Competition Archive » February, 2023

Competition - February, 2023

333 articles

• US Atty Self-Report Plan For Cos. Ups Uniformity Amid Doubt
• Buyers Don't Qualify As Class In Lamictal Antitrust Case
• Brita Lands Win At ITC Against Water Filter Rivals
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Judge Tosses Fitness Co.'s TM Suit Against Amazon Sellers
• WTO Talks On Dispute Process Inch Toward Formal Status
• States Want Google Suit Back In Texas Due To New Venue Law
• Chancery Tosses Biz Founder's Post-Merger Firing Challenge
• Cheerleading Co. Rips Bid For New Counsel In Monopoly Suit
• Broadcasters Want FCC's Merger 'Shot Clock' Set In Stone
• 2nd Circ. Told Minor League Case Wrong For Exemption Fight
• EU Dramatically Reduces Apple Music Streaming Claims
• Pallet Co. Wins Injunction In Trade Secrets Suit Against Rival
• FTC Tells Amazon To Mind Its One Medical Privacy Promises
• FTC Noncompete Ban Could Erode Trade Secret Protections
• Navigating The DOJ's Latest Corporate Self-Disclosure Policy
• Real Estate Board Exempt From Antitrust Suit, Judge Says
• Drugmakers To Face Price-Fixing Claims From State AGs
• Mich. Judge Backs Power Rule By Saying It Boosts Reliability
• A Tale Of 2 Altruists Will Proceed Unabridged In Mich. Court
• FCC Staff Aims To 'Scuttle' Tegna Deal, Standard General Says
• Ticketmaster Says Swifties Must Arbitrate Overcharge Claims
• Google Gets Quick 9th Circ. Appeal Of Play Store Class Cert.
• Power Equipment Co. Loses Bulk Of Customs Case
• Chancery To Let T-Mobile, Cox Battle Resume After Remand
• NY Post, AP Say Pro Golfer's Suit Is Not Up To Par
• FTC Pushes To Hold Shkreli In Contempt
• Meta Wants FTC To Explain How Facebook, TikTok Differ
• Ex-Fox Exec Gets Support From Longtime Boss At Bribe Trial
• Ax-Throwing Org. Wins $107K TM Verdict Against Blade Seller
• Sierra Club Asks EU To Cease Challenges To US EV Tax Credit
• UK Watchdog Says Merger Review Action Not Overreach
• Home Health Owners Can't Try To Justify Fixing Wages At Trial
• 2nd Circ. Partially Revives Traders' Metals Antitrust Suit
• Charles Schwab To Face Merger Retail Trade Antitrust Suit
• New US Controls May Deter Outside Support For Russia
• Steps Lawyers Can Take Following Involuntary Terminations
• Scotts Unit Settles Suit Over Cannabis Co. Acquisition
• Georgia County Officials Charged With Rigging Contract
• AGs Abandon Albertsons Case Following DC Circ. Revival
• PGA Tour Can't Delay January 2024 Antitrust Trial With LIV
• Teva, AbbVie Tell 3rd Circ. New Precedent Won't Help Buyers
• Google Says AGs Can't Tweak Consumer Law Claims Now
• White House Committed To Antitrust, Recent Adviser Says
• Why More Newly Public Companies Could Go Private
• FTC Calls It Quits On In-House Challenge To Meta-Within Deal
• Monster Wants $167M Added To $293M VPX False Ad Verdict
• Amazon, Apple Criticized For Bid To Stall Antitrust Discovery
• DOJ Deputy 'Deeply Suspicious' Of Labor-Consumer Tradeoffs
• Fed. Circ. Won't Let Jazz Keep System Patent In Orange Book
