Tag: Antitrust fine
Another South African Face Mask Distributor Fined For Inflating Prices
In a statement on Wednesday, April 29, the Competition Commission of South Africa stated it had referred another company, MATUS, to the Competition Tribunal...
Portugal Fines Hospital Particular do Algarve For Gun-Jumping
The AdC fined Hospital Particular do Algarve, SA (HPA) in the total amount of 155,000 euros for acquiring sole control of Hospital de S....
Belgian Regulator Won’t Push Antitrust Fine Over Jet Deal
The Investigation and Prosecution Service of the Belgian Competition Authority has submitted a proposed decision in a case concerning anticompetitive practices stemming from...
Google Begins Legal Battle With EU Over $9B Fines
Google will begin a key legal battle with the European Commission this week when its lawyers appeal against a €2.4bn ($2b) fine, the first...
France: France fines Google for mistreating search advertisers
France’s competition authority fined Alphabet Inc.’s Google €150 million ($167 million) for unfairly suspending advertisers that placed allegedly deceptive ads, the latest in...
South Korea: Qualcomm to appeal record antitrust fine
Qualcomm announced it would appeal a South Korean court decision on Wednesday, December 4, to uphold a record US$873 million fine against the US...
Germany: BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen fined for forming steel cartel
Germany’s cartel authority announced on Thursday, November 21, it was fining the country’s three major carmakers, BMW, Volkswagen, and Daimler, a total of €100...
UK: Royal Mail loses antitrust fine appeal
Judgment of the Tribunal in relation to an appeal against a decision of the Office of Communications (“Ofcom”) entitled “Discriminatory pricing in relation to...
Russia: Gazprom calls for cancelation of Ukrainian fine
Russia's Gazprom has called for the cancelation of a US$6.7 billion fine imposed on the company by Ukraine in 2016 for Gazprom's alleged abuse...
Italy: Court orders watchdog to recalculate Enel 93 million euro fine
An Italian administrative court has asked Italy’s competition watchdog to re-calculate a fine of €93 million (US$102 million) slapped on utility Enel for alleged...