Competition Archive » September, 2022

Competition - September, 2022

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• Meta Snags Injunction, Agrees To Drop Data Scraping Claims
• The 5 Biggest Cases This Supreme Court Term
• IEEE To Remove Injunction Limits In Essential Patent Policy
• Hurricane Causes Mistrial In Fla. Oncology Antitrust Case
• Blue Cross Faces Market Monopolization Claim In Mich.
• Massive Insurance Cartel Alleged In Suit By Major Firms
• Jack Nicklaus Breached $145M Licensing Deal, NY Judge Told
• 3rd Circ. Preview: Home Depot MDL Row, Secret Service Spat
• Russia Sanctions Reach Expands After Annexation
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Law360's The Term: A New Normal For The Supreme Court?
• Why Minor League Labor Negotiations Will Be Complicated
• No Signs Of Supreme Court's Conservatives Slowing Down
• 3rd Circ. Won't Pause Sugar Merger For DOJ Appeal
• How Well Do You Know Supreme Court History?
• UnitedHealth Merger Loss Is One Step In DOJ's Long Game
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Takes Bench, Makes History
• Keys To A 9-0 High Court Win: Practicality Over Perfection
• FTC Accuses Pesticide Giants Of 'Pay-To-Block' Scheme
• Amazon, Big 5 Publishers Beat Book Antitrust Suits, For Now
• LinkedIn Spied On Rivals To 'Take Them Out,' Judge Told
• Monster Wins $293M Verdict Against VPX In False Ad Trial
• Lululemon Dodges Peloton Suit As Part Of Patent Fight
• Skechers Accuses Foreign Cos. Of Selling Counterfeit Shoes
• EU Adviser Calls For Spain Tax Scheme Ruling To Be Annulled
• House Passes Antitrust Package Raising Large Merger Fees
• DOJ Asks 3rd Circ. To Pause Sugar Deal For Appeal
• Adhesive Maker Says Ex-Employee Stole Product Formulas
• Tycoon Survives NC Dismissal Bid In Fracas Over Email Hack
• PGA Tour Says LIV Lured Golfers With False Antitrust Claims
• Sens. Grapple With How To Do Outbound Investment Review
• What New Bar Exam Means For Law Students And Schools
• Dems Press FTC To Oppose Amazon's IRobot Acquisition
• Railcar Coupler Makers Say China, Mexico Dumping Exports
• Banks Fight For Shot To Exit Forex-Rigging Suit Before Trial
• Uncertainty Lingers Around DOJ's Antitrust Leniency Shift
• Ill. City Says It Was 'Kicked' By Express Scripts' Doc Dump
• Meta Says Advertisers Keep Dropping From Antitrust Case
• Justices Told 9th Circ. Ruling 'Eviscerated' Antitrust Precedent
• JetBlue CEO Defends American Airlines Pact In Antitrust Trial
• DOJ's Criminal Antitrust Deputy Joins Fried Frank
• Del. Judge Rejects DOJ's Bid To Pause Sugar Deal
• Zillow Says Magazine Can't Take Claims To Vt. High Court
• DOJ Suit Highlights Shifting Merger Enforcement Standards
• Apple's New Messaging Features Will Complicate E-Discovery
• Weil Guides Sweden's EQT In $1.7B Billtrust Deal
• CMA Defends £100M Fine Over Advanz Thyroid Drug Pricing
• UK Regulator To Review Remedy In €656M Foam Cos. Merger
• Smithfield Agrees To Pay $75M In Latest Pork Antitrust Deal
• Poultry Execs Move To Toss DOJ's Price-Fixing Charges
• Monster Asks Jury For $297M Over VPX's Super Creatine 'Con'
• Phil Mickelson, Other Golfers Exit LIV Suit Against PGA Tour
• Ex-Manager Can't Use Price Data Taken From NC Security Co.
