Sprint Shareholders Sue for More Info on $59 Billion T-Mobile Deal
(CN) – Shareholders claim in a class action that the acquisition of Sprint by rival T-Mobile for an estimated $59
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Google Appeals $5 Billion EU Fine in Android Antitrust Case
Google is appealing a record $5 billion antitrust fine by European Union authorities, who say the tech giant abused the dominance of its Android operating system to stifle competitors.
Read moreMerger of United Technologies, Rockwell Collins Gets Go-Ahead
Aerospace giant United Technologies Corporation can pay $30 billion to acquire Rockwell Collins, but not without divesting two of the latter’s businesses, the Justice Department concluded Monday.
Read moreFTC Blocks Merger
The FTC blocked a merger Monday between two large providers of marine water treatment chemicals and related services — the Drew Marine Group and Wilhelmsen Maritime Services dba Resolute Fund II — finding that it would reduce competition.
Read moreClass Certified in Qualcomm Chipset Antitrust Action
A federal judge late Thursday certified a class of consumers suing tech giant Qualcomm on claims they paid more for smartphones because the company jacked up the price of chipsets, a key component in cellular communications.
Read moreDental Antitrust Suit Calls Out Certification Monopoly
Contending that there is a secret dentistry cabal that monopolizes the certification of certain specialty practices, two groups dedicated to tooth implants shot back Wednesday with a federal class action.
Read more$270M Lidoderm Antitrust Settlements Finalized
A federal judge on Thursday finalized two class action settlements worth $270 million, ending four years of litigation over an alleged antitrust conspiracy to keep a generic form of the Lidoderm pain patch off the market.
Read more$25 Million Settlement
A federal judge approved a $25 million settlement Tuesday against Samsung and Toshiba for indirect purchasers’ class action involving price fixing in optical disc drives.
Read moreStudent Athletes Say NCAA ‘Exploited’ Them in Antitrust Trial
A former UC Berkeley basketball player on Friday accused the National Collegiate Athletic Association of “exploiting” her by so severely limiting the scholarship money she received playing sports she often went hungry, in a federal bench trial in Oakland challenging the association’s caps on compensation to student athletes.
Read moreChesapeake Energy Settles Antitrust Case for $7M
A class of landowners in Oklahoma and Kansas announced Thursday the settlement of a federal antitrust lawsuit against Chesapeake Energy and others for nearly $7 million, ending claims filed a day after indicted former CEO Aubrey McClendon died in a fiery single-car crash.
Read moreFeds Take AT&T-Time Warner Merger Fight to DC Circuit
The Justice Department argued to the D.C. Circuit Monday that the judge who approved the $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger back in June relied on faulty logic.
Read moreAntitrust Alter Egos
A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday reversed summary judgment in favor of CenterPoint Energy Services in an antitrust class action, finding the plaintiffs had offered evidence that CenterPoint’s parent company participated in a price-fixing cartel – creating triable issues as to CenterPoint’s liability in the scheme.
Read moreUS Takes Pruning Shears to 70-Year-Old Film Settlements
Antitrust decrees that have dictated the U.S. film industry since 1949 might soon hit the cutting-room floor.
Read moreEnergy Crisis Relic
In an unpublished memorandum issued Thursday, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Sinclair Oil can pursue antitrust claims against three natural gas traders over price manipulations during the 2000-2002 energy crisis because a New York class action settlement only involved market trades, not direct purchasers like Sinclair.
Read moreAntitrust
BASF, Bayer, DuPont, Dow and others conspired to fix the price of isocyanates, used to make flexible foam, a class claims in a federal antitrust complaint.
Read moreAntitrust Class Action
A class action filed in Philadelphia federal court accuses BASF, Bayer and other companies of fixing the prices of raw materials used to create polyurethanes by closing plants and limiting production.
Read moreDoctors Fight Medical Boards on Behalf of Skin Cancer Patients
Doctors claims in an antitrust class action that the American Board of Medical Professions is conspiring to reduce public access to a simple skin cancer procedure, by requiring specialty certification for the outpatient surgery.
Read moreFeds Appeal Merger Go-Ahead for AT&T, Time Warner
The government’s challenge to the blockbuster $85.4 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger got fresh oxygen Thursday as the Justice Department said it will appeal a federal judge’s approval of the merger.
Read morePower Cable Cartel
The European General Court confirmed $350 million in antitrust fines Thursday against the main European and Asian producers of high-voltage power cables.
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