• Saudi Kingdom Asks Judge For Direction In LIV, PGA Rumble
• Jury Finds Game Co. Violated 'Pennsylvania Skill' Trademark
• $65.5M Au Pair Deal Can't Stop Trafficking Claims, Judge Says
• FCC Calls On In-House Judge To Review Tegna Deal
• High Court Ax Of Atty-Client Privilege Case Deepens Split
• Insurance Buyers Push 9th Circ. To Undo Antitrust Verdict
• DirecTV GC Tells Jury Soccer Media Co. Raised No Red Flags
• Thomson Reuters Pushes For Wins In IP Suit Against ROSS
• FTC Noncompete Ban Could Split Health Industry, Raise Costs
• Ukraine War Anniversary Brings New Export Controls, Tariffs
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Sanctions Take Aim At Russia's Enablers As War Drags On
• End-Payors Ink $30M Novartis Exforge Deal
• Saks Fifth Employee's No Poach Suit Dismissed, For Now
• DC Circ. Returns AGs' Albertson Case To District Court
• DOJ Wants Google Sanctioned Over Chat Deletion
• Ukraine War Hurt Global Trade Less Than WTO Predicted
• Per 7th Circ., Viamedia Says Comcast Suit 'Must Go To Trial'
• Warren Asks Feds To Review New Keytruda Patent Requests
• Taft Stettinius & Hollister Sues Co. Using Nearly Identical Name
• A Method To Measure Pay-For-Delay Drugs' Financial Impact
• French Watchdog Hits Electrolux With New Antitrust Charges
• Saying J&J Rival Shows 'No Respect,' Judge Issues Sales Ban
• Ill. Hospitals Can't Knock Out Class In Price Hike Antitrust Suit
• Sens. Push For DOJ Action Against Live Nation, Ticketmaster
• Prosecutors Need Judge OK To Mention WhatsApp Encryption
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Dida Inc., Northvolt
• Reed Smith Lands Fried Frank Trial Pro With SDNY Bonafides
• Judge Adds LIV Golf's Saudi Backers To Antitrust Brawl
• End Payors Latest To Drop Bankruptcy-Blocked Par Claims
• AP Says 'Boycott' Is Effort To Fight Disinformation
• John Deere Tries To Sink Right-To-Repair Suit
• 3rd Circ. Asked To Look At New Precedent In Class Cert. Fight
• Turmoil Sparks FERC Probe Of Grid Operator's Power Market
• Microsoft Inks Gaming Pacts Amid EU Activision Review
• Anthem Can't Ditch JetBlue, Alaska Airlines' Price Fixing Suits
• CSX Says Remaining Norfolk Southern Claims Still Timely
• FTC Warns Amazon Over One Medical Buy But Lets Deal Pass
• 3 Job Satisfaction Questions For Partners Considering Moves
• DOJ Issues Corp. Self-Disclosure Policy For US Atty's Offices
• Watchdog Clears £5B London Real Estate Cos. Merger
• Quinn Emanuel, Hagens Berman Keep Meta Leadership Roles
• Mastercard, Visa To Face New Interchange Fee Claims
• Gilead, Janssen And Teva Face HIV Drug Antitrust Trial In May
• DOJ, Assa Abloy Leave Competitive 'Intensity' For Merger Trial
• Justices Let SG Join Amgen Case, But Not Chemistry Group
• Ex-ESPN Prez Testifies About Losing World Cup Rights To Fox
• Antitrust Group, Economists Back DOJ, AGs Against Google
• Ex-Antitrust Subcommittee Chair Rep. Cicilline Leaving House
• Private Equity Should Beware The Antitrust Microscope
• French Court Nixes €444M Dominance Fine For Drug Cos.