• Law Firm Inclusion Efforts Often Overlook Business Staff
• Apple App Store Users Renew Antitrust Class Cert. Bid
• DOJ Seeks Block Of Sugar Merger Pending 3rd Circ. Appeal
• Google, Apple Say Advertiser Can't Expand Collusion Suit
• Advanz Begins Appeal Of £100M CMA Drug Pricing Fine
• American-JetBlue Accord Will Cost Flyers Billions, Judge Told
• Keurig Slams Rival's 'Flawed' Bid To Duck Trade Secrets Case
• UK Clears Bouygues' €7.1B Takeover Of Equans
• Pandora Says Lewis Black, Agency Part Of Antitrust 'Cartel'
• Booz Allen Says DOJ Way Off Base On Antitrust Allegations
• Chamber Seeks Early Win Over SEC In Proxy Rules Dispute
• Jiffy Lube Fights Bid To Substitute No-Poach Plaintiff
• Security Co. Can't Dodge Rival's Trade Secrets Suit
• New USDA Rules Aim To Boost Meatpacking Competition
• Caterpillar Facing Antitrust Case, While Komatsu Escapes
• DaVita Can't Dodge No-Poach Claims, Ill. Judge Says
• Delta Exec Ordered To Testify At Rivals' Antitrust Trial
• Two Funds Seek Invidior Antitrust Docs In Securities Case
• Meta Pushes FTC Bias Defense In VR Merger Case
• Antitrust Suit Could Shake Up Schools' Financial Aid Policies
• BNSF Railway's GC To Take Over From Retiring Legal Chief
• Biotech Firm Says Competitor Spread Lies About Gender Test
• An Associate's Guide To Rebounding After A Layoff
• VPX Can't Present Favorable Monster Survey To False Ad Jury
• Lockheed, Airbus Tell 4th Circ. Satellite Deal Not Commercial
• Group Backs Swisher High Court Bid Over Revived Verdict
• Cable Group Wants Binding Conditions On $8.6B Tegna Deal
• Lessons From 3 Chancery Books And Records Decisions
• AML Regulation Of Lawyers Is Imminent And Controversial
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• MVP: Simpson Thacher's John Terzaken
• FTC's Noah Phillips Reflects On Tenure At Changing Agency
• Delaware Court Refuses To Block Sugar Deal
• Monster Losses Not $272M Bang But Whimper, Jury Told
• FTC Won't Let Amazon, Execs Out Of Widened Prime Probe
• Miami Dealer Seeks $300M Against Porsche in Coercion Suit
• Breaking Down The DOJ's American-JetBlue Antitrust Trial
• Sen. Judiciary Advances Journalism Competition Bill With Fix
• DC Circ. Debates Proper Fate Of ATM Fee Antitrust Classes
• Partial Costs OK For Partial Antitrust Wins, EU Court Told
• Russia Market Economy Review Moves To Rubber Probe
• 7th Circ. Mulls If Chicago's $1B Meter Deal Created Monopoly
• Biden Order's New Lens Puts Foreign Transactions In Focus
• Covington Welcomes Back Antitrust Pro After Stretch At DOJ
• FTC's Bedoya Says Antitrust Cares Too Much About Efficiency
• US Reps. Introduce Credit Card Competition Act
• MVP: Paul Weiss' William Isaacson
• How New FCC Rule Will Improve Telecom Options For Tenants
• Saint-Gobain Gets Last Regulatory OK For $2.3B GCP Deal
• UnitedHealth-Change Judge Outlines Why DOJ Lost
• Counterclaims Nixed In Drug Price Checker's Antitrust Suit
• Ga. Justices Won't Review Toss Of Health System's CON Case
• Anticipating Expansion Of FTC's Section 5 Antitrust Authority
• DOJ Quietly OKs West Coast Bank Merger, With Branch Sales
• Tether, Bitfinex Must Hand Over Financial Docs In Buyer Suit
• McGuireWoods Adds Veteran King & Spalding Litigator In DC
• Listing Magazine Appeals Zillow Antitrust Loss To 2nd Circ.
• Canadian Enforcer Says Competition Can Help Environment
• 1st Circ. Declines To Review Pot Interstate Commerce Ruling
• Key Adaptations For Law Firms Amid Quiet Quitting Movement
• Cannabis Legalization Must Address Monopoly Dangers
• MVP: Morgan Lewis' J. Clayton 'Clay' Everett Jr.
• Door Still Shut To VPX Super Creatine Report, Judge Says
• FTC Not Done Targeting Specific Corporate Execs
• Opana Direct Buyers' Attys Seek $50M Fees After $145M Deal
• CVS Wants NY's Illegal Service Tying Claims Tossed
• FERC Says Law Backs Its Defense Of Power Market Rule
• NC Health System Eludes Monopoly Claims In Antitrust Fight
• Amazon's Roomba Maker Deal Picks Up More FTC Scrutiny
• 5th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Antitrust Suit Against La. Hospital
• Subscribers Fight T-Mobile's Bid To Transfer Merger Case
• The Role Of Tweets, Memes, Emoji In Musk Securities Saga
• Creating A Hybrid Work Policy? Be Intentional And Inclusive
• Wells Fargo Says Former In-House Counsel Stole Secret Info
• Physician Noncompetes May Get Federal Antitrust Treatment
• 'Excessive' Atty Fee Bid In Ranbaxy MDL Slashed By $36M
• MVP: King & Spalding's Norman 'Norm' Armstrong
• Antitrust Watchdogs Can Weigh Privacy Concerns, ECJ Told
• FCA Condition Puts Link, Dye & Durham Deal In Peril
• UK Probes SocGen Leasing Unit's €5B Deal For Dutch Rival
• Ticketmaster Users Ask 9th Circ. To Reverse Arbitration Order
• Contract Sham Bid Conspiracy Charges Untimely, Judge Told
• Warning Signs For FTC In AGs' Meta Appeal At DC Circ.
