faces A Few More Hurdles Before Acquiring Twitter
• Poultry Execs Accuse Antitrust Chief Of Tainting Jury Pool
• Alcon Sues Over Alleged Eye Drop Patent Infringement
• EU Lawmakers Eye Crackdown On Foreign Subsidies
• Wyo. Class Can Take On Anadarko In Drilling Gatekeeping Suit
• Express Scripts Wants Departing Attys To Aid Acthar Dispute
• CMA Gets Post-Brexit Cancer Drug Pricing Pact From Aspen
• Lessons On Avoiding E-Discovery Violations And Sanctions
• Car Shippers Can't Appeal £150M Cartel Class Action
• 3rd Circ. Shoots Down Airport Drink Rule Antitrust Case
• 'Small Fish' Drugmakers Blame Purdue In SF Opioid Trial
• AstraZeneca Sues Mylan Over Fresh Asthma Drug Patent
• Ranchers Fear Retaliation From Meat Industry, Senator Says
• States In Shkreli FTC Trial Told To Redo $2.2M Atty Fee Ask
• Berkshire Co. Didn't Cross Anti-Competitive Line, Judge Says
• 9th Circ. Says Realtors Group Must Face Rival's Antitrust Suit
• Thomson Reuters Can't Escape Counterclaims In Westlaw Suit
• Allergy Co. Claims Trimmed As Untimely In Conspiracy Suit
• Real Estate Startup Ducks Counterclaims For Bashing NAR
• FCC Republican Wants Apple To Restore US App In China
• Takeaways On The New Antitrust Scrutiny In Health Care
• Collaborative Tech Will Dictate Future Law Firm Success
• CMA Says Blocking Meta's GIF Deal Protects UK Consumers
• SF Opens Key Opioid Bellwether Trial Vowing To Reveal 'Lies'
• DOJ Confirms 3rd Trial Attempt In Chicken Price-Fixing Case
• Credit Suisse Wants Forex Price-Fixing Class Decertified
• Shkreli Poses 'Serious Risk' Without Pharma Ban, Judge Says
• EU Opens Path To Algorithm Disclosures, Content Control
• Chamber Backs Vitamin C Importers' Renewed High Court Bid
• Clarity, Confusion Collide In Antitrust Leniency Overhaul
• Pool Toy Co. Settles Suit Over Stolen Trade Secrets
• How To Effectively Prepare A Witness For Remote Testimony
• Law360's 2022 Competition Editorial Advisory Board
• Mallinckrodt Creditors Can't Get Ch. 11 Plan Halted
• MLB Says Minor League Cuts Shielded From Antitrust Review
• Ranbaxy Buyers Seek OK On $485M Deal In Generics MDL
• Major Network Affiliates Urge FCC To Regulate Big Tech
• Midwest Homeowners Win Cert. In Realtors Antitrust Suit
• UnitedHealth Unit Says DOJ Losses Bolster Dismissal Bid
• FTC's Khan More Worried About Inaction Than Blowback
• 2nd SDNY Jury Hears Airfare Row After 1st 'Bored To Death'
• As Cyber Risks Surge, Remember Attorneys' Ethical Duties
• 'Our Heads Were Spinning': Trial Atty Explains Rare Strategy
• UK Flags Competition Concerns For Maersk, Noble Merger
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Calif. Judge Sends Aetna's HIV Drug Suit To State Court
• IP Forecast: 6th Circ. To Eye Seed Biz's $7M Trade Secret Win
• UK Probing $5.7B Construction Chemical Deal
• DOJ Pressed By Judge On Strength Of US Sugar Merger Suit
• Customers Lift Airline Bankruptcy Merger Row To 2nd Circ.
