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FTC NEEDS MORE TIME TO REVIEW MERGER
On January 26, 2008 Hexion Specialty Chemicals announced that both it and Huntsman Corporation agreed to allow additional time for the Federal Trade Commission to review the proposed merger of the two companies. As a…
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES DIVESTITURES IN PEARSON'S ACQUISITION OF HARCOURT ASSESSMENT
On January 24, 2008 the DOJ announced that it will require Pearson Plc to divest assets relating to three clinical testing markets in order to proceed with Pearson's proposed $950 million acquisition of Harcourt Assessment.…
FTC CHALLENGES 'ETHERNET' STANDARD USED IN PERSONAL COMPUTERS
On January 24, 2008 the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) or (“Commission”) announced a complaint and settlement with Negotiated Data Solutions LLC (N-Data), which allegedly violated federal law by engaging in unfair methods of competition and…
COMMISSION LAUNCHES SECTOR INQUIRY INTO PHARMACEUTICALS
On January 16, 2008 the European Commission (the “Commission”) announced that it launched an inquiry into the pharmaceuticals sector under Article 17 of Regulation (EC) 1/2003. The Commission is concerned that competition within the pharmaceuticals…
OPERA FILES ANTITRUST COMPLAINT AGAINST MICROSOFT
Opera, a Norwegian developer of web-browsers, filed a complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission (the “Commission“) claiming Microsoft is abusing its dominant position by tying its browser, Internet Explorer, to the Windows operating system…
FTC STOPS DECEPTIVE “HEALTH CONFERENCES” AND SALES OF SUPPOSED
The Federal Trade Commission stopped a father, his two sons, and their network of companies from deceptively selling a healthcare business opportunity with false promises of earning up to a million dollars in profits. In…
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTORS ARRESTED FOR CONSPIRING TO STEAL INFORMATION ON FUEL SUPPLY CONTRACTS
Two U.S. Department of Defense (“DOD”) contractors were arrested in New York City on January 6, 2008, and charged with conspiring to steal information relating to DOD contracts to supply fuel to DOD aircraft worldwide.…
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION CLOSES GOOGLE/DOUBLECLICK INVESTIGATION
On December 20, 2007 the Federal Trade Commission announced that it will not seek to block Google Inc.’s proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of Internet advertising server DoubleClick Inc. In a 4-1 vote to close its…
E.U. COMMISSION FINES FLAT-GLASS PRICE-FIXING CARTEL
On November 28, 2007, the European Commission (“the Commission”) applied the 2006 Guidelines on Fines for only the second time, fining four companies a total of €486.9 million ($720 million). Asahi, Guardian, Pilkington and Saint-Gobain…
FTC ENTERS INTO A SETTLEMENT REGARDING SCHERING-PLOUGH’S ACQUISITION OF ORGANON BIOSCIENCES N.V.
On November 16, 2007, the Federal Trade Commission entered into a settlement regarding Schering-Plough Corporation’s proposed $14.4 billion acquisition of Organon BioSciences N.V. from Akzo-Nobel N.V. The FTC alleges that the deal harms competition in…