Tag: Antitrust law
US House To Talk Strengthening Antitrust Laws With Acting FTC Chief...
The US House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel will hold a hearing on Thursday, March 18, to discuss strengthening antitrust law, with the acting Federal...
Compass Over Market Control Sues Real Estate Board Of NY
Compass sued the Real Estate Board of New York alleging that the trade group conspired with traditional brokerages to thwart competition from upstarts by...
AG Nominee Garland Says He Will “Vigorously” Enforce Antitrust Law
President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general will face a host of pressing issues if confirmed to the job, but Judge Merrick Garland’s views...
US Department Of Labor Announces OSHA Will Probe Whistleblower Complaints Under...
The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration is now overseeing worker retaliation complaints filed under two new...
Platforms or Aggregators: Implications for Digital Antitrust Law
By Thibault Schrepel (Stanford)
Tech giants are commonly referred to as ‘platforms’ in our everyday language and academic circles. Some refer to ‘the platform economy’,...
China Aims To Improve Its Antitrust Law
China aims to strengthen and improve law enforcement in the anti-monopoly sector as part of efforts to build a market system with high standards,...
Germany To Update Its Laws To Tackle Market Power Of Digital...
Germany is modernizing its competition law to stand up to digital corporations. In the future, the Cartel Office will be able to act faster...
Antitrust Damages’ Claims in Spain
By Francisco Marcos (IE Law School)
After briefly describing the institutional and legal framework for antitrust damages claims in Spain, this article surveys the courts’...
Argos Violates US Antitrust Laws Says DOJ
Argos, a unit of Grupo Argos, has admitted to conspiring to fix prices, rig bids and allocate markets for sales of ready-mix concrete, and...
UK Construction Suppliers Fined £15M For Breaking Antitrust Laws
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined 2 major suppliers to the construction industry more than £15 million (US$20.3 million) for illegally colluding...