Month: January 2013

EC delivers anticipated prohibition to UPS/TNT

January 31, 2013 | 1 Comments

Following on from our previous post, the European Commission (EC) has published its official decision to prohibit the proposed merger between UPS and TNT in Europe.  The decision comes two weeks after the parties decided...

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All that glitters is not gold

January 27, 2013 | 2 Comments

In November last year, In Competition published a blog on the ACCC’s misleading and deceptive conduct case against jewellery chain Zamel’s for “was/now” pricing claims. The ACCC brought a case against the retailer under sections...

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MyCC hardens its enforcement stance

January 25, 2013 | 0 Comments

It has been one year since the enforcement of the Malaysian Competition Act and the Malaysian Competition Commission (MyCC) is strongly flexing its muscles and hardening its approach to enforcement. In a speech marking the...

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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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TPG has had its $2 million fine substantially reversed on appeal but the ACCC is refusing to accept the second significant penalty reduction in the telecommunications arena. On 20 December 2012 the full Federal Court...

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UPS pre-empts delivery of an EU prohibition

January 21, 2013 | 1 Comments

On the back of a meeting with the European Commission case team, United Parcel Service (UPS) has walked away from a €5.16 billion deal with TNT Express which would have enabled the parties to rival the...

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Record antitrust penalties imposed in China

January 19, 2013 | 0 Comments

On 4 January 2013, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the agency responsible for price-related non-merger antimonopoly enforcement in China, imposed record antitrust fines totalling RMB 353 million (USD 56 million) on six international...

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On 3 January 2013, the US Federal Trade Commission announced that it has closed its investigation into Google after an “exhaustive” 19 month review. The FTC’s investigation initially focused on Google’s core search product, with...

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What do Bing Lee, David Jones, JB Hi-Fi, Radio Rentals and Winning Appliances all have in common?  They’re all members of the National Associated Retail Traders of Australia (“NARTA”), a large independent electrical buying group....

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Interim take off for Qantas and Emirates

January 17, 2013 | 0 Comments

The ACCC has today granted conditional interim authorisation to Qantas and Emirates for their proposed alliance.  The interim authorisation allows the two airlines to commence planning and undertake preliminary steps to prepare for the proposed...

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