• Senate Judiciary Asked To Hold Hearings On 6 Mergers
• US Cos. May See More Multiclaimant Actions In UK, EU
• 4 Exercises To Quickly Build Trust On Legal Teams
• Meta Ruling Could Squeeze The Pipeline For UK Class Suits
• High Court Won't Review $302M J&J Fine Appeal
• Dough-Maker Fights UK Watchdog's Order To Unwind Deal
• £2.3B Meta Antitrust Class Action Sent Back To Drawing Board
• Qualcomm Wants Chip-Licensing Suit Gone Once And For All
• 6th Circ. OKs Preliminary Injunction In Implant Co.'s Suit
• Judge Unwilling To Find Apple Stole Masimo Trade Secrets
• Feds Spar With Contractors Over What To Exclude At Trial
• Dems Tell Egg Producers To Explain Why Eggs Cost So Much
• FTC Pressure Helps Force Abandonment Of NY Hospital Deal
• Credit Suisse Investors Can't Get A New Trial In Forex Case
• Soccer Deals Kept Secret Over Kidnapping Fears, Jury Told
• FTC Launches New Office Of Technology
• EU Opens In-Depth Probe Of Korean Air's $1.6B Asiana Deal
• Proposed FTC Noncompete Ban Throws Out Good With Bad
• PGA Tour Teed Up To Subpoena LIV Golf's Main Financier
• Omani Nail Co. Chides US Dumping Investigation Method
• Vivint Hit With $189.7M Verdict In Trademark Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Life Storage Rejects Public Storage's Unsolicited $11B Bid
• DOJ, States Say Google Can't Yet Ditch Search Engine Suits
• Pharma, Consumer Advocates Clash Over FDA-USPTO Collab
• Fla. Judge Upholds Insurance Brokers' Nonsolicitation Deal
• Flextronics Urges 9th Circ. To Revive Panasonic Antitrust Row
• 'Noisy Exit' Hits FTC At Crucial Moment
• Ex-Colombian Soccer Prez Says Fox Benefited From Bribes
• Microsoft Says Sony Docs At 'Heart' Of FTC Activision Case
• North Carolina Bill Could Significantly Chill Hospital Mergers
• EU Court Says Bloc Law Doesn't Ban Cost-Splitting Rules
• CFPB Says Credit Card Cos. 'Suppressed' Data To Foil Rivals
• Ex-Interactive Whiteboard Seller Pleads Guilty To Bid-Rigging
• 8 Steps To Improve The Perception Of In-House Legal Counsel
• Dechert Hires 2 More Antitrust Attys From Orrick In Calif., UK
• It's Time To Revisit Mens Rea In Criminal Price-Fixing Cases
• Deals Rumor Mill: Reddit, Manchester U, Kroger-Albertsons
• Ax-Throwing Org Takes TM Aim At Blade Seller As Trial Starts
• 3 Banks Get Initial OKs For $48M Deal In Libor-Rigging Case
• Warren To Hsu: Just Say No To Anti-Competitive Bank Mergers
• Wash. Ruling Backs DoorDash Suit Against NYC, Judge Told
• Contech Exec Asks 4th Circ. To Toss Bid-Rigging Conviction
• S&P Wants Antitrust Suit Over Securities ID Numbers Killed
• BCBS Members Want To Duck, Pare BB&B Antitrust Suit
• Red Cross Hit With Antitrust Suit For Platelet Treatment Tying
• Compass Fights Douglas Elliman's Bid For Subpoena Costs
• EU Will Review Adobe's $20B Figma Deal After Requests
• Procedure Rule 7.1 Can Simplify Litigators' Diversity Analysis
• Retail Landscape Changes May Affect Kroger-Albertsons Deal
• DOJ Asks Judge To Rethink Order In Raytheon Poaching Case
• 4th Circ. Backs Injunction In Software Trade Secrets Suit
• Medtronic Hogs Surgical Market With Unfair Deals, Rival Says
• Jazz Argues Drug Patent Should Stay In Orange Book
• Chancery Court Jurist Questions Meta Suit Antitrust Claims
• BuzzFeed Prez Backs Ex-Fox Colleague In Soccer Bribe Trial
• 'Ghost Cattle' Rancher Targets Tyson's Meat Market Power
• DOJ Antitrust Head Keen On 'Dimensions Of Competition'
• NY Judge Trims Influencer Cos.' Sparring Trade Secrets Suits
• Conspiracy Charges Stick In Ga. Contract Fraud Case
• Cheerleaders' Parents Want Class Cert. Against Cheer Brand
• WWE Rival's Antitrust Suit Tossed
• DOJ Backs Farmers In John Deere Right To Repair Suit
• Texas Insists Justices Must Take On Grid Project Law Fight
• DOJ Closes Antitrust Labor Probe Of Fintech Co.
