On 10 June 2014, the Polish Parliament adopted a significant set of amendments to the Polish Competition Law Act (the “Act”). Having received Presidential approval on 30 June 2014, the amended Act is…
Introduction
With the exception of hard-core cartel conduct such as price-fixing and bid-rigging, Canadian competition law has de-emphasized in recent years the importance of pricing conduct as a…
I. INTRODUCTION
Perhaps more than ever, tensions between suppliers and retailers have become the defining feature of the grocery industry worldwide. These tensions have also frequently formed the…
70th Lunch Talk of the Global Competition Law Center
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
The New Wave of Concentrations in the Telecommunications Sector: Merger Control Issues and…
Co-authored by Nicola Boyle, Tom Bolster and Boris Bronfentrinker, Hausfeld
On 5 June 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) clarified the full extent of cartel damages that can be…
Last week, the Polish Lower Chamber of Parliament agreed final changes to Poland's competition law regime. The new regime, which will be implemented by amendments to the Polish Act on…
69th Lunch Talk of the Global Competition Law Center
Thursday, June 26, 2014 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
The Revised Competition Regime for Technology Transfer Agreements (TTBER): Policy and…
It took five years to draft. But now everything’s go!-go!-go! First published late spring 2014, Ireland’s newest competition law reform could be adopted by July. And though planning was long and time…
On 6 May, the Dutch government issued a set of policy directions (“Directions”) to the Dutch competition authority (“ACM”) concerning the application of the Dutch equivalent of Article 101(3) TFEU in…
The judgement in Commission v EnBW (C-365/12, 27 February 2014) has already awakened a lot of interest. The facts are very simple. EnBW, an energy-distribution company requires access to the cartel…
