Thursday, 10 May 2012
Featured In: April/May 2012 (Vol. 15 Iss. 4)
Over the past year, Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has taken an active role in attempting to stabilise prices and boost consumer welfare during the economic crisis. The KFTC’s director general of competition policy, Joong-weon Jeong, explains the commission’s perspective on its role in the larger Korean economy
Monday, 16 April 2012
Cecil Saehoon Chung, a former US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) official, has joined Yulchon as head of the firm’s international antitrust team.
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has fined mobile phone carriers and handset manufacturers 45 billion won (€30.4 million) for colluding to raise the price of mobile phone handsets.
Friday, 24 February 2012
Junfeng Cai, of MOFCOM’s Anti-Monopoly Bureau, will be taking part in a China-focused panel at GCR Live: Law Leaders Asia-Pacific, to be held next Friday and Saturday in Singapore.
Wednesday, 08 February 2012
Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has fined four of the country’s major defence manufacturers for allegedly fixing auctions relating to a 2.7 trillion won (€1.8 billion) project to build next generation submarines.
Friday, 13 January 2012
Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has fined Samsung Electronics and LG around 45 billion won (€30.5 million) for colluding to increase the prices of their electronic products.
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has fined four manufacturers of cathode ray tube glass 54.5 billion won (€36 million) for participating in a cartel.
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Competition authorities in four continents are improving leniency programmes and introducing harsher individual penalties to combat cartels, said a panel at the GCR Live Law Leaders Conference in Brussels today. Katy Oglethorpe in Brussels
Thursday, 20 October 2011
After conducting an in-depth investigation, the European Commission has announced that it will allow Seagate to acquire Samsung’s hard disk drive business – without imposing any conditions on the deal.
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
US retail chain Wal-Mart has today gained clearance from South Africa’s Competition Tribunal to buy local food retailer Massmart, subject to comprehensive commitments.
Premium Article - Tuesday, 08 March 2011
Yoon & Yang LLC has hired a former antitrust judge at Seoul’s High Court as a partner in the firm’s competition practice.
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.
Premium Article - Friday, 08 October 2010
Two antitrust authorities have given clear indications that they may block the joint venture between iron-ore companies BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto over competition concerns, raising serious questions over the future of the deal.
Premium Article - Monday, 27 September 2010
Featured In: October 2010 (Vol. 13 Iss. 9)
Dong-Pyo Hong and Youngjin Jung
Kim & Chang
Seoul
Premium Article - Tuesday, 07 September 2010
Yulchon has hired a former litigation officer at Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (KFTC), Soo Jin Kang, as an antitrust partner in the firm’s Seoul practice.
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