Competition Archive » June, 2022

Competition - June, 2022

251 articles

• SF Says Pharmaceutical Cos. Created City's Opioid Crisis
• Endo 'Made Out Like A Bandit' With Opana Deal, Buyers Say
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Hedge Fund Fintech Co.'s Comp Suit
• Cushman-Newmark Merger Could Spur Uptick In Conflicts
• COVID Tester Hits BCBS Unit With Competition Counterclaims
• Deutsche, NatWest Eye Deals Worth $34M In Swiss Libor Case
• Keurig Says Exec Who Joined Rival May Spill Tea On Strategy
• Texas Man Convicted Of $240M Gov't Contract Fraud Scheme
• Reining In Overbroad M&A Noncompetes Amid FTC Scrutiny
• Epic Says Apple Can't Delay 9th Circ. Arguments Until 2023
• Michigan Pot Company Asks Court To Cancel Competitor's TM
• Ethics Considerations For Attorneys Joining Nonprofit Boards
• NAR Gets A Break In Realtor's 'Exceedingly Redundant' Suit
• NFL, Raiders Ask Top Court To Ignore Suit Over Oakland Exit
• Spirit Deal Up In The Air After Shareholder Meeting Delayed
• Apple To Face £1.5B UK Class Action Over App Store Charges
• EU Accepts Fix For Ireland Insurers' Competition Concerns
• DOJ Sues To Block Booz Allen Acquisition Of NSA Rival
• PE Firm Inks FTC Vet Clinic Merger Deal #2 For $1.7B
• Review Of Emergent's $325M Smallpox Drug Deal Extended
• Judge Certifies Class In Natural Gas Price-Fixing Suit
• Walmart Says FTC Trying To Skirt High Court Restitution Curb
• Private Hospital Deal Challenge Best Left To Feds, Judge Says
• Amazon Accused Of Duping Investors In Class Action
• Gov't Mulls Granting Parker's £6.3B Bid For UK Aerospace Co.
• Sens. Ask Minor Leaguers About MLB Antitrust Exemption
• Google, Apple Want Consumer Search Conspiracy Suit Gone
• JPML Centralizes Cell Tech IP Suits Against Tesla, GM, Others
• McDonald's Defeats Ex-Workers' No-Poach Claims
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Antitrust Suit Against Radiology Board
• Warby Parker Escapes 1-800 Contacts' Search Engine TM Row
• CFIUS Probing Ericsson's $6.2B Vonage Buy
• Fla. Legal Services Co. Says Ex-Partner Stole Trade Secrets
• Google May Face Antitrust Probe After Danish Job Biz Row
• As Opioid Trial Ends, Judge Jokes Of 'Generous' Time Limits
• Gold Price-Fixing Deal Could Imperil Other Claims, Court Told
• Apple Rival Blasted For 'Defective And Unnecessary' Brief
• Tips For Managing Pre-Merger Information Exchanges
• Google Fights App Users' Class Cert. Bid In Antitrust Row
• Cable Group Wants Retransmission Conditions On Tegna Deal
• No-Poach Case Nears Plea In Would-Be 1st DOJ Win
• UK Watchdog Ends Probe Of Vet Merger After Sale Promised
• Justices Sit Out Apple's PTAB Standing Saga
• Humana Wants To Add Federal Antitrust Claims To Zetia Case
• Frontier Urges Spirit Investors To Approve $6.6B Merger
• Costco Can't Subpoena Itself To Use Chicken Docs In Arb.
