The Israel Competition Authority (ICA) conducted a thorough investigation of the S. Schestowitz Group, an Israeli company in the food and consumer goods sector, due to suspicions the company operated a cartel in the food...more
Bank Hapoalim and Israel Discount Bank will each pay the State Treasury ILS 40 million within the framework of an administrative settlement (“agreed order”), in respect of their acquisitions of minority stakes in a competitor...more
Overview of the law and enforcement regime relating to cartels - The United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) competition law and enforcement regime is relatively young with just over eight years since Federal Law Number 4 of 2012...more
The judgment has important implications for the competition law compliance responsibilities of company directors. On 3 July 2020, the High Court disqualified Michael Martin from acting as a director for seven years. The...more
The FCA found that three asset managers breached competition law by sharing information in relation to securities offerings. Key Points: ..The decision gives market participants some helpful indications as to what kinds...more
On 17 May 2019, the Hong Kong Competition Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) passed an important milestone when it issued its first two findings of infringement of the city’s competition law regime. The judgments serve as a...more
If we needed any reminder that the competitiveness of e-commerce was high on the European Commission’s enforcement agenda, we now have unequivocal proof of this. The Commission today launched three separate investigations...more
Today, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published a 60-second summary for company directors to avoid disqualification for breaches of competition law. Please see the full text of the guidance here. This is part...more