• Detroit Pension Fund Sues Zendesk Over PE Merger
• Phone Locking Harms Competition, FCC Told
• DC Circ. Asked To Revisit 'Catch-22' Toss Of FERC Challenge
• Biden Order Renews Spotlight On Advancement Of US Biotech
• Judge Won't Block UnitedHealth's Purchase Of Change
• Unpacking The Shift In DOJ Corporate Enforcement Policy
• Keeping Up With New US Push On Strategic Tech Competition
• French Broadcasters Drop Merger Under Antitrust Pressure
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• MVP: Jones Day's David C. Kiernan And Jeffrey A. LeVee
• A Law Firm's Guide To Humane Layoffs As Recession Looms
• Canadian Co. Can Exit Hemp Harvesting Machine Dispute
• VPX May Have Breached Monster's 'Nerve Center,' Jury Told
• Booz Must Give NSA Its Best, EverWatch Merger Judge Told
• DOJ, Calif. Get OK To Join Arguments In Apple, Epic Appeals
• Buyers Defend Qualcomm Antitrust Case After FTC's Loss
• Toymaker Accused Of Fraud Must Defend Itself, Insurer Says
• 4th Circ. Probes 'Commercial Act' In $3.1B Satellite Deal Feud
• Bookstore Fights Judge's Rec To Toss Amazon Antitrust Suit
• NTIA Criticized For Credit Requirement In Broadband Plan
• Warren Calls On DOT To Scrutinize JetBlue-Spirit Merger
• Don't Miss It: Proskauer, Freshfields Guide Week's Hot Deals
• DOJ Antitrust Chief Warns Of 'Ascendant' Monopolization
• Renewed Price-Gouging Compliance Efforts Could Be Crucial
• MVP: Gibson Dunn's Rachel S. Brass
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• UK Probes Korean Air's $1.6B Takeover Of Asiana Airline
• Monster Lost $272M From VPX's Alleged False Ads, Jury Told
• Deputy AG Reveals New DOJ Corporate Enforcement Strategy
• DOJ Says Only Merger 'Uncertainty' Can Protect NSA Contract
• Federal Anti-SLAPP Bill Takes Aim At Intimidation Suits
• Microsoft Offers No UK Fixes For $69B Activision Deal
• DOJ Drops Criminal Price-Fixing Case Against Chicken Cos.
• FTC Issues Plan To Enforce Gig Worker Protections
• Ex-Uber Exec Wrongly Escaped Tax On Settlement, Court Told
• Indirect Pork Buyers' $20M Deal Gets OK In Price-Fixing Suit
• Amazon And Publishers Urge Court To Toss E-Book Case
• US, Japan, EU Vow To Strengthen Fight Against Forced Labor
• DOJ Sues To Block Assa Abloy's $4.3B Home Hardware Deal
• Boeing Says NC Fund Ransomed Plane Parts With Price Surge
• CMA Says NEC's £62M Software Deal Threatens Competition
• Deals Rumor Mill: Flow, Tencent, Metro Pacfic
• Biden Beefs Up Nat'l Security Evals For Foreign Investments
• Google Beats Director's Antitrust Whistleblower Suit
• States Can Halt Double Taxation In Aid Recovery, Says ECJ
• 'Super Creatine' Gives VPX Super Marketing Edge, Prof Says
• European Commission Plans Crackdown On Forced Labor
• CORRECTION: 2 Firms To Lead Amazon Investors' BIPA Suit
• 5 Takeaways From Google's EU Android Loss
• Importers Lambast USTR's 'Immaterial' China Tariff Remand
• China's Silence On Loans Justifies Millwork Duty, CIT Says
• White House Details $2B Biotech Supply Chain Initiative
• FOIA Ruling Yields New Argument For Challenging Exemption
• Real Estate Board Poses Anti-Competitive Threat, Judge Told
• Adult Film Stars Get A Chance To Fix Meta, OnlyFans Suit
• Sanofi Puerto Rico Unit Excused From Insulin Antitrust Case
• Calif. AG Sues Amazon For 'Price Floor'
• Learning From Trump And Bannon Discovery Strategies
• Google Largely Loses Challenge To €4B Android Antitrust Fine
• Google Can't Yet Beat Bulk Of States' Ad Monopoly Claims
• Monster Survey Finds 'Super Creatine' Sells Bang, Jury Told
• Puerto Rican Baseball League Says Ex-Owner's Suit Is Invalid
