Pennsylvania hospital West Penn Allegheny has stood up to rival University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre (UPMC)’s attempt to stop an antitrust lawsuit between the two companies, arguing that the case should continue regardless of whether West Penn eventually merges with UPMC business partner Highmark.

A US federal court in New York has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against computer and device manufacturer Apple and five of the country’s largest publishing houses, alleging that the companies conspired to raise and fix the price of electronic books.

The UK’s High Court of Justice has applied the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) Pfleiderer ruling to order defendants to disclose information from EU leniency applications, in damage claims that follow the European gas insulated switchgear cartel case.

A US federal judge has found that chemical and material maker DuPont had too small a share of the market for the material used in Kevlar to be considered a monopolist.

Technology company Rambus has appealed against the dismissal by a court in California of its US$4 billion damage claim against Micron and Hynix, which were accused of conspiring to exclude it from the computer memory market.

Nokia can proceed in its UK antitrust lawsuit against several liquid crystal display (LCD) makers, a High Court judge has ruled, dismissing Samsung and Hitachi’s bid to stop it on procedural grounds.

A US court has thrown out an antitrust lawsuit claiming that entertainment company Clear Channel attempted to monopolise the rock concert promotion business in Los Angeles and Denver.

A US federal court has thrown out per se price fixing claims against a group of Michigan hospitals while letting the nurse plaintiffs continue to pursue the case if they can prove they were harmed by the hospitals’ alleged actions.

Patent-pool owner Cascades Computer Innovation has filed an antitrust suit in the US, accusing Motorola, HTC, Samsung, LG Electronics and Dell of conspiring to obtain patent licensing under better terms.

Iveco will appeal against a €30 million fine imposed by Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (FCO) for its alleged participation in a cartel to fix the price of fire-fighting vehicles, despite having cooperated with the authority in the investigation.

A US appeals court has overturned a lower court’s ruling and reinstated a lawsuit claiming that copper products company Outokumpu and its affiliates conspired to fix the price of copper tubing sold in the US.

Two US law firms have started a campaign accusing Facebook of abusing its dominant position through its virtual currency credits scheme with the aim of generating civil actions against the company.

A US federal court judge has permanently dismissed an antitrust lawsuit brought by toy maker MGA Entertainment in its long-running legal battle with rival Mattel.

Air Canada and its subsidiary AC Cargo have agreed with plaintiffs to settle for US$7.5 million in a class action in the air cargo sector.