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Antitrust Enforcement and Compliance Programs
Grassley: HSBC Should Face Criminal Charges
As we move into the second half of 2024, the competition law landscape across the Asia-Pacific region continues to shift towards tighter regulation and increased enforcement. Faced with the intricate challenges of modern...more
Several antitrust authorities ended 2023 with a bang by imposing record fines. Resale price maintenance (RPM) and cartel conduct were particularly in the spotlight....more
IN BRIEF - The Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Rod Sims, has announced the ACCC's 2020 compliance and enforcement priorities....more
Below we summarize significant cartel enforcement developments from U.S. and other antitrust enforcers in recent months, including: the Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s (the “Division”) review of its International...more
In Brief - The repeal of the exemptions relating to the licensing and assignment of intellectual property (IP) rights from certain competition law provisions in Australia will soon take effect....more
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ("ACCC") has signed a new memorandum of cooperation ("MOC") with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"). The interagency agreement was signed in Washington...more
Although Australia's Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) has contained criminal cartel prohibitions since 2009, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has now made criminal cartel enforcement one of its top...more
In brief: - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has commenced the first prosecution in Australia for alleged "gun jumping" (where parties to a merger commence coordinating prior to merger completion)...more
Now to be fair, Starbucks Executive Chair Howard Schultz has stepped away before. But this time feels more definitive, especially with the call of politics apparently swimming around in his post-Sbux plans....more
Highlighting Changes of Interest in Competition and Consumer Law - ACCC Issues Paper on Digital Platforms Inquiry - Summary - In December 2017, the Australian government directed the ACCC to conduct an inquiry into...more
In Brief - Rod Sims, Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has said that companies must be fined more for breaching Australian competition and consumer laws. ...more
The Background: Earlier in 2018, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission warned that several domestic companies would face criminal cartel prosecutions in 2018. The Situation: The ACCC has begun to follow...more
In Brief - On 15 February 2018, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced that criminal charges had been laid against The Country Care Group Pty Ltd (Country Care), its Manager Director, Robert...more
In brief: - On 24 February, the ACCC unveiled its Enforcement and Compliance priorities for 2017. - The ACCC's enforcement activities in 2017 will continue to target larger companies causing harm to consumers and...more
Authorities launched new criminal probes, obtained guilty pleas from companies and executives and imposed hefty fines as aggressive enforcement continued. Several significant developments occurred in cartel enforcement...more