Gearing up for a last appeal to potential co-plaintiffs, Independent Video Retailers Group IVRG president Bob Webb last week identified many of the retailers who have already signed on to the group's proposed antitrust lawsuit. Gearing up for a last appeal to potential co-plaintiffs,...
United States -- Independent petrol-station owners in June filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing Texaco Inc., Shell Oil Co. and a Saudi Arabian oil company of conspiring to fix petrol prices and force them out of business. The independent owners said S United States -- Independent petrol-station...
Santa Barbara, CA -- Green Hills Software Inc. reports that it has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit to stop Wind River Systems Inc. from reportedly abandoning their mutual customers. Green Hills adds that Wind River also recently sued it allegedly Santa Barbara, CA --...
LONDON AFP — The ATP Tour on Wednesday expressed relief as a US court threw out a multimillion dollar antitrust case brought by the German Tennis Federation DTB against the dropping of Hamburg's Masters Series status. The downgrading from 2009 of the event, which had previously served as...
SAN FRANCISCO AP -- Drug company Abbott Laboratories Inc. agreed Wednesday to pay between $10 million and $27.5 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed by AIDS patients over the company's 400 percent price hike of a popular HIV drug. The ultimate payout depends on the resolution...
Seeks to Restrain Competition with Filing CHICAGO -- Neutral Tandem, Inc. (NASDAQ:TNDM) is attempting to limit competition in the telecommunications market by filing a patent infringement lawsuit against Peerless Network, LLC, a growing competitor in the field, according to a court filing made on behalf of Peerless Network...
PHILADELPHIA -- Lannett Company, Inc. (AMEX:LCI), a manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals, today said that on June 6, 2008 it initiated a lawsuit against KV Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its subsidiaries Drugtech Corporation and Ther-Rx Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Lannett seeks a declaratory judgment of...
PLANO, Texas, July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EDS today announced that the European Commission has approved Hewlett-Packard Company's proposed acquisition of EDS without condition. This follows the previously announced expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 relating to the proposed acquisition without a...
Calder Race Course Racing Signal to Resume Out-of-State Broadcasts on July 10 LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Officials of Churchill Downs Incorporated ("Company" or "CDI") (NASDAQ: CHDN) and representatives of the Florida Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association ("FHBPA") have come to agreements on a 2008 purse contract...
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — IBM announced on Wednesday that it has bought Platform Solutions Inc., acquiring its California rival's technology and ending lawsuits which the firms had filed against each other. PSI workers and intellectual property will be melded into IBM's "long-term mainframe product engineering cycles"...
TRENTON, N.J., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 30, 2008, in response to a lawsuit filed by Graco Inc., Gama Corporation and Denis Commette filed an antitrust counterclaim against Graco Inc., and Graco Minnesota, Inc. In their lawsuit, Gama and Mr. Commette allege that Graco...
OMAHA, Neb. AP -- When Ryan Lochte puts on his high-tech swimsuit, the only thing missing is the cape. "I feel like an action hero," the world record-holder said. But, amid an all-out assault on the record book and gushy...
OMAHA, Nebraska AFP — Behind the battle for Beijing berths at the US Olympic swimming trials another conflict was simmering: The swimsuit wars. Speedo's sensational new LZR Racer has taken swimming by storm, playing a role in 19 of 20 long course records set this year....
Agreement Would Bring Total Payments From MasterCard And Visa To $4 Billion Settlement To Help Lessen Impact of Weakening Economy NEW YORK -- American Express (NYSE: AXP) announced today that it has reached an agreement with MasterCard Inc. to drop a lawsuit alleging...
NEW YORK AFP — MasterCard agreed to pay American Express up to 1.8 billion dollars to settle an antitrust lawsuit, the companies said Wednesday. American Express said it had reached an agreement with MasterCard to drop the lawsuit alleging it had illegally blocked Amex from the...
LONDON -- The ATP board is expected to rubber stamp tough new sanctions for match fixing just as Wimbledon begins. The ATP, which runs men's tennis, said it agrees with 15 recommendations from an independent panel released last month to combat the potential for corruption and...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. AP -- A federal judge has refused to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit against the owners of Charleston's two daily newspapers, saying that he needs to hear more from both sides in the dispute. U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr.'s ruling...
Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. were sued Wednesday by customers seeking to block the airlines' merger because they said the transaction violates antitrust laws. Twenty-eight customers from 10 states filed a complaint in federal court in San Francisco, claiming Delta's...
BEIJING AFP — China has begun an anti-monopoly investigation into US giant Microsoft and several other global software firms, the country's intellectual property watchdog said Wednesday. The development comes with Microsoft already embroiled in a standoff with the top antitrust watchdog in Europe, where officials have...
Analogix Semiconductor Alleges Silicon Image Unlawfully Controls the HDMI Market SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Analogix Semiconductor, Inc., a manufacturer and innovator of high-performance analog and mixed signal devices for the digital media and communications markets, has sued Silicon Image, Inc. and two of its wholly-owned...
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