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Regulatory Escalation in Pharma Sector: China Imposes First Executive Sanctions in a Cartel Case

Dacheng on 5/27/2025

On May 9, 2025, the Tianjin Municipal Administration for Market Regulation (“Tianjin AMR”) announced administrative penalties against four manufacturers of dexamethasone sodium phosphate (“DSP”) active pharmaceutical...more

Sights and Sounds from the Antitrust Section’s 2025 Spring Meeting

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/9/2025

Antitrust experts from across the globe convened in Washington, D.C. on April 2–4, 2025 to discuss new enforcement policies and share updates on current issues in antitrust. We provide the key highlights from numerous panels...more

EU antitrust fines soar amid uncertain global enforcement outlook

A&O Shearman on 3/20/2025

2024 saw a significant increase in overall global fines for antitrust enforcement, with total penalties for the jurisdictions surveyed in our report at USD6.7 billion, over double that of 2023 (USD2.9bn) and substantially...more

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up – New Year, New Administration

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/31/2025

The new year marks the transition from the Biden administration and its whole-of-government approach to antitrust enforcement, to the return of President Trump. To spearhead his administration’s antitrust enforcement efforts,...more

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Summer Surge Foreshadows Enforcement Intrigue

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 11/1/2024

Despite the summer doldrums, cartel enforcers around the world had several notable enforcement actions and, perhaps more importantly, signaled a busy fall and winter. In the United States, the Department of Justice’s...more

Q3 2024: Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/22/2024

Despite the summer doldrums, cartel enforcers around the world had several notable enforcement actions and, perhaps more importantly, signaled a busy fall and winter. In the United States, the Department of Justice’s...more

Asia Pacific antitrust update – July 2024

White & Case LLP on 7/30/2024

As we move into the second half of 2024, the competition law landscape across the Asia-Pacific region continues to shift towards tighter regulation and increased enforcement. Faced with the intricate challenges of modern...more

Australia, Malaysia and Nigeria impose record antitrust fines

A&O Shearman on 1/30/2024

Several antitrust authorities ended 2023 with a bang by imposing record fines. Resale price maintenance (RPM) and cartel conduct were particularly in the spotlight....more

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: What to Watch in 2024

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/11/2024

The year 2023 ended with a bang in the cartel space, with a federal court of appeals upending what was long believed to be the scope of conduct that should be considered per se under the Sherman Act. The new year, 2024,...more

European Commission sanctions first ever pharmaceuticals cartel and scores victory in pay-for-delay appeal

A&O Shearman on 10/23/2023

The European Commission (EC) has fined five pharmaceutical companies a total of EUR13.4 million for participating in a cartel concerning N-Butylbromide Scopolamine/Hyoscine (SNBB) – an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API)...more

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Recent Developments in Criminal Antitrust for Busy Corporate Counsel ‒ 2nd Quarter 2023

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/12/2023

At this mid-point of 2023, and now several months on from the ABA’s Spring Antitrust conference, there have been several notable developments concerning cartel enforcement, as new leadership settles in at the U.S. Department...more

Antitrust in focus - June 2022

A&O Shearman on 6/27/2022

This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Frances Dethmers, partner based in Brussels, is our editor this month (learn more about Frances in our Q&A feature at...more

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Recent Developments in Criminal Antitrust for Busy Corporate Counsel - Winter 2019

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/19/2019

We summarize below some of the most significant cartel enforcement developments from U.S. and other antitrust enforcers, including policy shifts, investigations, case filings, and court rulings. This report summarizes...more

ACCC on a Criminal Cartel Warpath: ANZ, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and Individuals Charged

Jones Day on 8/3/2018

Although Australia's Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) has contained criminal cartel prohibitions since 2009, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has now made criminal cartel enforcement one of its top...more

Australia & New Zealand Consumer Law Update

Jones Day on 4/23/2018

Highlighting Changes of Interest in Competition and Consumer Law - ACCC Issues Paper on Digital Platforms Inquiry - Summary - In December 2017, the Australian government directed the ACCC to conduct an inquiry into...more

Brussels Regulatory Brief: December

K&L Gates LLP on 12/8/2017

On 10 November 2017, the European Union (“EU”) General Court (“GC”) rendered a judgment partially annulling the European Commission’s (“Commission”) decision fining a broker for its involvement in the Libor Yen interest rate...more

Big Data and digital markets remain in the focus of competition authorities – German FCO continues to lead the way

Hogan Lovells on 10/9/2017

On 6 October, the German Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) launched its new series of papers on “Competition and Consumer Protection in the Digital Economy”. The first paper deals with “Big Data and Competition”. ...more

Top 12 EU Legal Developments to Watch in 2017

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/25/2017

Sheppard Mullin’s EU team has created a list of major legal shifts that await General Counsel and Compliance Officers in the areas of competition, EU regulatory and trade in 2017. These challenges may have an impact on your...more

EU Legal Developments That May Impact Your Business in 2017

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/19/2017

Sheppard Mullin’s EU team has created a list of major legal shifts that await General Counsel and Compliance Officers in the areas of competition, EU regulatory and trade in 2017. These challenges may have an impact on your...more

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