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• United, Continental Antitrust Application Slammed by DOJ

  BNET - 2009-07-01

  It was looking like a pretty easy ride for Continental, United, Air Canada, and those on the other side of the Pond in their quest for antitrust immunity when the DOT said that it was in favor of the proposal. That was until the DOJ got involved. The...

  Tags: Antitrust, U.S. Department Of Justice, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Brett Snyder

• Tech Law: Dell In Contempt, DOJ Delays Oracle-Sun Deal, More

  BNET - 2009-06-29

  Dell found in contempt; IBM fails to stop Dell hire of M&A exec; Apple-Psystar case to proceed and Apple sued by consumers again; Germany court readies to fine Rapidshare; the FCC has new chairman, commissioner; Nortel creditors want to halt unit sale to Nokia Siemens Networks; and the DOJ wants...

  Tags: Contempt, Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Mergers & Acquisitions, Federal Government, Investment, Finance, Government, Erik Sherman

• Justice Department May Drop UBS Tax Evasion Case: Report

  Reuters - 2009-06-23

  By Jason Rhodes and Emma ThomassonZURICH (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department may drop a legal case aimed at forcing Swiss bank UBS AG UBSN UBS to reveal the names of 52,000 wealthy American clients suspected of offshore tax evasion, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.Swiss Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf...

  Tags: Bank, Switzerland, U.S. Department Of Justice, UBS AG, Taxes, Free Trade, Tax, US

• Google Book Deal in DOJ Sights

  BNET - 2009-06-11

  The Department of Justice is showing increasing interest in the settlement between Google, book publishers, and the Authors Guild. And the way debate is shaping up in the publishing community, what had seemed a PR stroke of genius for Google -- make use of copyrighted material, wait to get sued,...

  Tags: Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Public Relations, Litigation, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Business Operations, Erik Sherman

• Abbott Claims DOJ Let 12 Years' of Drug Pricing Documents Get Destroyed

  BNET - 2009-06-09

  Abbott Labs has accused the Department of Justice of failing to preserve 12 years' worth of evidence in a massive case about whether drug companies artificially inflated the price of drugs. by Jim Edwards

  Tags: U.S. Department Of Justice, Pricing Strategy, Abbott Labs, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Jim Edwards

• Tech Law: DoJ investigates high tech hiring, Apple Sued over E-Commerce, More

  BNET - 2009-06-08

  Yahoo sues the NFL over the right to use statistics, photos, and other information in online fantasy football; the DoJ is investigating hiring practices at tech firms; a court awarded TiVO $103 million in its ongoing fight against Dish Network; Apple, eBay, and others are sued over e-commerce technology; the...

  Tags: Hiring, Apple Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, E-business, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Recruitment & Selection, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Erik Sherman

• Tech Law: DOJ Eyes Google Settlement, Apple Sued, Linux Guns for FAT, More

  BNET - 2009-05-04

  DoJ eyes Google Books settlement; Wiki operator sues Apple; Steve Jobs deposition clarifies some Apple history; Linux consortium guns for Microsoft's FAT patents; details of Pirate Bay verdict; and the RIAA only gets $7,000 for a three-year-old copyright infringement suit. by Erik Sherman

  Tags: Google Inc., Settlement, Apple Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Linux, Litigation, Wiki, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Business Operations, Online Communications, Erik Sherman

• Forest Labs Q1: $170 Million Fee for DOJ; Its Numbers Are Written in "Invisible Ink"

  BNET - 2009-04-23

  Forest Labs is holding a $170 million contingency fee in case it needs to settle allegations by the Department of Justice that it bribed doctors --- with such things as $1,000 gift certificates to Alain Ducasse -- into  prescribing Lexapro and Celexa for children even though it was not approved...

  Tags: U.S. Department Of Justice, Forest Labs, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Internet, Marketing Research, Sales, Marketing, Jim Edwards

• Google dropped Yahoo! ad deal hours before litigation

  Strategy Eye - 2008-12-04

  Google abandoned its search ad deal with rival Yahoo! just three hours before the US Department of Justice DOJ was due to file an antitrust lawsuit alleging Google has a monopoly on the online ad market, claims a lawyer involved in the proceedings. ...

  Tags: Google Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Litigation, Agreement, U.S. Department Of Justice, Search, Google, US Justice Department, Yahoo!, Andrew McDonald

• DOJ Hound Wanted To Sink Teeth Into GOOG, YHOO Deal

  Content Next - 2008-12-04

  Looks like Jerry Yang and the rest of the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) gang weren't the only ones sad to see the search outsourcing deal with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) die. Sanford Litvack, a lawyer the Department of Justice hired specifically to examine the deal, was hungry for the chance to...

  Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Companies, Google, Yahoo, Legal, Tameka Kee