Competition
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Latest News in Competition
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June 25, 2019
Credit Suisse Takes On HMRC Over Crisis-Era Bonus Tax
Credit Suisse has accused the British government of violating European competition law when it levied a one-off tax on bankers' bonuses in the aftermath of the financial crisis, as a trial over the lender’s £239 million ($304 million) damages claim against the tax authority kicked off in London on Tuesday.
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June 24, 2019
Dentists Extract $80M From Supply Cos. In Antitrust Deal
A Brooklyn federal judge on Monday approved an $80 million cash settlement in a case in which a class of 200,000 dentists accused the country's biggest dental supply companies of colluding to fix prices on crowns, anesthetic and more.
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June 24, 2019
Boston Firm Gets $1.2M In Trade Secret Dispute With Ex-Attys
A Massachusetts law firm specializing in asbestos and toxic tort litigation has won nearly $1.2 million in its suit alleging that several former attorneys stole its trade secrets and started a rival firm, after a state jury returned a verdict in its favor.
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June 24, 2019
Apple Looks To Link Developer, Consumer Antitrust Suits
Apple Inc. urged a California federal court Friday to relate a suit from developers accusing the tech giant of monopolizing the distribution of apps on its devices to the consumer case the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on last month.
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June 24, 2019
Writers Guild Faces Antitrust Suit Over Packaging Fee Boycott
A Los Angeles talent agency has accused the Writers Guild of America of committing a “wanton abuse of union authority” by orchestrating a boycott against payments talent agents collect from pairing writers with studios, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in California federal court.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
- Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition
- European Commission, Competition Directorate
- UK Competition and Markets Authority
- Germany’s Federal Cartel Office
- China’s Ministry Of Commerce
- Japan Fair Trade Commission
- Korea Fair Trade Commission
- Canada’s Competition Bureau
- Brazil’s Council for Economic Defense
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Clayton Act
- Federal Trade Commission Act
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
- Robinson-Patman Act
- Sherman Act
- International antitrust legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Criminal charges over antitrust issues
- Global cartel investigations and actions
- Merger reviews and second requests
- Merger challenges and divestiture orders
- Anti-monopoly actions
- Pharmaceutical pay-for-delay challenges
- Bid-rigging probes
- Kickback, bribery, and corruption cases
- Challenges to state aid and other subsidies
- LITIGATION
- Antitrust class actions
- Price-fixing cases
- Illegal monopoly suits
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of competition practices
Readership
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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