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Facebook accuses CMA of flawed analysis in exemption request

Facebook has alleged that the UK’s competition agency failed to consider basic elements of its exemption request from an interim order the authority imposed on its deal to acquire Giphy.

CMA will probe Google and Facebook if regulation stalls

The head of the UK’s competition authority has said his agency will open investigations into Google and Facebook if the country’s government does not implement a regulatory framework for the digital market within one year.

ACCC seeks to penalise crane cartel

Australia’s competition watchdog has accused NQCranes of conspiring with a rival to allocate the market for overhead cranes.

Cartel claim against Uber goes to India’s Supreme Court

India’s top court will hear the merits of a case against Uber and Ola alleging that they operate an anticompetitive pricing model.

CMA backtracks on JD Sports fine

The UK’s antitrust watchdog has revoked the £300,000 fine it imposed on JD Sports for breaching an interim order after new information came to light during the retailer’s appeal against the penalty.

Czech court restores gun-jumping fine

Czech Republic's highest administrative court has reinstated the national competition authority’s gun-jumping fine against fuel company Armex Oil after a lower court had reduced the sanction for being disproportionate.

GCR USA

Chopra urges DOJ to reject ‘current failed approach’ to bank mergers

Federal Trade Commission member Rohit Chopra has urged the Department of Justice to strengthen its banking merger guidelines, warning that its current approach to reviewing deals in that sector ignores systemic risks and non-price related harms.

Slaughter and other experts react to House report

The House of Representatives' antitrust subcommittee staff published a sweeping report on 6 October describing what it viewed as an abuse of monopoly power by Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple – while recommending an overhaul of US antitrust law. GCR USA invited reactions from several key members of the antitrust community on the report’s findings and potential consequences

GCR USA Tipline

Failure is not fatal: The Tipline for 19 October 2020

Earlier this year, Federal Trade Commission member Rohit Chopra called for more analytical rigour from his agency. He also appears to want the same from his peers at the Department of Justice. “Lax oversight of bank mergers has intensified risks to US financial stability,” the commissioner co-wrote in comments submitted to the Antitrust Division last week.

GCR Asia Tipline

Mum’s the word: The Asia-Pacific Tipline for 16 October 2020

The New York Times published a story this week reporting that Google employees avoid discussing antitrust issues “at all costs”. Company employees have been outspoken about politically charged issues in the past, including potentially building a censored search engine in China to gain access to the world’s most populous market, the Times noted. But employees reportedly steer clear of antitrust and are reminded by the company that Google does not …

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Analysis

Germany's Facebook ruling – A treasure trove of novel issues

On 23 June 2020, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice upheld the immediate enforcement of an order by the Federal Cartel Office against Facebook, prohibiting the company from collecting user data from other …

Exclusive: An interview with John Penrose

The UK government announced on 14 September that John Penrose MP will lead a review of the country’s competition policy, as it prepares to leave the European Union and tackle the economic …

Tackling market distortions from foreign subsidies

In June, the European Commission released a white paper seeking views on three proposed new tools to give it greater control over the acquisitions and activities of foreign-subsidised companies within the bloc. …

Owing to coronavirus, CCI adopts “lenient” approach in admitted cartel cases

Competition authorities around the world have adopted measures to help businesses collaborate throughout the covid-19 pandemic, although they have warned against taking advantage of the health crisis. Khaitan & Co partner Sagardeep …

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Pharma & Healthcare: Q2 2020

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Facebook accuses CMA of flawed analysis in exemption request

CMA will probe Google and Facebook if regulation stalls

ACCC seeks to penalise crane cartel

Cartel claim against Uber goes to India’s Supreme Court