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New evidence presented in e-books class action

Monday, 23 January 2012

Amazon was allegedly pressured to adandon its discounted e-book prices
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.

Spider-Man musical entangled in antitrust suit

Friday, 20 January 2012

Julie Taymor
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.

Rosborough joins McDermott from DoJ

Thursday, 19 January 2012

Warren Rosborough
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).

Damages claims mount up against PoolCorp

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Pool Corp faces lawsuits across three states
Private antitrust lawsuits against PoolCorp, the world’s largest pool product wholesaler are accumulating, following its behavioural settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in November.

Pressure to settle in multi-billion dollar interchange fee class action

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Credit card companies and banks face multi-bilion dollar private action
Credit card companies and 13 major banks cited in a class action by millions of retailers alleging antitrust violations on credit card interchange fees may feel under pressure to settle the case, according to one antitrust expert.

Cadwalader promotes two in DC

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Joseph Bial and Andrew Forman
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has promoted Joseph J Bial and Andrew Forman to partners in its antitrust practice in Washington, DC.

Baby products suit ends in settlement

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Babies "R" Us and seven baby product suppliers settled an antitrust class action for US$35 million
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 asks FTC to add Google+ to search dominance investigation

Monday, 16 January 2012

FTC asked to probe Google+
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+.

William Simon: 1912-2011

Thursday, 12 January 2012

William Simon, co-founder of Howrey Simon Baker & Murchison, died on 27 December. He was 99 years old.

FTC puts conditions on gas takeover

Thursday, 12 January 2012

AmeriGas can proceed with a takeover that excludes the cylinder exchange division
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) yesterday cleared propane company AmeriGas’s US$2.9 million acquisition of ETP’s Heritage Propane, with commitments.

Jaffe joins Proskauer from Weil

Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Helene Jaffe
Helene D Jaffe has joined Proskauer Rose as partner and co-head of its antitrust practice after 36 years at New York rival Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

Finance execs admit bid rigging

Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Wolmark and Zarefsky made their plea at the Southern District of New York
An executive and a former executive at CDR Financial Products yesterday became the eleventh and twelfth individuals to plead guilty in the DoJ's investigation of the municipal bond industry.

FTC releases ALJ decision to block ProMedica/St Luke's

Friday, 06 January 2012

The FTC remains resolute in its battle against reverse payment settlements
The US Federal Trade Commission’s administrative law judge has ruled that ProMedica Health System’s purchase of rival Ohio-area hospital St Luke’s harmed competition in the region’s health care market. The ruling’s publication comes exactly one year after the commission first sued to stop the deal.

New York’s finest

Friday, 06 January 2012

Featured In: December 2011 (Vol. 14 Iss. 10)

The Big Apple continues to hold its own as one of the country’s true centres for competition law. Ron Knox meets New York’s best and brightest

The holding pattern

Friday, 06 January 2012

Featured In: December 2011 (Vol. 14 Iss. 10)

Since Christine Varney stepped down from the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division last year, observers have speculated as to whether the Obama administration would choose a new nominee to take over the division full-time. But with a presidential election less than a year away, time is running out. Ron Knox examines the White House’s choice

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