Antitrust Law

Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims on Behalf of Investors of Charming Shoppes, Inc. – Business Wire

314. The Pomerantz Firm, with offices in New York and Chicago, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean … Continue reading

Nation’s toughest coaching gigs – ESPN

Conference wins are a zero-sum proposition. And if college basketball performance were subject to the dictates of antitrust law, the Blue Devils and Tar Heels would be found guilty of restraint of trade. To read the full story, plus get … Continue reading

American Specialty Health Group Adds Antitrust Claims to Pending Suit Against Healthways – msnbc.com

SAN DIEGO, May 2, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — American Specialty Health Group, Inc. (“ASH”) has amended its complaint against Healthways, Inc. to add claims for antitrust violations … as authorized by law.”  The case is American Specialty …

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Change in Directors or Princi – Yahoo! Finance

the receipt of approvals under applicable antitrust laws of certain foreign jurisdictions and (iv) the absence of any law, order or injunction prohibiting the closing of the Merger or the Carveout Transaction. Moreover, the obligations of Parent …

Continuant Adds Another Pre-Trial ‘Win’ in Avaya Lawsuit; Court Denies Avaya’s Motions for Reconsideration – Yahoo Finance

Continuant maintains that Avaya’s business practices violate US antitrust laws. In January of this year, New Jersey Federal District Court Judge Garrett E. Brown, in a single ruling, denied Avaya’s two Motions for Summary Judgment seeking to …

N.C. Blue Cross fights anti-trust suit – CharlotteObserver.com

North Carolina’s largest health insurer and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association deny in court documents filed late Monday that their business practices violate federal anti-trust laws by carving up the country into exclusive territories.

Apple Consumer Asks 9th Circ. To Revive ITunes Antitrust Suit – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (May 01, 2012, 3:51 PM ET) — A consumer on Friday asked the Ninth Circuit to revive her putative class action claiming Apple Inc. had violated antitrust laws by encrypting iTunes songs, arguing the lower court had … Continue reading

Confused By the eBook Lawsuit? So Is Everyone Else – Atlantic Online

“Price fixing is kind of the first-degree murder of antitrust violations,” Herbert Hovenkamp, a law professor at the University of Iowa said, and the government had to act on “what appears to be a strong set of facts that if … Continue reading

Excitement Over B&N/Microsoft Teamup Is A Bit Premature – Tech Dirt

It almost never works however. The latest is that Microsoft and Barnes & Noble have settled their (somewhat acrimonious) patent dispute (in which B&N was making the case that Microsoft violated antitrust law with its patents) in order to work … Continue reading

America Movil Offers Concessions to Overturn $1 Billion Fine – Bloomberg

It’s “not probable” that the company will end up having to pay the fine, it said. Under Mexican law, the antitrust agency must notify the parties involved in the case before it can announce the result of today’s vote. America … Continue reading