• DOJ Approves Dish And T-Mobile's Network Shutdown Deal
• Duke Energy $59M Contract Dispute Slimmed, Heads To Trial
• Dr. Reddy's Gets $72M In Generic Suboxone Settlement
• Attys Seek $66M Fee In $160M Capacitor Maker Antitrust Deal
• Retailers Cut Midtrial Deal With Impax In Opana Delay Case
• Feds Say Contractors Duped US Out Of $7M With Sham Bids
• Now's The Time To Address Archaic Law School Curricula
• Contractors Cop To Rigging Bids On Major Construction Deals
• The Case For Company-Directed Offensive ESG Litigation
• Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade
• 4 Firms Steer Zendesk's $10.2B Buyout By Investor Group
• UK Signals OK For Cobham's £2.6B Defense Co. Takeover
• Euclid Law Hires Antitrust Pro To Head Brussels Office
• Cable Biz Says Case For Common Carrier Regs Has 'Vanished'
• Under Armour Wants Proof Antitrust Litigant Is A Competitor
• Unions Call On FCC To Stop Tegna Go-Private Deal
• Lawmakers Warn DOJ Of Brewing Baby Formula-PE Deal
• Traders' 4th Bite At 'Meme Stock' Apple Still Rotten, Apex Says
• Ugg Maker Sues Tommy Hilfiger In Fluffy Footwear Fight
• FTC Orders Harley-Davidson, Westinghouse Warranty Fixes
• Proposed Online Platform Regs Deviate From Antitrust Norms
• Ryanair Loses EU COVID State Aid Airline Challenge
• ECJ Rules Cutoff For Cartel Suits Not Retroactive
• Lessons From Lawyer Fee-Sharing Agreements Gone Wrong
• Texas Judge Tells Exec In Trade Secret Case To Stop Working
• DOJ Fights Bid To Duck Pandemic Wage-Fixing Charges
• T-Mobile, Dish Cut Deal Over Network Shutdown Feud
• Pharmacies' Surescripts Antitrust Case Survives Dismissal
• LeClairRyan Bankruptcy Highlights Pass-Through Tax Issue
• 2nd Circ. Got High Court Order Right, Chinese Exporters Say
• K&L Gates Adds Antitrust Pro From Linklaters In Brussels
• Thyssenkrupp, Tata Lose Challenge To EU Veto Over Merger
• Fed. Circ. Reverses Initial Panel To Find Gilenya IP Invalid
• Google Drops Challenge To France's €500M Publishing Fine
• 5th Circ. Unpublishes Patent Pool Order, With Same Result
• Uber, Lyft Drivers Want Court To Block Alleged Price-Fixing
• Board Says Norfolk Southern Not Immune From CSX Suit
• FTC Probing NYSE Owner's $16B Deal For Black Knight
• Enforcement Trends To Watch After SEP Remedies Withdrawal
• 8 Steps To Creating A Legal Ops Technology Road Map
• Hogan Lovells Silicon Valley Leader Jumps To Cleary
• 'Party On': Pun-Packed 5th Circ. Ruling Hands Brewers A Win
• DaVita Gets All Clear To Return No-Poach Docs
• Justices Won't Take On German Car Antitrust MDL
• Will BigLaw Regret Its Hiring Spree As The Economy Softens?
• The Law360 400: Tracking The Largest US Law Firms
• T-Mobile's Merger With Sprint Hurt All Phone Bills, Suit Says
• Costco Reaches Deal With Creditors, Banks In Swipe Fee MDL
• Google Can't Ask About Default Search Contracts With Rivals
• EU Approves Ali Group's $4.8B Welbilt Deal With Ice Biz Sale
• Generic Co. Asks Fed. Circ. To Undo Loss In Takeda IP Fight
• FTC Touts Labor As It Reviews Microsoft's Activision Deal
• UK Class Action Regime Breaks Ground With 1st Opt-In Suit
• Tobacco Cos. Want Stay Lifted On $11M Bond In TM Case
• Veolia Proposes Sale Of Suez's UK Waste Biz After CMA Probe
• Yale Law Prof Defends Allergan In SF Opioid Trial
• FTC Sinks 2nd Hospital Deal In A Week, This Time In Utah
• Meta Says TikTok Parent Co. Has Key Docs To Fight FTC
• FTC Warns Drugmakers, Middlemen Over Rebates
• The Importance Of Data And Data Analysis In Litigation
• DOJ Calls Baseball's Antitrust Exemption 'An Aberration'
• EU High Court Upholds €116M Disk Drive Cartel Fines
• Vet Clinic FTC Settlement Puts Private Equity On Notice
• CVS Can't Force Drug Pricing Suit Into Arbitration
• 6th Circ. Says Sanctions Fall On Lawyers But Not Their Firm
• Sherwin-Williams Denied Do-Over On PPG Can Coating IP Suit
• SF Opioid Crisis Not From Allergan's Market Share, Judge Told
• Dems Want TD Bank Deal Put On Ice Over 'Abusive Practices'
• Microsoft Scores Win In Cloud Technology Trade Secrets Case
• DaVita Must Return Rather Than Destroy No-Poach Docs
• Zuora Says Ex-VP Can't Have Co.'s Secrets And His Fees Too
• Property Damage Firm Says Ex-Consultant Stole Data 'Library'
• EU Court Tosses Qualcomm's €1B Dominance Fine
• Zydus Blasts Takeda's Patent Abuse 'Blueprint' At 3rd Circ.
