Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report Index-Summary

JAILS

JAPAN

– Anti-monopoly law

– – Amendments submitted, 94:302
– – Surcharges, more imposed, report says, 94:561
– – Trade Ministry seeks extraterritorial application, 94:62

– Biofuel project, government backtracks on support, 94:147
– Cartel conduct, trade ministry issues virtual manual, 94:656
– Microsoft litigation, Japan finds Windows license clause anticompetitive, 95:299
– Public works bid rigging and cartel cases to be handled by judiciary, 94:116
– Steel, Japan urges Australia to probe BHP Billiton/Rio Tinto deal, 94:304; Japan probes deal, 94:581; Japan to order BHP acquisition plan, 95:249; BHP refuses Japan's request, 95:275

JEWELRY

– Definitions, cultured for man-made gems allowed, FTC clarifies, 95:89
– Platinum, FTC seeks comments, In Brief, 94:217; comment period extended, In Brief, 94:422

JOINT VENTURES

See EU MERGER APPROVAL; specific industries

JOURNAL

– Ed. Note: A list of upcoming conferences and meetings is included at the end of each issue.

JUDGES

– Intellectual property issues and judicial candidates discussed at ABA meeting, 94:387
– Linerboard case, legal fee dispute does not require recusal of judge (E.D. Pa.), 95:85

JURISDICTION

– Cable television and Internet services, Los Angeles suit over Time Warner acquisitions remanded, diversity jurisdiction lacking (C.D. Cal.), 95:318
– Electrical carbon products, alleged French cartel participant subject to suit in U.S. (D.N.J.), 95:247
– Electronics, foreign defendants with U.S. subsidiaries cannot avoid service (N.D. Cal.), In Brief, 95:250
– Fax ads, insurer defense duty, jurisdiction over TCPA declaratory suit declined (S.D. Ohio), 94:21
– Insurance price fixing, La. attorney general suit properly removed to federal court (5th Cir.), 95:122
– Japanese Trade Ministry seeks extraterritorial application of anti-monopoly law, 94:62
– Motor vehicles

– – Auto body parts, joinder denied for alleged co-conspirators (S.D. Ohio), 95:184
– – Nissan Japan, limiting record on appeal of jurisdiction ruling improper (Wis. Ct. App.), 94:497
– – Volvo, federal court specifies forum for termination dispute (E.D. La.), 94:252

– Natural gas market manipulation suits, Tex.-mandated restructuring impacts jurisdiction (Cal. Ct. App.), 94:56
– Oil and gas

– – Natural gas, contested sales falling outside FERC authority not barred (D. Nev.), 94:573
– – Price fixing case against Texaco and Shell joint venture, transfer motion granted (N.D. Cal.), 94:141

– Pharmaceuticals

See PHARMACEUTICALS

– Semiconductors

See SOFTWARE

JURY TRIALS

– DRAM case, jury consultant use at cross-examination limited (N.D. Cal.), 94:179
– Travel club memberships, deception jury verdict not reinstated (Tex. Ct. App.), 95:73

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT (DOJ)

– Administration

– – Budget for FY 2008 proposed, 94:128
– – Deputy Assistant Atty. Gen., O'Connell named, In Brief, 94:79

– Enforcement policy

See also specific industries
– – German cartel law, 50th anniversary, DOJ official provides U.S. perspective, 94:59
– – Monopolization, single-firm conduct, DOJ report released, 95:227
– – Trends discussed ABA meeting, Special Report, 94:347
– – Unilateral monopoly conduct, DOJ official discusses enforcement, 95:287