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CMA issues first major cartel fines in over a year
CMA issues first major cartel fines in over a year

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has fined 10 construction companies over £59 million for rigging bids for asbestos removal contracts worth over £150 million.

CMA official returns to Brunswick
CMA official returns to Brunswick

Stuart Hudson has returned to Brunswick Group nearly four years after leaving the consultancy to become a senior official at the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority.

SAMR doubles down on excessive pricing enforcement in pharma sector
SAMR doubles down on excessive pricing enforcement in pharma sector

China’s competition watchdog has fined a drugmaker nearly €3.7 million for hiking the price of a “gold standard” cancer treatment by 750% despite production costs allegedly remaining stable.

Paris court permitted to review French enforcer’s “name and shame” practices

A Parisian appellate court was wrong to find it had no power to stop the national antitrust enforcer from publishing information about Roche’s now-quashed abuse of dominance fine, France’s Court of Cassation …

Belgium opens abuse probe into below-threshold merger

Belgium’s Competition Authority has launched an abuse of dominance investigation into Proximus’s €20.5 million acquisition of a rival, less than a week after the European Court of Justice blessed such probes.

Expelled Indecopi head blames political interference

Peru’s government has ousted the head of the country’s antitrust watchdog for failing to meet the role's minimum qualification requirements in a move that the former chair blasted as an act of …

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Investors granted class status in Qualcomm securities litigation
Investors granted class status in Qualcomm securities litigation

A federal judge in San Diego has certified a class of investors who allege they were harmed by Qualcomm's misleading statements about the bundling of its licenses and modem chips.

NCAA accused of conspiring not to pay coaches
NCAA accused of conspiring not to pay coaches

The National Collegiate Athletic Association colluded with its member schools to force assistant coaches to work without compensation, a proposed class action has alleged.

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Australian foreign investment body delays decision in complex lithium mine takeover
Australian foreign investment body delays decision in complex lithium mine takeover

Australia’s foreign investment review body has pushed back its decision date on whether a company with links to China can take control of a key lithium mine.

Senator urges CFIUS to guard against Chinese takeover of SVB
Senator urges CFIUS to guard against Chinese takeover of SVB

The US foreign investment review body must ensure that assets from Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank do not end up “in the hands of hostile” states, a top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee has said.

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A Q&A with Gina Cass-Gottlieb
A Q&A with Gina Cass-Gottlieb

A year after being appointed chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Gina Cass-Gottlieb spoke with GCR about upcoming merger control reforms, deciding which sectors need targeted regulation or antitrust enforcement …

A Q&A with Olha Pishchanska
A Q&A with Olha Pishchanska

Olha Pishchanska, head of Ukraine’s Antimonopoly Committee (AMCU), has faced unthinkable personal and professional challenges since Russia invaded the country a year ago. Ahead of that unwelcome anniversary, she spoke to GCR …

A Q&A with Liza Lovdahl Gormsen
A Q&A with Liza Lovdahl Gormsen

Liza Lovdahl Gormsen is the proposed class representative in a blockbuster claim against Meta, which seeks £2.3 billion on behalf of 45 million UK consumers that allege they lost out because of …

A Q&A with Stefan Hunt
A Q&A with Stefan Hunt

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority established a dedicated data analytics unit in 2018, tapping Stefan Hunt to build the team from scratch. Ahead of starting a new role at Keystone Strategy …

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Intersection of competition law and data privacy poses challenges to market regulation

Featured in Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review 2023

Amid ambitious monetisation efforts, and alongside fierce competition for users and their data, the relationship between competition law …

UK: latest moves on cartel enforcement action

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2023

From March 2021 to March 2022, judgments and civil enforcement by the UK Competition and Markets Authority, major …

European Union: economists’ perspective on state aid

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2023

In the aftermath of the European response to covid-19, certain issues may require more scrutiny by policy makers …

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