Tag: Antitrust
Allergan With Settle With Restasis Payers For $30M
AbbVie subsidiary Allergan will pay about US$30 million to resolve the remainder of a consolidated antitrust class action over its alleged scheme to delay...
S&P’s $44B IHS Deal Set To Win EU OK: Sources
Business information provider S&P Global is set to secure EU antitrust approval for its US$44 billion takeover of IHS Markit, three people familiar with...
DOJ Continues Its Push On Antitrust Enforcement
The Justice Department (DOJ) has been ramping up antitrust enforcement under the Biden administration, despite not having a politically confirmed official to serve as...
French Antitrust Chief Was “Surprised” To Be Removed From Post
France’s antitrust chief has expressed her “surprise” and “disappointment” at President Emmanuel Macron’s decision not to renew her mandate in the middle of a...
Medical Specialty Board Wins Antitrust Appeal
The American Board of Medical Specialties secured its win Friday, October 8, against antitrust litigation over its credentialing and renewal programs for physicians, when...
9th Circuit Nominee Lucy Koh Defends Pandemic Antitrust Rulings
Federal appeals court nominee Lucy Koh on Wednesday, October 6, appearing for her US Senate confirmation hearing, defended a key ruling she wrote upholding...
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Adds Antitrust Litigation Partner
Law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) announced that noted litigator Charles Tompkins has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington office....
UK’s Antitrust Regulator Appoints New Executive Director
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has appointed David Stewart to the role of Executive Director, Mergers and Markets.
Currently a partner at Towerhouse...
DOJ Nominee Kanter Says He Plans “Vigorous” Antitrust Enforcement During Hearing
Jonathan Kanter told lawmakers he would bring “vigorous” enforcement to the helm of the Justice Department’s antitrust division, as they weigh his nomination to...
US Senator Lee Questions DOJ & FTC Antitrust Enforcement
Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Reps. Ken Buck (R-CO), and Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to Richard Powers, Acting Assistant Attorney General...