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December 14, 2018
Comcast Wants 7th Circ. To Pull Plug On Ad Sales Appeal
Comcast Corp. has urged the Seventh Circuit not to revive a $75 million suit alleging the company illegally monopolized the market for local television advertising, arguing that it’s only being accused of choosing not to deal with a competitor, which it said is not illegal, according to a redacted brief filed Friday.
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December 14, 2018
EpiPen MDL Attys Scolded For 'Mindless Bickering'
A Kansas federal judge on Friday dressed down attorneys in multidistrict litigation over EpiPen price hikes for engaging in “mindless bickering” during a high-stakes deposition of Mylan NV’s chief executive officer.
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December 14, 2018
Gray, Raycom Must Divest TV Stations Before $3B Merger
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that it will require Gray Television Inc. and Raycom Media Inc. to divest broadcast television stations in nine markets as a condition of resolving its challenge to the proposed $3.65 billion merger between the media companies.
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December 14, 2018
‘No Need’ To Delay CVS-Aetna Merger, DOJ Says After Rebuke
The U.S. Department of Justice urged a D.C. federal judge Friday not to keep CVS and Aetna apart while reviewing a proposed merger settlement the judge had blasted as having been pushed through without adequate judicial scrutiny, arguing that a delay is unnecessary and beyond the court’s authority.
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December 14, 2018
The Biggest Telecom Cases Of 2018
2018 was an action-packed year for telecom-related litigation that included a closely watched appeal of the government's rollback of net neutrality, fallout over the failed Sinclair-Tribune megamerger and a contentious trial over AT&T’s bid to acquire Time Warner. Here, Law360 reviews those and other high-profile cases from the past 12 months and outlines what they mean for the telecom industry’s legal landscape.
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
- Antitrust and competition lawyers at top law firms
- 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.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals