Tag: Ford
GM, Ford, Google Team Up To Work On ‘Virtual’ Power Plants
GM, Ford, Google and solar energy producers said on Tuesday they would work together to establish standards for scaling up the use of virtual...
Ford Canada Agrees To $82 Million Antitrust Settlement
Recently, a class action lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court for the City and County of San Francisco – Automobile Antitrust Cases I...
Contracting Around the Antitrust Laws: The Automotive Supply Chain Example
The automotive supply chain is complex, distinctive and, susceptible to antitrust, particularly bid-rigging, conspiracies, as illustrated by the Auto Parts Antitrust Litigation, an unprecedently...
Ford, Honda Want FTC To Seek Rehearing In Qualcomm Ruling
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been urged to seek an en banc rehearing of its unsuccessful antitrust case against Qualcomm in a...
China: Ford’s Changan venture gets US$24M fine for antitrust violation
China’s market regulator fined Ford Motor’s main local joint venture 162.8 million yuan ($23.55 million) on Wednesday for violating anti-monopoly laws, the latest automaker...
Portugal: Ford loses appeal for misleading enforcer
A Portuguese court has upheld a €150,000 fine (US$180,000) on Ford Lusitana for providing inaccurate information during an antitrust investigation into the company’s car...
The U.S. Auto Industry Under Duress: Fit, or Finished?
John Kwoka, Nov 01, 2009
In the latter half of the 20th century, the U.S. auto industry truly lost its way. It squandered its competitive...