Topic: Price fixing

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has accused Rangers Football Club and two sportswear retailers of colluding to fix the prices of Rangers-branded clothing at the expense of football fans.

07 June 2022

The Competition Commission of Pakistan has raided the offices of two companies suspected of fixing freight charges at the country’s two leading seaports.

20 May 2022

A woman who has pleaded guilty to two price-fixing charges in Australia has urged a court not to impose a custodial sentence.

18 May 2022

An advocate general at the European Court of Justice has recommended the court dismiss HSBC’s appeal against a General Court ruling that found it participated in a by-object infringement of competition law despite finding that the lower court erred when assessing the bank’s procedural error allegations.

12 May 2022

A former head of the UK’s gas regulator is seeking hundreds of millions of pounds from companies involved in the EU-wide power cables cartel on behalf of millions of UK consumers who allegedly overpaid for their electricity bills as a result of the collusion.

11 May 2022

Taiwan’s competition authority has fined 15 domestic air conditioning companies for illegally agreeing to jointly reduce their warranty periods, while it has also hit six scallop importers with price-fixing fines.

11 May 2022

The Department of Justice has made significant revisions to the antitrust section of the Justice Manual, a move that experts say is designed to make the Biden administration's policies more transparent and durable.

05 May 2022

The EU Trucks cartel was a “blight on the industries of Europe for 14 years” and involved the exchange of pricing information on a “massive scale”, claimants seeking damages in the UK have argued before the country’s specialist competition tribunal.

03 May 2022

The Brazilian antitrust watchdog has doled out cartel penalties totalling €17 million as part of two separate investigations that found companies rigged bids in the markets for polyethylene pipes and medical supplies.

28 April 2022

Korea’s antitrust authority has fined a chicken trade association nearly €900,000 for its role in fixing chicken prices and supply levels to the benefit of its members over a nine-year period.

19 April 2022