In this issue: Our articles from Asia highlight the global commonality of competition policy challenges. David Round & Manish Agarwal report on new Australian legislation criminalizing cartel participation; Abdullah Hussain details the Jindal case challenging the powers of the new Indian Competition Appellate Tribunal; Teo Eng Cheong describes novel ways that a new commission can […]

Manish Agarwal, David Round, May 14, 2010 On July 24, 2009, the Trade Practices Amendment (Cartel Conduct and Other Measures) Act 2009 (“Cartels Act”) came into force in Australia, introducing parallel criminal and civil prohibitions for designated serious forms of cartel conduct between competitors, namely price-fixing, market sharing, output restriction, and bid rigging. Each of […]

Teo Eng Cheong, May 14, 2010 Singapore has been consistently ranked among the world’s most competitive economies by renowned reports such as the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report. As an open economy constantly subject to global market forces, Singapore’s strong ranking has been the result of sound competition policy in areas ranging from trade […]

The Japan Fair Trade Commission, May 14, 2010 The Japan Fair Trade Commission (“JFTC”) vigorously enforces the Japanese competition law, Antimonopoly Act (“AMA”) to improve the competitive environment with the goal of promoting fair and free competition in order to invigorate the economy and promote consumer benefits. In this article, a brief description will be […]

Abdullah Hussain, May 14, 2010 Along with the substantive provisions of the Act being brought into force, the Government established the three member Competition Appellate Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) headquartered in New Delhi. The Tribunal is headed by former Supreme Court Justice Arijit Pasayat as Chairperson, with ex-Secretary Personnel, Mr. Rahul Sarin, and former Deputy Comptroller […]

Wendy Bloom, May 14, 2010 Economic analysis now plays an important role at the class certification stage of antitrust class actions. This is due to the increased scrutiny by courts of plaintiffs’ class action allegations. Although not all federal courts apply a rigorous analysis to class action allegations, the trend is moving in this direction. […]