Joseph Wayland, the man many credit with having revamped the civil litigation programme at the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division, says he expects the division to continue to build on its recent winning streak, even though his new role as head of the division may keep the longtime litigator further from the courtroom.

Gary Dorman, senior vice president of NERA Economic Consulting, died on 25 April after a brief illness. He was 61 years old.

Professor Huang Yong, at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing, has been confirmed as a speaker at GCR Live: Competition Law, Consumer Goods and Retail, to be held on 9 May in London.

Maple Group has extended its bid for TMX Group after concessions reached with provincial regulators renewed the possibility that the deal will be passed by Canada’s Competition Bureau.

Dundas & Wilson’s head of competition Peter Willis has joined Bird & Bird as a partner in the firm’s competition practice in London.

The UK’s Competition Commission (CC) has ordered construction companies Anglo American and Lafarge to offer divestments, including selling substantial assets to a single buyer, to approve their £1.8 billion joint venture.

A US appeal court has upheld the longest jail sentence ever imposed on a cartelist, confirming a four-year term imposed on Steven Keith VandeBrake for his participation in a price-fixing cartel.

The Israel Antitrust Authority has appointed Compass Lexecon economist Assaf Eilat as deputy chief economist and head of a newly created economics unit.

Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has fined outdoor products distributor Goldwin 5.2 billion won (€3.5 million) for imposing identical prices on The North Face products.

Italy’s Antitrust Authority (AGCM) has suspended the €1.1 billion merger between Unipol and Fondiaria Sai, opening a Phase II investigation that could lead to significant divestitures being imposed. The deal would create the country’s largest insurer.

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Italian ferry company Tirrenia and joint venture Compagnia Italiana di Navigazione (CIN) have withdrawn their application to merge in the midst of the European Commission’s Phase II review of the tie-up.

Mark Jephcott has been promoted to partner in Herbert Smith’s competition practice. He is currently based in London, but will be relocating to the firm’s Beijing office later this year.

A ninth executive has pleaded guilty to price-fixing and bid-rigging in connection with the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division’s (DoJ) expansive investigation of cartels in the auto-parts industry.

The US Federal Trade Commission has added litigator Beth Wilkinson as outside counsel to its antitrust investigation of online search leader Google, prompting speculation that the commission is preparing to sue the company if the two sides fail to reach a deal to quash the FTC's concerns.