China's State Council issued new Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for the Pharmaceutical Sector (the "Guidelines") effective January 24, 2025. The Guidelines provide a comprehensive framework for the State Administration for Market...more
2/3/2025
/ Acquisition Agreements ,
Anti-Monopoly ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
China ,
Competition ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Healthcare ,
Life Sciences ,
Merger Agreements ,
Merger Controls ,
Merger Reviews ,
Monopolization ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) ,
State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) ,
Unfair Competition
The Development: After an interruption during the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities across the Asia-Pacific region have fully revived dawn raids....more
6/7/2024
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Antitrust Violations ,
Asia Pacific ,
China ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Dawn Raids ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Financial Markets ,
Global Disputes ,
Investigations ,
Penalties ,
Popular ,
White Collar Crimes
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The Development: China's Supreme People's Court recently ruled for the plaintiff in Miao Chong v. SAIC-GM, which marked a rare triumph for a plaintiff in antitrust litigation as a follow-on to an administrative...more
2/7/2023
/ Anti-Monopoly ,
Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Automotive Industry ,
China ,
Competition ,
Enforcement Actions ,
General Motors ,
Monopolization ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) ,
Retail Market ,
Supreme People's Court of China
China's State Administration for Market Regulation ("SAMR") recently released three new antitrust regulations that consolidate the antimonopoly regulations of its predecessor antimonopoly enforcement agencies, but also...more
In its first resale price maintenance ("RPM") ruling since the passage of its Anti-Monopoly Law, China's highest court held that Chinese antitrust enforcement agencies do not have to prove that RPM has an anticompetitive...more
8/8/2019
/ Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
China ,
Competition ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Monopolization ,
Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) ,
Rule-of-Reason Analysis ,
State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) ,
Supreme People's Court of China ,
Vertical Agreement
China recently established the State Administration for Market Regulation ("SAMR"), which combines the antitrust enforcement responsibilities of the previous Price Supervision and Antimonopoly Bureau of the National...more
5/22/2018
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Anti-Monopoly ,
Antitrust Division ,
China ,
Competition Authorities ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Mergers ,
MOFCOM ,
NDRC ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
SAIC ,
State Administration for Market Supervision (SAMS)
Over the first decade of China's Antimonopoly Law, we have seen a divergence between the approaches adopted by the Chinese antimonopoly enforcement agencies and the Chinese courts towards agreements that restrain trade; what...more
The Situation: Following consumer complaints, the Australian Competition and Consumer Regulator ("ACCC") has released a report reminding airlines of obligations when dealing with the flying public.
Looking Ahead: The ACCC...more