http://www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys/news.aspx Headline Antitrust Legal News from LexisNexis® en-us http://www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys/images/lexismealeyslogo.gif 130 29 http://www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys/news.aspx Copyright 2013 http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%201%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York on March 28 dismissed federal antitrust claims brought by over-the-counter, bondholder, exchange-based and Charles Schwab plaintiffs against 16 banks involving alleged manipulation of the London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR), an interest rate benchmark (In re: LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation, No. 11 MD 2262, S.D. N.Y.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45909). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%202%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - Chinese vitamin C manufacturers on April 11 moved to reduce by $22.5 million a $253.3 million damages award in favor of a direct purchaser class on its allegations that Chinese corporations participated in an illegal cartel to fix prices and limit supply for exports of vitamin C to the United States (In re Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation $(Animal Science Products, Inc., et al. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., et al.$), No. 06-md-1738, No. 05-cv-0453, E.D. N.Y.; See March 2013). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%203%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN DIEGO - A hospital system failed to allege that a managed care organization and its related entities conspired with a labor union to exclude competition in the markets for emergency and acute care hospital services, a federal judge in California tentatively ruled April 4 (Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. v. Service Employees International Union, et al., No. 11-2652, S.D. Calif.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49189). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%204%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - The federal judge in California overseeing the film transistor-liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCD) antitrust litigation on April 1 in an amended order granted final approval to a $571 million settlement between plaintiffs indirect purchasers and eight states and defendants Toshiba Corp., AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) and LG Display Co. Ltd. on claims that the defendants engaged in a conspiracy with other manufacturers to raise and fix the price of TFT-LCD panels (In re: TFT-LCD $(Flat Panel$) Antitrust Litigation $(All Indirect-Purchaser Plaintiff Class Actions$), MDL No. 3:07-md-1827 SI, N.D. Calif.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49885). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%205%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' LOS ANGELES - A federal judge in California on April 15 preliminary approved a $9.5 million settlement of a class action brought by law students against West Publishing Co. and Kaplan Inc. for conspiring to restrain trade in the market for bar review preparation courses, following his rejection of an earlier settlement (Stephen Stetson, et al. v. West Publishing Corporation, No. CV-08-00810, C.D. Calif.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%206%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - A chain of hardware stores failed to demonstrate that Home Depot USA Inc. violated federal and state antitrust laws by entering into exclusive agreements with two power tool suppliers, a federal judge in California ruled April 11 (Orchard Supply Hardware LLC v. Home Depot USA, Inc., et al., No. 12-cv-06361, N.D. Calif.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53214). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%207%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW ORLEANS - Direct purchasers of pool products failed to state claims asserting per se illegal boycott and monopolization but sufficiently stated rule-of-reason and attempted monopolization claims to defeat motions to dismiss under the Sherman Act, the federal judge in Louisiana who is overseeing the pool products distribution market antitrust multidistrict litigation ruled April 11 (In re: Pool Products Distribution Market Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2328, No. 2:12-md-02328, E.D. La.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52298). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%208%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - Three airline travelers have failed to show that "there has been a substantial foreclosure of competition in the relevant market" of providers of Internet connectivity on domestic commercial aircraft, a California federal judge found April 10, granting a motion to dismiss by Gogo Inc. (James Stewart, et al. v. Gogo Inc., No. 3:12-cv-05164, N.D. Calif.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51895). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%209%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - By imposing a new single-user limitation on its Windows operating systems, Microsoft Corp. was enacting "an entirely valid exercise" of its intellectual property rights, a New York federal judge ruled March 28, dismissing a rival software firm's antitrust claims against it (MiniFrame Ltd. v. Microsoft Corp., No. 1:11-cv-07419, S.D. N.Y.