Joint Conduct

Sweden ends e-commerce probe with rare settlement

The Swedish Competition Authority has fined two furniture retailers for allegedly sharing online pricing information, in the enforcer’s first known settlement of a probe examining unlawful information exchanges relating to online sales.

CMA fines musical instrument makers

The UK’s competition watchdog has fined two musical instrument suppliers and an online retailer a total of £5.75 million for resale price maintenance, using its findings to develop a new online price monitoring tool.

French retailers propose limiting joint purchasing alliance

Four major grocery retailers have offered to amend a joint purchasing agreement related to their own-label products, in hopes of resolving an investigation by France’s Competition Authority.

Sweden ends e-commerce probe with rare settlement

CMA fines musical instrument makers

French retailers propose limiting joint purchasing alliance

GCR USA

Proposed NY law bans abuse of dominance

A New York state senator has proposed revising the state’s antitrust law to include a ban on abuse of dominance and significantly increase penalties for violations of the law.

DOJ sues to block consummated hospital deal

Geisinger Health’s partial acquisition of close rival Evangelical Community Hospital “fundamentally alters” their relationship and likely harms competition, the Department of Justice’s antitrust division has alleged.

More GCR USA

Features

Pay-for-delay ruling exposes uncertainty in EU law

The Paroxetine judgment in the UK highlights a slew of questions that the EU courts have yet to resolve about patent settlements, and takes issue with the UK competition enforcer’s reasoning on market definitions. Tom Webb scrutinises the ruling

More Features

Conference coverage

DG Comp official: EU is considering “restorative or prescriptive” antitrust remedies

A senior official at the European Commission has said it is considering whether it needs to impose broader remedies in antitrust cases that go beyond the usual “cease and desist” requirements.

More Conference coverage

View all Joint Conduct articles