There are relatively few changes in the draft regulations implementing the revised Anti-Monopoly Law in the areas of abuse of dominance, abuse of IPRs, and abuse of administrative powers. While mainly platform operators are...more
The draft Regulation Prohibiting Monopoly Agreements is a key part of the Anti-Monopoly Law reform package. While the expansion of the cartel prohibition to include third parties may not come as a surprise, the introduction...more
On 2 June 2022, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal (“Court”) handed down a judgment almost doubling the financial penalties imposed by the Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”) on five respondents in two decisions. The Tribunal had...more
Chinese antitrust is going through what are likely the most important changes since its inception: an amendment of the Anti-Monopoly Law and the establishment of a new enforcement body. ...more
11/23/2021
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Anti-Competitive ,
Anti-Monopoly ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Cartels ,
China ,
Competition ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Merger Controls ,
Monopolization ,
Price-Fixing ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Resale Pricing ,
State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR)
On 29 April 2019, the Hong Kong Competition Commission published its new "cooperation policy." In essence, the cooperation policy expands the authority's leniency program. The expansion occurs in two main directions. First,...more
In the latest cartel case before the Competition Tribunal, the Hong Kong Competition Commission (HKCC) has, for the first time, brought direct action against individuals and sought pecuniary penalties from them. ...more
On 20 July 2018, the new Chinese antitrust authority – the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) – published two decisions sanctioning two ship tallying companies in Shenzhen for market partitioning and price...more
7/25/2018
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Anti-Monopoly ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Cartels ,
China ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Price-Fixing ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Shipping ,
Single Entity Rule
FTC takes another look at merger remedies -
On 3 February 2017, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released its Merger Remedies Study, which analyzed the success of merger remedies imposed by the FTC from 2006 to...more
2/23/2017
/ Africa ,
Anti-Monopoly ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Best Practices ,
Cartels ,
China ,
COMESA ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Extradition ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gun-Jumping ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Hong Kong ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Hungary ,
INTERPOL ,
Merger Controls ,
Mexico ,
MOFCOM ,
NRDC ,
PEMEX ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Railways ,
Red Notices ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Remedies ,
Resale Pricing ,
Retail Market ,
Settlement ,
Transportation Industry ,
Trump Administration ,
UK