Tag: Collusion
South Korea Fines 7 Local Steelmakers For Collusion
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) fined Hyundai Steel Co. and six other steelmakers a combined 300 billion won (US$271 million) for colluding to fix the...
DOJ Concludes Its Probe Of DC Private High Schools Collusion Claims
The Department of Justice announced that it has completed its investigation into whether Georgetown Day School, Holton-Arms School, Landon School, Maret School, National Cathedral...
Open for Business: Cartel Enforcement and the Procurement Collusion Strike Force’s...
A global pandemic and economic disruption make effective deterrence, detection, and prosecution of cartels more important than ever. While COVID-19 is a novel virus,...
Pricing Algorithms and Collusion: Is There Clarity on What Corporations May...
A significant focus has been placed on whether pricing algorithms facilitate collusion and whether this should be the central focus of competition authorities. Opinions...
Cartels as Crisis Management: Why Collusion May Be Inevitable During Economic...
The impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been relentless, both from direct affliction with the virus itself and from the economic downturn devastating...
Competitor Collaborations During COVID-19
Antitrust regulators worldwide have had to adopt novel strategies to address the emergency need for collaboration within certain industries to help combat the COVID-19...
Competitor Collaboration in Mexico: The Case for Upgrading Regulation
Collaboration among competitors in Mexico is still significantly underdeveloped. As in other developing countries, legal uncertainty impedes companies to effectively and lawfully engage in...
Professional and Trade Associations Back on the Antitrust Front
By Eduardo Frade
Trade and professional associations are a type of collaboration between competitors that generate several interesting and hard antitrust debates, still with diverging...
Eight Banks Must Face Allegations Of Bond Collusion
A federal judge on Monday, November 2, said Philadelphia and Baltimore may sue eight big banks for allegedly conspiring to force state and local...
Some Reflections on Algorithms, Tacit Collusion, and the Regulatory Framework
By John Moore, Etienne Pfister & Henri Piffaut
Whether algorithms do increase the risk of tacit collusion remains very uncertain. Yet, if this is the...
