Italy begins assessing compliance rating scheme
The Italian Competition Authority has launched a survey to explore the benefits of a rating programme for businesses that rewards antitrust compliance with better access to credit and public funding.
The Italian Competition Authority has launched a survey to explore the benefits of a rating programme for businesses that rewards antitrust compliance with better access to credit and public funding.
Italy has closed its abuse of dominance investigation into Italgas after the company offered commitments to aid the city of Venice in launching a competitive bidding procedure for natural gas distribution.
Ashurst's global chairman Ben Tidswell is departing the firm after 21 years as a partner to join the UK's Competition Appeals Tribunal, while his soon-to-be former colleagues have opened a Dublin office to focus on EU competition law.
The European Commission wants feedback on how it can ensure self-employed individuals are allowed to collectively bargain without breaching EU competition rules, although some lawyers are sceptical about the scope and impact …
A UK appellate court has denied DAF’s attempt to strike out funding arrangements for two proposed class action claims seeking damages arising from its participation in the high profile Trucks cartel.
A Dutch court has annulled the national competition enforcer’s conditional approval of a merger between two publishers of educational materials, after a rival challenged the adequacy of the agency’s in-depth investigation.
Advocates that want lower market share thresholds in merger reviews so it's easier for enforcers to block deals should recognise the US antitrust agencies have been narrowing the markets they define for decades, Federal Trade Commission member Christine Wilson has said.
Two Texas construction company owners have pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the US government, the Department of Justice’s antitrust division has announced.
If personnel is policy, then Tim Wu might be the most influential antitrust wonk in the US capital at the moment. Although not many permanent competition policy positions at the White House have been filled, Wu will have the Biden administration’s ear as he makes his return to the National Economic Council. In today’s Tipline, Christine Wilson urges for the broader consideration of merger efficiencies amid narrowing market definitions and …
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chair Rod Sims on Wednesday gave a speech marking the 10 year anniversary of the Competition and Consumer Act in Australia. The law incorporates the Australian Competition Law and focused more on boosting the agency’s consumer protection powers.
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In an exclusive commentary for GCR, John Penrose MP discusses his review of the UK’s competition regime and explains why his report published today recommends that the country’s antitrust authority take on …
Christopher Vajda QC stepped down from his role as a judge at the European Court of Justice following the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020. He returned to …
Lawmakers in Germany have passed far-reaching reforms to the nation’s competition laws, which give its antitrust enforcer sweeping new powers to challenge the behaviour of the major digital platforms. Janith Aranze and …
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets published new guidelines in July 2020 detailing how pro-environmental initiatives – such as agreements among competitors to reduce emissions – could be exempted from cartel …
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