Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report Index-Summary

OECD

See ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD)

OFFICE SUPPLIES

– Copiers, Newcal claim that IKON exploited contracts to gain market power may proceed (9th Cir.), 94:97
– Labelstock case, label makers must defend pricing allegations (M.D. Pa.), 95:8; settlement approved, 95:184

OHIO

– Fax ads, insurer defense duty, jurisdiction over TCPA declaratory suit declined (S.D. Ohio), 94:21
– Health care, home providers, Ohio order likely to be determined anticompetitive, 94:186
– Motor vehicles, Mack truck dealer may bring conspiracy claim against manufacturer (3d Cir.), 94:643
– Telemarketing, prerecorded calls

– – Definition of knowingly under TCPA resolved (Ohio), 94:53
– – Satellite TV service, breach of settlement claim properly dismissed (Ohio Ct. App.), 94:472

OIL AND GAS

– Alaska, legislature and Law Dept. investigate price disparity, 95:409
– Aviation fuel, Defense Dept. contractors arrested for conspiring to steal data on supply contracts (D. Md.), 94:8
– Biodiesel fuel labeling

See PACKAGING AND LABELING

– Canada

– – Price fixing by Quebec gas retailers, cartel members plead guilty, 94:633
– – Superior Plus/Irving Oil assets, divestiture required, In Brief, 94:508

– Cartel, global, removing protection for OPEC

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 6074

– Conspiracy, gas producers must defend plausible charges (D.D.C.), 94:419
– Defense fuel contractors plead guilty to bid rigging (D. Md.), In Brief, 95:116
– European Union (EU)

– – Gaz de France, dominance abuse probe opened, 94:535
– – IBIDEN Hungary, state aid rejected, 94:450
– – Lithuanian gas-powered power plant, state aid approved, 94:168
– – RWE, talks on anticompetitive behavior continue, In Brief, 94:564; RWE proposes remedies, 94:584

– Federal Trade Comm'n (FTC) authority over gas prices, implementation comments sought, 94:465; comments detailed, 95:35; FTC proposes ban on wholesale market manipulation, 95:183; industry group claims Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n (CFTC) has exclusive jurisdiction over futures and options, 95:363; Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n (CFTC) claims exclusive jurisdiction over futures and options, Special Report, 95:404
– Franchises

– – ExxonMobil station owner, contract and antitrust claims dismissed (E.D. Mich.), 94:425
– – Failure to renew franchise pact, lost profits awarded (E.D. Mich.), 94:142
– – Shell Oil rent rises after assignment, damages upheld (1st Cir.), 94:474
– – Sunoco franchisee owes overdue fuel charges, costs, fees and interest (D.N.J.), 95:245
– – Termination

– – – ConocoPhillips terms for rent and equipment is bona fide offer (N.D. Cal.), 95:388
– – – Dealer may amend complaint (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 94:83

– Germany, cartel probe, EU fines E.ON for breaking seal on premises during inspection, 94:116
– Italy

– – Alliances in natural gas distributors favored by agency head, 94:118
– – Gas distributors, acquisition by Gruppo Ascopiave probed, 94:405
– – Pricing, distribution networks probed, In Brief, 94:539

– Japan backtracks on support for biofuel project, 94:147
– Leases, royalty payee suit against oil firms, settlement distribution to class member upheld (S.D. Tex.), 94:41; Tex. may not share in settlement, In Brief, 94:220
– Mergers

– – Equitable Resources/Peoples Natural Gas, merger challenge suspended (FTC), In Brief, 94:133
– – Industrial storage tanks, Chicago Bridge & Iron illegally acquired Pitt-Des Moines assets (5th Cir.), 94:105
– – Waste management, offshore exploration and production services, FTC opposes CCS acquisition of Newpark Resources (S.D. Tex.), 95:382

– Natural gas market manipulation suits

– – Jurisdiction, contested sales falling outside FERC authority not barred (D. Nev.), 94:573
– – Tex.-mandated restructuring impacts jurisdiction (Cal. Ct. App.), 94:56
– – Wis. refund of contract payments construed (D. Nev.), 94:219

– Predatory pricing, discount bundling of food and gas valid under Colo. law (10th Cir.), 94:445
– Price fixing

– – Convenience store Kwik-Chek charged with fixing gas prices (E.D. Okla.), 95:290
– – Texaco and Shell joint venture, transfer motion granted (N.D. Cal.), 94:141

– Price increases

– – Oil executives questioned by House panel, 94:550
– – Senate panel hearing held, In Brief, 94:526

– Rail fuel surcharge claim

See RAILROADS

– Trucker fuel card boycott, law firm representing opposing parties not disqualified (D. Utah), 94:291
– Tying arrangements

See TYING ARRANGEMENTS

– United Kingdom (UK) charges British Airways employees over passenger flight fuel surcharges, In Brief, 95:149

OREGON

– Health care

– – Birthing group unlikely to prove hospital/midwife conspiracy (D. Or.), 95:189
– – Diagnostic imaging, monopoly conduct by Portland hospitals not shown (9th Cir.), 94:574
– – Price bias question certified for review (9th Cir.), 94:163

ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD)

– Best practices for market studies and construction bid rigging discussed, 94:628
– Enforcement policies, Competition Commission hosts multi-agency hearings, 95:415
– Enforcers and practitioners urge greater cooperation, 94:223
– Global aspects of competition policy addressed at forum, 94:194
– Surveys results reported, 94:226

OVERCHARGING

– Canada, British Columbia court denies class suit against DRAM overcharging, 94:531
– Microsoft, overcharging for Vista, nationwide class certified (W.D. Wash.), 94:237
– Pharmaceuticals, overcharging conspiracy claim lacks allegation of antitrust injury (D. Mass.), 95:241
– Rail fuel surcharge claim

See RAILROADS

– Rubber, parties alleging group boycott face remand of pricing issue (N.D. Cal.), 95:217