The following is a selection of some of the most important developments in German competition law and policy in 2021. It has been a busy year for the Federal Cartel Office ("FCO"), inter alia…
In January 2021, the latest reform of the German competition law (“ARC”) entered into force, including significant new rules regarding digital platform markets. These include new powers for the…
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 Competition…
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 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 certain…
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…
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…
Last week, the European Commission published on its website a revised explanatory note on how it conducts on-the-spot inspections of business premises where it suspects a company has breached…
Competition Law in Canada – Top 10 Issues for 2013
This is a post of an article written by my partners Anita Banicevic, Richard Elliott, Charles Tingley and me
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