• Norton Rose Names New Antitrust Head
• Cleary Notes Off-Limits In Ex-Citi Trader's Forex Probe Suit
• UK Antitrust Authority Escalates Jus-Rol Merger Probe
• EU Launches Legal Action Against UK Over Brexit Treaty
• SF Opioid Judge Not 'Sympathetic' To City's Scheduling Issue
• FTC Says Arko To Trim Noncompetes In $94M Gas Outlet Buy
• Impax Got Earliest Possible Generic Opana Entry, Jury Hears
• New Ocean Shipping Regs On Deck, But Inland Woes Persist
• Conn. Hospital Queues Attack On Standing For Antitrust Suit
• NJ Hospitals Abandon Merger Under FTC Challenge
• Navigating The Void Left By Withdrawn SEP Policy Statement
• Remand Denial Raises Question In W.Va. Opiate Litigation
• 5th Circ. Panel Walks Back Nokia Win In Patent Pool Case
• Tegna Says Apollo, Cox Won't Partake In Retransmission Talks
• Steps Companies Can Take To Mitigate Privilege Labeling Risk
• Spirit Enters Talks With JetBlue, But Frontier Deal Still On
• Apple Faces German Antitrust Probe Over App Tracking Rules
• Meta Mostly Loses Giphy Merger Appeal, But Case In Limbo
• Workspace Providers Face UK Probe Over Merger
• Lawyers' Body Warns UK Brexit Bill Risks EU Trade War
• Judge Breyer Pitches Law Chat As SF Opioid Trial Nears End
• Investor Attys Net $22.6M In Dental Supply Antitrust Deal
• FTC Dems Put PE On Blast In Vet Clinic Merger Settlement
• Judge OKs $26M Atty Fee In Apple App Store Antitrust Deal
• House Sends Ocean Shipping Reform Bill To Biden
• DaVita, Ex-CEO Need Civil Case OK To Destroy Criminal Docs
• FTC Probing UnitedHealth's $5.4B Home Care Buy
• Finance Company Claims Georgia Rival's GC Defamed It
• Justices Won't Consider Challenge To CRT Deal
• Ali Group, Welbilt $4.8B Merger Has Chance After Ice Biz Sale
• GoodRx Investors' Claims Over IPO Get Axed For Good
• Adidas Claims Nike Stole Run Tracking, Shoe Technology ​​​​​​​
• States Get $853K In Pared Down Shkreli Antitrust Case Fees
• Amazon Brass Face Investor Suit Over Data, Antitrust Risks
• Chancery Jurisdiction Dispute Sidetracks BDO Smear Suit
• What To Watch As Push To Rein In PBMs Advances
• Pork Producers Tell Justices Calif. Animal Care Law Must Fall
• Sens. Urge Vidal To Block Drug Patent 'Thickets' Early
• 'Fanatics' Sports Merchandise Antitrust Suits Spread To MLB
• What Litigation Funding Disclosure In Delaware May Look Like
• Chicago Flooring Co. To Pay $1.2M For Bid-Rigging
• How To Avert Unlawful Poaching Amid Rising Antitrust Risks
• Google Faces Payments Probe As UK Eyes Broader Review
• Chipmakers Escape Price-Fixing Damages Appeal
• Feds' Patent Injunction Views Murky After Dropped Policies
• Chancellor Notes CEO's Lie In Smear Suit Spoliation Hearing
• FTC Eyes Drugmaker Rebates Boosting Higher Cost Drugs
• Jury Clears Reckitt Benckiser In Trade Secret, Fraud Trial
• Steel Plate Maker Urges 5th Circ. To Revive Antitrust Suit
• FTC Judge Says Lives At Stake In Cancer Test Deal Challenge
• UK Mulling Fixes For $4.8B Kitchen Equipment Deal
• FTC's Khan Says Labor 'Absolutely' Part Of Merger Probes
• American, JetBlue Can't Duck DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Alliance
• CD&R Gets Final Go-Ahead For £7B Morrisons Takeover
• Chicken Insider Testifies About Game-Changing Meeting
• Drug Industry Didn't Create Nation's Opioid Crisis, Judge Told
• FTC Probe Into Rx Middlemen May Spark Industry Shakeup
• Agencies Pull Patent Injunction Policy Without Replacement
• Exemption For ITV's Loan Profits Is State Aid, EU Court Rules
• Giant Eagle Hits US Beef Producers With Price-Fixing Suit
• Judge Cuts Corruption Sentence Of Ex-Ohio Democratic Boss
• SEC's Gensler Previews Potential Equity Market Shakeups
• Lawmakers Press For Summer Vote On Tech Antitrust Bill
• Fortress Tells 9th Circ. Nothing Plausible About Intel Suit
• SEC Constitutionality Ruling May Embolden FTC Targets
