Tag: Penalties
Constant Vigilance: Maintaining Cartel Deterrence During the Great Recession
Margaret Levenstein, Valerie Suslow, Nov 05, 2010
Antitrust authorities around the world have continued to pursue illegal price-fixing throughout the economic crisis, but have also...
Recidivism Revealed: Private International Cartels 1990-2009
John M. Connor, Nov 05, 2010
The objective of this paper is to look for empirical regularities in the sample of 389 recidivists that engaged...
Improving Deterrence of Hard-Core Cartels
Mariana Tavares de Araujo, Nov 05, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to discuss Ginsburg's & Wright's proposal to enhance deterrence of hard-core cartels...
Comment on Antitrust Sanctions
Nov 05, 2010
In their thoughtful article, Douglas Ginsburg and Joshua Wright make five key points towards enhancing cartel deterrence through increased penalties: Collusion is...
Antitrust Sanctions
Douglas Ginsburg, Joshua Wright, Nov 05, 2010
In this article, we first discuss traditional deterrence theory as applied to optimal criminal antitrust penalties. Then we...
EU Competition Law in 2010: Change or Continuity
Eric Morgan de Rivery, Feb 16, 2010
It has become customary, at the beginning of each year, to take a look at the previous year,...
Cartels, Fines, and Due Process
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Philip Lowe, Jun 30, 2009
The level of fines imposed by the Commission with...
Appealing Fines in the Competition Appeal Tribunal: An Uphill Struggle?
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Ronit Kreisberger, Jun 30, 2009
The Competition Appeal Tribunal ("the CAT") gave judgment in...
Headline-Grabbing Intel Fine Hides Article 82 EC Enforcement Concerns
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Hazel Pearson, Jun 30, 2009
The recent decision by the European Commission to impose...
Recent Developments in EU Anti-Cartel Enforcement
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Kirtikumar Mehta, Sep 30, 2008
Anti-cartel enforcement has been a major priority for some...