The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has upheld the Competition Commission’s (CC) decision to order airport management company BAA to sell its London Stansted airport.

Health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has asked a federal court in Detroit to dismiss a competitor’s antitrust lawsuit against it, claiming that it is unjustified and potential damages would be “unsustainable”.

Italy’s Antitrust Authority has fined Estra Reti Gas and its parent company Estra about €270,000 for abusing their dominant position in the market for gas distribution.

The European Commission today announced it has opened an investigation of Samsung Electronics, over concerns the mobile company has distorted competition and abused its dominance by breaking patent licensing commitments.

Multiven has filed an abuse of dominance claim against its competitor Cisco Systems with Switzerland’s Competition Commission.

Online shopping website Twenga has submitted a complaint to the European Commission accusing Google of abusing its dominant position, adding to the nine claims DG Comp has already accepted.

France’s Competition Authority has fined SRR, subsidiary of telecoms company SFR, €2 million for breaching emergency measures imposed on the company to address concerns of abuse of dominance.

France’s Competition Authority has accepted remedies from weather forecast services provider Météo-France to address predatory pricing concerns.

Italy’s Antitrust Authority has fined pharmaceutical group Pfizer €10.6 million for abuse of dominance.

Argentina’s National Commission for the Defence of Competition has opened an investigation of the country’s five largest oil companies for fixing the price of fuel.

Retailer Babies “R” Us and several manufacturers have settled an antitrust class action in which they were accused of price fixing for US$35 million.

Privacy body the Electronic Privacy Information Center (Epic) has asked the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to expand its investigation of Google’s dominance of the online search market to include social networking tool Google+.

US pay-TV movie service Netflix’s launch in the UK and Ireland last week has complicated the UK Competition Commission’s decision on British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB)’s grip on the pay-TV movie market, introducing a significant new competitor for first showings of top movie releases.

Italy’s Antitrust Authority has opened an investigation of 12 bar associations, including those in Milan and Rome, for alleged anti-competitive practices.

France’s Competition Authority has announced it will continue an abuse of dominance investigation of Oracle, but has rejected Hewlett-Packard’s (HP) demand for emergency measures against its rival.