• 5 Steps Cos. Can Take Amid Surge In 'Right To Repair' Actions
• Republican FTC Member Wilson Resigning Over Khan Policy
• Wash. AG Making National Name As Antitrust Champion
• Feds, Nobel Prize Winner Back Sanofi At High Court IP Fight
• EU Regulator Steps Up Probe Of Viasat's $7.3B Inmarsat Buy
• More Guilty Pleas In DOJ's Amazon DVD Price-Fix Probe
• Court Told Not To Toss Regeneron's Amgen Bundling Suit
• Fox Auditor Tells Jury Soccer Contracts 'Stunk' Of Deceit
• 9th Circ. OKs Order Kicking Ticketmaster Antitrust Suit To Arb.
• Feds Seek 1 Year For Contractor In DOJ Monopolization Case
• Mich. Tribe Says New Fishing Pact Invalid Without Its Consent
• Game Makers Dispute First Dibs On 'Pennsylvania Skill' Name
• White House Renews Nomination Of FTC's Slaughter
• Microsoft's Sony Discovery Row Heats Up, Google On Deck
• BCBS Unit Not Covered For $2.7B Antitrust Deal, Insurer Says
• Conn. Hospital System Must Face Rival's Antitrust Claims
• FTC, States Defend Pesticide Antitrust Suit
• DC Circ. Pushed To Follow 'Duty' To Remand Albertsons Case
• Durbin Wants Life Science Cos.' Interlocking Boards Reviewed
• Merck, Glenmark Must Face Zetia Antitrust MDL At April Trial
• The Terms Every Monitorship Agreement Should Include
• Meta VR Deal Shows 'Potential Competition' Theory Viability
• Wash. Tribes Still Angling For Fishing Rights, Despite '70s Win
• Treasury Official Says Too-Big-To-Fail Merger Rubric Needed
• Shkreli Says His New Co. Doesn't Violate FTC's Pharma Ban
• Patheon Claims Arranta Figures Lied In Chancery Trial
• Chinese Spy Balloon Prompts US To Add Export Sanctions
• USITC To Continue Pressure Washer Dumping Investigations
• EU Approves Targeted Advertising Joint Venture By Telecoms
• Former ESPN President To Testify In Soccer Bribery Trial
• EpiPen Rebates Help Middlemen, Not Patients, Justices Told
• HIV Drug Buyers Rip Gilead's Dismissal Bid As 'Nothing New'
• FTC's Dems Push For More Merger Review Time, Funds
• Broadcasters Barred From More Discovery In Price-Fixing Suit
• Rival Drops Antitrust Suit Against Swedish Match
• FTC Noncompete Ban Could Harm Buyers And Sellers In M&A
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2023 Editorial Boards
• Contractor Wants Probation In Rare DOJ Monopolization Case
• Atty Conflict Discussions In Idaho Murder Case And Beyond
• Competition Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells
• Top OCC Lawyer Calls For 'Better Mousetrap' In Bank Mergers
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• FTC Pauses Challenge To Meta-Within Deal After Court Loss
• HHS Memos, 5 Senate Bills Target Drug Prices And Tactics
• Syngenta, Corteva Pesticide Antitrust Cases Centralized In NC
• Mayer Brown, Pandora Media Slam 'Disturbing' Sanctions Bid
• Poarch Band Wins State Approval To Buy Miami Casino
• ISP Can't Show Fla. Resort Blocks Competition, FCC Rules
• FTC's Meta VR Choice: Try, Try Again?