• Big Banks Slam Class Cert. Nod In Stock Loan Antitrust Suit
• DOJ Antitrust Head Eyes Merger Policy 'Disconnect'
• FCC Republican Backs Starlink Appeal Of Rural Funds Denial
• 9th Circ. Says FDA Has Dibs On Copycat Drug Suits
• Aluminum Industry Calls On Gov'ts To Up Recycling Efforts
• Google Faces €25B Damages Claims In UK, Dutch Courts
• CORRECTION: Constellation Fights Definition Of 'Beer' In TM Row
• Surgical Assistant Group Sues Board Over Accreditation
• Williams Mullen Adds 2 Partners In Northern Virginia Office
• Barrack Rodos Atty Joins Pogust Goodhead's Antitrust Group
• Listing Magazine Wants Vt. High Court Input On Zillow Claims
• Ex-NY Transit Official Gets At Least 1 Year For Bid-Rigging
• Quinn Emanuel EU Competition Chief Nadine Herrmann Dies
• Customer Pledges, Lack Of Rivals Sunk FTC's Illumina Case
• VPX Still Playing Up 'Super Creatine,' Monster Co-CEO Says
• More Settlements Reached In Fla. Timeshare Exit Suit
• FTC Asks About Credibility In Appeal Over Altria's Juul Deal
• Chicken Cos. To Pay Combined $85M In Wage Conspiracy Suit
• Biden Aims To Boost Biotech In Latest Supply Chain Fix
• Insulation Biz Asks 10th Circ. To Save Berkshire Antitrust Suit
• Google Advertiser Wants To Update Apple Collusion Suit
• NC Approved Monopoly, Health System Says In Antitrust Case
• The State Of The College Athletics NIL Revolution
• FTC Shift In Compulsory Process Lends Staff More Clout
• FCA Puts Conditions On $1.7B Link Group Takeover
• Shook Hardy Latest Firm To Add DOJ Antitrust Litigator
• Ex-DOJ, FCC Vet Joins Freshfields In DC
• The Risks In Lateral Hiring, And How To Avoid Them
• Watchdog Lifts Order On £965M GXO Logistics Deal
• 7-Eleven's Creatine Demand Nixed Monster Collab, Jury Told
• Plea Details In Flux In Vegas School Nurse 'No Poach' Case
• WTO Dispute Roundup: Same Stalemate, New Solution
• NJ Health System Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Property Buys
• White House Calls For Clear Antitrust Rules For Big Tech
• Judge Orders Firm To Pay Fees In Rigged-Foreclosure Case
• Swimmers, Int'l Federation Plunge Into Antitrust Brawl
• Jeld-Wen Investors Nab $13.5M Settlement In Antitrust Case
• Civil Rights Orgs Seek FTC Challenge To Amazon-iRobot Deal
• Australia OKs $1.7B Software Co. Tie-Up, With Conditions
• Salmon Buyer Attys Win $25.5M In Fees In Price-Fixing Deal
• EU Clears Willkie-Led €2.3B Sale Of Chemicals Maker Perstorp
• Assessing LIV Golf's Role In PGA Tour Antitrust Suit
• 3rd Circ. Won't Resurrect False Ad Suit Over Medical Cream
• Former Contech Exec Gets 18 Months For Bid-Rigging
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• EU OKs $650M Daimler, BlackRock, NextEra Truck Project
• Major UK Retailers Hit Truck Makers With Cartel Suit
• LSE's £274M Fintech Buyout Provisionally Cleared By CMA
• EU Tells Biz To Come Chat About New Merger Referral Rules
• Judges Who Use Social Media Must Know Their Ethical Limits
• Monster's Co-CEO Testifies There's No Way To Can Creatine
• UnitedHealth Deal Is 'Not A Merger To Monopoly,' Judge Says
• Power Cos. Blast FERC Role In Power Market Rule Fight
• ABA Is Defending Profession's Values From Monied Influences
• Credit Suisse To Take Full Ownership Of China Securities Biz
• Journalism Competition Bill Stalls Over Amendment Dispute
• NAR Asks Ill. Judge To Toss Antitrust Suit Again
• FTC Says Endo Bankruptcy Can't Stop DC Circ. Appeal
• Watchdog Eyes Local Fixes In Morrisons' Takeover Of Rival
• VPX Exec Tells Jury 'Super Creatine' Effects Were Not Studied
• Chamber Backs Walmart, Saying FTC's Suit Is Gov't Overreach