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49813). (Memorandum and order available. Document #24-130418-014Z.) License Agreements http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2010%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' BATON ROUGE, La. - The seller of aftermarket automobile parts may amend its complaint alleging that General Motors LLC and the seller of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts violated federal antitrust laws through a price-incentive program that the plaintiff asserted was intended to drive the aftermarket competition out of business, a federal judge in Louisiana ruled April 17 (Felder's Collision Parts, Inc. v. General Motors Company, et al., No. 12-646, M.D. La.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55097). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2011%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - A third-party service provider that alleged that Oracle America Inc. unlawfully tied the sales of updates to its proprietary software to the purchase of Oracle support services failed to sufficiently allege that Oracle had market power in the relevant market to support its antitrust counterclaim, a federal magistrate judge ruled April 3 (Oracle America, Inc., et al. v. CedarCrestone, Inc., No. 12-04626, N.D. Calif.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 48538). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2012%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal judge in the District of Columbia on April 22 signed the proposed settlement of the U.S. Department of Justice's action challenging Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's (ABI) proposed acquisition of the remainder of Grupo Modelo S.A.B. de C.V. that it does not own, requiring ABI to divest Modelo's entire U.S. business (United States of America v. Anheuser-Busch InBEV SA/NV, et al., No. 13-127, D. D.C.; See February 2013). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2013%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ATLANTA - The Federal Trade Commission on April 18 asked the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to issue an expedited order remanding its challenge to the merger between Georgia hospitals following the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling that the state-action doctrine does not immunize the merger from antitrust scrutiny (Federal Trade Commission v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc., et al., No. 11-12906, 11th Cir.; See February 2013). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2014%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A manufacturer is seeking review by the U.S. Supreme Court of a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals divided ruling that there was sufficient evidence for a jury to have concluded that it violated federal antitrust law by entering into long-term conditional-rebate agreements (LTAs) with customers even though there was no showing of below-cost pricing (Eaton Corporation v. ZF Meritor LLC, et al., No. 12-1045, U.S. Sup.; See October 2012). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2015%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Atlanticus Holdings Corp., formerly known as ComputCredit Holdings Corp., (CompuCredit) on March 18 petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review the ruling of an evenly divided en banc 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which affirmed a district court ruling that hedge funds that purchased promissory notes from CompuCredit Holdings Corp. did not violate federal antitrust law by making a collective demand on CompuCredit to pay above-market prices to redeem its notes early (Atlanticus Holdings Corporation, F/K/A CompuCredit Holdings Corporation v. Akanthos Capital Management, LLC, et al., No. 12-1137, U.S. Sup.; See October 2012). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2016%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Direct purchasers of polyether polyol products (PPPs) who won a $400,049,039 jury verdict against manufacturer Dow Chemical Co., the sole remaining defendant in multidistrict price-fixing litigation, on April 19 opposed Dow's motion seeking decertification under the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend (133 S.Ct. 1426 $(2013$)) (In re: Urethane Antitrust Litigation $(Polyether Polyol Cases$), MDL No. 1616, Civil No. 2:04-md-01616-JWL, D. Kan.; See March 2013). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2017%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN JOSE, Calif. - A federal judge in California on April 5 denied certification of two proposed classes of employees of seven high-tech companies on the employees' allegations that the defendants conspired to fix and suppress employee compensation and to restrict employee mobility by entering into agreements not to compete for each other's employees (In re: High-Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation, No. 11-CV-02509, N.D. Calif.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49784; See April 2012). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2018%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on April 12 denied Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s motion to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's appeal of two orders issued in the FTC's subpoena duces tecum enforcement action against Boehringer, ruling that the district court's orders were final and appealable (Federal Trade Commission v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., No. 12-5393, D.C. Cir.; See October 2012). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2019%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on April 22 declined to review the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that a consumer who alleged that a New York City provider of electricity-generating capacity violated antitrust laws by engaging in a swap transaction lacks antitrust standing because he was an indirect purchaser and that his claims are otherwise barred by the filed-rate doctrine (Charles Simon v. KeySpan Corporation, et al., No. 12-919, U.S. Sup.; See February 2013). