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China Monthly Antitrust Update: May 2025

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This monthly report outlines key developments in China’s antitrust sector for May. The following events merit special attention...more

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Regulatory Escalation in Pharma Sector: China Imposes First Executive Sanctions in a Cartel Case

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On May 9, 2025, the Tianjin Municipal Administration for Market Regulation (“Tianjin AMR”) announced administrative penalties against four manufacturers of dexamethasone sodium phosphate (“DSP”) active pharmaceutical...more

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DOJ Alleges Illegal Rental Price-Fixing in Antitrust Case

In a highly anticipated move, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) along with eight states filed a complaint against RealPage, Inc. for antitrust claims arising from its pricing software. The DOJ claims that RealPage has...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

DOJ Seeks an Encore Showdown with Live Nation and Ticketmaster

DOJ's Most Recent Monopolization Case Reflects Several Agency Priorities Including Expansion of Section 2 to Respond to Headline-Grabbing Popular Demands...more

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U.S. DOJ and States File Complaint Against Apple for Alleged Monopolization of Smartphones

On March 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the attorneys general for 15 states and the District of Columbia filed a complaint against Apple in the District of New Jersey. The complaint alleges that Apple...more

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DOJ Antitrust Brings First Criminal Monopolization Case in More Than 40 Years

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Key Takeaways - ..U.S. v. Nathan Nephi Zito is the first criminal monopolization case in more than 40 years, reversing the Antitrust Division’s practice of pursuing monopolization cases only civilly. ..The elements...more

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Antitrust Division Announces Newfound Intent to Pursue Monopolization Cases Criminally

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This week, during a panel discussion at the American Bar Association’s annual National Institute on White Collar Crime, Antitrust Division Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard Powers sent shockwaves through the defense...more

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China Publishes Anti-Monopoly Guidelines on Leniency and Commitments

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The Anti-Monopoly Bureau of China's State Administration for Market Regulation ("SAMR") released four sets of long-awaited anti-monopoly guidelines. This White Paper addresses the Guidelines on Application of Leniency Program...more

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China Publishes Draft Amendments to Anti-Monopoly Law

For the first time since China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) came into force in 2008, the government is proposing major changes to its centerpiece antitrust legislation. On January 2, 2020, the State Administration for Market...more

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Russian Competition Regulators, Mount Up: Russian Authorities Crack Down on Anti-Competitive Agreements With Uptick in Criminal...

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Just one month into the new year, Russian courts have already handed down three new criminal judgments for violations of anti-competition laws, a stark contrast to previous years that often passed without a single conviction...more

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Will introducing payments for antitrust whistle-blowing in China prove to be a compliance game changer?

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On 19 November 2019, the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) posted a draft of the Interim Measures on Rewards for Complaints Against Significant Illegal Conduct in the Market Regulation Field (“Draft Reward...more

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Neither fish nor fowl – China's supreme court proposes new framework for resale price maintenance

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In the last week of June 2019 a copy of a groundbreaking court ruling emerged on social media in China – the order by the Supreme People's Court (SPC) in the Yutai case. ...more

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New Bill: Enhancement of Fines under the Japan Anti-Monopoly Act

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The bill to amend the Anti-Monopoly Act (the "AMA"), that includes the enhancement of a surcharge (i.e., administrative fine), has passed on June 19, 2019.1 It will be effective no later than from December 25, 2020. The...more

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Combination of China's Three Antitrust Enforcement Agencies May Bring More Aggressive Enforcement Over Long Run

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Ten years after the introduction of China's Anti-Monopoly Law, the functions and duties of the three agencies originally charged with enforcing the law's provisions are now unified under the direction of the newly formed...more

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China’s Intervention Against Vertical Agreements

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On December 9, 2016, the PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) handed down its decision against medical device company Medtronic for having concluded and implemented a vertical monopoly agreement by...more

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