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DoJ top brass will attend agriculture roundtable
Thursday, 11 March 2010
The US Department of Justice will allow farmers, lawmakers and competitors to lay out their criticisms of competition in the agriculture industry, with the issue of genetically modified seeds - and their main producer, Monsanto - taking centre stage.
Harbour prepares to depart the FTC
Thursday, 11 March 2010
The US Federal Trade Commission says new commissioners Julie Brill and Edith Ramirez will take their posts "in the coming weeks" after being confirmed by Congress last week, allowing long-serving commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour to leave the agency following the end of her term in September.
NCAA lawsuit turns to First Amendment issue
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
A collusion case against the US's national college athletics body and video game maker Electronic Arts may transform from a privacy and antitrust suit to a First Amendment battle over the right to use player likenesses without their permission.
Klusmann calls for review of EU marker system
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
The European Commission’s marker system is the silent killer of its immunity programme, delegates have heard at a conference today. Rachel Bull in Brussels .
Merck and Sanofi-Aventis announce animal health joint venture
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
US pharmaceutical firm Merck and France’s Sanofi-Aventis have announced plans to combine their animal health businesses in a joint venture, fulfilling a clause in Merck’s merger agreement with rival Schering-Plough.
DoJ requires divestitures in voting machine deal
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
As expected, the US Department of Justice says Election Systems & Software must sell off some of the assets it acquired when it purchased voting machine rival Premier Elections Solutions to preserve competition in the market.
Court dismisses Google advertising suit
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
A New York court has dismissed a case alleging that web company Google was unfairly manipulating its advertising system to harm competitors.
DoJ opposition halts health insurance tie-up
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
US health insurance providers Blue Care Networks of Michigan and Physicians Health Plan of Mid-Michigan have abandoned merger plans in the face of resistance from the Department of Justice’s antitrust division.
Judge dismisses overcharge case against eBay
Monday, 08 March 2010
A US federal judge has dismissed an antitrust lawsuit against online auction site eBay, ruling that the class plaintiffs failed to prove that the company's market dominance damaged them financially.
Voting machines deal close to approval
Friday, 05 March 2010
The US Department of Justice appears on track to approve a completed deal that created the largest electronic voting machine manufacturer in the country.
Jonathan Schmidt: 1974 to 2010
Thursday, 04 March 2010
Jonathan Schmidt, antitrust specialist at Ballard Spahr LLP in Philadelphia, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 36 years old.
FTC settles antitrust suit against Transitions Optical
Thursday, 04 March 2010
The US Federal Trade Commission has barred the nation's leading maker of lens-darkening material for glasses from using anti-competitive practices to further its grip on the market.
Home City sentenced for role in ice cartel
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
Ohio-based packaged-ice manufacturer Home City Ice has been sentenced to pay US$9 million in fines for its role in a cartel that divided the packaged ice market throughout the US.
Simon Property rebuffs antitrust concerns
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
Chief executive of shopping mall owner Simon Property Group, David Simon, told a conference this week that antitrust issues will not be a concern if his bid for rival General Growth Properties is accepted.
FTC clears Pepsi bottling purchase with conditions
Tuesday, 02 March 2010
The US Federal Trade Commission has cleared PepsiCo’s $7.8 billion acquisition of its two largest bottling and distribution companies, on condition that it does not gain access to a competitor’s information.
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