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Federal Judge Gives Green Light To Texas Taxicab Suit

				
Posted  10/7/11
								

				 
								 				Federal Judge David C. Godbey of the Northern District of Texas has green lighted a suit alleging taxicab companies conspired to monopolize by fixing prices that drivers must pay to operate a taxicab in certain counties in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.

The judge denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ complaint in Association of Taxicab Operators USA v. Yellow Checker Cab Company of...				 
				 					 

						
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Europeans Tightening Oversight Of Commodities Markets

				
Posted  10/5/11
								

				 
								 				The European Commission is expected to unveil proposed legislation in the coming weeks designed to curb speculation in commodities trading, which has been blamed for sharp increases in energy and food prices.

A draft of the Commission’s proposed revisions to the EU’s 2004 Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (“MiFID”) obtained by some news outlets would require “that all trading venues on which...				 
				 					 

						
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Bridgestone Pleads Guilty To Hosing Bids For Marine Hose

				
Posted  10/3/11
								

				 
								 				The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that Tokyo based manufacturer Bridgestone Corp. has agreed to plead guilty to rigging bids and making corrupt payments to government officials in Latin America related to the sale of marine hose and other industrial products.

As part of the plea bargain struck with the Department of Justice, Bridgestone is pleading guilty to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices...				 
				 					 

						
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European Commission Gets Split Decision In Beer And Acrylic Glass Antitrust Appeals

				
Posted  09/28/11
								

				 
								 				The European Commission has received a split decision in two appeals of multi-million euro fines it imposed for anticompetitive conduct in beer and acrylic glass markets.

The European General Court has annulled the European Commission’s 31.66 million euro antitrust fine assessed against beer brewer Koninklijke Grolsch NV.  In case T-234/07, Koninklijke Grolsch v. Commission, the European General Court focused on...				 
				 					 

						
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Circuit Court Affirms Dismissal Of Challenge To Nestle Ice Cream Merger

				
Posted  09/19/11
								

				 
								 				The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of a claim that the 2003 merger between Nestlé S.A.’s subsidiary, Nestlé Puerto Rico (Nestlé PR), and ice cream distributer, Payco Foods Corp., violated the Sherman and Clayton Antitrust Acts.

The plaintiff in Sterling Merch., Inc. v. Nestlé S.A. et al. is a distributer of ice cream in Puerto Rico.  Nestlé S.A. manufactures ice cream...				 
				 					 

						
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Federal Judge Dismisses eBay Derivative Litigation

				
Posted  09/14/11
								

				 
								 				Judge Leonard P. Stark of the U.S. District Court for Delaware has dismissed a derivative action against eBay Inc.

The plaintiff in In re eBay, Inc., the Robert F. Booth Trust, alleged that eBay’s board of directors violated the Clayton Act when they circulated a proxy statement recommending shareholders elect Dawn G. Lepore, a 10-year veteran of the board, to another term.  Section 8 of the Clayton Act...				 
				 					 

						
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IBM Not Out Of The Regulatory Woods Despite Withdrawal Of Emulator Complaints

				
Posted  08/24/11
								

				 
								 				Although three rivals of IBM have dropped their complaints that IBM illegally tied its mainframe hardware to its operating system, the computer giant is not out of regulatory woods yet.

Both the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the European Commission maintain ongoing antitrust investigations – sparked by the complaints – into a possible monopoly IBM holds in the mainframe computer market.

In a filing...				 
				 					 

						
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Pharmaceutical Benefits Managers’ Merger Could Result In Prescription For Heavy Antitrust Scrutiny

				
Posted  07/29/11
								

				 
								 				A proposed merger of Express Scripts and Medco, two of the largest pharmaceutical benefits managers (“PBMs”) in the United States, is likely to draw a prescription for significant antitrust scrutiny from federal regulators.

PBMs contract with health insurers and employers to manage health insurance plan pharmaceutical benefits, among other ways by negotiating with pharmaceutical manufacturers and pharmacies to...				 
				 					 

						
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Yanks And Europeans Open Antitrust Probes Of TRW And Autoliv

				
Posted  07/21/11
								

				 
								 				Two major players in the automotive manufacturing industry, Sweden’s Autoliv and Michigan’s TRW, are under investigation by the antitrust divisions of both the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the European Commission ("EU").

Both companies are multi-billion dollar corporations that supply safety systems, such as seatbelts, airbags and steering wheels, to automakers.  Autoliv and TRW each operate on a...				 
				 					 

						
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FTC and DOJ Set to Ink Landmark Agreement with Chinese Counterparts

				
Posted  07/8/11
								

				 
								 				The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Department of Justice (“DOJ”) plan to sign a memorandum of understanding with China’s three antitrust enforcement agencies, signaling the first formal pact of cooperation between U.S. and Chinese regulators.

This deal comes on the heels of China’s sweeping antitrust reform, a policy it developed with advice from foreign agencies like the FTC.  The growing...				 
				 					 

						
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