Sentences with phrase «of violating antitrust laws»

Each antitrust lawyer at our firm has experience representing companies accused of violating antitrust laws.

International investigations into leading chocolatiers sparked several American lawsuits accusing the world's biggest chocolate companies of violating antitrust laws.

After being found guilty of violating antitrust laws by a US District Judge in 2013 and by an Appeals court in 2015, Apple's request for an appeal to the US Supreme Court was denied this past March, forcing it to settle with the plaintiffs.

Federal judge says investors may pursue lawsuit accusing 12 major banks of violating antitrust law, Reuters

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«If Mylan engaged in anti-competitive business practices, or violated antitrust laws with the intent and effect of limiting lower cost competition, we will hold them accountable.»

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company conspired with other dental supply companies to violate federal antitrust laws; (ii) discovery of the foregoing conduct would subject the Company to heightened regulatory scrutiny and potential criminal sanctions; and (iii) that as a result of the foregoing, Henry Schein's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Foxconn parent Hon Hai Precision Industry, Wistron, Compal Electronics and Pegatron alleged that Qualcomm violated two sections of the Sherman Act, a U.S. antitrust law.

«In concluding that Aetna's acquisition of Humana would violate federal antitrust laws, the court has protected consumers and the competition on which they rely.

The government argued during the trial that, if it were to own Time Warner, AT&T would violate antitrust law because the combined company could work to get higher prices out of pay - TV distributors by threatening to withhold Time Warner content, which includes networks CNN, HBO and TNT.

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.

Judge Wilken, and later three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, concluded that the NCAA and its nearly 1,300 members violated antitrust law by unlawfully conspiring to prevent players from negotiating the monetary value of their names, images and likenesses.

But as cases of academic fraud and evidence of steering continue, it's becoming easier for those attacking the NCAA to point to substantive evidence that the NCAA does promote education enough to allow it to blatantly violate antitrust laws.

No activity or discussion at any Association meeting or other function may be engaged in for the purpose of bringing about any understanding or agreement among members that may violate or appear to violate the antitrust laws, including but not limited to raise, lower or stabilize prices; to regulate production; to allocate markets; to encourage boycotts; to foster unfair trade practices; to assist monopolization; or to in any way violate federal or state antitrust laws.

A judge convicted Gilman and McNenney in 2008 of violating state antitrust laws.

«If Mylan engaged in anti-competitive business practices, or violated antitrust laws with the intent and effect of limiting lower cost competition, we will hold them accountable.

«If Mylan engaged in anti-competitive business practices, or violated antitrust laws with the intent and effect of limiting lower cost competition, we will hold them accountable,» Schneiderman said.

In the plea deal with the U.S. Department of Justice, NEC Business Network Solutions Inc. — an Irving, Texas - based subsidiary of NEC America Inc. — also accepted responsibility for violating federal antitrust laws by allocating contracts to avert competition and rigging...

For its part, HarperCollins said that it «did not violate any antitrust laws» and maintained that its «business terms and policies have been, and continue to be, designed to give readers the greatest choice of formats, features, value, platforms and partners — for both print and digital.»

Hachette Livre said it «remains confident that it did not violate the antitrust laws, and has made no admission of liability,» but added that the «costs, length, and distractions of the proceedings before the European Commission would be too disruptive to its business and to the development of ebook markets in general».

But when businesses that dominate production of a particular item (which pretty much defines the Big Six publishers prior to the Kindle rollout) agree behind the scenes to charge a particular price for that item, instead of competing against one another and letting the market set the price, they run the risk of violating U.S. antitrust law.

But in doing so, the U.S. Justice Department contends, Apple violated antitrust laws by colluding with the five largest book publishers — HarperCollins, the Penguin Group, the Hatchett Group, MacMillan, and Simon & Schuster — to fix the prices of electronic books.

The US Department of Justice has urged an appeals court to uphold the verdict against Apple that found the fruity firm had violated antitrust laws and conspired with book publishers to fix the price of ebooks.

In a surprise ruling, a New York district judge found Apple guilty of conspiring to raise the retail prices of e-books with publishers and violating antitrust and state laws.

I can't find it right now — my laptop with most of my research on it died before I could back the research up — but there are several posts by authors and publishing insiders who admit that Apple and the Publishing 5 may have colluded in such a way as to violate the antitrust laws.

This summer, the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Apple violated federal antitrust law by conspiring to fix the price of ebooks.

The complainant, retired Department of Justice antitrust lawyer Michael Hirrel, believes the utilities» abuse of their legitimate monopoly power violates federal antitrust laws, and he is urging the FTC to investigate.

We think it beyond question that a union may conclude a wage agreement with the multiemployer bargaining unit without violating the antitrust laws, and that it may, as a matter of its own policy, and not by agreement with all or part of the employers of that unit, seek the same wages from other employers.

Echoing the familiar story of David and Goliath, one Uber customer's lawsuit against the company's co-founder alleging the practice of raising prices during certain situations violates antitrust laws was a considered to be a long shot.

In June 2015, Weil persuaded a Tennessee federal court to dismiss with prejudice a putative nationwide class action (Marshall) brought by NCAA Division I student - athletes alleging that CBS, other networks, college athletic conferences, and licensors, profited from the broadcast and use of student - athletes» names, images, and likenesses without permission, violating Tennessee's right of publicity statute and federal antitrust laws.

Back in 2012 a group of iPhone owners accused Apple of violating U.S. antitrust law by requiring apps to be sold exclusively at its own App Store, instead of allowing third party sources too.

On a Wall Street Journal report, The European Union (EU) accuses companies Canon Inc (CAJ), General Electric (GE), Merck (MKGAY), and Sigma - Aldrich Corp of violating the EU's antitrust laws.

Though Taubman pleaded not guilty, he was convicted for conspiracy to violate antitrust laws in his capacity as owner of the Sotheby's auction house on Dec. 5.

COMPLAINT: Military Services charged that Realty Consultants violated federal antitrust laws and Virginia conspiracy statutes by conspiring to deprive Military Services of its highly trained key employees.

The Daily Progress newspaper in Charlottesville alleged that the REALTORS ® had violated federal and state antitrust laws by engaging in a group boycott of the newspaper.

In Thompson v. DeKalb Board of REALTORS ®, the 11th Circuit addressed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant Board and MLS, dismissing plaintiffs» claim that the Federal antitrust laws are violated by the requirement that brokers be REALTORS ® to gain access to the Board's MLS.

Supreme Court of the United States affirms lower court rulings that found a dental licensing board violated federal antitrust laws and was not immune from antitrust scrutiny because the board was not sufficiently supervised by the state.

An administrative law judge has considered whether a REALTOR ® multiple listing service violated federal antitrust law through its policies regarding the treatment of exclusive agency listings.

After the cases were filed, AHRN tried to turn the tables on the two MLSs, filing counterclaims alleging that the MLSs violated antitrust and other laws to drive the company out of business.

Despite the fact that staff are well versed in antitrust matters, the presence of staff at a meeting should not invite discussion of matters that violate the letter or spirit of this policy or the antitrust laws.

Next Generation sued both Iowa Realty, First Realty, and their corporate parent, claiming that such refusal to offer to share commissions on the sale of Iowa Realty and First Iowa listings violated the antitrust laws.

In addition, however, real estate professionals should recognize that the outcome of courtroom trials in general, and antitrust trials in particular, does not necessarily depend upon the actual facts regarding the conduct alleged to violate the law.