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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  08/8/16
								

				 
								 				Amazon Japan raided on suspicion of antitrust practices: Nikkei. Japan's Fair Trade Commission has raided the office of Amazon Japan on suspicion of pressuring retailers to offer products on more favorable conditions than on rival sites, the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday. The paper did not say when the raid took place. Amazon Japan is suspected of imposing conditions on retailers such as forcing them to...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  08/1/16
								

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

Uber Can’t Force Arbitration Over Pricing Antitrust Claim.  Uber Technologies Inc. can’t require a Connecticut customer accusing the company of price-fixing to resolve the fight in arbitration, a federal judge ruled in one of several cases challenging the ride-hailing company’s efforts to steer...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  07/25/16
								

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

Price-Fixing Truck Makers Get Record E.U. Fine: $3.2 Billion.  The European Union’s antitrust chief imposed a record fine of 2.9 billion euros, or $3.2 billion, on a group of truck makers on Tuesday, part of a trend toward steeper penalties for competition violations in the 28-nation bloc.  The fine was...				 
				 					 

						
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Department of Justice Moves Mega Beer Merger One Round Closer

				
Posted  07/22/16
								

				 
								 				By Matthew Vaccaro

U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) antitrust officials have approved Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (“ABI”) $107 billion takeover of SABMiller, on condition that ABI divest substantial assets, agree to prohibitions of certain distribution practices, and submit to ongoing agency oversight of ABI’s future acquisitions of distributors and craft brewers.

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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  07/19/16
								

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

Google Faces New Round of Antitrust Charges in Europe.  When it comes to Europe’s lengthy investigations into Google, Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s competition chief, is hoping that the third time’s a charm.  Ms. Vestager announced on Thursday a new round of antitrust charges against the...				 
				 					 

						
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Health Plan Members Convince Ninth Circuit to Revive Antitrust Class Action Against Dominant Northern California Healthcare Provider Sutter Health

				
Posted  07/18/16
								

				 
								 				By Rosa M. Morales

An antitrust class action challenging the dominance of healthcare provider Sutter Health in Northern California received a new lease on life Friday as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that plaintiffs’ geographic market allegations were sufficiently detailed and plausible to survive a motion to dismiss.

In Djeneba Sidibe, et al. v. Sutter Health, No. 14-16234 (9th Cir....				 
				 					 

						
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Far-Reaching Proposed Rule Would Free Consumers From Class Action Bans In Mandatory Arbitration Clauses

				
Posted  07/15/16
								

				 
								 				By James J. Kovacs

Consumer lawsuits got a big boost on May 3, 2016, when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published its long-awaited proposed rule to prohibit class action bans in mandatory arbitration clauses.

Mandatory pre-dispute arbitration clauses require plaintiffs to seek remedial relief before an arbitrator instead of a state or federal court. If adopted, the CFPB’s proposed rule...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  07/11/16
								

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

Aetna Meets with Justice Department Over Merger with Humana.  Aetna executives met with top antitrust officials of the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday to convince the government that asset sales it proposed would address potential competitive problems that could threaten its deal to buy rival Humana,...				 
				 					 

						
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Retailers Win Reversal of Visa/MasterCard Case at Second Circuit Court of Appeals

				
Posted  07/7/16
								

				 
								 				New York, New York (July 7, 2016) – After a four-year fight, Constantine Cannon won the reversal of a class action settlement that attempted to resolve merchant antitrust claims against Visa, MasterCard, and the nation’s largest banks.  The settlement tried to force the entire existing U.S. merchant community, and future merchants that accept Visa and MasterCard, to release all antitrust claims in exchange...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  07/5/16
								

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

Appeals Court Nixes $7.25B Credit Card Swipe Fee Settlement.  A $7.25 billion settlement between merchants and Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. over credit card transaction fees was rejected Thursday by a federal appeals court, a ruling praised by a retail trade association as a victory for consumers.  The...				 
				 					 

						
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