Tag: RPM

With the revised European vertical rules in effect since June 1, 2022, businesses are grappling with the meaning and implications of certain new additions...

Many areas of competition policy and law intersect supply chain management. Describing recent developments in supply chains and supply chain management, the authors examine...

Antitrust legal frameworks around the world have long been hostile to minimum resale price maintenance (“RPM”). Contemporary U.S. antitrust law is more hospitable towards...

Resale price maintenance (“RPM”) restrictions may play an instrumental role in implementing collusive agreements downstream, in a hub-and-spoke arrangement. This is highlighted in two...

By Ken Dai & Jet Deng (Dentons)1   In September 2020, China’s central antitrust enforcement authority, the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”), released four antitrust...

The European Commission recently published its evaluation results from a consultation on the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (“VBER”) and accompanying Vertical Guidelines. The consultation...

This paper charts the development of UK competition law and policy towards vertical agreements over the 20 years since the Competition Act 1998 came...

Since the promulgation of the Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”) in China in 2008, the administrative agencies and the courts have adopted different standards when applying...

Fender Musical Instruments Europe Limited has been issued a Statement of Objections by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Tuesday, October 8. The CMA...

Hankook Tire & Technology was fined 117 million won (US$99,472) for forcing its dealers to sell tires at above certain prices, the Korean Fair...