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=8-1%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2020%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - Natural gas purchasers' state law claims alleging that gas companies conspired to manipulate the natural gas market, which gave rise to the energy crisis in 2000-2001, are not barred by the Natural Gas Act, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled April 10 (In re: Western States Wholesale Natural Gas Antitrust Litigation $(Learjet, Inc., et al. v. ONEOK, Inc., et al., No. 11-16786; Heartland Regional Medical Center, et al. v. ONEOK, Inc., et al., No. 11-16798; Breckenridge Brewery of Colorado, LLC, et al. v. Xcel Energy, Inc., et al., No. 11-16799; Reorganized FLI, Inc. v. ONEOK, Inc., et al., No. 11-16802; Sinclair Oil Corporation v. ONEOK Energy Services Company, L.P., No. 11-16818; Sinclair Oil Corporation v. eprime, Inc., et al., No. 11-16821; Arandell Corporation, et al. v. Xcel Energy, Inc., et al., No. 11-16869; Newpage Wisconsin System, Inc. v. CMS Energy Corporation, et al., No. 11-16876; Arandell Corporation, et al., v. CMS Energy Corporation, et al., No. 11-16880$), 9th Cir.; 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 7234; See July 2011). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%201%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on March 27 ruled 5-4 that a district court may not certify a class action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3) without resolving whether the class has introduced admissible evidence, including expert testimony, to show that the case is susceptible to awarding damages on a classwide basis (Comcast Corporation, et al. v. Caroline Behrend, et al., No. 11-864, U.S. Sup.; See November 2012). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%202%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' TAMPA, Fla. - A federal magistrate judge in Florida on March 12 recommended that a group of direct purchasers of photochromic lenses be denied class certification in antitrust litigation against the lens manufacturers, concluding that the direct purchasers failed to demonstrate adequacy and predominance (In re: Photochromic Lens Antitrust Litigation, No. 8:10-md-2173-JDW-EAJ, M.D. Fla.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%203%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York on March 14 entered judgment for $153.3 million after trebling a jury's $54.1 million verdict in favor of a direct purchaser class on its allegations that Chinese corporations participated in an illegal cartel to fix prices and limit supply for exports of vitamin C to the United States (In re Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation $(Animal Science Products, Inc., et al. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., et al.$), No. 06-md-1738, No. 05-cv-0453, E.D. N.Y.; See February 2013). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%204%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 5 affirmed the dismissal of Citigroup and other financial institutions from two putative class actions that alleged that the financial institutions violated antitrust law by withdrawing support for the auction rate securities (ARS) market, concluding that the plaintiffs did not allege a plausible conspiracy (Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Maryland, et al. v. Citigroup, Inc., et al., Nos. 10-0722-cv, 10-0867, 2nd Cir.; 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 4591; See February 2010). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%205%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Dow Chemical Co., the sole remaining defendant in multidistrict litigation against polyether polyol products (PPPs) manufacturers accused of price fixing, moved on March 5 to vacate a $400,049,039 jury verdict in favor of a class of direct purchasers, enter judgment in favor of Dow, decertify the class or, in the alternative, order a new trial (In re: Urethane Antitrust Litigation $(Polyether Polyol Cases$), MDL No. 1616, Civil No. 2:04-md-01616-JWL, D. Kan.; See February 2013) http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%206%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' BOSTON - Shareholders who allege that several private equity firms fixed the prices paid for companies undergoing leveraged buyouts (LBOs) alleged sufficient evidence to create a genuine issue as to the existence of an "overarching conspiracy" to refrain from "jumping" each other's proprietary deals, a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled March 13, denying the defendants' omnibus motion for summary judgment (Kirk Dahl, et al. v. Bain Capital Partners LLC, et al., No. 07-12388, D. Mass.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34771). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%207%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge on March 18 certified a settlement class and granted preliminary approval of a $13.5 million settlement between direct purchasers of cathode ray tubes (CRTs) and Toshiba on the direct purchasers' price-fixing claims in antitrust multidistrict litigation (In re: Cathode Ray Tube $(CRT$) Antitrust Litigation $(Direct Purchaser Actions$), MDL No. 1917, No. 3:07-cv-05944, N.D. Calif.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%208%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in California on March 13 approved a stipulation dismissing Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America Inc. from antitrust multidistrict litigation brought by indirect purchasers of cathode ray tubes (CRTs) against CRT manufacturers (In re: Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Antitrust Litigation $(Indirect Purchaser Actions$), MDL No. 1917, No. 3:07-cv-05944, N.D. Calif.