Litigation

DoJ takes the steering wheel

October 1, 2013 | 0 Comments

In a significant development in the ongoing global investigation into price fixing allegations in the car parts industry, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that 9 Japan-based companies and two former executives have agreed...

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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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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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NZCC packages up Visy’s liability

August 29, 2013 | 0 Comments

Last week, the High Court of New Zealand ordered packaging giant Visy Board Pty Ltd (Visy) to pay a NZ$3.6 million fine for price fixing.  Visy was found to have conspired to fix the prices...

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If the ACCC v TPG were a tennis match, it would be one set-all, with the ACCC taking a slight lead in the third and final set. First set: ACCC wins against TPG (see here for...

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As reported in our previous blog post, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) brought proceedings against Lux Distributors Pty Ltd (Lux) after five elderly women were sold Lux vacuum cleaners between 2009 and 2011,...

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The pre-election legislative commitments are continuing, with Senator Xenophon suggesting the latest changes to Australia’s competition laws. Senator Xenophon has announced plans to draft legislation to provide the ACCC with a power to issue ‘cease and...

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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected an appeal made by the Schindler Group against the findings of the General Court in regard to fines imposed by the European Commission (EC) for cartel conduct in...

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ECJ Rules the (Twenty) Seven Kingdoms*

August 1, 2013 | 0 Comments

In a case that revels in the name Bundeswettbewerbsbehoerde, Bundeskartellanwalt v Schenker & Co and Others, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that companies cannot rely on a decision by a national court,...

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