Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report Index-Summary

DAMAGES

– Credit cards, relief not available under FDCPA (M.D. Pa.), 95:336
– Credit reports, emotional distress award against Equifax in FCRA case reduced (4th Cir.), 94:13
– Debt collection, subsequent debt collector must comply with FDCPA §1692g, recovery small (D.N.J.), 95:312
– European Union (EU) unveils private enforcement model, 94:353
– Fax ads

– – Liquidated damages, TCPA claim may not be assigned (Colo.), 94:275; (U.S., rev den), 95:332
– – TCPA statutory penalty not invalid (N.D. Ill.), 94:206

– Insurance contract bid rigging, state may pursue parens patriae damages claim (Conn.), 94:393
– Motor vehicles

See LEMON LAWS; MOTOR VEHICLES

– Oil and gas

See OIL AND GAS

– Pharmacies did not show antitrust injury for damages or injunctive relief (E.D.N.Y.), 94:9

DATA BROKERS

– Merger, Reed Elsevier/ChoicePoint, divestitures required (FTC), 95:261
– Reed Elsevier and Seisint must implement consumer data security programs (FTC), 94:317

DEALERSHIPS

See specific industries

DEBT COLLECTION

– FDCPA

See FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT (FDCPA)

– FTC holder rule limits recovery to amounts paid by debtor (Neb. Ct. App.), 95:243

DECEPTIVE PRACTICES

See specific actions and industries

DEFAMATION

– Credit reports, FCRA preemption of defamation and privacy claims interpreted (11th Cir.), 94:182

DEFENSE INDUSTRY

– Aviation fuel, Defense Dept. contractors arrested for conspiring to steal data on supply contracts (D. Md.), 94:8
– Bid rigging

– – Fuel contractors plead guilty (D. Md.), In Brief, 95:116
– – Marine hose, UK sentences business officials to prison terms, 94:604; Manuli Rubber Indus. pleads guilty (S.D. Tex.), 95:127
– – Peck & Hale pleads guilty (E.D.N.Y.), 94:323
– – Raman Intl. contractor and manager indicted on bribery charges (W.D. Okla.), 94:107; contractor pleads guilty, 94:576

– European Union (EU) sends objections to marine hose suppliers, 94:477; Bridgestone and Yokohama Rubber warned, 94:506
– Italy clears DRS Tech./Finmeccanica takeover, In Brief, 95:250
– Trade secrets of software program, government contractor failed to state claim (M.D. Ga.), 95:163

DEFENSES

– Affirmative, milk sellers denied Capper-Volstead immunity against dairy farmer pricing claims (E.D. Tenn.), 94:617
– Bona fide error defense denied for attempted collection of legal fee in FDCPA case (9th Cir.), 95:68
– Pharmaceuticals, pass-on defense recognized as affirmative defense (Cal. Ct. App.), 95:117

DELAWARE

– Insurance commissioner's regulation constitutes unlawful extension of law (Del. Super. Ct.), 94:18

DELIVERY SERVICES

See MAIL AND DELIVERY SERVICES

DENTAL CARE

– Canada, national study of dentistry profession launched, In Brief, 94:283
– Exclusive dealing claims against Dentsply to be appealed (D. Del.), 94:73
– False advertising, Listerine users, class lacks similarity (Mass. App. Ct.), 94:276
– Franchise, material facts exist between dental products maker and distributor (E.D. Ark.), 94:191
– Monopolization by Dentsply alleged

– – Lactona claims not time-barred (M.D. Pa.), 95:5
– – Univac Dental claims not time-barred (M.D. Pa.), 94:467

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

See VITAMINS AND NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS; WEIGHT LOSS PRODUCTS

DISCLOSURE

– Business Opportunity Rule, FTC seeks comments on proposal, 94:301
– Canada, telecom requirements, review opened, In Brief, 94:607
– Credit card interchange fees

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 6248

– Dietary supplement infomercials, “paid advertising” disclosure deficient (N.D. Fla.), 94:101
– Labels

See PACKAGING AND LABELING

– Mercedes Benz, terminated dealer failure to disclose calculation precludes damages testimony (D.N.J.), 95:321
– Mortgage disclosure forms discussed at FTC meeting, 94:555
– Truth in Lending Act

See TRUTH IN LENDING ACT (TILA)

DISCOVERY

– Attorney sanctions for noncompliance with orders (U.S., rev den), In Brief, 94:249
– Chemicals, discovery request by polyether polyol defendants overbroad (D. Kan.), 94:76
– Debt collector identity, discovery allowed in FDCPA case (D.N.M.), 94:444
– Electronic discovery accounts for higher litigation costs, survey finds, 95:261
– Health care

– – Civil investigative demand documents not shielded in private actions (Tex. Ct. App.), 95:385
– – Merger deliberations, city need not produce irrelevant documents (S.D.N.Y.), 95:386
– – Radiology practice case, discovery of nonparty financial data denied (S.D.N.Y.), 94:464

– Price fixing

– – Air transportation, EU investigation documents, process stayed pending motion to dismiss (E.D. Pa.), 95:401
– – Flash memory, buying classes denied pre-complaint discovery (N.D. Cal.), 94:45

– Staying discovery for parallel civil and criminal cases, Analysis and Perspective, 94:134
– Tobacco industry, Master Settlement, non-participating manufacturer may not broaden discovery (S.D.N.Y.), 95:411

DISCRIMINATION

– Insurance scores, credit-based

– – Bias against minorities

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5633

– – Homeowner insurance, FTC requires data, 94:520

– Price discrimination

See ROBINSON-PATMAN ACT

– Racial, nonrenewal of physician staff privileges (10th Cir.), In Brief, 94:576

DISTRIBUTORSHIPS

See specific industries

DIVESTITURES

See EU MERGER APPROVAL; specific industries