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29 Aug 2011, 12:36 pm
FTC Increases Fees for Telemarketers Accessing Do Not Call RegistryThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.The fees charged to telemarketers and other entities accessing the National Do Not Call Registry will increase October 1, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today. [read post]
14 Oct 2009, 6:26 am
Pfizer's Acquisition of Wyeth Clears Antitrust HurdlesThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.Pfizer, Inc.'s proposed $68 billion acquisition of Wyeth was conditionally approved by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 12:04 pm
Executive's Conviction for Obstructing Price Fixing Investigation UpheldThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.The U.S. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 2:54 pm
Threatens SuitThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.Blue Care Networks of Michigan and Sparrow Health System announced on March 8 that they were ending their agreement that would have enabled Blue Care Network to acquire the membership of Lansing, Michigan-based Physicians Health Plan of Mid-Michigan. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 3:19 pm
State Parens Patriae Antitrust Suits Not Removable Class ActionsThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.Parens patriae actions filed by the Attorneys General of Washington and California on behalf of their state citizens, alleging an international conspiracy to fix the prices of thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels in violation of state antitrust laws, did not constitute class actions within the meaning of the Class Action… [read post]
8 Jan 2010, 12:01 pm
Pharmaceutical Companies Agree to Settle Multi-State Antitrust SuitThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.Abbott Laboratories and Fournier Industrie et Sante and Laboratories Fournier, S.A. have agreed to settle an antitrust action brought by 23 states and the District of Columbia, alleging that they conspired to block generic competition for the cholesterol-lowering drug Tricor. [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 12:43 pm
Drug Store Chain, Supplement Maker Executives Settle FTC Deceptive Ad ClaimsThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.Walgreen Company has agreed to pay nearly $6 million to settle FTC charges that the company deceptively advertised its “Wal-Born” line of dietary supplements, the agency announced today. [read post]
11 Mar 2010, 8:55 pm
LifeLock Agrees to Settle FTC, State Suits Challenging Identity Theft Protection ClaimsThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.Identity theft service LifeLock, Inc. has agreed to pay $12 million and to refrain from making deceptive claims to settle FTC and state charges that it misrepresented its services. [read post]
27 Jun 2010, 4:18 pm by Big Tent Democrat
I saw this Ta-Nehisi Coates post linked at Daily Kos and was struck by this quote Coates mentions from an anonymous WaPo reporter given to Jeffrey Goldberg: It makes me crazy when I see these guys referred to as reporters. [read post]
7 May 2010, 11:26 am
FTC Alleges Merger-to-Monopoly in Market for Education Marketing InformationThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.Dun & Bradstreet Corporation’s 2009 acquisition of the assets of Quality Education Data (QED), a division of Scholastic, Inc., “is in practical effect a merger-to-monopoly” in the market for kindergarten through twelfth grade educational marketing data, the Federal Trade Commission alleged in an administrative… [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 9:35 am
Dismissal of Antitrust Claims Against Orthopedic Device Makers UpheldThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.The U.S. [read post]
5 May 2011, 8:08 am by William Carleton
Blogging Tuesday about the already famous White House photo of the Situation Room during the bin Laden operation, Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic writes: "[T]he President seems so small and peripheral to the action. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 6:11 pm
Conditionally Approves Acquisition of Sara Lee Bread ProductsThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.A proposed acquisition that would combine the largest and third largest bakers and sellers of sliced fresh bread in the United States has been approved by the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, subject to a series of divestitures intended to preserve competition in eight markets. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 9:33 am
Kellogg Agrees to Tougher Restrictions to Resolve FTC Ad ClaimsThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.After resolving an FTC complaint last year that it had engaged in false advertising by claiming that eating a bowl of Frosted Mini-Wheats cereal would improve childrens’ attentiveness, the Kellogg Company has agreed to settle agency allegations that it made questionable immunity-related claims for its Rice Krispies cereal. [read post]
14 Jan 2010, 3:34 pm
Price Discrimination Judgment Against Food Manufacturer, Food Service VacatedThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.Because a complaining regional food distributor and the world’s largest food service management company were not “competing purchasers” for purposes of the Robinson-Patman Act, the U.S. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 2:36 pm
Senators Question Whether Google Channels Searchers to Its Secondary Internet BusinessesThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.Lawmakers expressed concern about Google’s decision to expand into secondary Internet businesses and addressed charges that the Google search engine channels customers to its own businesses, during a September 21 hearing by the Senate Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer… [read post]
5 May 2010, 2:38 pm
High Court Rules Class Arbitration in Price Fixing Case Was Improper This posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.International shipping companies should not be forced to defend in class arbitration customers' price fixing claims where their arbitration clause was “silent” on the class arbitration issue, the U.S. [read post]
3 Oct 2011, 3:58 pm
Morgan Stanley to Disgorge $4.8 Million over KeySpan AgreementThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.Financial services company Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $4.8 million to settle Department of Justice Antitrust Division charges that it entered into an agreement with KeySpan Corporation that restrained competition in the New York City electricity capacity market, in violation of the Sherman Act. [read post]