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%209%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Visa, MasterCard and several banks on March 22 opposed a motion to alter the judgment of a federal judge in the District of Columbia dismissing actions brought by independent operators of automated teller machines (ATMs) and several ATM users who alleged that Visa and MasterCard violated federal antitrust law by establishing and enforcing a uniform agreement among payment card-issuing banks in the United States to fix prices for ATM services (The National ATM Council, Inc., et al v. Visa Inc., et al., No. 11-1803; Andrew Mackmin v. Visa Inc., et al., No. 11-1831; Mary Stoumbos v. Vis Inc., et al., No. 11-1882, D. D.C.; See February 2013). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2010%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York on March 18 dismissed allegations that JPMorgan violated federal antitrust law by participating in a conspiracy to manipulate market prices for silver futures (In re Commodity Exchange, Inc. Silver Futures and Options Trading Litigation, No. 11 md 02213, S.D. N.Y.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37122). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2011%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' DETROIT - Following the Michigan Legislature's passage of bills prohibiting the use of "most favored nation" (MFN) clauses, the United States, Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan on March 25 filed a joint motion to dismiss allegations that Blue Cross violated federal and state antitrust laws by including such clauses in its contracts with hospitals in Michigan (United States of America and the State of Michigan v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, No. 10-14155, E.D. Mich.; See October 2012). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2012%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An Arkansas resident on Feb. 20 filed a new complaint in Alabama federal court, adding to the multidistrict litigation cases alleging that agreements between Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) and its 38 licensees divide and allocate health insurance markets throughout the United States in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act and various state laws (In re: Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation; Robert Finne v. Usable Mutual Insurance Co., et al., MDL No. 2406, N.D. Ala.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2013%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Member banks of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) panel and certain of their subsidiaries violated federal antitrust laws by manipulating and suppressing the LIBOR, which caused Freddie Mac to sustain large investment losses, Freddie Mac argues in a complaint filed March 19 (The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. v. Bank of America Corp., et al., No. 13-342, E.D. Va.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2014%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Trade Commission told the U.S. Supreme Court in oral arguments on March 25 that the court should treat reverse-payment settlements of patent litigation between the holder of a drug patent and potential generic manufacturers of the drug as presumptively invalid (Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, Inc., et al., No. 12-416, U.S. Sup.; See February 2013). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2015%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' DENVER - A company's refusal to license its copyrighted airport terminal charts and its proprietary products did not violate federal antitrust law because the company validly asserted its rights under the Copyright Act, a federal judge in Colorado ruled March 22 (SolidFX, LLC v. Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc., No. 1:11-cv-01468, D. Colo.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40253). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2016%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - A drug patent holder that settled patent infringement litigation by granting licenses to and entering requirements contracts with generic manufacturers does not violate federal antitrust law by breaching those requirements contracts, a federal judge in New York ruled March 6 (Louisiana Wholesale Drug Company, Inc. v. Shire LLC, et al., No. 12 Civ. 3711, S.D. N.Y.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2017%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' FORT WORTH, Texas - Travelport Ltd. and Travelport L.P. (collectively, Travelport) and American Airlines Inc. filed a joint motion on March 13 indicating that they have settled American's claims that Travelport blocked American's system for distributing its fare and schedule information (American Airlines, Inc. v. Travelport Ltd., et al., No. 4:11-cv-244-Y, N.D. Texas). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2018%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ATLANTA - A customer of Nielsen Media Research Inc. failed to establish that it was an efficient enforcer of antitrust laws because it did not demonstrate that any potential competitors were willing and able to provide local television viewership ratings in the Miami area, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said March 4 in affirming that the customer lacked antitrust standing (Sunbeam Television Corp. v. Nielsen Media Research, Inc., No. 11-10901, 11th Cir.; 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 4452). