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Generic pharmaceutical price-fixing litigation go forward

The bulk of Sherman Act claims against generic pharmaceutical manufacturers alleging a price-fixing conspiracy can go forward, held a federal district court in Pennsylvania. The litigation against the manufacturers includes a number of plaintiffs and defendants, as well as a

Class certification in ulcerative colitis drug market monopolization case reversed

The First Circuit has reversed a Massachusetts district court’s certification of a class in a suit by consumers alleging that Warner Chilcott Limited attempted to monopolize the ulcerative colitis drug market by pulling the drug Asacol off the market and replacing it w

Dietary supplement protein source labeling claims not preempted

A California consumer claim alleging misbranding of a protein supplement’s protein sources was not preempted by the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDC Act). The Ninth Circuit found, however, that the that the FDC Act preempted claims regarding the labeling’

Terminated doctor’s conspiracy claims against hospital fail

A terminated physician failed to adequately allege Sherman Act claims against a hospital because her complaint did not contain facts supporting her assertion that the hospital and practitioners engaged in an agreement to restrain competition, and it actually contained allega

Senators seek answers from Google about data breach, cover up

Following a Wall Street Journal report that Google discovered a vulnerability with its social network product, Google+, but failed to report that problem, Senate lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are seeking an investigation. In a letter to FTC Chair Joseph Simo

CVS, Aetna ordered to divest Medicare Part D business for merger approval

The nation’s largest retail pharmacy chain, CVS, and third-largest health-insurance company, Aetna Inc., will be required to divest Aetna’s Medicare Part D prescription drug plan business for individuals in order for the companies’ $69 billion merger to pro

Putative class action over ‘environmentally friendly’ soap doesn’t wash out

A putative class action against a big box wholesale retailer alleging deceptive marketing of dish and laundry soap as "environmentally responsible" despite including toxic chemicals as ingredients survived a motion to dismiss the claims for lack of standing, jurisd

Suits alleging conspiracies to fix chemical prices, TV advertising rates consolidated

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued orders on October 3 to centralize groups of cases alleging conspiracies to artificially inflate local television advertising prices throughout the United States and to fix prices of certain chemicals used in the manufactu

Nippon Chemi-Con fined $60M for fixing electrolytic capacitor prices

The federal district court in San Francisco has taken the recommendation of the Department of Justice and fined Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation (NCC) $60 million for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices of electrolytic capacitors. The Department of Justice announced

Antirust agency heads open to higher HSR fees for mega-mergers

Makan Delrahim, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, and FTC Chairman Joseph Simons testified today at an antitrust oversight hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights on the e

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