tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:25:33 +0000A summary of the latest legal news concerning antitrust, price-fixing and other anti-competitive behavior.http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/noreply@blogger.com (K.T.)Blogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-3443846773559912305Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:14:00 +00002009-01-26T14:14:41.974-08:00Be wary of Internet prescription drug sites | NewsChief.com | News Chief | Winter Haven, FL: "It has been said that anything can be bought over the Internet. The Internet has truly changed the way people not only shop in the United States but how they work and live. The Internet has made it possible to compare prices without even leaving your home. Unfortunately, not everything sold on the http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2009/01/be-wary-of-internet-prescription-drug_26.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-115462674002578893Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:39:00 +00002006-08-03T10:39:00.026-07:00McClatchy Deal's Antitrust Okay Comes With Warning To MediaNews, Hearst: "The U.S. Justice Department's Antitrust Division gave the buyers and the sellers of the San Jose Mercury News and two other Bay Area dailies just about everything they could wish for. In addition to concluding The McClatchy Co.'s sale of the Mercury News and Contra Costa Times to MediaNews 'is not likely to reduce http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2006/08/mcclatchy-deals-antitrust-okay-comes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-115462668262393523Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:38:00 +00002006-08-03T10:38:02.626-07:00"Rambus Inc. engaged in ''deceptive conduct'' in its bid to control patents for high-speed computer-memory chips, the Federal Trade Commission said in a ruling that may limit the company's ability to collect royalties. " [Salt Lake Tribune]http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2006/08/rambus-loses-ftc-antitrust-appeal-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-114365788173217401Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:44:00 +00002006-03-29T10:44:41.733-08:00CNW Group: "Sawbell Lumber Co., Norwood Sash & Door Manufacturing Co., Columbare Inc., West Lumber Co., and Frontier Lumber Co. Inc. are the named plaintiffs in the five lawsuits. Each named plaintiff seeks to have the case certified as a class action, with the named plaintiff serving as the representative of a class of persons and entities that purchased OSB in the United States directly from http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2006/03/norbord-and-six-other-north-american.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-114365781228342777Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:43:00 +00002006-03-29T10:43:32.283-08:00Ainsworth Lumber Named in US Class Action Lawsuit Against North American OSB Producers: "Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. ('Ainsworth') (TSX:ANS) announced today that it has been named as a defendant in several lawsuits filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. A number of other North American oriented strand board ('OSB') producers have also been named as http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2006/03/ainsworth-lumber-named-in-us-class.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-114365776653059028Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:42:00 +00002006-03-29T10:42:46.540-08:00DisplayPage: "Five lawsuits have been filed against eight North American OSB producers alleging that the companies conspired to reduce OSB supplies and fix prices in violation of U.S. antitrust laws. The suits were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of Norwood Sash & Door Manufacturing Co., Sawbell Lumber Co., Columbare Inc.,West Lumber Co., and http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2006/03/displaypage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-114124334823014595Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:02:00 +00002006-03-01T12:02:28.246-08:00http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2006/03/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-114065359670042702Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:13:00 +00002006-02-22T16:13:16.700-08:00Business | Reuters.co.in: "Air Canada parent ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. said on Wednesday that Canada's antitrust agency is investigating carriers that provide international air cargo services in a widening of the global investigation of suspected price-fixing. 'We did receive yesterday a letter from the Competition Bureau of Canada stating that it has begun an investigation into the activities http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2006/02/canada-probes-international-air-cargo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-114065352714099610Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:12:00 +00002006-02-22T16:12:07.140-08:00Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong News and Business.: "Asian airlines are waiting anxiously for the other shoe to drop in a price-fixing scandal whose widening global net has cast a pall over the US$50 billion air-cargo business. Japan Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways, Singapore Airlines, Nippon Cargo Airlines and two South Korean carriers - Korean Air andhttp://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2006/02/air-cargo-shaken-by-price-fixing-probe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-114065342828037810Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:10:00 +00002006-02-22T16:10:28.280-08:00AWST STORY: "Last week, officials raided offices of many airlines in Frankfurt, Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Seoul and other cities. In some cases, computers were confiscated as evidence. Investigators requested information from several more carriers without searching facilities. While the investigation's primary focus is in Europe, authorities in Asia and the U.S. cooperated, too, with the http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2006/02/much-of-cargo-industry-under.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-114065334975831471Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:09:00 +00002006-02-22T16:09:09.756-08:00The Australian: Raids rock alleged air cargo cult [February 16, 2006]: "A WORLDWIDE cartel probe has seen European, US and South Korean antitrust officials jointly raiding the offices of major airlines. The probes involve British Airways, Lufthansa, Air France-KLM, Japan Airlines, Korean Air, Asiana Airlines and several other air cargo companies."http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2006/02/australian-raids-rock-alleged-air.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-114065327572616057Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:07:00 +00002006-02-22T16:07:55.726-08:00CNN.com - Air cargo probe widens to Asia - Feb 14, 2006: "A global probe into possible price-fixing in the air cargo industry widened to Asia on Wednesday as Japan Airlines and two South Korean airlines said authorities had searched their offices."http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2006/02/air-cargo-probe-widens-to-asia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-114065316607975060Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:06:00 +00002006-02-22T16:06:06.133-08:00Probe over alleged air cargo price-fixing widens - International Business - MSNBC.com: "More than a dozen airlines around the world had their offices searched or were otherwise contacted by U.S. and EU investigators probing the possibility of illegal price fixing in the air cargo business."http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2006/02/probe-over-alleged-air-cargo-price.