On December 23, 2103, the Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) published an explanatory note on settlement proceedings in antitrust cases on its website. Since 2007, the FCO has increasingly terminated…
Private competition litigation is continuing to develop in the United Kingdom. The courts and the Competition Appeal Tribunal are seeing an increase in the number and complexity of follow-on damages…
Here is an item that I co-wrote with my colleague Stephane Eljarrat.
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When investigating cartel violations in Canada, the Competition Bureau’s tool of choice is the “search…
On 8 October 2013, it was announced that the nuclear industry would not be included in the European Commission's draft Guidelines on environmental and energy aid for 2014-2020 as anticipated. Earlier…
In competition investigations, competition authorities receive substantial amounts of confidential business information, some of which will be commercially very sensitive. This information may be…
On 26 September 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") issued two important judgments (Case C-172/12 P, El du Pont de Nemours and Others v Commission and Case C-179/12 P, Dow…
Cartel enforcement in Canada is heavily dependent on the use of informants. This is explained by two principal factors. First, cartel conduct is, by its very nature, secretive and carried out in the…
On 25 June 2013, the European Commission launched a public consultation entitled "Towards more effective EU Merger Control" in which the Commission proposes to (i) expand its powers to review non…
Over the last two months, the Commission has been market testing commitments that Google has offered to resolve the Commission’s pending investigation. Many have made thoughtful comments (see for…