• Dropping Immunity Claim Can't Stop Elite Schools Discovery
• Japan's Antitrust Regulator Wants New Rules For Mobile Apps
• South Korea Fines German Auto Cos. $33M Over Emissions
• Mercedes Faces Over 330,000 Claims In UK 'Dieselgate' Suits
• CSX Wants To Set Up Appeal Against Norfolk Southern
• Harley-Davidson Gets MDL For Antitrust Repair Suits
• Commerce Launches Tin Mill Product Probes Into 8 Countries
• Fla. Railway Co. Implores Del. Court To Preserve Damage Case
• Tracking Antitrust Agencies' Pursuit Of Biden's Labor Mandate
• Why The Original 'Rocket Docket' Will Likely Resume Its Pace
• Competition Group Of The Year: Cravath
• Wachtell Leads Smucker's $1.2B Pet Food Sale To Post
• DOJ's New Cooperation Carrots May Not Whet Cos.' Appetites
• Judge Grants Class Certification In 'NFL Sunday Ticket' Fight
• Former Fox Exec Fights Ex-ESPN Prez's Bribe Trial Testimony
• BMW Wins Bid To Avoid Giving CMA German Docs For Probe
• ITC Says Sodium Nitrite From India Undercuts U.S. Industry
• EU Clears $5.7B Construction Chemical Deal With Unit Sale
• Loss Of 3 DOJ Policy Statements Leaves Trade Orgs In Dark
• Swisher Wants $20M In Sanctions For 'Sham' Antitrust Case
• Sony Can't Beat Updated Playstation Antitrust Suit
• Examining 4 Areas Where DOJ Faced Recent Setbacks
• Competition Group Of The Year: Joseph Saveri Law Firm
• CBD Co. Copied Trademark, Vitamin Co. Says
• Microsoft's $69B Activision Deal Could Harm Gamers, UK Says
• UK Launches Probe Into Deal For Net-A-Porter Stake
• CVS Health To Buy Oak Street Health In $10.6B Deal
• 'Secret Stash' Of Docs Needed To Save China Tariffs, CIT Told
• Fed. Circ. Reaffirms National Security Duty Expansion
• BT, Royal Mail Get Less Than They Wanted In Truck Cartel Suit
• Zillow Urges 2nd Circ. To Uphold Win In Deceptive Ads Suit
• Utah Ch. 11 Partially Halts NC Foreclosure Bid Rigging Suit
• NC Bottling Co. Wants $11M Win Over No-Shows In Scam Suit
• Amazon And Apple Want Resale Deal Antitrust Suit Tossed
• TotalEnergies Unit Can't Stop Enforcement Case, FERC Says
• Jury Finds Capital Inventory's Ex-Execs Stole Trade Secrets
• Scotts Unit Says Cannabis Co. Interfering With Acquisition
• Blacklisted Producer Defends Actors' Guild Antitrust Suit
• Norfolk Southern Can't Duck Immunity Denial, STB Says
• Fed. Circ. Mulls How Steel Tariffs Fit With Other Duties
• 6th Circ. Says Worker's OT Defense Doesn't Invoke Arbitration
• Texas Noncompete Law's Atty Fee Preemption Status In Limbo
• The Discipline George Santos Would Face If He Were A Lawyer
• Apple Says UK Watchdog Fixes Would Make It Android 'Clone'
• $460M Tenaris Factory Buy Spiked After DOJ Antitrust Fears
• DOJ Antitrust Vet Joins Sheppard Mullin From BakerHostetler
• ROSS Can't Hide Behind Fair Use, Thomson Reuters Says
• 7 Questions For Freshfields' UK Disputes Head Mark Sansom
• Competition Group Of The Year: Latham
• Shift In Health Care Antitrust Prosecutions Is Likely
• UK-Dutch Poultry Feed Deal Scrapped After British Probe
• Firms Vie To Lead Facebook Users Amid Atty Sex Bias Claim
• Public Storage $11B Bid Would Likely Clear Antitrust Hurdles
• Google Wants Advertisers' 'Recycled' Monopoly Claims Nixed
• Pfizer Must Produce Exchanges With FBI In Data Swiping Suit
• Mondelez Says EU Antitrust Probe Could Cost €300M
• No FTC Decision On In-House Fight Over Meta-Within Deal
• 5th Circ. Mulls Sales Refusals In Steel Antitrust Row
• Feds Seek 2-Year Prison Term In Amazon Bribery Scheme
• Fed. Circ. Scolds Commerce Before Tossing Tire Duty Case
• Sony Says 'Lard' Of Microsoft's FTC Subpoena Will Cost $2M
• Indian Auto Co. Says It Steered Clear Of Jeep Trade Dress
• Robinhood Traders Urge 11th Circ. To Save Meme Stock Suit
• 10 Areas To Watch In Aerospace And Defense Law
• Soccer Bribery Trial Paused After Judge Gets COVID
• Getty Expands Fight With AI Co. Over 'Copied' Images To Del.
