A senior official at France’s Competition Authority has said that recent court decisions lowering the agency’s fines could “weaken the dissuasive effect of penalties”.
South Africa’s Competition Commission has floated amendments to its merger guidelines clarifying that it gives “equal status” to competition and public interest concerns when carrying out reviews.
Competition authorities must adopt a “gender lens” in their work to consider the diversity of leadership boards and incorporate gender into merger and cartel analysis, a group of competition experts have said.
Liquefied petroleum gas provider Geogas Pacific has agreed to maintain supply contracts and increase imports into Papua New Guinea to secure approval for acquiring a majority stake in a rival.
King’s College London emeritus professor Richard Whish has said he’s “lost confidence” in the ability of EU abuse of dominance rules to effectively police the online economy.
Adobe and Figma say the UK’s in-depth probe of their $20 billion merger should discard out-of-context internal documents and reflect current market conditions.
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The Department of Justice has accused analytics company Agri Stats of facilitating chicken, pork and turkey cartels by sharing competitively sensitive information about price and output.
Microsoft has erected greater barriers on its Windows platform yet still failed to retain customers for its search engine and web browser, counsel to Google has argued.
A pair of senators have introduced a bill that would give the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States the jurisdiction to screen deals affecting personal information.
The Spanish government is reviewing the national security implications of state-owned Saudi Telecom becoming the largest shareholder in Telefónica through the acquisition of a 9.9% stake in the company.
Rahat Hassan stepped down as chair of the Competition Commission of Pakistan today after a three-year term. She spoke to GCR about struggling to enforce antitrust laws without a quorum of commissioners …
Margrethe Vestager’s second term as EU competition commissioner is due to expire at the end of next year. Following the recent announcement that the Danish government has put her forward as a …
Šarūnas Keserauskas spent 12 years at the helm of Lithuania’s Competition Council before stepping down at the end of April. He spoke with GCR about how smaller authorities are better able to …
Stuart Hudson rejoined Brunswick Group at the end of March after spending four years at the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority as senior director of its strategy, communications and advocacy team. He …
As the most recent in a run of decisions demonstrating a judicial willingness to deny the certification of …
ECJ rulings are clarifying rules surrounding hybrid settlements, placing a premium on the importance of rights of defence …
Updates to the Anti-monopoly Act have given the Japan Fair Trade Commission fresh powers to formally accept voluntary …
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