On the field, the National Football League’s 32 teams compete fiercely. Off the field, they would rather not. The league next week will ask the U.S. Supreme Court for a broader shield from antitrust lawsuits, one that would let teams ...

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Confidential contracts detailing Monsanto Co.’s business practices reveal how the world’s biggest seed developer is squeezing competitors, controlling smaller seed companies and protecting its dominance over the multibillion-dollar market for genetically altered crops, an Associated Press investigation has found. With ...

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The U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted to repeal the insurance industry’s federal antitrust exemption in a move aimed at spurring competition and controlling the cost of premiums. The panel, in a 20-9 vote, approved legislation to ban companies from engaging ...

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Monsanto Co., which is suing to prevent DuPont Co. from producing soybean seeds that combine the companies’ herbicide-resistant traits, said DuPont’s antitrust counterclaim may slow the case by years and confuse jurors. Monsanto, the world’s biggest seed maker, wants the ...

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A group of beer drinkers wants a federal appeals court to reinstate its antitrust lawsuit against Belgium-based InBev and St. Louis’ own Anheuser-Busch. After U.S. District Judge Jean C. Hamilton dismissed the lawsuit earlier this month, San Francisco lawyer Joseph ...

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A group of beer drinkers will appeal a federal judge’s dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit opposing the merger of Belgium-based InBev with St. Louis’ own Anheuser-Busch. Joseph M. Alioto, of the Alioto Law Firm in San Francisco, said in a ...

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The Obama administration on Monday revoked a Bush administration antitrust policy, calling it an impediment to the government’s ability to fight anti-competitive conduct by dominant companies. The approach under former President George W. Bush “raised too many hurdles” to limiting ...

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The Kaplan test-preparation company was sued in an antitrust complaint over its “domination” of the market for LSAT test preparation. The class action lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court. The plaintiff, Corey Kearse, says Kaplan, owned by Washington ...

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Economist Carl B. Shapiro, who endorsed the Clinton administration’s plan to break up Microsoft Corp. as an expert witness, has rejoined the U.S. Justice Department as the antitrust division’s chief economist, people familiar with the appointment said. Shapiro’s choice is ...

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Christine Varney, nominated to become the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust chief, promised to be more aggressive in challenging anti-competitive mergers than former President George W. Bush’s administration.  “We must rebalance legal and economic theories in antitrust analysis and enforcement,” Varney ...

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Chocolate manufacturers who were sued in Iowa state court for alleged antitrust violations may be able to remove the class action case to federal court, according to a decision last week by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The ...

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