CADE slaps record cartel penalty on gas companies
Thursday, 02 September 2010
Brazil’s Council for Economic Defence (CADE) has today issued its highest ever fine of 2.9 billion reais (€1.3 billion) to five industrial gas manufacturers for alleged long-term cartel activity.
Telecom NZ wins appeal
Thursday, 02 September 2010
New Zealand’s Supreme Court has ruled the country’s Commerce Commission failed to prove that Telecom New Zealand abused its dominant position.
Deutsche Post triumphs in EU state aid saga
Thursday, 02 September 2010
Deutsche Post today prevailed before the European Court of Justice in the long-running state aid case concerning €572 million of support granted by Germany’s government for the provision of mail delivery services.
Australia approves travel business merger
Thursday, 02 September 2010
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has cleared travel company Jetset Travelworld Group to buy rival Stella Travel Services Holdings after extensive competition scrutiny.
New Zealand takes up freight forwarding litigation
Thursday, 02 September 2010
New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has today filed cartel proceedings against several companies in the air freight forwarding sector at the High Court in Auckland. It has reached settlements with two defendants.
Banking deal gets SA approval
Thursday, 02 September 2010
South African banking services company Bankserv has been granted clearance by the country’s Competition Commission to purchase rivals Emid and Nomad, subject to conditions.
Grant & Eisenhofer strengthens in New York
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Plaintiffs firm Grant & Eisenhofer PA has hired competition litigation specialists Linda Nussbaum as a partner and John Radice as a senior counsel in the firm’s New York antitrust practice. They started in their new roles today.
LB Foster/Portec deadline extended again
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
The proposed merger between US railway manufacturing companies LB Foster and Portec Rail Products has been delayed once more as the companies strive to alleviate competition concerns raised by the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division.
An interview with Duncan Sinclair
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Do sectoral regulators make good competition authorities? Duncan Sinclair, legal director and head of competition at Ofgem, believes so.
Aeroflot appeal overturned by Russian court
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
A Russian commercial court in Krasnoyarsk has upheld a Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) decision to fine national airline Aeroflot for anti-competitive practices.
FTC settles aluminium suit
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
The US Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges against industrial products manufacturer Houghton International for its allegedly anti-competitive acquisition of a competitor.
NHS regulator to get competition powers
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
The UK’s National Health Service’s (NHS) regulator, Monitor, may be given powers to launch competition investigations in a bid to stamp out anti-competitive practices in the medical sector.
Morgan Stanley settles municipal bond litigation
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Investment bank Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay a multi-million dollar settlement to end its involvement in an antitrust class action alleging that it conspired with rival banks to rig bids for municipal bonds sold to city, state and other local governments.
Gas joint venture pays penalty for price fixing
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
South Africa’s Competition Tribunal will tomorrow decide whether to approve an agreement between the country’s Competition Commission and Spring Lights Gas to settle cartel charges.
Poultry sector under scrutiny in Norway
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Norway’s Competition Authority yesterday searched the premises of two companies in the poultry industry after allegations of antitrust violations.
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Settlement Agreements and Patent Abuse in the Pharmaceutical Sector : An EU/US Comparison
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16
GCR'S 2010 COMPETITION LAW REVIEW
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