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Featured In: November 2008 (Vol. 11 Iss. 10)
Competition authorities around the world are increasingly turning to criminal prosecutions to punish and deter cartel behaviour. Peter Scott considers the different approaches to tackling executives who participate in cartels.
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Plaintiffs in a class action suit against companies implicated in the alleged marine hose cartel have asked a court to approve a US$21.7 million settlement with five corporate defendants.
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Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service has fined two oil companies €38.7 million, the largest penalty it has ever imposed.
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Chemical phosphates producer Innophos says the US Department of Justice's antitrust division has called off a grand jury investigation into possible anti-competitive conduct in the sodium tripolyphosphate, or STPP, industry.
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The US district court for the northern district of Illinois has dismissed an antitrust suit brought against four makers of personal and home care products.
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The Court of First Instance has upheld the European Commission's decision holding three Spanish rubber chemicals companies jointly liable for cartel activity.
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In a landmark decision, Korea's Fair Trade Commission has fined four Asian paper manufacturers over 3.9 billion won for fixing the price of copy paper.
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Korea's Federal Trade Commission says it will allow some co-operation among competing businesses in an effort to stem the tide of the country's worst financial crisis in a decade.
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France's Competition Council has imposed fines of €575.4 million on 11 companies accused of operating a five-year steel-trading cartel, which began in 1999.
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New Zealand's Commerce Commission has filed charges in the country's High Court against 13 airlines and seven individuals accused of fixing the price of air cargo transportation on flights to and from the islands.
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UK glass manufacturer, Pilkington, today announced plans to appeal against a €370 million cartel fine handed down by the European Commission last month.
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An Israeli plaintiff seeking damages from defendants in the European switchgear cartel has withdrawn his claim.
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Computer memory chip manufacturer Cypress says the US Department of Justice has called off its investigation of the static random access memory chip industry.
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Pakistan's Competition Commission has ordered the country's Institute of Chartered Accountants to withdraw a document fixing minimum fees for accountancy services.
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The European Commission has sent a statement of objections to a group of companies alleging they participated in a power transformer cartel.
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