Tag: Antitrust lawsuit
US: Court drops antitrust lawsuit against Pacific Seafood
An Oregon judge has dismissed a fishermen's lawsuit linked to Pacific Seafood Group's once-planned acquisition of processor Ocean Gold Seafoods in Westport, Washington, the...
US: CBS declares war on parent company to stop merger
On Monday, May 14, CBS filed a lawsuit to stop controlling shareholder Shari Redstone from continuing with her plan to merge it with Viacom...
US: Judge cancels trial for 14 year old CME derivatives antitrust...
According to public court documents, US Judge Thomas Durkin has cancelled a planned trial into the practices of CME Group, parent to the Chicago...
US: Dems take on non-compete contracts
US Senator Chris Murphy (Democrat - Connecticut) and two other Senate Democrats, Elizabeth Warren (Democrat - Massachusetts) and Ron Wyden (Democrat - Oregon) unveiled...
US: Samsung, Micron, Hynix sued for alleged price fixing
Another class action lawsuit has been filed that alleges that Samsung, Hynix, and Micron conspired to limit the supply of memory, keeping consumer prices...
US: United Allergy loses antitrust lawsuit
A federal jury on Monday, March 26 returned a unanimous verdict against a San Antonio allergy testing company that had sought more than US$200...
US: 9th Circ. Affirms Samsung antitrust win
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has rejected a bid by alleged patent troll Cascades Computer Innovation to revive an antitrust...
US: Broadway takes legal action against casting directors cartel
The League, which represents commercial theatre producers and owners, filed a lawsuit accusing casting directors of forming a cartel to eliminate price competition between...
US: Apple-Qualcomm US$1b lawsuit dismissed
Qualcomm and Apple’s US$1 billion battle has ended in a mixed ruling, with a US judge granting Qualcomm’s motion to dismiss, but granted Apple’s...
US: No-poaching UNC-Duke suit settled
A judge has granted preliminary approval for the University of North Carolina (UNC) to settle a lawsuit over allegations that a no-hire agreement between...
