Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report Index-Summary

BANKING

– Attorney sanctions for noncompliance with discovery orders (U.S., rev den), In Brief, 94:249
– Car loan assignee lacks claim against title firm mechanics lien (N.D. Ill.), 94:648
– Consumer credit

See CONSUMER CREDIT; CREDIT CARDS

– Debit cards

– – Merchant PIN requirement rule dropped by Visa, 95:8
– – Prepaid cards, deceptive marketing charges settled (C.D. Cal.), 94:77

– European Union (EU)

– – Austrian insurer/buyer of Bank Burgenland must return state aid, 94:451
– – Loans for small and medium firms, guarantee rules adopted, 94:535

– Germany

– – Sachsen, restructuring aid approved, In Brief, 94:585
– – Saxony state aid guarantee scheme probed, 94:170

– Identity theft

– – Interagency guidance for bank examiners expected, 94:599
– – Red flag prevention programs

– – – Compliance to be clarified by FTC, 95:37
– – – Enforcement of rules delayed by FTC, 95:380

– Internet advertising, payday lenders, charges settled (FTC), 94:214
– Italy

– – Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo warned of noncompliance with merger conditions, 94:330
– – Fees, probe opened, 94:282; four dominant banks probed, 95:101
– – Monte dei Paschi di Siena/Banca Antonveneta deal, branches must be sold, In Brief, 95:323
– – Tax programs for banking cooperatives probed by EU, 94:631
– – Tuscany and Verona bank mergers to be probed, 94:195; deal approved, 94:506

– Mergers

– – Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, DOJ approves deal, 95:384
– – Thompson/Reuters Group, product spinoffs required (D.D.C.), 94:193; Canada approves deal, In Brief, 94:284

– Money laundering prevention, database not anticompetitive, DOJ finds, 95:10
– Mortgages

See MORTGAGES

– Price fixing, ATM fees must be analyzed under rule of reason (N.D. Cal.), 94:521
– Securities, short sales, antitrust suit against brokerage firms barred (S.D.N.Y.), 94:12
– Student loan firm, data security breach case settled (FTC), 94:240
– Telemarketing

– – Electronic bank transfers, first action starts limitations period (M.D. Tenn.), 95:87
– – Voice broadcaster charged automatically dialing 46 million consumers settles case (C.D. Cal.), 94:106

– Truth in Lending Act

See TRUTH IN LENDING ACT (TILA)

BANKRUPTCY

– FDCPA violated by creditor collecting debt subject to bankruptcy (S.D. Ind.), 94:242
– Italy, Parmalat divests Newlat unit, In Brief, 94:430; delays fined, In Brief, 94:608

BELGIUM

– Broadband market, EU advances efforts to increase competition, 94:27

BELOW-COST PRICING

See PREDATORY PRICING

BEVERAGES

– Alcohol

See ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

– China to probe Coca-Cola/Huiyuan Juice Group takeover, 95:272
– False advertising

– – Coca-Cola, fountain and bottled, class fraud suit barred (Mo.), 94:472
– – Weight loss coffee marketers will stop making unsubstantiated claims (S.D.N.Y.), 94:51

– Italy, Parmalat divests Newlat unit, In Brief, 94:430; delays fined, In Brief, 94:608
– Marketing, children targeted to ads for soda, fast food, and cereal, FTC report finds, 95:111
– Milk

– – Dairy farmer pricing claims against sellers

See AGRICULTURE

– – United Kingdom (UK), Scottish dairies, Office of Fair Trading closes price fixing investigation, 95:391

BIAS

See DISCRIMINATION

BID RIGGING

– Canada, bio-insecticide firms committed conspiracy and bid rigging, In Brief, 94:378
– Construction industry

– – Doors, distributor officer pleads guilty (W.D. Tex.), 95:402
– – OECD panel discusses bid rigging, 94:628

