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Vol. 94, Nos. 2334-2358, pp. 1-662 and Vol. 95, Nos. 2359-2375, pp. 1-424
Jan. 11 -- Oct. 31, 2008

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    MAIL AND DELIVERY SERVICES
      – European Union (EU) clears plan for full deregulation of postal services, 94:143
      – FTC reports that U.S. Postal Serv. operates under competitive disadvantage, 94:51
      – Germany, EU endorses reduced aid package for DHL, 95:22
      – Internet access, E-Rate program bid rigging and fraud, consultant sentenced (N.D. Cal.), 94:295
      – Italy, Poste Italiane
        – – Proposed policy changes accepted, 94:259
        – – State aid approved by EU, 94:452
      – Merger, DHL/UPS plan for handling air cargo challenged as de facto merger, 95:264
      – Slovakia, EU probes hybrid delivery, 95:346
      – Unordered merchandise, private remedies (U.S., rev den), 95:332
    MAINE
      – Tobacco industry
        – – Light and low tar claims, preemption by cigarette labeling law (U.S., rev grant), 94:80; oral arg. set, 95:317; oral arg, 95:339
        – – Truck delivery of tobacco products to minors preempted (U.S., aff), 94:185
    MANUFACTURERS
      – Canada, pipe firm, dominance case settled with new rebate program, 94:26
      – Italy, press equipment maker, use of state aid probed, In Brief, 94:408
      – Price fixing, automotive refinishing paint settlements approved (E.D. Pa.), 94:13
      – Resale price maintenance, FTC sets workshop series, In Brief, 95:403
      – Round thermostat purchaser may sue Honeywell for monopolization (Vt. Super. Ct.), 94:557
    MARITIME INDUSTRY
    MARKETING
      – Advertising services companies, restraint of trade and monopolization claims must define relevant market, summary judgment proper (N.D. Ga.), 95:362
      – Automated dialing systems, TCPA issue certified to U.S. Atty. Gen. (10th Cir.), 94:239
      – Canada, performance claims rules upheld, 94:196
      – Children targeted to ads for soda, fast food, and cereal, FTC report finds, 95:111
      – Debit cards, prepaid, deceptive marketing charges settled (C.D. Cal.), 94:77
      – Deceptive practices, “stainless steel” clothes dryer claims, class certification improper (7th Cir.), 95:410
      – Fax ads
      – Fraud
      – Infomercials
      – Italy
        – – Advertising policies of utilities probed, 94:564
        – – Dominance complaint filed against Prime Minister, 95:417
      – Labels
      – Online
      – Pharmaceuticals
      – Resale price maintenance, FTC sets workshop series, In Brief, 95:403
      – Telemarketing
      – Tobacco
    MASSACHUSETTS
      – Building, Honeywell thermostat buyers, class certification denied (Mass. Super. Ct.), 94:166
      – False advertising, Listerine users, class lacks similarity (Mass. App. Ct.), 94:276
      – Oil and gas, Shell franchise rent rises after assignment, damages upheld (1st Cir.), 94:474
    MEDIA
      – Canada
        – – Media ownership restrictions, new approach outlined, 94:61
        – – Public hearings, Internet broadcast distribution regulations, In Brief, 95:392
      – Finland, state aid for media pluralism program cleared, 94:539
      – Italy
        – – Advertising, dominance complaint filed against Prime Minister, 95:417
        – – Microsoft share acquisition of Greenfield Online, competition commission investigates, In Brief, 95:348
      – Media ownership, disapproval of rule to ease 1975 ban
        See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, SJRes 28
      – Movies
      – Radio
      – TV
      – Video games, Grand Theft Auto, class decertified for lack of predominance (S.D.N.Y.), 95:166
    MEETINGS
      See CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS
      – Ed. Note: A list of upcoming conferences and meetings appears at the end of each issue.
    MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
    METALS
      – Jewelry guides, FTC seeks comments on platinum. In Brief, 94:217; comment period extended, In Brief, 94:422
      – Mergers
        – – Industrial storage tanks, Chicago Bridge & Iron illegally acquired Pitt-Des Moines assets (5th Cir.), 94:105
        – – South Africa, BHP Billiton may acquire Rio Tinto, 95:389
      – Price fixing, magnetic iron oxide settlement with Toda firms approved (N.D. Cal.), 95:191
      – Supplier allocation scheme, scrap metal dealer and owner indicted (N.D. Ohio), 94:133
    MICHIGAN
      – Funeral industry, tying claims over Mich. burial marker and installation properly dismissed (6th Cir.), 94:463
      – Furniture, resale price maintenance claims against Herman Miller settled (S.D.N.Y.), 94:374
      – Health care, appellate brief failed to address market or injury, B&H Med. sanctioned (6th Cir.), 94:489
      – Oil and gas, failure to renew franchise pact, lost profits awarded (E.D. Mich.), 94:142
    MICROSOFT LITIGATION
      – Compliance, some deadlines extended (D.D.C.), 94:187; compliance report by DOJ and state attorneys general issued, 95:289
      – European Union (EU)
        – – Dominance probe opened, 94:62
        – – Interoperability standards, EU probes Microsoft compliance, 94:279; compliance studied, 94:562
        – – Noncompliance with 2004 ruling fined, 94:223; Microsoft to appeal fine, 94:503
      – Japan finds Windows license clause anticompetitive, 95:299
      – Overcharging for Vista, nationwide class certified (W.D. Wash.), 94:237
      – Standing, Novell may sue Microsoft for harm to competition in operating systems market (U.S., rev den), 94:293
    MILITARY
    MINING
      – Diamonds, rough, De Beers settlement with direct and indirect purchasers approved (D.N.J.), 94:594
      – Italy, EU refers state aid issue to court, 94:169
      – Slovakia, gravel and stone, EU bars tax exemptions for Alas Slovakia, 94:583
      – South Africa, BHP Billiton may acquire Rio Tinto, 95:389
    MINNESOTA
      – Attorneys, in-house, may not sue employer under whistleblower law (Minn. Ct. App.), 94:602
    MISSOURI
      – Coca-Cola, fountain and bottled, class fraud suit barred (Mo.), 94:472
      – Motor vehicles, Audi dealer challenge to startup of new facility revived (Mo. Ct. App.), 95:75
      – Pharmaceuticals, parent firm has no contact with Mo. based on subsidiary acts (E.D. Mo.), 94:300
    MONEY LAUNDERING
      – Prevention, database not anticompetitive, DOJ finds, 95:10
    MONOPOLIZATION
      – Advertising services companies, claim must define relevant market, summary judgment proper (N.D. Ga.), 95:362
      – Agriculture, corn seed grower class, denial of certification upheld (3d Cir.), 94:371
      – Attorneys, refusal to allow law practice dismissed (D.S.C.), In Brief, 94:470
      – Bail bonds, conspiracy complaint against sheriff sufficient to survive dismissal (E.D. La.), 95:316
      – Building, Honeywell thermostat buyers, class certification denied (Mass. Super. Ct.), 94:166
      – Cable television, Tex., incumbent operators direct harm claims may proceed (5th Cir.), 94:164
      – Cellular telephones, Apple iPhone, interim counsel appointed for consolidated case (N.D. Cal.), 94:416
      – Chemicals, legal fees awarded in patent case despite loss of monopoly claims (D. Colo.), 94:322
      – China, anti-monopoly law discussed at ABA meeting, 94:357; law takes effect, 95:146; review process established, 95:219
      – Credit cards, conspiracy plaintiffs may challenge compulsory arbitration (2d Cir.), 94:439
      – Credit scoring, claim against credit bureaus by Fair Isaac may proceed (D. Minn.), 94:320
      – Dental care
      – DRAM case
      – Electronic commerce, eBay must defend claims (N.D. Cal.), 94:271
      – Food
        – – Ice making machines, Manitowoc must divest in bid for Enodis (D.D.C.), 95:335
        – – Kosher market, terminated distributor lacks standing (S.D.N.Y.), 94:253
      – Health care
      – Internet services
        – – Google/Yahoo advertising agreement, investigation delays deal, 95:337
        – – Wholesale price squeeze claim, Solicitor Gen. view sought, 94:75; (U.S., rev grant), 94:645
      – Japan
        – – Amendments to anti-monopoly law submitted, 94:302
        – – Surcharges, more imposed, report says, 94:561
        – – Trade Ministry seeks extraterritorial application of anti-monopoly law, 94:62
      – Korea, consent order proposal praised by ABA sections, 94:503
      – Mail and delivery services, Slovakia, EU probes hybrid delivery, 95:346
      – Motor vehicles
      – Office equipment, Newcal claim that IKON exploited copier contracts to gain market power may proceed (9th Cir.), 94:97
      – Pharmaceuticals
      – Round thermostat purchaser may sue Honeywell (Vt. Super. Ct.), 94:557
      – Rubber chemicals, Korean firm fails to allege antitrust injury in U.S. 6PPD market (N.D. Cal.), 94:340
      – Semiconductors
      – Ships and shipping, Oahu stevedoring firm many amend predatory hiring claim (D. Haw.), 94:646
      – Single-firm conduct, DOJ report released, 95:227
      – Software, telecom PBX maker must defend claims brought by service provider (D.N.J.), 95:259
      – Sports
      – Sweden, Boxer TV monopoly abolished, EU drops court case, 94:582