• Amazon Antitrust Class Claims Shouldn't Be Cut, Judge Says
• Antitrust Road Map To Vertical Integration Of Latest Car Tech
• Credit Suisse Can't Keep Prosecutions From Forex Trial
• How In-House Counsel Can Better Manage Litigation Exposure
• Real Estate Co. Says Zillow Requests Meant To 'Harass'
• Tai Says Indo-Pacific Plan 'Goes Beyond' Typical Trade Deals
• Merck, Glenmark Antitrust MDL Must Go To Jury, Judge Says
• DOJ Antitrust Division Chief Of Staff Joins Axinn
• Cooley Boosts Antitrust Team In DC With Senior DOJ Lawyer
• Key Employer Takeaways From DOJ's Poultry Antitrust Case
• T-Mobile Gets Sprint Merger Case Paused For Transfer Bid
• NAR, Arizona Realtor Agree To Drop Antitrust Suit
• Meta Can't Get FTC Analysis Of Instagram, WhatsApp Buys
• Bang's Super Sales Aren't Tied To 'Super Creatine,' Exec Says
• Booz Allen, Rival Cut $5M Deal To End Workers' No-Poach Suit
• Banks' Trade Secrets Fight Put To End In Federal Court
• 3rd Circ. Panel Questions Niaspan Buyers' Class Data
• Commerce Releases CHIPS Implementation Strategy
• Practical E-Discovery Lessons From The Alex Jones Case
• The FTC And DOJ Are Rewriting The Rules
• DOJ Gets Time In State-Led Facebook Case At DC Circ.
• Match Can't Avoid Google's Breach Claims In Play Store MDL
• FTC Challenge to Meta VR Deal Could Restrict Tech M&A
• NJ Lawmaker Wants Ticketmaster Springsteen Tix Answers
• EU Bans Illumina's $8B Acquisition Of Grail
• Tracking The Global Move Toward Tighter Mergers Scrutiny
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To 188 Attys From 78 Firms
• CMA Eyes Probe Of SocGen Leasing Unit's €5B Deal For Rival
• VPX CEO To Monster Trial Atty: 'Are You Trying To Insult Me?'
• Big Banks Say Forex-Rigging Suit Fails Over Lack Of Harm
• Smear-Campaign Trial Nets Real Estate Investment Co. $37M
• DOJ Lining Up 1st 'No Poach' Win With Staffing Co. Plea
• FTC Appealing Judge's Ruling On Illumina's $8B Grail Deal
• Meta Has No Plans To Settle FTC's VR Merger Challenge
• FTC Chair Backs USDA Rulemaking To Help Poultry Farmers
• Chicken Execs Fight Testimony From Alleged Co-Conspirators
• Judge Orders Partial Unsealing Of Golfers' LIV Contracts
• The Ethical Risks For Lawyers Accepting Payments In Crypto
• FERC Urged To Smash State Grid Construction Law Barriers
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 'Mold Medic' Mark Dispute Will Stay In Pa., Judge Rules
• CMA Looks To Block Pharma Bosses After £35M Antitrust Fine
• UK Clears NortonLifeLock's $9B Takeover Of Czech Biz Avast
• VPX CEO Says Super Creatine Best Supplement Ever 'By Far'
• IP Forecast: Patent Biz To Fight For Its Right To Keep Suing
• Zendesk Hangs On To $10.2B Deal Over Light Street Objection
• Businesses Urge Commerce To Coordinate CHIPS Act Rollout
• Sens. Receive Mixed Feedback On Plans For NIL Oversight
• Booz Allen, EverWatch Get Partial Look At DOJ Merger Probe
• Maine Pot Org. Seeks Rehearing Of Commerce Clause Ruling
• Gov't Spars With Oncology Exec On Antitrust Jury Directions
• Class Status Confirmed For £920M Google App Store Suit
• OSHA Fines Wells Fargo $22M For Firing Whistleblower
• Envisioning Metaverse-Based Litigation In The Real World
• 11th Circ. Revives Noncompete Claims Against Burger King
• E-Book Buyers Urge Court Not To Ax Amazon Antitrust Suit
• Tether Wants Roche Freedman Cut Over 'Secret Pact' Report
• Rival Court Reporting Cos. Settle Fight Over Sales Execs
• Microsoft Faces In-Depth UK Antitrust Probe Over $69B Deal
• FTC Judge Rejects Challenge To Illumina's $8B Grail Deal
• UK Accepts Rig Sale To Fix £2.6B Maersk, Noble Merger