Topic: Behavioural remedies

India’s highest court has refused to suspend the national antitrust enforcer’s decision to fine Google €152 million and impose a slew of behavioural remedies on the technology company that will significantly alter its global Android business model.

20 January 2023

Spain’s competition authority has agreed to close its resale price maintenance probe into a domestic skincare products producer after the company voluntarily offered to set up a new discount policy for its retailers.

05 January 2023

China’s antitrust authority has cleared Korean Air’s proposed €1.3 billion majority investment in Asiana Airlines with a mix of structural and behavioural remedies, ending an in-depth merger review that lasted nearly two years.

03 January 2023

The former head of the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division has criticised the Federal Trade Commission for withdrawing the 2020 vertical merger guidelines and condemned the country’s merger review process for being hampered by delays and uncertainty.

20 December 2022

France’s Competition Authority has launched a Phase II probe into a joint venture to produce fattened duck products, after an initial investigation concluded that the deal would give two farm companies significant market shares.

16 December 2022

Korea’s antitrust watchdog has approved a merger between two of the country’s three coated glass makers after the parties agreed to cap price increases over the next three years.

12 December 2022

Egypt’s parliament has approved landmark legislation to enact a mandatory merger control regime that will give the country’s competition authority the power to block and remedy deals.

08 December 2022

The UK government has imposed national security-related remedies on the acquisition of UK eSIM company Truphone by a pair of European billionaires, on the same day it also placed restrictions on a Chinese electric power company’s acquisition of control over a London-based construction company.

06 December 2022

A group of Taylor Swift fans is suing Ticketmaster for allegedly harming competition in the online ticketing sector and violating the consent order behind its merger with Live Nation.

06 December 2022

Argentina’s antitrust watchdog has issued a rare decision to break up a nightclub operator while imposing €1.4 million in fines on a cartel that fixed prices and divided a local discotheque market.

02 December 2022