The head of the US Senate’s antitrust subcommittee has told antitrust officials that Verizon Wireless’s purchase of wireless spectrum from a consortium of cable television companies has the potential to stifle competition.

US kitchen product manufacturer Anaheim Manufacturing has filed a lawsuit against Emerson Electric over allegations its rival monopolised the market for residential food waste disposers through exclusionary practices.

US computer maker Apple has shot back at a US Department of Justice antitrust division lawsuit, saying the government’s “fundamentally flawed” case against it props up a monopoly while attacking competition in the electronic books market.

The US$11.8 billion merger between electric companies Eaton and Cooper Industries will be notified in the US, the EU and a number of other jurisdictions.

German software company SAP has announced its intention to buy US cloud computing company Ariba for approximately US$4.3 billion.

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.

Marc G Schildkraut and Jacqueline Grise have left Dewey & LeBoeuf to join Cooley Godward Kronish’s antitrust practice in Washington, DC as partners.

A Chinese vitamin manufacturer has agreed to settle in the vitamin C class action lawsuit in New York – the first time a Chinese company has opted for settlement in a US investigation.

Fei Deng is the second antitrust economist to leave NERA Economic Consulting for Edgeworth Economics this month. She joins as senior vice president in Edgeworth’s new San Francisco office.

Health insurer Highmark has asked to re-enter an antitrust lawsuit filed by West Penn Allegheny Health System so it can fight to protect the confidentiality of its business arrangements with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).

A US federal court has dismissed almost all claims brought by a class of drugs purchasers against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Valeant over allegations of conspiring to delay the entry of generics on the market.

Simon & Schuster has become the third publisher to reach a settlement agreement with 29 states over allegations it fixed the price of e-books.

Allan Van Fleet has joined McDermott Will & Emery as partner in the firm’s antitrust practice in Houston, departing as director of Greenberg Traurig’s competition group.

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.

Charles Compton, former antitrust partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, has set up a new boutique in Palo Alto focusing on competition issues.