Tag: Competition
EU: Geradin leaves Euclid and sets up new competition firm
Damien Geradin has left Euclid Law to start a new competition law boutique in Brussels. Geradin Partners launched on January 13, 2020. It was...
Canada: Competition Bureau reaches interim agreement with AIM while it investigates...
The Competition Bureau has reached an interim agreement with American Iron & Metal Company Inc. (AIM) to preserve specific assets while it pursues an...
EU: Vestager says they will update competition rules in light of...
The EU will review its rules on how it defines markets to react to increasing digitalisation, EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager said Monday, December...
China: Gov sets up national oil, gas pipe firm in drive...
China announced on Monday, December 9, the establishment of a national oil and gas pipeline company in a move intended to boost competition, the...
EU: Stibbe expands competition practice
Stibbe welcomes EU law, competition, and regulated markets lawyer Sophie Van Besien as a new partner in its Brussels office. Her expertise will enhance...
Hungary: Competition watchdog fines Facebook
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) announced on Friday, December 6, that it imposed a 1.2 billion Hungarian forint (US$4 million) fine on Facebook.
The fine...
US: CRA hires five new members for their competition economics practice
Charles River Associates announced that an approximate 25-person consulting team has joined CRA’s Antitrust & Competition Economics Practice and will be based in San...
UK: EY chair believes higher audit fees will encourage competition
A significant increase in UK audit fees should encourage smaller firms to challenge the dominance of the Big Four, the UK chairman of EY...
Slovakia: Regulator fines Nitra region for unlawful restriction of pharmaceutical competition
The Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic, the Division of Cartels, (hereafter "the Office") issued a decision imposing a fine in the total amount...
Belgium: Telenet files competition complaint against Proximus, Orange network
Telenet has filed a complaint with the Belgian competition authority against plans by its rivals Orange Belgium and Proximus to start a network sharing...
