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The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  03/20/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. EU's Vestager Warns Companies Against Abusing Algorithms.  Europe's antitrust chief on Thursday warned companies against using algorithms to block rivals or form cartels, saying she may slap heftier fines on them if they use such software to commit wrongdoing.  European Competition Commissioner...

Tagged in: Antitrust Policy, International Competition Issues,

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The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  03/13/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Google foe takes Android complaint to regulators.  Open Internet Project, whose members include Axel Springer and Getty Images, on Tuesday accused Alphabet unit Google of imposing anti-competitive curbs on Android smartphone makers, its second complaint against the U.S. tech giant.  The group, which...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Litigation, International Competition Issues, Monopolization,

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The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  03/6/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Twenty U.S. States Join Generic Drug Price-Fixing Lawsuit.  California, Illinois and 18 more states have joined a lawsuit filed last year alleging that six companies, including Mylan NV and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., conspired to push up prices of two generic drugs, the Connecticut attorney...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Litigation, International Competition Issues,

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The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  02/27/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Should SCOTUS Review Nixed $7.2 Billion Credit-Card Antitrust Settlement?  Depending on which side you believe, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected the biggest antitrust class action settlement in history last June, the appeals court either: drastically misread U.S. Supreme...

Tagged in: Antitrust General, Antitrust Litigation, International Competition Issues,

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The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  02/20/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Anthem Sues Cigna to Block Termination of Merger.  Anthem on Wednesday won a temporary restraining order that blocks smaller rival Cigna from officially terminating their proposed $54 billion merger, a transaction already rejected by U.S. antitrust regulators.  The deal would have created the largest...

Tagged in: Antitrust General, Antitrust Litigation, Antitrust Policy,

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The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  02/13/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. U.S. Court Blocks Anthem-Cigna Merger, Dealing Blow to Consolidation.  A federal judge on Wednesday ruled against U.S. health insurer Anthem’s proposed $54 billion merger with smaller rival Cigna, derailing an unprecedented effort to consolidate the country's health insurance industry.  The U.S....

Tagged in: Antitrust Litigation, International Competition Issues,

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The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  02/6/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Drug Makers Accused of Fixing Prices on Insulin.  A lawsuit has been filed accusing three makers of insulin of conspiring to drive up the prices of their lifesaving drugs, harming patients who were being asked to pay for a growing share of their drug bills.  The price of insulin has skyrocketed in...
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The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  01/30/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Amazon Offers to Scrap E-book Clauses to Settle EU Antitrust Probe.  Amazon has offered to alter its e-book contracts with publishers in a bid to end an EU antitrust probe and stave off a possible fine, the European Commission said on Tuesday.  Amazon, the biggest e-book distributor in Europe, proposed...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Litigation, International Competition Issues,

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The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  01/23/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Apple Depicts Qualcomm as a Shady Monopolist in $1B Lawsuit.  Apple is suing mobile chip maker Qualcomm for $1 billion in a patent fight pitting the iPhone maker against one of its major suppliers.  The 100-page complaint filed Friday in a San Diego federal court depicts Qualcomm as a greedy monopolist...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Litigation,

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The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  01/17/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Obama’s Work to Limit Mergers May Stop With Trump Administration.  A nascent effort by the Obama administration to limit corporate consolidation, begun after officials concluded that a lack of competition was hurting the American economy, appears to be coming to an abrupt end as the Trump administration...

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