GlaxoSmithKline has made a strategic decision to focus on its core healthcare brands and has, therefore, agreed that its Consumer Business will sell two of its key nutritional drink brands to Japanese consumer goods company,...
Read More →Following on from the ACCC’s draft decision in July, the ACCC has issued its final decision to re-authorise the alliance between Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand, subject to specified conditions. The decision authorises the...
Read More →In a recent post on our sister blog, China Law Insight, Susan Ning, Kate Peng, Huang Jing and Li Rui discuss the investigation initiated by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) against several infant...
Read More →As the e-book saga continues, Apple Inc. has had its day in court in the US… and the decision shows that it didn’t go well. As reported in our previous post, Apple was the only...
Read More →The ACCC has issued a draft decision proposing to conditionally re-authorise the Australasian alliance between Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand for a further 3 years. The arrangements between the carriers, including alliance and code...
Read More →The past 12 months has certainly been a dynamic time for the Advertising Standards Board – 2012/13 saw the Board having to make determinations in the relatively unchartered waters of social media, ‘sexting’, Gen Y...
Read More →The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has announced the appointment of Anna Wu Hung-yuk as the first chairperson of Hong Kong’s newly formed Competition Commission. Ms Wu’s appointment will commence from...
Read More →To increase clarity and transparency on the merger remedy regime under the Anti-Monopoly Law (AML), China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has published draft Rules Regarding Imposition of Restrictive Conditions on Concentrations of Undertakings (the Draft...
Read More →The last standing publisher, Penguin, has reached a settlement agreement with the European Commission (EC) which ends the EC’s 16 month long investigation into the alleged price fixing of e-books in Europe. As explained in...
Read More →Easter has come early for Qantas and Emirates as the ACCC today granted final conditional authorisation for their global airline alliance, allowing the two airline partners to coordinate their passenger and cargo operations until 31...
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