• Reimagining Benefits For A World Without Noncompetes
• Dechert Adds Antitrust Trio From Orrick In 3 Offices
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• PGA Tour Wants LIV Trial Delayed, Prompting New Blowback
• Competition Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein
• Solar Cos. Ask Courts Not To Boot National Grid Tax Suits
• Microsoft Threading Needle In Activision Merger Challenges
• Judge: FTC Didn't Show Potential Harm From Meta VR Deal
• NFL 'Sunday Ticket' Class Cert. Bid 'Simple,' Judge Told
• Sanofi Urges Justices To Deny Amgen's 'Monopoly' Attempt
• ​​​​​​​Ex-Eisner Atty Says Get His Name Out Of Court Fraud Suit
• 6th Circ. Says Ky. Utility Law Unfairly Discriminates
• Google's Antitrust Trouble Is Piling Up
• Customers Say $25B Kroger-Albertsons Deal Forms Monopoly
• Biden Admin.'s Anti-Merger Stance Is Leading To Bad Policies
• Data Mining Rival Can't Ax Trade Secrets Suit
• DOJ Disavows 30-Year-Old Health Care Antitrust Safety Zones
• Ex-Antitrust Leaders Form Congressional Antitrust Caucus
• Sun Sets On Antitrust Suit Over Ariz. Utility's Solar Rates
• A Litigation Move That Could Conserve Discovery Resources
• Douglas Elliman Wants Costs For Subpoenas In Antitrust Case
• Samsung Can't Fight LG Cartel Contribution Claims In London
• Live Nation Brings On Antitrust Litigator From Latham
• Chipmakers Dodge UK Supreme Court Price-Fixing Appeal
• Law Firms Score As Pro Sports Team Values, Scandals Soar
• Judge Albright OKs Apple Patent Suit's Move To Calif.
• 3rd Circ. Reverses Bar On Home Depot's MDL Antitrust Expert
• Florida Co. Blames Coca-Cola For $100M Trade Secrets Loss
• Sports Media Co. Hid Soccer Bribes From Banks, Jury Hears
• GE, Siemens Scolded For 'Self-Interest' In Wind Farm Fight
• La. Auto Regulators Look To Duck Tesla Direct Sale Suit
• FTC Won't Recuse Chair From In-House Meta Deal Challenge
• ECJ Says Investors Not Alone In Illegal Spanish Tax Break
• Navigating DOJ's Fresh Focus On Criminal Monopoly Charges
• Litigators Should Approach AI Tools With Caution
• Fla. Broker Defends Antitrust Suit Over Boycott Via Facebook
• Tyson Wins Stay In New York's COVID-19 Price-Gouging Probe
• Judge Smacks Down WWE Antitrust Suit Discovery For Now
• ITC Says Indian Chemical Harming US Industry
• Lamictal Drug Buyers Lose Another Class Certification Bid
• Google Will Look To Move DOJ AdTech Case To NY
• Design Patent Bar At USPTO Draws Many Supporters
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Star Witness In FIFA Bribe Trial Denies Misconduct Claims
• Meta Beats Initial FTC Challenge To Within VR Deal
• Ex-Salesmen Get Food Service Co.'s Trade Secrets Suit Cut
• Solar Group Urges FERC To Nix Midwest Grid Access Policy
• Magistrate Judge Advises Cutting Illumina's Gene IP Theft Suit
• NTIA Wants More Consumer Control Over Mobile Apps
• Microsoft Looks To Toss Gamers' Suit Over Activision Deal
• Lawmakers Look To Advertising To Boost Agriculture Exports
• Unique OpenAI Deal May Circumvent Antitrust Scrutiny