• DOJ Antitrust Head: No 'Chickenshit Club' Despite Losses
• FTC Clears Prince's $2.1B Ferro Buy With Plant Sales
• Former Fed. Circ. Judge O'Malley Joins Iancu At Irell
• DOJ Puts Google's $5.4B Cyber Deal Under The Microscope
• 3 BigLaw Attys Among NYC Mayor's Judicial Advisory Group
• Rule 702 Proposal Would Bring Clarity To Expert Admissibility
• Rethinking E-Discovery Readiness Amid Rise Of Collab Tools
• DC Lobbying Shops Post Another Strong Earnings Quarter
• Google IDs 0 Cases Backing Sanctions Power; DOJ Finds 15
• Nat'l Security Officials Ask Congress To Rethink Tech Bills
• Academics Rip 5th Circ.'s Ruling In Avanci Patent Suit
• GOP Sens. Say SEP Injunction Policy Would Let China Steal IP
• German Review Of Meta Deal Signals Greater Involvement
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Seyfarth Financial Services Pro In DC
• Embracing ESG: Uber Counsel Talks Safety Standards
• Prospectively Appointing Jackson To High Court Is Unlawful
• Hagens Berman Must Forfeit $31M Fee Win, 9th Circ. Told
• Big Banks Say VP's Letter Backs Bid To Narrow VRDO Case
• Verano, Green Thumb Monopolized Ill. Pot Market, Suit Says
• Smithfield's $42M Pork Antitrust Deal With Eateries Gets OK
• DOJ Says Teva, Like Glenmark, Can't Get Grand Jury Docs
• Injectable Drug Dropped From $375M Merger To Assuage FTC
• Norton Rose Adds Brussels Antitrust Pro From Covington
• Sprint Snags $9.7M Jury Award In TM Suit Over Nextel Fakes
• Ex-Perkins Coie Atty Gets Opponent For DC AG Disqualified
• Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Near Aluminum Antitrust Deal
• Dug-In DOJ May Fare No Better In 3rd Price-Fixing Trial
• 7th Circ. Urged To Revive Chicago Parking Meter Antitrust Suit
• Top Schools Look To Duck Financial Aid Antitrust Suit
• Media Sales Tracker Wants Out Of Ad Price-Fixing MDL
• DOJ Says Hung Juries In Chicken Price-Fixing Trial 'Irrelevant'
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 9th Circ. Partly Revives $44.4M Jury Verdict Against Swisher
• DOJ Told To Think Over 3rd Chicken Price-Fixing Trial
• DaVita, Ex-CEO Acquitted In Antitrust No-Poach Trial
• AGs Insist Laches Defense Wrongly Used In Facebook Suit
• NY Real Estate Board Wants Rethink Against Compass Suit
• Ocean Shipping Policy Developments To Watch
• Google Built Map Market Muscle To Jack Up Prices, Suit Says
• Is Music Industry Consolidation The Next Big Antitrust Fight?
• Mass. Judge Delays 'Right To Repair' Decision For 5th Time
• Tegna Gives DOJ More Time To Probe $8.6B Go-Private Deal
• Time To Fix Legal Industry's Environmental Pro Bono Problem
• Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Simpson Thacher
• Saudi Oil Company Says $8.5M Award Must Be Rejected
• DOJ Antitrust Trial Setbacks Could Prompt Soul-Searching
• Vitamin Co. Seeks Default Judgment In Kratom TM Spat
• Canada Settles Challenge Of GFL's Closed Deal For Rival
• Zetia Wholesalers Denied Class Cert. In Generics-Delay Suit
• Full 5th Circ. Asked To Revive Antitrust Suit Over SEPs
• BraunHagey & Borden LLP Adds New Litigation Partner
• DOJ Wants More Info On Frontier's Bid For Spirit Airlines
• Remembering An Underappreciated Legal Skill — Listening
• Consumer Protection Takeaways From ABA Antitrust Meeting
• Spurned Florida Railroad Buyer Finally Sues In Del. Chancery
• DC AG Wants Another Shot At Antitrust Suit Against Amazon
• DOJ's 1st Wage-Fixing Suit Ends With Not Guilty Verdicts
• Reward Payments Don't Hinder Rivals, Grad Gown Maker Says
• Microsoft UK Loses Bid To Exit £270M Software Lawsuit
• Ex-DaVita CEO's 'Feelings' Drove No-Poach Crimes, DOJ Says
• DOJ Coached Key Witness In Wage-Fixing Case, Jury Told
