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Out-manoeuvring generic competitors is big business for originators in the pharmaceutical industry, but the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has indicated it thinks some tactics, in this case ‘product hopping’, or ‘product switching’, may be...

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Who’s up for Round 2?

January 9, 2013 | 0 Comments

After the FTC’s comments on the car hire market in the Hertz/Thrifty merger (see our post on that merger here), the FTC may have a chance to show what it thinks about the relationship between...

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Be careful what you fish for

December 4, 2012 | 1 Comments

A cautionary tale for companies seeking to complain of anti-competitive conduct by a competitor: approach the competition regulator with clean hands! Spain’s National Competition Commission (CNC) recently fined the National Association of Canned Fish and...

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Hertz has had to make some large concessions to get its merger with Thrifty Dollar approved by the FTC – being required to sell its Advantage Rent A Car business and giving up the rights...

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ACCC approval has opened the way for the banks to relieve ATM costs for remote indigenous communities A welcome good news story!  The ACCC has granted authorisation for an agreement between a large collection of...

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Two more shots in the supermarket war

August 28, 2012 | 0 Comments

Two reports released last week attack the supermarket majors for anti-competitive practices, returning the focus to the ACCC’s consideration of groceries and adding to calls for a formal investigation. The peak employer organisation for independent...

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In recent weeks, we’ve had two indications of the way in which misleading and deceptive conduct provisions apply to third party content on social platforms like Facebook. While we’ve known for a long time that...

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Almunia gives Sims a reason to smile

July 14, 2012 | 0 Comments

In comments which resonate with the recent statements from the antipodes, EC Commissioner Joaquin Almunia (in this recent GCR interview) has stressed the benefits of the DG Comp’s merger pre-notification process, but has agreed that...

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