Topic: Coronavirus

Amazon is facing another antitrust probe in Germany after it banned sellers from its Marketplace platform for hiking prices of products related to the coronavirus pandemic.

17 August 2020

The UK’s antitrust watchdog has cleared Amazon’s 16% investment in online food delivery company Deliveroo after a Phase II review, but warned that a further increase in its shareholding could trigger another investigation.

04 August 2020

The European Commission has approved Alstom’s €6.2 billion acquisition of Bombardier’s rail equipment division, subject to a “once in a lifetime” divestment package according to counsel for Alstom.

03 August 2020

Germany's Monopolies Commission has recommended that digital platforms should be regulated at an EU level and forced to divest parts of their business if their abusive conduct has lasting effects on market structure.

31 July 2020

A horse transportation company has escaped fines for price fixing in New Zealand, because of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic.

29 July 2020

The outgoing chairman of the UK’s competition authority has warned that enforcers face a “huge task” in ensuring competition policy does not fall behind other objectives in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

23 July 2020

India’s competition watchdog has decided not to fine 10 companies that rigged bids to supply equipment to the country’s railways because of the covid-19 pandemic.

14 July 2020

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has dropped three high-profile investigations into the suspected charging of excessive prices for hand sanitiser during the coronavirus pandemic, less than a month after launching the probes.

13 July 2020

The Philippine Competition Commission has said that certain provisions in a bill aimed at accelerating the recovery from the covid-19 pandemic could harm its welfare-enhancing objectives and the overall state of competition.

08 July 2020

Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has opened an excessive pricing investigation into the flour market, responding to concerns from a bakery association.

07 July 2020