– France fines bid rigging for public housing cleaning contracts, 94:634
– Grocery store refrigeration contracts, Alliance Mech. pleads guilty (D. Ariz.), 94:247
– Insurance contracts, state may pursue parens patriae damages claim (Conn.), 94:393
– Internet access, E-Rate program bid rigging and fraud, consultant sentenced (N.D. Cal.), 94:295
– Italy halts bid rigging in waste management, In Brief, 95:251
– Japan, cartel and public works bid rigging cases to be handled by judiciary, 94:116
– Military contracts

See DEFENSE INDUSTRY

– Municipal derivatives conspiracy case, interim counsel named (S.D.N.Y.), 95:182
– Transportation, Stolt-Nielsen case

See TRANSPORTATION

– United Kingdom (UK) challenges suspected bid rigging in construction sector, 94:429

BOYCOTTS

– Conn. chiropractic groups, boycott of health plan challenged (FTC), 94:251
– Hospital and associated rehabilitation clinic, monopoly and boycott claims dismissed (E.D. Ark.), 94:5
– Linens, group boycott case lacked identifiable market (N.D. Cal.), 94:498
– Motor vehicle glass repair shop lacks relevant market in claim against insurer (10th Cir.), 95:59
– Rubber, parties alleging group boycott face remand of pricing issue (N.D. Cal.), 95:217
– Trucker fuel card, law firm representing opposing parties not disqualified (D. Utah), 94:291

BRAZIL

– Canada-Brazil cooperation pact signed, In Brief, 94:508
– Cartels, strengthening of leniency program planned, 94:226

BRIBERY

– Military contracts

See DEFENSE INDUSTRY

– Plastic marine pilings, city engineer and product supplier fined for repair project conspiracy (E.D.N.Y.), 95:380

BRITAIN

See UNITED KINGDOM (UK)

BROADCASTING

– Canada

– – Media ownership restrictions, new approach outlined, 94:61
– – Public hearings, Internet media distribution regulations, In Brief, 95:392

– Media ownership, disapproval of rule to ease 1975 ban

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, SJRes 28

– Movies

See MOTION PICTURES

– Music

See MUSIC

– Radio

See RADIO

– TV

See CABLE TELEVISION; TELEVISION

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION

– Bid rigging discussed by OECD panel, 94:628
– Contracts

– – Civil investigative demand, enforcement criteria set (Ind.), 94:577
– – Trade show union labor, restraints of trade (U.S., rev den), 95:332

– Environment, FTC Green Guides workshop scheduled, 94:574; held, 95:63
– European Union (EU) seeks fines from firms in elevator cartel, 94:656
– Franchise termination, fraud claim against heating and cooling firm denied (N.D. Ohio), 94:651
– Merger, Chicago Bridge & Iron illegally acquired Pitt-Des Moines assets (5th Cir.), 94:105
– Monopolization, Honeywell thermostat buyers, class certification denied (Mass. Super. Ct.), 94:166
– Plastic marine pilings, city engineer and product supplier fined for repair project conspiracy (E.D.N.Y.), 95:380
– Price fixing

– – Doors, distributor officer pleads guilty (W.D. Tex.), 95:402
– – Plumbing fixtures, withdrawal of putative class claims timely (3d Cir.), 95:142
– – Ready-mixed concrete producer, conviction upheld (7th Cir.), 94:131; settlement approved (S.D. Ind.), 95:291

– Restraints of trade, roof shingles, failure to reference interchangeability dooms claims (E.D. Pa.), 94:211
– Union antitrust exemption inapplicable to alleged job conspiracy (1st Cir.), 95:157
– United Kingdom (UK) challenges suspected bid rigging in construction sector, 94:429

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

– Dealership dispute, reduced attorney fees awarded for limited recovery and notice rights (W.D. Wis.), 95:320
– FTC seeks comments on proposed regulations, 94:301
– Ink cartridges, redress ordered (N.D. Ga.), 94:222
– Medical claim processing marketers settle fraud charges (N.D. Ohio), 94:255
– Multilevel marketing, dealer arbitration clause enforced (N.D. Ga.), 94:187