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Drafting Agreement Mires Energy Companies In Bid-Rigging Claims In Michigan

Posted 03/25/13

NorthStar Energy LLC is suing Encana Corp. and Chesapeake Energy Corp. in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, alleging the two companies’ drafting of an agreement violated antitrust laws by rigging the bidding process for NorthStar’s oil and gas leases. According to the complaint in NorthStar Energy LLC v. Encana Corp. et al., NorthStar Energy was granted the rights to explore...

Tagged in: Antitrust Litigation,

Wholesaler Grocers’ Arbitration Argument Misfires In Eighth Circuit

Posted 03/19/13

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has decided that arbitration agreements are not necessarily the silver bullet that will dispose of antitrust claims five retail groceries (the “Retailers”) are asserting against two of the largest wholesale grocers in the United States – SuperValu Inc. and C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. (the “Wholesalers”). While the Eighth Circuit reversed the ruling...

Tagged in: Antitrust Litigation,

Vitamin C Makers Seek Boost From Former Chinese Official In Price-Fixing Trial

Posted 03/13/13

Vitamin C manufacturers currently on trial in federal court in Brooklyn are hoping their defense to price-fixing claims will get a boost from last week’s testimony by a former Chinese government official that China compelled them to engage in allegedly anticompetitive behavior. Plaintiffs in the class action In re Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation are seeking to convince a jury in the U.S. District Court for the...

Tagged in: Antitrust Litigation, Price Fixing,

Cablevision Wants Its MTV – But Not For $1 Billion

Posted 03/11/13

Cablevision Systems Corp. is claiming that Viacom Inc. violated antitrust laws by threatening it with a $1 billion penalty if it refused to carry low-rated Viacom channels after obtaining access to Viacom’s more popular channels, such as MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon. Cablevision made the claim of strong-arm tactics last week, as it publicly revealed that it had filed an antitrust complaint against Viacom...

Tagged in: Antitrust Litigation,

UK Eyeing American Class Actions As Model For Strengthening Antitrust Enforcement

Posted 03/7/13

The United Kingdom is considering moving closer to the American class action system and several other reforms that would strengthen antitrust enforcement. Under a plan announced by the U.K.'s Department for Business Innovation and Skills (the “BIS”), the U.K. would adopt an opt-out collective action system – similar to the American class action system – in an effort to make it easier for consumers and small...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, International Competition Issues,

Potash Miners Dig Up Nearly $100 Million To Settle Antitrust Claims

Posted 03/4/13

Three of the world's largest potash miners have agreed to settle two multidistrict class action antitrust cases that accuse them of collectively reducing supply in order to inflate prices. The settling defendants, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., Minnesota-based Mosaic Co. and Calgary-based Agrium Inc., have agreed to pay $80 million to plaintiffs that directly purchased potash, a key agricultural fertilizer,...

Tagged in: Antitrust Litigation,

European Antitrust Enforcers Tell UPS Merger Is Undeliverable

Posted 02/26/13

European Union competition regulators have formally blocked a proposed merger between United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) and its Dutch competitor TNT Express NV based on potential adverse effects on competition in 15 EU countries. The express delivery companies had already announced they were abandoning the 5.2 billion euro ($6.99 billion) deal after being informed by the European Commission that it was working on a...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, International Competition Issues,

Drywall Manufacturers Accused Of Constructing Price-Fixing Facade

Posted 02/19/13

Eight of the largest drywall manufacturers in the United States are facing three antitrust complaints that allege price fixing and other anticompetitive coordination have harmed homebuilders and other direct purchasers of drywall. Defendants include CertainTeed Corp., Georgia-Pacific LLC, USG Corp., United States Gypsum Co., New NGC, Inc., LaFarge North America Inc., American Gypsum Co. LLC, TIN Inc. and PABCO...

Tagged in: Antitrust Litigation, Price Fixing,

Ohio Counties’ Rock Salt Antitrust Claims Skid Off The Road

Posted 02/11/13

The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has rejected, as implausible, claims that Morton Salt Inc. and Cargill Inc. engaged in sham bidding for government contracts as part of a conspiracy to divide the Northern Ohio market for rock salt. The Sixth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the complaint in Erie County, Ohio et al. v. Morton Salt Inc. et al., an antitrust class action in the U.S. District Court for...

Tagged in: Antitrust Litigation,

Maryland Seeks To Block ACC Withdrawal Fee With Antitrust Suit

Posted 02/6/13

The University of Maryland and the Maryland Attorney General have filed an antitrust complaint against the Atlantic Coast Conference (the “ACC”) in an effort to block a $52 million withdrawal fee that the ACC has imposed on the university for deciding to move to the Big Ten Conference. In November 2012, the University of Maryland made the decision to move its athletic teams from the ACC, the collegiate athletic...

Tagged in: Antitrust Litigation,

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Drafting Agreement Mires Energy Companies In Bid-Rigging Claims In Michigan

Wholesaler Grocers’ Arbitration Argument Misfires In Eighth Circuit

Vitamin C Makers Seek Boost From Former Chinese Official In Price-Fixing Trial

Cablevision Wants Its MTV – But Not For $1 Billion

UK Eyeing American Class Actions As Model For Strengthening Antitrust Enforcement

Potash Miners Dig Up Nearly $100 Million To Settle Antitrust Claims

European Antitrust Enforcers Tell UPS Merger Is Undeliverable

Drywall Manufacturers Accused Of Constructing Price-Fixing Facade

Ohio Counties’ Rock Salt Antitrust Claims Skid Off The Road

Maryland Seeks To Block ACC Withdrawal Fee With Antitrust Suit

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