March 15, 2012
UBS has conditional immunity from Competition Bureau for Libor probe
UBS has been granted conditional immunity from the Canadian Competition Bureau, according to its 2011 annual report. The statement was reproduced in the Canadian Competition & Regulatory Law blog: The...
March 15, 2012
Antitrust regulator rewarded by getting a cut of City Petrol...
In return for yesterday’s 100 million dram fine on City Petrol Group, the Armenian government rewarded bonuses to the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC). SCPEC was...
March 15, 2012
Cell phone makers and telecom carriers fined 45.33B won for...
The Korean Fair Trade Commission has fined cell phone makers and telecom carriers for colluding to create a deceptive pricing policy that led to retail prices for 44 phone models...
March 15, 2012
New regulatory body merges Competition Commission with OFT
The U.K. has announced its plans to form a new regulatory body, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA is formed by merging the Competition Commission and the competition...
March 14, 2012
MyCC looking into MAS-AirAsia swap deal complaints
The Malaysia Competition Commission is studying public complaints on the Malaysian Airlines-AirAsia share-swap deal. The Commission will determine if the airlines have breached the Competition Act 2010, according to Domestic...
March 14, 2012
Commission seeks public comment on Siemens and Areva’s remedies for...
Areva and Siemens have offered remedies to stop the European Commission’s probe into non-compete contractual clauses related to their nuclear reactor joint venture Areva NP. The Commission is concerned that...
March 13, 2012
Roche receives FTC second request for proposed acquisition of Illumina
Roche has announced that the FTC has issued a second request for information on its proposed acquisition of Illumina. Under the terms of the tender offer, Roche will purchase all...
March 13, 2012
Franco-German flour cartel fined by Autorité de la concurrence for...
The Autorité de la concurrence has fined 14 French and German flour millers for forming a cartel to limit flour exports between the two countries. The watchdog has also fined...
March 13, 2012
How Far Can Screens Go in Distinguishing Explicit from Tacit...
Rosa Abrantes-Metz, Albert Metz, Mar 13, 2012 A class of empirical analysis known as “screening” uses commonly available data such as prices, costs, market shares, bids, transaction quotes, spreads, and...