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price fixing
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Investigations and Enforcement Blog
Another Generic Drug Company Accepts a Criminal Indictment Alleging Collusion
By Patrick Linehan, Rachel Peck
The Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s investigation into price-fixing by generic drug companies continues to remain one of the Antitrust Division’s most active matters. This week the Antitrust Division announced…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
Roland (U.K.) Limited and Another v Competition and Markets Authority
On 1 September 2020, the CAT published an application by Roland (UK) Limited and Roland Corporation (together, Roland) against the level of the fine imposed by the CMA in its…
Litigation Finance Journal
Price Fixing Alleged in Mayne Pharma Class Action
By John Freund
A class action is moving forward against generic drug maker Mayne Pharma. The suit alleges that Mayne, along with several other pharmaceutical companies, have engaged in a conspiracy to reduce…
Food Safety News
A magistrate judge won’t say why, but denies poultry price-fixing defendant’s safari request
By Dan Flynn
Federal Magistrate Judge Kristen L. Mix denied defendant Mikell Fries request to go on an African safari before his trial next year for price-fixing, but she's made her ruling a…
Employment Class Action Blog
Arbitrator’s Joke Not Sufficient to Vacate Award in Putative Antitrust Class Action
By John Lewis
A poor joke and unsubstantiated hero worship were insufficient to overturn an arbitrator’s award in favor of Travis Kalanick and Uber Technologies Inc., according to U.S. District Judge Jed S.…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v Barclays Bank and others
On 27 July 2020, the High Court dismissed an application by UBS AG to strike out or obtain summary judgment in relation to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC-R) claims…
Food Safety News
DOJ does not want poultry executive going on safari before price-fixing trial
By Dan Flynn
As expected, the Department of Justice attorneys don’t want Claxton Poultry President Mikell Fries to safari in Tanzania before he goes to trial on price-fixing. Fries, one of four poultry…
Triage Health Law
For Your Eyes Only: Anticompetitive Collusion at a UK Hospital
By Erling Estellon, Martin Rees, Diarmuid Ryan
Last week the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its decision to fine Spire and 7 consultants ophthalmologists operating in its Macclesfield hospital for fixing “the level of the…
Food Safety News
Thousands of poultry price-fixing victims are a challenge for the court
By Dan Flynn
Poultry price-fixing has thousands of victims, making it impossible to notify them individually or accord all of their rights contained in the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA). Department of Justice…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
The French Competition Authority Fines 12 Cold Meat Manufacturers €93 Million for Operating a Cartels
On July 16, 2020, the French Competition Authority (“FCA”) imposed a €93 million fine on 12 manufacturers for their participation in a cartel in the ham and cold meat sector.[1]…