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-112362145925458727Tue, 09 Aug 2005 21:04:00 +00002005-08-09T14:04:19.253-07:00"Lucent Technologies Inc. last week disclosed it has been asked to supply documentation to a federal grand jury in Georgia examining antitrust violations of the schools and libraries subsidy program known as the E-rate. "The subpoena 'relates to a Department of Justice investigation of potential antitrust and other violations by various participants in connection with the federal E-rate http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2005/08/lucent-subpoenaed-in-georgia-e-rate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-112362138581204343Tue, 09 Aug 2005 21:03:00 +00002005-08-09T14:03:05.813-07:00"Because the questions of antitrust are still very much with us, there is always need for a good book to remind us how much harm antitrust actions can do. Unfortunately, 'The Abolition of Antitrust' (Transaction, 176 pages, $39.95) is not that book. A collection of essays on the economics, legal history, and morality of antitrust, its essayists quote liberally and lovingly from Ayn Rand. http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2005/08/should-we-trust-antitrust-laws.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-112362126075049219Tue, 09 Aug 2005 21:01:00 +00002005-08-09T14:01:00.770-07:00"South Korean antitrust investigators are probing Intel's dealings with local PC makers, it has emerged. "In June, Korea's Fair Trade Commission asked Intel to supply information regarding 'marketing and rebate programmes' put in place by the chip giant's Korean subsidiary, Intel's latest filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reveal." [Channel Register]http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2005/08/korea-mounts-intel-antitrust-probe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-111755940140265211Tue, 31 May 2005 17:10:00 +00002005-05-31T10:10:01.406-07:00"Probe Into Fertiliser Sector New Blow to Sasol: "IN THE latest of a spate of clashes with competition authorities in SA and Europe, Sasol faces the possibility of coughing up about R6bn for alleged anticompetitive conduct in the fertiliser industry." [AllAfrica.como]http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2005/05/probe-into-fertiliser-sector-new-blow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-111755921441682358Tue, 31 May 2005 17:06:00 +00002005-05-31T10:06:54.420-07:00"SHORTLY after Sasol and Total last month abandoned plans to establish a global wax joint venture, the European Commission launched an investigation into Sasol’s wax business as part of its industry-wide probe into alleged anticompetitive behaviour." [Business Day: South Africa]http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2005/05/sasol-wax-faces-heat-from-european.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-111568474798355158Tue, 10 May 2005 00:25:00 +00002005-05-09T17:25:47.990-07:00"Sources inform 'Globes' that Dan Dankner, a senior director and one of the controlling partners in Bank Hapoalim (LSE:BKHD; TASE:POLI), was interrogated this week at the offices of the Antitrust Authority department of investigations in Tel Aviv. "The interrogation was related to the authority's investigation of Dor Chemicals (TASE:DORC), which is controlled by the Dankner family." [Globes http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2005/05/antitrust-authority-questions-dan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-111568462295801308Tue, 10 May 2005 00:23:00 +00002005-05-09T17:23:42.980-07:00"The Atlanta-based giant has had a stressful 12 months. It has had to settle a five-year European Union antitrust case by promising to scrap controversial retail discounts and by agreeing to share more display space with rivals, and had to deal with the discovery of higher than permitted levels of the chemical bromate in samples of its bottled water brand, Dasani in the UK." [http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2005/05/coke-reports-profit-drop-amid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-111568442982578658Tue, 10 May 2005 00:20:00 +00002005-05-09T17:20:29.833-07:00"Crompton Corp., a maker of specialty chemicals and polymer products, on Tuesday reported a lower quarterly profit as it undergoes a restructuring, but results still surpassed Wall Street expectations. "First-quarter net income was $20.4 million, or 17 cents per share, compared to $61 million, or 53 cents per share, a year earlier. Profit included a 2 cent per share gain on a unit due to be http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2005/05/crompton-1q-profit-dips-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-111568426534483945Tue, 10 May 2005 00:17:00 +00002005-05-09T17:17:45.353-07:00"Syndial S.p.A., an Italian company formerly known as Enichem S.p.A., has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $9 million criminal fine for participating in an international conspiracy to fix prices in the polychloroprene rubber market, the Department of Justice announced today. "Polychloroprene rubber, also known as chloroprene rubber, is a synthetic rubber used in a variety of products, http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2005/05/italian-company-syndial-to-plead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-111568412657095597Tue, 10 May 2005 00:15:00 +00002005-05-09T17:15:26.596-07:00"Don't have much to offer on this yet, but it's certainly interesting...the Wall Street Journal reported today that antitrust regulators are planning to sue the National Association of Realtors, alleging that its policies will illegally restrict discounting of sales commissions and put online competitors at a disadvantage." [Column - San Jose Mercury News]http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2005/05/real-estate-commissions-in-spotlight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-111568391370371859Tue, 10 May 2005 00:11:00 +00002005-05-09T17:11:53.716-07:00"Hillenbrand must also pay lawyers as it seeks to ward off complaints by hungrier coffin makers. It was one of several funeral suppliers accused in a class-action antitrust claim last week of conspiring to keep competitors' cheaper caskets out of funeral homes. Other defendants include Alderwoods Group (AWGI), Service Corp. International (SCI) and Stewart Enterprises (STEI)." [SmartMoney.com]http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2005/05/one-day-wonder-six-feet-under.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759578.post-111568371430750304Tue, 10 May 2005 00:08:00 +00002005-05-09T17:08:34.343-07:00"U.S. may file suit over real estate rule | CNET News.com: "The trade group representing U.S. real estate brokers could face a lawsuit over an industry rule antitrust authorities fear could hurt online competitors and stifle commission discounts, a source familiar with the matter said Monday. Lawyers from the Justice Department and the National Association of Realtors (NAR) are scheduled to http://www.antitrustfirm.com/antitrust-blog/2005/05/us-may-file-suit-over-real-estate-rule.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K.T.)0