Pakistan raids two companies over freight price-fixing concerns
The Competition Commission of Pakistan has raided the offices of two companies suspected of fixing freight charges at the country’s two leading seaports.
The Competition Commission of Pakistan has raided the offices of two companies suspected of fixing freight charges at the country’s two leading seaports.
A court in British Columbia has denied certification to a putative class of digital audiobook purchasers that accuses Amazon, Audible and Apple of agreeing not to compete in the audiobooks sector, finding the plaintiffs failed to provide a credible methodology for assessing damages.
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally concluded that Veolia’s acquisition of Suez will reduce competition in several UK markets, while also signalling its intent to unwind an already-completed property software deal.
Microsoft has proactively sought to dodge the antitrust scrutiny befalling its Big Tech rivals by changing its European cloud computing business to avoid a formal probe after rivals lodged complaints to the …
The European Commission has raided companies in several member states active in the fashion industry.
The antitrust authorities in Australia and New Zealand have cleared a tie-up between two global water services companies after they offered a divestiture in each country to allay competition concerns.
A federal jury in Louisiana has convicted a former petroleum company manager of defrauding the US and violating the Procurement Integrity Act.
Federal Trade Commission member Noah Phillips has said the US antitrust agencies’ suspension of early terminations is likely to continue throughout the remainder of the Biden Administration.
The Federal Trade Commission’s chair and one of its commissioners are cautioning the US International Trade Commission against banning the import of devices that might have infringed upon Philips’ standardised cellular technology.
A New York federal jury greeted US Airways with both good and bad news on Thursday. After 11 years of litigation, jurors said US Airways had proven that Sabre maintained monopoly power through exclusionary conduct. The problem? The airline is leaving its sprawling monopolisation case with just 100 cents in hand. GCR USA is off on Monday but back in your inboxes on Tuesday.
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At the centre of the intersection between competition law and intellectual property law sits several cases related to third-party keyword bidding on Google Ads. Khaitan & Co partner Anisha Chand, senior associate …
Iskandar Ismail has been chief executive of Malaysia’s Competition Commission since October 2018. In an interview with GCR, he discussed pursuing legal reforms in response to a high-profile loss at Malaysia’s top …
John Fingleton stepped down as chief executive of what was then the UK’s Office of Fair Trading 10 years ago this summer. A decade on, the founder of Fingleton Associates reflects on …
Competition authorities on either side of the Atlantic and beyond are signalling greater scrutiny of pharmaceutical mergers, with a view to protecting innovation. Baker McKenzie attorneys Fiona Carlin, Anthony Gamble, Dan Graulich …
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