This article summarizes about the music licensing on the internet. The US Department of Justice is digging deeper into the alleged anti-competitive licensing practices of the recording industry trade group, the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA, which led the legal crusade against music-swapping service, Napster. The antitrust division is...
BOSTON -- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. announced that it advised CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) in its successful tender offer to purchase more than 70 percent of the outstanding shares of Longs Drugs as well as in the subsequent acquisition of Longs' remaining shares. ...
NEW YORK -- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Lawrence Zweifach has joined the firm's New York office as a partner. Zweifach practices in the areas of securities and antitrust litigation, as well as white collar defense and investigations. Previously, he was a shareholder with Heller...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NVIDIA Corporation today announced that the San Francisco Office of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice DOJ has formally notified NVIDIA that the DOJ investigation into potential antitrust violations related to graphics processing units and cards has been...
MANITOWOC, Wis., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Manitowoc Company, Inc. and Enodis plc (L: ENO) are pleased to announce that the necessary antitrust clearance from the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division ("DOJ") in connection with Manitowoc's proposed acquisition of Enodis has today been obtained. ...
A NON-CME FUTURES EXCHANGE NYSE Euronext NYX launched its futures exchange, NYSE Liffe LLC, and precious metals trading began in early September. Contracts included 100 oz. gold futures, 5,000 oz. silver futures, options on gold and silver futures and mini-sized 33.2 oz. gold and 1,000 oz. silver...
ALTANA has signed a contract to acquire the effect pigment business of the American company United States Bronze Powders Inc. USBP. In 2007, USBP achieved sales of approximately $8 million in this business area. USBP retains its powder business as well as its aluminum pigments business. Within the...
The Altana Group signed a contract to acquire the effect pigment business of United States Bronze Powders Inc. USBP. In 2007, USBP achieved sales of approximately $8 million in this business area. USBP retains its powder business as well as its aluminum pigments business. Within the Altana Group, the acquired...
EL MONTE, Calif. -- Vons Cos. completed the acquisition of Safeway Inc.'s 162-unit Southern California division. In one stroke the $410 million purchase made Vons, which added the stores to its existing 190 units, a major player in the hyper-competitive Southern California market. The deal was furiously opposed...
FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- H. Paul Dorman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fort Worth-based DFB Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced that DFB has signed a definitive agreement to sell its dermatology division Coria Laboratories, Ltd. to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International . Under the terms of...
HOUSTON -- Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WMI) announced that it has received a second request for information from the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice DOJ in connection with the Company's July 24, 2008 filing under the Hart-Scott-Rodino ("HSR") Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 to purchase shares of Republic Services,...
WESEL, Germany -- The specialty chemicals Group ALTANA (Pink Sheets:AAAGY)(FWB:ALT)(GER:ALT) has signed a contract to acquire the effect pigment business of the American company United States Bronze Powders Inc. USBP. In 2007, USBP achieved sales of approximately $8 million in this business area. USBP retains its powder business as well...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The prominent public interest group Freedom Watch founded by Miami attorney Larry Klayman has retained Florida-based public relations firm TransMedia Group to publicize its fight against the economic terrorism of OPEC, radical Islam, the hegemony of hostile Middle East states and tyrants like Hugo...
On July 24, 2008, the business divisionIndustrial Filtration of MAHLE Filtersysteme GmbH signed an agreementconcerning the acquisition of Amafilter Group Holding BV, headquartered inAlkmaar, Netherlands. The Amafilter Group employs approximately 450 employees and is expecting anestimated sales volume of 80 million Euros in 2008. MAHLE Filtersystemewill take over 100 percent...
BAD HOMBURG, Germany -- Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA, the world's largest provider of dialysis products and services, today announced that it signed exclusive license agreements for the intravenous IV Iron products Venofer([R]) iron sucrose and Ferinject([R]) ferric carboxymaltose to treat iron deficiency anemia experienced...
Combination Expands Leadership Position in Injectable Hospital Based Markets SCHAUMBURG, Ill. & BAD HOMBURG v.d.H., Germany -- APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:APPX), a leading provider of hospital-based injectable pharmaceutical products, and Fresenius SE (XETRA:FRE), a global health care group with approximately $18 billion of sales in...
Jun 30, 2008 Air France KLM and three other airlines agreed to pay fines totaling USD$504 million to settle US price-fixing charges involving vast shipments of consumer goods ranging from electronics to medicines, the US Justice Department said on Thursday. The plea deal was the latest in a...
Jun 30, 2008 Air France KLM and three other airlines agreed to pay fines totaling USD$504 million to settle US price-fixing charges involving vast shipments of consumer goods ranging from electronics to medicines, the US Justice Department said on Thursday. The plea deal was the latest in a...
BOSTON -- CRA International, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAI), a worldwide leader in providing management, economics, and financial consulting services, assisted antitrust counsel for SABMiller ("Miller") in connection with a proposed joint venture with Molson Coors Brewing Company ("Coors"). On June 5, 2008, the U.S. Department of...
Law Firm Announces New Partners in Chicago Office's Insurance, Investment Funds, Advisers and Derivatives, Products Liability, Litigation, Tax, Bankruptcy/Corporate Reorganization, Corporate and Labor, Employment and Immigration Practices CHICAGO -- Eleven lawyers in the Chicago office of Sidley Austin LLP are among the 34 lawyers elevated...
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