Monday, 20 May
The EU General Court has partially upheld two companies’ appeals against fines imposed by the European Commission in 2009 for their involvement in a marine hose cartel.
Compat stays India cement fine at a cost
Monday, 20 May
India’s Competition Appellate Tribunal has granted interim measures in an appeal from several cement companies against record fines imposed by the Competition Commission.
French authority slams online pharma guidelines
Friday, 17 May
France’s Competition Authority has criticised the government’s proposed guidelines to regulate online sales of medicine, saying they risk harming competition.
Other Headlines
Spain targets General Motors
Visa cuts EU inter-bank fees
DG Comp dawn raids at BP & Shell
Tighten compliance to protect against "recklessness" accusations
Tighten compliance to protect against "recklessness" accusations
France fines Sanofi for stifling generic Plavix
Complainant slams "preposterous" Google remedies
DG Comp clears aluminium extrusion deal
DG Comp clears aluminium extrusion deal
Features
Germany's competition bar
Journal Feature • Friday, 15 March
Germany’s competition bar is vast, both geographically and by number of practices, and there’s an abundance of antitrust work. Faaez Samadi discovers which firms are working on the best cases
An interview with Scott McInnes
Journal Feature • Friday, 15 March
Name: Scott McInnes
Company: MasterCard
Title: Europe region regulatory counsel
Age: 35
Previous employment: Jones Day
Germany: Where next for private litigation?
Journal Feature • Friday, 15 March
Germany is one of Europe’s key jurisdictions for pursuing private cartel damages claims. But with significant changes on the way in the UK, Faaez Samadi looks into whether Germany’s status in this arena is under threat
Google: Why the EU and US positions are an ocean apart
Online Feature • Wednesday, 6 February
What are the implications of Google’s consent agreement, under section 5 of the FTC Act, for cases under investigation by the EU commission? Trevor Soames and Collette Rawnsley of Shearman & Sterling and Peter Camesasca of Peter Camesasca Advocaat BVBA explore the issues
Raising the bar
Country Survey • Tuesday, 29 January
As the UK strengthens its reputation as a competition litigation hotspot, the barristers of England and Wales are some of the biggest beneficiaries. Katy Oglethorpe looks at how they are rising to the challenges offered by the new regime
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An interview with Chris Fonteijn
Tuesday, 7 May
The Netherlands’ Authority for Consumers & Markets, a new authority that has combined the Competition Authority, telecoms regulator and consumer protection agency, officially opened its doors today. GCR spoke to its head, Chris Fonteijn, in London at the Office of Fair Trading.
EU cartel settlements: are they working?
Tuesday, 7 May
Flavio Laina, head of the cartel settlement unit at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition, Marc Hansen, partner at Latham & Watkins and Gerwin Van Gerven, partner at Linklaters, take an in-depth look at the EU cartel settlements system. By David Vascott
An interview with Andreas Mundt
Tuesday, 7 May
Andreas Mundt is widely praised for modernising the processes and structure of Germany’s Federal Cartel Office. Faaez Samadi talks to him about his achievements and what remains to be done
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