Sentences with phrase «antitrust action against»

But efforts to enact the proposed revisions were put on hold when the federal government brought an antitrust action against NAR.

The funds will also be used to help defray costs incurred by local associations involved in federal antitrust action against them or against NAR.

* NFL cheerleaders can't pursue antitrust action against entity that's already lost an antitrust action.

Calls will grow in the US for antitrust action against Amazon - This was one of my long shot predictions from last year, and I'm bringing it back because I think it's becoming an inevitability.

The United States of America, acting under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, brings this civil antitrust action against Defendants Apple, Inc. («Apple»); Hachette Book Group, Inc. («Hachette»); HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. («HarperCollins»); Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH and Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC d / b / a Macmillan (collectively, «Macmillan»); The Penguin Group, a division of Pearson plc and Penguin Group (USA), Inc. (collectively, «Penguin»); and Simon & Schuster, Inc. («Simon & Schuster»; collectively with Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, and Penguin, «Publisher Defendants») to obtain equitable relief to prevent and remedy violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1.

Laddie Montague, a lawyer whose firm is representing one Angelo Coniglio of Buffalo in his antitrust action against the Bills, the NFL and Rozelle, exclaims, «It's a great game, a wonderful sport!»

When the Government launched antitrust action against the trotting association in 1958 Sheppard told the frightened directors to fight back.

In contrast, upon every single antitrust action against successful non-monopoly corporations (see Figure 1), innovation did not immediately burst forth.

In response to negative coverage in Jeff Bezos» Washington Post, Trump claimed Bezos bought the paper as a «tax shelter» that he could use to block antitrust action against Amazon (AMZN), which he described as a monopoly.

This latter impetus takes two forms: withdrawing antitrust actions against successful non-monopoly companies and dissolving actual monopolies.

Lawyers have always benefited from antitrust actions against Microsoft in that these cases have generated lots of fees for attorneys.

Not exact matches

In December 2012, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, granted final approval of a $ 43 million settlement of individual actions against JPMorgan Chase and Bear Stearns, as well as numerous other providers and brokers, alleging antitrust violations in the market for financial instruments related to municipal bond offerings.»

More important, and typical of conventional explanations, the suggestion of a causative link between antitrust actions and falling stock prices goes against the assumptions of many other conventional analysts.

While MLS commissioner Doug Logan denied Clemetson's allegations, the league's handling of Caligiuri underlined flaws in the system, which in February prompted 10 players to file a class - action suit against MLS, claiming that the league's restraints on players violated antitrust laws.

CPC settle class - action suit: CPC International Inc. has agreed to settle, for $ 7 million, a federal antitrust class - action suit brought against it on behalf of customers for high fructose corn syrup.

News — 1) TeleRead has a good roundup of the latest legal filings by Penguin (PDF) and Macmillan (PDF) in the DOJ antitrust suit and by Apple in the class action suit against the same defendants.

But when I ask myself whose side I'd want to be on in a DoJ action against RWA (or its members) for antitrust violations resulting from an RWA «mandate» (or whatever you want to call it) that initial advances be $ 1,000 or more, I'd want to defend RWA.

It was an antitrust case that sought certification of a class action on behalf of merchants against Visa and MasterCard.

We also represent Toshiba Corporation in their ongoing defense against class action and opt - out private antitrust cases involving allegations of price - fixing in the CRT industry.

Our attorneys regularly litigate complex unfair trade practices, antitrust, business torts and contract actions against major regional and national law firms and often serve as local counsel to out - of - state firms engaged in litigation in Connecticut state and federal courts.

March 5, 2014 SEATTLE — Student athletes playing under NCAA auspices today filed an antitrust class - action lawsuit against the NCAA and the NCAA's most powerful members including the...

Successfully litigated antitrust class action suit for Panasonic against SD Memory Card holders.

We have extensive experience defending class claims in antitrust, securities and derivative actions, as well as class consumer fraud, breach of warranty, contract, environmental tort and other regulatory claims against manufacturers, retailers, financial institutions and insurance carriers.

She is uniquely - positioned as a leader in the specialist field of pharmaceutical antitrust law and has acted for a range of pharmaceutical companies, both generics and originators, such as Merck in the seminal pay for delay cases of Lundbeck in the ECJ and paroxetine in the CAT; Pfizer, Teva and Roche in the series of High Court actions brought by Chemistree; and Flynn Pharma in the current UK appeal against the CMA on excessive pricing.

Our reputation as one of the top class action defense firms in the country results from our significant experience in defending against alleged class actions across a broad range of pharmaceutical and other products litigation, as well as antitrust, employment and securities litigation.

Recent successes include a landmark $ 1 billion antitrust verdict against Dow Chemical Company over urethane price - fixing, and the largest class action settlement pertaining to the fraudulent sale of mortgage - backed securities — a $ 500 million recovery for purchasers of Countrywide mortgage - backed securities.

Mr. Girard currently serves on the leadership team in the Target and Sony data breach actions; serves as lead counsel in derivative litigation on behalf of Wal - Mart shareholders arising out of alleged bribery in Mexico, lead counsel for commodities investors in litigation arising out of the collapse of a commodities futures merchant, and lead counsel in a multi-district «pay for delay» antitrust proceeding against major pharmaceutical companies.

The new legislation is likely to encourage claimants to bring damages actions against antitrust infringements in Bulgaria.

A group of individuals («Plaintiffs») filed a class action antitrust lawsuit against Realcomp II Ltd. («MLS»), a regional multiple listing...