Tag: Competition
Senior Official From Japan’s Competition Commission Joined Baker
Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise), a Japanese member firm of Baker McKenzie, has hired former secretary general of the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC)...
A Chair With No Legs? Legal Constraints On The Competition Rulemaking...
By Jennifer Cascone Fauver
Upon her appointment to the chair position of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Lina Khan wasted little time asserting that the...
South Korea Names New Competition Head
President Yoon Seok-yeol has appointed a professor who specializes in insurance law and investor protection to lead the Fair Trade Commission, the presidential office...
Republican Senators Ask DOJ To Probe Competition In Higher Education
Following the lawsuit, US Senators Marco Rubio and Mike Lee urged US Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust at the DOJ Jonathan Kanter to investigate...
Chile’s Competition Tribunal Orders Visa & Mastercard To Alter Payment Practices
Chile´s competition authority, the Tribunal for the Defense of Free Competition (TDLC) has issued a sentence regarding the procedures that will regulate payments systems...
Australian Watchdog Raises Competition Concerns On Qantas Deal
Australia's competition regulator said on Thursday that Qantas Airways proposed purchase of the remainder of charter operator Alliance Aviation Services for A$610.8 million ($423.41...
German Watchdog Consider Whether Microsoft Subject To Competition Rules
German regulators are reportedly considering whether Microsoft should fall within the scope of new competition rules, as they have determined several other big tech...
Australian Watchdog OKs Google’s $7B Cybersecurity Deal
Google’s proposed acquisition of cybersecurity consulting service Mandiant will not be opposed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said:...
UK Watchdog Makes Dye & Durham Sell TM Group On Competition...
Britain's competition regulator said on Wednesday that Canadian cloud-based software firm Dye & Durham should sell UK-based TM Group after its investigation identified competition...
Australian Telstra Addressed Competition Concerns Over Optus’ 5G
Australian telecoms firm Telstra will address competition concerns by de-registering some radio-communications sites that interfered with Optus' plans to roll out its 5G network,...
