Tag: Antitrust suit
US: Bumble Bee files bankruptcy amid antitrust suits
Bumble Bee Foods, the largest North American brand of packaged seafood, filed for bankruptcy amid criminal fines and civil lawsuits stemming from a federal...
US: CargoSprint beats shipping logistics antitrust suit
PayCargo failed to offer enough economic detail to back up its claims that CargoSprint used its warehouse logistics software to monopolize payment processing...
US: Houston strip clubs challenged in antitrust suit
An adult entertainment venue is suing the city of Houston, alleging that it is harmed because its competitors are immune to certain city rules...
US: Align gets rival antitrust suit tossed
Align, maker of the popular Invisalign orthodontic treatment for straightening teeth without metal braces, won a ruling dismissing an antitrust lawsuit 3Shape filed in August 2018.
3Shape...
US: Elon Musk knew SolarCity was broke before merger with Tesla...
Back in 2016, Tesla acquired solar panel manufacturer SolarCity, billing the US$2.6 billion deal as an opportunity to create "the world's only vertically integrated...
US: Endeavor seeks dismissal of Writers Guild antitrust suit
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment has filed a motion to dismiss the Writers Guild of America’s (WGA) counterclaims in a federal antitrust lawsuit in which...
US: Sanofi seeks billions in EpiPen antitrust suit
Sanofi wants Mylan to pay up to US$11.7 billion in damages for engaging in a scheme to squelch competition to its EpiPen allergy treatment,...
US: Beef packers antitrust suit to be consolidated into one
Three lawsuits filed against America’s largest beef packers can be consolidated, a Minnesota federal court ruled last week.
US Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer wrote in...
US: Baltimore and Philadelphia consolidate bank antitrust suit
Baltimore and Philadelphia consolidated their class-action lawsuits alleging that eight of the nation’s biggest banks, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Citigroup, conspired...
US: Real estate brokerage industry faces antitrust suit
US antitrust officials are investigating potentially anti-competitive practices in the residential real estate brokerage business, with a focus on compensation to brokers and restrictions...
