Cornerstone Research Connects: The CAT Judgment in Trucks
JONES DAY TALKS®: Private Antitrust Litigation in Spain
JONES DAY TALKS®: Private Antitrust Litigation in the Netherlands
Antitrust Enforcement and Compliance Programs
Grassley: HSBC Should Face Criminal Charges
Competition Commission v W. Hing Construction & others [2022] HKCA 786 (judgment date: 2 June 2022) concerned an appeal from the first Hong Kong judgments concerning pecuniary penalties for contraventions of competition...more
While the global pandemic that began in 2020 continued throughout 2021, cartel enforcement activity increased among a number of leading enforcement jurisdictions. Overall, global fines in 2021 were up by 229 percent compared...more
Am 11. Oktober 2021 hat das Bundeskartellamt („BKartA“) zentrale Dokumente für seine Kartellverfolgung aktualisiert und eine Neufassung sowohl seiner Bonusregelung vom 07.03.2006 als auch seiner Bußgeldleitlinien vom...more
Global cartel fine totals rebounded somewhat in 2019, approaching historical norms following two years of sharply lower fine levels. The $6.1 billion total is the highest global fine level since 2016. Most of the increased...more
The German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has published the draft bill on the 10th amendment to the German Act against Restraints of Competition, which includes a proposal for the revision of abuse control in...more
On 26 May 2017, the Spanish Government enacted the Royal Decree 9/2017 (the Royal Decree) implementing into Spanish law certain European Directives, amongst them, the Directive 2014/104/EU on actions for damages for...more
Cartel enforcement activity promises to remain busy In the coming months and into 2017 Cartel enforcement remains a priority for competition authorities around the world. Global cartel fines totaled more than $6...more
Decision allows Commission to consider sales of products incorporating cartelized goods when calculating cartel fines for a vertically integrated group selling the “transformed product” in Europe. On 9 July 2015, the...more
On November 14, 2013, members of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights heard arguments regarding the effectiveness of current cartel prosecution and...more
The German Federal Cartel Office has just published new Guidelines on the Setting of Fines for antitrust law infringements. With these guidelines, the German Federal Cartel Office departs from the method of setting fines...more
Introduction: Allocation of antitrust risk is an issue that frequently arises between parties in mergers or acquisitions that raise potential antitrust concerns. • Motivations of the buyer and the seller are the...more
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has fined six liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturers a total of RMB 353 million (USD 56 million) for their participation in a cartel to fix the price of LCD panels...more
This briefing identifies the types of practices and transactions in which domestic competition law might be relevant to doing business in the United Arab Emirates (the UAE) in light of the new federal competition law set to...more