The pantomime season has come early this year with the recent headline row over how oil prices are set. It is the show that has something for everyone. Furious motorists. Politicians looking for…
Like the European Commission, I am confident that the European Merger Simplification Project will bring benefits for clients. As many commentators have affirmed, I do not doubt that the increase of…
On 31 January 2013, the European Commission (DG Internal Market) published a Green Paper on unfair trading practices in the business-to-business food and non-food supply chain in Europe. One of the…
Here is an interesting note by my colleague John Bodrug ([email protected]) on the collective bargaining exemption under Canada's Competition Act.
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On April 26, 2013, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce ("SAIC") - one of China's three antitrust law enforcement bodies - noted on its website that it had held a meeting with…
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…
In March 2013, the President of the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (“OCCP”) published a new draft amendment to the Competition Act. If approved by the Council of Ministers, the…
US and EU antitrust law – antipodes as far as individual liability is concerned?
The US and EU approaches with regard to individual liability for competition law infringements have traditionally been…
Article 101(2) TFEU states that agreements and decisions by associations of undertakings that contravene Article 101(1) TFEU are null and void. However, it is silent on the fate of concerted…
Here is an item on an important decision of Canada's Competition Tribunal written by my partners George Addy, Sandra Forbes, John Bodrug and Jim Dinning. It is especially relevant for trade…
