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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....				 
				 					 

						
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EU Launches Three Antitrust Investigations Into E-Commerce

				
Posted  02/7/17
								

				 
								 				

A View from Constantine Cannon’s London Office

By Richard Pike and Yulia Tosheva

On Thursday, the EU Commission launched three separate investigations into suspected anticompetitive practices in the online sales of consumer electronics, video games and hotel accommodation.

The launch of these investigations does not come as a surprise.  On September 15, 2016, the Commission published a Preliminary...				 
				 					 

						
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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...				 
				 					 

						
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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...				 
				 					 

						
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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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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  01/9/17
								

				 
								 				Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

U.S. Bucked Rest of World on Antitrust Enforcement in 2016.  It was a record year for antitrust cartel enforcement in 2016, with $6.7 billion in total fines levied — but not in the U.S., which had its slowest year in a decade, according to a new report.  Even as the European Union levied a record $4.1...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  01/3/17
								

				 
								 				Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

Russia's Gazprom Files Proposals to EU Aimed at Ending Antitrust Case.  Russia's Gazprom said it had filed proposals with the European Commission aimed at resolving a five-year EU case over the Russian gas giant's alleged monopoly practices.  The Russian state gas exporter, which supplies a third of the...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  12/27/16
								

				 
								 				Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

AMC wins U.S. antitrust approval to buy Carmike Cinemas with conditions. AMC Entertainment Holdings won U.S. antitrust approval with conditions to buy smaller competitor Carmike Cinemas Inc in a $1.2 billion deal that would create the biggest U.S. movie theater chain.  The U.S. Justice Department said it...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  12/19/16
								

				 
								 				Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

U.S. Files First Charges in Generic Drug Price-Fixing Probe.  The U.S. Department of Justice accused two former generic pharmaceutical executives on Wednesday of colluding with other generic manufacturers to fix prices, the first criminal charges stemming from a two-year investigation.  The executives,...				 
				 					 

						
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