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2019%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 13 denied a petition for rehearing en banc filed by automated teller machine (ATM) cardholders who are seeking damages related to the fixed interchange fee that a card-issuing bank pays to the ATM owner and the foreign ATM fee that the cardholder pays to his bank when the cardholder uses ATMs owned by other institutions (In re: ATM Fee Antitrust Litigation, Pamela Brennan, et al. v. Concord EFT, Inc., et al., No. 10-17354, 9th Cir.; See July 2012). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2020%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - American Express Co. (AmEx) told the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 27 in oral arguments that the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in ruling that a mandatory class action waiver clause in AmEx's standardized service contract violated the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) and erred in denying AmEx's motion to compel arbitration of merchants' antitrust claims under the Sherman Act (American Express Company, et al. v. Italian Colors Restaurant, et al., No. 12-133, U.S. Sup.; See February 2013). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2021%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Home purchasers who sued a subdivision's developer, builder and seller, alleging that the defendants manipulated the market value of the homes in the subdivision in violation of the Sherman Act, failed to allege market power in the relevant market sufficient to allege a per se illegal tying arrangement, a federal judge in California ruled Feb. 28 in dismissing the claim (Connie Cherrone, et al. v. Florsheim Development, No. 12-02069, E.D. Calif.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27967). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2022%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' INDIANAPOLIS - Student-athletes who brought a putative class action against the National Collegiate Athletic Association, alleging that three NCAA bylaws violated federal antitrust law, failed to define a legally cognizable market, a federal judge in Indiana ruled March 1 in dismissing the complaint (John Rock, et al. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, No. 1:12-cv-1019, S.D. Ind.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 29034). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2023%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' CHICAGO - A federal judge in Illinois on March 13 dismissed a class action filed by a purchaser against a concert promoter who claimed that the promoter illegally tied ticket sales to parking fees in violation of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (ICFA), concluding that the tying practice did not violate federal or state antitrust laws (James Batson v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., No. 11-cv-01226, N.D. Ill.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34424; See May 2011). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2024%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Polypore International Inc. is seeking U.S. Supreme Court review of an 11th Circuit decision upholding a Federal Trade Commission ruling that Polypore's acquisition of Microporous Products would substantially lessen competition in three relevant North American markets for battery separators and that a complete divestiture, including a plant in Austria, was required to restore competition in those markets (Polypore International, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, No. 12-1016, U.S. Sup.; See July 2012). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-12%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2025%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 5 denied objectors' petitions for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc of the court's Dec. 20 order upholding the approval of a settlement of a class suit accusing Sirius XM Radio Inc. of various violations in connection with the 2008 merger of the only two providers of satellite radio, XM and Sirius (Carl Blessing, et al. v. Sirius XM Radio Inc., Nos. 11-3696, 11-3729, 11-3834, 11-3883, 11-3908, 11-3910, 11-3916, 11-3965, 11-3970, 11-3972, 2nd Cir.; See January 2013). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%201%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 19 ruled that the state-action doctrine does not immunize the merger between two Georgia hospitals from the Federal Trade Commission's challenge that the transaction substantially lessened competition in the market for hospital services or tended to create a monopoly because Georgia did not clearly articulate and affirmatively express a policy allowing hospital authorities to make acquisitions that substantially lessen competition (Federal Trade Commission v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc., et al., No. 11-1160, U.S. Sup.; 2013 U.S. LEXIS 1064; See December 2012). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%202%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' DETROIT - Claims that a producer of oxidates monopolized the domestic market for oxidates following its purchase of a competitor's product line in violation of federal and state antitrust laws were untimely filed, a federal judge in Michigan ruled Feb. 5, concluding that price increases were not "independent" "acts that were unrelated to the merger" (Z Technologies Corporation v. The Lubrizol Corporation, No. 12-12206, E.D. Mich.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15125). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%203%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal judge in the District of Columbia on Feb. 22 granted a stay of the U.S. Department of Justice's action alleging that Anheuser-Busch InBEV SA/NV's (ABI) proposed acquisition of the remainder of Grupo Modelo that it does not own would substantially lessen competition in the market for beer in the United States (United States of America v. Anheuser-Busch InBEV SA/NV, et al., No. 13:127, D. D.C.