In her recent opinion, Advocate General J. Kokott went over one of the most important elements for companies facing cartel sanction: the fines calculation method. If this specific point is often…
by Anita Banicevic and Mark Katz[1]
2015 saw a number of interesting developments in cartel enforcement in Canada, the most important of which were setbacks suffered by Canada's competition…
Co-authored by Patrick Harrison and Audrey Silvain, Sidley Austin LLP.
There are few distinctions more important in EU competition law than that between the notion of a restriction “by object” –…
A recent report from the National Audit Office has recommended that the Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") increase the number of cartel investigations it carries out. A number of recent…
Eturas runs the e-commerce back-end of 30 travel agents in Lithuania. An administrator message to each member informed them that the e-commerce functionality allowing each travel agent to grant…
On January 6, 2016, the Secretariat of the Swiss Competition Commission (the investigative body of the Swiss Competition Commission; the "Secretariat") issued a "Notice on investigation instruments",…
“A strong and active antimonopoly authority is an incentive for undertakings to engage in prevention” – the President of the Polish Competition Authority presents his views on competition law…
Belgian endives are a divisive vegetable: their bitterness delights some but repulses others. And even amongst Belgian endive enthusiast you'll find some that prefer them raw – to maintain their…
On 4th November, the European Commission published a far-reaching consultation (the Consultation) on proposals to boost the enforcement powers of national competition authorities (NCAs) and to…
