Antitrust Law

Google ordered to mend its ways fast or face antitrust action – CNN Money

The European Commission said it had reached preliminary conclusions based on its 18-month antitrust investigation of Google. It found four ways in which Google potentially violates anti-monopoly laws in the region.

The AM Roundup: Gupta Trial, Lawyers Like Doctors, More – Wall Street Journal

WSJ A doctor and a lawyer: Law schools should become more like medical schools, complete with legal residency programs that teach practical skills, according to one state bar association. CBS Antitrust: Chinese antitrust authorities required …

Skechers USA Inc : Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP is Investigating Skechers USA Inc. on Behalf of its Shareholders – SKX – 4-traders (press release)

NEW YORK, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a national law firm concentrating on investor rights, consumer rights and enforcement of federal antitrust laws, is investigating potential wrongdoing at Skechers USA Inc. (“Skechers” or the …

Hospital Authority should bid – Albany Herald

Phoebe maintained this unfair advantage, by preventing Palmyra from providing obstetric and cardiology services, through the use of Georgia’s certificate of need law. Palmyra filed suit, alleging violations of the federal antitrust laws …

Conyers Targets Health Insurance Antitrust Shield Again – site.law360.com

John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., introduced a bill Friday that would eliminate a 67-year-old exemption that shields health insurers from federal antitrust law, as House Democrats and Republicans sparred over whether the health care reform law threatens …

Verizon-Cable Deal Poses Big Threat to Internet Access, Competition – eWeek

“Where any cable company agrees to match the price. This raises huge red flags under antitrust law.” Backhaul is the connection between wireless towers and the Public Switched Telephone Network, which are controlled by the big telephone companies such as … Continue reading

Antitrust watchdog to press for law-breaking public servants discharge – rapsinews.com

ST.-PETERSBURG, May 18 – RAPSI, Sergei Feklyunin. The Federal Antimonopoly Service is planning in 2012 to start requesting courts to disqualify public servants who have broken antitrust laws, the service’s head Igor Artemyev said on Friday. “This year we …

The UMG-EMI Merger And The Substitutability Of Sound – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (May 18, 2012, 1:12 PM ET) — Antitrust law and copyright law are two sides of the same coin: two different approaches designed to maximize consumer welfare. At the risk of oversimplifying each, antitrust limits unlawful monopolies … Continue reading

ABA meet to discuss antitrust – Examiner

There’s a disconnect between the Justice Department’s current probe of “most-favored-nation” pricing in hospital contracts with insurers and its failure to enforce antitrust laws against healthcare providers and insurance companies. If the …

KLA urging passage of bill to restore antitrust law – CattleNetwork.com

State lawmakers are working toward adjournment of the 2012 Kansas legislative session this week. Reapportionment of legislative districts, a 2013 state budget and education funding still are hanging in the balance, causing the delay. KLA and …