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Cooley Godward boosts practice in DC & Palo Alto
Premium Article - Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP has hired antitrust specialist Howard Morse as a partner in the antitrust and trade regulation practice in Washington DC. Antitrust special counsel Francis Fryscak has also been promoted to partner at the firm’s Palo Alto office.
Pitofsky awarded antitrust honour
Premium Article - Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Robert Pitofsky will today be presented with the US Department of Justice’s John Sherman award, which recognises a lifetime’s contribution to antitrust law and policy.
US agriculture reforms seek fairer meat market
Premium Article - Monday, 19 April 2010
The US Department of Agriculture is set to make significant changes to competition regulation in the country’s meat industry.
Continental enters merger talks with United
Premium Article - Friday, 16 April 2010
Continental Airlines has reportedly reopened discussions with longtime potential merger partner United Airlines, just a week after reports of talks between United and US Airways surfaced.
Tennessee bill would remove state antitrust exemption for hospitals
Premium Article - Thursday, 15 April 2010
Critics of a Tennessee hospital group's antitrust exemption will have to wait at least another week before finding out whether the state's legislature will move to strip the group of the antitrust shield.
Settlement talks collapse in News Corp lawsuit
Premium Article - Thursday, 15 April 2010
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp appears to be heading to trial after last-minute settlement talks over an antitrust lawsuit failed earlier this week.
eBay hit with fresh antitrust lawsuit
Premium Article - Wednesday, 14 April 2010
Another proposed plaintiffs' class has taken a swipe at US web auction site eBay and its payment system PayPal, alleging that eBay breaks antitrust law by illegally tying the two dominant services together.
Branson opposes BA/AA
Premium Article - Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Atlantic, has launched a scathing attack against competition authorities reviewing the planned alliance between rival airlines British Airways and American Airlines.
Simon Group opens antitrust talks with General Growth
Premium Article - Tuesday, 13 April 2010
The Simon Property Group has opened talks with potential takeover target General Growth Properties about divestitures that could help solve antitrust concerns that a deal between the two US mall operators would create.
DoJ considers charges in Silicon Valley hiring investigation
Premium Article - Monday, 12 April 2010
The leadership of the US Department of Justice's antitrust division has yet to decide whether to go forward with a case against several Silicon Valley companies for allegedly agreeing to not hire one another's employees, according to sources and a published report.
FTC sends second request to Monster/HotJobs
Premium Article - Monday, 12 April 2010
The US Federal Trade Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into the proposed takeover of Yahoo's internet job search site HotJobs by larger rival Monster Worldwide.
Potential US Airways/United deal could kickstart antitrust review
Premium Article - Friday, 09 April 2010
Antitrust specialists say that if reported talks between US Airways and United Airlines culminate in a merger, the two carriers would likely have a difficult - but not impossible - time convincing antitrust regulators to approve the deal.
AIG settles Ohio antitrust suit
Premium Article - Friday, 09 April 2010
US insurance company American International Group (AIG) has agreed to pay Ohio consumers US$9 million to settle charges that it allegedly conspired with other casualty insurers to fix prices and allocate the market.
Google Books hit with new lawsuit
Premium Article - Friday, 09 April 2010
The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and four other groups have filed an antitrust class action against US cloud computing company Google, alleging that the company used its Google Books project to illegally scan and display copyrighted images.
Dean Foods motion to dismiss denied
Premium Article - Thursday, 08 April 2010
A US federal judge has denied dairy company Dean Foods' attempt to have a Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit against it dismissed, despite criticising the wording used in the DoJ's complaint.
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