Crowell & Moring has promoted Sean-Paul Brankin to partner in its Brussels’ antitrust practice and Ryan Tisch to partner in its Washington, DC antitrust office.

Four dynamic random access memory (DRAM) manufacturers have reached a US$175,000 settlement with Connecticut's attorney general, George Jepsen.

Plaintiffs have presented new evidence of “non-poaching” agreements between Apple and other high-tech Silicon Valley companies, in a US antitrust class action in California, including emails in which Palm’s chief-executive told Apple’s Steve Jobs that the practice was “likely illegal”.

US plaintiffs suing the country’s largest publishing companies have filed an amendment to their original complaint which contains new allegations and details how the alleged price-fixing conspiracy regarding e-books unfolded.

Spain’s National Competition Commission (CNC) has fined motorcycle manufacturers Honda and Suzuki €4 million for colluding to exchange price information.

South Africa’s Competition Commission has recommended that the country’s tribunal prohibit the merger of two hospital operators, saying it would substantially lessen competition in the Durban health care market.

Schilling Zutt & Anschütz has promoted Christina Malz to counsel in its antitrust practice in Mannheim.

France’s Competition Authority has cleared a merger which will create the country’s second-largest sugar company.

The European Commission has restarted its investigation of the US$12.5 billion merger between Google and Motorola Mobility.

Germany’s Federal Cartel Office has concluded an inquiry of the milk sector, publishing a report that addresses competition concerns and criticises European regulations for restricting competition.

Producers of the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark have filed an antitrust lawsuit against the show’s former director Julie Taymor and her union, accusing them of fixing the price of her royalties.

Namibia’s Competition Commission has approved the takeover of the world’s fourth-largest uranium deposit by Taurus Mineral, a subsidiary of state-owned China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Company (CGNPC).

France’s Competition Authority has issued an opinion advising local government bodies on how to introduce a high speed internet network throughout the country while maintaining strong competition and without breaching state aid rules.

The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation of the proposed acquisition of Italian ferry company Tirrenia by joint venture Compagnia Italiana di Navigazione (CIN), a transaction complicated by a state-aid probe and a cartel investigation of some of the buyers.

Warren Rosborough has joined McDermott Will & Emery’s antitrust practice in Washington, DC as a partner, leaving the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division (DoJ).