Tag: Antitrust law
US: Contractors hit with no-poach class action
An antitrust class-action complaint filed February 7 in the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio alleged a group of US government...
South Africa: President signs Competition Amendment bill into law
South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa will sign into law the Competition Amendment Bill, which will strengthen regulations against anti-competitive behavior in industrial markets, reported...
US: Antitrust regulator faces staffing issues
According to the Financial Times staffing in the antitrust division of the US Department of Justice has fallen since Donald Trump took office despite...
US: Senator re-introduces bills to strengthen antitrust
On Friday, February 1, Senator Amy Klobuchar on the Senate Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel said that she had re-introduced two bills aimed at strengthening...
Australia: Goulburn boss Gary Helou fined after Federal Court settlement approval
The Federal Court has approved a settlement reached between agricultural cooperative Murray Goulburn and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which will see...
US: Senate panel schedules FTC oversight hearing
A US Senate subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) next week, the panel said, noting that one issue...
EU: Vestager warns China against unfair competition
EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager on Tuesday, November 20, warned China against unfair competition, urging it to offer "the same conditions" to European companies...
Common Ownership: Solutions in Search of a Problem
Posted by Social Science Research Network
Common Ownership: Solutions in Search of a Problem
By Keith Klovers (FTC) & Douglas H. Ginsburg (US Court of Appeals...
US: Beer giants up against Canadian brewers in 7th Circuit
According to a report from Courthouse News, the 7th Circuit weighed the reach of US antitrust laws in a case accusing Anheuser-Busch and Molson...
US: 10th Cir sends au pairs’ antitrust claims to arbitration
According to Reuters, a US appeals court sent class action claims that an au pair agency conspired with competitors to suppress wages and violated...