• Fighting Competitors' Smear Campaigns With False Ad Laws
• 3rd Circ. Tosses NJ Developer's Suit Over Land Grab Plan
• Google, Apple Renew Bid To Toss Search Conspiracy Suit
• M&A Takeaways From ABA Antitrust Meeting
• Attorneys Can Promote Trade, Security Amid Global Conflict
• Maersk, Noble Plan To Sell Rigs For UK's Approval On Merger
• Cleary, Wilson Sonsini Lead GSK's $1.9B Sierra Oncology Buy
• Ex-DaVita CEO Denies Anti-Poach 'Intent' As Feds Rest
• Google, DOJ Asked To Submit More Info In Privilege Row
• ​​​​​​​Duane Morris Says Shkreli Owes It $2M In Bid To Drop Client
• Profs Tell Justices Not To Let Courts Decide Int'l Relations
• Apple CEO Claims Antitrust App Store Laws Will Hurt Privacy
• Fla. Men Indicted Over Sham Bids On Army Swag Contracts
• Ex-Caltrans Manager Pleads Guilty To Bid-Rigging, Bribery
• 11th Circ. Undermined Rare-Disease Drugs, High Court Told
• Open Markets Group Backs Oakland Lawsuit Against Raiders
• NJ Hospitals Urge FTC To End Review Of Abandoned Merger
• Mitigating Antitrust Risk In Decentralized Autonomous Orgs
• Dentons Brings On Dykema IP Litigator In Dallas
• FTC Exploring Ways To Revamp Privacy Approach, Chair Says
• Smithfield To Pay $42M In Pork Price-Fixing Deal With Eateries
• Telecom Tells FCC It's Time For Predatory Pricing Crackdown
• EU Clears Parker's £6.3B Meggitt Deal With Unit Sale
• Vegas Paper Says Rival Trying To Resurrect Tossed Claim
• FTC Republicans Oppose Agency Budget Increase
• DOJ Attys Escape Subpoena To Testify In Wage-Fixing Trial
• The Future Of Legal Ops: Reining In Outside Counsel Costs
• Anderson Kill Adds Shareholder From Stevens & Lee In Philly
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Latham Brings In Antitrust Partner From Kirkland In NY
• Exec Admits DaVita No-Poach Deal In 'Painful' Testimony
• En Banc 9th Circ. Affirms Cert. Of StarKist Tuna Buyers
• Google's 'Privilege' Labeling Unlikely To Yield Sanctions
• CRST Drivers Lose Bid To Certify Narrower Antitrust Class
• ​​​​​​​French Court Backs €150M Google Fine For Advertiser Abuse
• Buyers Gaining Ground In 'Right To Repair' Fight
• When Congress Seeks Cos.' Nonpublic Info From Regulators
• Health Care Is In DOJ's Criminal Antitrust Crosshairs
• 'One Of The Family': Why Trial Attys Love Their Local Counsel
• DOJ And FTC Seek To Better Vet Deals Amid 'Merger Boom'
• Enforcement Takeaways From ABA Antitrust Meeting
• Wachtell-Led Littelfuse Buys $540M PE-Backed Switch Maker
• Alphabet Board Again Beats Investors' Child Privacy Suit
• Gilead Says Aetna Must Litigate Its HIV Drug Suit In Fed Court
• FTC's Slaughter Skeptical Of Industry-Specific Merger Policies
• Sen. Brown Asks Fed, OCC To Join Bank Merger Review Push
• Chancery Tosses $1.85B Anthem-Cigna Merger Bust Fee Suit
• Prison Phone Co. Can't Expel Pa. County's Counsel In IP Row
• DOJ Says Google's 8,000 New Releases Show Privilege Abuse
• Broadcasters Push To Wrap Up Ownership Rule Review
• Ericsson Tells Gilstrap Apple Must Commit To FRAND Offer
• Ruling For Soccer Club Should Stand, EU Court Adviser Says
• In Early Mediation, Negotiate With Empathy, Not Threats
• Europe Appeals Nixed €1B Intel Antitrust Fine To Top Court
• FIFA Antitrust Defense No Better Than NCAA's, 2nd Circ. Told
• Teva Appears Headed For $100M Price-Fixing Payout To AGs
• How Antitrust Enforcers Might Think Like Plaintiffs Lawyers
• DaVita Rival Felt Threatened Around Poaching, Jury Hears
• Grocery Chain Pays $175K In Calif.'s COVID Price Gouge Suit
• DOJ Willing To Challenge Mergers Before Investigations End
• Biden Antitrust Efforts May Trip Up JetBlue's Spirit Bid
• Collabera Drops Noncompete Case Against Rival Staffing Co.
