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Visa and MasterCard head to court in Canada
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
Canada’s Competition Bureau will today open its prosecution of the world’s two major credit card companies, Visa and MasterCard, in a case that it hopes will serve as a positive bellwether for future case litigation.
Polish petrol market under scrutiny
Friday, 13 April 2012
Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection has opened an investigation of oil company Orlen Oil over allegations that it fixed prices with its distributors.
Japan stops Adidas resale price maintenance
Wednesday, 07 March 2012
Japan’s Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has ordered Adidas to stop fixing the resale price of some of its shoes because the practice breaches antitrust law.
Germany targets mattress price fixing
Monday, 08 August 2011
Germany’s Federal Cartel Office has carried out dawn raids at several mattress companies accused of colluding to fix prices on their products.
Poland fines paint cartel
Premium Article - Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Poland's Competition Authority has fined paint manufacturer Akzo Nobel and four supermarkets €13 million for price fixing.
Judge dismisses Toys R Us breast pump lawsuit
Premium Article - Friday, 07 January 2011
A federal judge has agreed to dismiss a lawsuit against children’s retailer Toys R Us, which accused the mega-chain of using its market power to force manufacturers into setting price floors for its competitors.
Dissenting judge bashes Eleventh Circuit's "misapplication" of Twombly
Premium Article - Tuesday, 07 December 2010
A panel of the US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has backed the rejection of a complaint accusing Tempur-Pedic International of using an illegal resale price maintenance scheme to set prices and restrain trade among its distributors.
Korean court overrules competition law in pharma appeal
Premium Article - Friday, 26 November 2010
Korea’s Supreme Court yesterday ruled that minimum resale price maintenance should be reviewed under the rule of reason, which goes against the country’s competition statute.
DoJ joins states in e-books probe
Premium Article - Friday, 10 September 2010
The US Department of Justice’s antitrust division has begun to ask questions of companies active in the electronic book market as part of a federal inquiry into competition in the industry, GCR has learned.
US appeals court upholds Leegin
Premium Article - Friday, 20 August 2010
A US Court of Appeals has dismissed a long-running private antitrust lawsuit brought against leather product maker Leegin Creative Leather Products for anti-competitive practices.
Price regulation under fire in China
Premium Article - Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Two Chinese consumer rights groups have attacked government regulation of book trading as anti-competitive.
Varney and Leibowitz speak out on state enforcement
Premium Article - Thursday, 08 October 2009
The head of the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division yesterday laid out the case for state and federal enforcers to bring resale price maintenance cases under the rule-of-reason standard mandated by the Supreme Court.
Jones Harbour backs European RPM policy
Premium Article - Friday, 18 September 2009
A US Federal Trade Commission official yesterday spoke in favour of the European Union’s policy on resale price maintenance (RPM), contrasting it with aspects of the US approach, in a speech at GCR’s Review of the Vertical Restraints Regime conference in Brussels.
AAI asks court to overturn Leegin dismissal
Premium Article - Thursday, 20 August 2009
The American Antitrust Institute has filed a brief asking an appeals court to overturn a lower court ruling and restart the long-running Leegin resale price maintenance case.
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Survey: Australia • Howrey: in their words • Rod Sims interview • GCR cartel roundtable • GCR Live Law Leaders Asia-Pacific
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Wed, 20th June
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Thu, 28th June
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