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%204%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas on Feb. 20 awarded $400,049,039 to a class of direct purchasers of polyether polyol products (PPPs) on their price-fixing claims against Dow Chemical Co., the sole remaining defendant in multidistrict litigation against PPP manufacturers (In re: Urethane Antitrust Litigation $(Polyether Polyol Cases$), MDL No. 1616, Civil No. 2:04-md-01616-JWL, D. Kan.; See January 2013). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%205%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' OAKLAND, Calif. - A federal judge in California on Jan. 24 dismissed without prejudice an alleged patent troll's antitrust claims alleging that manufacturers of devices that use the Android operating system and an anti-troll company engaged in a group boycott of the plaintiffs' technology licenses (Cascades Computer Innovation LLC v. RPX Corporation, et al., No. 12-CV-01143, N.D. Calif.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10526). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%206%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Independent operators of automated teller machines (ATMs) and several ATM users who alleged that Visa and MasterCard violated federal antitrust law by establishing and enforcing a uniform agreement among payment card-issuing banks in the United States to fix prices for ATM services failed to allege injury in fact or the existence of an agreement, a federal judge in the District of Columbia ruled Feb. 13 in dismissing the actions without prejudice (The National ATM Council, Inc., et al v. Visa Inc., et al., No. 11-1803, D. D.C.; Andrew Mackmin v. Visa Inc., et al., No. 11-1831, D. D.C.; Mary Stoumbos v. Vis Inc., et al., No. 11-1882, D. D.C.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19306). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%207%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' PHILADELPHIA - The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 19 vacated the approval of a $35.5 million settlement in a baby products price-fixing suit, finding that the district court was apparently unaware of the large amount of the settlement fund that would be distributed to cy pres beneficiaries rather than to class members; in doing so, it also vacated the $14 million attorney fee award because its approval was based on terms of a settlement that are no longer in effect (In Re Baby Products Antitrust Litigation, Nos. 12-1165, 12-1166 & 12-1167, 3rd Cir.; 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 3379). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%208%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - The federal judge in New York overseeing litigation in which Chinese corporations are accused of participating in an illegal cartel to fix prices and limit supply for exports of vitamin C to the United States denied two defendants' motions for summary judgment in the weeks leading up to the Feb. 25 opening arguments (In re Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation $(Animal Science Products, Inc., et al. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., et al.$), No. 05-453, E.D. N.Y.; See December 2012). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%209%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' CHICAGO - A federal judge in Illinois on Jan. 30 preliminarily approved an $80 million settlement between direct purchasers of potash and three Canadian potash producers and a $17.5 million dollar settlement between indirect purchasers and the producers on the purchasers' class action allegations that the defendants engaged in a global price-fixing conspiracy in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act (In re: Potash Antitrust Litigation II, MDL No. 1996, No. 08-cv-6910, N.D. Ill.; See July 2012). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2010%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - The U.S. Department of Justice and electronic book publishers Verlagsgruppe Georg Von Holtzbrinck GMBH and Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC, doing business as Macmillan (collectively, Macmillan) on Feb. 8 filed a proposed settlement of the government's claims that Macmillan conspired with other e-book publishers and Apple Inc. to fix prices of digital books in violation of federal antitrust laws (United States of America v. Apple, Inc., et al., No. 12 Civ. 2826, S.D. N.Y.; See December 2012). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2011%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - Real estate mogul Sheldon H. Solow sued 16 banks and certain of their subsidiaries in New York federal court on Feb. 13, arguing that the banks manipulated the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), causing a portfolio of more than $450 million in municipal bonds he purchased as collateral for LIBOR-denominated loans to default, costing him nearly $100 million in losses (7 West 57th Street Realty Co. LLC v. Citigroup Inc., et al., No. 13-0981, S.D. N.Y.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2012%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - An admitted past participant in an alleged bid-rigging scheme lacks antitrust standing to seek damages from alleged co-conspirators for losses arising from the termination of its contract for refusing to continue to participate, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Feb. 14 (Gatt Communications, Inc. v. PMC Associates, L.L.C., et al., No. 11-1111, 2nd Cir.; 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 3186). