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Federal Judge Brings Sky Angel’s Antitrust Claims Against C-SPAN Down To Earth

Posted  06/26/13
A federal judge has dismissed claims by Sky Angel U.S. LLC, an internet-based television service, that C-SPAN violated the antitrust laws by favoring traditional cable providers. Although Judge Rudolph Contreras of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed Sky Angel’s antitrust claims, he also granted the internet television service leave to replead in Sky Angel U.S. LLC v. National Cable...

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Federal Court Refuses To Slam On The Brakes In Auto Parts Antitrust Class Action

Posted  06/24/13
A group of auto parts manufacturers continues to face claims of bid rigging and price fixing in a multidistrict litigation (“MDL”) following a Michigan federal judge’s refusal to dismiss federal antitrust claims. Direct and indirect purchasers in the putative class action of In re Automotive Parts Antitrust Litigation accuse the manufacturers of conspiring to fix the prices of wire harness systems in...

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Pool Owners’ State Antitrust Claims Remain Afloat

Posted  06/18/13
A Louisiana federal judge has denied motions to dismiss pool owners’ indirect purchaser claims brought under state antitrust laws against Pool Corporation, the nation’s largest distributor of pool products, and pool manufacturers. Judge Sarah Vance of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana limited indirect purchasers’ state antitrust claims in In re Pool Products Distribution Market...

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Federal Judge Green Lights Antitrust Attack Of The Cloned Horses

Posted  06/11/13
Breeders of cloned horses will get to advance their antitrust attack on a dominant horse breed registry that excludes cloned horses, following a ruling by a federal judge in Texas who denied American Quarter Horse Association’s motion for summary judgment. District Court Judge Mary Lou Robinson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled in Abraham & Veneklasen Joint Venture et al. v....

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Credit Default Swap Purchasers Accuse Bankers Of Blocking Competition

Posted  06/4/13
A new class action alleges that international megabanks used their monopoly power to manipulate the credit default swaps market. Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 33 Cleveland District Pension Plan has filed a class action in Illinois federal court against 15 defendants, including Bank of America, Citibank, and JPMorgan Chase & Co.  According to the complaint, the defendants used companies they controlled, including...

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California Judge Sweetens Antitrust Action For Sara Lee

Posted  05/29/13
The prices for products freshly baked by Sara Lee can be negotiated without violating California’s Cartwright Act a state court judge has ruled, throwing out antitrust class action claims against the food company. Distributors that buy the baked goods and sell them to stores throughout California filed Kaewsawang v. Sara Lee Corp. in 2006.  The Fourth Amended Complaint alleged that Sara Lee fixed prices and...

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Auto Dealers Allege Carfax Is A Competitive Lemon In Antitrust Suit

Posted  05/15/13
More than 120 auto dealers in 17 states are alleging in a new $50 million antitrust suit that they paid higher prices for less reliable vehicle history reports thanks to Carfax’s exclusive dealing arrangements with major players in the auto industry. Carfax has monopolized the vehicle history reports market and raised prices by making exclusive deal agreements with car manufacturers and used car listing websites,...

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FTC Consent Order Settles Hairy Exchange Of Competitively Sensitive Information

Posted  05/6/13
Bosley Inc., the nation’s largest surgical hair restoration company, has agreed to a consent order settling a Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) complaint alleging that the company exchanged competitively sensitive information with Hair Club Inc. before the two companies merged. Bosley, a subsidiary of Aderans Co Ltd., performs hair loss treatments at 22 offices across the United States.  According to the FTC...

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Preemption Argument Runs Out Of Steam As Ninth Circuit Revives Natural Gas Case

Posted  04/25/13
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has revived plaintiffs’ state antitrust claims in In re: Western States Wholesale Natural Gas Litigation, finding that federal regulation of the interstate natural gas market does not preempt state antitrust law claims that energy companies manipulated intrastate transactions. The Ninth Circuit ruled that Congress intended its amendments to the Natural Gas Act to...

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Antitrust Complaint Alleges Cut-Throat Chicago Tactics In Prom Dress Market

Posted  04/15/13
Boycotts, spying and defamation are the Chicago way of snuffing out competition in the prom dress market, according to an antitrust lawsuit filed against Peaches Boutique in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Hannah's Boutique Inc., a prom dress seller in the Chicago market alleges in Hannah's Boutique Inc. v. Barbara Ann Surdej et al. that established prom dress retailer Peaches...

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