• Plaskolite Says Ex-Execs Shared Secrets With Turkish Rival
• FTC's Republicans Say Leaders Think Mergers Are 'Evil'
• Monster, Orange Bang Win $175M Against Rival In Arbitration
• Addressing Problematic Drinking In The Legal Profession
• Antitrust Considerations Are Heating Up In Food Industry
• Judge's 'Disdain For Antitrust Law' Gets Visa Case Rerouted
• CBD Dealer Inks Agreement To End TM Franchise Feud
• Sherwin-Williams Seeks New Trial After Beverage Can IP Loss
• SEP Draft Policy Imperils US Investment In Innovation
• Gibson Dunn Adds Former FTC Chief Of Staff In DC
• Retailer Can't Bag Sanctions Against Univ. Of Ill. In TM Row
• Chicken Execs Again Seek Acquittal After Second Mistrial
• Jackson Addresses Host Of IP Issues In Guarded Comments
• Express Scripts, Mylan Get EpiPen Price Gouging Suit Cut
• NY Real Estate Board Can't Duck Compass Antitrust Suit
• JetBlue Tries To Usurp Frontier With $3.6B Spirit Airlines Bid
• Transforming Law Firms' Diversity Intent Into Real Progress
• Sabre Can't Block Current CEO's Testimony In Antitrust Trial
• Puerto Rican Jockeys Defeat Labor Antitrust Suit In 1st Circ.
• DOJ Tells Texas Jury Staffing Firm's Wage Fixing Was A Crime
• Latham Adds Ex-Assistant AG To Its Antitrust Practice In DC
• Ex-Zuora Exec Sues For Legal Fees After Company Sues Him
• UnitedHealth Adds Time For $13.8B Change Healthcare Deal
• Hausfeld Admits To Shortcomings In Failed Airline Cartel Suit
• 'Outraged' DaVita CEO Plotted To Keep Employees, Court Told
• Regeneron 'Kickbacks' Boosted Eylea Profits, Insurer Says
• DOJ Adds New Obligations To Leniency Program
• FTC, DOJ Signal 'Turning Point' On Mergers, Enforcement
• Teva, Like Glenmark, Rips Expanded Price-Fixing Charges
• Apple, Google Can't Force Arb. In Search Suit, Court Told
• Parts Of Oklahoma PBM Law Invalidated By Judge
• Gensler Tells Students Crypto Can't Dodge Securities Laws
• ​​​​​​​Walmart Barred From Selling Alleged Vans Knockoffs For Now
• How Plans For Criminal Antitrust Enforcement Are Advancing
• ITC Consent Orders Can Be Complicated In IP Cases
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Justices Must Apply Law Evenly In Shadow Docket Rulings
• Wachtell, King & Spalding Shape $1.1B Coffee Co. SPAC Deal
• Calif. AG Defends Unfair-Competition Law In Apple Appeal
• Judge Tosses Anthem's $14.8B Claim Against Express Scripts
• Senate Passes Ocean Container Shipping Oversight Bill
• DOJ's Kanter To Speak For 3rd Chicken Trial April 8
• FTC, DOJ Push New Approaches To Reining In Digital Giants
• 2nd Circ. Revives Price-Fix Suit Against Haitian Gov't, Cos.
• Tips For Negotiating Litigation Funding Agreements
• FX Rigging Ruling Signals Shift In Approach To Class Actions
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• LG Keeps Samsung LCD Cartel Claim Out Of UK Courts