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2013%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Several drug companies told the U.S. Supreme Court in their merits briefs on Feb. 21 that the court should analyze antitrust challenges to reverse-payment settlements of patent litigation between the holder of a drug patent and potential generic manufacturers of the drug under the scope-of-the-patent test, rather than treating them as presumptively unlawful, as proposed by the Federal Trade Commission (Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, Inc., et al., No. 12-416, U.S. Sup.; See January 2013). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2014%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States told the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 29 in an amicus curiae brief that the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals properly ruled that a mandatory class action waiver clause in American Express Co.'s (AmEx) standardized service contract violated the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) because it prevented merchants from effectively vindicating their antitrust claims in any forum (American Express Company, et al. v. Italian Colors Restaurant, et al., No. 12-133, U.S. Sup.; See January 2013). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2015%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ST. LOUIS - The doctrine of equitable estoppel does not bar retail grocers' antitrust lawsuit against wholesalers, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 on Feb. 13 in reversing a district court's judgment ordering the retailers to arbitrate their Sherman Act claims (In re: Wholesale Grocery Products Antitrust Litigation $(King Cole Foods, Inc., et al. v. SuperValue, Inc., et al.$), No. 11-3768, 8th Cir.; $(Blue Goose Super Market, Inc., et al. v. SuperValue, Inc., et al.$), No. 11-3773, 8th Cir.; 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 2949). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2016%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ST. LOUIS - When ruling on a motion to intervene and to unseal the complaint in an antitrust case, a federal district court must consider whether redaction of confidential business information is "practicable," the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Feb. 11 (IDT Corp., et al. v. eBay, et al., No. 11-3009, 8th Cir.; 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 2807). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2017%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - A federal magistrate judge in New York on Feb. 1 refused to require nonparty American Express Co. to comply with a discovery request originally filed by class plaintiffs before the parties agreed to a $7.25 billion settlement that has since received preliminary approval, concluding that the motion to compel discovery was untimely filed (In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, No. 1:05-md-01720, E.D. N.Y.; See December 2012). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2018%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' CHICAGO - A federal judge in Illinois on Jan. 31 dismissed the antitrust claims filed by a manufacturer of resin used in stereolithography machines against the manufacturer of those machines, finding that the resin manufacturer failed to define a relevant product market and market power (DSM Desotech, Inc. v. 3D Systems Corporation, et al., No. 08 cv 1531, N.D. Ill.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13017). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2019%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A consumer who alleged that a New York City provider of electricity-generating capacity violated antitrust laws by engaging in a swap transaction asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 22 to review the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that he lacks antitrust standing because he was an indirect purchaser and that his claims are otherwise barred by the filed-rate doctrine (Charles Simon v. KeySpan Corporation, et al., No. 12-919, U.S. Sup.; See November 2012). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2020%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 19 declined a petition filed by Delaware homeowners seeking review of a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that their action seeking damages against title insurance companies for conspiring with one another to fix the price of title insurance in Delaware was barred by the filed-rate doctrine (Dawn A. McCray, et al. v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, et al., No. 12-527, U.S. Sup.; See November 2012). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2021%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' OAKLAND, Calif. - A California federal judge on Jan. 29 refused to strike a motion for class certification in a lawsuit filed by former student athletes who claim that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Electronic Arts Inc. and Collegiate Licensing Co. violated Section 1 of the Sherman Act by agreeing to fix at zero the amount of compensation antitrust plaintiffs were allowed to receive under NCAA rules for the use of their names, images and likenesses in products or media (In Re NCAA Student-Athlete Name & Likeness Licensing Litigation, No. 09-1967, N.D. Calif.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12637; See August 2012). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=7-11%20LexisNexis%20Antitrust%20Rep.%2022%20(2013)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - An alleged price-fixing conspiracy launched at least in part from California offices alleges sufficient contacts with the state for unfair competition law (UCL) and other state law claims, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held Feb. 14 (AT&T Mobility LLC, et al. v. AU Optronics Corp., et al., No. 11-16188, 9th Cir.; 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 3104).