      – Telecommunications
      – Training services, child care providers, insufficient market definition, dismissal proper (2d Cir.), 95:376
      – Unilateral conduct, DOJ official discusses enforcement, 95:287
      – Viewpoint, turning upon competitors who win, 94:121
      – Wood pallet recyclers may proceed with case (W.D. Ark.), 95:234
    MONTANA
      – Electricity, Mont. attorney general appeal of Cal. settlements denied (Cal. Ct. App.), 94:448
      – Real estate, Mont. bar on rebates repealed, 94:352
    MORTGAGES
      – Credit repair, mortgage firm liable under CROA (N.D. Ill.), In Brief, 94:218
      – Credit reports, willfulness of FCRA violation by mortgage insurer (U.S., judg vac), 94:596
      – Deceptive lending practices, FTC probes continue, 94:595
      – Disclosure forms discussed at FTC meeting, 94:555
      – Foreclosure and FDCPA, homeowner association attorney fees exceed state law, In Brief (U.S., rev den), 95:364
      – Foreclosure rescue scams, six Fla. firms charged (N.D. Ill.), 94:244; two additional complaints filed (E.D. Tex.), 94:248
      – Italy
        – – Competition abuses among banks found, 95:172
        – – Plan to allow homeowners to switch lenders cleared, 94:582
      – Subprime mortgage lending
        – – Germany, EU approves state rescue aid, 94:452
        – – Senate panel hearing held on scams, 94:443
      – Telemarketing, voice broadcaster charged automatically dialing 46 million consumers settles case (C.D. Cal.), 94:106
    MOTION PICTURES
      – European Union (EU) proposes models for greater access to online music, films and games, 94:28
      – Home theaters, amplifier rule revision, FTC seeks comments, In Brief, 94:218
      – Spain, EU probes state aid for Ciudad de la Luz film studio, 94:168
      – United Kingdom (UK)
        – – Lovefilm may acquire Amazon DVD rental business, 94:404
        – – North London cinema merger probed, In Brief, 94:305
      – United Kingdom (UK) probes proposed joint venture for video on demand, 95:19
    MOTOR VEHICLES
      – Appeals, limiting record of jurisdiction ruling improper (Wis. Ct. App.), 94:497
      – Attorney mishandling of settlement funds, state consumer law inapplicable (Pa.), 94:81
      – Canada
        See also Export conspiracy, Canadian cars, this heading
        – – Insurance, British Columbia agency not anticompetitive, 95:218
      – Dealer disputes
        – – Audi dealer challenge to startup of new facility revived (Mo. Ct. App.), 95:75
        – – Honda, dismissal of protest on new dealership proper (N.J. App. Div.), 94:189
        – – Kia, dealer release agreement bars state franchise claim (Ala.), 94:579
        – – Mack truck dealer may bring conspiracy claim against manufacturer (3d Cir.), 94:643
        – – Mercedes Benz, terminated dealer failure to disclose calculation precludes damages testimony (D.N.J.), 95:321
        – – Truck blower dealer may recover damages for notice violation (W.D. Wis.), 95:43
        – – Volvo, federal court specifies forum for termination dispute (E.D. La.), 94:252
      – European Union (EU)
        – – Motor vehicle block exemption, report issued, 94:560
        – – Romanian aid for Ford projects supported, 94:454
      – Export conspiracy, Canadian cars
        – – Certification of nationwide class reversed (1st Cir.), 94:355; licensees as indirect purchasers lack claim, 95:46
        – – Volkswagen must defend charge (W.D. Wash.), In Brief, 94:471
      – False advertising, FTC seeks comments on used car sales rule, 95:68
      – France, state aid for engine efficiency research approved, 94:630
      – Hyundai recall exclusion, no private right of action under P.R. law (U.S., rev den), 94:448
      – Nissan, clear contract terms bar wrongful termination claim (D.N.M.), 95:125
      – Oil and gas
      – Predatory pricing
      – Price bias
        – – Distributor case may proceed with amended product market definition (D. Mich.), 94:388
        – – Ford Blue Oval Program, dealer class decertified (3d Cir.), 95:294
        – – Transmission repair shop franchisees fail to state federal claims (E.D. Pa.), 94:328
      – Price fixing
        – – Electrical carbon products, assignment of claims through stock purchase creates standing (D.N.J.), 95:383
        – – Refinishing paint settlements approved (E.D. Pa.), 94:13
      – Repairs
        – – Boycott claim against insurer by glass repair shop lacks relevant market (10th Cir.), 95:59
        – – Mechanics lien, car loan assignee lacks claim against title firm (N.D. Ill.), 94:648
      – Tobacco, truck delivery of tobacco products to minors preempted (U.S., aff), 94:185
      – Tying of fuel pumps and modules, claims dismissed (S.D. Tex.), 94:157
      – Warranties, Volvo buyer failed to show breach of warranty damages (U.S., rev den), 94:6
    MUSIC
      – European Union (EU)
        – – Apple iTunes, price gap for music downloads closed, 94:31
        – – Online music, films and games, EU proposes models for greater consumer access, 94:28
      – Price bias claims against CD wholesale and retail markets too individualized for class suit (C.D. Cal.), 94:39
      – Price fixing, Internet digital music recording sales, parallel conduct claims insufficient for conspiracy (S.D.N.Y.), 95:399

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