Month: September 2013

NZCC shows its crime fighting badge

September 30, 2013 | 1 Comments

The New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) has successfully completed its first criminal prosecution under the New Zealand Crimes Act, with a former company director sentenced to home detention for 10 months.  This is the first...

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Dual systems

September 27, 2013 | 0 Comments

Under China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML), which has been in force since 2008, public and private enforcement have worked in tandem to promote compliance with the AML. However, as the AML does not require regulatory action...

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Stop the Trucks

September 27, 2013 | 0 Comments

On 20 September 2013, the Malaysian Competition Commission (MyCC) gave notice to the Pan Malaysia Lorry Owners Association (PMLOA), its 11 members and 29 related lorry enterprises of its intention to issue interim measures to...

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Earlier this year, the ACCC announced that it is conducting a review of its immunity policy for cartel conduct.  The immunity policy encourages businesses and individuals to disclose cartel behaviour, assisting the ACCC with their...

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Bitter sweet settlement for chocolate makers

September 26, 2013 | 0 Comments

In our previous post, we blogged about the investigation and criminal charges brought by the Canadian Competition Bureau (Bureau) against various chocolate manufacturers and a chocolate distributor in Canada for conspiring to fix the price...

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Class actions and the Australian Consumer Law

September 25, 2013 | 0 Comments

In the Q3 2013 issue of our regulatory investigations and class actions newsletter, Stephen Ridgeway and Kylie Sturtz comment on the increased potential for consumer protection class actions in Australia, following on from the ACCC’s...

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We are excited that the September issue of Class Action, our quarterly newsletter reporting on developments in regulatory investigations and class actions, included an article from leading international law firm, SJ Berwin, with whom King & Wood...

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The sooner the better

September 23, 2013 | 0 Comments

Five years after the DG Comp imposed a whopping €128 million (approximately AU$184 million) fine on petrochemical company Total, and following an appeal by Total, the EU General Court has reduced the original fine by...

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Blow that whistle, ey

September 20, 2013 | 0 Comments

Earlier this year, and back when he was Canada’s Interim Commissioner of Competition, John Pecman (now Commissioner) announced the launch of the Criminal Cartel Whistleblowing Initiative (Initiative) aimed at increasing the reporting of anti-competitive behaviour....

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The ACCC has filed proceedings in the Federal Court against Australian Power & Gas Company Ltd (APG) in relation to false or misleading representations made by sales representatives as part of their door-to-door sales of...

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