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FTC orders changes in medical laser deal
Premium Article - Thursday, 28 January 2010
The US Federal Trade Commission has required MDS Analytical Technologies to sell off its brand of laser microdissection devices before closing its proposed merger with rival Danaher Corporation.
Varney weighs in on merger guidelines
Premium Article - Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Christine Varney, of the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division, has stressed the importance of updating horizontal merger guidelines to keep pace with the advancement of economic thinking.
Ticketmaster/LiveNation hit with divestitures
Premium Article - Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Event ticketing rivals Ticketmaster and LiveNation will be allowed to close their deal without threat of a lengthy and costly antitrust court battle, but not without agreeing to sell off a significant part of Ticketmaster's ticketing business.
Dean Foods ordered to unwind dairy deal
Premium Article - Monday, 25 January 2010
The US Department of Justice is challenging Dean Foods’ 2009 acquisition of Foremost Farms’ dairy processing plants.
SRAM makers settle lawsuit out of court
Premium Article - Monday, 25 January 2010
Hynix Semiconductor and five other memory chip makers have agreed to pay a total of US$25 million to settle a US antitrust class action lawsuit that accused the companies of fixing the price of static random access memory (SRAM) chips.
Samsung settles with Rambus
Premium Article - Friday, 22 January 2010
Samsung Electronics has this week agreed to pay US$900 million to Rambus, bringing more than a decade of patent litigation to a close.
DoJ reaches agreement with newspapers
Premium Article - Friday, 22 January 2010
Two newspaper groups have agreed to restructure a 2004 transaction to allay antitrust concerns raised by the US Department of Justice.
US lowers merger thresholds
Premium Article - Wednesday, 20 January 2010
The US Federal Trade Commission yesterday announced that the country’s merger thresholds have been reduced for the first time.
DoJ intensifies Monsanto probe
Premium Article - Friday, 15 January 2010
The US Department of Justice’s antitrust division has asked agricultural biotechnology company Monsanto for information on its soya bean traits business, the company announced yesterday.
US antitrust specialists criticise merger guidelines
Premium Article - Friday, 15 January 2010
Four senior antitrust specialists yesterday told the US antitrust agencies that they need to tread carefully as they consider whether to change they way they analyse mergers that may result in a company gaining substantial market power. Ron Knox in San Francisco
Robert Pringle wins antitrust award
Premium Article - Friday, 15 January 2010
The California State Bar’s antitrust section has named Robert Pringle, a partner at Winston & Strawn LLP in San Francisco, antitrust lawyer of the year 2010.
Supreme Court hears American Needle arguments
Premium Article - Thursday, 14 January 2010
Justices from the US Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in what may be the most important sports antitrust case to reach the country's highest court in decades, but the decision the court will take is still very much a mystery.
US court reinstates digital music lawsuit
Premium Article - Thursday, 14 January 2010
A US appeals court yesterday ruled that major record labels, including Sony and EMI, will face an antitrust lawsuit over alleged price fixing of digital music, after a lower court dismissed the case in 2008.
FTC releases pay-for-delay study
Premium Article - Thursday, 14 January 2010
The US Federal Trade Commission yesterday published a study showing that the lack of access to generic drugs caused by reverse settlement payments in the pharmaceutical industry could cost US consumers as much as US$35 billion over 10 years.
Intel hits back at FTC lawsuit
Premium Article - Wednesday, 13 January 2010
In two separate antitrust actions, US computer processor company Intel has fired back at enforcers, claiming that they have misunderstood the microprocessor market and have labelled lawful business strategies as anti-competitive.
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