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…
1. Introduction
The growing popularity of credit and other payment cards among consumers has been accompanied by an increase in the regulatory and legal scrutiny of the terms governing the…
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…
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-…
On 5 June 2013, the Spanish Congress approved the creation of a new Spanish competition authority: the National Commission on Markets and Competition (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la…
Introduction
Asking for directions is passé. Nowadays, a digital map will tell you where you are going making it quite clear that you are edging ever closer to your final destination, whatever that…
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") has stepped up its merger control activities on many fronts in recent weeks, issuing ground-breaking decisions in the Glencore/Xstrata and Marubeni/Gavilon…
