On 30 September 2015, the Act on Control of Certain Investments (the "Act") enters into force. The Act aims to create mechanisms to protect against hostile takeovers of companies operating in key…
In a press release dated 3 July 2015, Competition Commission of India (CCI) has clarified the scope of amendments made to the Regulations relating to Combinations. The amendments touch upon several…
On 9 July 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") issued an important judgment concerning the basis on which cartel fines by the European Commission should be calculated for…
The Council of Ministers of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ("COMESA") has adopted an amendment to the COMESA Competition Rules on the Determination of Merger Notification…
On 20 April 2015, the Dutch competition authority ACM published Guidelines on its enforcement priorities with respect to vertical restraints. The document contains a number of case studies intended…
In January 2015 the European Commission announced its intention to appeal a judgment of the Belgian Commercial Court which dismissed the Commission's claim for €6 million of damages against Otis,…
It is not uncommon, where a multi-party infringement of competition law has been established and sanctioned by a competition authority for some, but not all, of the addressees of the authority’s…
Earlier this month, Advocate General Wahl delivered his opinion in the Deutsche Bahn case. This case concerns important practical principles which govern the conduct of European Commission dawn…
In an earlier post, of 2 December 2014, in which I reviewed the Competition and Markets Authority’s (“CMA”) draft annual plan for 2015/2016, I observed that (as of that date) the CMA had not, since…
Three key themes will shape Canadian competition and foreign investment law in 2015. Specifically, we see developments in these areas unfolding in a regulatory environment in which administration and…