• Judge's Stock Conflict Didn't Hurt Investors, Banks Tell Court
• How 2 High Court Cases Could Affect Gov't Admin Actions
• Truckers Get Greenlight For Opt-In Class In UK Cartel Suit
• DEA Change In Opioid Policy Created Confusion, Judge Hears
• Chicken Execs 'Ganged Up' To Fix Prices, 3rd Jury Hears
• Apple's $100M Deal Gets OK, $27M Atty Fee Bid Hits Bump
• Judge Shreds Gibson Guitar Co. Over 'Baseless' TM Claims
• Crypto Bank Sues Fed Over 'Kafkaesque' Account Delay
• AGs' Disgorgement Claim Axed In Drug Price-Fixing Case
• Apple Calls SG's Resistance 'Regrettable Disregard' Of Law
• Advocates Blame 'Smear Campaign' For Hobbled FCC
• FTC To Probe Pharma Middlemen Over High Drug Prices
• Oracle Closing $28B Cerner Deal After Antitrust Nods
• Fed. Circ. Hammers Thales, Philips In FRAND Patent Row
• When A Claimed Trade Secret Isn't In Fact A Secret
• Rogers, Shaw Defend $20B Merger To Canadian Tribunal
• Ill. AG Goes After More Staffing Cos.' No-Poach Pacts
• Google Issues Warning About Security Risks Of Big Tech Bill
• JD Sports, Others Fixed Soccer Jersey Prices, CMA Says
• 9th Circ. Says Hagens Berman Fee Award Is Still Too High
• Texas AG Launches Probe Into Twitter's Bot Reporting
• Judge Approves $5.1M Atty Fee In JPMorgan Spoofing Case
• Vrbo Urges Judge To Keep Rental Suit Federal
• Bristol-Myers Inks $10.8M Deal In Direct Buyers' Antitrust Suit
• Feds Decry Ex-Commissioner's Bid To Slash 28-Year Sentence
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• FCC Asks For More Docs In $8.6B Tegna Go-Private Deal
• Ill. Panel Says Staffing Cos. Can Face Antitrust Liability
• How In-House Legal Leaders Can Drive Corporate Growth
• JetBlue Tries To Topple Frontier With Improved Bid For Spirit
• A Look At Public's Divergent Views On New Merger Guidelines
• Musk Steps Up Threats To Cancel Twitter Acquisition
• Rising Star: White & Case's Kelly Newman
• Illumina Wants 'Indefensible' $334M DNA IP Verdict Tossed
• Judge OKs Aluminum Antitrust Deal With JPMorgan, Goldman
• FERC Urged To Nix 'Unjust' Pipeline Capacity Bidding Practice
• Twitter-Musk Deal Clears US Antitrust Hurdle
• Attorneys Should Tread Carefully On Job Counteroffers
• FTC Sues To Block Hospital Mergers In NJ, Utah
• FTC Lets $435M Fuel Terminal Deal Proceed, With Conditions
• Jury Awards $2.6M To Home Furnishing Co. In TM Suit
• Consumers Say NFL, Fanatics Can't Arbitrate Monopoly Suit
• Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Samantha Hynes
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Walgreens Exec Faces Tough Queries From SF Opioid Judge
• Beyond Meat's Ingredient Claims Are False, Competitor Claims
• Shepherds Say Group Locked Them Into Indentured Servitude
• R.K. Mellon Foundation Sues A.W. Mellon Over Name Change
• Chicken Execs Teed Up For 3rd Price-Fixing Trial
• The Future Of Legal Ops: Time To Get Serious About Data
• Justices Combine Briefs For Suits Over SEC, FTC Legitimacy
• Rising Star: O'Melveny's Stephen McIntyre
• DaVita Acquittal Sets High Bar For DOJ No-Poach Cases
• CFPB Should Stay In Own Lane On Mergers, Bank Groups Say
• SF Opioid Judge Told Higher Doses Increased Addiction
• 2nd Circ. Judges Grill Coffee Co. In 'Rise' TM Fight With Pepsi
• Chancery Nixes Amazon Shareholder 'Fishing Expedition'
• Del. Chancery Pauses Nikola Corp. Class Action
• Amazon Says Big Tech Bill Could End 3rd-Party Sales
• Foley Adds Business Litigation Partner In Denver
• Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk Guide RedBird's €1.2B AC Milan Buy
• NCAA Urges 3rd Circ. To Rule College Athletes Not Employees
• Auto Tech Co. Reynolds Settles One Slice Of Antitrust MDL
• Jones Day, Debevoise Lead Deal Forming $3.7B Industrial Biz
• Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Douglas Litvack
• SF Opioid Judge Irked At Allergan Argument Against Expert