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ICA Request for Information: Foreign Company Fined

The Israeli Competition Director General recently announced he had reached an agreement with the British pharmaceutical company Leadiant Biosciences. According to the agreement, Leadiant undertook to pay ILS 110,000 to the...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

2022: Antitrust and Competition in Israel – A Year in Review

2022 was an intensive year in competition law. Material issues to the competition agenda were addressed in precedential determinations and rulings by the Competition Authority and by Israeli courts. These issues include...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

European Commission Publishes Cartel Leniency FAQs

On October 25, 2022, the European Commission (EC) published additional guidance on cartel leniency applications, in the form of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). The FAQs do not change the standard for leniency applications...more

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Canada First: Sound Policy Must Prevail over Groupthink

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The calls to reform Canada's antitrust framework are growing louder. On February 7, 2022, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Francois-Philippe Champagne, announced a comprehensive review of the Competition...more

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European Commission Initiates a Series of Antitrust Inspections and Signals Interest in No-Poach Agreements

On October 12, 2021, the European Commission (EC) announced that it had carried out surprise inspections of companies active in the wood pulp sector due to cartel behavior suspicions. The following week, on October 22, 2021,...more

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Antitrust, Competition, and Economic Regulation Quarterly Newsletter - Winter 2020

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Dutch competition authority imposes fine on company for deleted chat messages during a dawn raid - The Dutch competition authority (“ACM“) recently confirmed that the obligation to cooperate fully with an inspection/during...more

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Defending an Abuse of Dominance Case after the Vancouver Airport Decision

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The Competition Tribunal has released extensive reasons for dismissing the abuse of dominance claim brought by Canada's Commissioner of Competition against the Vancouver Airport Authority. For future investigations and...more

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The French Competition Authority sanctions for the first time an operator of the health industry for abusive price increases

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The French Competition Authority ("FCA") found that Sanicorse, a monopoly provider of services to hospitals in Corsica, abused its dominant position by having imposed significant, sudden and unjustified price increases upon...more

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Connected Cars and Autonomous Driving—EU Antitrust Challenges (Part II)

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The Background: The automotive industry has achieved a number of technological advances aimed at developing connected cars, automated vehicles, and ultimately autonomous driving. These innovations are expected to pose a...more

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Blockchains and Antitrust: New Technology, Same Old Risks?

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Blockchain technology, particularly private blockchains, can provide a technological curtain behind which business transactions occur. Still, any anticompetitive practices that stem from private blockchains are subject to...more

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