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1 Jun 2012, 7:12 am
Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.A computer software company, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the NCAA’s licensing arm could have participated in a price fixing conspiracy or group boycott that violated federal antitrust law by not compensating current and former student-athletes for the use of their names, images, and likenesses in products such as video games and by preventing former student-athletes from participating in the… [read post]
21 Aug 2012, 10:39 am
This posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and an entity that won ICANN's approval of a new ".XXX" top level domain (TLD) and of its designation as the registry overseeing that domain could have violated federal antitrust law by allegedly suppressing or eliminating competing bids for the original .XXX TLD registry contract and any renewals of that contract, the federal… [read post]
7 Mar 2012, 6:45 am
This posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.A computer software company, Adobe Systems Inc., could have unlawfully monopolized the market for professional graphic illustration software by acquiring a popular software program (FreeHand), effectively removing it from the market by refusing to update it, significantly raising the price of a rival program it owned (Illustrator), and withholding FreeHand’s source code from the open source community,… [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 9:25 am
This posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.The Department of Justice Antitrust Division announced on November 8 that it will require New West Health Services Inc. to sell the majority of its commercial health-insurance business to a third-party buyer and to provide additional relief in order to alleviate agency concerns that a proposed six-year exclusive agreement between five of New West’s six hospital owners and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of… [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 2:35 pm
Global Price Fixing Conspiracy Claim Barred by Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements ActThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.Federal antitrust claims asserted by direct and indirect purchasers of potash—alleging a global price fixing conspiracy among producers—were beyond the subject matter jurisdiction of a federal court in Illinois, the U.S. [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 2:13 pm
Antitrust Chief Addresses New Merger Guidelines, Global CooperationThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.At Georgetown’s Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium in Washington, D.C. on September 21, Assistant Attorney General Christine A. [read post]
3 Nov 2009, 8:43 am
Pulse Oximeter Maker Liable for Sole Source Discounts, Not BudlingThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.A federal district court in California did not err in discarding a jury's finding that a manufacturer of pulse oximeters violated federal antitrust law through its offering of bundled discounts to customers, but confirming the jury's liability finding on two other bases, the U.S. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 9:27 pm
Tax Software Firms, Organization Partnering with IRS Were Immune from Antitrust SuitsThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.A group of private sector tax software companies and an organization that allied those companies in a free tax preparation and e-filing service partnership with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) were protected under the implied immunity doctrine from claims asserted by a putative class of taxpayers and tax preparers that… [read post]
11 Jan 2010, 8:50 pm
Invalid Market Definition Dooms Physicians’ Claim of Exclusion from NetworkThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.A cardiology practice group and its member physicians could not maintain claims that an operator of several Arkansas hospitals conspired with insurers to restrain trade and monopolized, attempted to monopolize, and conspired to monopolize the market for in-hospital cardiology services in central Arkansas by excluding the group… [read post]
3 Mar 2010, 2:26 pm
Sham Drug Patent Litigation, Not Reverse Payments, Could Have Violated Antitrust LawThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.The manufacturer of a branded drug used to treat male hypogonadisma and three generic drug manufacturers could have conspired to restrain trade in violation of federal antitrust law by entering into settlements of sham patent infringement litigation under which the generic drug makers kept their versions off the market in… [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 3:11 pm
Monetary Relief Against Diet Product Marketers Sued by FTC UpheldThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.A permanent injunction and nearly $2 million monetary judgment entered against the marketers of two purported weight loss products—a "Chinese Diet Tea" and the "Bio-Slim Patch"—for engaging in deceptive advertising prohibited by the FTC Act were proper, the U.S. [read post]
2 Apr 2009, 8:30 am by Tom B
Darius, I know you do a great deal for your chapter…I ran one for 5 year myself…but doesn’t it sort of irk you when someone shows up at a chapter meeting and tells you how your chapter is a stupid waste of time and sucks? [read post]
30 May 2013, 6:04 am by Elie Mystal
[Talking Points Memo] * Darius Kingsley, a former Treasury official, is the new co-general counsel of JPMorgan’s commercial bank. [read post]
6 Apr 2011, 1:12 pm
FTC Granted Injunction Against Completed Hospital AcquisitionThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.The FTC was entitled to an order preliminarily enjoining a not-for-profit health care delivery system controlling three hospitals in the area of Toledo, Ohio, from acquiring an additional hospital in the same county, the federal district court in Toledo has ruled. [read post]
8 Dec 2009, 1:00 pm by John W. Arden
Exclusive Dealing Suit Proceeds to Trial This posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter. [read post]
28 May 2010, 7:25 am
FTC Closes Investigation into Google-AdMob MergerThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.The FTC will not challenge Google’s proposed acquisition of mobile advertising network company AdMob under federal antitrust law. [read post]
10 Feb 2010, 4:24 pm
HIV Drug Maker Could Have Violated Federal Antitrust Law Through Price HikeThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.HIV patients and their medical plans directly purchasing protease inhibitor (PI) drugs to fight the disease sufficiently alleged that the manufacturer of a PI drug marketed under the name “Norvir,” which had been found to boost the effectiveness of other PI drugs, could have violated federal antitrust law in several ways… [read post]
9 Aug 2010, 2:54 pm
Racing Body’s Single-Tire Rule, Exclusive Supply Contracts Not Antitrust ViolationsThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.A supplier of racing tires and a motorsports sanctioning body did not violate federal antitrust law through the adoption of a so-called "single-tire rule" and entry into related exclusive supply contracts, the U.S. [read post]