Tag: COVID-19
Thomson Reuters Acquires UK-based CaseLines
Thomson Reuters announced it has acquired the court document and evidence management platform CaseLines. Headquartered in London, CaseLines offers a cloud-based platform for digital...
UK’s Price Cap Plan For Funerals Shelved During Pandemic
The competition regulator says the coronavirus pandemic has forced it to abandon a series of measures it was considering to fix the UK's funeral...
CPI Talks… with Ian Conner
In this month’s edition of CPI Talks… we have the pleasure of speaking with Mr. Ian Conner, Director of the Bureau of Competition at...
Australia Lets Chicken Plants Collaborate To Deal With Coronavirus
Australian chicken processors have been given permission to combine their market supply efforts until January to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and...
Democrats Introduce Right-To-Repair Legislation For Medical Equipment
Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Yvette D. Clark have introduced right to repair legislation in the Senate and the House that would make it...
EU Agrees To $7B Plan To Aid COVID-Hit Transport Firms
The European Commission has approved a €6 billion (US$7 billion) German scheme to compensate companies providing regional and local public passenger transport services in...
Longtime Federal Appeals Judge Dies Of Coronavirus At 83
Judge Stephen F. Williams, a member of the powerful Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit for more than three decades, died Friday, August...
Enforcing Competition Law and Consumer Protection During the COVID-19 Pandemic in...
By Vellah Kedogo Kigwiru (Hochschule Für Politik)*
I. Introduction
This article discusses the measures and the actions that the Competition Authority of Kenya (“CAK”)...
South Africa’s Second Price Gouging Case: Dis-Chem Penalised for Excessive Pricing...
By:Michael-James Currie & John Oxenham (African Antitrust)
On 14 July 2020, the South African Competition Tribunal published its written reasons in relation to its decision...
EC Approves Czech Aid To Companies Affected By Coronavirus
The European Commission has approved the Czech government’s scheme to help companies affected by the coronavirus outbreak.The Commission on Monday validated a loan guarantee...
