Antitrust Law 
Obama’s not the trustbuster he thought he would be – Reuters Blogs
In any event, the statistics are less an indication of Obama’s failures than of how little ideology sways antitrust enforcement. While presidents come and go, the law, the courts and career federal attorneys change slowly. Behavior that’s legal under …
EU investigating 13 optical drive producers of cartel behavior – ZDNet
Should the group of companies fall foul of antitrust law, they will be named in due course. Cartels are groups of companies that join together to fix prices, limit production of a good or produce, or share markets or customers … Continue reading
EU lays charges over price fixing of disc drives – Financial Times
Europe’s antitrust watchdog has served formal charges against 13 optical disc drive makers for allegedly forming a worldwide cartel, a breach of EU law that could be punished with heavy fines. After a preliminary investigation, the European Commission …
Woonsocket mayor: Blue Cross negotiations could violate antitrust laws – Valley Breeze
WOONSOCKET – Mayor Leo T. Fontaine called upon Attorney General Peter Kilmartin today to consider reviewing the negotiations between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island and Steward Health System for possible violations of antitrust law by …
Google-EU deal getting close? – CNET News
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and six state attorneys general are also investigating Google’s business practices for potential violations of U.S. antitrust and consumer-protection laws. Speaking with The Wall Street Journal, EU Antitrust …
Analysis: Nexen deal should get approved by Ottawa – NBCNews.com
“It appears to want to do a lot for that Canadian company in terms of increasing its size, its footprint, its presence globally, all of the things that would be music to the ears of the Canadian government,” said Borgers, … Continue reading
Analysis: Nexen deal should get approved by Ottawa – Reuters
who specializes in antitrust law and foreign investment reviews. Approval of the deal would help restore a Canadian foreign investment climate that the government dented in 2010 when it rejected a $39 billion attempt by Australian miner BHP …
EU Probes Alleged Optical Drive Cartel – PC Magazine
The commission did not reveal the names of the companies involved, but said in a statement that it suspects the firms of coordinating on the supply of optical disk drives used in PCs and servers, which violates EU antitrust laws. … Continue reading
Third Circuit Holds That Settlement Agreements Containing Payments from the Innovator to the Generic Challenger May Violate Antitrust Laws – jdsupra.com
On July 16, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which includes Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, issued a long-anticipated decision in In re K-Dur Antitrust Litigation, finding that settlement agreements in which payments are made …
DOJ to Apple: You’re wrong, wrong, wrong on e-books – Fortune Tech
for the government agency charged with enforcing the nation’s antitrust laws … well … snippy. “When Apple launched its iBookstore in April of 2010, virtually overnight the retail prices of many bestselling and newly released e-books …
