Month: August 2014

ACCC puts blender supplier in a spin

August 30, 2014 | 0 Comments

In May, we reported on the ACCC’s investigation into a KitchenAid supplier, resulting in Peter McInnes Pty Ltd giving the ACCC a court enforceable undertaking to refrain from engaging in resale price maintenance for two...

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Obeid-ience

August 18, 2014 | 0 Comments

On 8 August 2014 the Federal Court dismissed a challenge by Moses and Paul Obeid to the validity of “155 notices” issued by the ACCC.  The notices were issued against the Obeids following a report...

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The US$324.5 million class action settlement between Silicon Valley employees and technology firms including Google, Intel and Adobe has been denied preliminary approval by Judge Lucy Koh of the United States District Court in the...

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Hong Kong’s new competition law, which is expected to start next year, is already having an impact on businesses in the city.  The new law prohibits price fixing and other forms of anti-competitive conduct. Recommended...

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Our London colleagues at King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin have provided an update on interesting developments in activity by the Swiss antitrust regulator targeting exclusive rebate schemes, which has some parallels with enforcement action...

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By the numbers

August 13, 2014 | 0 Comments

Our colleagues at KWM in London recently summed up the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) track record on phase 1 UK merger enquiries (see their article here) based on statistics published by the CMA....

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